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I'm sure there's lots more. I will do some delving. Lisa Loeb the most famous obvz. Huge no1 for me and one of my favourite songs EVER but no other UK releases :lol: Shakespear's Sister, Gina G and Olive are others that spring to mind.

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If we define a one hit wonder as an act who's had a #1 and no other hits (out of 55 #1s):

 

Aly & AJ – The Potential Break-up Song

Danity Kane - Damaged

Will.I.Am ft. Cheryl Cole - Heartbreaker

Dizzee Rascal ft. Calvin Harris & Chrome - Dance Wiv Me

Groove Armada ft. Mutya Buena – Song 4 Mutya (Out Of Control)

Plain White T’s – Hey There Delilah

Lady GaGa - Just Dance

Kelis ft. Cee-Lo – Lil’ Star

 

Janet Jackson just misses out on the list since she charted for one week with 'Rock With U'.

Here are mine these never charted again other than this #1

 

I'LL STAND BY YOU Pretenders

YOU DON'T LOVE ME (NO, NO, NO) Dawn Penn

I SWEAR All-4-One

7 SECONDS Youssou N'Dour (neneh cherry on this song has had other hits)

INDEPENDENT LOVE SONG Scarlet

DON'T GIVE ME YOUR LIFE Alex Party

U SURE DO Strike

I'LL BE THERE FOR YOU Rembrandts

WHERE THE WILD ROSES GROW Nick Cave (with Kylie who has many times)

GHETTOUT Changing Faces

IT'S LIKE THAT Run DMC

BE CAREFUL Sparkle Featuring R Kelly (r kelly has charted again)

REAL GOOD TIME Alda

MARIA Blondie

WHERE MY GIRLS AT? 7 0 2

U KNOW WHAT'S UP Donell Jones

HEARD IT ALL BEFORE Sunshine Anderson

COMPLETE Jamieson

F*CK IT (I DON'T WANT YOU BACK Eamon

I DON'T WANNA KNOW Mario Winans

I DON’T LIKE THE VIBE IN THE VIP Electrovamp

SHADY LADY Ani Lorak

 

Not so many these days!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • 2 weeks later...

I've only been doing my Buzzjack chart since the summer.

I was, though, on hospital radio for many years and introduced a unique Top 20 show, the ONLY chart compiled completely at random by rolling dice... :dance:

 

I chose all 20 contenders (a mixture of current hits, retro and odd leftfield tracks, pretty much like my Buzzjack chart) and rolled percentile dice scores for them all, with those at the top end getting extra rolls so you didn't have chart runs like 20-1-17-2...

 

I've got all the charts (going back to the late 90s) in books, so I'll consult to find my one hit wonders.

 

As for my Buzzjack chart, a likely one hit wonder is 'Pasos Al Costado' by Turf.

 

 

I'm very much into South American soccer, and this tune forms the basis of a regular crowd chant in Argentina, Chile, Uruguay etc.. I had it go straight in at number one, and there for five weeks, but as none of their other songs has the same resonance, I don't expect them ever to chart again...

My updated list:

 

Booty Luv Some Kinda Rush [1-1-2-2-1-1-2-1-6-9-18-36-44-63]

Filo & Peri Anthem [3-6-8-11-10-3-1-2-5-7-15-19-20-25-30-35-49-37-37-47-73]

Out Of Office Break Of Dawn [64-45-65-1-1-5-4-5-8-4-4-4-14-9-14-20-30-45-44-55-71-72-72]

Utah Saints Something Good 08 [14-2-4-2-1-1-1-3-5-19-37-40-41-49]

Timbaland ft Keri Hilson & Nicole Scherzinger Scream [61-30-3-5-1-3-2-4-5-9-15-23-23-34-44-51]

(Timbaland- #33, #61) (Keri Hilson- #23, #53, #61, #74)

Eric Prydz Pjanoo [32-26-27-29-19-20-2-1-8-23-11-3-6-17-25-25]

Sara Bareilles Love Song [34-22-21-1-2-1-4-6-8-24-31-62-67]

Jordin Sparks ft Chris Brown No Air [41-17-17-11-13-10-9-4-1-9-12-18-24-21-35-58-68]

