One Hit Wonders

  • Reef W
    Posts: 2745
    September 29, 2022 at 6:55 pm #2149489

    Blur – Song 2
    Toadies – Possum Kingdom
    Butthole Surfers – Pepper
    Cracker- Low
    Local H – Bound for the Floor
    Dishwalla – Counting Blue Cars
    Spacehog – In the Meantime
    White Town – Your Woman

    disco bobber
    Posts: 294
    September 29, 2022 at 6:59 pm #2149490

    4 Non Blondes – What’s Going On.

    TheFamousGrouse
    St. Paul, MN
    Posts: 11654
    September 29, 2022 at 7:55 pm #2149505
    Deuces wrote:

    Did marc cohn have any other hits than walking in Memphis? Song has been covered so many times now. Absolutely fantastic song.

    Again, it depends on how you define hits. He never made it on the US pop charts again, but he had several songs on the US and Euro adult contemporary charts including Walk Through This World which I believe made it to #1 on the US adult contemporary chart.

    I would argue that the golden age of the true one hit wonder was the US charts in the early days of rock and roll. Looking at Billboard and Cash Box charts from 1955 onward, sure you see icons like Buddy Holly, but you also see many, many artists who were never heard from again.

    Matt Moen
    South Minneapolis
    Posts: 4296
    September 29, 2022 at 9:14 pm #2149528
    Reef W wrote:

    Blur – Song 2
    Toadies – Possum Kingdom
    Butthole Surfers – Pepper
    Cracker- Low
    Local H – Bound for the Floor
    Dishwalla – Counting Blue Cars
    Spacehog – In the Meantime
    White Town – Your Woman

    This is a good list. Saw Local H and Cracker together years ago. Great show.

    Here’s one for you:

    Len – “Steal my Sunshine”

    ThunderLund78
    Posts: 2548
    September 30, 2022 at 8:01 am #2149559
    Matt Moen wrote:

    Blur – Song 2
    Toadies – Possum Kingdom
    Butthole Surfers – Pepper
    Cracker- Low
    Local H – Bound for the Floor
    Dishwalla – Counting Blue Cars
    Spacehog – In the Meantime
    White Town – Your Woman

    Love tunes from this era – a clear missing one-hit wonder from this list is the tune “Stars” by Hum. SUCH a banger!

    Side note – they actually reunited and put out a new record in 2020 called “Inlet” Front to Back it absolutely slays. Check it out!

    pass0047
    Pool4
    Posts: 492
    September 30, 2022 at 9:02 am #2149573

    Ram Jam. Black Betty

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    September 30, 2022 at 9:38 am #2149580

    Snake Oil Willie video speaks for its self. Careful, you’ll be humming it all day!

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    September 30, 2022 at 9:42 am #2149582

    Then there was that one hit by Dean Marshal, Doc Frigo and myself…but it’s only on FB.

    maddogg
    Posts: 415
    September 30, 2022 at 10:11 am #2149586

    One of my favorites.

    JEREMY
    BP
    Posts: 3910
    September 30, 2022 at 11:44 am #2149608

    Drivin N Cryin Fly me courageous

    Paul D
    Roseville
    Posts: 179
    September 30, 2022 at 12:13 pm #2149614

    Georgia Satellites – Keep Your Hands to Yourself

    MN Z
    Stark MN
    Posts: 262
    October 3, 2022 at 1:58 pm #2150072

    Rick Astley—–Ever been Rick Rolled?

    Never gonna give you up

    Hard Water Fan
    Shieldsville
    Posts: 996
    October 4, 2022 at 6:22 am #2150212

    Europe – The Final Countdown

    Some great songs in this thread!

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