Post your favorite 1 hit wonder..

Originally posted by cleverhans
I'm going to have to go with one of my all time favorite songs Bittersweet Symphony by The Verve. In case any of you don't remember, there was a legal controversy with The Rolling Stones who ultimately received all royalties for the song.

You beat me to it. I was going to post this song. That's a great video; the singer's actually running into people on the street. They're not actors, it's not rehearsed. They wanted it to be as real as possible. Kind of a jerk move, but not as bad as the Rolling Stones giving the band permission to sample a riff that they (The Stones) didn't even write, and then demanding 50% of the royalties, then 100%. Bittersweet, indeed.

Originally posted by NarcolepticBuddha

I'm stunned no one posted this yet:

Maybe because Eurythmics had many hits, and not just one?

Originally posted by Wrabbit2000
Now that's a tough one. So many to choose from that I'd love to hold up as The One. Really though? I think this one is the final winner for me. It was top of the charts at a pivotal time in the future of our World. The right mix of introspection and celebration for how everything in life as we'd all known it....simply changed overnight.

It's a great song. But I think the Scorps had a pretty good run of hits."Rock you like a hurricane", comes to mind.
Here's a goofy one by "M" One hit wonder, One letter name.

TICKLE YA PIG!



never listen to your mates radio when you're out visiting the other realms of consciousness. some things remain.



did you say one hit wonders or just weird bat guano crazy? I forget.



Enough of this silly nonsense. I'm far to busy trying to forget about .. something..

Originally posted by Hellmutt

Originally posted by NarcolepticBuddha

I'm stunned no one posted this yet:

Maybe because Eurythmics had many hits, and not just one?

A few bands have been posted that have had more than 1 hit, I suppose in some cases they are one hit wonders depending on the country.
Anyways here is another:

Here are 2 classics from the Dawn of Time (no, that's not a band, just an ol' fart reference):

I was going to post Mexican Radio but see it has already been posted. Here is another favorite, silly but catchy.

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Not only a cool song but always my phone number whenever i need to fill out something i never want to hear back from!




Well here is the Link.

www.youtube.com...

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One of my fav videos of all time and a 1HW

Solo career one-hit wonders

From the mind of Ric Ocasek, off of his 1986 "This Side of Paradise" L.P.



Dave Loggins - Please Come To Boston

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I was going to add The Verve already posted

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I will go with this.. Although Wall of Voodoo was fairly popular.

"I wish I was in tijuana eating barbecued iguana"


Covers..

Death Metal Style. Funny name for a band .

Another old favorite of mine....

Thanks all, some really good ones so far!



And this one, definitely a 1 hit wonder...

Radar Love by Golden Earring

I have tried eight times to get the code in right for this video...
IGTFU!
It has no v= in the code.

Originally posted by butcherguy
Radar Love by Golden Earring

I have tried eight times to get the code in right for this video...
IGTFU!
It has no v= in the code.

edit on 5-8-2013 by butcherguy because: (no reason given)

Here you go. It gives me a chance to add two more as well.



99 Red Balloons by Nena


Voices Carry by Til Tuesday

Let the Music Play went on to sell over 2 million copies worldwide. ... when VH1 spotlighted her on their One Hit Wonders series.

one of my faves