Posted October 8, 201014 yr Year Artist Title 1954 Kitty Kallen Little Things Mean A Lot 1956 Dreamweavers It's Almost Tomorrow 1958 Kalin Twins When 1959 Jerry Keller Here Comes Summer 1960 Ricky Valance Tell Laura I Love Her 1962 B. Bumble & The Stingers Nut Rocker 1966 Overlanders Michelle 1968 Crazy World Of Arthur Brown Fire 1969 Zager & Evans In The Year 2525 (Exordium And Terminus) 1969 Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg Je T'aime...Moi Non Plus 1969 Archies Sugar Sugar 1970 Lee Marvin Wand'rin' Star 1970 Norman Greenbaum Spirit In The Sky 1970 Matthew's Southern Comfort Woodstock 1971 Clive Dunn Grandad 1973 Simon Park Orchestra Eye Level 1975 Typically Tropical Barbados 1976 J.J. Barrie No Charge 1977 Floaters Float On 1978 Althia & Donna Uptown Top Ranking 1978 Brian & Michael Matchstalk Men And Matchstalk Cats And Dogs 1979 Anita Ward Ring My Bell 1979 Lena Martell One Day At A Time 1980 Fern Kinney Together We Are Beautiful 1980 M*A*S*H Theme From Mash (Suicide Is Painless) 1981 St. Winifred's School Choir There's No One Quite Like Grandma 1981 Joe Dolce Music Theatre Shaddap Your Face 1982 Charlene I've Never Been To Me 1985 Phyllis Nelson Move Closer 1985 The Crowd You’ll Never Walk Alone 1987 M/A/R/R/S Pump Up The Volume 1987 Ferry Aid Let It Be 1988 Robin Beck The First Time 1989 Various Artists Ferry Cross The Mersey 1990 Partners In Kryme Turtle Power 1991 Hale & Pace The Stonk 1994 Doop Doop 1996 Dunblane Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door 1997 The Teletubbies Teletubbies Say Eh-Oh 1998 Chef Chocolate Salty Balls 1999 Mr Oizo Flat Beat 1999 Baz Luhrmann Everybody’s Free (To Wear Sunscreen) 2001 Rui Da Silva Touch Me 2001 DJ Pied Piper & The Master Of Ceremonies Do You Really Like It 2002 Las Ketchup The Ketchup Song (Asereje) 2003 Michael Andrews featuring Gary Jules Mad World 2004 DJ Casper Cha Cha Slide 2004 Frankee F.U.R.B. (F U Right Back) 2004 3 Of A Kind Babycakes 2005 Steve Brookstein Against All Odds 2005 Nizlopi JCB Song 2010 Yolanda Be Cool vs. D Cup We No Speak Americano 2010 The Wanted All Time Low I've been updating my current chart notes, I've taken Joe McElderry out already as he will have a second single next week. There seems to be a huge gap between 2005 and 2010, not sure if I missed anyone else out. Everyhit.com seems they haven't updated since last year, and they way behind with the Number 1's of 2010, last entry was Scouting For Girls.
October 8, 201014 yr Give Olly and The Wanted a chance! they've only had one song :lol: I think Owl City is by far the most obvious one here, I think he should be included you can add Daniel Powter for 2005 Edited October 8, 201014 yr by chart wizard
October 8, 201014 yr I think Owl City is by far the most obvious one here, I think he should be included That depends whether you see the Official Chart as a top 75 or top 100. Vanilla Twilight got to number 94 in February.
October 8, 201014 yr Author That depends whether you see the Official Chart as a top 75 or top 100. Vanilla Twilight got to number 94 in February. According to MW database they have had 3 singles :blink: Fireflies, Maybe I'm Dreaming, and Umbrella Beach edit: Maybe I'm Dreaming and Umbrella Beach made the dance chart
October 8, 201014 yr DJ Casper had a #16 hit later in 2004. Do Vanessa Jenkins & Bryn West count from last year? I suppose Tom Jones and Barry Gibb were included in that. Other than that, it looks like every single #1 from December 2005 to July 2010 has had more than one hit :o Longest ever run!!
October 8, 201014 yr Oh I see you mean one hit wonders by 'a number 1 and no other top 100 single', I think Olly and The Wanted definitely will get other hits
October 8, 201014 yr Author The problem with Owl City Fireflies is the only single made the top 75 on the MW site and Vanilla Twilight made the top 100 on the OCC site. So I'm taking Owl City did have a follow up single. Thanks Bray, I forgot about Olly's B-side track.
October 8, 201014 yr Oh I see you mean one hit wonders by 'a number 1 and no other top 100 single', I think Olly and The Wanted definitely will get other hits That's the definition Guinness used to use (although it was mostly top 75) and the definition used by everyhit.com. That site doesn't get updated very much these days - they still have JLS as a one hit wonder.
October 8, 201014 yr I think it should be based on top 40. :kink: Only reason is because an artist might have a massive no. 1 hit then have some semi-flops (well what I consider songs charting between 41-75) that are never remembered. Aneke 'Japanese Boy' is definitely a one hit wonder. The follow up peaked at no. 50 but who honestly remembers it? (apart from me because I used the track 'Little Lady' to create a silly dance track a few years ago :lol: )
October 8, 201014 yr why the hell are olly & the wanted there? :huh: Olly Murs has been removed for the reason given above. The Wanted qualify as one hit wonders at the moment although it's pretty obvious they won't be there for long.
October 9, 201014 yr I think it should be top 75. Do most people take 'one hit wonder' to mean one big hit (top 5, 10 or 20) as opposed to #1? Strictly speaking it means just a #1, right? I think most people wouldn't automatically think that, though.
October 9, 201014 yr I think it should be top 75. Do most people take 'one hit wonder' to mean one big hit (top 5, 10 or 20) as opposed to #1? Strictly speaking it means just a #1, right? I think most people wouldn't automatically think that, though. Well I usually refer to "one hit wonder" as one massive hit - even if it peaked at #2, #3 or even #4 but follow up releases all bombed outside the top 40. Another example; OMC - How Bizarre (1996)
October 9, 201014 yr Well I usually refer to "one hit wonder" as one massive hit - even if it peaked at #2, #3 or even #4 but follow up releases all bombed outside the top 40. Another example; OMC - How Bizarre (1996) The advantage of the definition as a number one and no other chart hits is that it is simple. It means you don't have to define "massive hit". After all, while Love The Way You Lie is clearly a massive hit despite not making number one, does Diana Vickers' Once - a number one but only five weeks in the top 40 - count as "massive"?
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