Your Favorite one hit wonder?

[bsfins]

^^ I think of a one hit wonder as When you ask the average person...Name as many songs as you can by.......and they only can name 1....sometimes two..they're probably a one hit wonder....but...I guess I'm just waay off in my thinking.....

[MaineDolFan]

What makes a hit?  A song that did not reach the top 40 does not constitute a hit to me.

Exactly.

Naked Eyes "Always Something There to Remind Me" maxed at #8 and was only at that spot for a week.  It went from 17 to 8 and then down into the 20's.  "Promises, Promises" went to 11, also short lived, and dropped into the 30's immediately following that.  I played both singles as currents working part time at my CHR.  I had just broken into radio.

So sorry, Tommy...Naked Eyes is very much a one hit wonder.

Heavy D and the Boyz:

Now That We Found Love itself is a marginal hit.  It never cracked the top 10 and was only in the top 20 for a week.  Max position #11.  The follow up "Is It Good to You" didn't make it into the top 30, maxing out at 32.  "Got Me Waiting" came out a year later, hit #20 and immediately died the following week.  I was working in Boston at the time doing 10p-1a at Boston's first "rap" station.  "Big Daddy" did better than "Got Me Waiting" - that one hit #18 in 1995.  "Long Distance Girlfriend" hit #20 last year.

And guess what?  He is a one hit wonder. 

Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch had four singles off that CD that also included "Good Vibrations."  And 99 out of 100 people that listened to pop radio in that day STILL couldn't tell you what those songs are.  Me?  I had the "pleasure" of playing them all.  "Wildside" was okay, "I Need Money" sucks as does "Peace."

Just because an artist has more than one song CHART it doesn't take them out of the definition of "one hit wonder."

The Outfield had six songs crack the top 40.  And most people have no clue what they are.  When you are remembered for one song, and one song only...you're a one hit wonder.

Funny thing about one hit wonders?  People sometimes think "that song was huge!"  And most of the time it wasn't.  "Your Love" was everywhere in 1986...and it didn't even make the top 5.

[Phishfan]

I personally consider a song reaching number 6 as a huge hit. It just goes to show all of this is subjective.

[Brian Fein]

I think its important to differentiate between "release" and "hit".  No artists only wrote one song, but lots of artists only had one POPULAR song.

A song whose maximum chart was #44 does not seem like a "hit" to me.

Damn, we can't talk about ANYTHING without starting an argument around here...

[StL FinFan]

I think its important to differentiate between "release" and "hit".  No artists only wrote one song, but lots of artists only had one POPULAR song.

A song whose maximum chart was #44 does not seem like a "hit" to me.

Damn, we can't talk about ANYTHING without starting an argument around here...

What do you mean argument?  It's not an argument, it's a lively discussion! 

[bsmooth]

One hit wonders usually do not have decade long careers with multiple multi-platimun records either.
Most charts usually chart the top 50 or top 100, but radios only concentrate on the top 40 and MTV is even worse.

[Dave Gray]

When (I believe it was) VH1 had a One-Hit-Wonder countdown, they had to give a definition.  As I recall, they said that it was either only one song that made it to the charts OR one song that made it considerably higher than all of their other songs. 

I'm pretty sure that Sir Mix-a-Lot applies. 

[bsfins]

^ it's listed in the Rap one hit wonders...Sir-mix-alot...Baby got back..unfortunately Video unavailable at this time...
http://www.vh1classic.com/view/playlist/1600554/18131/Vh1_Classic_One_Hit_Wonders_Rap/Baby_Got_Back/index.jhtml

It's just an ad,then the unavailable message...

Modified to add...Thumbing around a couple that I hated! 4 non Blondes -What's up,and crash Test Dummies..MMMM  God I hate those...Sorry Hijack..Back to our regularly scheduled program already in progress...

[Sunstroke]

Crash Test Dummies rock...completely. They had a few hits though... Mmm, Mmm, Mmm, Mmm was one, God Shuffled his Feet and Afternoons & Coffeespoons were all over the airways.

I wouldn't know a music chart if one bit me in the ass though. The last time I looked to see where a particular song was on the charts, it was the 70's.

[Buddhagirl]

I wouldn't know a music chart if one bit me in the ass though. The last time I looked to see where a particular song was on the charts, it was the 70's.

Word...minus the 70's thing.

[Phishfan]

Crash Test Dummies rock...completely. They had a few hits though... Mmm, Mmm, Mmm, Mmm was one, God Shuffled his Feet and Afternoons & Coffeespoons were all over the airways.

Here Here. I pop that one in from time to time.

[bsmooth]

^ it's listed in the Rap one hit wonders...Sir-mix-alot...Baby got back..unfortunately Video unavailable at this time...
http://www.vh1classic.com/view/playlist/1600554/18131/Vh1_Classic_One_Hit_Wonders_Rap/Baby_Got_Back/index.jhtml

It's just an ad,then the unavailable message...

Modified to add...Thumbing around a couple that I hated! 4 non Blondes -What's up,and crash Test Dummies..MMMM  God I hate those...Sorry Hijack..Back to our regularly scheduled program already in progress...

4 Non Blondes also did the song Joey which was on the radio.

[bsmooth]

When (I believe it was) VH1 had a One-Hit-Wonder countdown, they had to give a definition.  As I recall, they said that it was either only one song that made it to the charts OR one song that made it considerably higher than all of their other songs. 

I'm pretty sure that Sir Mix-a-Lot applies. 

You can listen to any radio station that caters to the hip hop crowd, and you will here more Sir Mix a Lot songs than just Baby got Back. I know this is the case in California, Washington, and even in Oregon.

[Dave Gray]

^^^

Fine, but look at the 2nd part of the definition.  "Baby Got Back" reached a level of popularity 100x that of any of his other songs.   ...not just in terms of radio play and sales, but also in terms of cultural reach.

[bsmooth]

^^^

Fine, but look at the 2nd part of the definition.  "Baby Got Back" reached a level of popularity 100x that of any of his other songs.   ...not just in terms of radio play and sales, but also in terms of cultural reach.

But not until the video was banned from MTV to late hours. As a fan I was listening to that album as soon as it came out, and played that song for my friends who had not heard it yet, but as soon as that video came out, BAM it went to the next level. I do not even think it is his best song.