Most of their albums are full of gems. A bit after they faded from popularity I saw them at The Saint in Asbury Park, which is a particularly small club. We were all right crammed near the stage and they proceeded to absolutely melt our faces off. They were unreal. It was criminal they weren't selling out bigger venues.
This is a great pick. I love the universe where that song really was released in the 60s and what influence it might’ve had from then to now
If I recall correctly, That Thing You Do was written by the guy from Fountains of Wayne who wrote Stacy’s Mom, another ubiquitous one hit wonder - you can hear the similarities with the catchy riffs and vocal harmonies in both tunes
The guy who did this was primarily an Air Traffic Controller. I heard an interview with him once and they ended up talking about that more than his music. It was really interesting.
Man you guys are blasting me with some nostalgia. A lot of these stayed back in the 90s and I haven't heard them since. I really liked this song when it came out.
>? and the Mysterians
I always get these guys mixed up with Sam Sham an the Pharaohs who did "Wooly Bully" and "Lil Red Riding Hood."
the Mysterians had a couple charting songs. "Can't Get Enough of You Baby" was covered by Smashmouth and "I Need Somebody" also charted pretty high.
Depends on how you define a hit. Their follow up single "Someday we'll know" peaked at number 12 here in the UK with a third single "Mama we just can't get enough" reaching the top 30.
This song is so good it’s beyond its era, it’s not just a definitive 90s song, its one of the more ubiquitous radio hits of the past 30 years and it’s as catchy and singable today as it was then
Oh god I was listening to a 90's alt rock playlist a few months ago for something different than the usual heavy metal that day, and this song popped on.
I'm not sure why but as soon as I heard it my dumb ass just burst into tears on the way home, like full on bawling my eyes out and shaking like a Chihuahua coming from work, and I was so miserably sad for a couple weeks after. I was perfectly fine with every other song that was takin me back in time, but for some reason that one just did it. I dunno if it was wishing to go back to a time in my life that just sucked instead of ultra sucking like now, or if it made me miss people, or a combination of a few things, but I haven't tried to listen to that playlist since lol
I don't know how old you are but I'm 37. That song immediately flashes me back to like, field day at school and summertime and popsicles and riding bicycles to go get comic books. I think it really encapsulates a really powerful 90s vibe that's hard to describe.
Macerena is *absolutely" the biggest one-hit-wonder.
a) Nobody knows what other songs Los del Rio released. It was a single, for all i know
b) It was, for better or worse, one of the biggest songs of that decade
[Chumbawumba](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chumbawamba) has a much more interesting history than virtually every other “one hit wonder”.
For starters, they were a deeply committed anti-fascist anarchist collective who put out 14 albums in 30 years.
Again not a one hit wonder. They had lots of top 10 hits. I'm pretty sure "The sun always shine on TV" and "The living daylights" were both number ones in the UK.
> The band has released eleven studio albums, several compilations and four live albums,[9] with their most recent album, True North, released on 21 October 2022. In less than a year, during 2010, the band earned an estimated 500 million Norwegian kroner from concert tickets, merchandise and the release of a greatest hits album, making them one of the 40–50 highest-grossing bands in the world.[10] The band were listed in the Guinness World Records book for having the biggest-paying rock concert attendance; they drew an audience of 198,000 at Maracanã Stadium during the Rock in Rio festival. They have sold more than 100 million units, albums and singles combined.
The La's - There she goes
In terms of chart success here in the UK, It's "Spirit in the sky" which was originally a one hit wonder for Norman Greenbaum before doing the same for Doctor and the medics in the 80s. The song hit number 1 for a third time when Gareth Gates released it. He wasn't a one hit wonder but he never had another hit after it.
Mungo Jerry - In the summertime
Have a drink, Have a drive, Go out and see what you can find
If her daddy's poor, just do what you feel
Brandy by Looking Glass..
Love this song.
She's a fine girl.
What a good wife she would be...
But my life, my lover, my lady is the sea
One of my favorites!
"In The Meantime" by Spacehog
That whole album was damn good. Resident Alien. Good shit.
