# Your favorite one hit wonder **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 18, 2011, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/593117 "2011-08-18T04:36:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/593117/1 "2011-08-18T04:36:13Z")
This weekend I heard, for the first time in nearly 20 years, [Tasmin Archer’s “Sleeping Satellite”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1dU5TQLpVA&feature=related). I think she had a number of hits in Britain but in the US this was her only hit. This got me thinking about brilliant one hit wonders like these songs: [“Precious Precious”, Jackie Moore](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdqrlkbbMvk) [“Why Can’t We Live Together”, Timmy Thomas.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAvuxLf80Jo) What are yours? ---
**Author:** ![AnalogSignal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/analogsignal/32/1085_2.png) [@AnalogSignal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnalogSignal)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/593117/2 "2011-08-18T04:53:04Z")
[“Beach Baby”, First Class](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XG8MQ8f4nF4) ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/593117/3 "2011-08-18T04:58:11Z")
I love 1 hit wonders! (especially '80’s) Some of my faves: “Take On Me”-A-ha “Safety Dance”-Men Without Hats “(Rock Me) Amadeus”-Falco “Puttin’ on the Ritz”-Taco ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/593117/4 "2011-08-18T04:59:56Z")
[“Sky High” by Jigsaw.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mudlXF3MA8Q) ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/593117/5 "2011-08-18T05:08:26Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > [“Sky High” by Jigsaw.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mudlXF3MA8Q) Gosh, I haven’t thought of that song for years. It was very popular here in its day. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/593117/6 "2011-08-18T05:21:43Z")
[Driver’s Seat](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-C0ZmRUudZ0) - Sniff ‘n’ the Tears [Salt In My Tears](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=netMRfWRTTY) - Martin Briley [Der Kommissar](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Guvo7gUdUnE) - After The Fire (covering Falco’s German version) [No Time To Lose](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWN1z5Evm44) - Tarney / Spencer Band [When the Heart Rules the Mind - GTR](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAFzhbTnFuU) (only sort of counts, as the guitarists were Steve Howe of Yes and Steve Hackett of early Genesis) ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/593117/7 "2011-08-18T07:06:11Z")
[Moon, June, Spoon by Spot](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tngN0vUtXbE) [Vanishing Cream by The Hunger](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUYOv5AnyXY) ---
**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:** [August 18, 2011, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/593117/8 "2011-08-18T07:13:23Z")
_96 Tears_, by Question Mark and the Mysterians. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/593117/9 "2011-08-18T07:55:30Z")
Does [Hunger Strike](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjNjJR9jUGo) by Temple of the Dog count? ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/593117/10 "2011-08-18T08:41:07Z")
Puttin’ on the Ritz by Taco. Gangster Bitch by Apache. Very much a guilty pleasure, but Saints Row 2 made me love it. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/593117/11 "2011-08-18T12:00:10Z")
Judy in Disguise (with Glasses) by John Fred and His Playboy Band. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/593117/12 "2011-08-18T12:12:55Z")
Friday On My Mind, by The Easybeats. I realize that they had more hits in Australia and the UK, but this is the only song I heard by them in the 60s, and I think it’s a great one. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/593117/13 "2011-08-18T12:26:26Z")
There are so many great 80’s one hit wonders that I can’t decide between them, but for the much smaller crop of 90’s rock one hit wonders the answer is easier: _New Age Girl_ by Dead Eye Dick. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/593117/14 "2011-08-18T12:28:45Z")
_Come On Eileen_ - Dexy’s Midnight Runners. Backed up by a great performance of it on SNL. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/593117/15 "2011-08-18T12:42:59Z")
I think the only song by _Lone Justice_ that ever became a hit (of sorts) was “Ways To Be Wicked” (#29 in 1985). Great song and fine production, much better than the version released by Tom Petty (who co-wrote the song). ---
**Author:** ![Laggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/593117/16 "2011-08-18T12:51:39Z")
Million Miles Away - Modern English ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/593117/17 "2011-08-18T13:16:25Z")
Ah, Leah by Donnie Iris ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/593117/18 "2011-08-18T13:26:51Z")
[In The Summertime](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zc9wIzi96_E) by Mungo Jerry. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/593117/19 "2011-08-18T13:33:43Z")
> [@Laggard](#): > > Million Miles Away - Modern English “A Million Miles Away” was by the Plimsouls. Modern English had their one-hit wonder with “I Melt With You.” Both on the \*Valley Girl \*soundtrack! Another fave from the 80s: “Just Got Lucky” by the JoBoxers. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/593117/20 "2011-08-18T13:51:08Z")
Crazy World of Arthur Brown: [Fire](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aY1APSk0SS0) Desmond Dekker: [Israelites](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83Y2hv-3UCM) Focus: [Hocus Pocus](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iw7qS9OCAPc) Lemon Pipers: [Green Tambourine](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIAzQ6M2Bow) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/593117.md?page=2)