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Posted by: Jonjo 20th February 2020, 02:28 PM
..aren't actually "one hit" wonders.
I'm speaking about those who have had one massive hit, but managed to score another one or two "hits" despite nobody remembering the other songs and only remembering their biggest one/where they're considered one hit wonders?
Examples:
Ava Max currently. I'm a fan, but I doubt anyone will actually remember So Am I in 2 years and just remember Sweet But Psycho.
Sandi Thom had a HUGE hit with I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker (With Flowers In My Hair), but What If I'm Right (which is a B A N G E R) managed to go top 30 but nobody ever remembers it and only remembers her number 1 smash.
Also lets all LOL now and get it out of our system at the non-serious comments of artists who have had several hits but have only done one good song etc.. lolololol roflmao
EDIT: Preferably top 40 singles (the general public never really cared beyond that 
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Posted by: ThePensmith 20th February 2020, 02:34 PM
Eiffel 65 are prime candidates for this sort of topic. 'Blue (Da Ba Dee)' still remembered and loved by most, but 'Move Your Body' maybe less so despite the fact it went top 3 here. They could so easily have been one hit wonders in the true sense though!
Posted by: M4NGO 20th February 2020, 02:42 PM
I bet there are literally hundreds of examples of this. But one that immediately springs to my mind is Chesney Hawkes - obviously everyone remembers him for #1 smash 'The One And Only' but he actually had a further five Top 75 singles (I actually prefer his second single 'I'm A Man Not A Boy' to 'The One And Only').
Also, agreed that 'What If I'm Right' is a confirmed BANGER.
Posted by: SLlewellyn 20th February 2020, 02:56 PM
I mean Radio 1 included Carly Rae Jepsen in a 'One Hit Wonders' show with "Call Me Maybe", completely forgetting her two other T10 hits ("Good Time" and "I Really Like You") 
Posted by: Dobbo 20th February 2020, 02:58 PM
Hozier
Posted by: M4NGO 20th February 2020, 03:03 PM
Did anyone else know that OMI followed up his #1 hit 'Cheerleader' with a song called 'Hula Hoop' which peaked at #75?
Posted by: Jonjo 20th February 2020, 03:06 PM
Maybe I should have said in my OP but top 40 singles. Sorry, my bad! 
Good suggestions so far though!
Posted by: Bré 20th February 2020, 03:19 PM
He also returned to the top 40 featuring on the single version of The Vamps' 'I Found A Girl'. Which the OCC chose to acknowledge in their eternal inconsistency despite never crediting Demi Lovato on 'Somebody To You'. x
For some reason my first thought is Crazy Frog. Seems like it should be an archetypal one hit wonder but the Crazy Frog hype lasted a whole year and a half with five top 20 singles (and even 3 charting albums although only the first made the top 40).
Posted by: Jack 20th February 2020, 03:28 PM
'What If I'm Right' is a million times better than her #01 hit 
Posted by: Dircadirca 20th February 2020, 03:38 PM
It wouldn't surprise me if there are people in the UK who didn't realise Dexys Midnight Runners had another #1 hit, or that Right Said Fred & a-ha had a #1 hit but not with those songs. The latter have SO many hits but one obviously eclipses the rest.
Defining one hit wonders is always a mess though because there's no concrete definition on what a hit is, and for that matter, if cultural osmosis of the time is more important than the ever-evolving present. Is Fort Minor the Mike Shinoda project known for "Where'd You Go", or "Remember The Name"? How long until The Killers are retroactively pigeon-holed as one hit wonders for the same reason as a-ha? It all makes it a kind of useless term because it's mostly propagated by people who don't know what they're talking about, or people trying to dismiss (often super prematurely) the credibility of an artist they don't like.
Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn 20th February 2020, 03:49 PM
That's f***ing absurd, I mean 'I Really Like You' has since been a platinum top 3 hit!
Agreed! I forgot all about this one, need to dig it out.
Posted by: Bjork 20th February 2020, 04:03 PM
Lukas Graham
Tones & I 
Posted by: Bré 20th February 2020, 04:05 PM
Lukas Graham do only have one top 40 hit though.
