# All Time Worst One Hit Wonders **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 14, 2007, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-worst-one-hit-wonders/387971 "2007-01-14T20:01:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-worst-one-hit-wonders/387971/201 "2007-01-20T04:39:44Z")
[QUOTE=kunilou] Probably why R. Dean Taylor never had a follow-up. [/QUOTE] Sure he did. “Gotta See Jane” (4/71), “Ain’t It A Sad Thing” (6/71), “Candy Apple Red” (7/71) and “Taos New Mexico” (1972). All in Canada, mind you, due to him being Canadian and there being the 30% Cancon rule in 1971. BTW, “DOA” holds a special place for me. The first time I ever tuned the radio to a station other than the godawful adult station my mother listened to, the dial came to rest on this song. It was so unbelievable to be hearing a guy sing about his missing limbs and bleeding to death, I had to listen to that station until they played that song again. That led to all kinds of other diversions, like my record collection, and working in radio. ---
**Author:** ![Nic2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4491bb/32.png) [@Nic2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nic2004)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-worst-one-hit-wonders/387971/202 "2007-01-20T05:39:55Z")
IIRC, both **Jimi Hendrix** and **Aerosmith** are among those listed as “One-Hit Wonders” as they both had one song break the Top Ten in the US. _All along The Watchtower_ and _Don’t Want To Miss A Thing_ respectively. As to the poster that added _One Tin Soldier_, you obviously didn’t see **Billy Jack** back in the time! ---
**Author:** ![Nic2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4491bb/32.png) [@Nic2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nic2004)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-worst-one-hit-wonders/387971/203 "2007-01-20T05:45:54Z")
[QUOTE=fishbicycle] Sure he did. “Gotta See Jane” (4/71), “Ain’t It A Sad Thing” (6/71), “Candy Apple Red” (7/71) and “Taos New Mexico” (1972). All in Canada, mind you, due to him being Canadian and there being the 30% Cancon rule in 1971. BTW, “DOA” holds a special place for me. The first time I ever tuned the radio to a station other than the godawful adult station my mother listened to, the dial came to rest on this song. It was so unbelievable to be hearing a guy sing about his missing limbs and bleeding to death, I had to listen to that station until they played that song again. That led to all kinds of other diversions, like my record collection, and working in radio. [/QUOTE] Oh Man! We were drivng to work and listening to Blood Rock on the 8-Track (a type of early tape player for the rest of you) when we were hit broad-side going through an intersection and after several 360’s, we came to a stop only to hear the begining of that song come on: _“We-ooo,We-ooo,We-ooo, we were flying along and hit something in the air…”_ Ah, memories. ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-worst-one-hit-wonders/387971/204 "2007-01-20T05:52:32Z")
[QUOTE=Nic2004] IIRC, both **Jimi Hendrix** and **Aerosmith** are among those listed as “One-Hit Wonders” as they both had one song break the Top Ten in the US. _All along The Watchtower_ and _Don’t Want To Miss A Thing_ respectively. [/QUOTE] I thought Aerosmith had top tens, but never a number one before “Don’t Want To Miss A Thing.” (goes to check) Yep, “Dream On” charted on Billboard at number six in 1976. [Cite.](http://www.answers.com/topic/aerosmith-album) (scroll about halfway down, under “Charts”.) Looks like they had several Top 40, too. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-worst-one-hit-wonders/387971/205 "2007-01-20T15:20:04Z")
I would add “These Boots Are Made for Walkin’,” except that Nancy Sinatra was no one-hit wonder. ---
**Author:** ![Nic2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4491bb/32.png) [@Nic2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nic2004)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-worst-one-hit-wonders/387971/206 "2007-01-20T17:20:06Z")
[QUOTE=LifeOnWry] I thought Aerosmith had top tens, but never a number one before “Don’t Want To Miss A Thing.” (goes to check) Yep, “Dream On” charted on Billboard at number six in 1976. [Cite.](http://www.answers.com/topic/aerosmith-album) (scroll about halfway down, under “Charts”.) Looks like they had several Top 40, too. [/QUOTE] Thanks. I stand corrected. It was a list of those with one _numer-one-hits_ I had seen and was amazed by both. Thanks again. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-worst-one-hit-wonders/387971.md?page=10)