Top 10 Pop One Hit Wonders

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These one-hit-wonders were everywhere, but the bands/groups associated with them faded away. For this list, we’ll be looking at the tunes from artists who couldn’t repeat their success. Our countdown includes “Video Killed the Radio Star”, “Tainted Love”, “A Thousand Miles”, and more! Did we forget one of your favorite one-hit wonders? Let us know in the comments below.
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@WatchMojo Жыл бұрын

Check out our featured song: "Everybody Lies" by In Wave! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ZsBlbNV9ydLemKM.html Did we forget one of your favorite one-hit wonders? Let us know in the comments below.

@stormshadowproductions1660 Жыл бұрын

Please top 10 times My Little Pony Friendship is Magic & Equestria Girls tackled serious

@DaboiYT- Жыл бұрын

Can I get a shoutout

@jlukito2011 Жыл бұрын

Karma cca

@jramos4803 Жыл бұрын

i cant hear thousand miles the same anymore, all i can here is " Making my way thru the hood, sipping this yak, ninjas bout get blown with the mac, BLEKET KE KE KE"

@mikejones-tc5jj Жыл бұрын

You should do a separate one for the '90s '80s and 2000s

@mikeychrisanthus9948 Жыл бұрын

“Walking on Sunshine” has to be one of the most delightful songs out there, glad to see it here

@DaveMcIroy Жыл бұрын

? You do realise it's not good being on that list?

@ThePinkDragon Жыл бұрын

Love it And Tainted Love

@mikeychrisanthus9948 Жыл бұрын

@@DaveMcIroy the material of this list is ranked in an order of scaled up quality, meaning it is good.

@papa.cakes1248 Жыл бұрын

@@DaveMcIroy still an ear worm, and has made an impression

@DaveMcIroy Жыл бұрын

@@mikeychrisanthus9948, then a lot of the songs of that list shouldn't be on the list, then no. 1 is wrong. And you didn't get the point.

@46sn29 Жыл бұрын

I can't hear 1,000 miles without thinking about Terry Crews. 😄

@stephenbarry1539 Жыл бұрын

"Rainbow Connection" is a song from the 1979 film The Muppet Movie, with music and lyrics written by Paul Williams and Kenneth Ascher. The song was performed by Jim Henson - as Kermit the Frog - in the film. Chart peak at # 25; My point is that it's a great hit song that was never followed up by another hit from Kermit.

@nicholashylton6857 Жыл бұрын

Kermit killed his own music career. Selling Spanish Flys on the Sesame Street set, 2) His affair with that LA salamander, & 3) The messy divorce from Ms. Piggy were all over the news.

@anthonydaniel1727 Жыл бұрын

Jim Henson's first charted hit was "Rubber Duckie" by Ernie from Sesame Street, thus, Henson not a one hit wonder. There is also Kermit's signature song, "Bein' Green," which although not a charted hit, after Henson recorded it in 1970, it has since become a standard, having been recorded by the likes of Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Lene Horne, and Van Morrison among the dozens of other artists.

@MovieGuy. Жыл бұрын

Is rainbow connection a pop song though?

@classhumorist Жыл бұрын

@@MovieGuy. How is it NOT?

@robdog7516 Жыл бұрын

It’s too bad MTV doesn’t play actual music videos anymore 🤦🏻‍♂️

@karlc2869 Жыл бұрын

KZfaq has replaced MTV sadly. I mean, internet killed the television video star. BTW MTV Classic plays videos, dude.

@sameeknowsitall Жыл бұрын

Yeah.

@sameeknowsitall Жыл бұрын

@@karlc2869 facts bro.

@karlc2869 Жыл бұрын

@@sameeknowsitall Yup.

@Shawn_M Жыл бұрын

Actually they do now. Mostly in 1 hour blocks lifted strait from the programs as they ran in the 80s and 90s as far as I can tell. I find it quite addictive still. It's great background I have my DVR recording Total Request Live so I can start it up anytime

@heatherr0420 Жыл бұрын

Blinded by the Light is one of my favorite songs from the '70s, and I love it when the radio station actually plays the full length version

@seanswinton6242 Жыл бұрын

They had another Top 40 hit called "The Runner" in the 80's.

@grimjack148 Жыл бұрын

Quinn the Eskimo rocks.

@davidcostello1279 Жыл бұрын

Got 4 of their albums, hardly a one hit wonder

@jacobgarnham5971 Жыл бұрын

Best album is nightingales and bombers

@scottellis5324 2 ай бұрын

Written by The Boss… Bruce Springsteen. Hardly a one hit wonder.