It's too early to tell re: Tones And I but I'd be surprised if she can't get 'Never Seen The Rain' / another song into at least the top 40, if not scoring another legitimately big hit, after how monstrously huge 'Dance Monkey' was.
Posted by: M4NGO 20th February 2020, 04:41 PM
You actually have more faith in Tones getting another Top 40 hit than I do
How about Babylon Zoo: he followed up the huge #1 'Spaceman' with a further two Top 40 hits but I bet no one can remember them.
Posted by: dan.G 20th February 2020, 04:45 PM
i’m sure there’s quite a lot of dance examples but one of the most baffling in retrospect is that Alice Deejay somehow managed five top 20 hits.
Posted by: dandy* 20th February 2020, 05:17 PM
Worryingly, the first thought that comes to mind is Bob The Builder!
Posted by: M4NGO 20th February 2020, 05:40 PM
Michelle McManus 
Posted by: dandy* 20th February 2020, 06:03 PM
There's lots of dance acts that would fit this from the 90s. I'm thinking the likes of Urban Cookie Collective, Rednex, Haddaway, Corona, Ultra Nate, Real Mccoy, Corona etc
Posted by: Crazy Chris 20th February 2020, 06:48 PM
Going back to 1982. Nicole won Eurovision for Germany with the lovely A Little Peace. Reached No.1 here but she had another hit. At No.75! AFAIK no-one else has ever had a No.1 and a No.75 and nothing else ever.
Posted by: Glenn 69 20th February 2020, 07:22 PM
Doctor and the Medics. Does anyone remember Burn?
Posted by: Glenn 69 20th February 2020, 07:22 PM
Doctor and the Medics. Does anyone remember Burn?
Posted by: tgl92 20th February 2020, 07:30 PM
Just bought a card game and one question refers to Sean Kingston as a one hit wonder
Posted by: awardinary 20th February 2020, 07:42 PM
Gotye & Kimbra – Somebody That I Used To Know
Posted by: Juranamo 20th February 2020, 07:54 PM
Corona so notable they're mentioned twice!
Posted by: awardinary 20th February 2020, 07:57 PM
Also not many people will care to remember how Gentleman sounds like from PSY, but Gangnam Style will still be remembered in years to come.
Posted by: JosephInSpace 20th February 2020, 08:00 PM
They most definitely are one hit wonders though....!
Posted by: dandy* 20th February 2020, 08:09 PM
Ha!
Posted by: Chez Wombat 20th February 2020, 08:24 PM
Gnarls Barkley and Owl City came to mind instantly, the latter especially as he always seemed such an obvious one hit wonder even at the time, that it’s so bizarre he got another hit!
Posted by: Jonjo 20th February 2020, 08:29 PM
But he's a tricky one. He's definitely mostly known for Beautiful Girls, but I wouldn't say nobody knows FB etc..
Posted by: Bré 20th February 2020, 08:32 PM
'Party All Night (Sleep All Day)' surely has to be just as well-known as 'Beautiful Girls' if not moreso these days? Inbetweeners film impact etc.
Posted by: dandy* 20th February 2020, 08:43 PM
There's a fair few more acts who had quite a few hits in the 90s but aren't remembered for anything other than one song by the general public at all... I'm thinking of the likes of Macy Gray, Michelle Gayle, Sinead O'Connor, D:Ream, Right Said Fred, PM Dawn, Shakespear's Sister, The Shamen, Whigfield, N-Trance etc
You could even arguably lump the likes of Natalie Imbruglia and Everything but the Girl in there.
Posted by: Jonjo 20th February 2020, 08:52 PM
(+ I forgot all about it and thought it was FB in 'The Inbetweeners Movie' lmao).
Posted by: awardinary 20th February 2020, 09:04 PM
Could Sigrid fit into this category as well perhaps? 
Posted by: Bré 20th February 2020, 09:33 PM
(+ I forgot all about it and thought it was FB in 'The Inbetweeners Movie' lmao).I only really mean in the UK, I don't think it was a notable hit anywhere else (since it was entirely because of The Inbetweeners).
