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  • Re: One Hit Wonders

    Some of the posts in this thread have had me remembering old times... while others have had me wondering how people could forget follow-up hits and such.
    For my own part, I used to consider a 1HW in the Guinness Hit Singles sense but nowadays think it's more about magnitude, really.

    I see many non-1HW suggestions being pointed out and wouldn't like to hammer on an already embedded nail, but...
    BA Robertson wasn't a UK 1HW, having major hits with Bang Bang, Knocked It Off, Kool In The Kaftan, Flight 19 and I believe also We Have A Dream (with the Scottish World Cup Squad). He was also Terry Dactyl & The Dinosaurs (1HW with Seaside Shuffle)
    The Rah Band had a major chart hit in the 70s called The Crunch (the follow-up was banned due to sales-rigging activities for this single) well before Clouds Across The Moon was a huge crossover club hit.

    Someone asked very early in the thread why they can't find The Timelords Doctorin' The Tardis on iTunes? Might be 'cos they were The KLF, who weren't terribly interested in working the music business in the usual manner, so to speak.

    My UK 1HW suggestions:
    The Charlie Danilels Band The Devil Went Down To Georgia
    Yellow Dog Just One More Night
    Our Child You Just Might See Me Cry
    Yellow Magic Orchestra Computer Game/Firecracker
    Piero Umiliani Mah-Nah Mah-Nah
    Violinski Clog Dance
    Los del Rio The Macarena
    Telly Savalas If
    Mike Read The Ugly Duckling
    Clive Dunn Granddad

    Oh dear, this is all getting a bit silly!

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    • Re: One Hit Wonders

      Its very easy to forget a follow on, especially if it failed miserably.

      DLT - Convoy (1HW)

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        Originally posted by Chewie View Post

        BA Robertson wasn't a UK 1HW, having major hits with Bang Bang, Knocked It Off, Kool In The Kaftan, Flight 19 and I believe also We Have A Dream (with the Scottish World Cup Squad). He was also Terry Dactyl & The Dinosaurs (1HW with Seaside Shuffle)
        Fraid' Not.
        That was Jona Lewie again

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        • Re: One Hit Wonders

          amii stewart-knock on wood
          patrick hernandez-born to be alive
          the vapors-turning japanese
          redbone-witch queen of new orleans
          ram jam band-black betty

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          • Re: One Hit Wonders

            Nope
            Amii Stewart also had a hit with Light My Fire

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            • Re: One Hit Wonders

              Originally posted by ann22 View Post
              I have to say Owen Paul's 'My Favourite Waste Of Time' has to be one of those songs that stick in your head classics.
              Do any of you remember a song called 'Platinum Blonde'? I can't find it on youtube and no one remembers is. The words go something like this...
              (I forget the first verse but the first chorus goes like this)
              'Mother and Father, I'm doing alright, I'm goin' away for a while so don't write. It's not for the money you know, it's a respectable show called
              the platinum blonde. Can you read between the lines?
              Can you read between the lines? Can you read between the liiiines'
              It's about this girl who goes off to do some nudey stuff on stage somewhere but lets on to her parents she's doing some kind of play. Her parents arrive to watch her show without her knowing and are disgusted. Her father waits behind the stage door and shoots her only to arrive home to find a letter from her saying how she feels **** and wants to come home.
              'Through the red lights and smoke on the stage, he watched his daughter perform, in shame and rage, he turned his head away. He could almost hear her say...Mother and Father you've got it all wrong, I like it right here this is where I belong. It might not be Shakespeare but I'm happier here as the Platinum Blonde'....Can you read between the lines.....etc.
              Then when he goes home he finds the letter saying -
              'Mother and Father I'm coming back home, I've missed you so much and I've been so alone. I always knew you were right, this is my very last night as The Platinum Blonde'. This song depressed me as did 'Hello this is Joany'.
              Hi the group was called Prelude

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                Thanks a mil G4ran. Just watched it on Youtube. First time I've heard it in years.

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                • Re: One Hit Wonders

                  I hope it's ok to re-add a few more songs to this thread (with the thread being created over a year since).

