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Old 07-05-02, 09:35 PM
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Your favorite "One Hit Wonder"?

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Old 07-05-02, 10:57 PM
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Probably Take On Me by A-Ha. Would have to be near the top of my favorite videos too.
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i don't know why, but it's incredibly catchy and is the first thing that comes to mind when i hear ONE HIT WONDER...

Are You Jimmy Ray - Jimmy Ray...

such a stupid song..... i love it...

MATT

are you johnny ray? who wants to know? are you slim ray? who wants to know? are you fay wray? who wants to know? are you jimmy ray?
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Norman Greenbaum: Spirit in the Sky
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sisqo (baltimore man) the thong song
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That Dexy Midnight Runners (?) song, Come On Eileen.
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Originally posted by kilcher
Probably Take On Me by A-Ha. Would have to be near the top of my favorite videos too.
True, a-ha never matched the hit they had with "Take on Me" but they've had some other good songs ("The Sun Always Shines on TV" from that album, for example or the theme to The Living Daylights).

Now if I can only recommend (quite highly) Minor Earth Major Sky which I considered one of my favorite albums of 2000 (alongside Dave Matthews Band's The Lillywhite Sessions and Don Byron's A Fine Line).



If you guys need to sample some of the tracks to believe me, please do so... Every single song on the album is listenable with most of them being downright enjoyable.
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Originally posted by gregschmidt
Norman Greenbaum: Spirit in the Sky
Oh, Greg...how could you forget Norman's follow-up "Canned Ham"

"When you gonna buy me a Canned Ham"

It made #46 on the charts...doesn't that qualify?

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The Bus: Have you got the new A-ha album "Lifelines", waiting for my copy from Amazon any day now. Also picked up their Region 2 concert vid, I recommend it to any A-ha fan who has a region-free player.

(The Bus) what's your favourite song off of "Minor Earth.." it's a toss up between "Little Black Heart" and "Summer Moved On" for me.

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Big Country also had a minor hit with "Fields Of Fire" - an excellent track, IMHO.

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Mazzy Star- "Fade into You"
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Originally posted by gregschmidt
Norman Greenbaum: Spirit in the Sky
I'll do you one better. Doctor and the Medics with their remake of Norman Greenbaum's Spirit in the Sky.

There are too many to list, but one that sticks in my mind at the moment is Tarzan Boy - Baltimora.
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Originally posted by jkcarter
Big Country: In a big country
They had hits with Look Away, and Fields of Fire.
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I always hear Lisa Lobe called a one hit wonder, but I liked most of her songs - I don't know if they were hits or not, but they were good.
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Originally posted by ziggy
I always hear Lisa Lobe called a one hit wonder, but I liked most of her songs - I don't know if they were hits or not, but they were good.
Lisa Loeb, is definitely NOT a one-hit wonder! Stay was very popular as well as some other hits that made on the charts. She may not be popular, but she is very talented and love her music.



My favorite one hit wonder is by Vanilla Ice.

Ice, Ice Baby!
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Jimmy Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower

Really, his only "hit" song that charted.
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A-Ha: Take On Me

and

The Outfield: Your Love (I guess this was a hit)
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Originally posted by Mazinger
A-Ha: Take On Me

and

The Outfield: Your Love (I guess this was a hit)
Actually, the Outfield had at least 4-5 hit singles: Your Love, Voices of Babylon, For You, Say It Isn't So, and Closer to Me.
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707 - "I Could be Good for You"
Great one, rkndkn! I loved their follow-up Megaforce just as well though.


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