@jesterjosie3281 Жыл бұрын

I will have forever associate the song a Thousand Miles with the movie White Chicks and Terry Crews How did you know? I love this song!!

@ELmayberry Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@grf15 Жыл бұрын

I always liked Ordinary Day as much as A Thousand Miles. For me, she was more than a one-hit wonder.

@soumayukihira1292 Жыл бұрын

Also pretty baby is nostalgic

@refineme Жыл бұрын

Also White Houses, hands on me… and so many more are great songs.

@refineme Жыл бұрын

I also saw her live opening for Stevie Nicks. It was awesome.

@adamhasideas6813 Жыл бұрын

Vanessa Carlton continues to make excellent music to this day. May not have the chart results but anyone that listens will be rewarded. She's a great musician!

@rickypilcher3618 Жыл бұрын

Vanessa is currently on tour with Stevie Nicks.

@DaveCM Жыл бұрын

Same. I don't exactly consider her a one hit wonder.

@donnalombardo1135 Жыл бұрын

@@DaveCM she is though

@PaperiLiidokki Жыл бұрын

Very surprised you didn't include Baltimora - Tarzan Boy, that shit is iconic and a true one hit wonder

@FleaRHCP97 Жыл бұрын

I can't believe Luchasaurus turned again, man lol

@roberthaynes8830 Жыл бұрын

Great song. Always brings back good 80s nostalgia.

@gamernaut8864 Жыл бұрын

Tarzan Boy is awesome. What a great one-hit wonder. I also remember when it got re-released in 1993.

@roberthaynes8830 Жыл бұрын

@@gamernaut8864 Though it's always sad that the singer, Jimmy McShane is no longer with us.

@RyCoke27 Жыл бұрын

I like that #1 was the only one to have two hits - cuz I still remember "Ordinary Day" even if no one else wants to acknowledge it.

@chrismeulen8108 Жыл бұрын

she actually had 3 hits "A Thousand Miles" , "Ordinary Day" & "Pretty Baby" before fading away...... and re-appearing with a new album in 2007, only to quickly fade away again.....

@stevenlicari3058 Жыл бұрын

White Houses on 2nd was great

@johnanderson9765 Жыл бұрын

@@chrismeulen8108 She had a fourth hit, collaborating with Counting Crows doing a cover of "Big Yellow Taxi."

@traydonovan4819 Жыл бұрын

“Ordinary Day” was great, but only hit 30. By that standard, Manfred Mann’s Earth Band also had 2, because “Runner” hit 22.

@seanswinton6242 Жыл бұрын

@@traydonovan4819 Yes. I had the album "Somewhere In Afrika" by Manfred Man's Earth Band.

@MusicOrLoseItTV Жыл бұрын

One hit more than many of us will ever have 🙂

@davidbuswa9425 Жыл бұрын

That means we are only half way there

@LynkCableReacts Жыл бұрын

Oh hey look it’s my Spotify playlist. New Radicals had another great song called “Someday We’ll Know” which is definitely another nostalgic song for me

@lenchenes Жыл бұрын

That's my karaoke song too

@davidcopson5800 Жыл бұрын

When I first heard the New Radicals song on the radio I thought it was the Rolling Stones.

@supertuber120 Жыл бұрын

"She's Like The Wind" by Patrick Swayze from the Dirty Dancing Soundtrack. Made it to #3 in the US and the top 10 in Norway, Canada, Ireland and a few other countries. He was a big actor but that was his only radio hit.

@anthonydaniel1727 Жыл бұрын

The true definition of "One Hit Wonder" is an act that had one charted hit and then disappeared. While Swayze did only chart with one song, he didn't disappear from the public. After "Dirty Dancing," he acted/performed music in "Roadhouse." The album charted and produced some Rock hits (mainly for the Jeff Healey Band)m but Swayze's track "Raising Heaven (In Hell Tonight)" was released as a single and did recieve some radio airplay, though, technically it did not chart nationally,

@tonycrabtree3416 Жыл бұрын

@@anthonydaniel1727 But he did not make more music, therefore it is a one hit wonder.

@someoneyoudontknow7705 Жыл бұрын

@@anthonydaniel1727 “One Hit Wonder” - one hit in the music world and that’s it. Doesn’t matter what else he’s famous for. If someone is famous for giving someone a BJ would that mean they aren’t a one hit wonder?

