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Subject: One hit wonders that were GOOD
I thought I'd see what kind of a response I'd get on a post of favorite One-Hit Wonders (songs or videos) that were actually really good songs (or videos).
I know for a lot of one-hit wonders, the artists actually did a few other songs that former DJ's/music addicts would be able to pull out of the woodwork and claim they really aren't one hit wonders - but that aside: What song or videos really stand out as pretty much one-hit wonders, but they were GOOD songs (PacMan Fever by Buckner & Garcia doesn't count :P ) !
Here's a few I thought of...
Trans-X - Living on Video (good song, bad video!)
Strawberry Switchblade - Since Yesterday (good song and video)
Talk Talk - It's my Life (why do I still love this song after all these years?)
Sisters of Mercy - This Corrosion
Red Flag - Russian Radio
Planet P - Why Me
Love and Rockets - So Alive
The Beloved - Sweet Harmony (interesting video)
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These are the ones that stand out for me, though I know I'll find others as soon as I go home and look at my CD collection.
I Know What Boys Like by the Waitresses
Futures So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades by Timbuk 3
Turning Japanese by the Vapors
Genius Of Love by the Tom Tom Club
Electric Avenue by Eddie Grant
Relax by Frankie Goes To Hollywood
99 Luftballoons by Nena german version NOT english
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Modern English "I Melt With You"
A-Ha "Take On Me"
Re-Flex "The Politics Of Dancing"
Peter Schilling "Major Tom"
Johnny Hates Jazz "Shatered Dreams"
The Flirts "Jukebox (Don't Put Another Dime)"
Matthew Wilder "Break My Stride"
T'Pau "Heart and Soul"
Monroes "What Do All The People Know"
Musical Youth "Pass The Dutchie"
Falco "Rock Me Amadeus"
Dexy's Midnight Runners "Come On Eileen"
When In Rome "The Promise"
Tommy Tutone "867-5309/Jenny"
Thomas Dolby "She Blinded Me With Science"
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There are many (some already mentioned) but one of my favs is "Tainted Love" by Soft Cell.
Cat
Subject: Re: One hit wonders that were GOOD
OK, I am a self-professed music geek, but...looking through the lists in this thread, I've noticed several bands that were not one-hit wonders, even in North America!! (Well, not here in Canada anyway!) What about these other hits by aformentioned artists:
Talk Talk - what about "Life's What You Make It" and "Dum Dum Girl?"
Love & Rockets - what about "No New Tale To Tell," "Ball Of Confusion," and "Yin & Yang And The Flowerpot Men?"
Eddy Grant - what about "Gimme Hope Jo'anna" and "I Don't Wanna Dance?"
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - what about "Two Tribes" and "The Power Of Love?"
A-Ha - what about "The Sun Always Shines On TV," "Hunting High And Low," and "The Living Daylights" (from the James Bond film of the same name)?
Falco - what about "Der Kommissar" and "Vienna Calling?"
And finally...
Thomas Dolby - what about "Hyperactive?"
Weren't these hits too? Most of these were played quite a bit! (Talk Talk's "It's My Life" and "Life's What You Make It" were played so often on Much Music that I thought they were Canadian!! I only much later found out they were British. :D)
Absolutely Vile
Subject: Re: One hit wonders that were GOOD
You see - that's some of the benefits of not living in the US: You get to hear a lot more about other bands. In all honesty, I was a radio DJ in the 80s and even though I knew most of those bands had other hits, I also knew that most of them were never big deals in the US.
Back in the 80s, I imported music from Canada, Germany and the UK. Now I fly to Germany and spend a week there watching VIVA and MTV UK and listening to Munich radio and come back with $500 worth of new CDs and videos every time.
So - as sad as it sounds Vile, us Ami's never got to hear the rest of those songs (even though there are a priviledged few who knew they were out there!).
Cheers - and keep 'em coming!
Subject: Re: One hit wonders that were GOOD
I'm from the US and know some radio stations play hits from the 1980's that aren't popular in the US.
And the "Living In Oblivion" compilation CDs also have Euro hits.
Along with "Best of New Wave" & "More New Wave Hits" DVDs.
