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One Hit Wonders

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by SirCharlesFan, Oct 21, 2001.

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  1. Rocket River

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    Johnny Kemp - just got Paid
    jermaine Steward - we don't have to take our clothes off
    Young MC - busta a move
    Vanilla Ice - Ice ICe Baby
    SNOW - informer
    Marky Mark - Good Vibrations

    Rocket River
     
    #41 Rocket River, Oct 22, 2001
  2. HOOP-T

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    Ahhh yes, Promises. I stand corrected.

    The Flock of Seagulls also had Space Age Love Song....another hit.
     
    #42 HOOP-T, Oct 22, 2001
  3. MoonBus

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    Laura Branigan was actually a 2-hit wonder. She had Gloria and Self Control

    Scandal had :
    The Warrior
    Goodbye to You

    Kim Carnes was at least a 3-hit wonder:
    Bette Davis Eyes
    More Love
    Don't Fall in Love With a Dreamer
     
    #43 MoonBus, Oct 22, 2001
  4. SamCassell

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    Wow, seems like all the good ones have been mentioned. What about:

    Sir Mix-A-Lot -- Baby Got Back
    Iron Butterfly -- Ina-Gadda-Da-Vida
    White Town -- Your Woman
     
    #44 SamCassell, Oct 22, 2001
  5. HOOP-T

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    Sir Mix A Lot had a bunch of hits...just not mainstream Top 40 hits. What about the song Beepers?
     
    #45 HOOP-T, Oct 22, 2001
  6. SirCharlesFan

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    I almost forgot this one:

    Deep Blue Something - Breakfast at Tiffany's
     
    #46 SirCharlesFan, Oct 22, 2001
  7. HOOP-T

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    Marcy's Playground - Sex and Candy
     
    #47 HOOP-T, Oct 22, 2001
  8. Rocketman95

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    Any band TheFreak likes.

    :D
     
    #48 Rocketman95, Oct 22, 2001
  9. SamCassell

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    Never heard it. Are the lyrics as good as "So your girlfriend rolls a Honda/ playin' workout tapes by Fonda/
    But Fonda ain't got a motor in the back of her Honda"?
     
    #49 SamCassell, Oct 22, 2001
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    "Nothing compares" (or something like that.) by Sinead O' Conner.
     
    #50 ROXRAN, Oct 22, 2001
  11. SirCharlesFan

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    Yeah, Sir Mix A Lot had a platinum album even before he had Baby Got Back.
     
    #51 SirCharlesFan, Oct 22, 2001
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    "...my anaconda don't want none unless you got buns hun. You can do side bends or sit ups, but please don't lose that butt."

    :D

    Some of his other songs are even better.
     
    #52 HOOP-T, Oct 22, 2001
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    Talk to you Later- The Tubes
     
    #53 BobFinn*, Oct 22, 2001
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    I agree.

    :D

    (Good call Bob)*
     
    #54 HOOP-T, Oct 22, 2001
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    I thought the whole idea behind 'One Hit Wonder' is that the band had a song that catapulted them into the mainstream, a top 40 hit, then never reached that again and faded.

    In other words, you don't have to have just one song. I mean, nobody has just one song anyway - but nothing you do really catches the public eye again.

    So it really doesn't matter how many albums you had - or how many songs you had get some radio play in an attempt to regain a measure of the popularity you had - to qualify as a 'One Hit Wonder'.
     
    #55 Coach AI, Oct 22, 2001
  16. SirCharlesFan

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    I don't really think you can consider a band that only had 1 top 40 hit a one hit wonder automatically.

    For Example, look at rappers and hard rockers that have 1 top 40 song but have been around for a long time and are legends, and have had multiple platinum albums. Are they REALLY one hit wonders?
     
    #56 SirCharlesFan, Oct 22, 2001
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    Posse on Broadway..posse up!
     
    #57 Rocketman95, Oct 22, 2001
  18. Pole

    Pole Lies, damn lies, stats, and peer reviewed studies
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    My favorite two hit wonder has to be Golden Earring....even though the band has been around for the past 37 years

    Radar Love--released in 1973
    Twilight zone--released in 1982 (cool early MTV video)
     
    #58 Pole, Oct 22, 2001
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    My bad...apparantly, they had two other number one hits.

    Something called: 'Dong-Dong-Di-Ki-Di-Gi-Dong' in 1968, and
    something called: 'Back home' in 1970.
     
    #59 Pole, Oct 22, 2001
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    But I'm confused. I thought a one hit wonder was an artist that only had 1 top 40 hit. I thought the Tubes only had 1 top 40 hit. I do know that I saw the video to "She's a Beauty" every freaking day when I was a kid on MTV.
     
    #60 Manny Ramirez, Oct 22, 2001
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