@anthonydaniel1727 Жыл бұрын

@@someoneyoudontknow7705 the current method for tabulating charts is much different from the old days, but I worked in the music business back in the day, and Swayze's single "Raising Heaven (In Hell tonight)" off the "Roadhouse" soundtrack had respectable sales [back when people acturally had to go to a music store to make their purchase) and charted on playlist in many radio station markets (I used to read all the Trades). This past week's Billboard Top 100 contains every track from the new Taylor Swift and Drake albums, whereas in the old days instead of digital downloads one would have had to purchase the album. The Swayze single was listed as a double-sided hit with the B side, "Hoochie Coochie Man" by the Jeff Healey Band in some markets - though more Rock radio play than Pop. But, if it's listed as a hit, than it's a hit. Also, please keep your vulgarity to yourself.

@stephenbarry1539 Жыл бұрын

"Making Our Dreams Come True" is a 1976 hit single, recorded by Cyndi Grecc,; it was used as the theme song to the 1976-83 television sitcom "Laverne & Shirley" - Chart peaked was from # 13 to # 25 depending on which chart you look at. My point is that it's a great hit song that was never followed up by Cyndi.

@seanswinton6242 Жыл бұрын

John Sebastian: "Welcome Back" from the TV show "Welcome Back Kotter" the show that launched John Travolta Joey Scarbury: Theme from "Greatest American Hero" TV show

@mikemessy68 Жыл бұрын

Nice flag fuck yard, you should get your 4th booster!! 😂😂😂

@chuckgardiner7533 Жыл бұрын

"Laverne & Shirley" was a spinoff of "Happy Days", whose theme song of the same name became Pratt & McLain's only hit song.

@EpicLebaneseNerd Жыл бұрын

here we go again, WATCHMOJO making me smile like if i am 15 again in 1995, but also reminding i am a middle aged GEN-X who wish i can wake up tmw and find out i am back in the good old 90s....best era ever, epic sad.

@JamesPhieffer Жыл бұрын

Kim Carnes had 3 top 10 Billboard Hot 100 hits: - "Don't Fall In Love With a Dreamer", a duet with Kenny Rogers that hit #4 - "More Love", a remake of the Smokey Robinson hit from 1967, which went to #10 - "Betty Davis Eyes", which was #1 for 9 weeks in '81 As well, she had two #15 hits, "Crazy In the Night", and a duet with Barbara Streisand, "What About Me"; as well as other singles that made the top 40. While she is best known for one song, she is most definitely not a "one hit wonder".

@danmccarthy4700 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, she really doesn't belong on this list.

@Sam-ss2lo Жыл бұрын

I agree, and there were other examples too. They tend to play fast and loose with the term one hit wonder. What's the point if you can't stick with the title.

@kevinhaynes2699 Жыл бұрын

I was looking to see if anyone would comment on this. I also enjoyed "Invisible Hands" "Draw of the Cards" and "Voyeur" How many one hit Wonders got to sing a solo part on "We Are The World"?

@christopherlee5719 Жыл бұрын

but Kenny Rogers had a boat ton of hits

@tonycopp2409 Жыл бұрын

Check the definition in Websters. Kim Carnes definitely applies. The narrator even acknowledges her other hits, but as per the definition she is known primarily for Bette Davis Eyes Hanson, Simple Minds, Men Without Hats, same Story. Under the strictest interpretation of a one hit wonder( must have only one hit), then The Grateful Dead are a one hit Wonder as “ Touch of Grey “ was the only one that charted. No ones ever going to say that TGD are a OHW. The definition is that they are generally known for one song, or the popularity of one of their songs overshadows all the others. If You say Simple Minds, the first song that pops into your head is “Don’t You” It’s not “Alive and Kicking”

@flexmasterize Жыл бұрын

A modern twist on Video Killed the Radio Star would be "Streaming Killed the Physical Star".

@roberthaynes8830 Жыл бұрын

Ain't that the truth.

@karlc2869 Жыл бұрын

And also Internet Killed the Television and Radio Star.

@wholelottapurrring5392 Жыл бұрын

Trevor Horn (singer in the Buggles) went on to become a producer for a heap of other artists such as ABC, Francis Goes To Hollywood, Dollar, Seal. Very talented man!

@davidcopson5800 Жыл бұрын

*Frankie Goes to Hollywood.

@wholelottapurrring5392 Жыл бұрын

@@davidcopson5800 Thank you, yes damn auto 🥕!

@pizzaman191 Жыл бұрын

Trevor Horn co-wrote the song with Bruce Woolley....Woolley's band, The Camera Club (which included Thomas Dolby on keyboards), released their version of the song in June of 1979, three months before the Buggles did.

@davidcopson5800 Жыл бұрын

@@pizzaman191 Great info. Thank you for not blinding me with science.

