One-hit wonders you still listen to - Page 4

Blackwidow24 · June 11, 2003, 12:02

HEY IM DISLEXIC!!!! AHHHHHH8runs away crying

Blackwidow24 · June 11, 2003, 12:03

DEXY's Midnight runners YOU A$$!

Tolls · June 11, 2003, 12:09

It was a good one...it got me to pull out my copy of "Searching For The Young Soul Rebels"...he's got the moustache...

Ecthy · June 11, 2003, 12:09

Tolls - was Come On Eileen covered by Save Ferris?

Tolls · June 11, 2003, 12:11

According to the covers project:
http://covers.wiw.org/artist/Dexys+Midnight+Runners

Yep...not that I ever knew that.

LTEC! · June 11, 2003, 12:13

Dirty Vegas - Days go by

Tolls · June 11, 2003, 12:24

Pointless bit of Dexy's trivia...they had 3 hits I can think of in the UK, Geno and Come on Eileen both being number 1, and their cover of Jackie Wilson Said getting to number 5. When they performed the latter on Top Of The Pops on the Beeb the production staff for reasons that are since lost in the mists of time put up a large picture of toothless British darts player Jocky Wilson...

...and yet the band played on...

(He's the one on the right)

Ecthy · June 11, 2003, 12:31

...thanks?

Tuberski · June 11, 2003, 17:32

Quote:

Originally posted by lightblue
Did Survivor have any other hits aside from Eye of the Tiger? Still a major favourite here for sporting event buildups (at least in my boathouse it is).

Yes they did:

I can't hold back

High on you

Search is over.

Although the last three songs were with a different lead singer.

ACK!

Ubergeek · June 12, 2003, 10:26

For some odd reason, I've heard the Dexy's Midnight Runners cover of Jackie Wilson Said three different times on three different local radio stations in the last year, which I find very peculiar indeed.

The Templar · June 12, 2003, 12:00

Quote:

Originally posted by LTEC!
EMF - Unbeleivable
Frankie goes to hollywood - Relax
Jesus Jones - Right here, right now

Frankie had two hits - "Relax" and "Two Tribes"

CapitanGarlic · June 12, 2003, 13:21

Suzanne Vega -- Tom's Diner (GRAAGH! GET THE **** OUT OF MY HEAD!)

The Templar · June 12, 2003, 13:51

Quote:

Originally posted by CapitanGarlic
Suzanne Vega -- Tom's Diner (GRAAGH! GET THE **** OUT OF MY HEAD!)

Vega had two hits.
"Tom's Diner" and "Luca"

She is also disqualified.

The Templar · June 12, 2003, 13:53

Quote:

Originally posted by ixnay
So, which artists do you still listen to that made a single hit before disappearing?

I'll just rattle off a couple here that I can think of off the top of my head:

A Flock of Seagulls - I Ran (So Far Away)
The Verve Pipe - The Freshman
Lo-Fidelity Allstars - Battleflag
Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta
The Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive

I'm sure you all have some more than this.

Dammit, people! One hit wonders have to have had only one hit.

Flock of Seagulls had two:
"I Ran" and "Space Age Love Song"

And the Bee Gees had so damn many they are permanently disqualified.

Brundlefly · June 12, 2003, 16:03

The Hooters - "Day by Day"; Their only national hit , but before they went national they were huge locally (in Philly) with a locally released album that had several great songs that radio stations played nonstop.

-and-

Donny Iris - "Ah Leah"

Still listening to them....

Rex Little · June 13, 2003, 02:20

Starland Vocal Band - Afternoon Delight

Tolls · June 13, 2003, 04:06

"Frankie had two hits - "Relax" and "Two Tribes" "

"The Power Of Love" got to number 1 as well in the UK.

The problem is they were all off the same album, so I can understand people classing them as one hit wonders.

Chemical Ollie · June 13, 2003, 16:33

There are many 2-hit wonders mentioned here. That is about the same as a 1-hit wonder IMHO.