one hit wonders

[Bob]

i'm making another mix cd, this one is one hit wonders from the 90's late 80's and possible the 00's. basically the goal is to create a party cd full of songs where college kids can go "haha, i remember that song, that song reminds me of when i was younger, let's have sex" or something along those lines. here's what i've got so far.

ricky martin - livin' la vida loca
harvey danger - flagpole sitta
marcy playground - sex and candy

maybe something by everclear, or limp bizkit (not techinically a ONE hit wonder, but honestly, they may as well have been) or something like that. i'm talking like MTV one hit wonders, shit you saw at the #5 spot on TRL for a week and then never saw again. i'm not looking for good songs, i'm looking for songs that remind us (us being 18-22 year olds) of when we were young(er) and stupid(er).

it's more of a gimmick mix, it's meant for laughs...fire away

[Rancid_Beasties]

I am the king of 90s one hit wonders

*White Town - Your Woman* <--- This one is essential
Chumbawamba - Tubthumping
Spin Doctors - Two Princes
OMC - How bizarre
Deep Blue Something - Breakfast at tiffanies
Presidents of the USA - Their entire self titled album (I mean they are still going but that was really just the most awesome 90s album)
Savage Garden - I want you
Proclaimers - I would walk 500 miles
Hanson - Mmm Bop
Rednex - Cotton-Eyed Joe
House of Pain - Jump Around
Los Del Rios - Macarena
Lou Bega - Mambo Number 5
Eifel 65 - Blue
Verve - Bittersweet Symphony (even though they have other good songs this was their only big hit)


I have others but thats the best ones I can think of for now. The rest are generally pretty crap but yeah. Ohh for 80s one hit wonders The Knack's - My sharona is king.

[DroppinScience]

Hmmm...

Lou Bega - "Mambo No. 5"

That godawful "Macarena" song

Sugar Ray - "Fly" (well, they had more hits, but they're not far off from one hit wonder status)

Smashmouth - "Allstar" (same deal as Sugar Ray, but I think you get the idea)

t.A.T.u. - "All The Things She Said" (they won't have a second hit, right?)

Blur - "Song 2" (I hesitate to list this one, since they're huge in Britain and are an all-out awesome band, but I suspect your fellow American college brethren will only know Blur by this song)

B-52's - "Loveshack" (ok, they're not a one hit wonder, but this song would no doubt elicit the emotions you're going for)

Everclear isn't a one-hit wonder band in my mind, but since you asked, go with "Santa Monica" I suppose. With Limp Bizkit, do "Break Stuff."

And these are fairly obvious, but you can't go wrong with MC Hammer's "Can't Touch This," Vanilla Ice's "Ice Ice Baby," C+C Music Factory's "Everybody Dance Now," Marky Mark's "Good Vibrations," Haddaway's "What Is Love" (from
Nite at the Roxbury), etc.

Oh yeah, you could also do Dee-Lite's "Groove Is In The House."

Sounds like you got a full list now. :p

[Rancid_Beasties]

^I beat you by a second on that one, as in i hit post, and then when it was posted yours was already below mine. Freaky...especially considering we listed alot of the same songs :p

[DroppinScience]

^I beat you by a second on that one, as in i hit post, and then when it was posted yours was already below mine. Freaky...especially considering we listed alot of the same songs :p

Um, the only song that was the same on our lists was the Lou Bega track.

[Rancid_Beasties]

Um, the only song that was the same on our lists was the Lou Bega track.
Yeah I realised that after I posted :o

[ms.peachy]

LOL I just felt really old for a second there; all of the ones I thought of were from earlier than the time frame you've set. All the songs everyone's mentioned so far (with the exception of My Sharona), I was already not a 'kid' anymore...

[Freebasser]

Chesney Hawkes - The One And Only

[sjp]

Tommy tutone- 867-5309 (jenny)

[Bob]

these are EXACTLY what i'm looking for, thank you all very much

[TAL]

Oh yeah, you could also do Dee-Lite's "Groove Is In The House."
Heart, not House. Evil man.

