One Hit Wonders

[Pootle]

Renee and Renata - Save Your Love

THE ultimate in cheeeeeeze!

[optimus]

sabrina- boys boys boys

[Woffski]

Stan Ridgeway :- Camouflage

Very strange 1HW about a Marine called Camouflage who was dead and his ghost fighting along side his comrades.

And if Stan is in here we have to have Joe Dolce with Shaddupa Ya Face. Ahh the good old days :-)

[Aidan]

Da Da Da ( Trio, early 80s )

[dean80's]

i quite liked a song by VEGAS called "she"... there was something about it, dont know what but i liked it.

[Aidan]

Matchstalk Men ( Brian & Michael, '78 ). My party piece !

[Popsicle]

I love that song too. I actually prefer Owen Paul's version to the original (by Marshall Crenshaw.) Pity he was unable to follow up the success of that single.

[Sally Sausages]

Aaaaaah, but Katrina and the Waves went on to win Eurovision with "Love shine a light" so they had a comeback!

My favourite one hit wonder of all time was Owen Paul's "Favourite Waste of Time"

Classic classic song!

[Popsicle]

Ta!

Perhaps I will just have a half....

[Aidan]

Good on ya Popsicle. I'll email you a pint !

[Popsicle]

The link is Japan - Vapours "Turning Japanese", Aneka "Japanese Boy" and Alphaville "Big in Japan"
The "Romeo" hits were by different bands who were both called Mr Big.

[Aidan]

In the early 80s, the Vapours, Aneka, and Alphaville each had a 1HW - what was the common theme ?

Romeo ( '77 or '78 ) and To Be With You ( '92 ) were 1HWs for two bands of which same name ?

The "prize" is more ramblings from me !

[Popsicle]

Now that's a cool song - just added it to my big compilation playlist on the iPod!

But for slightly more obscure (and more recent - late 70s-early-80s) one hit wonders I'll go for:

World of Water: New Musik
Lean On Me: Red Box
and
Lines: The Planets

If you can remember any of those - well done!

Wil

I used to like New Musik! They had about 4 UK hit singles, "Straight Lines" and "Living By Numbers" were a couple, as well as "Sanctuary". I also have the albums "From A to B" and "Anywhere" and last year managed to get the former on a CD re-issue.
Red Box had two UK top 10 hits, as well as "Lean On Me" they also hit with "For America". I have the vinyl album somewhere, called "The Circle and the Square", but I have not come across it on CD.
You got me on The Planets one though - I can't seem to remember that one at the moment!

[Wil]

In the year 2525, by Zagar and Evans..or however it was spelled! One hit wonder number one..I quite liked it ..wonder what happened to the boys?

Now that's a cool song - just added it to my big compilation playlist on the iPod!

But for slightly more obscure (and more recent - late 70s-early-80s) one hit wonders I'll go for:

World of Water: New Musik
Lean On Me: Red Box
and
Lines: The Planets

If you can remember any of those - well done!

Wil

[jules]

I can't believe i've just seen "tainted love" by soft cell as a one hit wonder. What about "bedsit land" "say hello, wave goodbye" and "Torch".They were really big in the 80's. I have their album and it is still excellent to this day.