Favorite One-Hit Wonder

[Super-Rye]

Orgy - Blue Monday :P

[Reaper]

I can't believe that nobody has mentioned it yet...

My Sharona by The Knack.

[troutman]

The Knack's "Good Girls Don't" was also a big hit at the time, though not as well-know today. I think it is a better song.

The band attempted to update the Beatles sound for the new wave era on their debut. A good idea that was well executed, but critics cried "foul" when millions sold after Capitol's pre-release hype (it went gold in 13 days and eventually sold five million copies, making it one of the most successful debuts in history). Get the Knack is at once sleazy, sexist, hook-filled and endlessly catchy — above all, it's a guilty pleasure and an exercise in simple fun. When is power-pop legitimate anyway? Includes the unforgettable hits "My Sharona" and "Good Girls Don't."
(allmusic.com)

[FlamesAllTheWay]

U Cant Touch This - MC Hammer

[Bill Bumface]

^ You forgot about 2 legit 2 quit

[Table 5]

Love Me Do - Beatles

[habernac]

A popular hit in the 1960's, during the Vietnam War, Staff Sargeant Barry Sadler with: "Silver Wings." On satellite, old Ed Sullivan shows come on and I taped Sadler singing this one (yes, that's how lifeless my life is!!).

Didn't he sing "The Green Beret's" as well?

Fave one hit wonder.......

Frankie's "Relax" was great.

[troutman]

Originally posted by hulkrogan@Sep 27 2004, 09:33 PM
^ You forgot about 2 legit 2 quit

And "Addams Groove", theme from "The Addams Family".

Remember when MC Hammer and Deion Sanders used to hang-out? Deion had MC and his entourage on the side-lines for Falcons games, and they would keep doing the goofy 2 legit 2 quit hand signals.

[Mike__]

The beatles a one-hit wonder? Surprised no-one has mentioned "blue" by eiffel 65. How popular was that song? I would hear someone playing it every minute.

[Resolute 14]

Originally posted by Mike__@Sep 27 2004, 09:48 PM
The beatles a one-hit wonder? Surprised no-one has mentioned "blue" by eiffel 65. How popular was that song? I would hear someone playing it every minute.

Probably because we are all trying to forget that one --- along with Hampster Dance.

[troutman]

Originally posted by Snakeeye+Sep 27 2004, 10:00 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Snakeeye @ Sep 27 2004, 10:00 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Mike__@Sep 27 2004, 09:48 PM
The beatles a one-hit wonder? Surprised no-one has mentioned "blue" by eiffel 65. How popular was that song? I would hear someone playing it every minute.

Probably because we are all trying to forget that one --- along with Hampster Dance. [/b][/quote]
"Macarena" anyone?

[RougeUnderoos]

MC Hammer was not a one-hit wonder. He was a superstar the likes of which the world has never seen or will see again.

I have a t-shirt promoting the MC Hammer dragster "Hammertime" and I get lots of compliments on it.

[looooob]

Originally posted by JiriHrdina+Sep 27 2004, 11:12 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (JiriHrdina @ Sep 27 2004, 11:12 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-hulkrogan@Sep 27 2004, 09:45 AM
Frankie Goes To Hollywood- Relax

I would consider Frankie to be a "two hit wonder". Their power ballad "The Power of Love" was pretty big. [/b][/quote]
and "two tribes" was a moderate hit too

[looooob]

Originally posted by I-Hate-Hulse@Sep 27 2004, 09:56 AM
Stacy's Mom (yeah, like we're seeing anything else from Fountains of Wayne)

I've actually owned several of their albums, pre: Stacy's mom

pretty decent catchy power pop

[FlamesAllTheWay]

Originally posted by RougeUnderoos@Sep 27 2004, 04:36 PM
MC Hammer was not a one-hit wonder. He was a superstar the likes of which the world has never seen or will see again.

I have a t-shirt promoting the MC Hammer dragster "Hammertime" and I get lots of compliments on it.

You know, I was thinking about that as I tossed that song down. I wasn't sure if he was a one hit wonder or not, but I could only remember 2 songs by him so I figured he just might be.

It would seem as though I was incorrect...

[RougeUnderoos]

Originally posted by FlamesAllTheWay+Sep 27 2004, 04:58 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (FlamesAllTheWay @ Sep 27 2004, 04:58 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-RougeUnderoos@Sep 27 2004, 04:36 PM
MC Hammer was not a one-hit wonder. He was a superstar the likes of which the world has never seen or will see again.

I have a t-shirt promoting the MC Hammer dragster "Hammertime" and I get lots of compliments on it.

You know, I was thinking about that as I tossed that song down. I wasn't sure if he was a one hit wonder or not, but I could only remember 2 songs by him so I figured he just might be.

It would seem as though I was incorrect... [/b][/quote]
Actually I think you were right. He might have had a 2 songs, but he went from nowhere to being huge to being the butt of jokes in a pretty short period of time.

I believe he also had the problems with bankruptcy and reposessed mansions and all that. He can't even get a gig on "The Surreal Life".

Another one: The Ataris. They have the added humiliation of their one hit being a cover song. The Lemonheads might be in the same boat.

[calf]

Originally posted by Crazy Flamer@Sep 27 2004, 02:27 PM
I hate every thing about you, by Ugly Kid Joe!

Oh no, they're a TWO hit wonder, with their cover of Cats in the Cradle.

[Displaced Flames fan]

"Ah Leah!" Donnie Iris....just rocks.

[KevanGuy]

Originally posted by RougeUnderoos@Sep 27 2004, 05:24 PM
The Ataris. They have the added humiliation of their one hit being a cover song. The Lemonheads might be in the same boat.

Alien Ant Farm as well.

[FlamesAddiction]

How about MArcy Playground? They only had that one hit too right? Sex and Candy I think it was called.

And Soul Coughing "Super Bon Bon" was their only hit (and a moderate one at that).