[DroppinScience]

Ooops. :o

Oh, and Bob, I thought of some more...

You can't go wrong with that "Closing Time" song by Semisonic.

"The Way" by Fastball

"Semi-Charmed Life" by Third Eye Blind

"I Like Big Butts" by Sir-Mix-a-Lot

Lemme know how this party goes down, Bob.

[Brass_Munkey]

Third Eye Blind had other hits besides Semi-Charmed Life off of their debut album: Jumper and How's It Gonna Be.

I would suggest

New Radicals-You Get What You Give

[DroppinScience]

Third Eye Blind had other hits besides Semi-Charmed Life off of their debut album: Jumper and How's It Gonna Be.

Yes, but is anything else they did after that album a hit? Nah.

Another song on your compilation should be...

"The Impression That I Get" - The Mighty Mighty Bosstones (to the mainstream they're a one-hit wonder, but they've had YEARS of being awesome within the ska/punk circle, nevertheless, this song fits your requirements, no doubt)

[Bob]

well, i haven't exactly got a party planned yet, i figured i'd work on the music first and then let everything else fall into place after that

but i'll keep you updated

[dave790]

everclear and the verve deserve more than to be labelled one hit wonders.

since you're asking though , how about 'don't worry be happy?'

[BangkokB]

*White Town - Your Woman* <--- This one is essential

Nice~That's a personal favorite of mine

OK How bout VHS Style
Fuel ~ Shimmer
Nice song, If you don't get laid: you can at least beat off to it

Vertical Horizon~ Everything you want

Tonic ~ If you could only see

Goo Goo Dolls ~ Slide

Rasputina ~The Olde Headboarde

[ms.peachy]

*White Town - Your Woman* <--- This one is essential

Nice~That's a personal favorite of mine

OK How bout VHS Style
Fuel ~ Shimmer
Nice song, If you don't get laid: you can at least beat off to it

Vertical Horizon~ Everything you want

Tonic ~ If you could only see

Goo Goo Dolls ~ Slide

Rasputina ~The Olde Headboarde

These are "hits"? I've never heard of a single one of these songs:confused:

[IDIOTSVILLE]

Crazy Frog?

[DroppinScience]

These are "hits"? I've never heard of a single one of these songs:confused:

Wow, you must be pretty old then. :p

A bunch of those songs are circa late-90s/early-00s hits.

[ms.peachy]

Wow, you must be pretty old then. :p

A bunch of those songs are circa late-90s/early-00s hits.
well I moved to England in the late 90's, so maybe they just weren't songs that made it over here.

I would add also that you can't really count GooGoo Dolls as 'one hit wonders', as that song Iris they did was their breakthrough hit really.

[DroppinScience]

I would add also that you can't really count GooGoo Dolls as 'one hit wonders', as that song Iris they did was their breakthrough hit really.

Well, as you can see, the "one-hit wonder" definition is being stretched somewhat, but Goo Goo Dolls would certainly be of the "we know this band only from an x amount of songs and now they've dropped off the face of the earth" variety.

[jackrock]

Third Eye Blind had other hits besides Semi-Charmed Life off of their debut album: Jumper and How's It Gonna Be.

yea i agree those 3 are pretty good (y)

[Freebasser]

Lou Bega - Mambo Number 5
Reef - Place Your Hands

[paul jones]

'Seven Tears' -Goombay Dance Band

[laurie_hammy]

I was gonna say "Blurr - Song 2" land also "House Of Pain - Jump Around". Have "House Of Pain" maybe any other good songs ? Iv always wondered because "Jump Around" is awsome.

[Freebasser]

Blur aren't one hit wonders.

[DroppinScience]

In America they are, AS I EXPLAINED. :mad:

Let us not forget:

New Kids on the Block: "Step by Step"
S Club 7: "S Club Party"? I dunno, whatever the hell that song was called.
Meredith Brooks: "Bitch"
Reel Big Fish: "Sell Out"

[Freebasser]

The person I was getting at isn't from America...

