Favorite One-Hit Wonder

[KevanGuy]

Dragonfly by Glueleg is another favorite of mine,

[Mean Mr. Mustard]

Originally posted by Mike F@Sep 28 2004, 04:16 AM
Get your vomit bags ready.........



Billy Ray Cyrus :doo:

Ahh the song I am sure 90% of us here had to line dance to in Jr. High and Elementary.

[FlamesAddiction]

Thought of another one:

Len "Steal My Sunshine".

[Displaced Flames fan]

Thomas Dolby..."She Blinded Me With Science"

I can't remember where I left my wallett, but I can remember that crap?

[calf]

Originally posted by BlackArcher101+Sep 27 2004, 10:09 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (BlackArcher101 @ Sep 27 2004, 10:09 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-VilleFan@Sep 27 2004, 11:29 PM
and "One Thing" by arguable one hit woneder Finger Eleven (not withstanding their history as Rainbow Buttmonkey).

Weren't "Drag You Down" and "Suffocate" also hits? I thought they were bigger than One Thing. [/b][/quote]
"One thing" by Finger Eleven is definately their biggest hit, but they had decent success a few years ago with "First Time", and from the same album as "One Thing" they had "Good Times", also with some sucess...so not a one hit wonder.

[Reaper]

Originally posted by Snakeeye@Sep 27 2004, 09:07 PM
It bugs me that the only Soul Asylum song they play on the radio anymore is Runaway Train, even though they had a string of top ten hits.

I really wish they would play Misery by Soul Asylum on a regular basis. I love that song...

[dangler22]

I will go with I wish by Skee-lo and Are you Jimmy Ray? By Jimmy Ray. I will never forget the Jimmy Ray song because it was playing the first time i got intimate with a member of the opposite sex at a party.

[RougeUnderoos]

Originally posted by Mean Mr. Mustard@Sep 27 2004, 10:01 PM
The Butthole Surfers seem like a one hit wonder to me.

Sweet did Ballroom Blitz I think

Freezeframe or something like that by the J. Geils Band.

The Butthole Surfers? What hit did they ever have? And like FA said, they weren't exactly in the hitmaking business. They've been putting out albums for more than 20 years and they ain't never been considered mainstream.

Re: Billy Ray Cyrus... they actually made you dance to that garbage? That'd make some people quit school I would think.

[looooob]

Originally posted by Displaced Flames fan+Sep 27 2004, 08:32 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Displaced Flames fan @ Sep 27 2004, 08:32 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-MrMastodonFarm@Sep 28 2004, 02:25 AM
What about that Two Princes guy?

Two princes, here to adore you. Thats what I said now. Ya marry me your father will disown you, thats what I said now.

Literally become nauseated every time I hear the Spin Doctors. :doo: [/b][/quote]
ditto

[habernac]

How about Timbuk 3 - Future's So Bright......

nah, that one's pretty bad.

[Bill Bumface]

Originally posted by dangler22@Sep 27 2004, 11:00 PM
I will go with I wish by Skee-lo and Are you Jimmy Ray? By Jimmy Ray. I will never forget the Jimmy Ray song because it was playing the first time i got intimate with a member of the opposite sex at a party.

So what was playing the first time you got intimate with a member of the same sex?

[Hockey_Rules_22]

I'm not 100 % sure, but I think Extreme also had a hit with When I'm PResident.

[Cowperson]

Originally posted by RougeUnderoos@Sep 28 2004, 06:09 AM

Re: Billy Ray Cyrus... they actually made you dance to that garbage? That'd make some people quit school I would think.

Billy Ray Cyrus wasn't a one-hit wonder though. I believe his follow-up album won him some serious awards and he continues to produce.

Achy Breaky Heart is one of the few songs of his I don't like but he's a very able balladeer. . . . . and probably an able TV doctor too!!!

Cowperson

[octothorp]

Originally posted by Mean Mr. Mustard@Sep 27 2004, 09:07 PM
I think I can top everything that comes my way with....

Aqua - Barbie Girl...

I was over in Europe the year their second album came out, and there was this 'bumblebee' song that was getting a lot of airtime. I have no idea if it was a hit over here, though.

[octothorp]

Oh, anybody remember the song 'Ponderous' by a band called 2Nu? It was actually on the top of the charts (or at least the AM106 top 10 at 10) for a few weeks. I'm not sure what year, but some time in the early 90s I think. For some reason I remember that it was eventually knocked out of the top spot by Give It Away Now by RHCP.

