One Hit Wonders

[Aidan]

Making Up Again ( Goldie, 77 maybe 78 )

[Popsicle]

Ooooh, that was as irritating song!


Here's an obscure-ish one - "Life is a Rock(But the Radio Rolled me)", a paltry #33 UK hit in the 70s. I think it went a bit higher in the US for the band Reunion.

[Aidan]

I knew that she'd seen me
'Cos she dropped her bikini
The one ...
That I got her..
In Ro-ome

or You're Moving out Today by Carol Bayer-Sager ?

[Popsicle]

Anyone remember "Little Does She Know" by the Kursaal Flyers?

[Popsicle]

Oh and another one....Star Trekking by The Firm.

Pure evil.

And it was #1 as well! Not as bad as their first hit though, "Arthur Daley (E's Alright)". Both pure evil really.

[Aidan]

Substitute ( Clout , 1978 )

[Pootle]

Oh and another one....Star Trekking by The Firm.

Pure evil.

[Pootle]

I helped someone out with lyrics the other day and it brought this one back to me (and you also nudged my memory there Popsicle) Scarlet, Independent Love Song, back in 1995 when I was an even smaller flump and my bobble hat didn't fit as well. Quite a good song....

[Popsicle]

How does everybody define a "One Hit Wonder"?

Is it one top 50 hit and nothing else or one top 20 or 30 hit?

The reason I ask is that sometimes bands have one big hit and maybe a couple of smaller ones before vanishing.

Fat Larry's Band for example, had three top 50 hits before charting higher with "Zoom", which of course is the song we all remember.

I was thinking today of a song called "No memory" by Scarlet Fantastic, which was a #24 hit in 1987, and a song I really like. When I looked them up however, I noticed that they reached a paltry #67 with a follow up. Should we count that or have a cut off point at say, 40?

What does everyone else think makes up a "One Hit Wonder"?

[Aidan]

Zoom ( Fat Larry's Band ) ?

[optimus]

i think starlight by superman lovers was a 1 hit wonder???

[Popsicle]

Terry Jacks had one more UK hit after "Seasons in the Sun" - "If You Go Away" was a #8 hit the same year.

[Aidan]

Did Terry Jacks amount to anything after Seasons in the Sun, '74 ?

[Popsicle]

"Run Run Run" by Jo Jo Gunne

[Aidan]

Barbados ( Totally Tropical )