Two examples of great bands that only have 1 hit in the US:
Spandau Ballet "True"
Madness "Our House"
And some from the US that should've gotten more recognition:
Devo "Whip It"
Faith No More "Epic" (The album came out in 1989, though the song's from 1990)
Subject: Re: One hit wonders that were GOOD
Hmmm... I dunno... Over the course of 15 years and 10 different stations, I played at least six or seven songs by Talk Talk which were all on some official playlist--- I think we have to differentiate between a one hit wonder according to American Top-40 Billboard Charts or some other form of calculation (such as Radio & Records, BDS, CMJ, etc.) These kinds of threads bring up the same debate. ;)
Subject: Re: One hit wonders that were GOOD
Also what about the single "Talk Talk" released in '82 which was played quite a bit on MTV. Here is a list of what charted for Talk Talk in the U.S. BillBoard charts. FoxVox is,as always, correct in saying these threads do bring up the same debate which can be fun! 8)
Year Single Chart Highest Position
1982 Talk Talk Club Play Singles No. 63
1982 Talk Talk Mainstream Rock No. 26
1982 Talk Talk Pop Singles No. 75
1984 Its My Life The Billboard Hot 100 No. 31
1984 Such A Shame The Billboard Hot 100 No. 89
1984 Such a Shame Hot Dance Music/Club Play No. 12
1986 Lifes What You Make It
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 90
1986 Lifes What You Make It
Mainstream Rock Tracks No. 26
1986 Lifes What You Make It (Remix)
Hot Dance Music/Club Play No. 22
1986 Lifes What You Make It (Remix)
Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales No. 40
Subject: Re: One hit wonders that were GOOD
Lean on Me by Club Nouveau . I loved that song and it still gets me pumped.
Subject: Re: One hit wonders that were GOOD
Lean on me by Club Nouveau is a classic cover.
My favourite one hit wonder was 'Tantalize' by the obscure Jimmy The Hoover. If anyone can get hold of it on Kazaa do so. It's a great song. :D
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"Perfect Skin" Lloyd Cole & the Commotions
"Love is For Lovers" The dbs
"Speed Limit" Duke Jupiter
"Highest High" China Crisis
"Bombs Away" Bob Weir
"Take Me to Your Leader" The Toons
"Marlena on the Wall" Suzanne Vega
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"Tarzan Boy" or whatever it was! Can't recall the act.
"You Spin Me Round" God I love that! (When I think about it, I absolutely LOVE most of the 1-hits!)
A-Ha doesn't count as a 1-hit wonder. They had others, just not as big as the break-in hit.
Falco had "Vienna Calling", not just "Rock Me Amadeus". And it wasn't he who did "Der Commisar" - that was a 1-hit wonder from another band.
Spandau Ballet had "Gold".
Didn't Club Nuveau have another hit? I LOVE their "Lean on Me" (don't like the original - too slow, boring, sleepy), but thought there was another song out there.
And I still wonder what the $%#@ is "In a Big Country"!
Subject: Re: One hit wonders that were GOOD
Quoting:
"Tarzan Boy" or whatever it was! Can't recall the act.End Quote
It's by Baltimora. I mention him in another thread. (See: Most Underrated Group/Artist.)
Quoting:"You Spin Me Round" God I love that! (When I think about it, I absolutely LOVE most of the 1-hits!)End Quote
"You Spin Me 'Round (Like A Record)" is by Dead Or Alive. They had other hits as well, like "Brand New Lover," a better song in my opinion. :)
Quoting:A-Ha doesn't count as a 1-hit wonder. They had others, just not as big as the break-in hit.End Quote
Most people remember "Take On Me" for its ground-breaking video, which is unfortunate, because "The Sun Always Shines On TV" is a better song. :)
Quoting:Falco had "Vienna Calling", not just "Rock Me Amadeus". And it wasn't he who did "Der Commisar" - that was a 1-hit wonder from another band.End Quote
Falco did do "Der Kommissar" first...in German, in 1983. A group called After The Fire loosely translated it into English, and covered it a few years later.
Quoting:Didn't Club Nuveau have another hit? I LOVE their "Lean on Me" (don't like the original - too slow, boring, sleepy), but thought there was another song out there.End Quote
Club Nouveau. ;D erm...Not that I'm aware of...
