# One hit wonders **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 30, 2002, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-wonders/139686 "2002-11-30T22:42:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lazymexicanamerican](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecb155/32.png) [@lazymexicanamerican](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lazymexicanamerican)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-wonders/139686/1 "2002-11-30T22:42:39Z")
The lovely month of fame when ur song is popular til the day u dissapear off the face of the earth… ie)1. Five- Lights go out I think they are british. Picture them in britain working at 5 yr olds bday parties 2. Blood hound gang- Discovery Channel They aren’t nothing but mammals that had one song. Where did they go? 3. Chumbawamba- Tubthumper I can’t believe i spent $15 on a cd with one good song. I should have bought the single 4. Johnny Ray? i dunno if that was his name. He didn’t even last long enough for more than a single but i do remember the song… Are you johnny ray… who wants to know it basically repeats different rays followed by who wants to know… ``` oh i'm outta ideas.. ``` ---
**Author:** ![Roadwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@Roadwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadwalker)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-wonders/139686/2 "2002-12-01T02:58:23Z")
Come on Eileen is a classic OHW. ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-wonders/139686/3 "2002-12-01T04:03:11Z")
IIRC, Jimi Hendrix is a OHW in the U.S. with “All Along The Watchtower”. I saw this on VH-1’s “One Hit Wonders”. [http://www.onehitwondercentral.com/](http://www.onehitwondercentral.com/) is a good site I’ve found concerning one hit wonders. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-wonders/139686/4 "2002-12-01T04:31:56Z")
Actually, the Bloodhound Gang has had a large following for about many years now. They had a hit in 1996 with their song “Fire Water Burn” (which you may remember as the rock “the roof, the roof, the roof is on fire” song), and then a hit in 2000 with “The Bad Touch”. Other songs from that album also received some airplay, including “Mope” and “The Inevitable Return of the Great White Dope”, which was also featured on the “Scary Movie” soundtrack. The only reason you haven’t heard anything since is that they haven’t released anything since their 1999 album “Hooray For Boobies”. ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-wonders/139686/5 "2002-12-01T05:06:06Z")
IIRC, TBG is working on an album right now that should be out soon. And yes, I’m pretty sure they ARE named after the detectives from 3-2-1 Contact. ---
**Author:** ![lazymexicanamerican](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecb155/32.png) [@lazymexicanamerican](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lazymexicanamerican)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-wonders/139686/6 "2002-12-01T06:34:07Z")
Ok minus the bloodhound gang maybe they were just new to me… More… Lou Bega: Mamba #5 Shaggy:Wasn’t me- maybe not one hit wonder but the second song he sang wasn’t his… Joey McIntyre: Stay the Same- Hey lost it after new kids… Crazytown: Butterfly- Another wasted $15 Uncle Kracker: Follow me ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-wonders/139686/7 "2002-12-01T08:01:36Z")
My favorite OHW: Funkytown, by Lipps inc. ---
**Author:** ![Philosophocles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Philosophocles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philosophocles)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-wonders/139686/8 "2002-12-01T08:57:31Z")
Don’t forget that “Boogie Oogie Oogie” was enough to propel A Taste of Honey to a “Best New Artist” win over Elvis Costello. ---
**Author:** ![Gerome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85e7bf/32.png) [@Gerome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gerome)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-wonders/139686/9 "2002-12-01T09:10:17Z")
Harvey Danger - “Flagpole Sitta” (this was a great song, I’m disappointed I never heard anything else from the band) Alien Ant Farm - “Smooth Criminal” Pretty much any novelty hit from the last few years…Afroman’s “Cos I Got High” springs to mind ---
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-wonders/139686/10 "2002-12-01T11:09:34Z")
Spirit in the Sky by was it Norma Greenbaum? Pretty good OHW. ---
**Author:** ![New\_Improved\_Scott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f17d59/32.png) [@New\_Improved\_Scott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/New_Improved_Scott)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-wonders/139686/11 "2002-12-01T18:03:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gerome \* > \*\*Harvey Danger - “Flagpole Sitta” (this was a great song, I’m disappointed I never heard anything else from the band) > > Alien Ant Farm - “Smooth Criminal” > > Pretty much any novelty hit from the last few years…Afroman’s “Cos I Got High” springs to mind \*\* Harvey Danger had another big single with “Sad Sweet Heaert of the Rodeo”, which is even catchy-er than the “Flagpole Sitta” ---
**Author:** ![kase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a5b964/32.png) [@kase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kase)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-wonders/139686/12 "2002-12-01T18:10:46Z")
Come on Eileen - Dexy’s Midnight Runners & I’m too Sexy - Right said Fred comes to mind… ---
**Author:** ![lazymexicanamerican](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecb155/32.png) [@lazymexicanamerican](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lazymexicanamerican)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-wonders/139686/13 "2002-12-01T19:06:13Z")
Does Alien Ant Farm even count as a hit? It was micheal jacksons song… how cheap ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-wonders/139686/14 "2002-12-01T19:12:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gerome \* > **Alien Ant Farm - "Smooth Criminal"** AAF had a hit before that with “Movies”. Basically anything from the 80s is a OHW–the guys who did “Mexican Radio”, Bow Wow Wow, Kajagoogoo, Thomas Dolby, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Modern English, Big Country, The Waitresses, Sugar Hill Gang… From the 90s: Sir Mix-A-Lot, Deee-lite, The Divinyls, Sinead O’Connor, 4 Non Blondes, Crash Test Dummies (that “Mmm mmm mmm” song used to freak me out!), The Verve, the Verve Pipe… ---
**Author:** ![New\_Improved\_Scott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f17d59/32.png) [@New\_Improved\_Scott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/New_Improved_Scott)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-wonders/139686/15 "2002-12-01T19:20:22Z")
Crash Test Dummies were bigger in Canada, and were got to hear alot from them, like “Superman’s Song” and “The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead”. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-wonders/139686/16 "2002-12-01T19:59:05Z")
Bow Wow Wow had two hits, “I Want Candy” and “Do You Want To Hold Me.” FGTH had two hits, “Two Tribes” and “Relax.” Sinead O’Connor has had more than one hit; “Nothing Compares 2 You” is the only one anyone remembers but she’s had a few. ---
**Author:** ![peepthis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9d8465/32.png) [@peepthis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peepthis)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-wonders/139686/17 "2002-12-01T19:59:24Z")
OHW in the making: “Whatever” by Liam Lynch. It was funny the first couple times I heard it, but it’s worn out it’s welcome. (Has this been released as a single in the States?) ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-wonders/139686/18 "2002-12-01T20:03:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by New & Improved Scott \* > \*\*Crash Test Dummies were bigger in Canada, and were got to hear alot from them, like “Superman’s Song” and “The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead”. \*\* “Pumpkinhead” is by XTC. Did the Dummies (who earned my respect by covering a Replacements song) do a cover? ---
**Author:** ![alex\_arg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@alex\_arg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alex_arg)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-wonders/139686/19 "2002-12-01T23:33:45Z")
Hey i had forgotten about XTC. probably still have the album lying around. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-wonders/139686/20 "2002-12-01T23:48:16Z")
**lazy** , _tubthumping_ indeed only has one good song on it, and that song is **amnesia** 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-wonders/139686.md?page=2)