Wednesday, September 05, 2018

Your Turn

Your favorite one hit wonder song.

119 comments:

  1. Safety Dance by Men Without Hats.

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    1. Men without Hats had at least 2 hits, did they not? Safety Dance and Land Down Under.
      Still a good answer. :)

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    2. Down Under is by Men at Work. I used to get them confused all the time because of the names

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  2. Moonlight Feels Right
    or Midnight at the Oasis

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  3. +1 I came to say that.

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  4. Ah Leah by Donnie Iris

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  5. House of Pain - Jump Around

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  6. Mickey by Toni Basil.

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    1. Same, listening to it right now at work 😅

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  8. Steal My Sunshine...Len.

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  9. I though for sure sandybrook was going to say Sandy by Larry Hall

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  10. I'm too sexy
    Right Said Fred

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  11. 99 red balloons by Nena

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  12. Oh but I love them all! :)

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  13. I don't think Vanilla Ice is a one hit wonder. Play that Funky Music hit #4 on Billboard's Hot 100

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  14. Not sure if sinead’s Nothing compares to U counts. Also Just bust a move by young MC.

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  15. Tubthumping by Chumbawumba. The song is terrible, but catchy as all hell...

    "I get knocked down, but I get up again...."

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  16. Seriously, though?

    Torn--Natalie Imbruglia

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  17. Sweet
    Fox On the Run

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBdFA6sI6-8

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  18. Tangerine Speedo- Caviar

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  19. I dont know that song Lurky the only Sandy song I know is Springsteens and its not really the title

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  20. I am also going to go with "Mickey" by Toni Basil. Saw her on TV last night and she looked amazing for someone in her 70s.

    Also, Donny Iris wouldn't be considered a one hit wonder. Off the top of my head, there was "Love Is Like A Rock," and "Sweet Merilee" that charted. He had enough songs to have a "Best Of Donny Iris" album and still tours a little. He is also in his 70s and his voice still sounds great. (Saw him a couple of years ago.) But yeah, "Ah Lea" was good. So many little girls were named "Aleaah" because of it.

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  21. Somebody I Used to Know by Gotye .... just try not to sing along with that mofo!! It’s a shame tho, because the album it’s on is great & I expected more good stuff from him.

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    1. Yup yup yup! Came here to say this one too!!

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  22. And is it just me, or did Donnie Iris remind anyone else of a rock n roll version of Eugene Levy?

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  23. They had a couple of minor hits but Walk Away Renee by the Left Banks is an all time favorite.

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  24. Driver's Seat by Sniff 'n the Tears

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  25. Come on Eileen - Dexy and the midnight runners.

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  26. She Sheila by the Producers.

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  27. "Turn Up the Radio" by Autograph

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  28. she drives me crazy by fine young cannibals

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  29. The Groove is in the Heart by Deelite.

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  30. At last...I have found my people!! 😂😂😂

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  31. Groove is in the heart Dee-Lite

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  32. Crash by The Primitives - I love that song. The Paris Jackson blinds on here always make me think of it.

    Steal my Sunshine by Len - as mentioned above. Back when hair in two little buns was cuuuuuuuute!

    Suspicious Minds by some guy called Presley. Can't remember his first name...

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  33. oh1 Yes!

    Hot by Sara Ozelle - from the EuroTruck Simulator 2 trailer. Does that count as a Hit? Maybe not but the song and the trailer both tickle the hell out of me and leave me smiling. Love it.

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  34. "Flagpole Sitta", Harvey Danger.
    Along with many of the ones mentioned above... Autograph, Donny Iris, Sweet...

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  35. Sailing up to Boston by the Dropkick Murphys - from The Departed soundtrack. Was it released? Was it a hit? dunno, but brilliant song.

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    1. My first response was to say that Dropkick Murphy is NOT a one hit wonder but then I thought... do they get airplay? I know they have a large fan base but have no idea if they've ever had a "hit"
      Anyways, yeah, brilliant song.

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  36. @Low Key Yes, Men Without Hats had another hit, Pop Goes the World.

    Land Down Under was by Men at Work. Close!

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  37. Stop the Cavalry by Jona Lewie - because it will soon be that time of year again...


    And Happy Birthday! - was that ever released? Surely a hit and most of us love it...


    Shipping up to Boston then! Ta!

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  38. @Low Key: Land Down Under was by Men at Work 😋

    Crowded House with Don’t Dream it’s Over

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  39. Also, Katrina Nd the Waves with Walking on Sunshine!

