Favourite One Hit Wonders

SLAVEN BILIC said:
My Sharona by The Knack.

Hands down the greatest one hit wonder of all time. Also has one of the greatest guitar solos ever recorded.
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There's a radio edit version of it that basically cuts out most of the solo, and I can't deal with it. It's such an important part of the song. In an era full of supposed guitar gods, this solo stands out, and the guy who wrote and played it ended up doing nothing else of note in rock, then being a nobody composer of musicals.
 

Gwladys St. Glory said:
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Looking back on this one 30 years later, it's really incredible to me that the music video for a fairly massive hit was recorded primarily at and near the Ellensburg rodeo getting, by a band from there. To get there from Seattle, you literally have to cross a mountain pass then go a significant distance further. The only things the town has ever really had going for it are truck stops, farming, and the university of last resort in the state.
Like, Aberdeen (where Nirvana came from) is a long drive from Seattle, but at the time there were really well developed music scenes in Olympia (state capitol with two universities and a community college) and Tacoma (large city with two military bases and private universities at the time, plus a major port), which were both closer and where they spent almost all their time before they got famous (they'd go up to Seattle to play shows, but locally they were considered an Olympia or Tacoma band, and they never lived in Seattle before blowing up). Also there are hills between Aberdeen and Seattle, but nothing close to a large chain of snowy mountains that can be difficult to cross for five months a year.
But Ellensburg? The singer, Mark Lanegan, literally grew up in a farm environment and drove a combine harvester as a child.
 

mistuhp said:
Looking back on this one 30 years later, it's really incredible to me that the music video for a fairly massive hit was recorded primarily at and near the Ellensburg rodeo getting, by a band from there. To get there from Seattle, you literally have to cross a mountain pass then go a significant distance further. The only things the town has ever really had going for it are truck stops, farming, and the university of last resort in the state.
Like, Aberdeen (where Nirvana came from) is a long drive from Seattle, but at the time there were really well developed music scenes in Olympia (state capitol with two universities and a community college) and Tacoma (large city with two military bases and private universities at the time, plus a major port), which were both closer and where they spent almost all their time before they got famous (they'd go up to Seattle to play shows, but locally they were considered an Olympia or Tacoma band, and they never lived in Seattle before blowing up). Also there are hills between Aberdeen and Seattle, but nothing close to a large chain of snowy mountains that can be difficult to cross for five months a year.
But Ellensburg? The singer, Mark Lanegan, literally grew up in a farm environment and drove a combine harvester as a child.
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Looks like we tapped in to vibe library with that pick...MUSIC!
 

Littlesue said:
Natalie had about a dozen singles in top 40
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Wow Sue! You really know your stuff...

I always assumed this was Natalie's only hit, before making an uneventful and mediocre shift into acting.
You learn something new every day!

Anyway, here's one for the Martin Scorsese fans:
 

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