Attention: Please take a moment to consider our terms and conditions before posting.
Options

One hit wonders

CarterCarter
edited December 2007 in Not Sports Related
Mental As Anything, anyone remember these? I played the song from Crocodile Dundee last night they did 'Live it up'.

I have never seen a dance floor fill with so many 30-40 year olds so quickly! Don't think they did anything else other than this did they?

And what were the best one hit wonders. And I mean a big hit not an obscure record from the 30's Henry ;-)

I vote this as the best one hit wonder if so.
«1

Comments

  • Options
    cunningstunt87cunningstunt87
    Runaway Train by Soul Asylum for me
  • Options
    paulbaconsarniepaulbaconsarnie
    ones that spring to mind, though they may have released other non-hit songs;

    new radicals - you get what you give
    bran van 3000 - drinking in L.A.
    the avalanches - since i left you
    dee lite - groove is in the heart
    midnight oil - beds are burning
  • Options
    BlackForestRedsBlackForestReds
    The Kingsmen - Louie Louie
    The Las - There she goes
    Stardust – Music Sounds Better With You
    Cornershop – Brimful of Asha
    Lipps Inc - Funkytown
    The Vapors - Turning Japanese
    Bobby McFerrin - Don't Worry Be Happy
    Patty Smith - Because The Night
  • Options
    bucksheebuckshee
    Jon Hendrie - the last minute winner against millwall at upton park
  • Options
    leftbehindleftbehind
    Mark B & Blade You dont see the signs
  • Options
    Off_itOff_it
    Shaddapa ya face - Joe Dolce
    Save your Love - Rene and Renata
    I want to wake up with you - Boris Gardner
    Nothing's gonna change my love for you - Glen Mediros
    The one and only - Cheney Hawkes
    You're my favourite waste of time - Owe Paul
    I'd rather Jack than Fleetwood Mac - The Reynolds Girls
    The Lion Sleeps Tonight - Tight Fit

    Personally I wouldn't have remembered any of these, but I've just broken into AFKA's house and saw his record collection!
  • Options
    LoOkOuTLoOkOuT
    La Bamba - Los Lobos

    Rock Me Amadeus - Falco

    Ghost Busters - Ray Parker Jr ("I ain't afraid of no ghost!")
  • Options
    FishnetsFishnets
    edited December 2007
    Los Lobos had two other hits, though not as big as La Bamba...songs from the film about Richie Valens (Sp)....cannot remember the title.
  • Options
    banknotebanknote
    [quote][cite]Posted By: BlackForestReds[/cite]
    Patty Smith - Because The Night[/quote]

    Patti Smith isn't a one hit wonder! She's a punk legend.But to get back on topic...
    Golden Earing- Radar Love
    Gerry Rafferty-Bakers Street
  • Options
    The EqualiserThe Equaliser
    edited December 2007
    Hoddle and Twaddle - Diamond Shites.
    Glad All Over - The Nigels
  • Sponsored links:


  • Options
    StoneStone
    Izale McClown.......
  • Options
    Charlie BlockCharlie Block
    [cite]Posted By: LoOkOuT[/cite]La Bamba - Los Lobos

    Rock Me Amadeus - Falco

    Ghost Busters - Ray Parker Jr ("I ain't afraid of no ghost!")
    [cite]Posted By: Gump[/cite]Los Lobos had two other hits, though not as big as La Bamba...songs from the film about Richie Valens (Sp)....cannot remember the title.

    I seem to recall that one of those Los Lobos other hits was "Come On, Let's Go"

    Falco also had a UK top 10 hit with "Vienna Calling"
    Ray Parker Jr also recorded a few years later "I Don't Think That Man Should Sleep Alone" - reached the top 20.
  • Options
    Charlie BlockCharlie Block
    [cite]Posted By: banknote[/cite]
    [cite]Posted By: BlackForestReds[/cite]
    Patty Smith - Because The Night

    Patti Smith isn't a one hit wonder! She's a punk legend.But to get back on topic...
    Golden Earing- Radar Love
    Gerry Rafferty-Bakers Street

    Punk legend she may be but the fact is "Because The Night" is her only UK chart hit.
  • Options
    Alex WrightAlex Wright
    some of my faves....