[TAL]

New Kids on the Block: "Step by Step"
They had 2 US #1's before that song. And a #2 and a #3.

Yes, I know this.

[Freebasser]

Whigfield - Saturday Night

[zorra_chiflada]

no-one's mentioned wheatus - teenage dirtbag??!!

[Rancid_Beasties]

These are "hits"? I've never heard of a single one of these songs:confused:
White Town - Your Woman is one of the best songs ever. Please ms.peachy, do yourself a favour and download it :)

[cosmo105]

"your woman" was indeed a great track.

"Female of the Species" - Space
"Who Sucked Out the Feeling" - Superdrag (even though they became indie kings afterward)

jeez, DS, you suck at this. 3rd eye blind and sugar ray and smashmouth had tons of irritating singles.

[dave790]

I'd like to echo the prasie of White Town.

Also does that Everlast tune count? What It's Like.

I think theres 2 types of one hit wonder by the way, those that are the odd mainstream tune from quality bands who have decent and consistent careers, and those from one's who don't :)

An example of the better one could be Sublime (hit - 'What I Got') or At the Drive In (hit - 'One Armed Scissor').

oh, another one hit wonder is Babylon Zoos Spaceman.

[DroppinScience]

jeez, DS, you suck at this. 3rd eye blind and sugar ray and smashmouth had tons of irritating singles.

Jes, cosmo, you didn't read the disclaimers. I am quite aware that both bands have had a series of hit singles.

But they fit the emotions that Bob is looking for on his mix tape. And the definitions of "one hit wonder" were already stretched from the get go on this thread. And it's not as if we're all waiting in anticipation for what Sugar Ray or Smashmouth are going to record next, so they may as well be one-hit wonders.

:rolleyes:

[DroppinScience]

Oh man. Just thought of another song. Correct me if I got the name wrong...

Crazy Town - "Butterfly"

The annoying song that sampled a Red Hot Chili Peppers' instrumental ("Pretty Little Ditty"). "Orange County" did a good job of making fun of this song. :)

[cosmo105]

you still suck.

[DroppinScience]

you still suck.

So I take it you're looking forward to the new Smashmouth album.

[TAL]

Hey DS, you skipped my comment.

[DroppinScience]

Hey DS, you skipped my comment.

Does it ever occur to you that "one hit wonders" can also mean "short-lived success."

God, you're a finicky bunch.

[synch]

DS. I don't care that you wrote a disclaimer. I don't care that Aid already pointed it out.

Blur?

[DroppinScience]

DS. I don't care that you wrote a disclaimer. I don't care that Aid already pointed it out.

Blur?

In the United States of America (where Bob is residing), they're a one-hit wonder (you can be a "one-hit wonder" in one country and a full-fledged institution in another... it does happen). All the songs I've listed is for the sake of Bob having some good ideas for this mixtape.

I know full-well about the status of Blur (or, for that matter, Sugar Ray or Smashmouth) and don't talk to me as if I don't know otherwise, especially considering that I wrote that I did.

To reiterate, these are songs only for Bob's consideration. If his criteria was more rigid, I wouldn't have cited bands who've made more successes. I don't think his party is going to consist of people consulting their "Billboard Top 100" books and saying: "Bob, it says here that [artist's name] had another chart hit. Not quite a one-hit wonder." Why do I know this? He hasn't invited you guys to the party. :p

Any number of these songs will elicit the nostalgic emotions Bob is aiming for, and that's all that matters.

And if Bob wasn't living in America, I wouldn't have mentioned Blur. It's as simple as that. Got it?

And while we're at it... Bob, you may as well add Billy Ray Cyrus' "Achy Breaky Heart" to your list. That should be good for a few laughs!

[icy manipulator]

how about some really dodge songs like

Right Said Fred - i'm too sexy

Kris Kross - jump

Ace of Base - all that she wants

Peter Andre - Gimme some kind of sign

Levert - Casanova

[HEIRESS]

96 tears - question mark and the mysterians

if you dont put it on your mix Ill kill you.
yes, thats right Bob.
I will end you.