@CodeBleu724 Жыл бұрын

The Buggles (Trevor Horn & Geoff Downes) joined Yes for one album "Drama" replacing Jon Anderson & Rick Wakeman. Very underrated album.

@high-defRJ Жыл бұрын

I grew up with 90s to early 2000s hits being popular in junior high and high school, and I thought of Chumbawamba's "Tubthumping", Baha Men's "Who Let the Dogs Out", LFO's "Summer Girls", Lou Bega's "Mambo No. 5", Harvey Danger's "Flagpole Sitta" and Meredith Brooks "Bitch" are some that I thought of, off top of my head. Smash Mouth's "All Star" can be a one-hit wonder, but that's the only one known single off their albums, though they did have a good song for Shrek soundtracks with "I'm a Believer".

@SmallSpoonBrigade Жыл бұрын

I still think of "Walkin' on the Sun" when I think of Smashmouth personally. They didn't have a particularly large amount of output, but enough to prevent the from being on a list like this. Most of those others are justified though. Personally, "Mambo No. 5" is one of the happiest tracks I've ever heard, but "Baby Keep Smiling" on the same album is even more infectious.

@bennymora3086 Жыл бұрын

When I was in middle school, Somebody That I Used to Know was the only song that I would listen too!😁🎶

@kerriemccoy1647 Жыл бұрын

He actual from my neck of the woods, Mornington Peninsula

@TheBeardysteve Жыл бұрын

Have you heard ‘Not the Star Wars that I used to know’?

@garrettflores5827 Жыл бұрын

Vanessa Carlton isn’t a one-hit just because this is the song everyone knows. She’s had multiple radio hits

@roberthaynes8830 Жыл бұрын

Though I don't know her or her songs!

@batako7234 Жыл бұрын

Nope... I only know Thousand Miles...

@paulrom446 Жыл бұрын

How Bizarre! By OMC(Ultair Millionaires Club) from the 90's. Great song!

@roberthaynes8830 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, one of my favourites. RIP

@davidsports2214 Жыл бұрын

Great subject. Great list. More one hit wonders in different genres/eras please.

@pwoody9416 Жыл бұрын

So many good songs. What about Nena’s 99 Luftballoons?

@patrickdare5356 Жыл бұрын

My favorite one-hit wonder is Alannaah Miles' Black Velvet.

@christopherdieudonne Жыл бұрын

Love that song !

@msredux Жыл бұрын

God I love that song and that voice

@tdawggames2723 Жыл бұрын

Incredible nostalgia from this video. So awesome!

@prasanthyas Жыл бұрын

Yes

@mikekulawiak6877 Жыл бұрын

You forgot pac man fever,lovefool,barbie girl,and the safety dance

@MrJeepCanada Жыл бұрын

Opus -Live is Life is a one-hit wonder 1985

@joshuamohlman Жыл бұрын

Daniel Powter’s “Bad Day” always hits me in the feels

@SFBenjaminK Жыл бұрын

ya & also heard that many times in American idol those days used to watch that show & TV with Simon & old gang..ya shes right was over played it

@dereckabackus8281 Жыл бұрын

The number one song of the 2000’s

@joshuamohlman Жыл бұрын

@@dereckabackus8281 word

@joshuamohlman Жыл бұрын

@matt lol 😂

@stubarron Жыл бұрын

"Let's Go All the Way" by Sly Fox and "Funkytown" by Lipps Inc. needed to be somewhere on this list.

@seanswinton6242 Жыл бұрын

Pseudo Echo's only US Top 40 hit was their version of "Funkytown" in 1987. That same album had a song that you may remember called "Living In Dream".

@anthonydaniel1727 Жыл бұрын

Lipps Inc. actually charted 11 singles, and Sly Fox had 3 charted songs

@SharayaMW Жыл бұрын

Towelie used Funkytown to remember a pass code in a South Park episode - hilarious 😂

@gamernaut8864 Жыл бұрын

Great call on "Let's Go All The Way". It seems like the industry doesn't want to remember this awesome 80s hit about nuclear war. Love that song.

@johnmcnulty2705 Жыл бұрын

If there is a common thread with all these songs it's that they are all common movie soundtrack songs. One hit wonder songs seem to have more of an earworm quality than the ave hit song form a established or soon to be established artist.

@SFBenjaminK Жыл бұрын

Ahhhh grew up in 80s & 90s remembered all these songs use to rock to it in school & college ..good ole days & youth was ..that was those days & decads music was real music ..not garbage these days

@karlc2869 Жыл бұрын

'70s and early '00s too. BTW mainstream music went awful after 2003 ended. Thanks, dude.

