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1978 -- MY junior year in high school.

I know you secretly love their music. :winkwink:

Nobody going to mention "I Ran" by Flock of Seagulls?

Don't forget Dexy's Midnight Runners -- "Come On Eileen"... those guys knew bukkake before its time... :Graucho

let's not get picky here - maybe they had some minor hit after that song but they meet the criteria. VH1 put them in the Top 10 one hit wonders of all time.

Thomas Dolby - She Blinded Me With Science

The very best one hit wonder song is Voices Carry by Til Tuesday :thumbsup

yes i did own that Men at Work cassette, i was always a sucker buying albums based on one Top 40 hit.

which just reminded of two more I actually bought

The Proclaimers - 'I'd Walk 500 Miles' something like that

and

The Lows - 'There She Goes' <---- i still like that song

Aaahhh.....cassette tapes. I haven't used one of those in years.

what was that movie about some Irish/Scottish bar band? Good movie by Alan Parker, can't remember the name, think that was a one hit wonder song too.

Vanilla Ice - Ice, Ice, Baby.

He's been embarassed to go out in public ever since.

VH1 is out to lunch then. The song "The sun always shines on tV" by A-ha also made it huge. "Hunting high and low" also saw some decent air play as well, and there are a few other of their tunes that did as well. I'm hardly splitting hairs. One hit wonder means one hit.


Oh, you were talking to Brisk.... I agree with him, Men at work were not one hit wonders either.

What about Devo -- "Whip it"

The Commitments

who did 'Life In A Northern Town'? that sounds like a one hit wonder.

The Commitments was a movie about a Dublin band.

right! was there a hit song from it? seem to remember there was.

Los del rio... La macarena :Graucho Sold about 22 million copies of that single.. never done shit since or before that...

well i wasnt born yet but star wars came out that year
i would have loved to been alive then

They were a cover band I believe. With songs like Mustang Sally

i couldn't resist, went to Google - i haven't even heard of about a third of the songs they list as one hit wonders of the 80's.

I pray to jesus every day that they never do anything again

I Touch Myself - Divinyls
Barbie Girl - Aqua

remember that song 99 da luft baloons?

Quiet Riot

The Electric Slide?

Digital Underground - Humpty Dance

Nancy Sinatra - These boots were made for walking

Mase - Bad Boys

Tevin Campbell - Round and Round

Of all time though.......



Gotta be Don Maclean; "American Pie"

good spotting
didnt even think of that one

He had more than one hit song though

hmmmmmmm............looking at these lists if i was a music writer i'd come up with a better concept than this - cuz so much of these songs are complete crap. A list of the greatest one hit wonders, songs that were great and you expected more from the band but nothing ever came. and maybe interview them and have music critics analyze why they couldn't take the next step in their careers.

De-lite 'groove is in the heart' or betty boo 'doing the doo'

Since the end of the 80s, the music industry only cares about putting out one hit and banking off of it. They don't promote or care about the rest of the tracks on an album, which are usually pure shit... but sometimes they are top 10 worthy.

They're just going for the fast buck and on to the next one hit wonder/image maker. Britney Spears really only had one hit... the rest were all forced upon us.

was barbie girl mentioned already?

that was funny aqua was the group i think

I have a thing for 8o's pop music, especially euro pop since I grew up during the 80's over there


One hit wonders I really like

Robick Beck - The Very First Time (Coke commercial song)

Samantha Fox-Naught girls need love too

Martika- Toy Soldiers

Glenn Medeiros- Nothing's gonna change my love

Will To Power- Babey I love your way


More recent one hit wonders I like

Paperboy- Ditty

Willa Ford - I wanna be bad

TQ- Westside

I really miss old EURO-80's pop. Can anyone recommend more songs for me
to download? I like "happy 80's pop"
like Belinda Carlisle, Debbie Gibson, nothing too serious pls.

:helpme

I believe Aqua had more than one hit song too

that's nothing new - been that way as long as i've been around.


Meredith Brookes - I'm a wife, I'm a mother, I'm a whore and a plumber ..........zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz........

Rico Suave by Gerardo
What were we thinking to make that a hit?

Did she have a song called Martika's Kitchen? I masturbated to that video frequently.

i love that song that shit is tight
he did a version especially for ks107.5 in denver
it was tight

All I Need - Jack Wagner the hunky hearthrob Frisco from General Hospital

is david hasselhoff really like a huge pimp in germany or is that some stupid american rumor

O'h yea I forgot, I also really like

Taylor Dane- Tell it to my heart

Milli Vanilli- Girl you know it's true

Yes, I know they didn't really sing the song but I don't care, I like the beat, it sounds SO GOOD, and the video is hilarious!

Chumbawumba - Tub thumping or whatever the fuck that tune was called...

Milli Vanilli had more than one hit song

no that is actually true, Hasselhoff was big in Germany. and here is some David Hasselhoff trivia - he had a huge pay per view event, a David Hasselhoff live concert from Germany or something like that he was promoting like crazy - guess what night it was on - the night O.J. Simpson went on his drive in the white Bronco - about 3 people bought Hasselhoff's PPV show.

Egyptian Lover - "Egypt Egypt"

Cutting Crew - I Just Died In Your Arms Tonight

Falco had more hits than just Rock me amadeus, atleast in EU he had....

Ton Loc also had Funky Cold Medina

I can't believe nobody has mentioned

"I'm Walkin' on Sunshine"
Katrina & The Waves

I guess it's too obvious.

I'd hardly call Soft Cell a one hit wonder...