[Documad]

Listen. We've had this fight before. Blur is a one hit wonder in the US.

As are Gary Glitter, Bob Dylan, and Jimi Hendrix. I learned this from VH1.

[CrankItUp!]

Tone Loc - Funky Cold Medina (y) "Y'know - aint no playing with a man,this is the eighties and I'm down with the ladies!"

[synch]

In the United States of America (where Bob is residing), they're a one-hit wonder (you can be a "one-hit wonder" in one country and a full-fledged institution in another... it does happen). All the songs I've listed is for the sake of Bob having some good ideas for this mixtape.

I know full-well about the status of Blur (or, for that matter, Sugar Ray or Smashmouth) and don't talk to me as if I don't know otherwise, especially considering that I wrote that I did.

To reiterate, these are songs only for Bob's consideration. If his criteria was more rigid, I wouldn't have cited bands who've made more successes. I don't think his party is going to consist of people consulting their "Billboard Top 100" books and saying: "Bob, it says here that [artist's name] had another chart hit. Not quite a one-hit wonder." Why do I know this? He hasn't invited you guys to the party. :p

Any number of these songs will elicit the nostalgic emotions Bob is aiming for, and that's all that matters.

And if Bob wasn't living in America, I wouldn't have mentioned Blur. It's as simple as that. Got it?

And while we're at it... Bob, you may as well add Billy Ray Cyrus' "Achy Breaky Heart" to your list. That should be good for a few laughs!
Yeah but... Blur...?

:D

(Just messin' with ya. Done with it now, otherwise I wouldn't have put the smilie and this bit in ;) )

[Rancid_Beasties]

Blur has probably only had one massive hit outside of Europe.

I mean boys and girls, coffee and tv, beetlebum, she's so high, parklife, country house all made it into the charts over here, but they had nowhere near the success of Song 2...commercially at least. Yet you are more likely to hear boys and girls or coffee and tv (especially at breakfast time) on the radio than song 2.

[dave790]

Oh man. Just thought of another song. Correct me if I got the name wrong...

Crazy Town - "Butterfly"

The annoying song that sampled a Red Hot Chili Peppers' instrumental ("Pretty Little Ditty"). "Orange County" did a good job of making fun of this song. :)

I think that's right, although they had a minor hit with 'Revolving Door' I believe. Don't ask why I know this, I'm ashamed!

[adrockmelanie]

my favorite song ever is a one hit wonder--

aha - takeonme

it's probably already been mentioned, but oh well.

[pshabi]

I am the king of 90s one hit wonders

*White Town - Your Woman* <--- This one is essential
Chumbawamba - Tubthumping
Spin Doctors - Two Princes
OMC - How bizarre
Deep Blue Something - Breakfast at tiffanies
Presidents of the USA - Their entire self titled album (I mean they are still going but that was really just the most awesome 90s album)
Savage Garden - I want you
Proclaimers - I would walk 500 miles
Hanson - Mmm Bop
Rednex - Cotton-Eyed Joe
House of Pain - Jump Around
Los Del Rios - Macarena
Lou Bega - Mambo Number 5
Eifel 65 - Blue
Verve - Bittersweet Symphony (even though they have other good songs this was their only big hit)


I have others but thats the best ones I can think of for now. The rest are generally pretty crap but yeah. Ohh for 80s one hit wonders The Knack's - My sharona is king.

Am I really really old if this was high school / college frosh music? :( :( (n)

[Rancid_Beasties]

Well it was primary school styles for me.

[BangkokB]

I know that you and me baby ain't notin but animals so lets do it like they do on the Discovery Channel

Better line than Hello~I drive the converible double parked Jaguar outside with the stereo playing Enya really comfortable followed by Yanni's greatest hits...So let's beat it and go talk about our feelings

[icy manipulator]

so no one likes my ultra dodgy but good one hit wonders then? :(

[Junker]

At the Drive In (hit - 'One Armed Scissor').



