The Ultimate one hit wonders thread........
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@Stockcar86 said in The Ultimate one hit wonders thread........:
I can name of bunch of his other songs, but I'm betting most other people can't (off course excluding his Monkey's hits)
Silver Moon and Rio spring to mind.
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@MN5 said in The Ultimate one hit wonders thread........:
Rules are pretty simple, every song has to be instantly recognizable and it has to be fucken hard if not downright impossible to name a second song from the group/singer.
You have actually let us children loose without many boundaries there. I'm not sure that it is good parenting, albeit good fun for us kids and some great tracks.
Google has most of the songs that have been mentioned, but I will want an answer as to the ultimate. A Poll maybe, after another week or two?
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@Stockcar86 said in The Ultimate one hit wonders thread........:
I can name of bunch of his other songs, but I'm betting most other people can't (off course excluding his Monkey's hits)
I don't know what was worse, the song or the video. What TF was the deal with the C grade Hulk Hogan?
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"Tainted love" @MiketheSnow being second behind "Macarena" from some random google thing. I've never heard of another Soft cell song
I do think the U.K is regional music wise, it might well sell more singles because it has a lot of people, but the "hits" aren't heard down here much, as amusing and awful as the Christmas music is. Nena being mentioned above is a prime example, we all know the fucking balloons, but nothing else (except Germans who probably know all of her songs).
That draw against North Harbour might have annoyed me - sorry Mike
I also want a poll. Nominate your best track by an artist / band that went on to do fuck all else? I just don't know how to do that.
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Your welcome
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@Snowy said in The Ultimate one hit wonders thread........:
"Tainted love" @MiketheSnow being second behind "Macarena" from some random google thing. I've never heard of another Soft cell song
I do think the U.K is regional music wise, it might well sell more singles because it has a lot of people, but the "hits" aren't heard down here much, as amusing and awful as the Christmas music is. Nena being mentioned above is a prime example, we all know the fucking balloons, but nothing else (except Germans who probably know all of her songs).
That draw against North Harbour might have annoyed me - sorry Mike
I also want a poll. Nominate your best track by an artist / band that went on to do fuck all else? I just don't know how to do that.
Agree, I'm astounded that the cretins that made Aga do continued to/were allowed to continue make to music and it was reasonably popular in the Uk
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@jegga said in The Ultimate one hit wonders thread........:
@Snowy said in The Ultimate one hit wonders thread........:
"Tainted love" @MiketheSnow being second behind "Macarena" from some random google thing. I've never heard of another Soft cell song
I do think the U.K is regional music wise, it might well sell more singles because it has a lot of people, but the "hits" aren't heard down here much, as amusing and awful as the Christmas music is. Nena being mentioned above is a prime example, we all know the fucking balloons, but nothing else (except Germans who probably know all of her songs).
That draw against North Harbour might have annoyed me - sorry Mike
I also want a poll. Nominate your best track by an artist / band that went on to do fuck all else? I just don't know how to do that.
Agree, I'm astounded that the cretins that made Aga do continued to/were allowed to continue make to music and it was reasonably popular in the Uk
There is no law in the UK preventing this sort of thing and yes, it is a gap in our judicial system. In the meantime I wait forlornly for some vigilante justice to be doled out.
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@Snowy said in The Ultimate one hit wonders thread........:
@jegga I'm sorry, "Aga" or "Aga do" who the fuch are they?
The rock that I live under is really heavy and I don't like to crawl out much.
If you've never heard of Black lace[ the band that sings aga do] you're one of the lucky ones. Keep it that way, don't search it and try and listen to it.
Be strong, don't let your curiosity get the better of you.
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@Catogrande said in The Ultimate one hit wonders thread........:
@jegga said in The Ultimate one hit wonders thread........:
@Snowy said in The Ultimate one hit wonders thread........:
"Tainted love" @MiketheSnow being second behind "Macarena" from some random google thing. I've never heard of another Soft cell song
I do think the U.K is regional music wise, it might well sell more singles because it has a lot of people, but the "hits" aren't heard down here much, as amusing and awful as the Christmas music is. Nena being mentioned above is a prime example, we all know the fucking balloons, but nothing else (except Germans who probably know all of her songs).
