One-hit wonders

Created by Don Juan on 17 Nov 2018 | 최종 수정: Don Juan , 27 Jan 2023
One-hit wonders

Collection that will feature artists known for a song only, usually disappearing from the public eye after sometime, without releasing other songs as successful.

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1. Vanessa Rangel 아티스트

Only hit: Palpite.

나라:  Brazil

장르:  MPB

언어:  포르투갈어

2. Morris Albert 아티스트

Only hit: Feelings.

나라:  Brazil

장르:  Pop

언어:  영어, 스페인어, 이탈리아어

인기곡:  FeelingsDimeMujer

3. Dexys Midnight Runners 아티스트

Only hit: Come On Eileen.

나라:  영국

장르:  Pop, R&B/Soul

언어:  영어

인기곡:  Come On EileenGeno

4. The Archies 아티스트

Only hit: Sugar Sugar.

나라:  미국

장르:  Pop

언어:  영어

5. Lou Bega 아티스트

Only hit: Mambo Nº 5.

나라:  Germany

장르:  Latino

언어:  영어, 스페인어

6. Shocking Blue 아티스트

Only hit: Venus.

나라:  네덜란드

장르:  Rock, Psychedelic

언어:  영어

7. Patrick Hernandez 아티스트

Only hit: Born to be Alive.

나라:  France

장르:  Pop

언어:  영어

Popular song:  Born to Be Alive

8. Survivor 아티스트

Only hit: The Eye of the Tiger.

나라:  미국

장르:  Rock 'n' Roll

언어:  영어

9. The Knack 아티스트

Only hit: My Sharona.

나라:  미국

장르:  Rock

언어:  영어

10. F.R. David 아티스트

Only hit: Words.

나라:  France

장르:  Eurodance, Pop-Rock

언어:  영어, 프랑스어

인기곡:  WordsPick Up The PhoneGirl

11. Crash Test Dummies 아티스트

Only hit: Mmmh Mmmh Mmmh Mmmh.

나라:  Canada

장르:  Rock

언어:  영어

12. Haddaway 아티스트

Only hit: What is Love.

나라:  Trinidad and Tobago

장르:  Electronica, Eurodance

언어:  영어

인기곡:  What Is LoveI miss youLife

13. The Exciters 아티스트

Only hit: Tell Him.

나라:  미국

장르:  Pop

언어:  영어

14. Michael Sembello 아티스트

Only hit: Maniac.

나라:  미국

장르:  Pop-Rock

언어:  영어

15. Baltimora 아티스트

Only hit: Tarzan Boy.

나라:  Italy

장르:  Dance

언어:  영어

16. Cutting Crew 아티스트

Only hit: (I Just) Died in Your Arms.

나라:  영국

장르:  New Wave, Pop-Rock

언어:  영어

17. Deee-Lite 아티스트

Only hit: Groove Is In The Heart.

나라:  미국

장르:  Pop

언어:  영어

18. 4 Non Blondes 아티스트

Only hit: What's Up.

나라:  미국

장르:  Rock, Psychedelic

언어:  영어

인기곡:  What's Up?Mighty ladySuperfly

19. Century (France) 아티스트

Only hit: Lover Why.

나라:  France

장르:  Pop-Rock

언어:  영어

인기곡:  Lover WhySo longJane

20. Las Ketchup 아티스트

Only hit: Aserejé.

나라:  Spain

장르:  Flamenco, Pop

언어:  스페인어, 영어

21. Carl Douglas 아티스트

Only hit: Kung Fu Fighting.

나라:  Jamaica

장르:  Pop

언어:  영어

22. Los del Rio 아티스트

Only hit: Macarena.

나라:  Spain

장르:  Latino

언어:  스페인어, 영어

23. O-Zone 아티스트

Only hit: Dragostea din tei.

나라:  몰도바

장르:  Electronica, Eurodance, Pop

언어:  루마니아어, 스페인어, 영어

24. Visage 아티스트

Only hit: Fade to Grey.