For me they are 3 hit-wonders: 'One Armed Scissor', 'Pattern Against User' and 'Incetardis'

[ET]

"Who Sucked Out the Feeling" - Superdrag (even though they became indie kings afterward)


YOU BASTARD.

I was going to dedicate an entire thread to that song because the board sucks.

I don't care if anyone said Mark Morrison - Return of the Mack or Ini Kamoze - Here Comes the Hotstepper. I'm saying it now.

[greedygretchen]

I don't think I saw these...

eagle eye cherry- save tonight
des'ree- you gotta be
shawn mullins- lullaby
ini kamoze- here come the hotstepper (i like this song alot)
primitive radio gods- standing outside a broken phone booth with money in my hand
len- steal my sunshine
snow-the informer (a chicky boom boom)

[Lipper]

I was gonna say "Blurr - Song 2" land also "House Of Pain - Jump Around". Have "House Of Pain" maybe any other good songs ? Iv always wondered because "Jump Around" is awsome.

check out "on point" by house of pain.

[HEIRESS]

I don't think I saw these...

len- steal my sunshine



len is so much more than that song, so so so much more

*sigh*

[TAL]

len is so much more than that song, so so so much more

*sigh*
INDEED!

Too bad the other ones wasn't hits.

[CrankItUp!]

Sponge - Molly (awesome song from way back ) (y)

[Audielicious]

Sponge - Molly (awesome song from way back ) (y)
I love that song. (y)

[Knuckles]

They had 2 US #1's before that song. And a #2 and a #3.

Yes, I know this.
you probably still have Joey pins on your acid washed jean jacket :D

[roosta]

you probably still have Joey pins on your acid washed jean jacket :D

hahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[Brass_Munkey]

Cherry Poppin' Daddies-Zoot Suit Riot

[greedygretchen]

len is so much more than that song, so so so much more

*sigh*

when i saw this i immediately thought "must be canadian" :rolleyes:

[mickill]

I own that Len album, for whatever reason. I think the songs with Biz are kinda aiiiiiiight.

[yeahwho]

Just when you think your running out of one hit wonders, they pull you back in.

I'm pretty sure we've done this before because my favorite "one hit wonder" is Timothy by the Buoy's.....which is also my favorite song written by Rupert Holmes.

Besides that and equally as great a "one hit wonder" is the song, "Something in the Air" by Thunderclap Newman.

One Hit Wonder instrumental fav if Hocus Pocus by Focus.

A cool topic would be, what if every band ever could only be allowed to release one hit due to a new law signed into effect by Homeland Security?

What one song should be released by your fav band?

[ms.peachy]

OK I thought of some; not sure if they fit in your parameters but I thought of them anyway damn it.

romantics - What I Like About You
Wall of VooDoo - Mexican Radio
Godfathers - Birth, School, Work, Death
Timbuk 3 - Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades
M - Pop Musik
Plastic Bertrand - Ca Plane Pour Moi
the Vapours - Turning Japanese
After the Fire - Der Kommissar
Nena - 99 Luftballoons

Told you I was old...

[Fane]

Long time lurker here. I just had to create an account for this thread.

I have to nominate "Know How" by Young MC. Anyone who went to the Hacienda in the early nineties will (errr should) know why. From the cheesy lyrics (which I can still rattle off to this day) to the Shaft sample, one word, out-fukkin-standing.

[abcdefz]

Did anyone mention that Rembrandts song that was the theme for "Friends"?

[Funky Pepp]

OK I thought of some; not sure if they fit in your parameters but I thought of them anyway damn it.

romantics - What I Like About You
Wall of VooDoo - Mexican Radio
Godfathers - Birth, School, Work, Death
Timbuk 3 - Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades
M - Pop Musik
Plastic Bertrand - Ca Plane Pour Moi
the Vapours - Turning Japanese
After the Fire - Der Kommissar
Nena - 99 Luftballoons

Told you I was old...

