One hit wonders

**Gary** · 19/02/2004, 9:49 PM

If this thread has been done in the past, i cant find it, but if it has, dumpo it.

Im just listening to "Wuthering Heights" by Kate Bush. What a song.

Any other classic one hit wonders out there, apart from the really obvious like the Clash etc.

**tiktok** · 20/02/2004, 8:44 AM

Stiltskin - Inside (from an old Levis ad)
Deep Blue Something - Breakfast at Tiffanys
The Rembrandts - I'll be there for you (Friends theme)
Dee-Lite - Groove is in the heart (one of the bst pop songs ever)
New Radicals - You get what you give (although Glen whatshisname has writtena few hits for others)
Six - there's a whole lotta lovin'

You'll soon be adding Gary Jules - Mad World to the list, the album is terrible

**the 12 th man** · 20/02/2004, 8:59 AM

boo radleys/wake up boo
emf/unbelievable
the farm/altogether now
mock turtles/can you dig it(great song)

you really dont want me to go into the next section but here goes

joe dolce/shut upa yer face
renee & renato/save your love my darling save your love
clive dunne/grand dad (we love you)
telly salvalas/if (david gates song)
william shatner/the same song i think

**Macy** · 20/02/2004, 10:37 AM

Originally posted by the 12 th man
boo radleys/wake up boo

The Boo Radley's were around for years before that, and we a reasonably successful indie band before and after that song.... That song ruined them, in that they never produced such a poppy song again to get the airplay needed for a number one...

Suppose it depends how you classify one hit wonders - alot of the bands you listed 12th Man only had one big crossover hit, but were around for years in their genre.

btw Conor, The Farm also had a hit with a cover of "Don't You Want Me"

**the 12 th man** · 20/02/2004, 10:42 AM

Originally posted by Conor74
EMF followed up with the very good 'I Believe', amd the Farm also had a top 10 with the rather dire 'Groovy Train' - had nightmares of 'get on get on get on get on get on the Groovy Train'...
'.

cant say i remember the other emf one at all.i do remember the farm one but cant remember it being a top ten hit.(thought it was just on their album) it was indeed a grueller.

**max power** · 20/02/2004, 10:50 AM

back to the eighties

owen paul my favourite waste of time
sydney youngblood if only i could
michael sombello maniac
kelly marie feels like i'm in love
denise williams lets hear it for the boy

**the 12 th man** · 20/02/2004, 10:52 AM

Originally posted by Macy
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Suppose it depends how you classify one hit wonders - alot of the bands you listed 12th Man only had one big crossover hit, but were around for years in their genre.

yeah macy im aware of that as i am/was a fan of the bands myself but as far as the general public are concerned they would be seen as one hit wonders.

the record /cd buyers are not interested in backrounds of the bands etc they just see a hit as a hit
.take" echo and the bunnymen" for instance/ brilliant band with about 20 albums.
ask people to name a song by them and they would probably say "killing moon"(a hit single) and not have a breeze about the previous 10 albums the band released.

**Macy** · 20/02/2004, 11:17 AM

Originally posted by Conor74
There was a few from the indie world, like James who had a string of great songs but only one that will be remembered for the seminal 'Sit Down'. Kind of feel sorry for Tim Booth of James, I mean everyone goes to the concert to hear one song even though they had better.

The Charlatans suffered that fate too, with "The only one I know"...

There's plenty of Indie bands that have had one crossover - and for a lot of that I blame Chris Evans....

**max power** · 20/02/2004, 11:20 AM

de bagre, played it the other night....the 80's was just full of one hit wonders, i'll put my thinking hat on and come up with a few more.....love James...laid is one of my favourite albums...

how about eagle eyed cherry......saved tonight, at slane no one listened to him.he played that song and the crowd went wild and as some as it was over no one noticed he was even on the stage...

jermaine jackson...we don't have to take our clothes off

steelers wheel......stcuk in the middle ( jerry rafferty did have solo hits)

**max power** · 20/02/2004, 11:21 AM

The Charlatans have had a number of top ten hits over the years

**the 12 th man** · 20/02/2004, 11:27 AM

Originally posted by Conor74
There was a few from the indie world, like James who had a string of great songs but only one that will be remembered for the seminal 'Sit Down'. Kind of feel sorry for Tim Booth of James, I mean everyone goes to the concert to hear one song even though they had better.
...

you would probably struggle for a better example of the harsh world of the "hit single" scene that the band above.bear in mind
that james are still gigging today but in the minds of the general public they were one hit wonders.

jesus jones with "right hear right now".the mission with "tower of strength" and xtc with "making plans for nigel" are other examples of the same thing

**max power** · 20/02/2004, 11:31 AM

bruce willis...under the boardwalk

any song used in a levi ad

**the 12 th man** · 20/02/2004, 12:01 PM

Originally posted by Conor74
And XTC had a No. 1 (or veeeery close) with 'Senses Working Overtime'. You must remember that line 'and all the world is football shaped, it's just for me to kick its face'.
' [/B]

wow i forgot about that one.remember it now.

80 s dance stuff/demond decker with "the israelites"
p.m. dawn with that song that sampled" true" by spandeau ballet
ottowan with "d i s c o"
freeze with "a e ,a e i o u

**max power** · 20/02/2004, 12:17 PM

i think a one hit wonder is someone who lives off one tunes for their whole life, appearing on tv again and again to sing and no matter how they try to push their other songs on one wants to hear them....peter andre, mysterious girl is a prime example of that

**the 12 th man** · 20/02/2004, 12:23 PM

Originally posted by Conor74
12th Man, it has become my mission to take the artists you name and give you another hit...
.

dont think i didnt notice

what about blancmange "livin on the ceiling"
terry wogan "the floral dance"
orang juice "rip it up"(and start again)

get cracking conor

**max power** · 20/02/2004, 12:40 PM

i know the flava tune, but mysterious girl does the business no matter where you play it....

for all the lovers,

ten sharp............you

billy ray cyrus.....achy bracky heart ( on tv 3 at the mo in doc )

donna lewis...i love you always forever

**the 12 th man** · 20/02/2004, 12:50 PM

men without hats "safety dance"
midnight oil "beds are burning"
classics nouveau "is it a dream"(featuring sal solo)
fiction factory "feels like heaven"
black"wonderfull life"

**tiktok** · 20/02/2004, 1:04 PM

The Vapors - Turning Japanese
Kajagoogoo - Too shy
Goddelly? and Creme - Cry
Timbuk 3 - the futures so bright...
Edie Brickell - What I am
4 non blondes - what's going on

and in honour of the PA at lansdowne
Lou Bega - A little bit of ?? (the one with all the girls names)

all right Conor, you've been impressive so far, take them apart (by the way, Lamall's solo one hit wonder 'the neverending story' doesn't count as a second Kajagoogoo hit

)

**Peadar** · 20/02/2004, 1:31 PM

Originally posted by tiktok
Stiltskin - Inside (from an old Levis ad)

Babylon Zoo's "Spaceman" from the Levis ad.

Joan Osbourne "One Of Us"
Deep Blue Something "Breakfast At Tiffanys"

Some I looked up...
2 in a Room "Wiggle It"
Oleta Adams "Get Here"
Deee-Lite "Groove is in the Heart"
Londonbeat "I've Been Thinking About You"
Shakespear's Sister "Stay"
Snow "Informer"
Haddaway "What Is Love"
Big Mountain "Baby, I Love Your Way"
Tasmin Archer "Sleeping Satellite"
Crash Test Dummies "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm"
Los Del Rio "Macarena"
Lou Bega "Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit Of...)"