나라:  영국

장르:  New Wave

언어:  영어, 프랑스어

25. Gazebo 아티스트

Only hit: I Like Chopin.

나라:  Italy

장르:  Dance, Electropop

언어:  영어, 프랑스어, 이탈리아어, 독일어

26. Chagrin d’Amour 아티스트

Only hit: Chacun fait c'qui lui plaît.

나라:  France

장르:  Hip-Hop/Rap

언어:  프랑스어

27. WILLOW (USA) 아티스트

Only hit: Whip My Hair.

나라:  미국

장르:  Alternative, Dance, Hip-Hop/Rap, Indie, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Rock 'n' Roll

언어:  영어, Na'vi

28. Baha Men 아티스트

Only hit: Who Let The Dogs Out.

나라:  Bahamas, The

장르:  Reggae

언어:  영어

29. Natalie Imbruglia 아티스트

Only hit: Torn (Ednaswap cover).

나라:  Australia

장르:  Pop

언어:  영어

인기곡:  TornShiverWrong Impression

30. The Contours 아티스트

Only hit: Do You Love Me.

나라:  미국

장르:  R&B/Soul

언어:  영어

Popular song:  Do You Love Me

31. Rachel Platten 아티스트

Only hit: Fight Song.

나라:  미국

장르:  Pop, R&B/Soul

언어:  영어

32. Jermaine Jackson 아티스트

Only hit: When The Rain Begins To Fall.

나라:  미국

장르:  Funk, Pop, R&B/Soul

언어:  영어, 프랑스어

33. The Rembrandts 아티스트

Only hit: I'll Be There For You.

나라:  미국

장르:  Pop-Rock

언어:  영어

34. The Trashmen 아티스트

Only hit: Surfin' Bird.

나라:  미국

장르:  Rock

언어:  영어

Popular song:  Surfin' Bird

35. David McWilliams 아티스트

Only hit: The days of Pearly Spencer.

나라:  Ireland

장르:  Rock

언어:  영어

36. Extreme 아티스트

Only hit: More Than Words.

나라:  미국

장르:  Funk, Metal, Rock

언어:  영어

37. Texas 아티스트

Only hit: Summer Son.

나라:  영국

장르:  Pop, Rock

언어:  영어

38. Luka (Brazil) 아티스트

Only hit: Tô Nem Aí.

나라:  Brazil

장르:  Dance, Pop, Pop-Rock

언어:  포르투갈어

39. Robin Beck 아티스트

Only hit: First Time.

나라:  미국

장르:  Disco, Pop-Rock

언어:  영어

40. Richard Sanderson 아티스트

Only hit: Reality.

나라:  영국

장르:  Soundtrack

언어:  영어

41. Opus (Austria) 아티스트

Only hit: Live is Life.

나라:  Austria

장르:  Pop

언어:  영어, 독일어

42. Desireless 아티스트

Only hit: Voyage, Voyage.

나라:  France

장르:  New Wave, Pop

언어:  프랑스어, 영어

43. Zager and Evans 아티스트

Only hit: In the Year 2525.

나라:  미국

장르:  Pop-Rock

언어:  영어

44. Charles & Eddie 아티스트

Only hit: Would I Lie To You?.

나라:  미국

장르:  R&B/Soul

언어:  영어

45. Soul Asylum 아티스트

Only hit: Runaway Train.

나라:  미국

장르:  Alternative, Rock

언어:  영어

46. Everything But The Girl 아티스트

Only hit: Missing.

나라:  영국

장르:  Alternative, Dance, Electronica, Electropop, Pop, Pop-Folk

언어:  영어

47. Lilly Wood & The Prick 아티스트

Only hit: Prayer in C.

나라:  France

장르:  Folk

언어:  영어

48. Banda Blanca 아티스트

Only hit: Sopa de Caracol.

