1978 One Hit Wonders page 1978 One Hit Wonder tune timeline
with weekly chart links,
song links and samples at Tunecaster music encyclopedia
The Ultimate One Hit Wonders Site.
Here are all the one hit wonders, year by year, in tune timeline order. Tunecaster samples, full song or video links, downloads, extras, below each song in green.
Stream amazon samples, click play to the right. Full weekly CHART data, click underlined blue chart peaks, 1975 to date.ROCK chart data, click reddish
underlined peaks, 1980 to date.
41 years of one hit wonders, each on its own page; and late 50s, links to far right. SEARCH and find a song, or browse the alphabet for one hit wonders, at bottom of page.
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While Native
New Yorker was the only top 20 hit for Odyssey, the group had
a string of songs that received extensive dance radio play like
Don't Tell Me, Tell Her.
Emotion was
the only top 20 hit for Samantha Sang. She followed-up with
other songs that received some radio airplay, like You Keep
Me Dancing. In 1999, Emotion was remade by Destiny's
Child and became a number 10 hit. The writers of
this song were: Barry
Gibb, Robin
Gibb. The song was from the movie Saturday Night
Fever.
Take This Job
And Shove It received extensive radio airplay in different formats,
and became the most well-known song by Johnny Paycheck. He had
a long string of popular country songs too, like She's All I
Got. Take This Job And Shove It was from the album Take This
Job And Shove It.
Because The
Night was the only top 20 hit for Patti Smith. She had a string
of popular rock songs also, including the 1988 number
16 rock hit People Have The Power. A live version
of Because The Night by Bruce
Springsteen became a number
4 rock hit also. Bruce
Springsteen wrote the song.
Disco anthem
Thank God It's Friday was a top 20 one
hit wonder for Love And Kisses. The group followed-up
with another dance song, How Much, How Much I Love You.
The remake of
the 1973 Ann Peebles moderately radio played song I Can't Stand
The Rain was the only top 20 hit for Eruption. Eruption also
received some radio airplay with One Way Ticket.
King Tut was
the only top 20 hit for Steve Martin. He had some other songs
that received slight radio airplay like Cruel Shoes and Help
I Need A Doctor. Steve Martin was a movie actor and a popular
guest on the TV show Saturday Night Live where he performed
King Tut.
Magnet And Steel
featured guest singers from Fleetwood
Mac. Although this was the only top 20 hit for Walter
Egan, he received some airplay with other songs like Hot Summer
Nights. Magnet & Steel was written by Walter Egan.
Hot Child In
The City was the only top 20 hit for Nick Gilder. He was in
Sweeney Todd, and received some solo airplay from other songs
like Here Comes The Night.
Although I Love
The Nightlife (Disco 'Round) was the only top 20 hit for Alicia
Bridges, she received minor airplay with other songs like Under
The Cover Of Darkness.
