# What one hit wonders should I put on my MP3 player? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 26, 2008, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-hit-wonders-should-i-put-on-my-mp3-player/457840 "2008-07-26T14:47:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![LiveOnAPlane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@LiveOnAPlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LiveOnAPlane)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2008, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-hit-wonders-should-i-put-on-my-mp3-player/457840/21 "2008-07-29T04:56:03Z")
You might also like \*In the Court of the Crimson King \* by King Crimson. I’m not really sure if the group should properly be considered a one hit wonder, though. ---
**Author:** ![mshar253](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@mshar253](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mshar253)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2008, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-hit-wonders-should-i-put-on-my-mp3-player/457840/22 "2008-07-29T17:32:41Z")
[QUOTE=Lemur866] No list of one hit wonders is complete without “Semi-Charmed Life” by Third Eye Blind. [/QUOTE] They’re not a one-hit wonder. Off the top of my head, there’s “Graduate,” “How’s It Going to Be,” “Jumper,” and “Never Let You Go.” My vote goes to Tommy Tutone’s “Jenny.” ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2008, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-hit-wonders-should-i-put-on-my-mp3-player/457840/23 "2008-07-29T17:42:27Z")
I always like suggesting “That Thing You Do” by The Wonders. Pretty much the definition of a one-hit wonder. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2008, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-hit-wonders-should-i-put-on-my-mp3-player/457840/24 "2008-07-29T18:00:49Z")
[QUOTE=mshar253] They’re not a one-hit wonder. Off the top of my head, there’s “Graduate,” “How’s It Going to Be,” “Jumper,” and “Never Let You Go.” My vote goes to Tommy Tutone’s “Jenny.” [/QUOTE] Shit, half the groups on this list aren’t one-hit wonders. And the other half I’ve never heard of. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2008, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-hit-wonders-should-i-put-on-my-mp3-player/457840/25 "2008-07-29T18:13:21Z")
All these posts on “one-hit wonders” and no one’s rickrolled yet? “Missing” - Everything But The Girl “Jane’s Getting Serious” - Jon Astley “Tarzan Boy” - Baltimora “Breakout” - Swing Out Sister “Bette Davis Eyes” - Kim Carnes “Oblivious” - Aztec Camera (which, if you find, tell me where because I can’t) “Dead Man’s Party” - Oingo Boingo (technically not a OHW) “In a Big Country” - Big Country “Kids in America” - Kim Wilde “All Around the World” - Lisa Stansfield Oh hell, I’ll just send you my iPod to copy. Easier to do that than type them all out here. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2008, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-hit-wonders-should-i-put-on-my-mp3-player/457840/26 "2008-07-29T18:26:07Z")
[VH1’s 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders](http://www.vh1.com/shows/series/the_greatest/one_hit_wonders/) Personally, I’d skip 7, 6, and 1. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2008, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-hit-wonders-should-i-put-on-my-mp3-player/457840/27 "2008-07-29T19:04:25Z")
[QUOTE=gallows fodder] Ooh, one more: Josh Ritter’s “Girl in the War”. [/QUOTE] This is a pity he’s one of your one hit wonders as Josh Ritter has had several excellent albums and numerous great songs. Check out the songs: _Wolves, Golden Age Of Radio, Monster Ballads (especially the demo version on one of the EPs), Kathleen, Still, Wait For Love, Otherside, Come and Find Me,_ to name just a very few. ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2008, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-hit-wonders-should-i-put-on-my-mp3-player/457840/28 "2008-07-29T19:57:12Z")
Thanks for the suggestions! A friend gave me “Girl in the War” on a mix CD and I never bothered to check him out further. ---
**Author:** ![Subway\_Prophet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@Subway\_Prophet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Subway_Prophet)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2008, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-hit-wonders-should-i-put-on-my-mp3-player/457840/29 "2008-07-30T18:24:14Z")
[QUOTE=gallows fodder] [QUOTE=Subway Prophet] “Kisses” by The Shivers [/QUOTE] If you like that one, you should look for their song “Beauty.” I’ve had that on repeat all morning. 🙂 [/QUOTE] I just listened to it. That song is so quiet, so endearing, so oddly psychotic, it goes brilliantly with “Kisses”. Damn. I guess that makes them two-hit wonders in my book. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2008, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-hit-wonders-should-i-put-on-my-mp3-player/457840/30 "2008-07-30T21:59:24Z")
“Breakfast at Tiffany’s” “500 Miles” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-hit-wonders-should-i-put-on-my-mp3-player/457840.md?page=1)