나라:  Honduras

장르:  Dance

언어:  스페인어, Garifuna

49. Des'ree 아티스트

Only hit: Life.

나라:  영국

장르:  Pop, R&B/Soul

언어:  영어

인기곡:  LifeYou Gotta BeI'm Kissing You

50. Glenn Medeiros 아티스트

Only hit: Nothing's gonna change my love for you.

나라:  미국

장르:  Singer-songwriter, Pop-Rock, Pop

언어:  영어, 스페인어, 일본어, 프랑스어

51. Sarajane 아티스트

Only hit: A Roda.

나라:  Brazil

언어:  포르투갈어

Popular song:  A Roda

52. Norman Greenbaum 아티스트

Only hit: Spirit In The Sky.

나라:  미국

장르:  Singer-songwriter

언어:  영어

53. Danni Carlos 아티스트

Only hit: Coisas Que Eu Sei.

나라:  Brazil

장르:  Alternative, Pop

언어:  포르투갈어, 영어

54. Barry Ryan 아티스트

Only hit: Eloise.

나라:  영국

장르:  Pop

언어:  영어, 독일어

55. Grauzone 아티스트

Only hit: Eisbär.

나라:  스위스

장르:  New Wave, Rock

언어:  독일어

56. Ray Parker Jr. 아티스트

Only hit: Ghostbusters.

나라:  미국

언어:  영어

57. Caroline Loeb 아티스트

Only hit: C'est la ouate.

나라:  France

장르:  Pop

언어:  프랑스어

Popular song:  C'est la ouate

58. DÖF 아티스트

Only hit: Codo (Düse im Sauseschritt)

나라:  Germany

장르:  New Wave, Pop

언어:  독일어

59. White Town 아티스트

Only hit: Your Woman.

나라:  영국

장르:  Alternative

언어:  영어

60. Pino D'Angiò 아티스트

Only hit: Ma quale idea.

나라:  Italy

장르:  Disco, Funk, Jazz, Pop, Pop-Rock, Reggae, Singer-songwriter

언어:  이탈리아어, 영어, 스페인어, 라틴어

61. Plastic Bertrand 아티스트

Only hit: Ça plane pour moi.

나라:  Belgium

장르:  Pop

언어:  프랑스어, 영어

62. Larusso 아티스트

Only hit: Tu oublieras.

나라:  France

언어:  프랑스어, 영어

63. Rockwell 아티스트

Only hit: Somebody's Watching Me.

나라:  미국

장르:  R&B/Soul

언어:  영어

64. Alemuel 아티스트

Only hit: Kleiner Hai.

나라:  Germany

장르:  Pop

언어:  독일어

Popular song:  Kleiner Hai

65. Paul Hardcastle 아티스트

Only hit: 19.

나라:  영국

언어:  영어

인기곡:  19Was It Love

66. Stretch 아티스트

Only hit: Why Did You Do It.

나라:  영국

장르:  Blues, Funk, Rock

언어:  영어

Popular song:  Why Did You Do It?

67. Harpo 아티스트

Only hit: Moviestar.

나라:  스웨덴

장르:  Pop

언어:  영어

68. The Art Company 아티스트

Only hit: Susana.

나라:  네덜란드

장르:  Pop

언어:  영어

Popular song:  Susanna

69. Yarbrough and Peoples 아티스트

Only hit: Don't Stop The Music.

나라:  미국

장르:  Funk, R&B/Soul

언어:  영어

Popular song:  Don't stop the music

70. OMC 아티스트

Only hit: How Bizarre.

나라:  뉴질랜드

장르:  Pop

언어:  영어

71. Tasmin Archer 아티스트

Only hit: Sleeping Satellite.

나라:  영국

장르:  Pop, Singer-songwriter

언어:  영어

72. Lola (Israel) 아티스트

Only hit: ימים של שקט.

나라:  Israel

언어:  히브리어

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Don JuanDon Juan
   日, 18/11/2018 - 18:24

Hi! Thanks for these. I'll add them, but as I'm a detail oriented person, which is their one and only hit?