                  Another artist and song what came to mind the other day was Nikki French from 1995 with her version of Bonnie Tyler's "A Total Eclipse Of The Heart". I admitt to liking Nikki as a singer who is very talented and this was proved with her version of A Total Eclipse Of The Heart" but I think her roots lied more in dance music. It is just a shame though I feel for Nikki, as this version should of given her a career to last many many years with unique songs and possible unique cover versions I feel/think!

                  80sChav

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                  • Re: One Hit Wonders

                    All positions from the UK singles chart.

                    Originally posted by remember View Post
                    and of course Chesney Hawkes and the aptly named "One and Only"!
                    The follow-up, I'm a Man Not a Boy, peaked at #27.

                    Originally posted by Tallulah View Post
                    I Think We're Alone Now - Tiffany
                    Tiffany had several hits, including ballad Could've Been and a gender-switched cover of The Beatles' I Saw Her Standing There which both hit the top 10 (#4 and #8 respectively). Radio Romance got to #13. Sadly most of her best songs were either b-sides or album tracks where she displayed more of a pop-rock vibe in the style of Stevie Nicks' solo work. I think she would've had a longer career if she hadn't been sacrificed to the gods of cheesy bubblegum-pop.

                    Originally posted by optimus View Post
                    sabrina- boys boys boys
                    She had a follow-up called All of Me. #25 hit.

                    Originally posted by 80s gail View Post
                    The first time - Robin Beck
                    Robin had a minor hit with a cover of Bonnie Tyler's Save Up All Your Tears the following year. Underrated singer.

                    Originally posted by ickle1976 View Post
                    What happened to living in a box? They did 2 songs to my memory so not strictly a one hit wonder. "Living in a box and Room in your heart"
                    Another band that actually had a few hits, but no-one really remembers them. Blow the House Down was quite big in 1989. Reached #10.

                    Originally posted by Clive Henry Jones View Post
                    Was America's "Horse with no name" A 1HW?
                    I'm not really sure myself.
                    It was their only top 40 hit, but they had another couple which made it into the top 75. Ventura Highway just missed the top 40.

                    Originally posted by Baz View Post
                    How about Camio with the nasty looking cod piece .. 'word up'
                    Cameo had several too. Back and Forth reached #11, Single Life #15. They were the most notable. A bunch of other singles littered the 20s and 30s.

                    Originally posted by ruby View Post
                    Only You by The Flying Pickets
                    When You're Young and in Love got to #7.

                    Originally posted by RoddersC4 View Post
                    Imagination-Belouis Some
                    The re-release of Some People sneaked in, reaching #33.

                    Originally posted by tanas View Post
                    Kriss Kross - Jump
                    Warm it Up got to #16, It's a Shame to #31.

                    Originally posted by JBDJ View Post
                    Berlin - Take My Breath Away (86)
                    Follow-up, You Don't Know, just scraped in at #39. Like Flames (their best track for me) just missed the top 40.

                    Originally posted by Aidan View Post
                    As far as I'm aware :

                    Pop Muzik ( M )
                    Moonlight and Muzak was a minor hit at #33.

                    Originally posted by Aidan View Post
                    Nothing's Gonna Change my Love for You ( Glenn Medeiros )
                    He did a song with Bobby Brown called She Ain't Worth It which got to #12.

                    Originally posted by Aidan View Post
                    The Only Way is Up ( Yazz )
                    Several follow-ups including Stand Up for Your Love Rights (#2), Fine Time (#9), Where Has All the Love Gone? (#16) and Treat Me Good (#20). She also featured on Coldcut's Doctorin' the House (#6) and Aswad's How Long (#31).

                    Originally posted by CARROLLKRC View Post
                    Black-Wonderful life
                    He had a couple more. Sweetest Smile got to #8, Paradise to #38.

                    Originally posted by lonesome crow View Post
                    Owen Paul - favourite waste of time......did he have another hit?
                    Had other records out, but none that even got as far as the top 75.

                    Originally posted by Aidan View Post
                    I was Made for Dancing ( Leif Garrett )
                    Leif Garrett's Feel the Need scraped in at #38.

                    Originally posted by Aidan View Post
                    Mouldy Old Dough ( Lieutenant Pigeon )....
                    Almost. There was one follow-up, Desperate Dan, which reached #17.