Quoting:And I still wonder what the $%#@ is "In a Big Country"!
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"In A Big Country" is a song by Big Country!! Just like "Living In A Box" is a song by...yep, you guessed it...Living In A Box. :D
Absolutely Vile (Music Geek)
Subject: Re: One hit wonders that were GOOD
All the ones I had planned to put down were already mentioned and some great forgotten ones -- I totally agree with all of them listed so far (Tarzan Boy by Baltimora and Falco's Vienna Calling some favorites!)
I also liked
Whirly Girl - Oxo
Subject: Re: One hit wonders that were GOOD
How about The Fanatic by Felony
Subject: Re: One hit wonders that were GOOD
Also:
The Great Commandment by Camouflage
Subject: Re: One hit wonders that were GOOD
'Dolce Vita' by Ryan Paris and 'My favourite waste of time' by Owen Paul were nice tracks. :)
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Claire and friends - It's 'orrible being in love when you're 8 and a half.
A top 20 hit made by some love-sick kid.
I loved it at the time as I was only a kid myself.
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"Somewhere in My Heart " Aztec camera
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"I Beg Your Pardon" Kon Kan
(Nearly forgot)
Subject: Re: One hit wonders that were GOOD
Here are some of the One-Hitters chronologically...
Saga - On The Loose
After the Fire - Der Kommissar
Come On Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners
Kajagoogoo - Too Shy
Men Without Hats - Safety Dance
Taco - Puttin' On The Ritz
Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart
Big Country - In a Big Country
Peter Schilling - Major Tom (Coming Home)
Nena - 99 Red Balloons (English Version)
Real Life - Send Me An Angel
Slade - Run Runaway
Dennis DeYoung - Desert Moon
John Cafferty & the Beaver Brown Band - On the Darkside
Twisted Sister - We're Not Gonna Take It
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax
Animotion - Obsession
Katrina & the Wave - Walking On Sunshine
Ready For the World - Oh Shiela
Scritti Politti - Perfect Way
Arcadia - Election Day
Baltimora - Tarzan Boy
Dream Academy - Life in a Northern Town
GTR - When The Heart Rules The Mind
Falco - Rock Me Amadeus
Outfield - Your Love
Level 42 - Something About You
Boys Don't Cry - I Wanna Be a Cowboy
Timex Social Club - Rumors
Art of Noise - Paranoimia (feat. Max Headroom)
Cameo - WordUp
Timbuk Three - The Future's So Bright...
Billy Vera & the Beaters - At This Moment
Georgia Satellites - Keep Your Hands To Yourself
Club Nouveau - Lean On Me '87
Atlantic Starr - Always
Chris DeBurgh - Lady In Red
T'Pau - Heart and Soul
Suzanne Vega - Luka
Swing Out Sister - Breakout
Pretty Poison - Catch Me (I'm Falling)
Bourgeios Tagg - I Don't Mind At All
Patrick Swayze - She's Like The Wind
Johnny Hates Jazz - Shattered Dreams
Moving Pictures - What About Me
Breathe - Hands To Heaven
Information Society - I Want To Know (Pure Energy)
When In Rome - The Promise
Escape Club - Wild Wild West
Don't Worry, Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin
Enjoy!
Subject: Re: One hit wonders that were GOOD
Quoting:
"Marlena on the Wall" Suzanne Vega
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??? ???Not sure where you're from, but here in Canada we heard "Tom's Diner" and "Luka" by Suzanne Vega a lot - I don't think I've ever heard "Marlena on the Wall" played on radio ?!?!? Oh, and what about "Left of Centre" from the "Pretty in Pink" soundtrack?
Subject: Re: One hit wonders that were GOOD
Quoting:
Here are some of the One-Hitters chronologically...
Chris DeBurgh - Lady In Red
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Hard to think of him as a one hit wonder when you look at the number of albums he put out, and the singles that were very popular long before this awful song - "High on Emotion" and "Spanish Train" spring to mind.
As for Suzanne Vega, see my earlier response - maybe radio overplayed "Luka", but I did hear "Tom's Diner" almost as often (especially after the drumbeat was added).
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Boo hoo, now you made me think of those cold lonely mornings in '84, waking up to Marlena on the Wall, on KTCL (FM RADIO) in Denver. Now I'm daydreaming about it and can't work, waaaaaaah, beautiful song though.
