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i DAFSFFSed and can't believe there isn't a thread on this!
at the moment, i can't get Devil's Diary (aka Bigger Than Jesus) by the Caulfields out of my head.
what are some of your faves?
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You'll Never Stop Me From Loving You - Sonia
Wake Up Boo - the Boo Radleys, There She Goes - the La's.
two from my lifetime, anyway.
hmm, wasn't Freeze Frame and even bigger hit for the J Geils Band?
VH1's list of ''100 greatest one-hit wonders''
Channel 4's ''50 Greatest One Hit Wonders''
Kung Fu Fighting - Carl Douglas
99 Red Balloons - Nena
Because I Got High - Afroman
Sugar, Sugar - The Archies
Can You Dig It? - The Mock Turtles
Always Look on the Bright Side of Life – Monty Python
Spirit in the Sky – Doctor and the Medics (also Norman Greenbaum)
Who Let the Dogs Out – Baha Men
The Safety Dance – Men Without Hats
Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps Please – Splodgenessabounds
Witch Hats
...oh, wait. You said 'best'.
LALZ!!!!!
son of a cunt
wake up boo wasn't a hit was it? anyway, the bood radleys are awesoem all the time. but i donnae wanna start an argument.
dexies - come on eileen/
The Safety Dance – Men Without Witch Hats
republica- get ready
word. Giant Steps is of the greatest albums in history.
one inch badge pin.
White Town - 'Your Woman'
(A fantastic song!)
Not a One hit wonder.... He had ''Rollin' in my 5.0'' and ''Play that Funky Music''
They were popular
Ohyeah: I thought that Republica song was called ''Ready To Go''
Stacey's Mom
so sad that's what they'll be known for
Living on the ceiling- Blancmange (although I do recall a follow up single 'Waves' that countdown played maybe twice before putting it to rest).
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oh yeah, apron was the word i was looking for... don't know why i said smock!
what about.... ''Oooooh-oh Onion Skin!''
did Boom Crash Opera ever have another hit?
Dancing in the Storm, Tupes!
oh of course!
City Flat too!
Great Wall!
nice work PG... fark, Boom Crash Opera was a hit machine!
Susan Christie - I Love Onions
Napoleon XIV - They're Coming To Take Me Away
great wall, what a song.
Indie one hit wonders?
Cornershop - Brimful of Asha
What else?
Candy Flip - Strawberry Fields
Shamen - Ebenezer Goode
Soup Dragons - I'm Free
the babys - Isn't it time
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come on Eileen
The Only Ones - Another girl another planet
Ned's Atomic Dustbin - er.... that one they had
Jesus Jones - Right Here, Right Now
EMF - Unbelievable
Argue all you want, these bands are one hit wonders to the vast majority of the world, much as I love Dexy's
Oh most def! Ripped-off/borrowed a Bob Marley (vocal) riff I think.
you mean the nananana bit trammy? it's the land of 1000 dances ,most famously done by wilson pickett. plus from wikipedia: it samples ''Hot Pants-I'm Coming, I'm Coming, I'm Coming'' by Bobby Byrd and ''Heartbeat'' by Taana Gardner.
boy meets girl - waiting for a star to fall
Beatles
traffic - Nah I was thinking of a different song.
Good to see this thread bumped. I was talking to Mrs JRB the other day (okay, I was talking and she was nodding and watching telly over my shoulder - she does that when I go on about music) and we (I) decided that SHAGGY is unique in the history of music for having been a one-hit wonder three times over.
Just heard The Mavis's 'Cry'. Not sure now why we were so into it at the time!
I asked myself that question at the time.
The thong song. THAT THONG THA THONG THONG THONG