top 5 songs of ... one hit wonders!

Salad

First Picture Of You - Lotus Eaters

Story Of The Blues - The Mighty Wah!

Another Girl, Another Planet - The Only Ones

Einstein A Go-Go - Landscape

Uptown Top Ranking - Anthea + Donna

Driving Away From Home - It's Immaterial

Camouflage - Stan Ridgeway

Brilliant Mind - Furniture

Feels Like Heaven - Fiction Factory

There She Goes - The Las

Echo Beach - Martha And The Muffins


top 5, top 10, whatever!

_MrDick

Save your love - Rene and Renata

Shup uppa your face - Joe Dolce

Swisdom

Saturday Night - Whigfield

DA9

Oh Superman - Laurie Anderson

stonemuse

99 red balloons - Nena
Silver Machine - Hawkwind
In a broken dream - Python Lee Jackson
Free Electric Band - Albert Hammond
Radar Love - Golden Earring
Two pints of lager - Splodgenessabounds


Salad took 2 of the best already, The La's and Mighty Wah!

Algarveaddick

Trail of the Lonesome Pine - Laurel and Hardy
Wake Up Boo - Boo Radleys
Young at Heart - Bluebells
Jungle Rock - Hank Mizel
Would I lie to You - Charles & Eddie

Stonemuse beat me to Radar Love and Silver Machine.

SoundAsa£

The Final Countdown....Europe.

Baker Street .....Gerry Rafferty.(True if you think about it).

SoundAsa£

[quote][cite]Posted By: Valley McMoist[/cite]Save your love - Rene and Renata

Shup uppa your face - Joe Dolce[/quote]

Believe it or not, Shut Uppa Your Face prevented the classic Ultra Vox track Oh Vienna from getting to number one.
One of the greatest travesties in rock history when you think about it!

paulbaconsarnie

a few from an earlier thread.

DA9

[cite]Posted By: SoundAsa£[/cite]The Final Countdown....Europe.

Baker Street .....Gerry Rafferty.(True if you think about it).

Yellow card

Rafferty also did Get it right next time

SoundAsa£

OK he got a name for himself after that if you like but everything after Baker Street pailed into insignificance really....just about scrapes in as a one hit wonder,though I know where you're coming from in not being in total agreement.

Covered End

He was also "stuck in the middle with you" I believe, Steeler's Wheel.

DA9

[cite]Posted By: SoundAsa£[/cite]OK he got a name for himself after that if you like but everything after Baker Street pailed into insignificance really....just about scrapes in as a one hit wonder,though I know where you're coming from in not being in total agreement.

Mr Blobby was the same, it was that difficult second album that did it for him.

:-)

kaiser_soze

Deep blue something-Breakfast at Tiffanys

Oggy Red

Something in the Air, Thunderclap Newman.

Fantastic discordant keyboards part way through.

Essex_Al

Spirit in the sky - Norman Greenbaum

LenGlover

The Israelites Desmond Dekker

Algarveaddick

[cite]Posted By: DA9[/cite]

[cite]Posted By: SoundAsa£[/cite]The Final Countdown....Europe.

Baker Street .....Gerry Rafferty.(True if you think about it).

Yellow card

Rafferty also did Get it right next time

Quite a few of those named are not one hit wonders in the true sense - ie one and only one appearance on the chart ever, but most tend to be the only tune from that particular artist that we remember. Gerry Rafferty obviously does not come under that category as you rightly point out DA9. The Guinness Book only counts those that actually made number one with their only chart hit as one hit wonders.

Salad

[cite]Posted By: Charlie Block[/cite]

[cite]Posted By: Algarveaddick[/cite]
Young at Heart - Bluebells

Actually their second hit - their first being "I'm Falling" (second song in following video)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Y79JGSxTLWw

Don't forget Kath either!

Stig

Banana Splits - the Dickies
Is Vic There? - Department S
Jilted John - Jilted John
Brimful of Asha - Cornershop
Monster Mash - ???

BlackForestReds

Play that funky music - Black Cherry
Turning Japanese - The Vapors
Can you dig it - The Mock Turtles
Louie, Louie - The Kingsmen
Brimful of Asha - Cornershop

BlackForestReds

Monster Mash - ???


Written/performed by Bobby Pickett.

Covered End

[cite]Posted By: BlackForestReds[/cite]Play that funky music - Black Cherry
Turning Japanese - The Vapors
Can you dig it - The Mock Turtles
Louie, Louie - The Kingsmen
Brimful of Asha - Cornershop

I presume everyone knows what Turning Japanese was about ? Answers please.

Salad

oriental woodturning techniques

Covered End

I'll say no as I've never heard it described as that.

_MrDick

Jo Jo Gunne - Run Run Run
Climax Blues Band - Couldn't get it right

Salad

it's basically about what you can produce with your wood

Covered End

I think i'll give you that.

Salad

can I stop pulling a face now?

Covered End

Yes or you'll go blind :-)

aylesfordaddick

son of my father - chicory tip