Quoting:
??? ???Not sure where you're from, but here in Canada we heard "Tom's Diner" and "Luka" by Suzanne Vega a lot - I don't think I've ever heard "Marlena on the Wall" played on radio ?!?!? Oh, and what about "Left of Centre" from the "Pretty in Pink" soundtrack?
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Subject: Re: One hit wonders that were GOOD
Quoting:
Here are some of the One-Hitters chronologically...
Men Without Hats - Safety Dance
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Didn't have a second hit with "Pop Goes The World"?
Subject: Re: One hit wonders that were GOOD
Quoting:
Here are some of the One-Hitters chronologically...
After the Fire - Der Kommissar
Come On Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners
Kajagoogoo - Too Shy
Men Without Hats - Safety Dance
Peter Schilling - Major Tom (Coming Home)
Nena - 99 Red Balloons (English Version)
Real Life - Send Me An Angel
John Cafferty & the Beaver Brown Band - On the Darkside
Twisted Sister - We're Not Gonna Take It
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax
Animotion - Obsession
Ready For the World - Oh Shiela
Scritti Politti - Perfect Way
Arcadia - Election Day
Baltimora - Tarzan Boy
Dream Academy - Life in a Northern Town
Falco - Rock Me Amadeus
Outfield - Your Love
Level 42 - Something About You
Boys Don't Cry - I Wanna Be a Cowboy
Timex Social Club - Rumors
Cameo - WordUp
Timbuk Three - The Future's So Bright...
Club Nouveau - Lean On Me '87
T'Pau - Heart and Soul
Swing Out Sister - Breakout
Pretty Poison - Catch Me (I'm Falling)
Breathe - Hands To Heaven
Information Society - I Want To Know (Pure Energy)
When In Rome - The Promise
Escape Club - Wild Wild West
Enjoy!
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Some of my faves listed. (Though forgot about... ::))
And Jane Weidlin's "Rush Hour" :)
Subject: Re: One hit wonders that were GOOD
Quoting:
Here are some of the One-Hitters chronologically...
Art of Noise - Paranoimia (feat. Max Headroom)
Enjoy!
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What about "Close (To The Edit)" and "Kiss" featuring Tom Jones?
Subject: Re: One hit wonders that were GOOD
Quoting:
Here are some of the One-Hitters chronologically...
Arcadia - Election Day
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Well, actually 3/5 of Duran Duran and Grace Jones.
Duran Duran had many hits & Grace Jones a couple (like 2 or 3) hits.
Subject: Re: One hit wonders that were GOOD
Quoting:
My favourite one hit wonder was 'Tantalize' by the obscure Jimmy The Hoover. If anyone can get hold of it on Kazaa do so. It's a great song. :D
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Heh! Remember that first time out - weird looking bunch...didn't really like the song much at the time, but have just dug it out of the back room and it don't sound half bad! What time does to you, eh?
Also worth a mention (although they were HUGE on the continent) is the completely off-the-scale daft EAV, with the equally daft "Ba-Ba-Bankrobbery" - dead strange...!
Subject: Re: One hit wonders that were GOOD
Mental as Anything - Live it up
Cameo - Word up
Nina - 99 Red Balloons
Subject: Re: One hit wonders that were GOOD
Not mentioned: The Members "Working Girl". 8)
Subject: Re: One hit wonders that were GOOD
Without a doubt, the band that pops into my head is:
Cutting Crew
Their breakthrough album (that contained that obnoxious "I Just Died In Your Arms" song) was called "Broadcast", and is absolutely OUTSTANDING. Notably, "I've Been In Love Before", "One For The Mockingbird" and "Any Colour". Killer stuff.
BS
Subject: Re: One hit wonders that were GOOD
Quoting:
Didn't Club Nuveau have another hit? I LOVE their "Lean on Me" (don't like the original - too slow, boring, sleepy), but thought there was another song out there.End Quote
"Why You Treat Me So Bad" reached #39 in the US (Billboard). I have their album on LP (I forget the name offhand). Lean On Me was the definite standout track though.