"Ca plane por moi" is from Leila K.
and "Der Kommissar" is from Falco!
I guess I'm older...

[alexandra]

how about 'don't worry be happy?'
a must.

[minorthreat]

Blur - "Song 2" (I hesitate to list this one, since they're huge in Britain and are an all-out awesome band, but I suspect your fellow American college brethren will only know Blur by this song)


that is blasphemy in england

[Bob]

ok, this party's happening tonight (literally in about 30 minutes), i even just had my roommate looking at this thread with me, i'll let you know how it turns out

[DroppinScience]

ok, this party's happening tonight (literally in about 30 minutes), i even just had my roommate looking at this thread with me, i'll let you know how it turns out

Good luck, Bob. May all the hotties suddenly get the urge to make out with you once Crazy Town plays. ;)

[Bob]

i uh, think we may have skipped crazy town, sorry. although we are DEFINITELY going to make a volume II, because this one was such an amazing success and there were so many songs we had to leave out. seriously, it went so much better than i could have ever hoped. it's like, every single song, at least 2 people laughed and smiled and said "haha, i remember this song, awesome", and we all sang along drunkenly and reminiscently. love shack was a huge hit, the whole shack did indeed shimmy.

and for extra "haha, i remember that points", it helped that i was wearing this (http://www.bustedtees.com/shirts/dysentery). that shirt's always a big success when i wear it.

the party itself went really well. i played the most amazing game of beer pong in my LIFE, we practically cleared the table before they got a chance to shoot. everyone got very nicely drunk, myself included, i didn't get sick or get a hangover or anything, everything was really perfect. except for the part where i didn't get laid but that's not unusual, so i won't complain. i was as charming as i know how to be, so i'm happy with how that went. the mix was a giant smashing success, we're doing it again sometime.

[DroppinScience]

Do you have a tracklist of the songs you used? I'm very curious of which ones you went with. :)

[Rancid_Beasties]

Hahahah gold (http://www.bustedtees.com/shirts/secondamendment) (y) :D

[ms.peachy]

"Ca plane por moi" is from Leila K.

Ahem...

Roger Jouret was a drummer in a Belgian punk act before striking out on his own under the pseudonym Plastic Bertrand. When he did so he infused into his music a bit of French, English, punk, surf rock, and his own sense of humor, and the result was one of the best known pop songs ever to come out of Belgium.

"Ça Plane Pour Moi," which roughly translates to 'it's going well for me,' more or less conforms to the formula of standard punks tracks, with a simple chord progression that would make the Ramones proud. But the lyrics are downright silly, from the ludicrous snippets of English to the anachronistic, Beach-Boyesque wailing. Still, it works - or, at least, it worked once, as Plastic Bertrand remained a one-hit-wonder.

Leila K's is a cover version, recorded some 10 years after the original.

and "Der Kommissar" is from Falco!
Ahem...

After The Fire were formed in the UK in 1972 by keyboard player Peter Banks, Andy Piercy (guitar, bass), Ivor Twidell (drums) and John Russell (guitar). The market was responsive to UK adult-orientated rock during the early 70s but the band's mixture of "pomp Christian pop" was slow to break through. They eventually secured a contract following the release of their debut album on their own label. CBS Records invested in them and they were rewarded with a UK Top 40 hit, "One Rule For You", in 1979. The accompanying album, although polished, sold only to the converted. The band's subsequent recordings were minor hits until the unexpected major success of "Der Kommissar". Originally recorded by Falco in his native Germany, After The Fire's version went on to sell over a million copies worldwide, and made the US Top 5.

As a US teenager, I would not have known the one by Falco, who only became known in the US years later, with Rock me Amadeus. His recording of Der Kommissar was never released as an airplay single in the US. So, the titular 'one hit' to which I would have been (correctly) referring to is the After the Fire version.

I guess I'm older...

Nope, just not near as clever as you fancy yourself to be ;)

btw quotes above are from 80smusiclyrics.com. It's amazing what you can find out with a little research.