MmmmmBop - Hanson
Hands down, it’s 96 Tears by ? and the Mysterians!
Purple Haze, Jimi Hendrix
Wham Bam by Sylver
“Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm” Crash Test Dummies
“Weird Out” Dandelion (strangely there is just about nothing to indicate this band ever existed, yet they were somewhat popular in 1995 with this song. The only other person I’ve found who remembers them is a friend of mine who was apparently in the band briefly. Interesting.)
“Here Comes The Hot Stepper” Ini Kamoze (God I hated this song. It was everywhere around December 1994. Yet…part of me likes it.)
Will two hits count? If so, did Gilbert O’Sullivan have anything resembling a hit after
Alone Again (Naturally)
Clare?
I bought an album for Alone Again, and all the other tunes sounded like copies. Even Clare has a sameness to it.
Even if he only had Alone Again, it was a winner.
Der Kommisar - After The Fire
Thompson Twins song I like is Lay Your Hands On Me, equal to Hold Me Now.
Never made the Top 40. All Along the Watchtower did, though.
Judy in Disguise (with Glasses by John Fred and his Playboy Band. One of the most infectious songs ever.
Other options:
Green-Eyed Lady by Sugarloaf (they had a second single “Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You” about five years later, but no one remembers it).
I Got a Line on You by Spirit was the closest thing to a hit they had, and did get good FM airplay.
Hey, acrossthesea, I saw Dandelion in 95 or 96 at the 9:30 club in DC and met them backstage, as my friend knew one of the members…they were good!
Heh - I remember Don’t call us, we’ll call you very well, but I never heard of Green-eyed lady.
You’re right. Damn it.
“Groove is in the Heart,” by Dee Light.
My uncle’s group The Chaps was labelmates (on Paula Records) with the guys who did Judy in Disguise. I believe one of the singles they had was “Forget Me”.
One that came up in another thread: Rescue Me - Fontella Bass
I’m well aware of it as well as Tim Rice’s involvement.
It blows.
“Into the Night” by Benny Mardones
“Sweetheart” by Franke and the Knockouts
“Fantasy” by Aldo Nova
“Fool if You Think it’s Over” by Chris Rea (probably has more hits in UK)
“Life in a Northern Town” by Dream Academy
“Tarzan Boy” by Baltimora
Your Love by The Outfield
“Spirit In the Sky” by Norman Greenbaum. Fuzz so thick you can almost smell it.
By the way, Thin Lizzy is no “one-hit wonder”!
"By the mid-'90s, Status Quo had scored 50 British hit singles, which was a greater number than any other band in rock & roll’s history. "
One-hit-wonder in the USA, yes.