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Re: Best One-Hit Wonder Bands

junodog4 — Sat, 25 Oct 2014 13:08:29 GMT

Author: junodog4

Posted: 10/25/2014 17:08

Dead Prez...

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Re: Best One-Hit Wonder Bands

antiloopje — Sat, 25 Oct 2014 08:55:16 GMT

Author: antiloopje

Posted: 10/25/2014 12:55

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The Wallace Collection. They made one album at Abbey Road (unseen for a Belgian band), created this hit, had succes, got slowly sick of touring and stopped as a band. None of their other 'hits' came near the succes of this one. It made them big and that was probably the worst thing that could happen to them at that point.

Re: Best One-Hit Wonder Bands

latenighttv — Sat, 25 Oct 2014 00:24:49 GMT

Author: latenighttv

Posted: 10/25/2014 04:24

HoldenM wrote:

A-ha comes to mind. Apparently, they were pretty huge east of the Atlantic, but had limited exposure in the states.

Yeah, often a supposed one-hit wonder band is very successful in home country - with a-ha they've had about 10 Norwegian #1's! There are people in Europe who'd probably regard Midnight Oil as a one-hit wonder ('Beds Are Burning'), but they've obviously had lots of hits at home.

Nowadays if I ever think of my fave one-hit wonders I think of one called 'Independent Love Song' by Scarlet from the mid '90s - they actually followed it up with a less successful hit but no-one remembers that one...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElkqPNvMj6w

'Carry Me Home' by Gloworm - in my top 10 songs for the '90s...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocesyTnYx14

Countless dance-crossover tunes as well like 'Rapture' by iiO...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=on8DJBt07eU

Re: Best One-Hit Wonder Bands

HoldenM — Fri, 24 Oct 2014 23:31:16 GMT

Author: HoldenM

Posted: 10/25/2014 03:31

A-ha comes to mind. Apparently, they were pretty huge east of the Atlantic, but had limited exposure in the states.

Re: Best One-Hit Wonder Bands

Charicature — Fri, 24 Oct 2014 17:22:21 GMT

Author: Charicature

Posted: 10/24/2014 21:22

Technically a two-hit wonder, but his other hit wasn't even top-20 and I don't remember it at all (Naughty Naughty). So I'll put up John Parr for St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion). It's a great song, from a guy that did the theme songs for 12 films yet only put one song at the top of the charts.

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Re: Best One-Hit Wonder Bands

Anonymous — Fri, 24 Oct 2014 13:59:33 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 10/24/2014 17:59

Listmeister wrote:

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida by Iron Butterfly

They had other albums, but this is the only one anyone cares about. Actually, side two (the 17 minute title track) is the only part they care about. My own vinyl copy has a pristine side one, but side two, not so much.

I was going to post that after trying some more Iron Butterfly!

Anyway, I'm a bit fond of their debut, Heavy. The album lacks good production (except in a couple tracks), but Iron Butterfly knows how to write a good song. I really like the "Iron Butterfly Theme."

Re: Best One-Hit Wonder Bands

Listmeister — Fri, 24 Oct 2014 13:24:45 GMT

Author: Listmeister

Posted: 10/24/2014 17:24

Re: Best One-Hit Wonder Bands

meccalecca — Fri, 24 Oct 2014 10:29:22 GMT

Author: meccalecca

Posted: 10/24/2014 14:29

James, Dexy's, Devo, and hell probably even XTC have all been called one hit wonders here in the States. It's really dumb.

Re: Best One-Hit Wonder Bands

newbands1 — Fri, 24 Oct 2014 02:30:02 GMT

Author: newbands1

Posted: 10/24/2014 06:30

A lot of these so-called one hit wonders bands if you gave their other songs a chance usually they're not that bad.

Re: Best One-Hit Wonder Bands

Anonymous — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 20:39:16 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 10/24/2014 00:39

meruizh wrote:

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The La's by The La's

One hit wonder, one hit album, one hit band

Not a one hit for the album of the day though

Re: Best One-Hit Wonder Bands

meruizh — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 20:36:48 GMT

Author: meruizh

Posted: 10/24/2014 00:36

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The La's by The La's

One hit wonder, one hit album, one hit band

Best One-Hit Wonder Bands

Anonymous — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 20:32:25 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 10/24/2014 00:32

Everyone knows the story of a band that only had "one good song" or "one good album." But some of us like bands that have more than that, right? So, post them here. When I think of some, I'll post 'em.

And as long as we're talking about one hit wonders, I'll post some Wonders.

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