# I'd be happy if that was a one-hit-wonder **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 14, 2020, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-be-happy-if-that-was-a-one-hit-wonder/851775 "2020-04-14T15:36:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Yorkshire\_Pudding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/59ef9b/32.png) [@Yorkshire\_Pudding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorkshire_Pudding)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2020, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-be-happy-if-that-was-a-one-hit-wonder/851775/1 "2020-04-14T15:36:56Z")
It occurrs to me that [“Once Around The Block” by Badly Drawn Boy](https://youtu.be/RPVAipmV7jY) is one of my favourite songs, but that although I have various albums by him, I never listen to them. I don’t “want to listen to Badly Drawn Boy”, I want to listen to that song. I quite like a lot of his output, but with this song, the stars aligned. It’s not a radical departure for him, stylistically speaking, and it’s not ‘the only good song he’s done’, but it’s a class apart, to my ear. If he’d released it then sunk without trace (or…I wish him no ill…if he’d recorded everything else under a different name) I’d be somehow a bit happier. It would feel like a little nugget of perfection, untainted by anything merely ‘good’. 100% of his output would be perfect. I’d wish for more then, of course, but I think I’d prefer that. [“Tears Dry On Their Own” by Amy Winehouse](https://youtu.be/ojdbDYahiCQ) is the same. The wistful yet bouncy chorus, the obvious building-towards-something structure of the verse, the absolutely spot-on little motown-flavoured drum fills…Oh yes, it’s absolutely the best thing she ever did, but somehow - despite her undoubted talent - if it was the _only_ thing, it would be…well, if you’ve found one spectacular little treasure, isn’t it so much more special than finding it along with a load of quite-nice bits and pieces? Slightly differently: [“Growing On Me” by The Darkness](https://youtu.be/p-MtY1nRcpU). I really like that album, and they’re great fun live, but when I get in my van and wind the window down on a sunny day, I hear the intro to Growing On Me in my head; I don’t think “I’m in the mood for The Darkness”. So again, I’d be happy if that was a one hit wonder, but not in the same way. With the first two I’d be happi_er_. Any more for any more? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2020, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-be-happy-if-that-was-a-one-hit-wonder/851775/2 "2020-04-14T15:49:09Z")
> [@Yorkshire\_Pudding](#): > > Slightly differently: [“Growing On Me” by The Darkness](https://youtu.be/p-MtY1nRcpU). I really like that album, and they’re great fun live, but when I get in my van and wind the window down on a sunny day, I hear the intro to Growing On Me in my head; I don’t think “I’m in the mood for The Darkness”. So again, I’d be happy if that was a one hit wonder, but not in the same way. I don’t want to live in a world without [I Believe In A Thing Called Love](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tKjZuykKY1I&list=PLMEZyDHJojxMDujaVi1khrX0or8I_a8mx&index=2&t=0s). ---
**Author:** ![Yorkshire\_Pudding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/59ef9b/32.png) [@Yorkshire\_Pudding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorkshire_Pudding)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2020, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-be-happy-if-that-was-a-one-hit-wonder/851775/3 "2020-04-14T16:39:04Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > I don’t want to live in a world without [I Believe In A Thing Called Love](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tKjZuykKY1I&list=PLMEZyDHJojxMDujaVi1khrX0or8I_a8mx&index=2&t=0s). I reckon that’s a distant second place to Growing On Me though.