Your Favorite One-Hit Wonder
Your Favorite One-Hit Wonder
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#0Your Favorite One-Hit Wonder
Posted: 3/10/05 at 3:26pm
Posted this same subject before, but Hell, why not again?
My current fav: "Get What You Give" by the New Radicals
Interesting fact: Keyboardist for the New Radicals was none other than Danielle Brisbois aka Little Stephanie from Archie Bunker's Place and Molly in the original production of Annie!!
New Radicals called it quits when the lead singer decided to quit music altogether right as "Get What You Give" hit big. I'm not sure they even put out another single.
#1re: Your Favorite One-Hit Wonder
Posted: 3/10/05 at 3:32pm
Can't go wrong with 'Too Shy' by Kajagoogoo.
I'd pick 'On the Metro' by Berlin, which is the greatest song of the eighties, as far as I'm concerned, but then Berlin went and had a second hit.
#2re: Your Favorite One-Hit Wonder
Posted: 3/10/05 at 3:33pm
I remember that thread.
Into The Night by Benny Mardones is one of my favs.
Just remembered Stay Awhile by The Bells. I loved that song.
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Puppies are babies in fur coats.
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#3re: Your Favorite One-Hit Wonder
Posted: 3/10/05 at 4:02pm
"I've Been to Paradise, But I've Never Been to Me"
Is that the correct title?
#4re: Your Favorite One-Hit Wonder
Posted: 3/10/05 at 4:52pmThat was by Charlene - one of my favorite songs ever!
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#5re: Your Favorite One-Hit Wonder
Posted: 3/10/05 at 5:01pm
So many to choose from.
Joe Dolce "Shaddap You Face"
Nena "99 Luftballons"
Feodor Sverdlov
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/21/04
#7re: Your Favorite One-Hit Wonder
Posted: 3/10/05 at 5:09pmI just made a 4 CD set of 80's tunes, for a friend in London, and was going through tons of songs to pick what went onto the CDs. I have concluded that 99 LUFTBALLOONS is the worst song ever recorded! I kind of like BREAK MY STRIDE by Matthew Wilder and the aforementioned TOO SHY by Kajagoogoo. Lots of others from the 60's and 70's and 80's!
Allie
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/2/04
#8re: Your Favorite One-Hit Wonder
Posted: 3/10/05 at 5:12pmWhenever I think of one-hit wonders, I always go to Chumbawumba and that song Tubthumping. That song was so damn catchy.
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#9re: Your Favorite One-Hit Wonder
Posted: 3/10/05 at 5:44pm
Isn't it great when you haven't heard a song in years, and suddenly you hear it and it brings back all sorts of memories. That happened to me the other day. I heard the song "Mary's Prayer".
For those of you alive in the 1980's, sing along with me:
So if I say save me save me Be the light in my eyes And if I say ten Hail Mary's Leave a light on heaven for me
#10re: Your Favorite One-Hit Wonder
Posted: 3/10/05 at 6:04pm
"Whoever sang the "Puff the Magic Dragon" song."
Please say you're kidding. Peter, Paul and Mary were not one-hit wonders!
"Bittersweet Symphony" by The Verve. I think they sampled someone else's song without permission, so they were sued and the band broke up, but I still love that song.
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#11re: Your Favorite One-Hit Wonder
Posted: 3/10/05 at 6:08pmi agree orangeskitles. The verc's bitter sweet symphony is a great song. but i think i have to choose stay by lisa loeb. I love that song!
#12re: Your Favorite One-Hit Wonder
Posted: 3/10/05 at 7:23pmI'm too sexy, Right Said Fred
#13re: Your Favorite One-Hit Wonder
Posted: 3/10/05 at 7:37pm
"That thing you do"--The Wonders. 
#14re: Your Favorite One-Hit Wonder
Posted: 3/10/05 at 7:53pm"The Last Song" by Edward Bear
PJ
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#15re: Your Favorite One-Hit Wonder
Posted: 3/10/05 at 8:15pm"Freak" by Adina Howard. Great R&B song from the mid 90's.
La Vie Boheme
Leading Actor Joined: 1/7/05
#16re: Your Favorite One-Hit Wonder
Posted: 3/10/05 at 8:20pm"American Pie"~Don Maclean
Marquise
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/1/04
broadwaystar2b
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/28/04
#18re: Your Favorite One-Hit Wonder
Posted: 3/10/05 at 8:56pmDoes "And I am Telling You I'm Not Going" sung by the divine Jennifer Holliday count?
thirdrowcenter
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/03
#19re: Your Favorite One-Hit Wonder
Posted: 3/10/05 at 9:46pm"Come on Eileen" by Dexi's Midnight Runners... I love that song Beaverhausen.
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#20re: Your Favorite One-Hit Wonder
Posted: 3/10/05 at 9:49pm
"MacArthur Park" by Richard Harris
Did he ever have another hit song?
#21re: Your Favorite One-Hit Wonder
Posted: 3/10/05 at 9:58pm
"Beach Baby" by The First Class
Don McLean had another hit with Vincent
MatureDignity
Broadway Star Joined: 10/31/04
#22re: Your Favorite One-Hit Wonder
Posted: 3/10/05 at 10:06pm
The Verve had more than one hit! (in the UK, at least)
I chose "Millenium" by Robbie Williams (who's also only a one-hit wonder in the U.S.)
#23re: Your Favorite One-Hit Wonder
Posted: 3/10/05 at 11:06pm
Robbie Williams is not a one-hit wonder in the USA. He had "Rock DJ".
(P.S. I hated Millenium. It makes me seasick. Same for "Beautiful Day" by U2)
For the moment, I'm going with...
"Show Me Love" ~ Robyn
"More Than Words" ~ Extreme
"I Love You, Always Forever" ~ Donna Lewis
"Dance with Me" ~ Debelah Morgan
(please correct me if I'm wrong on any of these being one-hit wonders)
beacon1
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/31/04
#24re: Your Favorite One-Hit Wonder
Posted: 3/11/05 at 10:30am"Billy Don't Be A Hero" Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods
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junglered
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#25re: Your Favorite One-Hit Wonder
Posted: 3/11/05 at 10:49am
"Brandy" by The Looking Glass
"Just Got Lucky" by JoBoxers
"Rock The Boat" - Hues Corporation
"Sky High" - Jigsaw
"Precious and Few" - Climax
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