The Knack really was a two-hit wonder (the ever-popular My Sharona and the slightly less-well-known but equally great Good Girls Don’t) but both their albums have some great tunes.
Not sure if they fit the category entirely, but Cowboy Mouth had one decent hit in the mid-late 90s called “Jenny Says”. A good song, but their catalog is stocked with good songs showing a really interesting mix of sounds. They’re an active touring act, so maybe the radio hit isn’t what they were going for.
Thus, I would think Hanson would be a shoo-in, but they are nowhere to be found on the list. According to Wikipedia (not that this is a definitive source), they only had one top 10 hit in the U.S.:
The 14 hours worth of Hanson I have in my iTunes library nearly doubles my Beatles collection and exceeds second-place Metallica by a third. My favorites are Underneath Acoustic and several songs off their newest album The Walk: I Am and Something Going Round have a lot of interesting stuff going on, and Running Man is almost a perfect pop song (except for that friggin’ fade-out). Their cover of Radiohead’s *Optimistic *(off Live and Electric) is killer, but was better live.
A lot of people are dismissive of “That MMMBop band” without bothering to give them a listen. But I’m over it. They are a good, solid rock band with a lot of good, solid songs and a few truly brilliant moments per album. That’s good enough for me.
I was going to take the piss, Rachael, but I went to the Wikipedia page and then their official site. It’s funny to see them “all grown up” (I remember when they first came out, it was like the oldest was a teenager and the other two were preadolescents - made for those amusing shots of the gangly eldest one and the two kids). Good for them for keeping true to their music and being positive. It’s cool how they’re all the same height now, heh!
And now, my usual rant on this topic:
I’ve railed against the “one-hit wonder” label, perhaps because so many of my favorite bands (a-ha, Level 42, Midnight Oil) are considered such. It’s always in a US context - no attention is given to the major English-speaking markets in the world (UK, Canada, Australia/NZ, and Europe). It also places a band or artist in one particular moment, when typically artists grow and change with time.
To me, a true one-hit wonder is a band/artist that jumped on a bandwagon fad or trend, pumped out one novelty-type track, and left the music business altogether. (Like the “Shaddap Ya Face” guy.) It’s kind of a pejorative label and I don’t like to see it applied to artists who still manage to make a living performing their music.
Not to mention they are all married fathers now (Taylor has 3 kids…so far).
Hear, hear.
Warren Zevon
About to? I think you forgot to set your clock forward for Daylight Saving Week. 
I’ll nominate the Eels. They hit #39 on the regular singles chart and #1 on the Modern Rock chart in the U.S. with “Novocaine for the Soul” in 1996. Since then, they’ve recorded five albums worth of great music featuring really fun, happy subjects, like suicide and cancer.
To answer your question, your own quote shows 2 top 10 hits in the U.S. “MMMBop” at #1 and “I will come to you” at #9. Also, the ‘one-hit wonder’ label general uses the standard of a song in the U.S. top 40 which also gives them “This time Around” at #20. So they are a 3-hit wonder.
Well, by the fairly loose definition of “One hit wonder” in this thread, you’d have to include Jimmy Buffet. He’s only had a couple of songs do well on the charts (Come Monday and Margaritaville come to mind), but he’s got a heck of a catalog.
Maybe this thread should be amended to US “One Hit Wonders” because Eels have had a string of hits on this side of the pond, although no number 1 hits.
Scooped. Love me some Knack – their albums were filler-free in an age when four good songs could signify a “great album”.
The Bonzo Dog Band had one hit single, “I’m the The Urban Spaceman”.
Timbuk 3 had one hit single, “I Gotta Wear Shades”.
How come every single band I’ve ever liked in my life, no matter where they’re from, has done better in the U.K. than the U.S.? The British have good taste.
Heh, I’m still operating in a May mindset. 
makes a note to go pick up the album now that it is out
As I was reading the thread, Shawn Mullins came up on my iPod. And not “Lullaby.” I have two solid albums from him (Soul’s Core and Beneath the Velvet Sun). The former has hardly any missteps, and the latter is full of good tracks, too.
I haven’t gotten any of his others yet, but a quick search tells me there are ten albums of original material (and two compilations). Only Soul’s Core charted.
I came in here just to say that. I play the album Marcy Playground frequently. It really is a great album. But hardly anyone would know anything other than Sex and Candy (which is a great song, too.) But my favorite tracks from the album are Poppies and Dog and his Master. Also, Ancient Walls of Flowers sounds like a Jack Johnson song, four years before Jack Johnson released his first album.
Candlebox’s self-titled album was one of my favorite. I’ve heard 3 Loreena McKennit albums and didn’t realize she was considered a one-hit wonder. I bought the **Nine Days ** cd for the Story of a Girl song, but ended up loving just about every other song even more.
I agree on Better Than Ezra and highly recommend a song of theirs called “At the Stars”
And last, but certainly not least, **The Eels ** are an amazing band. Holy cow, I love The Eels.
I don’t have the stats but I reckon they were or are bigger (per capita) in Ireland than in the UK or US. Alot of American “indie” gets popular here even when it isn’t so well known at home.
Somehow… I missed that. :smack: 
Thanks Rats.
But you gotta admit, most non-fans tend to think of them as “those kids what did that one song…”
The Madding Crowd is really a perfect CD from top to bottom. Just great, great pop music. “Bitter” is one of my favorite songs ever.