One Hit Wonders

So I remember reading somewhere in here about somebody meeting Terri Nunn (she credited with "vocals and bj's"), from Berlin. And I myself am guilty of mentioning Kajagoogoo...

So I thought, what other bands are there out there who left behind 1 or 2 memorable songs, only to disappear like beer at a NO fan party?

And no, I'm NOT referring to Depeche Mode...

To start things off, I'll throw in the above-mentioned bands:

Berlin: Sex (I'm a...), The Metro

Kajagoogoo: Too Shy

The Buggles...Video Killed the Radio Star Animotion.....Obsession

they were big around here at least

TIMELORDS DOCTORIN' the TARDIS ...BIG AT THE planet rocket.

Originally posted by Rocket Mick TIMELORDS DOCTORIN' the TARDIS ...BIG AT THE planet rocket.

Oh, I love that one...They play it at hockey games here!!

Obvious choice for the US crowd has to be Chumbawumba and Tubthumper; I know they weren't exactly a singles band anyway, I still like the fact that a large number of people went and bought the album based on that song (their company had thoughtfully deleted the single just as it was becoming a hit). Of course, one can find a large number of used copies in the bins, but hopefully more than a few people listened to more than that one song.

Dead or Alive's "You Spin me Round"

Soft Cell's "Tainted Love" is one of my all-time favorite songs, but they never followed up with any other decent songs

Taco: Puttin' on the Ritz Men without Hats: The Safety Dance

:D

Originally posted by Subsy Returns Home Taco: Puttin' on the RitzMen without Hats: The Safety Dance:D

Men w/o hats are cool

I can't buleeve nobody mentioned:

Ah Ha: Take On Me Flock of Seagulls: I Ran Naked Eyes: Promises Promises Michael Penn: No Myth Spandau Ballet: True Heaven 17: Let Me Go The Stranglers: All Roads Lead to Rome Haircut 100: Love + 1 New Order: Blue Monday:p :D

Spice girls Marcy Playground Nada Surf

hmm.. almost any artist who made "dance" music after 1997.

Aqua

I'm thinking mostly of US "artists", but I can't seem to think of many right now.

is it just me, or am i right? Most of the bands people mentioned were not one hit wonders...

Kajagoogoo, A-Ha, Spice Girls (unfortunately), Soft Cell, Chumbawumba, Spandau Ballet, Heaven 17....

Perhaps it was just in the Uk

Liv

Originally posted by Tristan Jayol Soft Cell's "Tainted Love" is one of my all-time favorite songs, but they never followed up with any other decent songs

Let us not forget Sex Dwarf....

Originally posted by Isamu I can't buleeve nobody mentioned:Ah Ha: Take On MeFlock of Seagulls: I RanNaked Eyes: Promises PromisesMichael Penn: No MythSpandau Ballet: TrueHeaven 17: Let Me GoThe Stranglers: All Roads Lead to RomeHaircut 100: Love + 1New Order: Blue Monday:p :D

Also, Flock of Seagulls: "Wishing (If I Had a Photgraph)"

But The Stranglers put out a hell of a lot of work: "Golden Brown," "No More Heroes," Peaches," etc.

Originally posted by bLuE oRdEr > Originally posted by Tristan Jayol> Soft Cell's "Tainted Love" is one of my all-time favorite songs, but they never followed up with any other decent songs

Let us not forget Sex Dwarf....

Leave SHUGZV out of this please!:D

Originally posted by Rocket Mick > Originally posted by bLuE oRdEr> > > > Originally posted by Tristan Jayol> > Soft Cell's "Tainted Love" is one of my all-time favorite songs, but they never followed up with any other decent songs>

Let us not forget Sex Dwarf....

Leave SHUGZV out of this please!:D

thats just wrong

OK then what about theses......... B.BUMBLE and the STINGERS NUT ROCKER CRAZY WORLD OF ARTHUR BROWN FIRE Classic and so YOU PIP

And one for me to even it up a bit..... JOE DOLCE MUSIC THEATRE SHADDUP YOUR FACE

Damn it...and I was just starting to like ya again Mick!! :moon:

Originally posted by Liv is it just me, or am i right? Most of the bands people mentioned were not one hit wonders...Kajagoogoo, A-Ha, Spice Girls (unfortunately), Soft Cell, Chumbawumba, Spandau Ballet, Heaven 17....Perhaps it was just in the UkLiv

I think it must be a UK/US difference. Most of those bands just didn't have staying power in the U.S. I had friends who were into Chumbawumba YEARS before they had their one hit here in the U.S., but they were virtually unknown until "Tubthumper" came out. Generally, in the U.S., these bands had one or two hits and then "disappeared."

John Parr (he of "St. Elmo's Fire") :barf:

Props to Men Without Hats, they taught us that, if your friends don't want to dance, you can leave your friends behind. I believe if they don't want to dance, they're no friends of mine :D

Oh, and let's not forget Roxette. I think they had one or two hits, but still, all anyone knows them for is "Must've Been Love(but it's Over Now).

I think I just forgot two of the biggest one-hot wonders in the US: Vanilla Ice MC Hammer

Maybe Vanilla Ice might have not been one, if he hadn't stared in that self-promoting pile of rubbish posing as afilm called "Cool as Ice."

New Order - Blue Monday :D

Originally posted by David Church New Order - Blue Monday :D

I don't think this made it in the charts SIR! :p

Originally posted by bLuE oRdEr Berlin: Sex (I'm a...), The Metro

how can you forget the biggest selling song of 1986 in america? berlin's 'take my breath away'! for shame!

Originally posted by AgentWood > Originally posted by bLuE oRdEr> > > Berlin: Sex (I'm a...), The Metro

how can you forget the biggest selling song of 1986 in america? berlin's 'take my breath away'! for shame!

Foolish me! I only listed songs THAT I'D HEARD OF! ;)