double aught said:

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Zoot Suit Riot was by the Cherry Poppin' Daddies, bro.

Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau are spinning in their graves.

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hah.. yeh i knew that, not sure where I got squirrel nut zippers from.

I don't even know any SNZ songs.. that name just popped in my head for some reason while writing that.

62strat said:

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The 80s has to win with the most one hit wonders:

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what's on your mind (pure energy)
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Information Society also scored another top 10 hit with "Walking Away".

A common mistake, I think. They were both part of that mid 90s swing revival.

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Sex Panther said:

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The Wallflowers are in no remote way a one hit wonder

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PatAg said:

I could not name one, and I went to youtube and didn't recognize any when listening. You might have liked them, but they are a one hit wonder. Google "the wallflowers a one hit wonder" and there are multiple pages with different articles and lists naming them that. Sorry about your bottom.

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double aught said:

They are without question not a one hit wonder. "Sixth Avenue Heartache" was their first single and was quite successful. They were well known before "One Headlight" was released. "One Headlight" has definitely stood the test of time better, but who knows if it would have even been a success were it not for their first hit.

Just because you only remember one of their songs, doesn't make them a one hit wonder.

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NoahAg said:

Annnnd just because you're the only one who knows any of their other songs, doesn't make them not a one hit wonder.

Personally, I don't call them a one hit wonder, b/c their "one hit" was a crappy song. If he wasn't Bob Dylan's kid, they would be unknown.

Nope, not a sock of PatAg. But, I stand corrected. Apparently they had 1 top 10, and 4 top 40 singles.

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Tanya 93 said:

I hear "Three Marlenas" on the radio weekly here.

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I hear 6th ave. heartache way more than one headlight.

Not a one hit wonder for sure, but you could call them a one album wonder.. all their hits are from the one album.

Ohh I forgot about one of my favorites from 90s, fastball the way, although their other song out of my head is one of my favorites... just not much of a hit.

ApachePilot said:

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Night Ranger had multiple top 40 hits.

Some of them are listed here: http://nightranger.com/#/releases/7831

Tanya 93 said:

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Your Love--The Outfield

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The Outfield also had multiple top 40 hits. Nine, to be precise.

In fact, "Your Love" isn't even their top hit. That would be "Voices of Baylon", which reached #2 on the US charts.

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Rex Racer said:

Night Ranger had multiple top 40 hits.

Some of them are listed here: http://nightranger.com/#/releases/7831

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Sister Christian is the most infectious song in the world. Once it gets stuck in your head it's there for a week and a half.

double aught said:

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A common mistake, I think. They were both part of that mid 90s swing revival.

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yeh brian setzer revived himself in late 90s as well, with jump jive an wail.

course he's not a one hit wonder

Champ Bailey said:

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My vote goes to Stacy's Mom, by Fountains of Wayne.

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Reaching.....

That song was their biggest and I'm guessing only hit but their early releases, especially "Welcome interstate managers" are solid. I wore that CD out back in the day. The whole cd is great.

If you'd asked me before this thread if Stacy's Mom was a one hit wonder, my response would have been "Good Charlotte had quite a few hits".

Has nobody mentioned Katrina and the Waves---Walkin' On Sunshine?

And for the record, Eddie and the Cruisers was a band in a movie, the song On the Dark Side was by John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band.

Really surprised we got to page 4, without mention of this masterpiece....

Escape (The Pina Colada Song) by Rupert Holmes


I'll also add Cornershop - Brimful of Asha to the 90's list.


Another 90's hit I find interesting in terms of this conversation is She Don't Use Jelly by The Flaming Lips. Obviously they aren't one hit wonders in the traditional sense with a huge tour following, album sales, lots of critical success, and more success overseas, but that silly ass song remains their only real "hit" single on U.S. charts and with the exception of maybe occasionally hearing Do You Realize, it's the only one you're likely to ever catch on the radio. I love them and they've put out some amazing stuff over a great career, but from a certain perspective, they could be considered one hit wonders.

Bruce Almighty said:

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If you'd asked me before this thread if Stacy's Mom was a one hit wonder, my response would have been "Good Charlotte had quite a few hits".

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I have to remind myself that it's not by Bowling For Soup.

I'm not at all arguing that Blind Melon wasn't a OHW, but some of their other songs are really good.

MSFC Aggie said:

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Night Ranger???......a one-hit wonder???

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Some people think "well I only know one song, they must be a one hit wonder."

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Tanya 93 said:

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Your Love--The Outfield

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Rex Racer said:

The Outfield also had multiple top 40 hits. Nine, to be precise.

In fact, "Your Love" isn't even their top hit. That would be "Voices of Baylon", which reached #2 on the US charts.

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I had a very specific reason for posting that song.

The Flys - Got you where I want you

Looked into Fountains of Wayne and interestingly enough the bassists for the band, Adam Schlesinger, actually wrote the title song "that thing you do" for the movie. That's a strange twist of fate.

Also gotta give a shout out for Kung fu fighting.

oragator said:

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Also gotta give a shout out for Kung fu fighting.

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They played Kung Fu Fighting at my prom, while our principal stood in the middle of the dance floor making sure everyone left 6 inches for Jesus.

Wild, Wild West - Escape Club

Jeff Buckley or Israel Kaanoi Kamakawiwoole

Define 1 hit wonder. Not a single song, other the Sister Christian, was a Hit.

I saw a documentary on this a few years ago, based on album sales to hits, the greatest one hit wonder of all time was Jimmy Hendrix. He only had one song the Top 40 (which the music industry defines as a hit).

ApachePilot said:

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Define 1 hit wonder. Not a single song, other the Sister Christian, was a Hit.

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Not sure how to define a one hit wonder, but they had 5 top 20 songs.

http://www.billboard.com/artist/312292/night-ranger/chart

BassCowboy33 said:

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I saw a documentary on this a few years ago, based on album sales to hits, the greatest one hit wonder of all time was Jimmy Hendrix. He only had one song the Top 40 (which the music industry defines as a hit).

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He's was a one hit wonder because radio wouldn't play his music, but all his albums, I believe were top 5 sales wise. I think even Zeppelin only had one song hit the top 10 despite crazy record sales. Definitely a different era.

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Mucho austin said:

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If you have a greatest hits album, you aren't a one hit wonder.

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double aught said:

While I support your Better Than Ezra claim, this statement is not quite true.

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Informer! A dooba doobda booba dooba dooooba! I like your boom-boom now!!! A shooba dooba dooba dooba doooooooba...I lick your boom boom down!!!!

Those were the only lyrics I ever understood.

That's s good list. Crowd surfing Candlebox in CS in mid nighties....

The thread has covered most.

I think it's a tie between Your Love and Come on Eileen.

/Redstone

Bunk Moreland said:

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The thread has covered most.

I think it's a tie between Your Love and Come on Eileen.

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I don't think The Outfield should count. They did have some other success... Voices of Babylon is a pretty dope song.

I'd go with

Tubthumping
Come On Eileen
Take On Me
Macarena

All of those songs were MASSIVE in the years they came out, and were from bands that were truly never heard of again. I don't think anyone to this day knows what the hell exactly Los Del Rio even was.

In regards to The Outfield - Your Love... does anyone else think that song benefitted big time from Grand Theft Auto: Vice City?

I'm not sure I'd ever even heard it before that, and it seemed like it was everywhere afterwards.

A Ha Take on Me has to walk away with this for anyone that watched music videos growing up.

Did I miss "I would walk 500 miles"?

Also, not the best, but presumably #1 in your hearts: Teenage Dirtbag.