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mumpcake · Post by **mumpcake** » Sat Aug 25, 2018 10:42 pm

Concerning a post in this thread (viewtopic.php?f=15&t=510301)

vurt wrote:right said fred were not one hits wonders
deeply dippy and im too sexy, that's at least two!

I hadn't heard "Deeply Dippy" before, and I was reminded that Chumbawumba, which most people remember as a one-hit wonder for "Tubthumping" also had another song called "Amnesia" which got some radio play.

Gerry Rafferty is not considering a one hit wonder because in addition to "Baker Street", "Right Down the Line" was also a hit. That song didn't do as well as the first, but what if it charted a little lower?

Then you have the case of Semisonic, who is labeled as a one hit wonder for their song "Closing Time". However, "Singing In My Sleep" was a hit in the UK as well. So they are a one-hit wonder in America but not in Britain?

You also have the case of long term acts which might have gotten a lot of play on radio and sold albums but never had hits. For example, at the time "Touch of Grey" was out, I remember a DJ saying that this was actually their first "hit". (I realize how awkward that sounds considering the band in question). If so, that would make the Grateful Dead a 1HW!

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Sat Aug 25, 2018 10:48 pm

chumbawamba may have only made one or two forays in to the mainstream charts.
but for years before that they where quite big in the indie/festival world.

mumpcake · Post by **mumpcake** » Sat Aug 25, 2018 10:58 pm

That's kind of what I am trying to get at. For something that seems to be a straightforward term, you have a lot of whatabouts...

dark water · Post by **dark water** » Sat Aug 25, 2018 11:04 pm

These, at least in the UK:

And some more care of Wiki.

AsPeeXXXVIII · Post by **AsPeeXXXVIII** » Sun Aug 26, 2018 3:42 pm

Eiffel 65.

Speaking of which, I love how nonsensical the music video to "I'm Blue" is.

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Sun Aug 26, 2018 7:19 pm

someone who has one hit, then every one is left wondering where the f**k they disappeared to when they turn up 20 years later in a pub quiz question.

fluffy_little_something · Sun Aug 26, 2018 7:29 pm

Becoming a 1-hit wonder, that's what 99.9% on KVR, including myself, can only dream about

low_low · Post by **low_low** » Sun Aug 26, 2018 7:32 pm

Is Gangnam Style a one hit ? Or does the Gentleman followup count ..

Zexila · Post by **Zexila** » Sun Aug 26, 2018 7:35 pm

Gamma-UT · Post by **Gamma-UT** » Sun Aug 26, 2018 7:44 pm

dark water wrote:

MARRS was a side project of AR Kane and Colourbox. OK, not massive in the Top 30 but they both had a decent indie track record.

Fans of Westworld (the OG version) should check out Just Give 'Em Whiskey:

thecontrolcentre · Post by **thecontrolcentre** » Sun Aug 26, 2018 7:45 pm

dark water · Post by **dark water** » Sun Aug 26, 2018 7:49 pm

Gamma-UT wrote:
dark water wrote:
MARRS was a side project of AR Kane and Colourbox. OK, not massive in the Top 30 but they both had a decent indie track record.

Absolutely.
However, treating MARRS as its own entity (like you might for some other collaborations), it is a one hit wonder.

dark water · Post by **dark water** » Sun Aug 26, 2018 7:50 pm

thecontrolcentre wrote:

F'n ell. Those look lethal!

Danny from Camberwell would be interested.

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Sun Aug 26, 2018 7:54 pm

dark water wrote:
thecontrolcentre wrote:

F'n ell. Those look lethal!

Danny from Camberwell would be interested.

purple carpet geezer.
that's the absolute definition of hell.
beautifully made giant pipe full of lovely bud.
no friends and average length arms

Gamma-UT · Post by **Gamma-UT** » Sun Aug 26, 2018 7:57 pm

This is close, but he scraped #57 in the UK with the follow-up. Nothing else has ever charted for White Town, so this is close but perhaps still not quite one-hit wondery enough.

Edging closer to the ideal one-hit wonder, there's Nizlopi. Follow-up: #91 in the UK.

What qualifies as a one-hit wonder?