@waittillfamewtf2385 Жыл бұрын

"Afternoon Delight" (1976) 🎸 Starland Vocal Band

@seanswinton6242 Жыл бұрын

King Harvest "Dancing In The Moonlight" Starbuck- "Moonlight Feels Right"

@canadasleftcoast.5744 Жыл бұрын

Signs by Five Man Electrical Band. They had a few other hits here in their native Canada, including a couple under their previous name of The Staccatos, but internationally Signs was it. I still get that song stuck in my head occasionally.

@tomreedyjr3631 Жыл бұрын

Canada: also had a good song called Absolutely Right. Probably better...

@canadasleftcoast.5744 Жыл бұрын

@@tomreedyjr3631 I'm a Stranger Here was good too, but neither one was a significant hit outside of Canada.

@RandomRoss Жыл бұрын

I can't listen to 1000 miles with straight face without thinking of Terry Crews Singing In White Chicks. 🤣🤣🤣

Жыл бұрын

I guess you're only talking about songs that are known in the US, I imagine by these choices. Natalie Imbruglia had another hits like "Big Mistake", "Smoke", "Wishing I Was There", "Shiver" and "Wrong Impression" in Europe, Australia and Latin America. Including a UK #1 album after that. Also, Natalie's most recent album Firebird is amazing, you should check it out!

@andrewbradley1753 Жыл бұрын

I actually find it offensive they but Natalie Imbruglia on a one hit wonder list.

@weveseenthelight5997 Жыл бұрын

“Bette Davis Eyes” was such a colossal hit it’s amazing that Kim Carnes didn’t have another top hit song. A couple more honorable mentions: “What’s up?” by 4 Non Blondes and “Hooked on a Feeling” by Blue Swede, a seventies classic, made popular again 40 years later in "Guardians of the Galaxy."

@chuckgardiner7533 Жыл бұрын

Blue Swede wasn't a one hit wonder. Their follow-up single to "Hooked on a Feeling" was "Never My Love", which hit the Top 10, peaking at #9. And yes, Kim Carnes did have other hit songs.

@SmallSpoonBrigade Жыл бұрын

Wasn't "Hooked on a Feeling" more associated with REO Speedwagon and David Hasselhoff?

@chuckgardiner7533 Жыл бұрын

@@SmallSpoonBrigade I wouldn't go that far. The song was originally sung by B.J. Thomas and has been covered numerous times since. Jonathon King covered it in 1971, adding the ooga-chaka to it that Blue Swede used in their cover of the song. Blue Swede's version of the song was the biggest selling record of all the artists that have covered it

@karlc2869 Жыл бұрын

Let It Whip by Dazz Band and Paid in Full by Eric B. and Rakim should be here.

@docOld55 Жыл бұрын

Fun fact - 'What's up?' was sung as a karaoke by Wolfgang and the ensemble in 'Sense8'.

@Charlesb88 Жыл бұрын

Soft Cell may not have had a significant hit beyond Tainted Love on the international charts, they did have 12 Top 40 hits in the UK and 4 top 20 albums. They're just another case of a group that appealed more to fellow Brits then Americans, outside of the their one international hit.

@jamesgoodwin4543 Жыл бұрын

Soft Cell did a good cover of Tainted Love. I also enjoy the sung by Gloria Jones from the 60s.

@zenitpro Жыл бұрын

Even though the list is not the most comprehensive, it's certain to make you revisit some of those great songs. Nostalgia undoubtly kicked in!

@SmallSpoonBrigade Жыл бұрын

There's so many 1 hit wonders out there that it would be hard to create a comprehensive list that's still short enough to sit through.

@RainWalking Жыл бұрын

Video killed the Radio star, made on Video. A classic song

@joebondo2422 Жыл бұрын

Big Country by Big Country. The running joke back in high school was: What’s worse than sweat on Pat Benetar? Come on Eileen.

@roberthaynes8830 Жыл бұрын

We had a singer in Australia called Billy Field, who had a hit with his song Bad Habits. So the joke here was what was worse than one of Billy Field's Bad Habits? Come on Eileen.

@isaacgleeth3609 Жыл бұрын

"A Thousand Miles" is the most popular song for the Critter community. How many times have the cast sang, "Makin' my way..." when someone says that they make their way somewhere?