[troutman]

Originally posted by Cowperson+Sep 28 2004, 07:07 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Cowperson @ Sep 28 2004, 07:07 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-RougeUnderoos@Sep 28 2004, 06:09 AM

Re: Billy Ray Cyrus... they actually made you dance to that garbage? That'd make some people quit school I would think.

Billy Ray Cyrus wasn't a one-hit wonder though. I believe his follow-up album won him some serious awards and he continues to produce.

Achy Breaky Heart is one of the few songs of his I don't like but he's a very able balladeer. . . . . and probably an able TV doctor too!!!

Cowperson [/b][/quote]
allmusic.com biography for Billy Ray:

Billy Ray Cyrus will forever be known for the catchy, lightweight single "Achy, Breaky Heart," which became a line-dancing anthem upon its 1992 release. "Achy, Breaky Heart" made Cyrus famous, but it also proved to be his undoing. No matter how he tried, he could not escape the song, nor could he replicate the success. Cyrus' music was never particularly innovative — it owed as much to the country-rock of the Eagles as it did to the new traditionalism of George Strait and the new country of Clint Black and Garth Brooks — but his musical worth became irrelevant in the wake of the success of "Achy, Breaky Heart" and its accompanying album, Some Gave All. The album became a crossover success after the single became a hit, spending 17 weeks on the top of the album charts. Part of Cyrus' success was due to his handsome, hunky good looks, and part of it was due to the catchiness of "Achy, Breaky Heart." However, both his good looks and the single were soon forgotten, and just two years after Some Gave All ruled the charts, Cyrus virtually disappeared from both the pop and country charts and became part of the long history one-hit wonders.

[CrzyCanuck]

Rico....Suave..... by Gerardo. Damn I loved that song when I was younger...I think it had to do with the fact we had a satallite and got to hear MTV in the 80/90s. They played that video often.

Some others..
1. Cathy Denison?
2. Lyrics "Make sure your connected...to the writing on the wall, cuz if your not connected( or if your minds negliceted), then stumble you might fall" by some older guy..
3. Dee-Lite - groove is in the heart
4. C&C music factory, they had two songs then dissapeared.
5. KLF - a huh a huh a huh

Man there are so many.

[troutman]

Originally posted by CrzyCanuck@Sep 28 2004, 09:42 PM
Rico....Suave..... by Gerardo. Damn I loved that song when I was younger...I think it had to do with the fact we had a satallite and got to hear MTV in the 80/90s. They played that video often.

Some others..
1. Cathy Denison?
2. Lyrics "Make sure your connected...to the writing on the wall, cuz if your not connected( or if your minds negliceted), then stumble you might fall" by some older guy..
3. Dee-Lite - groove is in the heart
4. C&C music factory, they had two songs then dissapeared.
5. KLF - a huh a huh a huh

Man there are so many.

http://www.amiright.com/artists/stereomcs.shtml

[Tron_fdc]

Originally posted by Cowperson+Sep 28 2004, 07:07 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Cowperson @ Sep 28 2004, 07:07 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteBegin-RougeUnderoos@Sep 28 2004, 06:09 AM

Re: Billy Ray Cyrus... they actually made you dance to that garbage? That'd make some people quit school I would think.

Achy Breaky Heart is one of the few songs of his I don't like but he's a very able balladeer. . . . . and probably an able TV doctor too!!!

Cowperson[/b][/quote]
annnd the board begins losing respect for Cowperson by the second....

Next thing you know we'll all find out you watched Dr Jane medicine woman (or whatever it was called).

[Prototype]

Originally posted by octothorp@Sep 28 2004, 07:26 PM
Oh, anybody remember the song 'Ponderous' by a band called 2Nu? It was actually on the top of the charts (or at least the AM106 top 10 at 10) for a few weeks. I'm not sure what year, but some time in the early 90s I think. For some reason I remember that it was eventually knocked out of the top spot by Give It Away Now by RHCP.

Ponderous man... realy Pinderous. I totally remember that song. Very "Sunscreen" ish, another 1 hit wonder.

KFL actually had two hits with 3 AM (Eternal) and Justified and Ancient, which they got the legandary Tammy Winette (sp?) to re-record the vocals when they released it as a single. Creep, I just saw the video for it on MuchMoreMusic.

Fotze, did you see the episode of "I'm With Busey" where they tried to convince Gary Busey that there was a girl robot? Looked just like the girl from Small Wonder but older, and he fell for it hook line and sinker. Too funny.

I love this thread!