# Favorite One-Hit Wonder
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-one-hit-wonder/192831
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [August 4, 2003, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-one-hit-wonder/192831 "2003-08-04T04:11:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@DaPearl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaPearl)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2003, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-one-hit-wonder/192831/1 "2003-08-04T04:11:24Z")
I still enjoy some Marcy Playground. Who can’t appreciate a little “Poppies” or “Sex and Candy” every now and then?
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### Author:  [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2003, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-one-hit-wonder/192831/2 "2003-08-04T04:21:38Z")
Hocus Pocus by Focus
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### Author:  [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2003, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-one-hit-wonder/192831/3 "2003-08-04T04:34:49Z")
I like Unbelievable by EMF.
They may not be a one hit wonder in other parts of the planet but they are where I live.
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### Author:  [@TeaRoses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaRoses)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2003, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-one-hit-wonder/192831/4 "2003-08-04T04:49:42Z")
Nena and 99 Luftballons
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### Author:  [@TPWombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TPWombat)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2003, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-one-hit-wonder/192831/5 "2003-08-04T04:56:23Z")
“One More Night” by Yellow Dog.
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### Author:  [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2003, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-one-hit-wonder/192831/6 "2003-08-04T05:01:33Z")
“My Sharona”, The Knack.
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### Author:  [@Banger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banger)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2003, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-one-hit-wonder/192831/7 "2003-08-04T05:19:27Z")
“Come on Eileen” by Dexy’s Midnight Runners.
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### Author:  [@Dragon\_Phoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragon_Phoenix)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2003, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-one-hit-wonder/192831/8 "2003-08-04T05:33:35Z")
Many of these do not qualify as one-hit-wonders outside the USA.
Mine would be Fade to grey - Visage.
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### Author:  [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2003, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-one-hit-wonder/192831/9 "2003-08-04T06:26:35Z")
_In the Year 2525_ - Zager and Evans
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### Author:  [@maleinblack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maleinblack)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2003, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-one-hit-wonder/192831/10 "2003-08-04T07:15:29Z")
If you were here - Thompson Twins.
Although they had moderate sucess with other numbers none were as succesful as this one.
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### Author:  [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2003, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-one-hit-wonder/192831/11 "2003-08-04T07:19:53Z")
**One Night In Bangkok** - Murray Head and the cast of Chess
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### Author:  [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2003, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-one-hit-wonder/192831/12 "2003-08-04T07:30:49Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Mockingbird \*
> \*\ ***One Night In Bangkok** - Murray Head and the cast of Chess \*\*
Love that song!
Some of my other favourites include:
**Tainted Love** by Soft Cell
**I Ran** by A Flock of Seagulls
**Walking on Sunshine** by Katrina and the Waves
I disagree slightly with **maleinblack** ; i thought that **Hold Me Now** was an equally big hit for the Thompson wins.
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### Author:  [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2003, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-one-hit-wonder/192831/13 "2003-08-04T08:22:43Z")
_Afternoon Delight_, Starland Vocal Band
i]The Boys Are Back in Town\*, Thin Lizzy
_Joy_, Apollo 100
_Come on Eileen_, Dexy’s Midnight Runners
_Pictures of Matchstick Men_, Status Quo
_Supermodel 2_, RuPaul
_Whip It_, Devo
Some artists mentioned above don’t count as “One-Hit Wonders”: Katrina and the Waves had two other Top 40 hits in the U.S. beside _Walking on Sunshine_; ditto for The Knack and _My Sharona_ (remember _Good Girls Don’t_?).
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### Author:  [@Dragon\_Phoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragon_Phoenix)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2003, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-one-hit-wonder/192831/14 "2003-08-04T09:23:13Z")
> [@](#):
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> _Originally posted by Walloon \*
> \*\*
> Pictures of Matchstick Men, Status Quo_\*
:eek:
Good God, they had dozens of hits in Europe…
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### Author:  [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2003, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-one-hit-wonder/192831/15 "2003-08-04T09:36:47Z")
**The Music Machine** _Talk Talk_
**Bram Tchaikovsky** _Girl Of My Dreams_
**Starz** _Cherry Baby_
**The La’s** _There She Goes_
…and I might as well call this one early:
**The Hives** _Hate To Say I Told You So_
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### Author:  [@Algorithm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algorithm)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2003, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-one-hit-wonder/192831/16 "2003-08-04T10:27:13Z")
**Sunglasses at Night** by Corey Hart
**Send me an Angel** by Real Life
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### Author:  [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2003, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-one-hit-wonder/192831/17 "2003-08-04T10:45:06Z")
_Twilight Zone_ - Golden Earring
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### Author:  [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2003, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-one-hit-wonder/192831/18 "2003-08-04T11:00:19Z")
**Golden Earring** had a massive hit in 1973(?) with _Radar Love_ from their album _Moontan_. They also had some European hits in the 60s.
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### Author:  [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2003, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-one-hit-wonder/192831/19 "2003-08-04T12:58:09Z")
867-5309! Tommy Tutone.
I got it…I got it - I got you number off the wall…
I got it…I got it - for a good time …for a good time callllll…
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### Author:  [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2003, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-one-hit-wonder/192831/20 "2003-08-04T13:05:31Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Mockingbird \*
> \*\ ***One Night In Bangkok** - Murray Head and the cast of Chess \*\*
I guess you never heard of a little ditty called “Jesus Christ Superstar.”
My vote is for Looking Glass’s “Brandy”
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