- ozz
Subject: Re: One hit wonders that were GOOD
Another:
Katrina & The Waves - other good ones: "Do You Want Crying" and "Going Down To Liverpool" (originally by The Bangles, I believe)
-BS
Subject: Re: One hit wonders that were GOOD
I'm not sure if all these listed artists/songs are genuine one-hit-wonders but I can say I haven't heard any other hits they may have come out with.
Sniff n' The Tears - "Drivers Seat"
Rough Trade - "All Touch"
Ram Jam - "Black Betty"
Clarence Carter - "Strokin'"
Indio - "Hard Sun"
Hooters - "All You Zombies"
Gary O - "Get It While You Can"
Don Williams - "Listen To The Radio" <- not sure if this is the artist who does this song.
Devine - "You Think You're A Man"
Subject: Re: One hit wonders that were GOOD
Wondering if nobody mention them yet..
Thompson Twins : Hold me now
Charlie Sexton: don't remember a title
Wang Chang: everybody have fun tonight.
John Parr: St. Elmo's Fire
Mr. Mister : Broken wings
Subject: Re: One hit wonders that were GOOD
Quoting:
Don Williams - "Listen To The Radio" <- not sure if this is the artist who does this song.
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If it's the same "Listen To The Radio" I'm thinking of (and since we're both Canadian)...is it the one that goes:
Throw off your coat
Pick up my note
Put another coffee on
Lie down on the bed
Lay back your head
Smoke another cigarette
And listen to the radio...ahhhhhhhh...
...or something like that? If so, then it's by a group called Pukka Orchestra. They're Canadian, I believe, and yes this was their only hit. :)
Don Williams is old, isn't he?? I think he was around in the 50's. :)
Absolutely Vile
Subject: Re: One hit wonders that were GOOD
What About -
Talk Talk - Talk Talk
Falco - Do it Again
Quoting:
OK, I am a self-professed music geek, but...looking through the lists in this thread, I've noticed several bands that were not one-hit wonders, even in North America!! (Well, not here in Canada anyway!) What about these other hits by aformentioned artists:
Talk Talk - what about "Life's What You Make It" and "Dum Dum Girl?"
Love & Rockets - what about "No New Tale To Tell," "Ball Of Confusion," and "Yin & Yang And The Flowerpot Men?"
Eddy Grant - what about "Gimme Hope Jo'anna" and "I Don't Wanna Dance?"
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - what about "Two Tribes" and "The Power Of Love?"
A-Ha - what about "The Sun Always Shines On TV," "Hunting High And Low," and "The Living Daylights" (from the James Bond film of the same name)?
Falco - what about "Der Kommissar" and "Vienna Calling?"
And finally...
Thomas Dolby - what about "Hyperactive?"
Weren't these hits too? Most of these were played quite a bit! (Talk Talk's "It's My Life" and "Life's What You Make It" were played so often on Much Music that I thought they were Canadian!! I only much later found out they were British. :D)
Absolutely Vile
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Subject: Re: One hit wonders that were GOOD
Sisters of Mercy? A one hit wonder?
This Corrosion isn't there highest ranking song either.
"This Corrosion" made it to No. 38 on the Hot Dance Chart.
"Lucretia My Reflection" made it to No. 30 on the Hot Dance Chart.
"Dominion" also made it to No. 30.
"More" made it to NO. 1 on the Modern Dance Chart
"Detonation Boulevard" made it to No. 17 on the Modern Dance Chart.
The Album "Floodlands" made it to No. 101 on Billboards top 200 albums.
The Album "Vision Thing" made it to No. 136 on Billboards top 200 albums.
Sorry, but I am a Sisters of Mercy fan and were shocked to see them called a One Hit Wonder. Heres a one hit wonder who had a No. 1 on the UK Dance Charts in the late 80s but never made another song.
M/A/R/R/S - Pump up the Volume
Quoting:
I thought I'd see what kind of a response I'd get on a post of favorite One-Hit Wonders (songs or videos) that were actually really good songs (or videos).
I know for a lot of one-hit wonders, the artists actually did a few other songs that former DJ's/music addicts would be able to pull out of the woodwork and claim they really aren't one hit wonders - but that aside: What song or videos really stand out as pretty much one-hit wonders, but they were GOOD songs (PacMan Fever by Buckner & Garcia doesn't count :P ) !
