Making a One Hit Wonder Playlist

[quote name='smalien1']whatever band did 'Hey Jude' they didn't make anything else good and
Irong Butterfly- In A Gadda da Vida
Kingsmen- Louie Louie[/QUOTE]

You son of a bitch.
 
[quote name='tyecko']You son of a bitch.[/QUOTE]


It is obvious I was joking about the first one but the other two are huge one hits
 
[quote name='smalien1']It is obvious I was joking about the first one but the other two are huge one hits[/QUOTE]

Alright sorry then, I was half joking anyways but I thought you were saying the Beatles sucked.
 
*LAUGHS!* Informer....haven't heard that shitty song for years....I think Snow is more of a No Hit Wonder that wanted to be the next Vanilla Ice...

[quote name='starman9000']Informer---Snow.

A licky boom boom down.......[/QUOTE]
 
someone said "Escalator of Life" by Robert Hazard


Abosolutely awesome choice there.

what about....

Beat So Lonely - Charlie Sexton
Unbelievable - EMF
Right Here Right Now - Jesus Jones
Dancin' In Heaven - Q-Feel
Up Periscope - Novo Combo
Sausaulito Summer Nights - Diesel
Standing in a Phonebooth with a Quarter in my Hand - Primitive Radio Gods
Open Your Eyes - Lords of the New Church
Monkey Bars - Coney Hatch
Rock You - Helix
Let Me Go - Heaven 17
Wishing Well - Terence Trent d'Arby

Just a few off the top of my head
 
Toad the Wet Sprocket - All I Want
Faith No More - Epic
Micheal Penn - No Myth
Mr. Big - To Be With You
Semisonic - Closing Time
Ben Folds Five - Brick
Jars of Clay - Flood
Kim Mitchell - Go for a Soda
Tesla - Signs
Danger Danger - Bang Bang
Trixter - Give it to me good
D.A.D. - Dizz nee land
Micheal Sweet - Girlfriend
 
[quote name='jaykrue']Here's another "I can't believe no one's mentioned..." mention:

Devo - 'Whip It'[/QUOTE]

No. Devo had several successful albums. Whip It was merely the biggest mainstream hit.

Freedom of Choice
Girl U Want
Working in a Coal Mine (cover)
 
[quote name='ajh2298']Toad the Wet Sprocket - All I Want
Faith No More - Epic
[/QUOTE]

Walk on the Ocean was another big single for toad the Wet Sprocket

We Care a Lot is another big Faith No More track.

Both still turn up on LA stations.
 
To the OP, The New Radicals had a semi-hit on that same album entitled "Someday We'll Know"

To the person that couldn't think of what else Kenny Loggins has done.

Top Gun song
Caddyshack theme
Footloose theme
 
That Tai Bachman song someone was thinking of is titled "She's So High"

Here's a few more:

4 Non Blondes "What's Going On"
Duncan Sheik "Barely Breathing"
Extreme "More Than Words"
Len "Steal My Sunshine"
Meredith Brooks "Bitch"
Bloodhound Gang "The Bad Touch"
Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock "It Takes Two"
Skee-Lo "I Wish"
TQ "Westside"
Bif Naked "Moment Of Weakness"
Folk Implosion "Natural One"
Blind Melon "No Rain"
 
[quote name='ajh2298']
Ben Folds Five - Brick[/QUOTE]

im sorry but ben folds had quite a few hit songs, like song for the dumped, army, and from his first solo album, rockin the suburbs.
 
This is an awesome thread idea, and I'll definitely be picking through it later. About four or five months ago, I went on a mission like this to create a mix of '90s one hit wonders. I labeled the CD "Mix Master Brandyn's Forgotten '90s". :rofl:

(I realize that a couple of these aren't exactly one hit wonders)

1. White Town - Your Woman (the inspiration for this entire mix)
2. Cherry Poppin' Daddies - Zoot Suit Riot
3. Flys - Got You Where I Want You
4. OMC - How Bizarre
5. L7 - Pretend We're Dead
6. Eels - Novocaine For The Soul
7. Squirrel Nut Zippers - Hell
8. Refreshments - Banditos
9. Better Than Ezra - Desperately Wanting
10. Superdrag - Sucked Out
11. Big Bad Voodoo Daddy - You & Me & The Bottle Makes 3 Tonight
12. Reel Big Fish - Sell Out
13. Buckcherry - Lit Up
14. Primitive Radio Gods - Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand
15. Mad Season - River Of Deceit
16. Dog's Eye View - Everything Falls Apart
17. Cornershop - Brimful Of Asha
18. Brian Setzer Orchestra - Jump, Jive, An' Wail
19. Kris Kross - Jump (for a very humorous finale)
 
train - drops of jupiter
lifehouse - hanging by a moment
shawn mullin - lullaby
ray j - wait a minute
verve pipe - freshmen
k's choice - addict
joan osborne - one of us
the cardigans - love fool
skee-lo - i wish
tag team - whoomp there it is
snow - informer
duice - dazzey duks
lfo - summer girls

thats all i can think of right now
 
[quote name='gokou36']BTW OP, are you SERIOUSLY going to put that MMMBop song in you mp3 player? God I hate that song![/QUOTE]

their actually was a hanson song that was a single that i liked....wish i knew what the hell it was called
 