(Jordin Sparks- #37)

Fragma Toca's Miracle 08 [7-7-3-2-2-1-10-24-41-61-75]

Bodyrox ft Luciana What Planet U On? [2-2-5-7-6-10-18-23-30-30-42-54-70]

Mark Brown ft Sarah Cracknell The Journey Continues [44-26-25-26-19-9-14-9-14-21-19-14-20-26-46-64-66-71-67]

Wideboys ft Shaznay Lewis Daddy O [66-38-40-1-3-4-4-11-21-35-56-73]

Jennifer Lopez Hold It Don't Drop It [4-3-6-4-4-5-7-12-39-50-63]

Cahill Trippin On You [24-3-5-6-4-7-9-14-33-49]

Sugababes Change [9-5-4-1-5-15-25-40-70-75]

(#23, #30, #45)

Electrovamp I Don't Like The Vibe In The VIP [5-9-13-9-9-13-9-17-26-34-44-58]

September Cry For You [55-31-21-16-10-7-12-8-18-31-36-42-39-57]

Zutons Always Right Behind You [40-3-7-14-28-49-62]

Uniting Nations Do It Yourself [17-18-21-12-7-12-11-14-24-31-45-56-73]

Wiley Wearing My Rolex [69-62-49-25-19-18-14-9-12-15-22-34-44-64-71]

(#57, #92)

Dave Spoon Baditude [15-3-2-7-13-25-41-65]

Peter Gelderblom vs RHCP Waiting 4 [20-13-3-6-8-14-22-36-57-68]

Dizzee Rascal ft Calvin Harris Dance With Me [68-27-11-4-5-12-25-33-45-65-70-75-69]

Gnarls Barkley Run [43-32-22-5-11-15-9-18-32-54-65-66]

Mary J Blige Just Fine [40-38-32-21-11-6-6-9-29-45-60]

Chicane vs Natasha Bedingfield Bruised Water [70-22-22-1-5-18-43-57]

(Natasha Bedingfield #25)

Noah The Whale 5 Years Time (Sun Sun Sun) [18-11-2-5-23-40-58-65-54]

Alex Gaudino ft Shena Watch Out [70-53-x-x-52-35-31-16-8-11-19-22-37-57]

Panic At The Disco 9 In The Afternoon [70-43-28-17-12-8-11-14-29-51-63]

Steve Mac Paddy's Revenge [20-10-4-5-4-15-33-50-70]

 

And thats it from my top 75 YTD and being a top 10...

 

 

  • 1 month later...

Ignorning silly little featured artists like T.I and Jay-Z, these are my only one hit wonders (i.e a number one, but no other Top 10 hit). Those who have NEVER had another Top 40 hit are in bold.

 

Kelis ft. Cee-Lo – Lil’ Star

Groove Armada ft. Mutya Buena – Song 4 Mutya (Out Of Control)

Plain White Ts – Hey There Delilah

Aly & AJ – The Potential Break-up Song

Janet Jackson - Feedback

Kelly Rowland - Work

Will.I.Am ft. Cheryl Cole - Heartbreaker

Danity Kane - Damaged

Dizzee Rascal ft. Calvin Harris & Chrome - Dance Wiv Me

Lady GaGa - Just Dance

Alexandra Burke - Hallelujah

Copying the format above, these are the artists who have been to #1 in my chart but no other top 10 hits. The ones in bold haven't had a top 40 hit.

 

Rihanna ft. Ne-Yo – Hate That I Love You

Mutya Buena ft. Amy Winehouse – B Boy Baby

Joss Stone – Baby Baby Baby [2 wks.]

Janet Jackson – Feedback [1 wk.]

Estelle ft. Kanye West – American Boy [3 wks.] [6 wks. Total]

Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown – No Air [2 wks.]

Ida Maria – I Like You So Much Better When You’re Naked [2 wks.]

Artists Stand Up To Cancer – Just Stand Up [1 wk.]*

P!nk – So What [3 wks.]

M.I.A. – Paper Planes [2 wks.]

Alesha Dixon – The Boy Does Nothing [1 wk.]

Lady GaGa – Just Dance [1 wk.]