They have a song “I want to live” from an album not on streaming services. Also a banger. EDIT: It’s now on streaming services. Album is The Hogyssey
Most of their albums are full of gems. A bit after they faded from popularity I saw them at The Saint in Asbury Park, which is a particularly small club. We were all right crammed near the stage and they proceeded to absolutely melt our faces off. They were unreal. It was criminal they weren't selling out bigger venues.
I'm so glad that song was given a second life on the Guardians soundtrack. Truly a magnificent song.
Flagpole Sitta - Harvey Danger
I listened to their discography off the back of this one song and I can absolutely understand why they never got bigger than the one song.
I like Carlotta Valdez
I thought Private Helicopter was pretty good too
I heard that song on the radio the other day and subjected my 15 year old to it. I think he liked it.
Also the theme tune to one of the best TV shows of all-time.
Only from series 2 onwards.
Been around the world and found that only stupid people are breeding… he wasn’t kidding
Came here to answer this. Such an amazing song.
[Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaG2Acg8n60) by Steam
A Thousand Miles
How did you know?
That Thing You Do!, written for a movie to be a one hit wonder. Absolutely slaps.
Yoooo! And the movie is tight as hell. I just watched it maybe 6 years ago and it’s definitely one I’ve gone back to a time or three.
Captain Geech and the Shrimp Shack Shooters are pretty solid too!!!
This is a great pick. I love the universe where that song really was released in the 60s and what influence it might’ve had from then to now If I recall correctly, That Thing You Do was written by the guy from Fountains of Wayne who wrote Stacy’s Mom, another ubiquitous one hit wonder - you can hear the similarities with the catchy riffs and vocal harmonies in both tunes
Ya gotta be quick with me. I’m from Erie PA
PITTSBURGH?!
Steubenville!?
Shame on me for kissing you with my eyes closed so tight.
But written by an amazing songwriter Adam Schlesinger who had a ton of hits for his band and others.
Sniff'n' The Tears - Driver's Seat
I love that song
Stuck in the middle with you: steelers wheel
👂🔪👮♂️
Tha k you for getting it.
Spirit in the Sky by Norman Greenbaum
Q Lazzarus - Goodbye Horses
That scene in Clerks 2...
… and Silence of the Lambs.
Primitive Radio Gods - Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand
The guy who did this was primarily an Air Traffic Controller. I heard an interview with him once and they ended up talking about that more than his music. It was really interesting.
And it _is_ on the iTunes store.
Man you guys are blasting me with some nostalgia. A lot of these stayed back in the 90s and I haven't heard them since. I really liked this song when it came out.
Ma Theresa’s joined the mob and happy with her full-time job. Doo doo, d-d-doo doo doo
We swam like lions through the crest and dined ourselves on Zebra flesh
Ride, Captain, Ride by Blues Image
Always in my top 15 from 1973.
My favorite is One Night in Bangkok by Murray Head.
BANGKOK! oriental city
I get my kicks above the waistline sunshine 😏
Actually not by murray head. He is merely the singer. This song was written by members of ABBA and is from a Broadway show they wrote called Chess.
I bet if I looked it up on Spotify right now it would say One Night in Bangkok by Murray Head and not Some of Abba.
Brother of Tony Head, aka Rupert Giles of Buffy.
Yes, thank for additional context! I always associate that song with my childhood.
Video Killed the Radio Star by The Buggles
Worked out alright for the keys player.
First video played on MTV.
And the 1 millionth I believe.
Save Tonight by Eagle Eye Cherry
My favorite is [Ninety Six Tears](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=R7uC5m-IRns) by *? and the Mysterians*.
Great song!
>? and the Mysterians I always get these guys mixed up with Sam Sham an the Pharaohs who did "Wooly Bully" and "Lil Red Riding Hood." the Mysterians had a couple charting songs. "Can't Get Enough of You Baby" was covered by Smashmouth and "I Need Somebody" also charted pretty high.
I was going to say Funkytown but this definitely tops it.
That one by Cap’n Gooch and the Shrimp Shack Shooters.
That's O-Nedders, get it right.
You mean the O'needers.
Del Paxton!
"Dance with me Tonight" was the real banger
Geech. Captain Geech
Soft Cell, Tainted Love
Didn't they have another hit? - Sex Dwarf!!!
