The best one hit wonder?

[Trufflehound]

M/A/R/R/S - Pump up the Volume

 

[Trufflehound]

MODERN ROMANCE - AY AY AY AY MOOSEY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOoZAyJrB-8

Possibly the only song written when a Greek Cypriot London cabbie turned round to his passenger and said: "You're a musician, eh? Well my name's Moosey - I bet you £10 you can't write a song about me..."

On the subject of Modern Romance, if a few more people other than me had bought this other truly great song, Geoff Deane might not have disbanded The (Leyton) Buzzards and opted for such a radical change in musucal direction... Sadly MR weren't one-hit wonders, but their predecessors were:

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[Cian]

Echo Beach - Martha and the Muffins

Seconded.

 

[SULLY COULDNT SHOOT]

Sad Cafe - Everyday Hurts

 

[Pevenseagull]

Charles and Eddie - "Would I Lie To You"


(Oh yeah)

 

[Superphil]

Well, now to finally close this thread;

Golden Earring, Radar Love

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGdSmNnz2ZA

 

[Yoda]

Channel 4's 50 Greatest One Hit Wonders...

Because I Got High – Afroman (2001)
HIGHEST CHART POSITION: 1

I'm sure he had another song that made the top 20 or 30.

 

[Trufflehound]

Well, now to finally close this thread;

Golden Earring, Radar Love

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGdSmNnz2ZA

May have been one-hit wonders in the UK, but over here they've had more than 40 hits. They are still going strong after 47 years...

Fact: Since they were formed a year before the Stones, they consider themselves to be the world's longest running rock band... (And unlike the Stones, they've had the same line-up since 1970)

 

[Superphil]

May have been one-hit wonders in the UK, but over here they've had more than 40 hits. They are still going strong after 47 years...

Fact: Since they were formed a year before the Stones, they consider themselves to be the world's longest running rock band... (And unlike the Stones, they've had the same line-up since 1970)

I assume you are in Holland, yup, they are big time there. I lived there back in the late 70s early 80s, and that's when I got into them.

But for the UK, they should class as a One Hit Wonder, and the very best of them.

 

[The Wookiee]

50. BRIMFUL OF ASHA (re-mix) - CORNERSHOP (Feb 1998)
49. SAVE YOUR LOVE - RENEE and RENATO (Dec 1982)
48. JAPANESE BOY - ANEKA (Aug 1981)
47. WOO HOO - THE 5.6.7.8's (Jul 2004)
46. JUST SAY NO - GRANGE HILL CAST (APRIL 1986)
45. STUTTER RAP (NO SLEEP 'TIL BEDTIME) - MORRIS MINOR AND THE MAJORS (Jan 1988)
44. MONEY - THE FLYING LIZARDS (Sept 1979)
43. MY BOY LOLLIPOP - MILLIE (May 1964)
42. SINCE YESTERDAY - STRAWBERRY SWITCHBLADE (Jan 1985)
41. LOUIE, LOUIE - THE KINGSMEN (Feb 1964)
40. THE ONE AND ONLY - CHESNEY HAWKES (Mar 1991)
39. FIRE - CRAZY WORLD OF ARTHUR BROWN (Aug 1968)
38. RAPPER'S DELIGHT - SUGARHILL GANG (Dec 1979)
37. MONSTER MASH - BOBBY 'BORIS' PICKETT AND THE CRYPT-KICKERS (Sept 1973)
36. MACARTHUR PARK - RICHARD HARRIS (July 1968)
35. MATCHSTALK MEN AND MATCHSTALK CATS AND DOGS (LOWRY'S SONG) - BRIAN and MICHAEL (April 1978)
34. EVERYBODY'S FREE (TO WEAR SUNSCREEN) - THE SUNSCREEN SONG (CLASS OF '99) - BAZ LUHRMANN (Jun 1999)
33. SHADDAP YOU FACE - JOE DOLCE MUSIC THEATRE (Feb 1981)
32. MY SHARONA - THE KNACK (July 1979)
31. SPACEMAN - BABYLON ZOO (Jan 1996)
30. I'M THE URBAN SPACEMAN - THE BONZO DOG DOO-DAH BAND (Dec 1968)
29. F.U.R.B - F U RIGHT BACK - FRANKEE (May 2004)
28. AXEL F - HAROLD FALTERMEYER (July 1985)
27. LOVIN' YOU - MINNIE RIPERTON (May 1975)
26. PUMP UP THE VOLUME - M/A/R/R/S (Oct 1987)
25. MOULDY OLD DOUGH - LIEUTENANT PIGEON (Oct 1972)
24. MICKEY - TONI BASIL (Mar 1982)
23. TURNING JAPANESE - THE VAPORS (Mar 1980)
22. MAMBO NO. 5 (A LITTLE BIT OF&#133 - LOU BEGA (Sept 1999)
21. JE T'AIME…MOI NON PLUS - JANE BIRKIN & SERGE GAINSBOURG (Oct 1969)
20. VIDEO KILLED THE RADIO STAR - THE BUGGLES (Oct 1979)
19. FLAT BEAT - MR. OIZO (Apr 1999)
18. ROCK ME AMADEUS - FALCO (May 1986)
17. DOCTORIN' THE TARDIS - THE TIMELORDS (Jun 1988)
16. I'LL BE THERE FOR YOU (THEME FROM 'FRIENDS') - THE REMBRANDTS (Sept 1995)
15. JILTED JOHN - JILTED JOHN (Sept 1978)
14. ALL BY MYSELF - ERIC CARMEN (May 1976)
13. IT'S RAINING MEN - THE WEATHER GIRLS (Mar 1984)
12. TROUBLE - SHAMPOO (Aug 1994)
11. GROOVE IS IN THE HEART - DEEE-LITE (Sept 1990)
10. TWO PINTS OF LAGER AND A PACKET OF CRISPS PLEASE - SPLODGENESSABOUNDS (Jun 1980)
9. THE SAFETY DANCE - MEN WITHOUT HATS (Nov 1983)
8. WHO LET THE DOGS OUT - BAHA MEN (Oct 2000)
7. SPIRIT IN THE SKY - DOCTOR AND THE MEDICS (Jun 1986)
6. ALWAYS LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE OF LIFE - MONTY PYTHON (Oct 1991)
5. CAN YOU DIG IT? - THE MOCK TURTLES (April 1991)
4. SUGAR, SUGAR - THE ARCHIES (Oct 1969)
3. BECAUSE I GOT HIGH - AFROMAN (Oct 2001)
2. 99 RED BALLOONS - NENA (Mar 1984)
1. KUNG FU FIGHTING - CARL DOUGLAS (Sept 1974)

 

[ben andrews' girlfriend]

Pat Benatar - Love is a battlefield

 

[Cian]

Pat Benatar - Love is a battlefield

She had at least one more top 20...

 

[csider]

Renae & Renato.

 

[ben andrews' girlfriend]

She had at least one more top 20...

Dammit, just spotted the other one!

 

[tinx]

74-75 by the Connells

 

[Deano's Right Foot]

I love "Softly Whispering I Love You" by the Congregation.

 

[wadhurstseagull]

Uptown Top Rankin

 

[Fixtures]

Them football fans what did Tom Hark, shirley?

 

[WATFORD zero]

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because Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman became Flo & Eddie and the rest is history

 

[federicoed-up]

Glenn Madeiros - Nothing's Gonna Change My Love