 

*of the Artists Stand Up To Cancer lot Fergie and Natasha Bedingfield have had top 40 hits but not in the top 10 and Ciara, Sheryl Crow, Melissa Etheridge, Keyshia Cole, Carrie Underwood and LeAnn Rimes have had no other top 40 hits.

 

Chris Brown, Kanye West and Ne-Yo have had several top 40 hits but their female artists helped them reach the top 10. Ida Maria and P!nk are both in my chart with songs that may go top 10. Alesha will probably do well in a few weeks with "Breathe Slow" so I expect her name to disappear from this list soon. The rest would probably make top 10 with another single: M.I.A.'s other 'hit' was off the back of BJSC, Lady GaGa entered with "Christmas Tree", Mutya's was "Song 4 Mutya" in the first few weeks of my chart when it was months old and Joss Stone's was an unofficial single from an advert.

An update from since I last posted in this thread back in March last year.

 

I've now had 2 artists who have had no.1s and nothing else:

Biffy Clyro - Mountains (1-1-1-1-2-3-4-5-8-10)

CSS - Left Behind (5-2-1-1-1-1-4-7-10)

 

I've had a couple of close shaves though:

Infadels - Free Things For Poor People (4-2-1-1-1-2-5-6-8-10)

The single which preceded 'Free Things...' spent one week in the chart at no.10, and 'A Million Pieces' which was released after it peaked at no.9

 

Primal Scream - Country Girl spent 3 weeks at no.1, but Primal Scream's other two entries didn't climb any higher than no.10, and neither spent a particularly long period of time in the chart

artists who have had No.1's in my chart but no other top ten hits:

 

DJ Jean-The Launch

Robert Miles feat Maria Nayler-One & One

Rollergirl-Dear Jessie

Thrillseekers feat Sheryl Deane-Synaesthesia

Fun Factory-I Wanna B With U

Dream-He Loves U Not

Tanel Padar & Dave Benton-Everybody

A Camp-I Can Buy You

Minimalistix-Close Cover

Anjo-Tears In The Rain

Royksopp-Eple

Puretone-Stuck In A Groove

Boomkat-The Wreckoning

Lynn-To Dream Again

Motorcycle-As The Rush Comes

Julie & Ludwig-On Again…Off Again

Ruslana-Wild Dances

Charlotte Hatherley-bast*rdo

Cabin Crew-Star To Fall

Kate DeAraugo-Maybe Tonight

Meck feat Leo Sayer-Thunder In My Heart

Gnarls Barkley-Crazy

Carola-Invincible

Daz Sampson-Teenage Life

Evanescence-Call Me When You’re Sober

Fedde LeGrand-Put Your Hands Up For Detroit

Mason vs. Princess Superstar-Perfect (Exceeder)

Groove Armada-Song 4 Mutya

Dimitry Koldun-Work Your Magic

Fergie-Big Girls Don’t Cry

Aly & AJ-Potential Break-Up Song

Kelly Rowland-Work (Freemasons Remix)

H ‘Two’ O feat Platnum-What’s It Gonna Be

The Revelations-It’s You

Basia Bulat-In The Night

Charlotte Perrelli-Hero

Agnes-Release Me

The Sound Of Arrows-M.A.G.I.C.

  • 5 months later...

Every Artist who've had a #1 in my chart has featured many times with different songs elsewhere in Chart.

 

These Artists have only appeared in my Top 15 once:

Metro Station - Shake It

Flo Rida - Right Round

David Archuleta - A Little Too Not Over You

Leighton Meester - Birthday (although features in another song in chart)

Jon Mclaughlin - So Close

JLS - Beat Again

Edited by Jamieed

Ignorning silly little featured artists like T.I and Jay-Z, these are my only one hit wonders (i.e a number one, but no other Top 10 hit). Those who have NEVER had another Top 40 hit are in bold.

