Favorite one hit wonder?

[CharBaby]

ACE: How Long w/Paul Carrack singing.

Lots of good songs listed. However some songs listed were from popular bands with esteemed careers and were not 1 hit wonders.

 

[aquariuscsm]

 

[SammyChevelleTypeS3]

RAM JAM 70s band and debut album then nothing......

 

[HemiBenny]

Outfield- "Your Love"

The first thing that popped into my head. This is a great song.

 

[ammolab]

No 1 Hit!

 

[y_p_w]

No way to pick just one.

Dead or Alive “You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)”
Eddy Grant “Electric Avenue”
Weather Girls “It’s Raining Men”
Animotion “Obsesssion”
Shannon “Let the Music Play”
T’Pau “Heart And Soul”
L.A. Guns “The Ballad of Jayne”
Haddaway "What Is Love,"
Tal Bachman "She's So High"
Corona "The Rhythm of the Night"

I think Dead or Alive and Animation might be better categorized as two hit wonders.

But to add to this topic:

 

[GON]

Mojo Nixon is quite a character. Have not heard his name in quite some time.

 

[97prizm]

OMC How Bizarre, Trustcompany downfall, Boxcar racer- "I feel so"

 

[GON]

I think Dead or Alive and Animation might be better categorized as two hit wonders.

But to add to this topic:

Alive version of Mambo #5 with a lot of brass and strings:

 

[pcoxe]

"Anna" - Arthur Alexander

 

[y_p_w]

Mojo Nixon is quite a character. Have not heard his name in quite some time.

I used to listen to an “alternative rock” station in the 80s and 90s. He was in studio for an interview once and it was bizarre. He was asked what happened between him and Skid Roper, and he went off on how crazy he got and how he had to dump him, although I heard the split was amicable.

But I’m not even sure what would be considered a “hit” with someone like him whose work never charted. After the split with Skid Roper, there was “Don Henley Must Die”.

https://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2014-06-20/don-henley-must-die/​

The Hole's walls have seen many legendary happenings: Courtney Love locking herself in the bathroom with a local dealer; fans chasing down a frat boy who stole Miles Zuniga's guitar while he was performing; Ivan Neville sitting in with Paul Minor's Last Waltz tribute; a drunken Santa Claus falling through the big window out front. No memory boasts greater mythological status than the night of July 31, 1992, when Eagles singer/drummer Don Henley jumped onstage with Mojo Nixon & the Toadliquors to join in a version of "Don Henley Must Die."​

 

[GON]

I used to listen to an “alternative rock” station in the 80s and 90s. He was in studio for an interview once and it was bizarre. He was asked what happened between him and Skid Roper, and he went off on how crazy he got and how he had to dump him, although I heard the split was amicable.

But I’m not even sure what would be considered a “hit” with someone like him whose work never charted. After the split with Skid Roper, there was “Don Henley Must Die”.

https://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2014-06-20/don-henley-must-die/​

The Hole's walls have seen many legendary happenings: Courtney Love locking herself in the bathroom with a local dealer; fans chasing down a frat boy who stole Miles Zuniga's guitar while he was performing; Ivan Neville sitting in with Paul Minor's Last Waltz tribute; a drunken Santa Claus falling through the big window out front. No memory boasts greater mythological status than the night of July 31, 1992, when Eagles singer/drummer Don Henley jumped onstage with Mojo Nixon & the Toadliquors to join in a version of "Don Henley Must Die."​

Thanks for sharing that YPW.

Physically, time has not been so generous on Mojo Nixon. He looks nothing like he looked in his younger days, not recognizable. Interesting personality. A personality that likely aligns with Don Imus.

 

[GON]

DEAD SKUNK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD - LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III

 

[97prizm]

A study a few years ago said that most people associate music they like from 8th grade or so till mid or college graduation maybe a few years after.

 

[PandaBear]

 

[Toy4x4]

Looked through my music to find a few more:

 

[wings&wheels]

Two favorites. Manfred Mann's Earth Band had a couple more songs get airplay, but nothing like this one;



And the Kings;

 

[y_p_w]

If we're talking in the United States.....

 

[wag123]

Manfred Mann can hardly be considered a one hit wonder. He had several hits going back to 1964 with smash hits like "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" and the 1968 cover of Bob Dylan's "Quinn the Eskimo".

Here are a few more...

 

[wings&wheels]

Manfred Mann can hardly be considered a one hit wonder. He had several hits going back to 1964 with smash hits like "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" and the 1968 cover of Bob Dylan's "Quinn the Eskimo".

Yeah, I thought of that as well but, I see the "Earth Band" as a different entity since almost all of the members were different from his previous bands and it was a different direction. Several of the one hitters here have also had hits in other bands.