Here's a few I thought of...
Trans-X - Living on Video (good song, bad video!)
Strawberry Switchblade - Since Yesterday (good song and video)
Talk Talk - It's my Life (why do I still love this song after all these years?)
Sisters of Mercy - This Corrosion
Red Flag - Russian Radio
Planet P - Why Me
Love and Rockets - So Alive
The Beloved - Sweet Harmony (interesting video)
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Subject: Re: One hit wonders that were GOOD
Quoting:
What About -
Talk Talk - Talk Talk
Falco - Do it Again
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Right...I forgot about "Talk Talk." Sorry! :D I don't know that Falco song though...
Absolutely Vile
Subject: Re: One hit wonders that were GOOD
I might have to retract that one as I see it never made the charts. It was played alot down here for a short while though.
Quoting:
Right...I forgot about "Talk Talk." Sorry! :D I don't know that Falco song though...
Absolutely Vile
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Subject: Re: One hit wonders that were GOOD
doesn't anybody remember sigue sigue sputnik?! remember the scene in ferris bueller where he's talking in the shower there was this song that was playing: "love misile f1-11"
how about images in vogue's "lust for love"
Subject: Re: One hit wonders that were GOOD
Does anyone remember
Tears on your Anarak by The Drivers?
Was a hit here in Canada
Subject: Re: One hit wonders that were GOOD
Quoting:
doesn't anybody remember sigue sigue sputnik?! remember the scene in ferris bueller where he's talking in the shower there was this song that was playing: "love misile f1-11"End Quote
Sigue Sigue Sputnik were a good band and...erm...certainly unique!! I like them. :D
Quoting:how about images in vogue's "lust for love"
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Oooo...Images In Vogue is one of my favourite 80's bands, if not my favourite 80's band from Canada. Although Platinum Blonde were good up 'til the Contact album.
"Lust For Love" is a good song, but I like "In The House" and "Call It Love" better. :D
Absolutely Vile
Subject: Re: One hit wonders that were GOOD
Quoting:
Does anyone remember
Tears on your Anarak by The Drivers?
Was a hit here in Canada
End Quote
It was?? I've never heard of it, and I listened to the radio incessantly in the 80's. :) Maybe I need to hear it...
Absolutely Vile
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They were from the UK...Scotland I think but recorded in Canada.
I have the vinyl at home will have to look at it to get the dates etc.
Subject: Re: One hit wonders that were GOOD
A bit more info, The band was the first one with Nick Van Eede of the Cutting Crew, ablum was called Short Cuts, and the song hit # 24 in 1983.
Subject: Re: One hit wonders that were GOOD
Quoting:
If it's the same "Listen To The Radio" I'm thinking of (and since we're both Canadian)...is it the one that goes:
Throw off your coat
Pick up my note
Put another coffee on
Lie down on the bed
Lay back your head
Smoke another cigarette
And listen to the radio...ahhhhhhhh...
...or something like that? If so, then it's by a group called Pukka Orchestra. They're Canadian, I believe, and yes this was their only hit. :)
Don Williams is old, isn't he?? I think he was around in the 50's. :)
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That's the one!! Thanks Vile. I did manage to find it on Kazaa but I kept getting the old 50's sound, until I got the right one. :P I've been skeptical that Don Williams was the original artist.