I may just be biased because I am a fan of The Inbetweeners but still, I'd say it's at least more likely to be recognisable to people in the UK than 'Fire Burning' x
Sigrid never really had any particularly huge hits, just 2 relatively big ones, so I wouldn't say so.
Posted by: dandy* 20th February 2020, 10:13 PM
Yeah I’d say the general public would have just forgotten Sigrid full stop!
Posted by: jimwatts 20th February 2020, 10:36 PM
Mr Blobby
Posted by: paulgilb 20th February 2020, 11:08 PM
Procol Harum are remembered for A Whiter Shade Of Pale but did have another top 10 hit with Homburg.
Scatman John had a massive hit with Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop) but did also have another top 10 hit with Scatman's World.
And Radio 1 once played Kosheen on a one-hit wonders programme despite the fact that they had 4 top 15 hits...
Posted by: awardinary 20th February 2020, 11:14 PM
Chico – It’s Chico Time overshadowed a less impressive Ottawan cover Top 40 hit D.I.S.C.O.
Posted by: hlavkus 20th February 2020, 11:20 PM
Vanilla Ice came to my mind first. Just wanted to say he had one more hit but he actually had four top 40 hits in the UK 
Posted by: M4NGO 20th February 2020, 11:21 PM
Along those lines, MC Hammer too
Posted by: Bré 20th February 2020, 11:22 PM
'U Can't Touch This' was only MC Hammer's 5th highest charting song in the US, fun fact.
Posted by: lewistgreen 20th February 2020, 11:25 PM
Rogue Traders obviously got to #3 with Voodoo Child but how many of you remember Watching You going to #33 straight after it
Technotronic had 6 Top 40 singles (7 if you count the Megamix) but Pump Up The Jam just overshadows everything else.
Posted by: slowdown73 20th February 2020, 11:37 PM
Haddaway isn’t a one hit wonder. He had 4 top 10 hits!
Posted by: slowdown73 20th February 2020, 11:39 PM
Kate Nash - Foundations
Psy - Gangnam Style
Posted by: awardinary 20th February 2020, 11:44 PM
I SEE YOU WATCHING ME WATCHING YOU. #lyricgoals (I remembered)
Posted by: lewistgreen 20th February 2020, 11:50 PM
That’s the whole point of this thread. What Is Love is the most known/recognised/well loved even so much so it feels like a one hit wonder. I couldn’t name any other singles without looking them up.
Posted by: Bjork 21st February 2020, 05:23 AM
but sure not Technotronic, Get Up is also know
Posted by: davidas 21st February 2020, 11:33 AM
I suppose Meghan Trainor to an extent. I mean she's had some success with other songs such as 'No', but will be remembered for 'All About That Bass'
Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn 21st February 2020, 11:40 AM
I'd say 'Baby Baby' (Corona) is surely hugely well-known? The rest I can agree on.
Posted by: M4NGO 21st February 2020, 11:56 AM
'Baby Baby' is my personal favourite out of her songs but I doubt most of the general public would remember anything other than 'The Rhythm Of The Night'.
Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn 21st February 2020, 11:57 AM
Their album and all the Australian singles were FANTASTIC, they deserved so much more in the UK.
Someone clearly didn't read the opening post, and therefore missed the point of the entire thread.
Posted by: N-S 21st February 2020, 04:13 PM
Dead Or Alive had seven top 40 hits (not counting re-releases) but good luck trying to find someone (outside the chart history fandom) who can name another song of theirs besides You Spin Me Round.
Posted by: Crazy Chris 21st February 2020, 04:23 PM
Yes I bought her first album but that's the only song I really know by her.
Posted by: N-S 21st February 2020, 04:24 PM
We've even already forgot that she had a second Number One with "Marvin Gaye".
Posted by: Mack. 21st February 2020, 04:26 PM
Kid Rock, could anyone name his other hits.
Posted by: M4NGO 21st February 2020, 04:34 PM
Some of the examples in this thread are quite tenuous but Dead Or Alive is the perfect example - I couldn't name another one of their seven Top 40 hits!
