# What is your favorite one-hit wonder?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/821747
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [September 22, 2018, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/821747 "2018-09-22T21:45:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2018, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/821747/1 "2018-09-22T21:45:03Z")
Vote for as many as you like. Based on nominations and seconds from [this thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=862514).
Have fun. And hey, hey! Let’s be careful out there!
mmm
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### Author:  [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2018, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/821747/2 "2018-09-22T22:35:46Z")
^ _Hill Street Blues_ theme isn’t on the list; don’t confuse us! 😃
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### Author:  [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2018, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/821747/3 "2018-09-22T22:44:51Z")
Favorite implies one, so “Come on Eileen” it is!
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### Author:  [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2018, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/821747/4 "2018-09-22T23:21:37Z")
My favorite one-hit-wonder is also my favorite song of all time: **Modern English** - _I Melt With You._
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### Author:  [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2018, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/821747/5 "2018-09-22T23:59:12Z")
I voted for a few songs, but I’m most impressed with _Flagpole Sitta_ by Harvey Danger. I remember when it came out I only really heard the chorus, but this song has some gems:
_Hear the voices in my head
I swear to god it sounds like they’re snoring_
And this weird escalation:
_Put me in the hospital for nerves
And then they had to commit me
You told them all I was crazy
They cut off my legs now I’m an amputee, god damn you_
This is my new favorite song, lol.
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### Author:  [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2018, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/821747/6 "2018-09-23T00:54:20Z")
I object to an artist (Neneh Cherry) with a #3 US song and a #8 US song as a OHW. Also, I don’t know how “7 Seconds” only hit #98 in the US, but it was a big hit everywhere else and I remember hearing it constantly everywhere in 1994, and I never left the US. That said, I guess technically that isn’t a US hit. “Kisses on the Wind” which was all over US Top 40 radio in the summer of 1989 and peaked at #8, certainly does qualify as a hit.
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### Author:  [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2018, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/821747/7 "2018-09-23T01:19:04Z")
> [@JohnT](#):
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> Favorite implies one, so “Come on Eileen” it is!
I know. I caught that I messed the title up too late.
Multiple selections allowed.
mmm
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### Author:  [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2018, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/821747/8 "2018-09-23T01:40:40Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#):
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> My favorite one-hit-wonder is also my favorite song of all time: **Modern English** - _I Melt With You._
[You’re in good company](https://youtu.be/GCtIVti7uRI).
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### Author:  [@Club\_33](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Club_33)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2018, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/821747/9 "2018-09-23T01:56:45Z")
Always had a soft spot for “Brandy.” Remember when it first came out.
“Go All the Way” by the Raspberries is a close second.
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### Author:  [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2018, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/821747/10 "2018-09-23T02:36:30Z")
It’s not on the list (cuz I didn’t suggest it, I guess) but today I was browsing the local Goodwill and “Mambo Number 5” came on the radio. Everyone in the store was bopping along, most of us singing. It was very cute.
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### Author:  [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2018, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/821747/11 "2018-09-23T03:29:07Z")
I didn’t think I’d be able to pick one. So many good ones, and ones not even listed … . .then I saw, “My Sharona”. That guitar solo changed my life as very young teen.
Always been fond of Hurricane Smith. Sniff N the Tears, Argent, Raspberries, Wild Cherry, Iron Butterfly, manic Focus. . .even cheesy Sammy Johns, I loved that Chevy Van song and still do I was seeing a girl named Eileen when that song came out
Great selection of songs, OP.
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### Author:  [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2018, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/821747/12 "2018-09-23T04:10:52Z")
I immediately thought of a dozen One Hit Wonders from the 70s that aren’t on the list… _Green Eyed Lady, Venus, Kung Fu Fighting_… all because I was too busy last week to help with nominations.
Sigh… at least the ones that sap my will to live aren’t on the list _(Honey, Afternoon Delight,_ and the inimitable _Disco Duck)_
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### Author:  [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2018, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/821747/13 "2018-09-23T05:05:28Z")
Molly Hatchet’s Flirtin’ With Disaster.
ETA: interesting thread: [Who was Molly Hatchet - Factual Questions - Straight Dope Message Board](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=588447)
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### Author:  [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2018, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/821747/14 "2018-09-23T05:44:26Z")
> [@digs](#):
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> Sigh… at least the ones that sap my will to live aren’t on the list _(Honey, Afternoon Delight,_ and the inimitable _Disco Duck)_
Break my stride - Matthew Wilder.
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### Author:  [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2018, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/821747/15 "2018-09-23T10:45:51Z")
> [@digs](#):
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> I immediately thought of a dozen One Hit Wonders from the 70s that aren’t on the list… _Green Eyed Lady, Venus, Kung Fu Fighting_… all because I was too busy last week to help with nominations.
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> Sigh… at least the ones that sap my will to live aren’t on the list _(Honey, Afternoon Delight,_ and the inimitable _Disco Duck)_
If it makes you feel any better, \*\*Venus \*\*is there (and rightfully trending right up there with the leaders). On the bad news side, so is **Afternoon Delight** ; it killed me to add it, there are few songs I hate as much as I do that one.
I’m very pleased with the action **Spirit in the Sky** is getting. When it was released, I recall informing my older brother of its awesomeness, to which he immediately and strongly disagreed. I still love it, 49 years later.
mmm
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### Author:  [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2018, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/821747/16 "2018-09-23T12:04:54Z")
Damn, I’d completely forgotten about **Rico Suave**. I can’t wait to forget about it again.
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### Author:  [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2018, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/821747/17 "2018-09-23T14:10:25Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#):
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> My favorite one-hit-wonder is also my favorite song of all time: **Modern English** - _I Melt With You._
Great tune, and one of my nominations from the other thread. I was just looking up the song to check on some info about the slightly longer album vs single version (the album version elongates the “the future’s open wide” section–I occasionally hear the full version on one of those internet streaming services, and noticed that Modern English re-recorded the song for their 1990 album [_Pillow Lips_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nmg5zP5nYO0). I was somehow unaware of this. Apparently, also the single version is in mono (or reprocessed stereo from the mono single), for some reason, while the (30 second longer) UK album version is in true stereo.
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### Author:  [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2018, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/821747/18 "2018-09-23T14:34:56Z")
Take on Me is probably my favorite song on that list but Fountains of Wayne is probably the best band.
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### Author:  [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2018, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/821747/19 "2018-09-23T14:50:08Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#):
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> Molly Hatchet’s Flirtin’ With Disaster
Ooooh… good one
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### Author:  [@Telperion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperion)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2018, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/821747/20 "2018-09-23T14:52:49Z")
_Simple Minds - Don’t you forget about me_
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