 

Kelis ft. Cee-Lo – Lil’ Star

Groove Armada ft. Mutya Buena – Song 4 Mutya (Out Of Control)

Plain White Ts – Hey There Delilah

Aly & AJ – The Potential Break-up Song

Janet Jackson - Feedback

Kelly Rowland - Work

Will.I.Am ft. Cheryl Cole - Heartbreaker

Danity Kane - Damaged

Dizzee Rascal ft. Calvin Harris & Chrome - Dance Wiv Me

Lady GaGa - Just Dance

Alexandra Burke - Hallelujah

Kelis ft. Cee-Lo – Lil’ Star

Groove Armada ft. Mutya Buena – Song 4 Mutya (Out Of Control)

Plain White Ts – Hey There Delilah

Aly & AJ – The Potential Break-up Song

Janet Jackson - Feedback

Will.I.Am ft. Cheryl Cole - Heartbreaker

Danity Kane - Damaged

Dizzee Rascal ft. Calvin Harris & Chrome - Dance Wiv Me

Alexandra Burke - Hallelujah

Agnes - Release Me

The Veronicas - Untouched

ATM...

 

Ava Leigh - La La La [Peak:6] (My very first Personal Chart in this site)

The Airborne Toxic Event - Sometime Around Midnight [Peak: 1]

Lady Sovereign - So Human [Peak: 3] (The follow-up will likely to chart)

Ambassadors of Funk - Go, Mario Go! [Peak: 5] [used as an entry from New Rivermaya]

 

 

I'll add more if I can remember them.

 

  • 8 months later...

One number one hit and no other entries:

1999 - The Cranberries - Promises*

1999 - 1000 Clowns - (Not The) Greatest Rapper

1999 - Marlain - In The Name Of Love

2000 - M2M - Don't Say You Love Me**

2000 - Lisa Gerrard - Now We Are Free (Maximus Mix)

2000 - Elementfour - Big Brother UK TV Theme***

2000 - Nichola Holt - The Game

2001 - Boom! - Falling

2001 - Lindsay Dracass - No Dream Impossible

2001 - Nuša Derenda - Energy

2001 - Little Trees - Help! I'm A Fish

2001 - Nicole Kidman & Ewan McGregor - Come What May

2002 - Preeya Kalidas - Shakalaka Baby

2003 - Kira - I'll Be Your Angel

2003 - Aquagen - Hard To Say I'm Sorry

2003 - 56K featuring Bejay - Save A Prayer

2003 - Jemini - Cry Baby

2004 - Motorcycle - As The Rush Comes

2004 - Gladiator featuring Izzy - Now We Are Free

2004 - O-Zone - Dragostea Din Tei****

2004 - HotPantz - Give U One 4 Christmas

2005 - Dana Rayne - Object Of My Desire

2005 - Dancing DJs vs. Roxette - Fading Like A Flower

2005 - Xavier - Give Me The Night

2005 - DHT featuring Edmee - Listen To Your Heart

2006 - Red Carpet - Alright

2006 - Trinity - Like The Sun

2006 - Regina Ósk - Þér Við Hlið (By Your Side)*****

2006 - Alexis Strum - It Could Be You

2007 - Aly & AJ - Potential Break Up Song

2007 - Elle S'appelle - Little Flame

2008 - Ishtar - O Julissi

2008 - Katy Satyn - Magical Sensation

2008 - Cyndi Lauper - Into The Nightlife

2008 - Páll Óskar - Sama Hvar Þú Ert

2008 - Kleiner Hai featuring Alemuel - Kleiner Hai (Dim Dim...)

2009 - Nina Söderquist - Tick Tock

2009 - Nelly Ciobanu - Hora Din Molova (Dancing Moldova)

2009 - Benny Andersson Band featuring Helen Sjöholm - Story Of A Heart

2009 - Eva Simons - Silly Boy

2009 - Heads We Dance - Take My Picture

2010 - Hanna Lindblad - Manipulated

2010 - Pavla - Infatuated

2010 - CC & Lee - Better Best Forgotten

2010 - Oesch's Die Dritten - Jodel-Time

2010 - Tove Styrke - White Light Moment

 

* - Vocalist Dolores O'Riordan had numerous solo hits

** - Both Marit Larsen and Marion Raven have had solo hits

*** - Producer Paul Oakenfold has had numerous other hits

**** - Band Members Arsenium and Dan Balan (Crazy Loop) had future solo hits

***** - Regina had future success as part of Euroband

Edited by Ghosthunter

As of 08/03/10:

(* = still charting)

 