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  40. @Satan 666 Crowded house had a bigger hit with Weather with you.I

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  41. Any of the hits by Iggy Azaelia 😉

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  42. No Myth by Michael Penn

    Or

    Life in a Northern Town by Dream Academy.

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    1. Life in a Northern Town... damn, guess who's gonna be listening to the 80s channel on Sirius tomorrow?
      So many good songs being mentioned today, I can't keep track!

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  43. Most of the songs mentioned here!
    T'Pau Heart and Soul
    Stacy Q Two Of Hearts
    Animotion Obsession

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  44. Everything Everything by Dramarama

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  45. Spirit in the Sky, Norman Greenbaum.

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  46. Pictures of Matchstick Men, Status Quo.

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  47. Incense and Peppermints, Strawberry Alarm Clock. (RIP Ed King.)

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  48. Climax Blues Band, "I love you" and this band certainly not one hit wonder, but "Rainbow" by the Stones.

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  49. Carl Douglas - Kung Fu Fighting
    Looking Glass - Brandy (You're A Fine Girl)
    Miguel Brown - So Many Men (So Little Time)

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  50. Turning Japanese, the vapors
    Mexican Radio Wall of Voodoo

    There are a lot of bands that were one hit wonders in the states, but had lots of hits in the UK, like Soft Cell with Tainted Love, so not sure if they can be named or not!

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  51. I want you to want me - Cheap Trick
    And a cheesy one - Every Time I think of you - the Babys

    Pop Muzik - M
    Cars - Gary Numan
    Funky Town - Lipps Inc
    Am I the Same Girl - Barbara ACklin

    There are so many I could go on forever!

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  52. Signs by Tesla

    1990

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  53. Groove is in the heart Dee-lite

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  54. My Shooz I Can't Wait

    There were soooooooo many good ones in the 80's!!

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  55. A song called Redlight, from the original Fame soundtrack, not sure who the artist is.Also, Kayleah by Marillion. Ok, now I am done.

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  56. The Passions 'I'm in Love (With a German Film Star.) Also, @Mistress T - I saw The Climax Blues Band in concert at what was then Liverpool Polytechnic. They were so good! I had their album as well.

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  57. Goodbye Horses by Q Lazzarus

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  58. Life in a Northern Town- Dream Academy

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  59. 867-5309 Tommy TuTone

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  60. Pretty Poison - Catch Me I'm Falling

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  61. I'm Digging Your Scene by the Blow Monkeys

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  62. Anonymous3:44 PM

    867-5309/Jenny by Tommy Tu-tone

    They Don’t Know by Tracey Ullman

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  63. Kim Wilde also had Kids In America bigger than Keep Me....Hanging On.

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  64. Somebody's watching me

    Rockwell

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  65. I've got the classic "One Hit Wonder," late '80s, #1 song, only song to ever chart from the band:

    "Right Here, Right Now," by Jesus Jones. Monster one-hit wonder. A song that totally captured its moment, as the Berlin wall had recently come down and everything seemed full of promise.

    It's a huge song from my early 20s, when I was most involved in the music scene, my BF was a rock critic, and everybody in my circle had that album and played it all the time and the single was everywhere on the radio. Then we all got sick of it, but for about a month Jesus Jones was everything--that album's a scorcher.

    Runner up would be "Beach Baby" or "Brandy." My parents even had that album and there was a second very good song on it, not as good as "Brandy" (what is?) but still a very catchy song with good harmonies. I tried to find it a while back, couldn't figure out which song it was.

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    1. I adored that Jesus Jones album. "I'm Burning" is a great song.

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  66. I object. SO many of those named here had more than one hit! As for me, I could never pick just one.

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  67. Anonymous5:33 PM

    Nothing Compares to You

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  68. Another Groove Is in the Heart can here.

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  69. Radar Love - Golden Earring

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  70. Anonymous6:01 PM


    "The Rain, the Park and Other Things"
    - The Cowsills

    (Rest well, Bill and Barry)

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    1. @mercyprosperity, the Cowsills had two singles that reached #2 on the Billboard chart. Their second one was "Hair" in 1969. I love the moment in "Hair" when the little kid sings "and spaghetti". Check it out.

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  71. Afternoon Delight by Starland Vocal Band.

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  72. Too Shy/Kajagoogoo

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    1. Good one. The instrumental bridge part of that song is nice.

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  73. Hey little girl / syndicate of sound

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  74. Too many to choose from. Lies by Knickerbockers.