Diazepan MedinaDiazepan Medina
   日, 18/11/2018 - 20:06

Morris Albert - Feelings
Dexys Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen
The Archies - Sugar Sugar
Lou Bega - Mambo nº 5
Shocking Blue - Venus
Patrick Hernandez - Born to be alive
Survivor - The eye of the tiger
The Knack - My Sharona
F.R. David - Words
Crash Test Dummies - Mmmh Mmmh Mmmh Mmmh
Haddaway - What is love
The Exciters - Tell him
Michael Sembello - Maniac
Baltimora - Tarzan Boy
Cutting Crew - (I Just) Died In Your Arms
Deee-Lite - Groove is in the heart
Right Said Fred - I'm too sexy

BreezyDayBreezyDay    日, 18/11/2018 - 22:15

Oh it's so much fun to read this list. Thanks Diazepan Medina and Alma Barroca!!

BreezyDayBreezyDay    土, 24/11/2018 - 01:27

The USA never appreciated Big Country. I've read that a lot of their music is great. I'm going to check out their UK hits. . .I love their guitars which are "evocative" of Scottish instruments and also the Scottish accent of the lead singer.

Some bands may have only had one hit but that doesn't mean their other music wasn't good. I wonder if Rickie Lee Jones' Chuck E's in Love is considered a OHW. The entire album was good, although a bit depressing and high in estrogen. (I love Night Train and Young Blood.)

Thanks for the links to these lists. It helped me to find some fun music that I had forgotten about. I will go through the lists more carefully when I have time. . .

Sailor PokeMoon2Sailor PokeMoon2    土, 24/11/2018 - 02:01

What's Up did make somewhat of a comeback thanks to a He-Man YouTube video parody but the comeback may have been a bad thing too ha ha

Diazepan MedinaDiazepan Medina
   土, 24/11/2018 - 01:45

Not precisely a one hit wonder. Her version of "Never can say goodbye" was in fact her first hit.

malucamaluca
   土, 24/11/2018 - 02:08

I think a real One-Hit-Wonder would have only one song entry here on lyricstranslate with lots of translations added to it... ;)

Sailor PokeMoon2Sailor PokeMoon2    土, 24/11/2018 - 02:09

Yeah I noticed that after I checked to see if "Where'd You Go?" was on lyricstranslate

Sailor PokeMoon2Sailor PokeMoon2    土, 24/11/2018 - 02:34

Yeah I know but maybe they are considered one hit wonders because of who they collaborated with for that particular song?

Sailor PokeMoon2Sailor PokeMoon2    土, 24/11/2018 - 02:42

Well many people consider them a one hit wonder but I don't because I have seen on YouTube people using other songs by them but it's called Where'd You Go? by Fort Minor

I forgot who sung this one but it's an annoying cheerleadering song: Hey Mickey!

(Now You're Just) Somebody I Used To Know

(I'm a) Bitch!

Born to be wild (I think that was a one hit wonder)

The Buggles - "Video Killed the Radio Star" (1980)

I'm Blue

Bow Wow Wow: I Want Candy

Anita Ward – "Ring My Bell" (1979) (I HATE that song! She sounds so annoying)

Willow Smith: Whip My Hair

Devo: Whip It!

Don't You Forget About Me (known for playing in the movie The Breakfast Club)

The Weathergirls: It's Raining Men!

Spirit in the Sky

She Blinded me with Science!

a-Ha: Take on me (even though Deadpool helped the song comeback)

Jump 'n the Saddle Band – "The Curly Shuffle" (1984)

Twisted Sister - "We're Not Gonna Take It" (1984) (I disagree with this one as well)

Nena – "99 Luftballons" (1984) and also the English version 99 Red balloons
John Waite - "Missing You" (1984)

Rockwell - "Somebody's Watching Me" (1984) (Michael Jackson has a small part in this song)

Harold Faltermeyer - "Axel F" (1985) better known as Crazy Frog

The Hamster Dance

The Safety Dance

Pretty Poison: Catch Me (I'm Falling)

Don't Worry Be Happy (NOT by Bob Marley!)

