One-hit wonders you still listen to

[ixnay]

So, which artists do you still listen to that made a single hit before disappearing?

I'll just rattle off a couple here that I can think of off the top of my head:

A Flock of Seagulls - I Ran (So Far Away)
The Verve Pipe - The Freshman
Lo-Fidelity Allstars - Battleflag
Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta
The Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive

I'm sure you all have some more than this.

[Dis]

I think the bee gees had other hits.

flock of seagulls- that's who does that song.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Breeders - Cannonball
Katrina and the Waves - Walkin' on Sunshine

and, when drunk, Bonnie Tyler - Total eclipse of the Heart :

[FrustratedPoet]

The Lo-Fi's are one-hit-wonders?

Well, one-album-wonders I suppose. Many other songs on that album are comparable in quality to Battleflag IMHO.

And you know that the BeeGees weren't one-hit-wonders either.

Anyway ... no genuine ones spring to mind that I still listen to. I never buy singles so only have CDs from bands I like multiple songs from. Of course, I could always get mp3 versions of one-hit-wonders, but I'm too lazy.

[Dis]

ahh yes, Bonnie Tyler. I still like that song.

[BustaMike]

According to VH1, Jimi Hendrix is technically a one hit wonder.

[Dis]

what! damn them, damn them all to hell

he had at least two hits. foxy lady and purple haze. And he had a third hit with his cover song all along the watchtower. Other songs like voodoo child, the wind cried mary, hey joe were minor hits.

[BustaMike]

I agree, but he's still on their one hit wonder countdown. They do note how influential he was, and how he shouldn't really be there, but I guess All Along the Watchtower was the only song of his that charted at all, at least according to VH1.

[BustaMike]

Speaking of crap that's on VH1's list, I guess that Faith No More is a one hit wonder according to them also. What a load of crap.

NOTE - after looking at their web site, they don't list Jimi on that countdown, but I can remember watching it and they did have a segment on him.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I think there are two kinds of one-hit wonders. One is a pop group that comes together, gets a hit, and then fades rapidly from view. That, to me, is the real definition. The other kind is a group that was never pop to begin with but that cuts a song that is popular enough to chart; then they go back to being themselves and catering to their loyal fan base. Faith No More would seem to be in the second camp, along with Devo, Psychadelic Furs, and Sinead O'Connor, among many others.

[BustaMike]

Ah, I have a good one. I still listen to the Toadies.

[kmad]

Blind Melon - No Rain
Jane's Addiction - Been Caught Stealing
Jimmie's Chicken Shack - Do Right
The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony
Tonic - If You Could Only See


As far as i know these guys are 1 hit wonders

[alva]

just on the radio


Chumbawumba - I get knocked down

[Immortal Wombat]

Pah. Nobody's a one-hit wonder in my book, except Gina G, but I haven't heard her song for years (thank God).

Chumbawumba, the Verve and Jane's Addiction I wouldn't qualfy as one-hit wonders.

[Combat Ingrid]

"Hubba Hubba Zoot Zoot"

(big hit in Sweden ~20 years ago)