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  75. making my way downtown

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  76. Signs by five man electrical band, I'm not in love-10cc, and Ride Captain Ride-blues image, and Tighter and Tighter by Alive and Kicking . Good picks @unknown, neal and bunny bunny. Cheap tricks whole album was a hit to me. 💖

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    1. Those are great ones. All recorded in 1970 except 10cc. Others from around then (with recording dates):

      Baby, It's You by Smith (1969)
      Ooh Child by the Five Stairsteps (1970)
      I'd Love to Change the World by Ten Years After (1971)
      Thunder and Lightning by Chi Coltrane (1972)
      So Very Hard to Go by Tower of Power (1972)

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  77. One more- hey DJ-world famous supreme team!!!

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  78. "A Whiter Shade of Pale" by Procul Harum.

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    1. Procul Harum also had "Conquistador" in 1972, #16 in the U.S.

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  79. Green Tambourine by the Lemon Pipers.

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  80. I'm late to the party. Sick. Cough, sniff, limp-wristed hand clasped to forehead

    DJ can you play the following for me?

    They're Coming To Take Me Away: Napoleon XIV
    Video Killed The Radio Star: Buggles
    Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick: Ian Dury & The Blockheads (not quite a one-hit, but humour me, I'm poorly)

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  81. Two Princes by the Spin Doctors

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  82. For those who don't know, if you aren't seeing the comments in nested order and want to, add "?m=1" to the URL, after "html". I'm posting this because I just replied to four other comments without indicating who wrote most of them.

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  83. Escape (The Pina Colada Song) by Rupert Holmes, Play That Funky Music by Wild Cherry (I would ask to be put back on hold if that was the hold music), 500 Miles by The Proclaimers, Tainted Love by Soft Cell, Take On Me by A-ha, Baby Got Back by Sir Mix-A-Lot, Possum Kingdom by The Toadies, I Want Candy by Bow-wow-wow, What's Going On by 4 Non-Blondes, Sex and Candy by Marcy Playground, In The Meantime by Spacehog, Epic by Faith No More, In A Big Country by Big Country, No Rain by Blind Melon, Bittersweet Symphony by The Verve, What I Am by Edie Brickell and New Bohemians, Knock On Wood by Lipps Inc., Rapper's Delight by The Sugarhill Gang

    There, I think I named a bunch of forgotten but awesome one hit wonders. :-)

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  84. 10cc had at least one other hit called Things we do for love. Rupert Holmes had a song called Him that must charted because I can sing it to you.

    I'd choose Brandy (you're a fine girl) or Moonlight Feels Right or City of New Orleans

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    1. @anne mott, good point about 10cc. They were a two-hit wonder.

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  85. Fancy by Iggy Azaelia

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  86. sorry ao late ..I got 3

    1. Putting On The Ritz - Taco
    2. Brandy (You're a Fine Girl) - Looking Glass
    3. Mexican Radio - Wall of Voodoo

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  87. Here are some others from the 1969-1972 period, with recording dates:

    Take a Letter, Maria by R.B. Greaves (1969)
    The Rapper by the Jaggerz (1969, probably)
    All Right Now by Free (1970)
    Me and Mrs. Jones by Billy Paul (1972)
    Why Can't We Live Together by Timmy Thomas (1972)
    If Loving You Is Wrong, I Don't Want to Be Right by Luther Ingram (1972)

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  88. Thanks for info on 10cc. Good picks Doug. How about Time has come th change by the Chambers Brothers

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    1. @Sd Anntie, good one by the Chambers Brothers. Recorded in 1967, a bit earlier than I had thought.

      Reminded me of another good one, "Get Together" by the Youngbloods, which I didn't realize was recorded in 1966! It was released first in 1967 and didn't get much airplay, but was then used in a public service announcement, was re-released in 1969, and went to #5 on Billboard. I knew about the 1967 release, but I didn't know it was recorded in 1966. Wow.

      Another act that recorded the song, originally titled "Let's Get Together", was We Five. Although their version charted, that success was based on the momentum created by their one true hit, "You Were on My Mind", recorded and released in 1965. A great song and performance.

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  89. OMG a fun "Your Turn" with lots of great comments and camaraderie and not a single political or religious slur! So Nice!

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  90. Get Together is another favorite.I thought they had more hits and I do remember that public service announcement! Excellent memory Doug. I have all a mish mash of 60 70 80 and 90 on my spotify faborites.

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  91. favorites. The midspellings.

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