# Two hit wonders **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 15, 2003, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-hit-wonders/213387 "2003-11-15T05:05:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-hit-wonders/213387/1 "2003-11-15T05:05:08Z")
OK, so maybe that’s not what they’re called, but still, we all have heard about one hit wonders, hell, there’s even TV shows made about them, but what about the two hit wonders? I mean, sure, they have one more hit to their name, but still, two hits isn’t very many (unless of course you don’t have any 🙂 ) But anyway, what are the ones that you like? I can think of a few, but for some reason, I can only think of ones from the 80’s _ABC_ - **Be Near me** , & **When Somkey Sings** _The Motels_ - **Only the Lonely** , & **Suddenly, Last Summer** _White Lion_ - **Wait** , & **When the Children Cry** _Fine Young Cannibals_ - **She Drive Me Crazy** , & **Good Thing** And, shoot, I had a couple of others, but I can’t remember them now. Anyway, which ones do you like? ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-hit-wonders/213387/2 "2003-11-15T05:42:47Z")
Okay, I’ll bite. But I can only think of a _really_ old one: The Cyrcle - **Red Rubber Ball** & **Turn Down Day** ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-hit-wonders/213387/3 "2003-11-15T05:50:37Z")
Wow, I’m affraid that neither song sounds familiar. What decade are they from? ---
**Author:** ![Nocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9fc348/32.png) [@Nocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nocturne)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-hit-wonders/213387/4 "2003-11-15T05:53:28Z")
Naked Eyes–Always Something There to Remind Me & Promises, Promises ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-hit-wonders/213387/5 "2003-11-15T05:56:48Z")
_Bananarama_ - **Venus** , **Cruel Summer** ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-hit-wonders/213387/6 "2003-11-15T06:21:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Joel \* > \*\*Wow, I’m affraid that neither song sounds familiar. What decade are they from? \*\* The sixties. They toured with The Beatles in 1966. Yeah, I know, I’ll dotter off and knit something now. ---
**Author:** ![Number](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/number/32/242_2.png) [@Number](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Number)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-hit-wonders/213387/7 "2003-11-15T06:27:21Z")
Falco - _Der Kommissar_ & _Rock Me Amadeus_ Two more amusing music videos you would be hard-pressed to find. ---
**Author:** ![riserius1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ab992/32.png) [@riserius1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/riserius1)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-hit-wonders/213387/8 "2003-11-15T06:30:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Joel \* > \*\* > _ABC_ - **Be Near me** , & **When Somkey Sings** > \*\* I have to disagree with this one because ABC also had 2 other hits: 1. The Look Of Love 2. Poison Arrow Just because your local 80’s station doesn’t play them now, doesn’t mean they weren’t played then… heard Beat it lately? Chris W ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-hit-wonders/213387/9 "2003-11-15T06:48:18Z")
And the **Motels** had a third hit: **Take the ‘L’ out of Lover and It’s Over"** (my favorite of the 3 actually). ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-hit-wonders/213387/10 "2003-11-15T06:52:09Z")
Doesn’t sound familiar. I’ll have to look up the lyrics and see if they ring a bell. ---
**Author:** ![Sm\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@Sm\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sm_e)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-hit-wonders/213387/11 "2003-11-15T06:54:47Z")
Tone Loc- Wild Thing and Funky Cold Medina ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-hit-wonders/213387/12 "2003-11-15T06:59:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by riserius1 \* > \*\*I have to disagree with this one because ABC also had 2 other hits: > > 1. The Look Of Love > 2. Poison Arrow > > Just because your local 80’s station doesn’t play them now, doesn’t mean they weren’t played then… heard Beat it lately? > > Chris W \*\* Oh yeah, **The Look Of Love** , I remember the name, but not the song. As for **Posion Arrow** however, that doesn’t ring a bell I’m afraid. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-hit-wonders/213387/13 "2003-11-15T07:11:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by koeeoaddi \* > \*\*The sixties. They toured with The Beatles in 1966. > > Yeah, I know, I’ll dotter off and knit something now. \*\* Hehehe, I like some singers/groups from the 50’s and 60’s myself. Granted, I was born in '73 so that’s not the music I grew up listening to (although sometime in the late 80’s or early 90’s I went with my mother and some other family members to a **Herman’s Hermits** concert :eek: . Just kidding, actually, it wasn’t geeky like I was affraid it would be. They kept up with the times and had a good modern rock sound, even for their old hits. (I stupidly assumed that they would stick with their 60’s sound)) ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-hit-wonders/213387/14 "2003-11-15T07:21:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sm:)e \* > \*\*Tone Loc- Wild Thing and Funky Cold Medina \*\* Good one…or ones… ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-hit-wonders/213387/15 "2003-11-15T07:42:00Z")
Ah, I just remembered one. _Simple Minds_ - **Don’t You (Forget About Me)** and **Alive and Kicking** ---
**Author:** ![Moo\_the\_Magic\_Cow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@Moo\_the\_Magic\_Cow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moo_the_Magic_Cow)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-hit-wonders/213387/16 "2003-11-15T08:33:07Z")
MC Hammer - Can’t Touch This, 2 Legit 2 Quit ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lodoen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b3f665/32.png) [@Jeff\_Lodoen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lodoen)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-hit-wonders/213387/17 "2003-11-15T08:44:34Z")
It would seem One Hit Wonder is easy to define. But there’s a difference between… Former band member with hit: Balin, Marty - Hearts Out of nowhere to #1 and back: Abbott, Gregory - Shake You Down Foreign (read UK or Canada) artist with other hits at home: [I can’t think of one, whoops!] As to a twofers— never forget Golden Earring. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lodoen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b3f665/32.png) [@Jeff\_Lodoen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lodoen)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-hit-wonders/213387/18 "2003-11-15T08:49:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Moo the Magic Cow \* > \*\*MC Hammer - Can’t Touch This, 2 Legit 2 Quit \*\* Would that it were so… Have You Seen Her (Billboard #4), Pray (#2). ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-hit-wonders/213387/19 "2003-11-15T11:12:33Z")
This is a tough one. Because I immediately thought of other songs by a lot of these artists that got play when they were released. And Falco didn’t release ‘Der Kommissar’, did he? ---
**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:** [November 15, 2003, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-hit-wonders/213387/20 "2003-11-15T11:35:12Z")
Might **Sugarloaf** qualify? They hit #3 with “Green-Eyed Lady” and had another one in the top ten with “Don’t Call Us (We’ll Call You)”. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-hit-wonders/213387.md?page=2)