rudebhoy
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8 UK Top 10 hits!
One hit wonders.
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8 UK Top 10 hits!
need_my_wedge
Has Now Found His Wedgie
A couple more that were one hit over here, but may have had more success elsewhere
Big_G
Assistant Pro
The Firm
Orikoru
Tour Winner
I was going to say that one! Great song.
Just gonna throw some out from the Wiki page on one hit wonders...
Mamba No 5
Macarena
Tainted Love
Come On Eileen
99 Red Balloons
Spirit in the Sky
Teenage Dirtbag
He performed in a club when I was about 20. There must have been 20 lasses my age seeing along to all his other "hits"!! They had to have been plants. The other 300 there had no clue about em.
I was going to say that one! Great song.
Just gonna throw some out from the Wiki page on one hit wonders...
Mamba No 5
Macarena
Tainted Love
Come On Eileen
99 Red Balloons
Spirit in the Sky
Teenage Dirtbag
My mate bought the Lou Bega album after Mambo No5. The second song was exactly the same tune with slightly different lyrics.
He also bought Eiffel65's album because of Blue (Da ba Dee)
USER1999
Grand Slam Winner
Vanilla Ice.
rudebhoy
Q-School Graduate
I was going to say that one! Great song.
Just gonna throw some out from the Wiki page on one hit wonders...
Mamba No 5
Macarena
Tainted Love
Come On Eileen
99 Red Balloons
Spirit in the Sky
Teenage Dirtbag
I take it that's an American list? Soft Cell had plenty other hits here, and Dexy's had another number one with Geno!
You have had a mare there. I am guessing you are inferring both Soft Cell and Dexys Midnight Runners. Go forth and educate yourself, the 80's were my time. Soft Cell were one of the great bands of the 80's. Get yourself a Soft Cell / Marc Almond compilation, great stuff. Dexys had plenty of hits as well.
sounds like a perfect tread for any 3 wood or hybrid i have bought in the last 5 years
GreiginFife
Money List Winner
I was going to say that one! Great song.
Just gonna throw some out from the Wiki page on one hit wonders...
Mamba No 5
Macarena
Tainted Love
Come On Eileen
99 Red Balloons
Spirit in the Sky
Teenage Dirtbag
Not sure Weezer should be on there either. Show's how subjective/geographical these things can be.
who could forget Jocky Wilson Said
Orikoru
Tour Winner
In fairness I could not have named you another song from either band. Even after looking up their discography, the only other Soft Cell I recognise is the one that David Gray did a successful cover of, and I have no idea of any of the other Dexys ones. So yeah, they're still one hit wonders.
Orikoru
Tour Winner
It's lucky Weezer weren't on it then?
USER1999
Grand Slam Winner
I can only name one Elvis song, so he must be a one hit wonder too.
Orikoru
Tour Winner
No that just means you've lived in a cave.
Hacker Khan
Yurt Dwelling, Yoghurt Knitter
There's some weird definitions of one hit wonders in this thread. Call me old fashioned but I thought it was acts that have only had one record that charted, usually quite high. Not acts who had one famous song but actually had quite a few more that charted but were not as famous. So here's one of my favourites
Beezerk
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Amir Kahn 🥊
Hacker Khan
Yurt Dwelling, Yoghurt Knitter
Blimey, educate yourself man, Say hello Wave Goodbye is a stone cold classic from Soft Cell and they had 5 top 5 singles in the early 80s. And Geno got to number one from Dexys! And as any Philomena Cunk fan knows, they also wrote the theme form Brushstrokes.
Kellfire
Blackballed
So all this thread is showing is that most people don’t have a clue that being a one hit wonder doesn’t mean the same as having only one mega famous song that’s stood the test of time over the rest of a band’s back catalogue.