Favourite One Hit Wonders

[Royza]

I have a few in the mp3 collection. Some of them are so bad(Charlene for example) that I wouldn't be able to play all the way through without having a bad reaction. Sometimes it's hard to work out whether they are favourites or not. Some are so bad they're almost good!

Baltimora - Tarzan Boy
Aneka - Japanese Boy
Belle Stars - Iko Iko
Betty Boo - Doin' The Do
Big Country - In A Big Country
Black - Wonderful Life
Blancmange - Living On The Ceiling
Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays
Breakfast Club - Right On Track
Bucks Fizz - Making Your Mind Up
Cameo - Word Up
Captain Sensible - Wot
Charlene - I've Never Been To Me
Club Nouveau - Lean On Me
Corey Hart - Sunglasses At Night
David & David - Welcome to the Boomtown
Dead or Alive - You Spin Me Round
Deelite - Groove Is In The Heart
Dream Academy - Life in a Northern Town
Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue
Edie Brickell - What I Am
Europe - The Final Countdown
Freeez - I.O.U.
Guru Josh - Infinity
Haircut 100 - Love Plus One
Harold Faltermeyer - Axel Foley
Hayzi Fantayzee - Shiny Shiny
Herbie Hancock - Rockit
Japan - Quiet Life
John Parr - St. Elmo's Fire
Johnny Warman - Screaming Jets
Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes
Lene Lovich - Lucky Number
Little Heroes - One Perfect Day
MARRS - Pump Up The Volume
Mel & Kim - Respectable
Members - Radio
Men Without Hats - Safety Dance
Michael Sembello - Maniac
Mi-Sex - Computer Games
Morris Minor & The Majors - Stutter Rap
Murray Head - One Night In Bangkok
Musical Youth - Pass The Dutchie
Naked Eyes - There's Always Something There To Remind Me
Nena - 99 Luft Ballons
Paul Lekakis - Boom Boom
Paul Hardcastle - Nineteen
Phd - I Won't Let You Down
Player One - Space Invaders
The Reflex - Politics Of Dancing
Rock Steady Crew - Hey You Rock Steady Crew
Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me
Romantics - Talking In Your Sleep
Rupert Holmes - Escape (Pina Coladas)
Sabrina - Boys
Scandal - The Warrior
S-Express - Theme From S-Express
Sly Fox - Let's Go All The Way
Squeeze - Cool For Cats
Survivor - Eye of the Tiger
Swingers - Counting The Beat
Taco - Puttin' on the Ritz
'Til Tuesday - Voices Carry
Toni Basil - Mickey
Trio - Da Da Da
Underworld - Underneath The Radar
Vapours - Turning Japanese
Waitresses - I Know What Boys Like
Was(Not Was) - Walk The Dinosaur

[jimmyc1985]

A good list there Royza. Very harsh on Europe though to say they're a one hit wonder - they had Carrie too .

Feargal Sharkey - A Good Heart
Chris de Burgh - Lady in Red
Kajagoogoo - Too Shy
Aha - Take on Me
Gino Vanelli - Wild Horses
Peter Cetera - Glory of Love
Mister Mister - Broken Wings
John Secada - Just Another Day
Kool and the Gang - Cherish the Love
Marc Cohn - Walking in Memphis
Glen Medeiros - Nothing's Gonna Change my Love for You
Orleans - Still the One
Cutting Crew - I Just Died in Your Arms Tonight
Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up
Dave Dobbyn and The Herbs - Slice of Heaven
Sade - Smooth Operator
OMC - How Bizarre
Falco - Rock me Amadeus
Extreme - More than Words
Londonbeat - I've Been Thinking About You
Hocus Pocus - Here's Johnny (Bam Bam Bam)
Haddaway - What is Love

[Royza]

Yeah, there's a few who could be 2 hit wonders with the follow-up single selling on the basis of the popularity of the 1st.

Rick Astley was an abomination. Another of the Stock, Aitken, Waterman puppets.

Check out this clip & shudder:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZOU8GIRUd_g

[robbie67]

Most of the ones I was going to say have been mentioned already. But here are a few more.

