Favourite One Hit Wonders

[Rita_Poon]

ba ba black sheep ^^

 

[Cake]

 

[Eggs]

….great thread @summerisle, this one from my youth;

 

[atrottel]

Men at Work had a few, if I remember rightly (soundtrack to my first months working outside the UK).

Can't believe no-one suggested this (or did I miss it?):

 

[Rita_Poon]

And an absolute mack daddy to finish this little episode off...

Spoiler: hahahahaa

 

[Bohemian Toffee]

Wildchild - Renegade Master
Audiobullies - We don't care
Gene - We could be kings

Not sure if favourite, because there are songs already posted that I like more, but these are the three that came to mind

 

[Rita_Poon]

what

is

love

...

 

[goldfinchmule]

Carl Douglas..kung fu fighting

 

[Rita_Poon]

Carl Douglas..kung fu fighting

spoilered three up.

 

[atrottel]

An originally banned three-hit wonder (one song but in the charts three times)

 

[notrevE5]

How so?

Alphaville only had that song break onto the UK top 20.

Bow wow wow had two top 10 singles so I’ll give you that one, but not exactly Take That were they?

When you take into account the UK charts only then yes Alphaville had one top 10 record but they had a number of hits throughout the continent
The whole concept of one hit wonders has various interpretations, for me the true expression of a one hit wonder is a artist/group who have one charting song [say in the top 10] and never appear on the music charts again [apart from maybe the lower reaches of] and essentially disappear into obscurity

Toni Basil and Micky would be a good example

 

[Davidoff]

 

[Cameron Manning]

You Butterfly - Charlie Gracie around 1957, saw him on The Empire at that time with Des O’Connor on the bill!

 

[Goodison87]

Ain’t nothing gonna break my stride - Mathew Wilder.

 

[Cake]