What group/s are your favorite ''one hit one wonders''

[FlockOfSeagulls]

Who came out with an amazing song only to not be able to follow up on it`s own success and eventually fade into the background of ''one hit wonder''

the most obvious one for me would be

Dexy`s Midnight Runners with '' C`mon Eileen''..... this is still one of my all-time favorite songs !

 

[C.K. Storyteller]

A-Ha, with "Take On Me"

Though Dexy's Runners are a close second.

Also the Proclaimers "500 Miles"

 

[kered]

How Long by Ace

 

[RobAce]

True--by Spandeau Ballet.

One of the greatest songs ever in my book.

Rob

 

[featherfingers]

This one goes back all the way to 1970:
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Crabby Appleton - "Go Back"

And here's one from 1971:
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Lee Michaels - "Do You Know What I Mean"

 

[Bugman]

Green Eyed Lady-Sugarloaf

Brandy-The Looking Glass

 

[TklDuo-Drew]

"Mexican Radio" -Wall of Voodoo

"How Bizarre" -OMD



Drew

 

[Capnmad]

"You get what you give" -- The New Radicals


"Wake up, kids... We've got the dreamer's disease..." 🙂

 

[TheAceOfCakes]

Funny you should be the one to start the thread, FlockOfSeagulls...


I Ran (So Far Away) - A Flock of Seagulls 😛

Are You Gonna Be My Girl? - Jet

Tubthumping - Chumbawumba


Thems 3 of mine (not sure if Jet's a one-hit, but that's the only song of theirs I know...not that that necessarily means much).

 

[unclebill]

Fly At Night, by the group Chilliwack. Check it out on youtube, excellent music. The group had so much potential, but faded away quickly after that album.😡

 

[nostradamas]

Fly At Night, by the group Chilliwack. Check it out on youtube, excellent music. The group had so much potential, but faded away quickly after that album.😡

For the record, I think Chilliwack did have another hit, Bill.

Remember "My Girl (Gone Gone Gone)" ? I loved that song.

Some good ones so far.

My Entries:

"Driver's Seat" - Sniff 'n the Tears
"Betty Davis Eyes" - Kim Carnes
"Turning Japanese" - The Vapors
"I'm Alive" - Flyleaf
"Jenny 867-5309" - Tommy Tutone

 

[unclebill]

For the record, I think Chilliwack did have another hit, Bill

Which song was it??? I must be getting old.😱 Thats the only hit I remember from them.

 

[FlockOfSeagulls]

Funny you should be the one to start the thread, FlockOfSeagulls...


I Ran (So Far Away) - A Flock of Seagulls 😛

Are You Gonna Be My Girl? - Jet

Tubthumping - Chumbawumba


Thems 3 of mine (not sure if Jet's a one-hit, but that's the only song of theirs I know...not that that necessarily means much).

Ironic ain`t i...


Even though I Ran was by far thr Flock`s biggest hit , they were by far not one hit wonders

Other songs that hit the top 40 in the U.S. or in Europe are

''Space Age Love Song ''

'' Telecommunication ''

''The More You Live the More You Love ''

''Wishing ''

just to name a few



Also A-Ha actually hit #36 in the U.S. with '' the Sun Always Shines on TV ''

They have also sold over 40, 000,000 records world wide

 

[TklDuo-Drew]

Which song was it??? I must be getting old.😱 Thats the only hit I remember from them.

I believe the other Chilliwack hit was...


"Whatcha Gonna Do"

Same harmonies as "My Girl".



Drew

 

[Aragon]

My all time 1 hit wonder song that I love is Baby Got Back, love that song.

 

[nostradamas]

I guess Chilliwack had more than a few hits

Which song was it??? I must be getting old.😱 Thats the only hit I remember from them.

Wikipedia sez: "Chilliwack are a Canadian rock band that had their heyday during the 1970s and 1980s. They are perhaps best remembered for their three biggest songs "My Girl (Gone Gone Gone)", "I Believe" and "Whatcha Gonna Do."

Hit singles in Canada included "Lonesome Mary", "Crazy Talk" and "Fly at Night".

The singles "My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone)" (1981), "I Believe" (1982), and "Whatcha Gonna Do (When I'm Gone)" (1982) were popular both in Canada and in the U.S.

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[alchemy]

RATT and Quiet Riot

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[tickleshotel]

Radar Love-Golden Earring

 

[Cosmo_ac]

Level 42-something about you

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[featherfingers]

Ram Jam - "Black Betty" (1977)
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Ram Jam guitarist/vocalist Bill Bartlett was a member of another one hit wonder band back in the 1960s. The band was called The Lemon Pipers and they had a #1 hit in 1968 with the song "Green Tambourine":
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The Lemon Pipers - "Green Tambourine" (1968)

 

[TklDuo-Drew]

"Addicted" -Leroux



Drew

 

[chicago]

The Surfaris - "Wipe Out"

Iron Butterfly - "In A Gadda Da Vida"

Norman Greenbaum- "Spirit In The Sky"

Thin Lizzy - "The Boys are Back In Town"

Ram Jam - "Black Betty"

Sugar Hill Gang - "Rapper's Delight"

Soft Cell - "Tainted Love"

Taco - "Puttin' On The Ritz"

Haddaway - "What Is Love"

Blind Melon - "No Rain"

Crash Test Dummies - "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm"

Deep Blue Something - "Breakfast At Tiffany's"

The Cardigans - "Lovefool"

The Verve Pipe - "Freshmen"

Chumbawumba - "Tub Thumping"

The Verve - "Bittersweet Symphony"

Semisonic - "Closing Time"

Marcy's Playground - "Sex and Candy"

Nine Days - "Absolutely (Story of a Girl)"

Fuel - "Hemorrhage (In My Hands)"

Wayne Wonder - "No Letting Go"

The Ataris - "The Boys of Summer"

Hoobastank - "The Reason"

 

[Raya]

RATT and Quiet Riot

Ouch! 80's bands are so maligned.. *grin*

Ratt.. Lay it Down? Dance?

Quiet Riot.. Bang Your Head? Mama We're All Crazy Now?

Not saying they're great.. but I bought the albums..






Charlie Dore .. Pilot of the Airwaves

Napolean XIV .. They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Ha

 

[Scouse]

Babylon Zoo - Spaceman

 

[Scouse]

Thin Lizzy - "The Boys are Back In Town"

The Verve - "Bittersweet Symphony"

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