EMF: Unbelievable

Sinead O'Connor – "Nothing Compares 2 U" (1990)

Mellow Man Ace – "Mentirosa" (1990)

Candyman – "Knockin' Boots" (1990)
Deee-Lite – "Groove Is in the Heart" (1991)

Tom Cochrane – "Life Is a Highway" (1992) (The Rascal Flats later covered this song which made it's way into the first Disney Cars movie.)

Sir Mix-A-Lot – "Baby Got Back" (1992)

Kris Kross – "Jump" (1992)

Billy Ray Cyrus – "Achy Breaky Heart" (1992)

House of Pain – "Jump Around" (1992)

Aqua: Barbie Girl

95 South – "Whoot, There It Is" (1993) (no basketball game was complete without this song)

Tag Team – "Whoomp! (There It Is)" (1993)

Blind Melon – "No Rain" (1993)

The Proclaimers – "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" (1993)

Lit: My Own Worst Enemy

Tal Bachman – "She's So High" (1999)

The Calling – "Wherever You Will Go" (2002)

James Blunt – "You're Beautiful" (2006)

Bad Day

Metro Station: Shake It

tatu: All the things she said (I also disagree with this one.)

Cali Swag District – "Teach Me How to Dougie" (2010)

Gotye and Kimbra – "Somebody That I Used to Know" (2011)

Magic! – "Rude" (2013)

Tinashe – "2 On" (2014)

Fountains of Wayne – "Stacy's Mom" (2003)

Teenage Dirtbag

Nine Days – "Absolutely (Story of a Girl)" (2000) (this is the story of a girl, who cried a river and drowned the whole world...)

WHO LET THE DOGS OUT? (appeared in The Rugrats Movie)

Natalie Imbruglia – "Torn" (1997)

Tommy Tutone – "867-5309/Jenny" (1981)

Soft Cell – "Tainted Love" (1981)

King Harvest – "Dancing in the Moonlight" (1972)

Billy Paul – "Me and Mrs. Jones" (1972)

Mungo Jerry – "In the Summertime" (1970)

Edison Lighthouse – "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" (1970)

The Surfaris – "Wipe Out" (1963) (not very many words to that song)

Ronald & Ruby – "Lollipop" (1958)

Bobby Day – "Rockin' Robin" (1958)

The Monotones – "The Book of Love" (1958)

Laurie London – "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" (1958)

Diazepan MedinaDiazepan Medina
   土, 24/11/2018 - 02:45

1) Toni Basil sang Hey Mickey

2) Simple Minds besides "Don't you forget about me" also had a couple hits more like "Alive and Kicking" (nº 3 in USA and nº 7 in UK) and "Belfast Child" (nº 1 in UK)

3) A-ha is a one-hit wonder ONLY IN USA. In the UK they had 6 singles on the top 5

Sailor PokeMoon2Sailor PokeMoon2    土, 24/11/2018 - 02:50

1) yes I know that but my spell check would not let me keep her name!

2) and yet they are still considered one hit wonders -.-

Diazepan MedinaDiazepan Medina
   土, 24/11/2018 - 02:53

I know

Another thing. It aches me to consider Men without hats as a one hit wonder. Maybe because "Pop goes the world" was so underrated, and still a soccer fans classic

Sailor PokeMoon2Sailor PokeMoon2    土, 24/11/2018 - 03:16

Yeah maybe so. I know I left many "I disagree with this one" comments but too many people consider them one hit wonders. It pains me to consider Fort Minor as one hit wonders too!

malucamaluca
   土, 24/11/2018 - 14:50

Nena was also no one-hit-wonder, she had several hits and is still popular in Germany.