Walking On Sunshine - Katrina and the Waves
Sex Symbol - Flame
Single Bed - Fox
Movie Star - Harpo

[CameronClayton]

Here's a few eclectic ones:

Your Ghost - Kristin Hersh
Glass of Champagne - Sailor
Message to Rudy - The Specials
Would I Lie to You - Charles & Edie
Fade to Grey - Visage
Mexican Radio - Wall of Voodoo
Make Me Smile - Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
Echo Beach - Martha & The Muffins
Sounds of Then - Gangajang
Don't Fear the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult

I'm thinking this may have enough legs to make up a 'One Hits Wonder' CD to burn. I've already done my Cowbell CD.....

[CameronClayton]

A few more while I'm at it:

Love & Pride - King
For Your Love - Yardbirds (maybe debatable if this qualifies)
Werewolves of London - Warren Zevon
Ca Plane Pour Moi - Plastic Bertrand

Definitely have enough there for a 25 song CD in all the above....

[Sismis]

A good list there Royza. Very harsh on Europe though to say they're a one hit wonder - they had Carrie too .

Feargal Sharkey - A Good Heart
Chris de Burgh - Lady in Red
Kajagoogoo - Too Shy
Aha - Take on Me
Gino Vanelli - Wild Horses
Peter Cetera - Glory of Love
Mister Mister - Broken Wings
John Secada - Just Another Day
Kool and the Gang - Cherish the Love
Marc Cohn - Walking in Memphis
Glen Medeiros - Nothing's Gonna Change my Love for You
Orleans - Still the One
Cutting Crew - I Just Died in Your Arms Tonight
Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up
Dave Dobbyn and The Herbs - Slice of Heaven
Sade - Smooth Operator
OMC - How Bizarre
Falco - Rock me Amadeus
Extreme - More than Words
Londonbeat - I've Been Thinking About You
Hocus Pocus - Here's Johnny (Bam Bam Bam)
Haddaway - What is Love

You and royza have pretty much copied the songlist for ma upcoming wedding! However a couple i have to dispute.

Faergal, far and away the ugliest dude EVER to hit no.1 also had a hit with You little thief.

Chris De burgh had a hit with "Don't pay the ferryman"

Rick Astley had quite a few manufactured hits

Sade had many hits if in a niche market. Sweetest taboo was another mainstream hit.

[Sismis]

Feargal's unfortunate head

[keri]

I know someone who has named their cat after him!

[rockhole]

Cannot agree with Yardbirds. They had several hits including:

I'm a Man
Shapes of Things
Over, under, sideways down
Heart full of Soul

Aso spawned a couple of useful guitarists in Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck and Clapton.

[swoodley]

Blue Oyster Cult were huge in the US so I don't think they would qualify as one hit wonders

[bomberdonnie]

Stuart Law 54* V Sri Lanka Perth 1995

[swoodley]

Come on Eileen by Dexy's Midnight Runners
Kung Fu Fighting - Carl Douglas
Born to be Alive - Patrick Hernandez
Video Killed the Radio Star - Buggles?
Convoy - forgot who sung it

They were my fav one hit wonders. One song that I thought was absolutely brilliant was from The War of The Worlds soundtrack - Forever Autumn by Justin Hayward.

I listened to the first disc last night just so that I could hear that particular song and it is pretty damn good.

Of course Justin Hayward was a member of The Moody Blues so he was hardly a one hit wonder.

[BenDoolan]

Come on Eileen by Dexy's Midnight Runners
Kung Fu Fighting - Carl Douglas
Born to be Alive - Patrick Hernandez
Video Killed the Radio Star - Buggles?
Convoy - forgot who sung it

They were my fav one hit wonders. One song that I thought was absolutely brilliant was from The War of The Worlds soundtrack - Forever Autumn by Justin Hayward.

I listened to the first disc last night just so that I could hear that particular song and it is pretty damn good.

Of course Justin Hayward was a member of The Moody Blues so he was hardly a one hit wonder.

One hit wonder as a solo artist?

[swoodley]

Harsh call Ben...I'm not sure that he went solo...it was more that he was asked to do that song because of his status. The Moody Blues were still recording after The War of the Worlds was released.

[BenDoolan]

Harsh call Ben...I'm not sure that he went solo...it was more that he was asked to do that song because of his status. The Moody Blues were still recording after The War of the Worlds was released.

Just being technical The song is attributed to Justin Hayward and not Moody Blues.

Anyway, I just wanted to mention the song because it was a f***'n goodie!

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=CO9Qx7Kp_I8

[Royza]

If we are being technical, Limahl had a hit with Never Ending Story after he left Kajagoogoo

[rockhole]

Hocus Pocus by Focus

Jump on to Youtube and watch them play this number live.

Unbeelievable!!