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Originally posted by DeanOMac@Sep 28 2004, 05:56 PM
Definitly my favorite is "Are you Jimmy Ray?" that term is basically the biggest one hit wonder Ive ever been witness too.
Just to add to the list
"You only get what you give" by the New Radicals.
I hope the older crowd doesn't freak out but did Don Mclean do anything other than American Pie that was a hit?
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That song came out before I did, but I'm pretty sure you are right -- he never had another hit.
But he doesn't really count as a one-hit wonder. He'd fit right in in a "One-Hit-30-Year-Career" thread and it'd be a one-post thread. He's been milking that song like a Holstein since 1971 and he's not about to stop.
I dug up this funny quote:
"I have never said a bad thing about the song, I was poor when I wrote it, and it made me a millionaire overnight. Believe me, I'm not upset about this song." - Don McLean, 2000.
He still sells tickets, albums and appears at festivals all on the basis of that song. Pretty amazing really.