One Hit Wonder Day

[Sonik Wiz]

oohhh, The Sun Always Shines is another classic!
yeah... these guys really good! Remember seeing them on Live 8 and the singer looks like he has not aged at all!!!

I guess they belong in the 2 or 3 hit wonder archives. I have Live 8 and never noticed them. I will do so next time. Thanks.

 

[GOS]

Red Siren - All Is Forgiven

Amazing song, never heard it.

 

[GOS]

 

[GOS]

 

[GOS]

 

[GOS]

 

[The Rang]

They had a ton of hits up here in Canada, though SCW was the only hit in the US

 

[LuvMyQuad]

From my adolescent years.



From my college days

 

[jdmack]

From my college days

I was just about to share the Timbuk 3 song! I loved their first album and I really enjoyed the two times I saw them perform (pre-band).

 

[winopener]

What constitutes a one-hit-wonder? Is it an act that has only one song that makes the Billboard Top 100? There are a number of acts declared one-hit-wonders that actually have at least one other song that made the top 100:

Add to that the fact that it depends specifically about the country you're referring to: while there is surely a hit song that placed a singer/group on the musical map, chart reaction may differ widely depending on where it was released.
Three examples taken by the posted videos above:

Andrea True Connection: another BIG single in 1978 with "what's your name, what's your number".
We Five: didn't chart at all here.
A-Ha: Take On Me at first release stiffed badly, the second time charted everywhere, following album/singles charted well in various european countries (stay on these roads, the sun always shining... the first ones that comes to mind).

 

[Gimme 4]

867-5309 / Jenny - Tommy Tutone

 

[quicksrt]

Two of my all-time faves from 1970

 

[Simon A]

Edison Lighthouse's Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) is one of my all time faves. The video was actually shot with different people than the studio cats who recorded it. I still love the song to bits.

 

[Bob Romano]

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7...e34hMw1YMnXA&utm_source=copy-link&dl_branch=1

 

[ronsonroll]

Owen Paul with a Marshall Crenshaw cover.

 

[ronsonroll]

The absolute classic one hit wonder.

 

[ronsonroll]

The Blue Nile - Tinstletown in the Rain. Fun fact the subsequent album A Walk Across The Rooftops was released through Hi-Fi specialists Linn as a way to promote their High end Turntable. This Live performance is amazing. In fact their back catalogue needs the Steven Wilson treatment, Atmos mix please.

 

[ronsonroll]

Love and Money - Candybar Express

 

[LuvMyQuad]

From two guys that were primarily actors.

very stimulating....

 

[J. PUPSTER]

From two guys that were primarily actors.

very stimulating....

Sanborn was everywhere back then!