                    Originally posted by Dregg View Post
                    Here's a "One hit wonder"(at least in the states) i'm suprised no one said. To me, it was the best pop song of the 80's. "Your Love" by The Outfield. Great tune.
                    Agreed. Sadly The Outfield never had a top 40 hit here Their best effort was Voices of Babylon which reached #78. Your Love only got to #83.

                    Originally posted by Aidan View Post
                    Breakfast at Tiffany's ( Deep Blue Something )
                    Josey reached #27.

                    Originally posted by Oggy View Post
                    See that glow - This Island Earth (bought this single after seeing the band on Swap Shop, kool track too.)
                    It didn't actually reach the top 40. Peaked at #47 with the follow-up, Take Me to the Fire, tapping out at #86.

                    Originally posted by CARROLLKRC View Post
                    Leona Lewis _ A moment like this

                    Im only hoping on this one!!!!!!!!
                    Not here at any rate. She's had a dozen UK top 40 hits up to now.

                    Originally posted by Aidan View Post
                    Love Rears its Ugly Head ( Living Colour )
                    Solace of You and Leave it Alone reached #33 and #34 respectively.

                    Originally posted by Oggy View Post
                    ok i'll try.......Mungo Jerry - in the summertime
                    7 more UK hit singles. Baby Jump got to #1.

                    Originally posted by Dark Helmet View Post
                    Seasons in the sun - Terry Jacks
                    The follow-up, If You Go Away, reached #8.

                    Originally posted by Aidan View Post
                    Rock Your Baby ( George McRae )
                    Another 6 top 40 hits, It's Been So Long (#4) and I Can't Leave You Alone (#9) among them.

                    Originally posted by Rapanui View Post
                    Some of the greatest "one hit wonders" - mostly from the 70,s; Video killed the radio star - the Buggles
                    Follow-up, The Plastic Age, reached #16. Clean Clean got to #38.

                    Originally posted by Rapanui View Post
                    Didn't Berlin also have a hit with " No more Words"?
                    Only in the USA.

                    Originally posted by AndyGranda View Post
                    Benny Hill - 'Ernie The Fastest Milkman in The West
                    Surprisingly had another three hits in the early 1960s.

                    Originally posted by glam_racket View Post
                    Sweet Sensation - Sad Sweet Dreamer
                    Purely by Coincidence reached #11.

                    Originally posted by glam_racket View Post
                    Rob Base & D.J. E-Z Rock - It Takes Two

                    Get on the Dance Floor was a bigger hit at #14.

                    Originally posted by zip55 View Post
                    Tracy - The Cufflinks
                    When Julie Comes Around was a hit for them in 1970, peaking at #10.

                    Originally posted by zip55 View Post
                    Cinderella Rockerfella - Esther & Abi Ofarim
                    One More Dance reached #13.

                    Originally posted by zip55 View Post
                    Montego Bay - Bobby Bloom
                    Heavy Makes You Happy was a #31 hit.

                    Originally posted by Derekflint View Post
                    Ooh. Boris Gardiner - I Wanna Wake Up With You!
                    He had another one way back in 1970 - Elizabethan Reggae - which reached #14.

                    Originally posted by Richard1978 View Post
                    Originally posted by Timeslipper View Post
                    The Ultimate Warlord, by "The Immortals" very strange electric dance disco 12" from the 1980's, I have it on 12" disco mix, I believe it was something to do with a big pop star but I can't remember who.
                    John Deacon, the bass player from Queen put together a group by this name to do the music for the film version of Biggles made in the mid 1980s.
                    I may be wrong, but I don't think they're the same band.

                    Originally posted by RODEO View Post
                    Also I think "spirit in the sky"Doctor and the medics .
                    They had another one, Burn, which reached #29.

                    Originally posted by mazzer View Post
                    "Einstein-A-Go-Go" by Landscape
                    Norman Bates scraped the back end of the chart at #40.

                    Originally posted by mazzer View Post
                    "Hey Little Girl" by Icehouse
                    Crazy charted briefly at #38.

                    Originally posted by stud1al View Post
                    Icehouse had many hits in Australia but also another huge worldwide hit with the song ELECTRIC BLUE.
                    Electric Blue could only make #53 here, I have no idea why it failed so badly. Icehouse should have been big, but they just never really got anywhere in the UK.