Posted by: N-S 21st February 2020, 04:39 PM
Until Pete Burns's death, I couldn't do it either but then I searched for more DoA songs and now Something In My House is my personal fave of theirs.
Posted by: N-S 21st February 2020, 04:42 PM
In the US, probably most people would still say Bawitdba or Cowboy, but in the UK, most people would definitely say All Summer Long.
Posted by: The S***e 21st February 2020, 04:42 PM
quite a few around the turn of the millennium:
Darude, ATB, DJ Quicksilver, Sonique, The Tamperer, Phats and Small and So Solid Crew come to mind.
Posted by: ThePensmith 21st February 2020, 04:49 PM
Another song of theirs that was well recognised - but didn't chart/get released here - was 'Fashion', which subsequently went onto be the theme tune for Gok Wan's show he did on Channel 4 called 'Gok's Fashion Fix'.
Posted by: The S***e 21st February 2020, 04:53 PM
Yes and there was also the Sunblock cover in 2007 which brought it back into popularity.
Speaking of Sunblock they are an example too of having a 'one hit wonder which isn't really one' (only 'I'll Be Ready' from them is really remembered by most people) along with (possibly) fellow 00s dance groups Beatfreakz, Uniting Nations, Shapeshifters, Ultrabeat and Love Inc.
Posted by: M4NGO 21st February 2020, 05:43 PM
Darude, ATB, DJ Quicksilver, Sonique, The Tamperer, Phats and Small and So Solid Crew come to mind.
Not sure I'd include Sonique as I'm sure a lot of people will remember 'I Put A Spell On You' and 'Sky', not just 'It Feels So Good'.
Living Joy would be another one.
Posted by: Jonjo 21st February 2020, 09:39 PM
Speaking of Sunblock they are an example too of having a 'one hit wonder which isn't really one' (only 'I'll Be Ready' from them is really remembered by most people) along with (possibly) fellow 00s dance groups Beatfreakz, Uniting Nations, Shapeshifters, Ultrabeat and Love Inc.
Posted by: the s***e 21st February 2020, 09:41 PM
Living Joy would be another one.
Not sure if 'Don't Stop Movin' is that well known or not any more.
D:Ream would be another dance music example from the 90s.
Posted by: Jonjo 21st February 2020, 09:43 PM
Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn 21st February 2020, 10:27 PM
It's VERY well-known, trust me on that one.
Posted by: awardinary 21st February 2020, 10:32 PM
Another 90’s dance suggestion but Outhere Brothers, I mostly remember their smash Boom Boom Boom but their other charted hits are not so well known I would say.
Posted by: hlavkus 21st February 2020, 10:59 PM
Another one which comes to mind is Modestep. Most people know "Sunlight" but it was their second top 40 hit after "Feel Good".
Posted by: Bré 22nd February 2020, 02:38 AM
I'm not sure if this is quite the same considering it's the song that launched Charlie Puth's career, Wiz Khalifa was the interchangeable part of that song despite being the lead artist (I imagine it'd have been just as huge regardless of who was doing the rap parts).
Posted by: Robbie 22nd February 2020, 10:00 AM
I'd imagine most people would think DJ Otzi was a one hit wonder (with 'Hey Baby') but he did have two other top 10 hits. One of his other top 10 hits was admittedly an "unofficial World Cup" remix of 'Hey Baby'.
I had to look it up but Afroman is also seen as a one hit wonder with 'Because I Got High' but he did also have a top 10 hit with the follow up 'Crazy Rap'.
Posted by: Riser 24th February 2020, 02:08 AM
How about Papa Roach ('Last Resort' but they had two other top 40 singles) and Alien Ant Farm ('Smooth Criminal' was the hit but they also had 'Movies' peak at #5).
Would Wheatus qualify with 'Teenage Dirtbag' or do people still remember 'A Little Respect' too?
Posted by: dan.G 24th February 2020, 08:11 AM
I'd say Wheatus count judging by their Spotify numbers for their two biggest hits (202m vs 6m) not to mention A Little Respect is more known in its original version by Erasure.