Andy Williams - It's The Most Wonderful Time of Year [x-23-15]

Emily Osment - All The Way Up* [10-16]

Jason Derulo - In My Head* [08-12-16-26-17]

Jay Sean - Down (feat. Lil Wayne) [28-25-28-18-24]

Joe McElderry - The Climb [03-12]

John Williams - Carol of The Bells [18]

Jon McLaughlin - So Close [x-13-x-18-23]

Little Boots - Remedy [23]

Metro Station - Shake It [13-11]

The Pogue - Fairytale of New York (feat. Kirsty MacColl) [x-30-30]

We The Kings - We'll Be A Dream (feat. Demi Lovato) [29-x-18-19-11-09-15-20]

Susan Boyle - Wild Horses [1 week at #1, and only 1 week in chart]

Lostprophets - Where We Belong [if they're lucky, they could chart again]

Death Cab For Cutie - Meet Me On The Equinox [lead song on the "New Moon" soundtrack. Spent about 20wks in my top 25, but only peaked at #2]

  • 9 months later...

My One Hit Wonders: (songs that went to number one on my chart but artists have not followed up)

 

03 Helping Haiti - Everybody Hurts *

11 David Guetta & Chris Willis feat. Fergie & LMFAO - Gettin' Over You **

13 K'naan - Wavin' Flag (Coca-Cola Celebration Mix)

15 Yolanda Be Cool & D Cup - We No Speak Americano ***

18 Caspa - Back For The First Time

21 Tinie Tempah feat. Eric Turner - Written in the Stars

22 Duck Sauce - Barbra Streisand ****

24 Willow Smith - Whip My Hair

25 Far*East Movement feat. The Cataracs & Dev - Like A G6

 

* Artists from the song have charted, but the group never released a follow-up single

** Fergie has done work with The Black Eyed Peas, but this is the only song with her name credited

*** YBC & DC remixed a club hit to get to 7, though it quickly fell out the chart

**** Armand van Helden has a single out with Steve Aoki, but the group are a one hit wonder and so is A-Trak from the group.

Edited by *xmasG*

  • 4 months later...

Acts who had a top 5 hit in my chart but never returned to the top 40 again:

 

1995 El Bosco - Nirvana (Xmas #1)

1996 Netzwerk - Memories (#3)

1996 Etta James - I just want to make love to you (#5)

1997 Bellini - Samba de Janeiro (#2)

1997 Luce Drayton - To be loved (Disco Citizens remix) (#2)

1998 Midge Ure - Breathe (#5)

1999 Miss Jane - It's a fine day (#5)

1999 Nomads - Yakalelo (#4)

2000 Watergate - Heart of Asia (#3)

2001 Billy The Kid - Loser (#4)

2001 Dream - He loves U not (#5)

2003 Cheeky Girls - Cheeky song (Touch my bum) (#3 :lol: )

2004 Michael Andrews & Gary Jules - Mad world (#4)

2004 Haiducii - Dragostea din tei (#3)

2004 Ana Johnson - We are (#3)

2004 DJ Casper - Cha cha slide (#5)

2004 The 411 - On my knees (#4)

2004 Sara - Te comeré a besos (#1)

2004 J-Five - Modern times (#5)

2005 3 Of A Kind - Babycakes (#2 :lol: )

2005 Dogs Die In Hot Cars - I love you cause I have to (#4)

2005 Sunset Strippers - Falling star (#5)

2005 Verbalicious - Don't play nice (#3)

2005 Jo O'Meara - What hurts the most (#1)

2005 Shiri Maymon - Hasheket shenish'ar (#5)

2006 Nizlopi - JCB song (#1)

2006 Meck ft. Leo Sayer - Thunder in my heart again (#3)

2006 Orson - No tomorrow (#1)

2006 Il Divo (ft. Toni Braxton) - The time of our lives (#2)

2007 Sabrina - Dança comigo (#5)

2007 Andrea Corr - Shame on you (#1)

2007 Plain White T's - Hey there Delilah (#1)

2008 Mondotek - Alive (#1)

2008 Newton Faulkner - Dream catch me (#2)

2008 Vânia Fernandes - Senhora do mar (#4)

2009 Same Difference - We R One (#4)

2009 Pollarkreis 18 - Allein allein (#2)

2010 Vita Chambers - Young money (#1)

 

