There's always talk about the acts that have one big hit and then disappear but I was thinking about those that have two big hits (let's say top 20 hits), building up some clear momentum, and then just vanish into thin air! These are often more mysterious than 'One hit wonders' as it suggests that they could have quite easily had the market for further hits. So could the chart fanatics on here please list the 'Two hit wonders' that they are aware of! I'll start, and this thread was inspired by the fact that I was listening to Move Your Body by Eiffel 65 last night! I was just wondering how many of them there actually are

 

Eiffel 65

 

Blue (Da Ba Dee) #1

Move Your Body #3

Dunno about these people... but they disappeared!

Here are a few...

 

Scatman John :lol:

 

Scatman #3

Scatman' World #10

 

One True Voice

 

Sacred Trust #2

Shakespeare's Way With Words #10

 

Triple Eight

 

Knock Out #8

Give Me A Reason #9

 

Kele Le Roc

 

Little Bit Of Lovin' #8

My Love #8

 

 

2 Top20 Hits

 

Bob The Builder

 

Can We Fix It #1

Mambo No5 #1

 

Rednex

 

Cotton Eye Joe #1

Old Pop In An Oak #12

 

Shanks And Bigfoot

 

Sweet Like Chocolate #1

Sing A Long #12

 

Spacedust

 

Gym And Tonic #1

Let's Get Down #20

 

 

2 Top 40 Hits

 

Mr Blobby

 

Mr Blobby #1

Christmas In Blobbyland #34 :lol:

 

Room 5 Ft Oliver Cheatham

 

Make Luv #1

Music And You #38

 

Stiltskin

 

Inside #1

Footsteps #34

 

The Wamdue Project

 

King Of My Castle #1

You're The Reason #39

 

 

3-Hit Wonders

 

Darude

 

Sandstorm #3

Feel The Beat #5

Out Of Control (Back For More) #13

 

Robson & Jerome

 

Unchained Melody/White Cliffs Of Dover #1

I Believe/Up On The Roof #1

What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted #1

 

(MC Sar And) The Real McCoy

 

Another Night #2

Run Away #6

Love And Devotion #11

 

The Tamperer Featuring Maya

 

Feel It #1

If You Buy This Record Your Life Will Be Better #3

Hammer To The Heart #6

Edited December 25, 200816 yr by ej87

Bob The Builder

Alien Ant Farm

thanks for those

 

Shanks & Bigfoot and Kele LeRoc surely had more hit potential :unsure:

Leon Jackson :kink:

 

When You Believe #1

Don't Call This Love #3

 

Michelle McManus

 

All This Time #1

The Meaning Of Love #16

 

Sam And Mark

 

With A Little Help From My Friends #1

The Sun Has Come Your Way #19

 

2x top40

 

Black Legend

 

You See The Trouble With Me #1

Somebody #37

 

William Orbit

 

Barber's Adagio For Strings #4

Ravel's Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte #31

 

 

3-hit wonders

 

Gala

 

Freed From Desire #2

Let A Boy Cry #11

Come Into My Life #38

 

Madison Avenue

 

Don't Call Me Baby #1

Who The Hell Are You #10

Everything You Need #33

Edited December 25, 200816 yr by ej87

I didn't realise Shanks and Bigfoot and Black Legend had follow-ups - I thought they were one-hit wonders! :o

I remember Black Legend's follow up, I quite liked it,

 

Spiller followed the amazing Groovejet with a No.40 hit called Cry Baby which to this day is one of the most excruciating songs I've ever heard:

 

Bombalurina :lol:

 

Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini #1

Seven Little Girls Sitting In The Back Seat #18

 

The Simpsons :lol:

 

Do The Bartman #1

Deep Deep Trouble #7

 

Afroman

 

Because I Got High #1

Crazy Rap #10

 

Fatman Scoop

 

Be Faithful #1

It Takes Scoop #9

 

Survivor

 

Eye Of The Tiger #1

Burning Heart #5

 

Spitting Image

 

The Chicken Song #1

Santa Claus Is On The Dole #22

 

Doctor And The Medics

 

Spirit In The Sky #1

Burn #29

 

 

Eiffel 65 continued having hits in Europe, as did Rednex and Gala.

Ann Lee

 

2 Times #2

Voices #27

 

Sam Sparro

 

Black And Gold #2

21st Century Life #44

Sam Sparro

 

Black And Gold #2

21st Century Life #44

 

Oooh. I dont know why, but I thought 21st Century Life completely missed the Top 75. Oh well, now I know.

 

Eiffel 65 continued having hits in Europe, as did Rednex and Gala.

 

which makes it more odd that they released nothing further in the UK...their album was hardly a flop for it's genre...it made the top 15

 

Too Much Of Heaven would have been a great third single here...

 

I loved Eiffel 65. Fascinating topic. Thanks!

 

For the record Too Much Of Heaven was promoed here - I have the CD - but it didn't pick up much airplay or club play. It would have flopped on official release. They should have gone with My Console like Spain. These days they would just have released the non-album European single Back In Time and stuck out a deluxe version of the album! :)

 

Funny how so many of these artists are European. It brings home the xenophobic attitude of the UK music industry. European acts have NEVER been taken seriously in the UK :angry:

I also have Too Much Of Heaven on CD, in a cardboard case, is this the one you have!?! I think it may have been an import as opposed to a proper UK single

Bomfunk MC's

 

Freestyler #2

Up Rocking Beats #11

 

DJ Sakin And Friends

 

Protect Your Mind (For The Love Of A Princess) #4

Nomansland (David's Song) #14

 

 

Meck

 

Thunder In My Heart Again #1

Feels Like Home #39

 

PPK

 

ResuRection #3

Reload #39

 

Steven Houghton

 

Wind Beneath My Wings #3

Truly #23

 

If you define a 'hit' as a single charting inside the top40 and ignore entries between 41-75 then you can add these...

 

Chesney Hawkes

 

The One And Only #1

I'm A Man Not A Boy #27

 

Chico

 

It's Chico Time #1

D.I.S.C.O. #24

 

Crazy Town

 

Butterfly #3

Revolving Door #23

 

Deep Blue Something

 

Breakfast At Tiffany's #1

Josey #27

 

Mario Winans

 

Best Friend #24

I Don't Wanna Know #1

 

Sandi Thom

 

I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker (With Flowers In My Hair) #1

What If I'm Right #22

 

Scarlet

 

Independent Love Song #12

I Wanna Be Free (To Be With Him) #21

Edited December 25, 200816 yr by ej87

Bomfunk MC's definitely had another hit left in them...

Have a bad feeling Gabriella Cilmi will be one :cry:

Aw, I loved Triple 8! Knockout was amazing.

 

xXx