Posted by: gavindeejay 24th February 2020, 08:58 AM
Stonebridge will always be remembered for 'Put 'Em High', but I much prefer their other Top 10 hit 'Take Me Away'.
Mylo is probably only remembered for the 'Doctor Pressure' mashup whilst the original 'Drop The Pressure' went Top 20 along with 'Destroy Rock 'N' Roll' and 'In My Arms' was a Top 15 hit plus he had another Top 40 with 'Musclecars'
Madison Avenue are probably only known for 'Don't Call Me Baby' when they had another Top 10 with 'Who The Hell Are You' and another Top 40 hits.
The Fray could fall into this too. Everyone knows 'How To Save A Life', but how many would remember 'Cable Car (Over My Head) and they had a few other Top 40 hits too.
I'd also say The Fratellis. 'Chelsea Dagger' was their big hit, but 'Whistle For The Choir' was a massive radio hit as well as another Top 10 hit for them too as well as a couple of other Top 40 hits they had.
Posted by: Bjork 24th February 2020, 10:35 AM
not sure if Olive have been mentioned, that's the best example #1 with You're not Alone, then #14 with the follow up (Outlaw), and never trouble the top 40 again
actually the opening post asked for someone who had had a big hit + 1/2 extra small hits, sure that's not the case for most of the examples cited, people like D:Ream had like 12 hits
what you're saying it's examples of acts that had a massive #1 that eclipsed the rest of other hits they had, but you can say the same for almost every act that has charted, I'm sure many people on the street remembers Britney only for Baby One More Time and doesn't know any of there other 30 hits
Posted by: M4NGO 24th February 2020, 10:44 AM
As I said in an earlier post, some of the examples cited are a bit dubious and obviously it's also a bit subjective, for example I was going to mention Wheatus much earlier in the thread but I know 'A Little Respect' quite well so I kinda assumed that most people knew that song too as well 'Teenage Dirtbag'.
I really don't think you can include Britney in this by any stretch of the imagination Olive, however, is pretty much the perfect example!
Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn 24th February 2020, 10:46 AM
I doubt it, 'Toxic' is still so ridiculously overplayed to this day. Pretty sure every person knows 'Oops' too.
Posted by: Rob 24th February 2020, 10:49 AM
He actually had another Top 10 hit with the often-mistaken-for-a-one-hit-wonder Carly Rae Jepsen!
Posted by: Rob 24th February 2020, 10:51 AM
Mylo is probably only remembered for the 'Doctor Pressure' mashup whilst the original 'Drop The Pressure' went Top 20 along with 'Destroy Rock 'N' Roll' and 'In My Arms' was a Top 15 hit plus he had another Top 40 with 'Musclecars'
Madison Avenue are probably only known for 'Don't Call Me Baby' when they had another Top 10 with 'Who The Hell Are You' and another Top 40 hits.
The Fray could fall into this too. Everyone knows 'How To Save A Life', but how many would remember 'Cable Car (Over My Head) and they had a few other Top 40 hits too.
I'd also say The Fratellis. 'Chelsea Dagger' was their big hit, but 'Whistle For The Choir' was a massive radio hit as well as another Top 10 hit for them too as well as a couple of other Top 40 hits they had.
I think Over My Head was also their first big hit in the US and just as big as How To Save a Life (both are certified 3 x Platinum).
Posted by: awardinary 24th February 2020, 11:07 AM
Hailee Steinfeld would probably be considered a one hit wonder with her only Top 10 hit Starving even though she’s had 3 other Top 40 hits.
Posted by: StoneDragon 24th February 2020, 12:23 PM
Tasmin Archer would be a good example too. A well known number 1 with Sleeping Satellite and then 4 other, forgotten, top 40 singles.
Posted by: M4NGO 24th February 2020, 02:36 PM
Adamski too - 'Killer' was a huge #1 but he also had another two Top 40 singles (one previously to 'Killer').
And sticking with 1990 - Londonbeat, Beats International, Maria McKee and Sinead O'Connor.
Posted by: paulgilb 24th February 2020, 11:37 PM
City High had the massive What Would You Do in 2001, but did have another top 10 hit the following year with Caramel.
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