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FirstNationalBastard		2012-04-22 08:36:04 PM

BEST.

VIDEO.

EVER.

keithgabryelski		2012-04-22 08:40:01 PM

one hit wonders?

The Knack were amazing -- Good Girls Don't is a good example of a second toon that rocked more than My Sharona

The Divinyls -- "All the Boys in Town" was release years before "I touch myself" -- clearly ITM is an amazing song, but they got a lot of airplay earlier than that song.

Deee-Lite -- their first two albumns -- not a bad song on them. put the two on at a party, random play, and watch what happens.

SilentStrider		2012-04-22 08:41:57 PM

I did not know the guy from OMC had died.

Mugato		2012-04-22 08:47:07 PM

Non Blondes - 'What's Up?'

God I hated that.

GAT_00		2012-04-22 08:47:56 PM

I've only ever heard of one of these so-called one hit wonders, which is surprising considering it's NME. I wasn't expecting to know any of them.

FriarReb98		2012-04-22 09:01:59 PM

I would have given my left nut to be the meat in a Lady Miss Kier/Christina Amphlett sandwich back when those songs came out.

\would also accept Cathy Dennis and her spandex as a sub for Amphlett

Snapper Carr		2012-04-22 09:04:05 PM

"The best song Jagger and Richards have written in 20 years"

The English Major		2012-04-22 09:06:29 PM

SilentStrider: I did not know the guy from OMC had died.

Wanna know the rest? Hey, buy the rights.

FeedTheCollapse		2012-04-22 09:10:11 PM

I will give the list credit that I haven't seen all of these entries a million times before.

/kudos to mentioning AR Kane as well, even if they're much better than MARRS

KingoftheCheese		2012-04-22 09:17:09 PM

The only song on that list that I liked was the New Radicals one.

NuttierThanEver		2012-04-22 09:17:45 PM

FriarReb98: I would have given my left nut to be the meat in a Lady Miss Kier/Christina Amphlett sandwich back when those songs came out.

\would also accept Cathy Dennis and her spandex as a sub for Amphlett

Cathy Dennis? OhmydearChristyes!

ubermensch		2012-04-22 09:20:22 PM

Bran Van 3000's first album is amazing. Drinking In L.A. might have been the only "hit" (and it was only a hit in very few places), but the album as a whole is in my top 30 favorites of all time

FlashHarry		2012-04-22 09:21:01 PM

keithgabryelski: The Knack were amazing -- Good Girls Don't is a good example of a second toon that rocked more than My Sharona

and was far dirtier. the album version, anyway.

nittanylion89		2012-04-22 09:27:18 PM

'Whats Up' was my MTV live video debut....I am so ashamed...

madgonad		2012-04-22 09:28:15 PM

A lot of those aren't really one-hit-wonders, and the list completely missed a few of the most notorious:

Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come on Eileen
Tomy Tutone - 867-5309(Jenny)
A-ha - Take on Me
Los Del Rio - Macarena
Bobby McFerrin - Don't Worry, Be Happy

A one hit wonder has to be a real hit, and half the stuff on the list were just on the charts.

SilentStrider		2012-04-22 09:31:21 PM

GAT_00: I've only ever heard of one of these so-called one hit wonders, which is surprising considering it's NME. I wasn't expecting to know any of them.

enh, I knew half of them, and the ones I knew were pretty mainstream.

The English Major: SilentStrider: I did not know the guy from OMC had died.

Wanna know the rest? Hey, buy the rights.

*snerk*

Mentat		2012-04-22 09:32:46 PM

FirstNationalBastard: [3.bp.blogspot.com image 399x276]

BEST.

VIDEO.

EVER.

Hell yes.

What's more fun though is predicting which current songs will be one hit wonders. "Pumped Up Kicks" is my shoe-in pick.

quatchi		2012-04-22 09:36:53 PM

FirstNationalBastard: [3.bp.blogspot.com image 399x276]

BEST.

VIDEO.

EVER.

If I had a dollar for every time I saw a stripper dance to that song I'd probably take all those dollars and go see some more strippers.

