One Hit Wonders

Men Without Hats had the other hit "Pop Goes the World." Remember that?

 

Forgot one of my favs:

Joey...from Concrete Blond.

Don't even know if it was a "hit," but it got a bunch of MTV airplay. Great CD (bloodletting)

 

A song that they play all the time during Rocket games (bits and pieces of it) that's also a great one-hit wonder:

I Can't Wait - Nu Shooz

 

does anyone remeber that band called "the jets?" I remeber watching some mtv thing on them but had never really heard of them. I bet they were a no hit wonder.

Also Falco

Rock me Amadeus that was the coolest when I was a kid

I used to think, " that guy is talented. . . listen to what he does with his voice in the beginning"

the answer to the EMF question is LIES. In the video its black and white and the leadsinger is messing with a cockroach.

Also that Jesus Jones album was pretty good. I still have a poster of them with their autographs on it. their second song out was. REAL REAL REAL. but they also released international bright young thing.

 

Running through my 80GB of MP3's.....
(Many of these are repeats)

Moon Unit Zappa (with Frank) - Valley Girl
Yellow - Oh Yeah! (from Ferris Buller's Day Off)
Gary Wright - Dreamweaver
Waitresses - I Know What Boys Like
Vanilla Ice - Ice, Ice, Baby
Vapors - Turning Japaneese
T'Pau - Heart And Soul
Tommy Tutone - 867-5309
Trio - Da, Da, Da (Volkswagen song)
Swingin' Medalions - Double Shot of My Baby's Love
Soft Cell - Tainted Love
Sir Mix Alot - I Like Big Butts
Kuyo Sakamoto - Sukiyaki
Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You
Nancy Sinatra - These Boots Are Made for Walking
Santo & Johnny - Sleepwalk
Romeo Void - Never Say Never
Ram Jam - Black Betty
Quicksilver Messenger Service - Who Do You Love?
Poe - Angry Johnny
Orleans - Still The One
New Seekers - I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing (Coke Song)
Nails - 88 Lines About 44 Women
Nina - 99 Luftbaloons
MC5 - Kick out the Jams
Lemon Pipers - Green Tamborine
Kingsmen - Louie Louie
K's Choice - Not An Addict
King's Harvest - Dancin' In The Moonlight
Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
Imperial Teen - Woo Hoo
Janice Ian - At Seventeen
House Of Pain - Jump Around
Norman Greenbaum - Spirit In The Sky
Folk Implosion - Natural One
Freddy Fender - Waisted Days And Waisted Nights
Frente - Bizarre Love Triangle
Doctor Hook & The Medicine Show - On The Cover Of The Rolling Stone
David Essex - Rock On
Deee-Lite - Groove Is In The Heart
Dream Academy - Life In A Northern Town
Divinyls - I Touch Myself
Rick Dees - Disco Duck
Carl Douglas - Kung Fu Fighting
Cardigans - Lovefool
Jim Carroll - People Who Died
Bay City Rollers - Saturday Night
Toni Basil - Mickey
Lou Bega - Mombo #5
Brewer & Shipley - One Toke Over The Line
Brownsville Station - Smokin' In The Boys Room
Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays
George Baker Selection - Little Green Bag
Blue Suede - Hooked On A Feeling
Amboy Dukes - Journey To The Center Of The Mind
Artificial Joy Club - Sick And Beautiful
5 Man Electric Band - Signs
4 Non Blonds - What's Going On
2 Live Crew - Me So Horny

 

Has anybody put in Starland Vocal Band <i>Afternoon Delights</i>.


Has KB checked his mail?



Mango

 

I have been extremely busy the last couple of weeks and have had obsolutely no time to check on the BBS but I just saw this topic and had to contribute.

I just skimmed this so it may have been already mentioned but I don't think I saw what I consider the very definition of one-hit wonder:

The Future's So Bright (I gotta wear Shades) by Timbuk-3.

Also Manny, I have EMF's first album and listen to it fairly often. Very underrated album. I believe the second single off of that album was Lies.

 

dylan and IVFL are right about the EMF question. The song was Lies. Jesus Jones also had a minor follow-up hit to Right Here, Right Now in Real, Real, Real, which actually went to #4.

The Jets a one-hit wonder?

Not even close when you had songs like the following:

Crush on You - #3
You Got It All - #3
Cross my Broken Heart - #7
Rocket 2 U - #6
Make It Real - #4

 

I cannot believe no one has said Right Said Fred - Too Sexy....or was it already mentioned?