http://www.onehitwondercenter.com/two/twohit_tz.htm
― Moka, Thursday, 30 September 2010 22:06 (thirteen years ago) link
Rick Astley, "Never Gonna Give You Up", "Together Forever", at least in the USA.
Nope -- three other top tens! "It Would Take a Strong, Strong Man," "She Wants to Dance With Me" and the DOA "Cry For Help," which got a lot of airplay in spring '91. "Giving Up on Love" barely made the top 40.
― raging hetero lifechill (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 1 October 2010 00:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Never realized til now that Janis Ian actually had a third Hot 100 hit, six years after "At Seventeen" -- "Under The Covers," which apparently got to #71 in 1981. Not quite a real hit (also not very good), but it's still cool how she hit the Hot 100 exactly once each in three different decades.
― xhuxk, Friday, 31 August 2012 20:30 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIEfjAHfV5c
I guess her Moroder collab wasn't a hit, but it should have been, as it's awesome!
― Tuomas, Friday, 31 August 2012 22:45 (eleven years ago) link
Apparently Tiffany had two other Top 10 hits after "I Think We're Alone Now" and "Could've Been", which both went to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Pretty sure most people only remember "I Think We're Alone Now" though.
― LeRooLeRoo, Friday, 31 August 2012 23:27 (eleven years ago) link
I sure remember "I Saw Him Standing There"! That was her best.
― xhuxk, Saturday, 1 September 2012 01:11 (eleven years ago) link
Very close, at least, depending on the definition: The r&b band Skyy. Exactly two Hot 100 hits: "Call Me" #26 1982; "Real Love" #47 1990. Eight years apart.
― xhuxk, Friday, 19 October 2012 20:35 (eleven years ago) link
If we're talking about world-wide hits, I think Evelyn "Champagne" King would qualify with "Shame" and "Love Come Down". Besides them, she had a couple of minor charting songs in the US ("I Don't Know If It's Right" reached #23 and "I'm in Love" #40), but I'm pretty sure the big two hits are the only ones people remember now.
― Tuomas, Monday, 22 October 2012 09:45 (eleven years ago) link
Didn't Evelyn King do "I'm In Love" as well?
― make like a steak and beef (dog latin), Monday, 22 October 2012 10:01 (eleven years ago) link
oh sorry, read that wrong.
although I'm In Love is the only song I recognise by her.
― make like a steak and beef (dog latin), Monday, 22 October 2012 10:02 (eleven years ago) link
For right now, that "Good Time" song has a chance to generate 2 one hit wonders! Obviously, too early to tell for both Owl City and CRJ but that's the way it is to date.
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Monday, 22 October 2012 13:20 (eleven years ago) link
er, 2 two hit wonders, of course.
Andrew W.K. - "Party Hard" and "She is Beautiful"Dschingis Khan - "Moskau" and "Dschingis Khan"Fatboy Slim - "The Rockefeller Skank" and "Praise You"; I know he's had other singles but they weren't big like those two were they?Gary Numan - "Are Friends Electric?", "Cards"The Presidents of the United States of America - "Lump" and "Peaches"Soul Coughing - "Circles and "Super Bon Bon"
― frogbs, Monday, 22 October 2012 13:43 (eleven years ago) link
"Are Friends Electric?" was by Tubeway Army
"Cards" was by Snap
― Mark G, Monday, 22 October 2012 13:46 (eleven years ago) link
Tubeway Army and Numan were basically one and the same though. The same band played on TPP didn't they?
― frogbs, Monday, 22 October 2012 14:03 (eleven years ago) link
In popular memory, though not chart performance, Fine Young Cannibals qualify in the US. I see from Wikipedia that "Don't Look Back" hit #11, but I don't think I've ever heard it whereas "She Drives Me Crazy" and "Good Thing" are both pretty universal.
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Monday, 22 October 2012 15:24 (eleven years ago) link
oh def. "Don't Look Back" is so awesome though. I'd trade "Good Thing" for it any day.
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 22 October 2012 15:25 (eleven years ago) link
I thought Crazy Frog would be this, but he's had at least three hits.
― Siegbran, Monday, 22 October 2012 15:36 (eleven years ago) link
Everyhit says five.
Does anyone remember "We are the Champions" ? I don't!
― Mark G, Monday, 22 October 2012 15:39 (eleven years ago) link
I think it went ring ding ding ding ring ding ding
― Siegbran, Monday, 22 October 2012 16:02 (eleven years ago) link
five hit singles, one top ten album, another lower down and that difficult third album!
― Mark G, Monday, 22 October 2012 18:06 (eleven years ago) link
Fatboy Slim - "The Rockefeller Skank" and "Praise You"; I know he's had other singles but they weren't big like those two were they?
"Right Here, Right Now" was just as big a hit as the other two, and still gets played today. I think it's pretty popular in sports events, for example, because of the anthemic sound; it was one of the two songs he played in his London Olympics performance. ("Gangster Trippin'" was also a big hit after "Rockafeller Skank", but that one seems to get less play these days.)
Also, before Fatboy Slim Norman Cook had already had two hits under other pseudonyms: "Dub Be Good to Me" (#1 on the UK singles chart), and "Magic Carpet Ride" (#24).