I actually really farking love Whale's "Hobo Humping Slobo Babe".

No longer available on youtube in Canada except for the time Beavis and Buttheard reviewed it.

Lysol_Please		2012-04-22 09:39:46 PM

I'M WALKING ON SUNSHINE!!

basemetal		2012-04-22 09:41:42 PM

keithgabryelski: one hit wonders?

The Knack were amazing -- Good Girls Don't is a good example of a second toon that rocked more than My Sharona

The Divinyls -- "All the Boys in Town" was release years before "I touch myself" -- clearly ITM is an amazing song, but they got a lot of airplay earlier than that song.

Deee-Lite -- their first two albumns -- not a bad song on them. put the two on at a party, random play, and watch what happens.

You are correct, sir.

weirdneighbour		2012-04-22 09:47:31 PM

Always liked that "Groove..." song, not sure why but might have something to do with Miss Kier. hottie groovy chick
www.aolcdn.com

Turbo Cojones		2012-04-22 09:50:13 PM

madgonad: A lot of those aren't really one-hit-wonders, and the list completely missed a few of the most notorious:

Tomy Tutone - 867-5309(Jenny)

A one hit wonder has to be a real hit, and half the stuff on the list were just on the charts.

DAAAAAMN YOU for unleashing the ear-worm!

madgonad		2012-04-22 09:52:10 PM

Turbo Cojones: madgonad: A lot of those aren't really one-hit-wonders, and the list completely missed a few of the most notorious:

Tomy Tutone - 867-5309(Jenny)

A one hit wonder has to be a real hit, and half the stuff on the list were just on the charts.

DAAAAAMN YOU for unleashing the ear-worm!

I heard a cover-band play it last night, so I am just inflicting it forward.

/sorry

Turbo Cojones		2012-04-22 09:52:25 PM

weirdneighbour: Always liked that "Groove..." song, not sure why but might have something to do with Miss Kier. hottie groovy chick
[www.aolcdn.com image 310x385]

The fact that it is just perfect probably has a lot to do with it.

titwrench		2012-04-22 09:52:42 PM

AcneVulgaris		2012-04-22 09:53:48 PM

FlashHarry: keithgabryelski: The Knack were amazing -- Good Girls Don't is a good example of a second toon that rocked more than My Sharona

and was far dirtier. the album version, anyway.

It was the soundtrack to my 13 year old dating ritual. I still love playing/singing it with an acoustic.

Mentat		2012-04-22 09:54:20 PM

And they forgot the greatest One Hit Wonder ever:

rekoil		2012-04-22 09:56:45 PM

Glad to see "Music Sounds Better"...on the list. That said, a friend of mine (who works at DNA Lounge) had a rather, um, amusing (at least in retrospect) encounter with Alan Braxe a few months ago.

//Yes, he really did piss on the stage. There were multiple witnesses...

Mugato		2012-04-22 09:57:11 PM

weirdneighbour: Always liked that "Groove..." song, not sure why but might have something to do with Miss Kier. hottie groovy chick
[www.aolcdn.com image 310x385]

She's cute.

Descartes		2012-04-22 09:59:52 PM

still relevant today

minoridiot		2012-04-22 10:00:11 PM

FirstNationalBastard: [3.bp.blogspot.com image 399x276]

BEST.

VIDEO.

EVER.

I take it you're not familar with Sabrina Salerno's work in music video's.

JayR30		2012-04-22 10:05:22 PM

IlGreven		2012-04-22 10:13:16 PM

madgonad: A lot of those aren't really one-hit-wonders, and the list completely missed a few of the most notorious:

Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come on Eileen
Tomy Tutone - 867-5309(Jenny)
A-ha - Take on Me
Los Del Rio - Macarena
Bobby McFerrin - Don't Worry, Be Happy

A one hit wonder has to be a real hit, and half the stuff on the list were just on the charts.