 

Pendulum feat. Liam Howlett - Immunize

Kele - Tenderoni

Swedish House Mafia feat. Pharrell - One (Your Name)

Tame Impala - Solitude Is Bliss

Tinie Tempah feat. Eric Turner - Written In The Stars

Kanye West feat. Pusha T - Runaway

Dr. Dre feat. Snoop Dogg and Akon - Kush

Chase & Status feat. Liam Bailey - Blind Faith

 

Liam Howlett will almost certainly never get a hit in his own right again but whenever The Prodigy return he'll probably have several massive hits with them :P

 

Tame Impala got to #1 because I was randomly obsessed with that song at the time and I'd just seen them at Reading Festival. Sort of lost interest in it/them since :lol: Although it's still a very good song

Edited by Bray

28/01/90 Halo James "Could Have Told You So"

04/11/90 Kim Appleby "Don't Worry"

28/04/91 Cathy Dennis "Touch Me (All Night Long)"

23/10/93 The Goodmen "Give It Up"

20/03/94 Doop "Doop"

17/07/94 Youssou N'Dour & Neneh Cherry "7 Seconds" (only Youssou N'Dour as Neneh Cherry has had other hits)

05/03/95 The Bucketheads "The Bomb (These Sounds Fall Into My Mind)"

16/07/95 Joy Division "Love Will Tear Us Apart 95"

10/09/95 De'Lacy "Hideaway"

18/02/96 Joan Osborne "One Of Us"

18/01/98 Wildchild "Renegade Master"

22/03/98 Run DMC vs Jason Nevins "It's Like That"

26/07/98 Energy 52 "Cafe Del Mar 98"

23/08/98 Stardust "Music Sounds Better With You"

16/05/99 Veracocha "Carte Blanche"

11/07/99 Gouryella "Gouryella"

20/08/00 Spiller "Groovejet"

24/09/00 Zombie Nation "Kernkraft 400"

18/03/01 St Germain "Rose Rouge"

22/09/02 Jazzanova "Another New Day"

28/12/03 Michael Andrews & Gary Jules "Mad World"

18/07/04 Craig Armstrong "Let's Go Out Tonight"

17/04/05 Kelly Osbourne "One Word"

29/01/06 Protocol "Where’s The Pleasure?"

04/06/06 National Forest "AM Lights"

25/06/06 Hope Of The States "Sing It Out"

18/03/07 Calvin Harris "Acceptable In The 80s"

17/06/07 Candie Payne "I Wish I Could Have Loved You More"

13/07/08 PNAU feat Ladyhawke "Embrace" (Only PNAU)

28:02:10 Fang Island "Daisy"

16:01:11 Strange Talk "Climbing Walls"

 

Some of the dance ones are dubious as Ferry Corsten has had other successes outside of Gouryella for instance.

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Artists who have had a number 1, but no other Top 10 hits...

 

Goldfrapp - A&E ('Rocket' #15)

H'Two'O feat. Plat'num - What's It Gonna Be (NOTHING)

Sara Bareilles - Love Song ('Bottle It Up' #16) [Album 'Little Voice' #04]

Little Jackie - The World Should Revolve Around Me (NOTHING)

Eric Prydz - Pjanoo (NOTHING)*

Michelle Williams - We Break The Dawn ('Unexpected' #32) [Album 'Unexpected' #01]

Lady Sovereign - So Human (NOTHING) [Album 'Jigsaw' #07]

Daniel Merriweather - Red (NOTHING) [Album 'Love & War' #02]

Kate Nash - Do Wah Doo ('Later On' (The Last Skeptik vs. Tuffan Remix) #23) [Album 'My Best Friend Is You' #05]*

Magnetic Man - I Need Air ('Perfect Stranger' #35)

Ironik feat. Jessica Lowndes - Falling In Love (Ironik 'Tiny Dancer' #23/Jessica NOTHING) [Album 'No Point Wasting Tears' #02]

Blue - I Can (NOTHING)

 

* = Had my chart started a few years before 2008, they would most certainly have had number 1's/other top 10 hits.

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