Sailor PokeMoon2Sailor PokeMoon2    土, 24/11/2018 - 02:48

The Contours – "Do You Love Me" (1962)

The MASH "Theme from M*A*S*H (Suicide Is Painless)" (it actuality has words to it)

Michael Andrews and Gary Jules "Mad World"

Rachel Platten "Fight Song" (the UK considers it an one hit wonder)

Sailor PokeMoon2Sailor PokeMoon2    土, 24/11/2018 - 03:18

Here are some well known songs but they are considered one hit wonder collaborations

Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder, "Ebony and Ivory" (1982)
Elaine Paige and Barbara Dickson, "I Know Him So Well" (1985)
David Bowie and Mick Jagger, "Dancing in the Street" (1985)

malucamaluca
   土, 24/11/2018 - 14:54

Jermaine Jackson & Pia Zadora - When The Rain Begins To Fall

Sailor PokeMoon2Sailor PokeMoon2    土, 24/11/2018 - 03:43

Do the Bartman

Turtle Power

Eh-Oh! (From the Teletubbies... I have no clue how that song charted in the UK -.-)

Oochie Coochie (1991) I'm sure I misspelled that)

M People: Moving on up

Rednex: Cotton Eyed Joe (where did this group come from and where did they go?)

The Rembrandts: I'll Be There For You (better known as the opening theme song from Friends)

Des'ree: You Gatta Be

Soul Asylum: Runway Train

Snow Patrol: Chasing Cars

The Party of Five theme song

Sailor PokeMoon2Sailor PokeMoon2    土, 24/11/2018 - 08:21

This group seems to be one hit wonders as well 🤔 because I've only heard of 2 of their songs but I've heard this song the most: https://lyricstranslate.com/en/coasters-yakety-yak-lyrics.html

Yakety Yak is a song written, produced, and arranged by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller for The Coasters and released on Atco Records in 1958, spending seven weeks as #1 on the R&B charts and a week as number one on the Top 100 pop list. This song was one of a string of singles released by The Coasters between 1957 and 1959 that dominated the charts, one of the biggest performing acts of the rock and roll era.

The song is a "playlet," a word Stoller used for the glimpses into teenage life that characterized the songs Leiber and Stoller wrote and produced. The lyrics describe the listing of household chores to a kid, presumably a teenager, the teenager's response ("yakety yak") and the parents' retort ("don't talk back") — an experience very familiar to a middle-class teenager of the day. Leiber has said the Coasters portrayed "a white kid’s view of a black person’s conception of white society." The serio-comic street-smart “playlets” etched out by the songwriters were sung by the Coasters with a sly clowning humor, while the saxophone of King Curtis filled in, in the up-tempo doo-wop style. The group was openly "theatrical" in style—they were not pretending to be expressing their own experience.

The threatened punishment for not taking out the garbage and sweeping the floor is, in the song's humorous lyrics:

"You ain't gonna rock and roll no more,"
And the refrain is:

"Yakety yak; don't talk back."

