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The
Ultimate One Hit Wonders Site
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Over 800 One Hit Wonders
with audio samples here,
at the ultimate One Hit Wonders
site. Find a different One Hit
Wonder year directly below,
or
use the One Hit Wonder song
index, or One Hit
Wonder artist
and group index.
Return to the One
Hit Wonder Home Page
here.
Scroll down to the bottom to
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The One Hit Wonder Controversy.
Each song has a note to explain
why may be considered a One
Hit Wonder. You get to decide
if it is.
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Just
A Friend borrowed from (You) Got What
I Need by Freddie Scott. The song was
the only top 20 hit for Biz Markie, but
the group had a few songs that received
some soul radio airplay. In 2002, Mario
took a remake, Just A Friend 2002, to
number three. |
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Although
No Myth was the only pop top 20 hit for
Michael
Penn, he had a few rock top
20 hits. |
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Jan
1990
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Mar
1990
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29
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If
U Were Mine was the first and biggest
song by The
U-Krew. The group followed-up
the song with two less known rap songs.
If U Were Mine was from the original album
The U-Krew. |
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Don't
Wanna Fall In Love was the only pop top
20 hit by Jane
Child. She had a few songs
that had minor radio airplay too.
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I
Wanna Be Rich was the only top 20 hit
for Calloway. The follow-up, All The Way,
received minor radio airplay. |
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Whole
Wide World was the only top 20 hit song
for A'Me Lorain. The follow-up, Follow
My Heartbeat, received some radio airplay.
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Although
House Of Pain was the only rock top 20
hit for Faster
Pussycat, the group received
quite a bit of rock airplay for other
songs. House Of Pain was from the original
album Wake Me When It's Over.
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Turtle
Power was the only top
20 hit by Partners In Kryme.
the duo released other songs too, like
On A Lonely Road, which received minor
radio airplay. Turtle Power! was from
the movie Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
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Perfect
Gentlemen followed-up Ooh La
La (I Can't Get Over You) with the song
One More Chance, which received slight
radio airplay. |
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Notice
Me was the only top 20 hit for Nikki.
He also received slight radio airplay
with the song Cry Baby. |
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Mentirosa
was the only top 20 hit for Mellow Man
Ace. He received minor radio airplay with
other songs like Do This. |
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I
Melt With You was a rock
top 20 hit in 1983, and made
the pop top 20 in 1990. Modern
English never had another pop
or rock top 20 hit, but had a string of
alternative songs that received some radio
airplay. I Melt With You was from the
original album After The Snow.
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I'll
Be Your Chauffeur was the only rock
top 20 hit for David J. He
received minor radio airplay with other
songs too, like Blue Moods Turning Tail.
David J was the bassist in Bauhaus.
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Epic
was the only pop
top 20 song for Faith No More.
The group had other rock top 20 hits.
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Tic-Tac-Toe
borrowed from the 1983 number
one song Owner Of A Lonely
Heart by Yes. While Tic-Tac-toe was the
only top
20 hit for Kyper, he had other
songs that received minor radio airplay
like Life Is Hard. |
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The
top 20 hit song Knockin' Boots borrowed
from Ooh Boy by Rose
Royce. Candyman did not have
another top 20 song, but received some
airplay with Melt In Your Mouth just over
a year later. |
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Hippychick
borrowed from How Soon Is Now by The Smiths.
A few months after Hippychick became the
group's only top 20 hit song, Soho received
very slight radio airplay with the song
Freaky. |
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Groove
Is In The Heart was the first and final
top 20 hit song for Deee-Lite.
The group followed-up with a few more
dance songs. |
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Although
Wiggle It was the only top 20 hit for
2
In A Room, the group had a
few other songs that received some pop
and dance radio airplay. |
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