One-hit wonders

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One-hit wonders#14425610

By Paradigm - 21 Jun 2014 21:09

- 21 Jun 2014 21:09 #14425610

Some artists have solid careers with a string of hits. Others have underground followings. Some just plain suck and nothing much ever comes of them. But a few of them get one shot at the big-time that leaves its mark for a long time to come. This thread is dedicated to them. Post some of your favorite one-hit wonders.

I'll just put this here for starters:
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Re: One-hit wonders#14425628

By quetzalcoatl - 21 Jun 2014 21:44

- 21 Jun 2014 21:44 #14425628

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Re: One-hit wonders#14425629

By Nets - 21 Jun 2014 21:45

- 21 Jun 2014 21:45 #14425629

Some great one hit wonders from the 1960s, (although the last one is debatable as they were a successful album band):

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Re: One-hit wonders#14425717

By Intr0vert - 22 Jun 2014 00:03

- 22 Jun 2014 00:03 #14425717

Who could forget the macarena? Complete with its very own dance!

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Re: One-hit wonders#14425784

By Potemkin - 22 Jun 2014 02:08

- 22 Jun 2014 02:08 #14425784

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Re: One-hit wonders#14425786

By Brother of Karl - 22 Jun 2014 02:14

- 22 Jun 2014 02:14 #14425786

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Re: One-hit wonders#14425792

By Brother of Karl - 22 Jun 2014 02:27

- 22 Jun 2014 02:27 #14425792

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Re: One-hit wonders#14425862

By Nets - 22 Jun 2014 07:28

- 22 Jun 2014 07:28 #14425862

Potemkin wrote:Moody Blues

Not counting some phenomenal studio albums (8 straight top-tens), the Moody Blues were at least 2- or 3-hit wonders. Question made it to #2 in the UK in 1970.

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Re: One-hit wonders#14425864

By Paradigm - 22 Jun 2014 07:48

- 22 Jun 2014 07:48 #14425864

Yeah, there's an interesting ambiguity about what constitutes a one-hit wonder, as some artists have one hit one country, but more in others. Jimi Hendrix technically only had one hit in the US.

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Re: One-hit wonders#14425869

By Brother of Karl - 22 Jun 2014 08:15

- 22 Jun 2014 08:15 #14425869

Jimi Hendrix also sold millions of records over the last 50 years, and they weren't only of one song, so that doesn't really count. A one hit wonder is a musician/band who is only famous for one song and mostly ignored for the rest.

Re: One-hit wonders#14425872

By Paradigm - 22 Jun 2014 08:22

- 22 Jun 2014 08:22 #14425872

Would you consider a-ha to be a one-hit wonder?

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Because most of Europe wouldn't.

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Re: One-hit wonders#14425874

By Brother of Karl - 22 Jun 2014 08:35

- 22 Jun 2014 08:35 #14425874

I don't know. The only song by them that I knew was "Take Me On", but I don't know why you're trying to compare that to Jimi Hendrix, because if you ignore the billboard numbers for a second, Hendrix has maintained fame (in America and elsewhere). He has many well known songs over here, even if he only had one single that actually charted very well in the 60s. He also sold the top selling LP of 1966, "Are You Experienced", so I don't know how you could consider him a one-hit wonder in any sense of the word.

Re: One-hit wonders#14425875

By Paradigm - 22 Jun 2014 08:39

- 22 Jun 2014 08:39 #14425875

My point is that a-ha is huge in Europe, but they're only known for one song stateside. Hence the tendency for a skewed perception of what constitutes a one-hit wonder.

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Re: One-hit wonders#14425945

By Potemkin - 22 Jun 2014 13:57

- 22 Jun 2014 13:57 #14425945

Not counting some phenomenal studio albums (8 straight top-tens), the Moody Blues were at least 2- or 3-hit wonders.

But the only one of those hits which is remembered is Nights in White Satin. There are lots of so-called 'one-hit wonders' who actually had reasonably successful careers which stretched over decades, but they're only remembered for one song.

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Re: One-hit wonders#14425946

By Godstud - 22 Jun 2014 14:00

- 22 Jun 2014 14:00 #14425946

Procol Harem and The Moody Blues were not one hit wonders...

The Moody Blues had a ton of hits.

THESE are one hit wonders...
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