# 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:** 5
**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:** [November 18, 2003, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-hit-wonders/213387/81 "2003-11-18T22:27:04Z")
_Aqualung_ never even made the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. I suspect that it was never released as a single–Progressive Rock groups tended to promote album sales in lieu of trying for hit singles. Other Top 40 hits for Kansas included _Point of Know Return_, _People of the South Wind_, _Play The Game Tonight_, and _All I Wanted_. ---
**Author:** ![aktep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@aktep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aktep)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-hit-wonders/213387/82 "2003-11-18T22:44:25Z")
B52s - “Roam” and “Loveshack” the Refreshments - “Bandito” and “Down Together” ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-hit-wonders/213387/83 "2003-11-18T23:05:46Z")
Two pages into the thread and nobody has mentioned **The Romantics**? What I Like About You Talking In Your Sleep (best video ever foir a horny 16 year old - well, at least until David Lee Roth released the video for his cover of California Girls) aktep - What about “Rock Lobster”? It may not have hit the top 40 (AMG says it peaked at #56), but I don’t think you could go to a party in the 80s and not hear that song. That makes it a hit in my book. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-hit-wonders/213387/84 "2003-11-18T23:55:46Z")
As for Jethro Tull, I’m pretty sure _Thick as a Brick Edit #1_ made it to the charts, didn’t it? My list: **The Troggs** : _Wild Thing_ and _Love is All Around_ **Traffic** : _Low Spark of High Heeled Boys_, _Dear Mr. Fantasy_ **The Knack** : _My Sharona_, _Good Girls Don’t_ **Nilsson** : _Everybody’s Talkin’_, _Jump Into the Fire_ (I’m going from memory here, so I’m sure someone will be along to mention ones I’ve forgotten or correct me :)) ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-hit-wonders/213387/85 "2003-11-19T00:08:32Z")
How about **The Knack** with: “Good Girls Don’t” “My Sharona” ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-hit-wonders/213387/86 "2003-11-19T00:16:50Z")
Damn! Beaten to the punch! OK then, I’ll go with **The Marshall Tucker Band** with: “Heard It in a Love Song” “Fire on the Mountain” ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-hit-wonders/213387/87 "2003-11-19T00:51:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness \* > \*\*Two pages into the thread and nobody has mentioned **The Romantics**? > What I Like About You > Talking In Your Sleep (best video ever foir a horny 16 year old - well, at least until David Lee Roth released the video for his cover of California Girls) > > aktep - What about “Rock Lobster”? It may not have hit the top 40 (AMG says it peaked at #56), but I don’t think you could go to a party in the 80s and not hear that song. That makes it a hit in my book. \*\* Actually, if you go back and re-read the thread, I think that you’ll find that they were mentioned. Take a guess who mentioned them 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-hit-wonders/213387/88 "2003-11-19T01:19:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Joel \*-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > \*\*Originally posted by ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness > Two pages into the thread and nobody has mentioned The Romantics? > What I Like About You > Talking In Your Sleep (best video ever foir a horny 16 year old - well, at least until David Lee Roth released the video for his cover of California Girls) > > Actually, if you go back and re-read the thread, I think that you’ll find that they were mentioned. Take a guess who mentioned them 🙂 \*\* Either I and my browsers search function are both blind as a bat, or the previous Romantics post got eaten or mislaid by the hamsters. Either way, sorry 🙂 Anyway… spoke- Don’t feel bad about being late for the Knack, as they were 3, count 'em, 3-hit wonders. You musn’t forget “Baby Talks Dirty”. It was big enough for Weird Al to parody (“Baby Likes Burping”) and if that isn’t the definition of a hit, I don’t know what is.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-hit-wonders/213387/89 "2003-11-19T05:12:58Z")
:eek:Wow, I could have sworn I mentioned the Romantics. Yeah, either my post got ate, or I have very crappy memory. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-hit-wonders/213387/90 "2003-11-26T14:01:01Z")
Uncle John’s Band was never a hit. ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-hit-wonders/213387/91 "2003-11-26T15:40:46Z")
Here’s one: **April Wine** had _Enough Is Enough_ and _Sign of the Gypsy Queen_. Oh, and **Kansas** had another song that got a lot of play on MTV. _Fight Fire With Fire_. ---
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-hit-wonders/213387/92 "2003-11-26T15:59:04Z")
There’s an awful lot of singles in any given year that are top 40. Are they all hits? ---
**Author:** ![CaveMike](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cavemike/32/16379_2.png) [@CaveMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaveMike)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2003, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-hit-wonders/213387/93 "2003-11-27T07:08:25Z")
What about Tesla with “Love Song” and “Signs”? Not sure if either of those were big enough to be consider hits though… ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2003, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-hit-wonders/213387/94 "2003-11-27T15:34:52Z")
Anyone remember a group called Zebra. Tell Me What You Want and Who’s Behind The Door. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2003, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-hit-wonders/213387/95 "2003-11-27T15:39:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kizarvexius \* > \*\*Here’s one: **April Wine** had _Enough Is Enough_ and _Sign of the Gypsy Queen_. > > Oh, and **Kansas** had another song that got a lot of play on MTV. _Fight Fire With Fire_. \*\* April Wine’s biggest hit was “I Like To Rock”. And Kansas had more than a dozen songs in the top 40. ---
**Author:** ![gentle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/eb8c5e/32.png) [@gentle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gentle)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-hit-wonders/213387/96 "2003-11-28T18:54:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Number \* > **Falco - _Der Kommissar_ & _Rock Me Amadeus_** Falco had more hits than that, at least here in Europe – enouh to make a “Greatest Hits” album. “Vienna Calling” and “Jeanny” come to mind. ---
**Author:** ![Ghostwind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ce73a5/32.png) [@Ghostwind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghostwind)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-hit-wonders/213387/97 "2003-11-28T20:31:32Z")
For the record, Corey Hart also had a hit with a remake of Elvis’ “Can’t Help Falling in Love”. Now, here’s one that should make any 80’s phile cringe… **Don Johnson** ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-hit-wonders/213387/98 "2003-11-28T23:59:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CaveMike \* > \*\*What about Tesla with “Love Song” and “Signs”? Not sure if either of those were big enough to be consider hits though… \*\* In addition to these songs, they also had, among others, _Comin’ Atcha Live_, _Edison’s Medicine_, _The Way It Is_, and others. Does Fiona Apple qualify? I don’t recall any songs other than _Sleep to Dream_ and _Criminal_. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-hit-wonders/213387/99 "2003-11-29T00:01:40Z")
**Ghost Wind** , I don’t know of any other song Johnson had besides _Heartbeat_, do you? ---
**Author:** ![justplainDave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4bbf92/32.png) [@justplainDave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justplainDave)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-hit-wonders/213387/100 "2003-12-05T05:51:02Z")
A fairly recent one would be Fastball, with their songs “The Way” and “Out of My Head”. I liked these guys, and the single from their third album, “You’re an Ocean” was just as good, but got washed away by the tide. (Bad pun intended) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-hit-wonders/213387.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-hit-wonders/213387.md?page=6)