# The One Hit Wonder Registry Project **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 3, 2000, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-hit-wonder-registry-project/15602 "2000-04-03T22:42:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2000, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-hit-wonder-registry-project/15602/61 "2000-04-05T16:46:00Z")
Without going into my basement and dig up a stack of OHW’s of the 80’s, the only thing I can come up with off the top of my head is: Nina, 99 luft balloons. Ohhh, what about Katrina and the Waves, Walking on Sunshine? * * * That what does not kill me, postpones the inevitable. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2000, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-hit-wonder-registry-project/15602/62 "2000-04-05T16:49:00Z")
Without going into my basement and dig up a stack of OHW’s of the 80’s, the only thing I can come up with off the top of my head is: Nina, 99 luft balloons. Ohhh, what about Katrina and the Waves, Walking on Sunshine? * * * That what does not kill me, postpones the inevitable. ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2000, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-hit-wonder-registry-project/15602/63 "2000-04-05T16:58:00Z")
Their followup to “Walking on Sunshine” was “Do You Want Crying”, made it to #37. Then, four years later, Katrina and the Waves had a modest comeback hit, “That’s the Way”, which made it to #16. ---
**Author:** ![Trout\_Mask\_Replica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@Trout\_Mask\_Replica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trout_Mask_Replica)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2000, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-hit-wonder-registry-project/15602/64 "2000-04-05T16:59:00Z")
After the Fire (‘Der Kommissar’). * * * **TMR** _If you believed in yourself, and tore enough holes in your pants, there was always a mist-filled alley right around the corner._ ---
**Author:** ![I.M.Kierkegaard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ea5d25/32.png) [@I.M.Kierkegaard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I.M.Kierkegaard)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2000, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-hit-wonder-registry-project/15602/65 "2000-04-06T05:14:00Z")
Did the group that did One Tin Soldier ever have another hit? Was it Coven? * * * –I am Soren Kierkegaard.– “People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid.” ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2000, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-hit-wonder-registry-project/15602/66 "2000-04-05T18:42:00Z")
One Tin Solder brought one hit wonder status to _two_ different groups. The song was originally released in late 1969 by The Original Caste, which took it to #34 in the U.S. Two years later Coven re-recorded it for the movie The Legend of Billy Jack, and took it as high as #24. Neither group was heard from again. Another song which punched a hole in the side of the careers of two different groups was Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye. Steam reached #1 with it in 1969, and the Nylons got to #12 in 1987. Maybe **Inky-** could set up some sort of “fooled me twice” tour for these paired groups. ---
**Author:** ![WIGGUM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@WIGGUM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WIGGUM)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2000, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-hit-wonder-registry-project/15602/67 "2000-04-05T19:10:00Z")
The group **dada** has recently been seen emptying trash receptacles at **Dizz Knee Land**. Meanwhile the group **M.A.R.R.S.** have been seen **Pumping Up the Volume** on the microphone for a price check at their local grocery store. ---
**Author:** ![I.M.Kierkegaard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ea5d25/32.png) [@I.M.Kierkegaard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I.M.Kierkegaard)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2000, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-hit-wonder-registry-project/15602/68 "2000-04-05T19:16:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by whitetho: > > Another song which punched a hole in the side of the careers of two different groups was Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye. Steam reached #1 with it in 1969, and the Nylons got to #12 in 1987. > > Maybe **Inky-** could set up some sort of “fooled me twice” tour for these paired groups. Didn’t the Nylons hit the charts also with a remake of “Happy Together”? I could very easily be wrong, but that’s in my head for some reason! Oh… and I actually like the song One Tin Soldier… should that go on the “Things You’d Never Admit in Public” thread? * * * –I am Soren Kierkegaard.– “People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid.” ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2000, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-hit-wonder-registry-project/15602/69 "2000-04-05T19:33:00Z")
Teen Angel by Mark Dinning -where’d he go? Any Canadians ? What didja do to Martha and the Muffins? Thunderclap Newman -is he still with us? ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2000, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-hit-wonder-registry-project/15602/70 "2000-04-05T20:07:00Z")
The Nylon’s version of Happy Together got to #75 in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. I’m using Wayne Jancik’s standard of “a hit” as being a song that reaches at least #40, so this release didn’t spring the Nylons from the One Hit Wonder purgatory. And if they don’t like it there, they can pull themselves up by their bootstraps and earn their way out! Which occasionally happens. The first (1990) edition of Wayne Janciks _One Hit Wonders_ included both Aaron Neville and “Weird Al” Yankovich. However, both went on to have comeback hits and thus were omitted from the second (1998) edition, thus ending 22 years in limbo for Neville, and 8 years for Weird Al. The 1998 edition of the book includes Lenny Kravitz, whose recent successes means he has also clawed his way out. ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2000, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-hit-wonder-registry-project/15602/71 "2000-04-06T09:16:00Z")
The Nylon’s version of Happy Together got to #75 in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. I’m following Wayne Jancik’s standard of “a hit” as being a something that reaches at least #40, so this song didn’t get high enough to spring the Nylons from the One Hit Wonder purgatory. And if they don’t like it there, they can pull themselves up by their bootstraps and earn their way out! Which occasionally happens. The first (1990) edition of Janciks _One Hit Wonders_ included Aaron Neville and “Weird Al” Yankovich. However, both went on to have comeback hits, thus ending 22 years in limbo for Neville, and 8 for Weird Al, so neither appears in the second (1998) edition of the book. The 1998 edition lists Lenny Kravitz, but his recent successes mean that he too has clawed his way out. ---
**Author:** ![MadPoet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8c91f0/32.png) [@MadPoet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadPoet)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2000, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-hit-wonder-registry-project/15602/72 "2000-04-07T23:28:00Z")
Well, the lovely Aimee Mann of Til Tuesday managed to spin off and start a solo career… anyone know what happened to the rest of the band? And did they have any other hits besides Voices Carry? * * * [http://www.madpoet.com](http://www.madpoet.com) I am human, and I need to be loved Just like anybody else does ---
**Author:** ![Milossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Milossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milossarian)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2000, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-hit-wonder-registry-project/15602/73 "2000-04-07T03:51:00Z")
Who can forget the hard times when the C&C Music Factory was shut down? Their lead singer lost the shirt off his back … * * * “We are here for this – to make mistakes and to correct ourselves, to withstand the blows and to hand them out.” Primo Levi [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-hit-wonder-registry-project/15602.md?page=3)