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UK One Hit Wonders*
1927 - That's When I Think Of You
Adventures - Broken Land
Alphaville - Big In Japan
Alyson Williams - Sleeptalk
Aneka - Japanese Boy
Animotion - Obsession
Arrow - Hot Hot Hot
Assembly - Never Never
Baltimora - Tarzan Boy
Big Audio Dynamite E=MC2
Black - Wonderful Life
Bow Wow Wow - Go Wild In The Country
Bruce Hornsby And The Range - The Way It Is
Carmel - Bad Day
Colonel Abrams - Trapped
Cry Before Dawn - Witness For The World
Desireless - Voyage Voyage
Don Henley - Boys Of Summer
Falco - Rock Me Amadeus
Fiction Factory - (Feels Like) Heaven
Giorgio Moroder & Phil Oakey - Together In Electric Dreams
Goombay Dance Band - Seven Tears
Haysi Fantayzee - John Wayne Is Big Leggy
It Bites - Calling All The Heroes
Jack 'N' Chill - The Jack That House Built
Jane Wiedlin - Rush Hour
Jesse Green - Nice And Slow
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - I Love Rock 'N' Roll
John "Cougar" Mellencamp - Jack 'N' Diane
Jona Lewie - Stop The Cavalry
Kon Kan - I Beg Your Pardon
Krush - House Arrest
Latin Quarter - Radio Africa
Limahl - Neverending Story
Man2Man Meets Man Parrish - Male Stripper
Mantronix - Got To Have Your Love
Mark Knopfler - Going Home (Theme From Local Hero)
Matthew Wilder - Break My Stride
Men Without Hats - Safety Dance
Mental As Anything - Live It Up
Mory Kante - Yeke Yeke
Murray Head - One Night In Bangkok
Neil - Hole In My Shoe
Ofra Haza - Im Nin'Alu
Opus - Live Is Life
Patrick Swayze - She's Like The Wind
Phil Lynott - Yellow Pearl (Top Of The Pops Theme)
Phil Lynott & Gary Moore - Out In The Fields
Pigbag - Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag
Piranhas - Tom Hark
Power Station - Some Like It Hot
Pseudo Echo - Funky Town
Shannon - Let The Music Play
Slyfox - Let's Go All The Way
Starlight - Numero Uno
Starvation - Starvation
Strawberry Switchblade - Since Yesterday
Tenpole Tudor - The Swords Of A Thousand Men
Toni Basil - Mickey
Toto Coelo - I Eat Cannibals
Trans-X - Living On Video
Trio - Da Da Da
Wax - Bridge To Your Heart
Will To Power - Baby I Love Your Way
*Apologies if any of the above artists did release other singles, I can't be arsed to make sure. They are all classic tunes regardless and I recommend any to you which you haven't heard ;)
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There's some interesting stuff here owzat. :)
Quoting:Assembly - Never NeverEnd Quote
This band comprised of 'Wobbly Voice' Feargal Sharkey after his Undertones days and Vince Clarke after Depeche Mode. I guess this served as a vehicle for both of them before they decided what to do next.
Quoting:Black - Wonderful LifeEnd Quote
This song is so wonderful. The vocal talents of Black are rich and deep. However, I think he had a couple of minor hits after this.
Quoting:Bow Wow Wow - Go Wild In The CountryEnd Quote
They also had the regrettable C30 C60 C90 Go! An attempt to cash in on the cassette player revolution.
Quoting:Bruce Hornsby And The Range - The Way It IsEnd Quote
I think they had a few hits. 'Mandolin Rain' was one of them. A great band that deserved more recognition. 'The Way it is' is an unbelievable song!
Quoting:Don Henley - Boys Of SummerEnd Quote
Also did 'All she wants to do is dance'.
Quoting:Giorgio Moroder & Phil Oakey - Together In Electric DreamsEnd Quote
Phil Oakey was the lead singer of Human League, Giorgio Moroder dabbled with keyboards - Great song. It certainly is a one hit collaboration.
Quoting:Jane Wiedlin - Rush HourEnd Quote
Formerly of The Go-Gos with Bellinda Carlisle, Jane Wiedlin couldn't get the same success.
Quoting:John "Cougar" Mellencamp - Jack 'N' DianeEnd Quote
Also did 'Hurt so good'. Great song.
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With it's interesting bass, Stop the Cavalry was good stuff. Has had the top twenty hit 'You'll always find me in the kitchen at Partys' and was also with the band 'Terry Dactyl and The Dinosaurs'.
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Had a few minor hits.
Quoting:Matthew Wilder - Break My Stride
Men Without Hats - Safety Dance
Mental As Anything - Live It Up
Murray Head - One Night In Bangkok
Neil - Hole In My Shoe
Opus - Live Is Life
Patrick Swayze - She's Like The Wind
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Brilliant songs. :D
Quoting:Phil Lynott & Gary Moore - Out In The FieldsEnd Quote
A one hit collaboration (I believe). Both have had hits. Lynott with the band 'Thin Lizzy'.
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Also had a hit with the cover of T-Rex's 'Get it on' but renamed it 'Bang a gong' (huh?)