Popular culture

Québécois duo Les Jérolas recorded in 1959 a French version "Rouspet' pas"
The sax solo by King Curtis inspired the 1963 Boots Randolph song "Yakety Sax"
Sha Na Na performed this as part of their set at the original Woodstock Festival and recorded 2 live covers of the song in 1971 and 1972
The song was covered by Jan & Dean and was planned to be released on their album Carnival of Sound in 1968. Carnival of Sound was not released until 2010.
Lee Perry released a cover version in 1969 (as Lee Perry and the Upsetters), altering the lyric "You ain't gonna rock and roll no more" to "You ain't gonna reggae reggae reggae no more"
The Pipkins covered their song in 1970, produced by John Burgess.
Electronic/disco group El Coco covered this song in 1975 with some comedy elements, taken from their debut album, Mondo Disco, released on AVI Records.
Vince Vance & The Valiants, one of multiple groups parodying Barbara Ann as "Bomb Iran" in 1980, created a similarly themed 2005 parody called "Yakety Yak (Bomb Iraq)".
Stand by Me, the 1986 classic coming of age drama included "Yakety Yak" on its iconic soundtrack.
The song has also been mixed & recorded by 2 Live Crew for the 1988 movie Twins. In the same film, Julius (Arnold Schwarzenegger) sings along, with hilarious results, as the song plays in his earphones while flying to the United States.
The song is sung by the Coasters in the 1988 horror-comedy Phantom of the Ritz which the four-man group makes a cameo appearance.
It has also served as the theme to Clive Anderson's chat-show Clive Anderson Talks Back during the 1990s, and as the opening theme of the 1988 movie The Great Outdoors.
It was the inspiration and theme song for the 2002-2003 Canadian/Australian animated series, Yakkity Yak.
A modified version, "Yakety Yak, Take it Back", was used in a 1990 all-star PSA for the Take It Back Foundation.
A music video starring Plucky Duck as the kid tasked with chores, and a group of anthropomorphic yaks in police officer suits, aired on the 90th episode of Tiny Toon Adventures and used in The Plucky Duck Show.
The song was parodied for use in adverts for Radox bath soak and McCain Micro Chips in the 1980s and 1990s respectively.
The song name was used for the code name of Ubuntu 16.10, a Linux operating system with its versions all named after animals.
Phantom Planet covered this song for the soundtrack of the 1999 film Mumford.

Sailor PokeMoon2Sailor PokeMoon2    水, 28/11/2018 - 04:30

Another song that comes to my mind is Mmmmbop by the Hansons as a one hit wonder

BreezyDayBreezyDay    金, 30/11/2018 - 03:43

Oh I remember hearing Sopa de Caracol twenty years ago at a wedding reception, covered by a little three-man band. What a great memory. It came into my head many times over the years and I knew it was about sopa (soup) but didn't know the name. (Still don't know Spanish though.)

BreezyDayBreezyDay    金, 30/11/2018 - 04:02

Oh, thank you. I remember a lot of rhythmic words (lara lara lara, w Spanish pronunciation) and wondered if they were people's names or made-up sounds. I'll look up the translation.

Sailor PokeMoon2Sailor PokeMoon2    金, 30/11/2018 - 18:46

And the '90s wouldn't be the '90s without Vanilla Ice and his one hit wonder song Ice Ice Baby

RealAchampnatorRealAchampnator    木, 07/02/2019 - 09:50

I would say Right Said Fred's One Hit was Your My Mate not I'm too sexy

malucamaluca
   木, 07/02/2019 - 11:09

"I'm Too Sexy" was their first and probably biggest hit, as far as I remember, but they had a few popular songs. "Don't Talk Just Kiss" and "Deeply Dippy" were played on radio and MTV quite often. I wouldn't consider them a one-hit-wonder.

magicmuldermagicmulder
   木, 07/02/2019 - 11:17

Yup. "I'm Too Sexy", then "Don't Talk Just Kiss". The other two were slightly less successful.

malucamaluca
   木, 07/02/2019 - 11:45

I would erase several artists from this list, as they are no real one-hit-wonders.
Sinéad O'Connor for example, I own several of her discs and a DVD, she has many beautiful songs and could earn her living with music all her life. As well as Nena.

A real one-hit-wonder has only one song and failed to build a career in music I'd say.

And I didn't even know Willow was a singer, never heard the supposed hit. She's famous for being the daughter of Will Smith, I suppose.

Well, back in the day this song was catchy by a famous daughter :
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/st%C3%A9phanie-irresistible-lyrics.html

I'd not put it necessarily in the category one-hit-wonder though.

magicmuldermagicmulder
   木, 07/02/2019 - 15:43

Agreed. Nena would only belong there if the list were really US-centric. She sold millions of other singles and albums in Germany and all over Europe.