@sammullett17 Жыл бұрын

Some others :) Teenage Dirtbag - Weatus Stacey's Mom - Fountains of Wayne Move your feet - Junior Senior Tipsy - J-Kwon Let Me Love You - Mario

@chipskylark172 Жыл бұрын

The buggles will always have a special place in my heart. Music appreciation class in college my professor asked “for 200 extra credit points what was the very first music video to play on MTV?” No one knew but my nerdy self 😂😂😂 didn’t even have to take my finals that year 😂😂

@RebeccaPaige Жыл бұрын

Vanessa Carlton's "Ordinary Day" was a bad ass song. I actually saw members of Mastodon dancing to it in an Applebee's years ago.

@jasonallen3678 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful list 🙂

@prasanthyas Жыл бұрын

Yes 👍

@BRAVO-cz8sw Жыл бұрын

The funniest was when 'Betty Davis Eyes' was parodied into.. "🎵🎶 she's got Marty Feldman eyes 🎵🎶". 😂

@tomreedyjr3631 Жыл бұрын

11Bravo: Playboy did it in their stories on song lyrics reworded..

@KatesAccount Жыл бұрын

1:17 oooooo that song on dance dance reveloution was a bop. i can still remember swaying back and forth on the DDR mat lmao

@KevinBeckles Жыл бұрын

A more accurate name for this is "A random list of One Hit Wonders plus the biggest hits by Kim Carnes and Manfred Mann". There are soooo many one hit wonders and none of them are Kim Carnes or Manfred Mann. By the way, one of the biggest hits of all time is "You Light Up My Life" by Debbie Boone. She never had another US top forty hit. Didn't even make the also rans on this list.,

@davidcopson5800 Жыл бұрын

Great comment. This video is about as satisfying as trying to dry yourself with a plastic bath towel.

@eugeniapatroncosta920 Жыл бұрын

Make a top 20 best Jack Sparrow moments in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, please.

@kriscynical Жыл бұрын

The local pop station played "Torn" to death SO BADLY that I STILL cannot stand it. At its worst I remember counting THREE PLAYS in ONE HOUR.

@roberthaynes8830 Жыл бұрын

I have to agree with you. Played to death.

@ProximaCentauri88 Жыл бұрын

Jewel = "Foolish Games" Andrew Gold = "Never Let Her Slip Away" 4 Non Blondes = "What's Up" Bic Rungga = "Sway" kd lang = "Constant Craving" Layla Kayliff = "Shakespeare In Love" Tina Arena = "Burn" Joan Osbourne = "One of Us" Lisa Loeb = "Stay" Crash Test Dummies = "Mmm Mmm Mmm" Paula Cole = "I Don't Want to Wait"

@Vanspecial Жыл бұрын

I would like to add "I get Knocked Down" by Chumbawamba (sp?) as an excellent one hit wonder.

@davidcopson5800 Жыл бұрын

Oh Danny Boy, your spelling is correct.

@tightropewalkergirl6485 Жыл бұрын

It’s called Tubthumping

@gobtathegoat6241 Жыл бұрын

I just click the video and I already sing along with Bad day!

@quaxo1 Жыл бұрын

WatchMojo apparently still doesn't know what a One Hit Wonder is. Closer, but still not there.

@museofire Жыл бұрын

"Mickey" by Toni Basil

@lcatsgaming Жыл бұрын

The Friends theme is not a one hit wonder for The Rembrandts. They had "That's Just The Way It Is Baby" in 1991.

@tiadaid Жыл бұрын

You Get What You Give is without a doubt the anthem of the late 1990s.

@doctorbohr1585 Жыл бұрын

I remember it!

@rustyhguitar1 Жыл бұрын

Got a new lease of life when it was used by Mitsubishi (I think) for an ad, two years after the band had split up.

@khurstonsanders1088 Жыл бұрын

Well, those are great one-hit pop songs. But I have to choose my top ten songs, it'll be this: 1. Kim Carnes "Bettie Davis Eyes" 2. New Radicals "You Only Get What You Give" 3. Vanessa Carlton "A Thousand Miles" 4. The Remembrants "I'll Be There For You" 5. Bobby McFerren "Don't Worry, Be Happy" 6. The La-La's "There She Goes" 7. Soft Cell "Tainted Love" 8. Dexy's Midnight Runners "Come On Eileen" 9. Haddaway "What Is Love?" 10. Rockwell "Somebody's Watching Me"

@lansesteiner3563 Жыл бұрын

Micky -Toni Basil Call Me Maybe - Carly Rae Jepsen Return Of the Mack - Mark Morrison Tubthumping - Chumbawamba I Try - Macy Gray My Sharona - the Knack Nothing Compares 2 U - Sinead O’Connor

@robertcatania1120 Жыл бұрын

came here to see Tainted Love, Come on Eileen, and Ice, Ice Baby made the list. I guess Vanilla Ice technically had another hit song (possibly Play that funky music white boy). At least two of the three made the cut

@Mock353 Жыл бұрын

This is a pop list. Vanilla ice doesn’t belong here

@Ryzen_56X Жыл бұрын

You forgot "Running up that Hill (a deal with god)" from Kate Bush 1985.

