Murray Head - One Night in Bangkok.
Corey Hart - Sunglasses at Night.
― that's not my post, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 06:36 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4O1A-mmBWw
Total Ceolo - I eat cannibals.
― my opinionation (Hamildan), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 10:40 (thirteen years ago) link
Not sure if this was a hit in the US but it got to No. 5 over here (also big across Europe apparently):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weMrzt6W8V8
Ryan Paris - Dolce Vita
― Gavin, Leeds, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 10:49 (thirteen years ago) link
Jimmy the Hoover - Tantalise
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kr9h5xBQz3k
― Cluster the boots (Billy Dods), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 11:26 (thirteen years ago) link
Aw I was going to open my posts today with "I Eat Cannibals"
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 11:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Scritti Politti - Perfect Way
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hs7Jy2y-33A
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 11:48 (thirteen years ago) link
Madness that in the US, er, Madness was a one hit wonder. But what a wonderful hit!
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 11:49 (thirteen years ago) link
Has Spandau Ballet made an appearance yet?
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 11:52 (thirteen years ago) link
I have that Rocky Burnette song on a 45 at home, amazingly enough.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMAGI7zRqj8
― SteakNique (®2011 Ulillillia) (Phil D.), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 12:44 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfttQrCGtyw
― SteakNique (®2011 Ulillillia) (Phil D.), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 12:48 (thirteen years ago) link
Let's hope not!
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 12:51 (thirteen years ago) link
P. sure this was Rainbow's only Top 40 in the US. (It peaked at 40 lol.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WukfC-6Gpc
― SteakNique (®2011 Ulillillia) (Phil D.), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 12:53 (thirteen years ago) link
I know Deep Purple is hardly a one-hit wonder but it blows my mind that this nearly made the Top Ten in the year of Bruce, Madonna and Prince.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZ_kez7WVUU
― SteakNique (®2011 Ulillillia) (Phil D.), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 13:02 (thirteen years ago) link
Ollie & Jerry - "There's No Stoppin' Us (Theme from 'Breakin')"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8x5JqZNYpRQ
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 13:23 (thirteen years ago) link
Wang Chung - Dance Hall Days
(actually they had another hit or two... this was the only one to make it to ·1 tho...)
― Moka, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 13:56 (thirteen years ago) link
I would have sworn "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" was a bigger hit.
Yeah, in the US anyway "Dance Hall Days" hit 16 and "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" hit 2 and "Let's Go" hit 9.
Their best song, "Fire In The Twilight" from "The Breakfast Club" soundtrack, wasn't a hit at all ;_;
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 13:59 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, Fire in the Twilight is great.
― VegemiteGrrl, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 14:09 (thirteen years ago) link
― Leopard on the Cheetos Bag (MintIce), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 20:43 (thirteen years ago) link
I'd include Benjamin Orr's 'Stay The Night' here but I don't know if that technically counts as a One Hit Wonder because of Orr's vocals on The Cars 'Drive'. Two hit wonder then? Sure.
― Leopard on the Cheetos Bag (MintIce), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 20:46 (thirteen years ago) link
I would count it.
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 20:47 (thirteen years ago) link
I would too, and it's a better song than "Drive."
There I said it.
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 20:49 (thirteen years ago) link
Orr-sung Cars singles that hit the Top 40: "Just What I Needed, "Let's Go," "Why Can't I Have You," "You Are The Girl."
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 20:50 (thirteen years ago) link
huh
I don't think I realized until just now that he sang all of my favorite Cars songs
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 20:51 (thirteen years ago) link
Ric Ocasek's a one hit wonder too! "Emotion in Motion," remember.
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 20:52 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh how come noone has mentioned this one:
Don Henley - Boys of Summer
― Moka, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 20:53 (thirteen years ago) link
Because Henley had a lot more hit singles?
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 20:59 (thirteen years ago) link
Orange Juice - Rip it Up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESy-Z8vqMrE
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 21:03 (thirteen years ago) link
They did release several albums and still have some present-day cache, though.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 21:04 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psT7pKuayYc
― Captain Hyrax (Phil D.), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 22:35 (thirteen years ago) link
xxpost I had never that Orange Juice track and it immediately reminded me of Annie's "Me Plus One".
― daavid, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 18:19 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6zBjYIyz-0
― daavid, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 18:21 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJou-XIUywQ
― Captain Hyrax (Phil D.), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 18:29 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRnNpLOhn1Q
― Captain Hyrax (Phil D.), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 18:30 (thirteen years ago) link
Love love love this song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-kfmuGHtxo
at what point did we wander away from posting hits
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 18:43 (thirteen years ago) link
because I have a shitload of things I would post but they are not hits at all
except for this, this was a hit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzwstJmxbuY&feature=related
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 18:44 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh man, Joboxers, had forgotten about that song! (Although I remembered the Trouser Press review starting "Responsible for a brief Dead End Kids fashion fad in Great Britain...")
― Hardcore Bangage (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 18:47 (thirteen years ago) link
Daryl Hall's "Dreamtime" is a good choice.
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 18:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Eurogliders went to #21 on the Billboard US Mainstream Rock tracks chart, Cock Robin went to #35, and Joboxers went to #36.
― Captain Hyrax (Phil D.), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 18:59 (thirteen years ago) link
"I don't remember this son" != "not a hit"
― Captain Hyrax (Phil D.), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 19:00 (thirteen years ago) link
I was under the impression we were using high placement on the Hot 100 as criteria, not every ancillary Billboard chart that contains songs we like
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 19:01 (thirteen years ago) link
I am not trying to be Judgy McDouchebag, I just didn't think those charts were in play
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 19:04 (thirteen years ago) link
The very first song you posted on this thread went all the way to #37 on the Hot 100, so uhhhh . . . xp
― Captain Hyrax (Phil D.), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 19:06 (thirteen years ago) link
I consider Top 40 to be high placement, mostly because that's where the countdown starts.
This is basically jumping up and down upon and mooning the "please don't be a pedant" request but the whole conversation/thread started because we were reminiscing about quirky mid-80s Top 40 songs; I was surprised you were posting stuff that never hit the top 40 and mostly asking if the floodgates were open for me to be a pathetic goth.
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 19:09 (thirteen years ago) link
(although Gene Loves Jezebel didn't chart as high as I thought they did ;_l)
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 19:11 (thirteen years ago) link
Is that an emoticon of, like, Ace Frehley crying?
― Captain Hyrax (Phil D.), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 19:12 (thirteen years ago) link
it is now!
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 19:12 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, the original spirit of the thread was to include stuff I actually heard on normal Top 40 radio between the ages of 10 and 14 or so, which is basically how it started out. Now if someone wants to post Joboxers because he or she heard it on the radio as a kid, it's not my place to piss in the punchbowl. It really doesn't have any resonance for me, though.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 19:13 (thirteen years ago) link
Wiki for JoBoxers just says it made the American Top 40. I never heard it on the radio, but I saw the video a ton at my local danceteria as a young adult.
― Hardcore Bangage (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 19:18 (thirteen years ago) link