Don JuanDon Juan
   木, 07/02/2019 - 18:39

Sure, I just added those that I was recommended. Just tell me which you think should go and I do it - I don't now many of them, honestly, so I can't say if they are or not one hit wonders.

malucamaluca
   木, 07/02/2019 - 23:14

As I said, in my opinion at least Sinead O'Connor and Nena are big stars, not one-hit-wonders.
Also Right Said Fred had a few popular songs, not just one.
Maybe Nazareth should also be eliminated from the list (I know, I suggested them, but I take it back).

Willow Smith I don't think belongs here either, she's very young, who knows she might become a great singer in the future. The proposed hit isn't even among the Top 3 songs on her list, but I haven't listened to her music yet.

Here is one one-hit-wonder in German:
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/d%C3%B6f-codo-d%C3%BCse-im-sauseschritt-l...

magicmuldermagicmulder
   金, 08/02/2019 - 09:27

Oh I love Codo! The Humpe sisters (singers and producers) were quite successful with other projects, however, from Humpe & Humpe to Ich & Ich and 2Raumwohnung.

You can basically list every Neue Deutsche Welle song here as many were one hit wonders (Geier Sturzflug "Bruttosozialprodukt", Fräulein Menke "Hohe Berge", Markus "Ich will Spaß", ...).

malucamaluca
   金, 08/02/2019 - 22:04

Geier Sturzflug and Markus had other hits (Besuchen Sie Europa and Kleine Taschenlampe brenn)...

FlopsiFlopsi
   木, 08/08/2019 - 12:31

Ah, so I'm not alone. I think it's unfair to add Jermaine Jackson as a one-hit-wonder. Yes, "When the Rain Begins to Fall" was his only no. 1 hit, but his album "Dynamite" had a lot of hits at that time, even the videos of this album had been published on VHS.
Top-10-hits had been "Daddy's Home" (no. 9 - U.S.), "Let's Get Serious" (no. 8 in the U.K, no. 9 in the U.S.) and "Do What You Do" (no. 6 - U.K.).
This is only his solo-career, we're not talking about The Jackson 5 or The Jacksons...
According to Wikipedia I could even add more if considering that "the term is most commonly used in regard to music performers with only one top-20 hit single that overshadows their other work".

dionysiusdionysius
   木, 07/02/2019 - 18:47

White Town have had several albums but only really known for Your Woman.

RealAchampnatorRealAchampnator    金, 08/02/2019 - 06:24

Also Nena sung her Song “Irgendwie, irgendwo, irgendwann“ bilingual together with Kim Wilde and called it “Anyplace, Anywhere, Anytime“ and this version I guess also is/was very famous and favoured from some people

MiniacMiniac    金, 08/02/2019 - 06:16

Black aka Colin Vearncombe is one hit wonders? You don't say. Sinead O'Connor, Nena? There's been a mistake. :)

magicmuldermagicmulder
   金, 08/02/2019 - 09:29

Black's follow-up single "Everything Is Coming Up Roses" was quite successful, too, so I'd say "two hit wonder". ;)

MiniacMiniac    金, 08/02/2019 - 19:40

Please, let's be fair. :) He wasn't popular enough, maybe. But he was a good singer and very well loved. :)

SiHo_92SiHo_92    金, 08/02/2019 - 19:58

I hope that Rachel Platten will be able to overcome her "One-Hit-Wonder"-status one day. ;)

RealAchampnatorRealAchampnator    木, 09/02/2023 - 23:53

Adamski - Killer
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Bobby Bloom - Montego Bay
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Bananafishbones - Come to Sin
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Nu Pagadi - Sweetest Poison
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Hanson - MMMBop
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Koreana - Hand in Hand
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Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me
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Joan Osborne - One Of Us
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K-Ci & Jojo - All My Life
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Arthur Brown - Fire
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Edwin Starr - War
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John Miles - Music
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Diazepan MedinaDiazepan Medina
   金, 10/02/2023 - 01:12

Jeanette is not a one hit wonder. She also has Soy Rebelde and Frente a Frente