@roberthaynes8830 Жыл бұрын

She's had more than one hit though.

@karlroth3277 Жыл бұрын

When MTV stopped showing videos, "Video killed the radio star" should have been the last video they showed. Then went off the air.

@Scream358 Жыл бұрын

Vanessa should have had more hits. I thought she was great back in the day!

@kjiger71 Жыл бұрын

she was not a one hit wonder. her first album was great and had 3 big tracks

@vesbarrow Жыл бұрын

Ordinary Day and Pretty Baby were hits, I'm so confused why she's on here.

@Scream358 Жыл бұрын

@@vesbarrow Agreed. Ordinary Day was a great song.

@djhorn5769 Жыл бұрын

I thought of one that you guys forgot. How about 500 miles I’m gonna be by The Proclaimers? As far as I know, that was the only hit they had over here.

@sb6678 Жыл бұрын

Even tho they were such a crap band, they did have more than one hit

@andyventures6574 Жыл бұрын

Oh dear lad . An over 30 year career , selling out huge venues , a hit musical and you say they're a one hit wonder? Numpty.

@andyventures6574 Жыл бұрын

@@sb6678 Your lack of taste is obvious .

@gregengel1616 Жыл бұрын

I'm surprised that My Sharona by The Knack didn't at least get a honorable mention.

@jasonrene Жыл бұрын

Kind of weird that your number one one hit wonder had multiple number one hits

@samuelfawley646 Жыл бұрын

I'm baffled you've never included Your Woman by White Town in your one hit wonder videos. That's a really good one hit wonder that I really like.

@prettyfrog4176 Жыл бұрын

Vanessa Carlton 's music is so good she's more than the song everyone knows her for

@seanswinton6242 Жыл бұрын

"The Game Of Love" with her and Santana. Great song!

@gripitandripit Жыл бұрын

Are you happy now? is another song she had success with I thought.

@davideberhardt6150 Жыл бұрын

They ALL have more songs than the one they're know for, a lot of them good as well. That's kind of the point.

@popmans9999 Жыл бұрын

@@gripitandripit That is Michelle Branch

@aclstudios Жыл бұрын

@@seanswinton6242 Stop naming Michelle Branch songs.

@eugeniapatroncosta920 Жыл бұрын

Make a top 10 best Tommy Lee Jones movies, please.

@ryancampbell6510 Жыл бұрын

Should definitely do a top 20 cause some of the honorable mentions I’d take over the ones on the list

@andrewburgess-linden9612 Жыл бұрын

When I hear the song "a 1000 miles", I always think of Terry Crews. I keep forgetting who wrote it and performed it, but I remember the scene from "White Chicks".

@jonathanmartin8113 Жыл бұрын

Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give You Up should definitely be #1...

@darklordchinchin8190 Жыл бұрын

Agree brother I was disappointed on this top list.

@jonathanmartin8113 Жыл бұрын

@@darklordchinchin8190 WM sucks at making lists... every list, regardless of the topic, are always the same... especially the music ones...

@davidcopson5800 Жыл бұрын

You obviously know nothing about music. Or else live on a planet that decide to play only that song by Rick. He had a lot of hits.

@derrickrobbins8100 Жыл бұрын

I would have had "Return of the Mack" by Mark Morrison in there somewhere

@adamtheeumpire Жыл бұрын

Backstreet- no diggety

@SergeantNemo Жыл бұрын

Natalie imbruglia had alot of sucessful songs not just torn.

@bluebagel8084 Жыл бұрын

Really? I thought Torn was her only release.

@anbarasusellakutti4056 Жыл бұрын

@@bluebagel8084 wrong impression, counting down the days, shiver and beauty on fire from her other albums were lit.. probably bigger hits elsewhere other than US

@davidcopson5800 Жыл бұрын

Very true.

@rjohnson66 Жыл бұрын

Just curious about "Beautiful"- James Blunt because at the time it came out for me, it TRULY WAS AND IS A BEAUTIFUL ONE HITTAH!!🤟🌟✌️💚

@sickandtired12 Жыл бұрын

Our Last Night did a rock cover of Vaness Carlton's "A Thousand Miles"...It is GREAT!!! She really is a talent!!😎

@matthewmoloney2336 Жыл бұрын

"Kuñg fu fighting - Carl Douglas"

@Cadfael007 Жыл бұрын

MJanfred Mann is everything but a One Hit Wonder!!! "Mighty Quinn", "Do wah Diddy", "Ha ha said the clown", "father of day father of night", You angel you" were great hits!!!

