The Left Banke -- "Walk Away Renee" and "Pretty Ballerina"
― Victor Immature (WilliamC), Monday, 21 October 2013 18:59 (ten years ago) link
The Bloodhound Gang - "Fire Water Burn" and "The Bad Touch"
― MarkoP, Monday, 21 October 2013 20:37 (ten years ago) link
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.
― Lee626, Monday, 21 October 2013 22:52 (ten years ago) link
psy
― monotony, Monday, 21 October 2013 22:57 (ten years ago) link
I heard "Pretty Ballerina" last night on Psychedelicized, which is why it jumped to mind when I saw this revived thread this morning.
― Victor Immature (WilliamC), Monday, 21 October 2013 23:47 (ten years ago) link
eiffel 65, with "blue (da ba dee)" and "move your body"
― dyl, Tuesday, 22 October 2013 02:42 (ten years ago) link
"Boogie Fever" or "Hot Line"
― timellison, Tuesday, 22 October 2013 03:02 (ten years ago) link
Sister Sledge!
― timellison, Tuesday, 22 October 2013 03:23 (ten years ago) link
Village People
― timellison, Tuesday, 22 October 2013 03:30 (ten years ago) link
(though "Macho Man" seems to have had a bigger legacy than a lot of songs that peaked at # 25)
― timellison, Tuesday, 22 October 2013 03:32 (ten years ago) link
Rupert Holmes (follow-up single "Him" reached #6)
― timellison, Tuesday, 22 October 2013 03:37 (ten years ago) link
I still remember "Ready for the '80s." Even though they weren't.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 22 October 2013 03:49 (ten years ago) link
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.
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 22 October 2013 09:53 (ten years ago) link
even Weezer had disappeared after their first album they'd still have 3 songs in rock radio rotation forever and ever
― deez so unusual (some dude), Tuesday, 22 October 2013 11:55 (ten years ago) link
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.
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 22 October 2013 12:06 (ten years ago) link
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.
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 22 October 2013 12:08 (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.)
Hmmm... Three Is A Magic Number would probably be their other "hit."
― MikoMcha, Tuesday, 22 October 2013 12:17 (ten years ago) link
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
― ͼѾͽ (sic), Tuesday, 22 October 2013 15:04 (ten years ago) link
Haha, that's awesome!
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 22 October 2013 17:04 (ten years ago) link
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.
― xhuxk, Friday, 25 July 2014 16:51 (nine years ago) link
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.)
― xhuxk, Monday, 22 September 2014 17:43 (nine years ago) link