This was number 1 on the Billboard 100 in the USA
My wife liked this one hit wonder when it came out
My wife liked this one hit wonder when it came out
Favorite one hit wonder?
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Pop Muzik released in 1979 by "M"
Concert hall pipe organ intro and synthesizers, how can you get better than that?!
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Nick1994
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Aren't 1 hit wonders supposed to be known songs? 
Of this entire thread I think I've heard of 2 songs.
Of this entire thread I think I've heard of 2 songs.
4WD
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Wonder WTH that is wondersAren't 1 hit wonders supposed to be known songs?
Of this entire thread I think I've heard of 2 songs.
yeah, looked through carefully before I drop this right here:Aren't 1 hit wonders supposed to be known songs?
Of this entire thread I think I've heard of 2 songs.
Fun Loving Criminals, 'Scooby Snax' they held such promise. Then, nothing.
Also, The Godfathers, 'Birth, School, Work, Death' true 80s punk classic.
^^^^^^^^^^that one got on the MTv & scared the crap outta me.
Aren't 1 hit wonders supposed to be known songs?
Of this entire thread I think I've heard of 2 songs.
Really? I've heard at least two dozen of the ones linked or listed. And some of them you'd really need to listen and then recognize it.
Thinking of a few more. I'll be somewhat generous as charting isn't necessarily the best way to determine a hit. Some songs barely charted but are so memorable where they sold millions of copies steadily over the years. Some songs charted but aren't otherwise memorable.
Not really familiar with that, but this song is pretty memorable. Some might call this their one hit wonder in the United States, even if Billboard doesn't quite agree.
This rerecording from 2010 was an interesting exercise. And guess who was the guest singer and keyboardist?
But Paul Carrack seems to mix and match everything in his solo performances.
It's all about your age and frame of reference. You would have had to have been in your teens during the era to remember some of these. My frame of reference is mid 60's to mid 70's when Top 40 AM radio and 45's were the kings. Back then, a band could release a 45, get fortunate and receive a lot of airplay on AM radio, and end-up with a hit. There were a LOT of one hit wonders produced during this era. Some of these artists have made a life-long living off of one big hit. The music industry hasn't been the same since. In the 80's you had to release a video and get airplay on MTV or VH1 to have a hit, a much harder nut to crack because you weren't going to get any airplay on Classic Rock FM radio (by then AM radio had denigrated to Disco and then Rap) and 45's were gone, so there weren't nearly as many one hit wonders going forward.Aren't 1 hit wonders supposed to be known songs?
Of this entire thread I think I've heard of 2 songs.
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SammyChevelleTypeS3
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I get a kick out of the "Don Henley MUST DIE" story. I grew up with EAGLES from 1st time seeing them on In Concert show on late nite Tv doing songs from On The Border album along with Steely Dan in late 1974. They still had Skunk Baxter (founding member) playing guitar with them before he left for the Doobie Brothers. I have in my CD collection every album the EAGLES released. Someone gave me the DvD "History of The EAGLES." Well I knew Henley and Frey thought they were the 2nd coming of Paul McCartney and John Lennon with egos so big they barley could ride in their private stretch limos. After seeing how they put that DvD together I am sure of it. It is as if they were the only two members who mattered. They pretty much ignored other members while telling their entire life stories mixed into what is supposed to be The History of the EAGLES. It just about turned it into the History of Henley and Frey making it all about themselves. They come across like two filthy rich spoiled children who cared for no one but themselves.
I'm not sure about that. I grew up in the early 80s and back then there were "oldies rock" stations on AM or FM that played mostly music from the 50s and 60s. I'd occasionally have a listen and got exposed to a lot of older songs, including many one-hit wonders. And then there were any number of movies and TV shows set in the past that featured a lot of these. But then it started getting depressing when they expanded to 70s and then even 80s material - at least until the format was typically changed to something else.
But here's one more. I wasn't really familiar with it but first heard it on a radio station while driving on I-5 down to Southern California.
Corporate !
Played 8 track of Blue Oyster Cult - Some Enchanted Evening ( Live ) , Led Zeppelin I+II , and other rock groups . I think I smoked Winston while sitting / driving the V.W. Bug . Gave up the smokes cold turkey a few years ago , just before Covid .
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Good one!
He was a highly underrated artist. He had a fantastic voice and was a master of the Hammond organ.
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