That draw against North Harbour might have annoyed me - sorry Mike
I also want a poll. Nominate your best track by an artist / band that went on to do fuck all else? I just don't know how to do that.
Agree, I'm astounded that the cretins that made Aga do continued to/were allowed to continue make to music and it was reasonably popular in the Uk
There is no law in the UK preventing this sort of thing and yes, it is a gap in our judicial system. In the meantime I wait forlornly for some vigilante justice to be doled out.
If theres any upside to your nations eventual adoption of sharia law its the knowledge that so many in your entertainment industry will finally get whats coming to them. Hopefully James Corden has moved back to the Uk by then.
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@jegga said in The Ultimate one hit wonders thread........:
@Catogrande said in The Ultimate one hit wonders thread........:
@jegga said in The Ultimate one hit wonders thread........:
@Snowy said in The Ultimate one hit wonders thread........:
"Tainted love" @MiketheSnow being second behind "Macarena" from some random google thing. I've never heard of another Soft cell song
I do think the U.K is regional music wise, it might well sell more singles because it has a lot of people, but the "hits" aren't heard down here much, as amusing and awful as the Christmas music is. Nena being mentioned above is a prime example, we all know the fucking balloons, but nothing else (except Germans who probably know all of her songs).
That draw against North Harbour might have annoyed me - sorry Mike
I also want a poll. Nominate your best track by an artist / band that went on to do fuck all else? I just don't know how to do that.
Agree, I'm astounded that the cretins that made Aga do continued to/were allowed to continue make to music and it was reasonably popular in the Uk
There is no law in the UK preventing this sort of thing and yes, it is a gap in our judicial system. In the meantime I wait forlornly for some vigilante justice to be doled out.
If theres any upside to your nations eventual adoption of sharia law its the knowledge that so many in your entertainment industry will finally get whats coming to them. Hopefully James Corden has moved back to the Uk by then.
I am even now placing the mat facing towards Meccah.
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@Snowy said in The Ultimate one hit wonders thread........:
@jegga I'm tough curiosity wise and will take the advice. Thanks.
There is one reason why some of those people /bands are one hit wonders. The rest of their music, is shit.
Thats the worst part , they were actually successful in the charts with other songs despite their music being widely despised
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@Snowy said in The Ultimate one hit wonders thread........:
I also want a poll. Nominate your best track by an artist / band that went on to do fuck all else? I just don't know how to do that.
From the tracks posted it seems like the One Hit Wonder falls into a number of categories:
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A genuine bolt from the blue. An above average hit song which for some unknown reason was the artist / band's one and only release
e.g. Norman Greenspan - Spirit In The Sky -
A below average hit which was released on the back of an event or gimmick
e.g. Clive Dunn - Grandad -
An above average song which was the artist / band's one and only Top 10? Top 20? Top 40? hit. Prior and subsequent releases either didn't chart or didn't reach the required number.
e.g. The Members - Sound Of The Suburbs
Feel free to add / ammend
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With respect to @Catogrande' 'Sugar Sugar' is this the ultimate One Hit Wonder?
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@MiketheSnow Does it count if it was a hit twice? Albeit with some alternative virtue signallers?
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@Catogrande said in The Ultimate one hit wonders thread........:
@MiketheSnow Does it count if it was a hit twice?
Was waiting for that
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@MiketheSnow said in The Ultimate one hit wonders thread........:
@Snowy said in The Ultimate one hit wonders thread........:
I also want a poll. Nominate your best track by an artist / band that went on to do fuck all else? I just don't know how to do that.
From the tracks posted it seems like the One Hit Wonder falls into a number of categories:
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A genuine bolt from the blue. An above average hit song which for some unknown reason was the artist / band's one and only release
e.g. Norman Greenspan - Spirit In The Sky -
A below average hit which was released on the back of an event or gimmick
e.g. Clive Dunn - Grandad -
An above average song which was the artist / band's one and only Top 10? Top 20? Top 40? hit. Prior and subsequent releases either didn't chart or didn't reach the required number.
e.g. The Members - Sound Of The Suburbs
Feel free to add / am
mendHave done
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