Ah, but a one-hit wonder is truly subjective. I mean, what charts are you using? Is a Norwegian band lika A-ha really a one-hit wonder if they had multiple #1 hits in Norway? Is a country singer that crosses over for one #1 hit a "one-hit wonder?" Is Billy Ray Cyrus a one hit wonder because you only know one song of his, even if he's topped the country charts with other songs? Or is Garth Brooks a one hit wonder because he only got one song into the pop charts, even though it was from that Chris Gaines project that everyone hates so much? Does Weezer qualify as a one-hit wonder, even though everyone has known about them since the mid-90s?

movieman_1979		2012-04-22 10:20:10 PM

ubermensch: Bran Van 3000's first album is amazing. Drinking In L.A. might have been the only "hit" (and it was only a hit in very few places), but the album as a whole is in my top 30 favorites of all time

Agreed, much love and respect to that album and song. Also of note, that song is track 1 on the soundtrack to the movie Playing By Heart, one of my top ten soundtracks of all time.

movieman_1979		2012-04-22 10:21:38 PM

Lysol_Please: I'M WALKING ON SUNSHINE!!

Just don't STEAL MY SUNSHINE!

The English Major		2012-04-22 10:21:44 PM

Romeo Void--Never Say Never

cmunic8r99		2012-04-22 10:24:12 PM

any one hit wonder list missing Kajagoogoo is an utter failure.

Twist2005		2012-04-22 10:26:52 PM

What about that Black Velvet song? Alyssa....Alanna...somebody Miles.

shastacola		2012-04-22 10:30:12 PM

keithgabryelski: The Knack were amazing

Amazing is a pretty strong word for The Knack.It's like calling The Archies or Tommy Roe amazing.

dmars		2012-04-22 10:31:30 PM

FirstNationalBastard: [3.bp.blogspot.com image 399x276]

BEST.

VIDEO.

EVER.

I don't know what that is, could you please inform me?

MaxSupernova		2012-04-22 10:41:50 PM

Descartes: [quantumconservative.com image 300x300]

still relevant today

I don't know if it ever went Gold or Platinum but Sir Mix a Lot's Swass had to have been the most traded and recorded tape in my elementary/middle school.

/Larry is the white guy
//People think he's funny

RepoManTSM		2012-04-22 10:45:33 PM

Man, I bought that Whitetown CD because of Your Woman. That was a disappointment, just really boring "arty" synth pop.

BretMavrik		2012-04-22 10:48:53 PM

Totally forgot about Oran Juice Jones, I liked that song.

A few more for consideration...

Timex Social Club - Rumors (The Rain reminded me of this one)
Newcleus - Jam On It
Baltimora - Tarzan Boy
Aldo Nova - Fantasy
David and David - Welcome to the Boomtown
Dream Academy - Life in a Northern Town
Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Relax
Timbuk 3 - The Future's So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades
Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me

Why, yes, I am a product of the 80s.

The English Major: Romeo Void--Never Say Never

I would have gone with "A Girl in Trouble".

Gimmick		2012-04-22 10:49:51 PM

FirstNationalBastard: [3.bp.blogspot.com image 399x276]

BEST.

VIDEO.

EVER.

I hardly recognize Beyonce in that picture.

Dear Jerk		2012-04-22 10:53:46 PM

Non Blondes at number 4? I don't think so.

Zoomaster		2012-04-22 10:54:16 PM

Braggi		2012-04-22 10:58:14 PM

Aldo Nova - Fantasy

Totally rocked out to that on the way to work this morning

The English Major		2012-04-22 10:59:18 PM

cmunic8r99: any one hit wonder list missing Kajagoogoo is an utter failure.

Hang on now; Limahl did the theme to The Neverending Story.

BretMavrik: I would have gone with "A Girl in Trouble".

That's a temporary thing.

Harry_Seldon		2012-04-22 11:06:47 PM

When a problem comes along...

i3.ytimg.com

Quantum Apostrophe		2012-04-22 11:16:06 PM

weirdneighbour: Always liked that "Groove..." song, not sure why but might have something to do with Miss Kier. hottie groovy chick
[www.aolcdn.com image 310x385]

Oh yeah, couple of years earlier there was Niagara...

i.ytimg.com