CRF's Greatest One Hit Wonders Voting Thread ((Polls Are Open))

[Big Ears]

Apologies Cosmic Harmony, but I couldn't resist:

 

[Magic]

one hit wonders

01. Rock n' Roll (Part 1 & 2) ~ Gary Glitter
02. 96 Tears ~ ? & The Mysterians
03. Spirit in the Sky ~ Norman Greenbaum
04. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida ~ Iron Butterfly
05. Ride Captain Ride ~ Blues Image
06. Green Onions ~ Booker T & the MG's
07. Tainted Love ~ Soft Cell
08. To Shy ~ Kajagoogoo
09. I'm Too Sexy ~ Right Said Fred
10. I Ran ~ Flock of Seagulls
11. Whip It ~ Devo
12. I Will Survive ~ Gloria Gaynor
13. Strokin ~ Clarence Carter
14. Ice Ice Baby ~ Vanilla Ice
15. Funky Cold Medina ~ Tone Loc



This list represents what I feel, IMHO, are the best one hit wonders of all time.

 

[oscar gamble]

Again, I'd like to repeat what I said in the OP which is that there is going to be varying degrees of subjectiveness to this thread since it is the world-wide-web.

Part of the problem is also that radio has tended to ignore a lot of past hits and boil artists' careers down to one or two songs. I mean, Otis Redding a one hit wonder? Booker T. and the MG's?

 

[jtrichey13]

1. Soft Cell - Tainted Love
2. Thelma Houston - Don't Leave Me This Way
3. Blind Melon - No Rain
4. Len - Steal My Sunshine
5. School of Fish - 3 Strange Days
6. Norman Greenbaum - Spirit in the Sky
7. The Knack - My Sharona
8. M - Pop Muzik
9. Peter Schilling - Major Tom
10. Jim Carroll Band - People Who Died
11. EMF - Unbelievable
12. Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen
13. Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance
14. Murray Head - One Night in Bangkok
15. Tommy Tutone - 867-5309 (Jenny)

 

[Lynch]

Going to be really tough to decide what is and isn't a true "one hit wonder". As pointed out, what artist had one hit in the US may have had several in Europe, and vice versa.


Must ponder on this one for a bit.

 

[Wolf]

Na Na Hey Hey - Steam
Can't Find The Time - Orpheus
Gimme Gimme Good Lovin' - Crazy Elephant
Let It All Hang Out - Hombres
Come On Down To My Boat - Every Mothers Son
Green Tambourine - Lemon Pipers
Reach Out Of The Darkness - Friend & Lover
Reflections Of My Life - The Marmalade
Morning Girl - Neon Philharmonic
Girl Watcher - O'Kaysions
Cinnamon - Derek
Smiling Faces Sometimes - Undisputed Truth
98.6 - Keith
Incense And Peppermints - Strawberry Alarm Clock
Brother Louie - Stories

 

[zeppelin rocker]

I'm not sure what is exactly a one hit wonder..

 

[Tek_54]

(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding
In A Gadda Da Vida - Iron Buttefly
My Sharona - The Knack
Take On Me - A-Ha

They're not One hit Wonders, they have more than one hit, at least in Spain

 

[Jake T]

^^^ They probably won't get nominated then.

 

[Tek_54]

1. - Spirit in the Sky. - Norman Greenbaum
2. - A Girl Like You. - Edwyn Collins
3. - 99 Red Balloons (or 99 Luftballons). - Nena
4. - Cry Little Sister. - Gerard McMann
5. - In A Gadda Da Vida. - Iron Buttefly
6. - My Sharona. - The Knack
7. - Take On Me. - A-Ha
8. - Bittersweet Symphony. - The Verve
9. - Radar Love. - Golden Earring
10. -I Will Survive. - Gloria Gaynor
11. - Video Killed The Radio Star.- The Buggles
12. - Stuck In the Middle With You.- Stealers Wheel
13. - A Whiter Shade of Pale, - Procol Harum
14. - Na Na Hey Hey. - Steam
15. - Gimme Gimme Good Lovin.' - Crazy Elephant