Quoting:Starlight - Numero UnoEnd Quote
This dance classic deserves a mention, Owzat. A great hit in 1989.
Quoting:Tenpole Tudor - The Swords Of A Thousand Men
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I think they had a couple of hits. The lead singer these days is more known for hosting 'The Crystal Maze'.
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This is what I call a one hit wonder! Trio were brilliant with their small keyboard and clinky beat.
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Was the result after 10cc split up and featured Andrew Gold. Have you seen the video? Beautiful.
Quoting:*Apologies if any of the above artists did release other singles, I can't be arsed to make sure. They are all classic tunes regardless and I recommend any to you which you haven't heard ;)End Quote
No worries, owzat. :)
Subject: Re: One hit wonders that were GOOD
I thought these songs were good:
Stacey O-Two of Hearts
A-Ha-Take on Me
T'Pau-Heart and Soul
The Waitresses: I know what boys like
Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Relax
Tommy Tutone: 867-5309
Later! 8)
Subject: Re: One hit wonders that were GOOD
These are a few songs that make me go haywire...in a nice way, ;)...:
Drive....The Cars
Obsession.....Animotion
The Pleasure Seekers.......The System
One thing leads to another.....The Fixx
You belong to the City.....Glen Frey
Crockett's Theme......Jan Hammer
Pale Shelter and Everybody wants rule the world....Tears4Fears
Do you believe in Love......Huey Lewis and the news
Cry....Godley and Creme
We touch.....by Loz Netto
Ventura Highway...America
When she was my Girl.....4 Tops
In the Air Tonite.....Phil Collins
Can you hear me runnin'?.....Mike and the Mechanics
Out of Touch.....Hall and Oates
Africa.....Toto
Don't wanna live without you........Foreigner
DanceHall Days....Wang Chung
So, you like mychoices? Peace!!! :-*
Subject: Re: One hit wonders that were GOOD
Quoting:
"Marlena on the Wall" Suzanne Vega
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Suzanne was hardly a "one hit wonder". Off the top of my head, I can think of 2 more hits that she had.
Tom's Diner. THis song was very annoying, with it's "do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do", but it was a big hit in the late 1980's.
Luka. This was a very disturbing but moving song about domestic abuse. "My name is Luka, I live on the second floor".
Subject: Re: One hit wonders that were GOOD
I'm shocked and outraged no one mentioned Survivor's Eye Of A Tiger.
BTW - Alphaville were NOT a one hit wonder. What about the brilliant Forever Young?!
Subject: Re: One hit wonders that were GOOD
John Parr-St. Elmo's Fire
Michael Sembello-Maniac
The Honeydrippers-Sea of Love (cover)
Big Country-Big Country
Subject: Re: One hit wonders that were GOOD
Endgames- First, Last, For Everything
Abcedarians- Smiling Monarchs
Subject: Re: One hit wonders that were GOOD
Visage - Fade to grey!
Subject: Re: One hit wonders that were GOOD
Quoting:
I'm shocked and outraged no one mentioned Survivor's Eye Of A Tiger. End Quote
They had the song 'Burning Heart' as well. What a great track it is as well. :)
Subject: Re: One hit wonders that were GOOD
People, people, people!!!
I'm shocked and awed that none of you true 80s audiophiles have mentioned:
Heaven 17 - Let Me Go
The Polecats - Make A Circuit With Me
The System - Don't Disturb This Groove
Yaz - Don't Go (yes, I know that separately they weren't one hit wonders)
Oh, there's so much more!!!
:o)
Subject: Re: One hit wonders that were GOOD
Quoting:
They had the song 'Burning Heart' as well. What a great track it is as well. :)
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Didn't Survivor also sing "High on you" and "Search is over"?Those both got heavy airplay in 1984/85
Subject: Re: One hit wonders that were GOOD
;D yes they did sing high on you great song and a great band,
any one hear like any kind of pop music
Subject: Re: One hit wonders that were GOOD
Quoting:
I'm shocked and awed that none of you true 80s audiophiles have mentioned:
Heaven 17 - Let Me Go
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Heaven 17 also had a big hit with 'Temptation' and 'Come live with me' amongst other smaller ones.