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 10:54 (eleven years ago) link
Fatboy Slim has a lot more well-known songs in the UK than just those two.
― make like a steak and beef (dog latin), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 11:00 (eleven years ago) link
In popular memory, though not chart performance, Fine Young Cannibals qualify in the US. I see from Wikipedia that "Don't Look Back" hit #11, but I don't think I've ever heard it whereas "She Drives Me Crazy" and "Good Thing" are both pretty universal.― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Monday, 22 October 2012 16:24 (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Monday, 22 October 2012 16:24 (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
No Johnny Come Home?
― make like a steak and beef (dog latin), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 11:01 (eleven years ago) link
he had another #1 in 1986 too yo
― set the controls for the arse of your mum (sic), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 13:37 (eleven years ago) link
had no idea about "Right Here, Right Now", kinda thought that had become famous after the fact - as for "Gangster Trippin" I know the video played quite a bit here but I don't think anyone recognizes it now
― frogbs, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 13:44 (eleven years ago) link
Not a hit in the US (#76).
― 5-Hour Enmity (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 13:57 (eleven years ago) link
in the UK, "Rockafeller Skank" was the lowest-charting single off of You've Come A Long Way, Baby (of those that made the charts; one didn't)
also because I am old, I always default to "Everybody Needs a 303" and "Going Out Of My Head" as the go-to FS singles even though they weren't as massive
― The Owls of Ja Rule (DJP), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 14:18 (eleven years ago) link
Also, FBS remixes like Brimful Of Asha and Body Movin' charted on their own.
― Siegbran, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 14:24 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah no way FBS is a 2 hit wonder.
― ENBB, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 14:28 (eleven years ago) link
his "Renegade Master" remix charted too, right?
― The Owls of Ja Rule (DJP), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 14:28 (eleven years ago) link
I can't remember gangster tripping at all
― make like a steak and beef (dog latin), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 14:30 (eleven years ago) link
maybe not in UK. in US I don't think anyone remembers much outside those two unless you count stuff like "Brimful of Asha".
― frogbs, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 14:32 (eleven years ago) link
I like "Gangster Trippin'" a LOT more than "Rockafeller Skank"
― The Owls of Ja Rule (DJP), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 14:33 (eleven years ago) link
Which one did Walken dance in the video for? That was awesome.
― ENBB, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 14:35 (eleven years ago) link
"Weapon of Choice", a song very clearly outshined by its video
― The Owls of Ja Rule (DJP), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 14:37 (eleven years ago) link
The Cardigans are another really clear example of this, at least in the US ("Lovefool" and "My Favorite Game").
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 14:38 (eleven years ago) link
the Walken vid was really FBS's only visible moment after 1998 around here. other than "oh my God Palookaville is awful"
― frogbs, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 14:39 (eleven years ago) link
Carnival, Ma Favourite Game, Burning Down The House?
― Siegbran, Thursday, 25 October 2012 06:23 (eleven years ago) link
Another Bad Creation
― suggest butt (Pillbox), Thursday, 25 October 2012 09:31 (eleven years ago) link
The Cardigans are another really clear example of this, at least in the US ("Lovefool" and "My Favorite Game").― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 15:38 (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 15:38 (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
UK had Erase/Rewind and Rise & Shine.
― make like a steak and beef (dog latin), Thursday, 25 October 2012 09:36 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, "Erase/Rewind" was pretty big in here too, I remember it much better than "My Favourite Game".
― Tuomas, Thursday, 25 October 2012 09:40 (eleven years ago) link
In fact, looking at the chart placements, looks like "Erase/Rewind" was as big a hit as "My Favourite Game" almost every else except in the US.
― Tuomas, Thursday, 25 October 2012 09:42 (eleven years ago) link
Wonder why?
― Tuomas, Thursday, 25 October 2012 09:43 (eleven years ago) link
I don't know why "Erase/Rewind" didn't hit in the US because it's a pretty awesome song. I think I voted for it in the Cardigans singles poll.
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Thursday, 25 October 2012 10:56 (eleven years ago) link
You know what should have been bigger than anything else off Gran Turismo? Hanging Around - always thought that was the highlight of that record.
― make like a steak and beef (dog latin), Thursday, 25 October 2012 11:00 (eleven years ago) link
Soul group The Ovations had exactly two Hot 100 hits in the U.S., eight years apart: "It's Wonderful To Be in Love" #61 1965; "Having A Party" (a medley) # 56 1973.
― xhuxk, Monday, 21 October 2013 18:13 (ten years ago) link
Thought Blind Melon would qualify, but only as an average of two charts: "No Rain" on the Top 100, that and "Tones of Home" and "Galaxie" on the Mainstream Rock chart. They felt like a two-hit wonder. (No, that's not true. They felt like a one-hit wonder.)
― clemenza, Monday, 21 October 2013 18:44 (ten years ago) link
tone loc: "wild thing" (#2 US) and "funky cold medina" (#3 US)
― open letter to an open letter to a fanzine (fact checking cuz), Monday, 21 October 2013 18:49 (ten years ago) link