two-hit wonders

I can't remember gangster tripping at all

maybe not in UK. in US I don't think anyone remembers much outside those two unless you count stuff like "Brimful of Asha".

I like "Gangster Trippin'" a LOT more than "Rockafeller Skank"

Which one did Walken dance in the video for? That was awesome.

"Weapon of Choice", a song very clearly outshined by its video

The Cardigans are another really clear example of this, at least in the US ("Lovefool" and "My Favorite Game").

the Walken vid was really FBS's only visible moment after 1998 around here. other than "oh my God Palookaville is awful"

Carnival, Ma Favourite Game, Burning Down The House?

Another Bad Creation

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

UK had Erase/Rewind and Rise & Shine.

Yeah, "Erase/Rewind" was pretty big in here too, I remember it much better than "My Favourite Game".

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.

Wonder why?

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.

You know what should have been bigger than anything else off Gran Turismo? Hanging Around - always thought that was the highlight of that record.

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.

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.)

tone loc: "wild thing" (#2 US) and "funky cold medina" (#3 US)

(which someone already said upthread, oops. carry on.)

thread reading cuz is gonna bust yr chops this Thanksgiving

haha

The Left Banke -- "Walk Away Renee" and "Pretty Ballerina"

The Bloodhound Gang - "Fire Water Burn" and "The Bad Touch"

xp - odd how "Walk Away Renee" was an oldies radio staple yet I've never heard "Pretty Ballerina" on the radio, even though it was almost as big a hit.

psy

I heard "Pretty Ballerina" last night on Psychedelicized, which is why it jumped to mind when I saw this revived thread this morning.

eiffel 65, with "blue (da ba dee)" and "move your body"

"Boogie Fever" or "Hot Line"

Sister Sledge!

Village People

(though "Macho Man" seems to have had a bigger legacy than a lot of songs that peaked at # 25)

Rupert Holmes (follow-up single "Him" reached #6)

I still remember "Ready for the '80s." Even though they weren't.

I used to think Weezer were a one-hit wonder with that Happy Days song, but now I've learned from Wikipedia they had an even bigger hit in 2005 with a tune called "Beverly Hills". Those two were eleven years apart too.

even Weezer had disappeared after their first album they'd still have 3 songs in rock radio rotation forever and ever

They've only has two singles in the top 50, though. And "Buddy Holly" is probably the only tune by them someone who doesn't know anything about them (like me) recognizes.

Actually, for a while in 2000 I thought they were a two-hit wonder band, when "Teenage Dirtbag" was playing on MTV all the time. Then someone pointed out to me it wasn't by the "Buddy Holly" band, I'd just mixed up Wheatus and Weezer in my head.

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.)

Hmmm... Three Is A Magic Number would probably be their other "hit."

Tuomas - I hope you'll be delighted to know that several years back, Weezer started playing Teenage Dirtbag at festivals because it amused them that non-fan people made that mistake / they thought "what the hell, they want to hear it"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=St0svOdrSR8

Haha, that's awesome!

Brenda Russell, exactly two hits, 9 years apart: "So Good So Right" #30 1979; "Piano In the Dark" #6 1988. Nothing else ever hit the Hot 100.

Non-humans win!!

Singing Dogs, exactly two hits, 16 years apart: "Oh! Susanna" #22 1955; "Jingle Bells" #1 1971. No other Hot 100 singles (and the same producer -- a guy in Copenhagen named Don Charles -- and even apparently the same dogs since "Jingle Bells" was a reissue.)