# Topic Playlist (Part 3)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [January 26, 2024, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687 "2024-01-26T15:37:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2026, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7701 "2026-06-19T15:36:03Z")

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**90s One-Hit Wonders**

1. I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) - The Proclaimers
2. Macarena - Los Lobos
3. No Rain - Blind Melon

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**Post date:** [June 19, 2026, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7702 "2026-06-19T15:58:41Z")

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Much as I’d be intrigued to hear a Los Lobos cover of “Macarena,” I’ve corrected #2.

**90s One-Hit Wonders**

1. I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) - The Proclaimers
2. Macarena - Los del Rio
3. No Rain - Blind Melon

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**Post date:** [June 19, 2026, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7703 "2026-06-19T16:00:20Z")

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**90s One-Hit Wonders**

1. I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) - The Proclaimers
2. Macarena - Los del Rio
3. No Rain - Blind Melon
4. Mambo No. 5 - Lou Bega

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**Post date:** [June 19, 2026, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7704 "2026-06-19T16:48:27Z")

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**90s One-Hit Wonders**

1. I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) - The Proclaimers
2. Macarena - Los del Rio
3. No Rain - Blind Melon
4. Mambo No. 5 - Lou Bega
5. Send Me On My Way - Rusted Root

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2026, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7705 "2026-06-19T21:07:47Z")

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**90s One-Hit Wonders**

1. I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) - The Proclaimers
2. Macarena - Los del Rio
3. No Rain - Blind Melon
4. Mambo No. 5 - Lou Bega
5. Send Me On My Way - Rusted Root
6. What’s Up? - 4 Non Blondes

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**Post date:** [June 19, 2026, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7706 "2026-06-19T21:32:36Z")

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**90s One-Hit Wonders**

1. I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) - The Proclaimers
2. Macarena - Los del Rio
3. No Rain - Blind Melon
4. Mambo No. 5 - Lou Bega
5. Send Me On My Way - Rusted Root
6. What’s Up? - 4 Non Blondes
7. Walking In Memphis - Marc Cohn

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**Post date:** [June 19, 2026, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7707 "2026-06-19T22:35:44Z")

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> [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#):
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> **80s One-Hit Wonders**
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> 1. Brandy - Looking Glass

Looking Glass did chart one other song – _‘Jimmy Loves Mary Ann’_, released in July 1973 – which spent fifteen weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, topping out at #33. It was better received in Canada, where it peaked at #21.

_ **-“BB”-** _

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**Post date:** [June 19, 2026, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7708 "2026-06-19T22:45:11Z")

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**90s One-Hit Wonders**

1. I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) - The Proclaimers
2. Macarena - Los del Rio
3. No Rain - Blind Melon
4. Mambo No. 5 - Lou Bega
5. Send Me On My Way - Rusted Root
6. What’s Up? - 4 Non Blondes
7. Walking In Memphis - Marc Cohn
8. Crying in the Chapel - Peter Blakeley

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**Post date:** [June 20, 2026, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7709 "2026-06-20T00:20:35Z")

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**90s One-Hit Wonders**

1. I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) - The Proclaimers
2. Macarena - Los del Rio
3. No Rain - Blind Melon
4. Mambo No. 5 - Lou Bega
5. Send Me On My Way - Rusted Root
6. What’s Up? - 4 Non Blondes
7. Walking In Memphis - Marc Cohn
8. Crying in the Chapel - Peter Blakeley
9. Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve

In the US. In the UK, The Verve had several hits.

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**Post date:** [June 21, 2026, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7710 "2026-06-21T14:54:24Z")

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**90s One-Hit Wonders**

1. I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) - The Proclaimers
2. Macarena - Los del Rio
3. No Rain - Blind Melon
4. Mambo No. 5 - Lou Bega
5. Send Me On My Way - Rusted Root
6. What’s Up? - 4 Non Blondes
7. Walking In Memphis - Marc Cohn
8. Crying in the Chapel - Peter Blakeley
9. Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve
10. Set Adrift on Memory Bliss - PM Dawn

**00’s One Hit Wonders**

1. Stacy’s Mom - Fountains of Wayne

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**Post date:** [June 21, 2026, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7711 "2026-06-21T19:04:02Z")

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**00’s One Hit Wonders**

1. Stacy’s Mom - Fountains of Wayne
2. Jerk It Out - Caesars

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**00’s One Hit Wonders**

1. Stacy’s Mom - Fountains of Wayne
2. Jerk It Out - Caesars
3. Who Let the Dogs Out - Baha Men

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**00’s One Hit Wonders**

1. Stacy’s Mom - Fountains of Wayne
2. Jerk It Out - Caesars
3. Who Let the Dogs Out - Baha Men
4. Teenage Dirtbag - Wheatus

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**00’s One Hit Wonders**

1. Stacy’s Mom - Fountains of Wayne
2. Jerk It Out - Caesars
3. Who Let the Dogs Out - Baha Men
4. Teenage Dirtbag - Wheatus
5. The Reason - Hoobastank

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**Post date:** [June 23, 2026, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7715 "2026-06-23T16:21:51Z")

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**00’s One Hit Wonders**

1. Stacy’s Mom - Fountains of Wayne
2. Jerk It Out - Caesars
3. Who Let the Dogs Out - Baha Men
4. Teenage Dirtbag - Wheatus
5. The Reason - Hoobastank
6. I Believe in a Thing Called Love - The Darkness

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**Post date:** [June 23, 2026, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7716 "2026-06-23T18:26:50Z")

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**00’s One Hit Wonders**

1. Stacy’s Mom - Fountains of Wayne
2. Jerk It Out - Caesars
3. Who Let the Dogs Out - Baha Men
4. Teenage Dirtbag - Wheatus
5. The Reason - Hoobastank
6. I Believe in a Thing Called Love - The Darkness
7. Smooth Criminal - Alien Ant Farm

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**Post date:** [June 23, 2026, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7717 "2026-06-23T19:24:41Z")

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**00’s One Hit Wonders**

1. Stacy’s Mom - Fountains of Wayne
2. Jerk It Out - Caesars
3. Who Let the Dogs Out - Baha Men
4. Teenage Dirtbag - Wheatus
5. The Reason - Hoobastank
6. I Believe in a Thing Called Love - The Darkness
7. Smooth Criminal - Alien Ant Farm
8. The Boys of Summer - The Ataris

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**00’s One Hit Wonders**

1. Stacy’s Mom - Fountains of Wayne
2. Jerk It Out - Caesars
3. Who Let the Dogs Out - Baha Men
4. Teenage Dirtbag - Wheatus
5. The Reason - Hoobastank
6. I Believe in a Thing Called Love - The Darkness
7. Smooth Criminal - Alien Ant Farm
8. The Boys of Summer - The Ataris
9. I Loved Her First - Heartland

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**00’s One Hit Wonders**

1. Stacy’s Mom - Fountains of Wayne
2. Jerk It Out - Caesars
3. Who Let the Dogs Out - Baha Men
4. Teenage Dirtbag - Wheatus
5. The Reason - Hoobastank
6. I Believe in a Thing Called Love - The Darkness
7. Smooth Criminal - Alien Ant Farm
8. The Boys of Summer - The Ataris
9. I Loved Her First - Heartland
10. Bad Day - Daniel Powter

Next: **2010s One Hit Wonders**

1. Gangnam Style - Psy

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**Post date:** [June 24, 2026, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7720 "2026-06-24T21:59:00Z")

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**2010s One Hit Wonders**

1. Gangnam Style - Psy
2. Call Me Maybe - Carly Rae Jepsen

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