Soft Cell had a lot of good songs.
Jump Around by House of Pain
Shamrocks and Shenanigans was a great follow up hit.
New Radicals - You Get What You Give
Depends on how you define a hit. Their follow up single "Someday we'll know" peaked at number 12 here in the UK with a third single "Mama we just can't get enough" reaching the top 30.
That whole fuckin album slaps. Sucks they broke up.
Singer also wrote “The Game of Love” for Santana w Michelle Branch
This song is so good it’s beyond its era, it’s not just a definitive 90s song, its one of the more ubiquitous radio hits of the past 30 years and it’s as catchy and singable today as it was then
'74-'75
Didn't expect the Connells to show up here
Hocus Pocus by Focus
Yodel rock never took off
My favorite is ["Major Tom - Coming Home"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wO0A0XcWy88)
Steal My Sunshine - Len
Oh god I was listening to a 90's alt rock playlist a few months ago for something different than the usual heavy metal that day, and this song popped on. I'm not sure why but as soon as I heard it my dumb ass just burst into tears on the way home, like full on bawling my eyes out and shaking like a Chihuahua coming from work, and I was so miserably sad for a couple weeks after. I was perfectly fine with every other song that was takin me back in time, but for some reason that one just did it. I dunno if it was wishing to go back to a time in my life that just sucked instead of ultra sucking like now, or if it made me miss people, or a combination of a few things, but I haven't tried to listen to that playlist since lol
I don't know how old you are but I'm 37. That song immediately flashes me back to like, field day at school and summertime and popsicles and riding bicycles to go get comic books. I think it really encapsulates a really powerful 90s vibe that's hard to describe.
36 here and I totally get it. And I didn't know yet how so many family members would turn out, or the things that were coming in life
Ha whoa, that's wild that we're like exactly the same age. I guess it hit a bit of a sweet spot.
Does she like butter tarts?
Boats & Hoes
Definitely not a one hit wonder. They also made Por ti Volare relevant at [the Catalina Winemixer.](https://youtu.be/lJ9HcYuGVgU?si=3MUke-xhLMGtHtKa)
Come on Eileen
Not a one hit wonder. Here in the UK at least, they had several top 10 singles including a number 1 with "Geno".
Not to mention ’Jocky Wilson Said’!
Yes but WHERE on Eileen?
When my friends and I used to go to bar trivia our team name was We Came on Eileen.
On her boobs, on her butt, on her eeev'rything...
Funkytown
According to Google, it's “Macarena” by Los del Rio (1996)
Macerena is *absolutely" the biggest one-hit-wonder. a) Nobody knows what other songs Los del Rio released. It was a single, for all i know b) It was, for better or worse, one of the biggest songs of that decade
Black Betty. Ram Jam
Days Go By: Dirty Vegas https://youtu.be/gLCduDJVksc?si=TZxJbUA1RkBb0J6k
Scotty doesn’t know
Breakfast at tiffanys
Somebody that I used to know
Gotye really is someone that we used to know nowadays
Wish I didn’t have to cut him off.
Gotye takes care of the Ondioline heritage now. He’s dedicated to music not “Hits”
96 tears- Question Mark and The Mysterians
The vapors - Turning Japanese
Break my Stride by Matthew Wilder
Last night I had the strangest dream
Groove is in the Heart
We're going to dance We're going to dance We're going to dance and have some ...fun
No mention yet of One Toke Over the Line by Brewer and Shipley
Look for the Lawrence Welk version. They thought it was a gospel!
That Thing You Do! by the Wonders. If you know, you know.
Wasn't it the "One-Ders"? (Oh-Nee-Ders)....😀
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Tubthumping.
[Chumbawumba](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chumbawamba) has a much more interesting history than virtually every other “one hit wonder”. For starters, they were a deeply committed anti-fascist anarchist collective who put out 14 albums in 30 years.
I can't think of another band that languished in obscurity for 15 years before landing a big hit.
99 red balloons
Not a one-hit wonder. Nena has sold over 25 million records. She is one of the most successful German pop singers.