[quote name='The Successful Dropout']their actually was a hanson song that was a single that i liked....wish i knew what the hell it was called[/QUOTE]


Was it a song called "Penny and Me"?
 
[quote name='DigitalSpace']
Spacehog "In The Meantime"[/QUOTE]

again not a one hit wonder, they also had the song mungo city off the chinese album (which is a SWEET album.)
 
[quote name='The Successful Dropout']train - drops of jupiter[/QUOTE]
If anything the band Train is a three hit wonder at least, not only did they have "Drops of Jupiter" they had "Meet Virgina" and "Calling all Angels" also. And in my area they played the crap out of their very first single a song called "Free' off their first alblum a ton.

Blues Traveler - Runaround
The Wonders - That thing you do!
Cake - The Distance
The Wallflowers - One Headlight
 
Hanson had a few other hits, as did Information Society ("Think" was actually the hit single that got me into that band). I could swear I've heard another song in heavy rotation by Eagle-Eye Cherry, but I don't know the name of it. To whoever said Tesla, "Love Song" was actually a bigger hit for them than their "Signs" cover.

I'm actually surprised no one has said what many consider to be the all-time greatest one-hit wonder: "Walking On Sunshine" by Katrina & The Waves.

EDIT: Cake also had "Short Skirt-Long Jacket" which was a decent hit for them.
 
It all depends where you live in the Country also, I know from being from PA all my life we get alot of some bands(i.e. Live, Fuel, Train) and not any but one song(or maybe two) from another(i.e. Toad the Wet Sprocket, Cake, Faith No More.


SevenMaryThree - Cumbersome
Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Impression That I Get
Dead Eye Dick - New Age Girl
Bloodhound Gang - Fire Water Burn
Das EFX - They Want E. F. X.
Fun Lovin' Criminals - Scooby Snacks
Veruca Salt - Seether
Crash Test Dummies - Mmm Mmm Mmm
The Badlees - Fear of Falling
Tonic - If You Can Only See
 
[quote name='ajh2298']It all depends where you live in the Country also, I know from being from PA all my life we get alot of some bands(i.e. Live, Fuel, Train) and not any but one song(or maybe two) from another(i.e. Toad the Wet Sprocket, Cake, Faith No More.


SevenMaryThree - Cumbersome
Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Impression That I Get
Dead Eye Dick - New Age Girl
Bloodhound Gang - Fire Water Burn
Das EFX - They Want E. F. X.
Fun Lovin' Criminals - Scooby Snacks
Veruca Salt - Seether
Crash Test Dummies - Mmm Mmm Mmm
The Badlees - Fear of Falling
Tonic - If You Can Only See[/QUOTE]

for someone who told me i was wrong on train, which i probably was...you're way off on a lot of those that you've mentioned

cake had "never there" and "short skirt, long jacket"
the wallflowers had "6th avenue heartache"
fun lovin criminals had "the fun lovin criminals"
bloodhound gang had "bad touch"
veruca salt had "volcano girls"
tonic had "you wanted more"

and those are just the ones that i know of

you'd just think that if you're going to correct someone, you'd know your own shit
 
[quote name='ajh2298']If anything the band Train is a three hit wonder at least, not only did they have "Drops of Jupiter" they had "Meet Virgina" and "Calling all Angels" also. And in my area they played the crap out of their very first single a song called "Free' off their first alblum a ton.

Blues Traveler - Runaround
The Wonders - That thing you do!
Cake - The Distance
The Wallflowers - One Headlight[/QUOTE]

Can a fictional band from a movie count? They were intentionally one hitters, the name was a none too subtle joke in that regard.

Over the years there have been appearances in LA clubs by a composite band called the One Hit Wonders. This is made up entirely of guys most well known for work on albums by big name performers and bands who brought them in one track. They may occasionally front their own band but make their living doing studio work.

You never know when a version of this band will appear. It's rarely the same people twice and happens spontaneously when enough of them get together and have the whim. They book into some club on a weeknight and spend a few hours doing songs from past one hit wonders of music.
 
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