@tenn_ore Жыл бұрын

What you forgot to mention was the fact that the Buggles more or less merged into Yes. And all of these years later, are still in the Yes universe, Geoff Downes is the keyboardist and Trevor Horn produced some of their best work.

@fungus_am0nguz644 Жыл бұрын

This was actually a surprisingly good list of one hit wonders songs. Which one is your favorite out of the list? Mine is Blinded by the light, shot out to Dexys Come out Eileen as well.

@stephenbarry1539 Жыл бұрын

""O-o-h Child" by Five Stairsteps in 1970. Chart peak # 4 [Cash Box] or #8 [Hot 100]. My point is that it's a great hit song that was never followed up by another hit from Five Stairsteps.

@anthonydaniel1727 Жыл бұрын

Do some research..."O-o-h Child" was the 16th charted single for The Five Stairsteps (often called the "First Family Of Soul," which they followed up with 4 more hits before morphing into and changing musical direction (from Soul to Disco) as The Invisible Man's Band with 1 charted single, and then lead singer Keni Burke went solo and had 2 additional hits.

@karlc2869 Жыл бұрын

That song later covered by Dino in the '90s, dude.

@DailyMyChildhood Жыл бұрын

This is cool !!!!

@blebhan8213 Жыл бұрын

Manfred Mann's Earth Band had another hit called Runner from 1984. Kim Carnes had a top 10 hit in 1980 called More Love and a Top 15 duet with Kenny Rogers and James Ingram called What About Me.

@pretty_kitty Жыл бұрын

Tainted Love is always a big hit, and Gary N. "Cars". Definitely overplayed Goyte and the remake.

@johnanderson9765 Жыл бұрын

I was expecting Soft Cell's "Tainted Love" to be #1. It usually tops these kinds of lists.

@seanswinton6242 Жыл бұрын

What about Modern English "I Melt With You?"

@matthewnicholas6365 Жыл бұрын

It's amazing to think how good most of these tunes are. For any of them that created them themselves, what the hell happened? I get it when they're just puppets and someone else created it all for them. But why could these artists come up with this level of song and never come close to repeating it?

@BabaYagaRacing Жыл бұрын

Ohhh snap new video

@paulrom446 Жыл бұрын

Have to have the late Dan Hartman's 'I Can Dream About You' from the movie Streets of Fire'(1984) Technically this wasn't his only hit. During his tragically short yet prolific Career he also produced for Brian Eno and worked with Roxy Music as well

@roberthaynes8830 Жыл бұрын

Great song.

@CanCanHikes Жыл бұрын

“Cause you had a bad day” was atop the Billboard the day I got married.

@rhoderic9585 Жыл бұрын

Howie Day - Collide is one of my fav one hit wonders

@schoolboy6633 Жыл бұрын

Haddaway is by far my favorite! JMO

@dereckabackus8281 Жыл бұрын

I predicted in 2012 that Carly Rae Jensen would be a one hit wonder with her hit Call me Maybe.( she did have a follow up with Good time , a duet with Owl City)

@pyrokatarina Жыл бұрын

and both artist are somewhat one hit wonders. How about Magic! with their song "Rude" or "Shut up and Dance" by Walk the Moon? I havent heard from them since

@doctor_wimbledon Жыл бұрын

Jepsen is not a one hit wonder, I really like you and Beach house really trended

@psychonaut1829 Жыл бұрын

All great songs except the first one, Everybody Lies.

@garywillis9528 Жыл бұрын

The singer from the Bangles was part of a Yes/Asia and others concert in Dallas a few years ago. The new Asia lineup did the song Trevor Horne was on drums.

@Blueskies2513 Жыл бұрын

i need to teach my dog to bark walking on sunshine...

@user-dp3jc3mr2j Жыл бұрын

New radicals were a 2 hit wonder. SoMeday we’ll know is fantastic

@signuperror Жыл бұрын

Maybe you've been brainwashed too is an amazing album too

@stephenbarry1539 Жыл бұрын

Dean Friedman wrote and recorded “Ariel” in 1977; chart peak at # 26. My point is that it's a great hit song that was never followed up by a hit from Dean.

@toddmccreary4579 Жыл бұрын

I said "hi," she said "yeah, I guess I am"

@anthonydaniel1727 Жыл бұрын

Friedman charted with 5 songs