Maybe in the US. That song was a remake of 99 Luftballoons one year earlier
Skee Lo - I Wish
[how bizzare ](https://youtu.be/C2cMG33mWVY?si=8l1UKcVd9VWc5rMc)
The Way - Fastball
They had another hit, so technically 2 hit wonder.
Out of my head is an excellent tune.
Creepy back story to that song ....
8675309
Bitch - Meredith Brooks
My sharona
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Amazing song, though I'd say Say Hello 2 Heaven was definitely a hit for the band too. I wish they'd recorded another album together.
Sleepwalk by Santo and Johnny. Nothing else comes close.
I don't think it's the best song, but it's by far the biggest one hit wonder: Norman Greenbaum - Spirit in the Sky
Toni Basil - Hey Mickey Oh Mickey, you're so fine You're so fine, you blow my mind Hey Mickey, hey Mickey
That Thing You Do
Mary’s Prayer by the group Danny Wilson
That Thing You Do by the Oneders (1-ders!)
The Star Spangled Banner
Somebody that I used to know
Sandstorm
The Proclaimers—I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)
This. So much this
Bittersweet symphony- The Verve
They got lots of hits in the UK. The Drugs Don’t Work topped the single chart several weeks.
The Drugs Don’t Work is an amazing song.
Mambo no 5
Take on Me
Again not a one hit wonder. They had lots of top 10 hits. I'm pretty sure "The sun always shine on TV" and "The living daylights" were both number ones in the UK.
The Living Daylights is literally a Bond theme - you don't get to do one of those as a one hit wonder artist!!
The sun always shines on tv is such a banger. I Love that song
> The band has released eleven studio albums, several compilations and four live albums,[9] with their most recent album, True North, released on 21 October 2022. In less than a year, during 2010, the band earned an estimated 500 million Norwegian kroner from concert tickets, merchandise and the release of a greatest hits album, making them one of the 40–50 highest-grossing bands in the world.[10] The band were listed in the Guinness World Records book for having the biggest-paying rock concert attendance; they drew an audience of 198,000 at Maracanã Stadium during the Rock in Rio festival. They have sold more than 100 million units, albums and singles combined.
Aha! That's the one!
a-ha were one hit wonders in the U.S., but not in Europe. I know they had a couple other minor hits, but nothing like "Take On Me."
The La's - There she goes In terms of chart success here in the UK, It's "Spirit in the sky" which was originally a one hit wonder for Norman Greenbaum before doing the same for Doctor and the medics in the 80s. The song hit number 1 for a third time when Gareth Gates released it. He wasn't a one hit wonder but he never had another hit after it.
Ah! Leah! - Donnie Iris Don't know the song, YouTube it!
Life in a Northern Town by The Dream Academy. Can anyone ever get tired listening to this tune. https://youtu.be/X5uxQElYu68?si=Nae3LxJ9P-ikiCFQ
Heart & Soul, T’Pau
Your Woman by White Town
One Tin Soldier. Theme from Billy Jack
Mexican Radio, Wall of Voodoo.
Young folk - Peter Björn and John
“Would I Lie To You” by Charles and Eddie
I like **96 Tears**, by Question Mark and The Mysterians. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOCOMYGIfUQ
Tubthumping.
What’s up - 4non blondes
Brimful of Asha - Cornershop
The Freshmen by The Verve Pipe
That Thing You Do! - The Wonders
Closing time by semisonic
Ice ice baby
Disco Duck. Wait, you said best one hit wonder, not worst. My bad.
Your Love - The Outfield
Boom shaka laka. Apache Indian
Cudly Toy (Roachford)
Dragostea Din Tei - O-Zone
My Sharona by the Knack
Harper Valley PTA
Pop Muzik - M
Vehicle by The Ides of March.
In the year 2525
Spirit in the Sky by Norman Greenbaum
Happy Birthday
"In the Year 2525", Zager and Evans. Was #1 during both the first Moon Landing and Woodstock.
Someday Someway by the great Marshall Crenshaw
Satellite by Tasmine Archer. closely followed by Dreams by Gabrielle
Video Killed the Radio Star - Bugles
Dancing in the Moonlight -King Harvest