What one hit wonders should I put on my MP3 player?

Cafe Society
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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.

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No list of one hit wonders is complete without “Semi-Charmed Life” by Third Eye Blind.
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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.”

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I always like suggesting “That Thing You Do” by The Wonders. Pretty much the definition of a one-hit wonder. :slight_smile:

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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.”
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Shit, half the groups on this list aren’t one-hit wonders. And the other half I’ve never heard of. :wink:

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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.

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VH1’s 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders

Personally, I’d skip 7, 6, and 1.

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Ooh, one more: Josh Ritter’s “Girl in the War”.
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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.

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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.

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“Kisses” by The Shivers
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If you like that one, you should look for their song “Beauty.” I’ve had that on repeat all morning. :slight_smile:
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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. :slight_smile:

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“Breakfast at Tiffany’s”
“500 Miles”