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JasonF

03-25-09 03:56 PM

Name that One Hit Wonder

Found this while I was poking around YouTube and I thought I'd share:

34 "one-hit wonders," although some of the artists had more than one hit. How many can you name? There were only two that stumped me completely and another 4 where I knew the song but couldn't connect it up with the band (although in all 4 cases, as soon as I googled the song, I immediately had one of those "Of course!" moments).

cdollaz

03-25-09 04:03 PM

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Quite a few of those are not one-hit wonders, but fun to try and guess them all.

JasonF

03-25-09 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by cdollaz (Post 9348917)

Quite a few of those are not one-hit wonders, but fun to try and guess them all.

Yeah, I thought

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was a trick question because there is no way they qualify as a one-hit wonder.

The Bus

03-25-09 05:35 PM

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I could not in any way recognize 1, 3, 8, 17, 18, 26, 28, 31, or 32. I only went through it once.

JZ1276

03-25-09 06:00 PM

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The Bus

03-25-09 06:19 PM

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16:

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tonyc3742

03-25-09 06:43 PM

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I have a few I think

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I know I know 17, I just can't think of it. I heard it all the time on the radio station at work.

Luther Heggs

03-25-09 06:51 PM

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17 - Maria Muldaur "Midnight at the Oasis"
18 - Steam "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye"
31 - Some Guy "Walking in Memphis"
32 - The Hues Corporation "Rock the Boat"

Lee Harvey Oswald

03-25-09 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by JZ1276 (Post 9349276)

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JCWBobC

03-25-09 08:05 PM

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20. Modern English/Melt With You

Rocketdog2000

03-25-09 09:07 PM

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The only one I can't get is #1. All the rest have already been correctly identified, with the exception of the artists on these...

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I find most of these "One Hit Wonder" things to be fairly subjective. Quite a few of these bands, as has also been mentioned, had more than one hit. Not necessarily all in the US, but in their own countries or others to be sure.

printerati

03-25-09 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Rocketdog2000 (Post 9349626)

The only one I can't get is #1.

Sinead O'Connor.

JP5683

03-26-09 03:20 AM

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I love one-hit wonders.

Got 'em all except #16 and #29.

Mondo Kane

03-26-09 11:22 AM

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Knew all except #17,29,34

The Infidel

03-26-09 12:40 PM

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Without looking at any of your answers, here's the ones I got on first listen. Please feel free to correct.

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It's amazing how many people think of certain artists as one hit wonders, just because they don't know any of their other songs. For example, Aha has always been huge in Europe, and have lots of hits over there.

Michael Corvin

03-26-09 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Luther Heggs (Post 9349376)

31 - Some Guy "Walking in Memphis"

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