                    Originally posted by mazzer View Post
                    Aussies! Men At Work - "Down Under"! Ripper!
                    They had another three UK hits, including Overkill (#21).

                    Originally posted by mazzer View Post
                    Oh, and what about "Spaceman" by Babylon Zoo - the one that made it big cos of a jeans advert.
                    The one that gypped everyone by being nothing like the version on the ad except for a few seconds at the start and end, aye, I remember. Unfortunately they disgraced the top 40 another twice.

                    Originally posted by Flutterby View Post
                    YouTube - Pussycat - Mississippi (Original Promo)

                    Hello!
                    this is one of my fave ...
                    one hit wonders.
                    Pussycat had another track, Smile, make it to #24.

                    Originally posted by vanhelsing View Post
                    Dance Yourtself Dizzy (LIquid Gold)
                    Substitute was a #8 hit for them.

                    Originally posted by dwain-dibley View Post
                    blackfoot sue-standing in the road
                    The equally good Sing Don't Speak charted briefly at #36.

                    Originally posted by shazzabanazza View Post
                    Im sorry to have to bring this up...Billy Ray Cyrus - Achy breaky Heart LOL!
                    Could've Been Me got to #24.

                    Originally posted by 80sChav View Post
                    Another artist and song what came to mind the other day was Nikki French from 1995 with her version of Bonnie Tyler's "A Total Eclipse Of The Heart".
                    She had one more song which broke the top 40. Don't Play That Song Again, which reached #34 in 2000.
                    Last edited by Knight Ranger; 16-02-2015, 08:45. Reason: Typos

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                    • Re: One Hit Wonders

                      FR David - Words (I always used to say Father David !!)
                      Breathe - Hands to Heaven
                      MARRS - Pump up the volume
                      Marti Wilder - Nobody gonna break my stride
                      The Blessed - Highway 5
                      Ten sharp - You
                      Candy flip - Strawberry fields forever
                      Northside - Shall we take a trip
                      Where I find my heaven - Gigolo aunts
                      Mental as anything - live it up
                      Brilliant mind - furniture
                      Life in a northern town - dream academy
                      Story of the blues - Mighty Wah !
                      Soup dragons - Free
                      Taffy - Radio romance
                      Taja Sevelle - Love is contagious
                      Kon kan - I beg your pardon (??)
                      May not all be strictly one hit wonders but just about
                      I shall post more as I recall them (or hear on forgotten 80's)

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                      • Re: One Hit Wonders

                        I know F.R David had a follow up to 'Words ",which was called "music" but how well it did i n the U.K i do not know.
                        The Mentals had many hits in Oz .

                        Apart from those 2 songs there's only 3 other songs on your list i have heard of .

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                        • Re: One Hit Wonders

                          baddiel and skinner football is coming home for euro 96 i just remembered.
                          FOR THE HONOUR OF GRAYSKULL

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                          • Re: One Hit Wonders

                            Originally posted by darren View Post
                            baddiel and skinner football is coming home for euro 96 i just remembered.
                            Technically its the lightning seeds with Baddiel and Skinner and the lightning seeds have had several hits

                            also this song has been re released several times under slightly different tiles (3 lions 96 then 3 lions 2000 etc)

                            But i give you this one
                            Age is just a number - If yours bothers you stop counting

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                            • Re: One Hit Wonders

                              I don't know if the name Yellow Dog is familiar to any users of this website, but the band were something of a one-hit wonder.
                              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1pVZIEbCME
                              http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Dog_(band)
                              The band did have another single in the charts apart from 'Just One More Night' but it only reached number 54 which can hardly be called a hit.
                              "The answer to the ultimate question, of life, the universe and everything is .....42"

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                              • Re: One Hit Wonders

                                Nilsson and Without You is another that instantly springs to mind as too does Suzi Qautro and Devil Gate Drive - I rerally thought after that song Suzi would have had more major inconic hits like so!!

                                it was similar too for Helen Shapiro and Walking Back To Happyness in a way I think and off course Scott McKenzie and If Your Going To San Fransisco (Be Sure To Wear some Flowers In Your Hair). That was such ana amazingly brilliant song that had such a catchy tune etc, but Scott never seemed to follow it up with other great sonfs - where I really felt he would have done (though sadly not)!

                                80sChav

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