    Another Girl, another planet - The only ones
    Bring me to life - Evanescence
    Gary Gilmours eyes - The adverts
    When a man loves a woman - Percy Sledge
    How you remind me - Nickelback
    Don't fear the reaper - Blue Oyster cult
    New way, new life - Asian Dub Foundation (not sure if this qualifies)
    Things can only get better - D:ream

    just a few that come to mind............
  • Options
    Alex WrightAlex Wright
    my wife has just read this thread over my shoulder and asked "What about Whigfield?"..........
  • Options
    golfaddickgolfaddick
    You can't have Nickleback - they have a song in the current charts.
  • Options
    OaksterOakster
    White Town - Your Woman
  • Options
    Alex WrightAlex Wright
    [cite]Posted By: golfaddick[/cite]You can't have Nickleback - they have a song in the current charts.

    I just looked at the chart for the first time today, haven't heard the new hit.

    DOH!
  • Options
    Charlie BlockCharlie Block
    [cite]Posted By: Alex Wright[/cite]my wife has just read this thread over my shoulder and asked "What about Whigfield?"..........

    WHO?
  • Options
    Henry IrvingHenry Irving
    [cite]Posted By: banknote[/cite]
    [cite]Posted By: BlackForestReds[/cite]
    Patty Smith - Because The Night

    Patti Smith isn't a one hit wonder! She's a punk legend.But to get back on topic...
    Golden Earing- Radar Love
    Gerry Rafferty-Bakers Street

    Spot on Bank Note. Horses is still in my all time top 5 albums and her version of My Generation is one the best covers ever.

    Carter, didn't have charts until the 50s so no one hit wonders in the 30s. : - )
  • Sponsored links:


  • Options
    Curb_ItCurb_It
    whigfield! ha ha, hickories memories coming flooding back!

    Natalie Imbruglia... Torn.

    come on who can name of any of her other hits.
  • Options
    CarterCarter
    [cite]Posted By: Curb_It[/cite]whigfield! ha ha, hickories memories coming flooding back!

    Natalie Imbruglia... Torn.

    come on who can name of any of her other hits.

    She had a few B, none sold as much as that one though.
  • Options
    PassItToLeaburnPassItToLeaburn
    [cite]Posted By: paulbaconsarnie[/cite]
    the avalanches - since i left you

    'Frontier Psychiatrist' was a fiarly big hit wasn't it? Great album, more of a summer listen though!

    Jon Secada - Just Another Day. Classic. Magic FM fodder but great none-the-less!
  • Options
    stonemusestonemuse
    A few goodies mentioned here especially There She Goes, Because the Night, and Gary Gilmores Eyes.

    Also:
    Do anything you wanna do, Eddie & the Hotrods
    Top of the Pops, the Rezillos
    Germ Free Adolescence, X Ray spex
    Story of the Blues, Wah
    E=MC2, Big audio dynamite
    Crash, Primitives
  • Options
    Red Riding HoodieRed Riding Hoodie
    [cite]Posted By: Carter[/cite]
    [cite]Posted By: Curb_It[/cite]Natalie Imbruglia... Torn.

    come on who can name of any of her other hits.
    quote]

    Shiver ...
  • Options
    AlgarveaddickAlgarveaddick
    edited December 2007
    Stltskin - Inside
    Boo Radleys - Wake up Boo
    Bluebells - Young at Heart
    Kursall Flyers - Little does she Know
  • Options
    ScoSco
    Camouflage by Steve Ridgeway
    Gotta have shades by ?
    Calling all the heros by It Bites
  • Options
    guinnessaddickguinnessaddick
    A Whiter Shade of Pale by Procol Harum?
  • Options
    bucksheebuckshee
    the kaiser chiefs?

    oops , wishful thinking
  • Options
    Alex WrightAlex Wright
    [cite]Posted By: Sco[/cite]Gotta have shades by ?
    The future's so bright I gotta wear shades... Timbuk3
Sign In or Register to comment.

Roland Out Forever!