# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![CJJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecc23a/32.png) [@CJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CJJ)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/593117/21 "2011-08-18T14:01:02Z")
'80s best one-hit wonders: “Mickey” - Tony Basil “Wild Wild West” - Escape Club “Miami Vice Theme” - Jan Hammer “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” - Bobby McFerrin “Big Country” - Big Country (at least in the US) ---
**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, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/593117/22 "2011-08-18T14:09:02Z")
Forgot: Thomas Dolby: [She Blinded Me with Science](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fI8834iCgo) ---
**Author:** ![Shakester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shakester/32/437_2.png) [@Shakester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shakester)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/593117/23 "2011-08-18T14:27:26Z")
Hard to believe no-one’s mentioned **My Sharona** yet. Yes, they had a few other minor hits, which I also like, but nothing on the level of My Sharona. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/593117/24 "2011-08-18T14:51:50Z")
Ten Years After [I’m Going Home](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imRmFQ60DQc) Raiph McTell [Streets of London](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Uc8KPSIzAc) Tee Set [Ma Belle Ami](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAaNXXItJcQ&feature=related) and for the win: Bobby Hebb [Sunny](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbUl_E-R91Q) ---
**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, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/593117/25 "2011-08-18T15:04:42Z")
> [@california\_jobcase](#): > > Ah, Leah by Donnie Iris Not really a one-hit-wonder though as he had a hit with “Love is like a Rock.” ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/593117/26 "2011-08-18T15:38:16Z")
There are dozens I could name, but for now I’ll just submit: “[Go Back](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjRLsVhEnfM)” by Crabby Appleton “[(We Ain’t Got) Nothing Yet](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKEtyFEAmXM)” by the Blues Magoos "[Liar Liar"](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SsFK3JJ_-E) by the Castaways "[Lies"](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1n03a7cLf0M)by the Knickerbockers "[Psychotic Reaction"](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsLMuH82us0) by the Count Five ---
**Author:** ![Wallenstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@Wallenstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallenstein)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/593117/27 "2011-08-18T15:59:36Z")
Snow - Informer And numerous old skool cartoon rave tracks (Trip to Trumpton, Sesame’s Treat etc) ---
**Author:** ![Mooch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mooch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mooch)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/593117/28 "2011-08-18T16:06:49Z")
“Lake Shore Drive” - Aliotta, Haynes and Jeremiah ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/593117/29 "2011-08-18T16:11:58Z")
The Proclaimers - “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)” ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/593117/30 "2011-08-18T16:12:01Z")
_Pass The Dutchie_ by Musical Youth. ---
**Author:** ![Chicagojeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b19c9b/32.png) [@Chicagojeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicagojeff)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/593117/31 "2011-08-18T16:13:03Z")
1. “Vehicle” Ides of March… 2. “Brandy” Looking Glass… 3. “Ride Captain Ride”…Blues Image… 4. “Tarzan Boy” Baltimora… ---
**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, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/593117/32 "2011-08-18T16:15:25Z")
Was the '80s the Golden Age for 1 hit wonders? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/593117/33 "2011-08-18T16:15:31Z")
> [@california\_jobcase](#): > > Ah, Leah by Donnie Iris Of course, Donnie Iris was leader of the Jaggerz, who had an even bigger hit with “The Rapper.” ---
**Author:** ![Arrendajo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Arrendajo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrendajo)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/593117/34 "2011-08-18T16:17:46Z")
[Walk on the Wild Side](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkXxFCu7kPI) by some loser named Lou Reed. ---
**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, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/593117/35 "2011-08-18T16:23:10Z")
> [@Arrendajo](#): > > [Walk on the Wild Side](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkXxFCu7kPI) by some loser named Lou Reed. Not exactly a “One Hit Wonder”, y’know. ---
**Author:** ![Chicagojeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b19c9b/32.png) [@Chicagojeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicagojeff)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/593117/36 "2011-08-18T16:23:43Z")
[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_r0n9Dv6XnY/hqdefault.jpg "Baltimora - Tarzan Boy") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_r0n9Dv6XnY) [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_r0n9Dv6XnY/hqdefault.jpg "Baltimora - Tarzan Boy") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_r0n9Dv6XnY) [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7-dleViv2nc/hqdefault.jpg "brandy") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-dleViv2nc) [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EBMo8xHGNs) apology for not putting the links in… ahh the beauty of the three minute single is totally lost on my kids today… ---
**Author:** ![Chicagojeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b19c9b/32.png) [@Chicagojeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicagojeff)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/593117/37 "2011-08-18T16:25:48Z")
> [@koeeoaddi](#): > > Ten Years After [I’m Going Home](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imRmFQ60DQc) > Raiph McTell [Streets of London](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Uc8KPSIzAc) > Tee Set [Ma Belle Ami](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAaNXXItJcQ&feature=related) > > and for the win: > > Bobby Hebb [Sunny](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbUl_E-R91Q) Ten Years After had a bigger hit with “I’d Love to Change the World”… “tell me where is sanity”… ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/593117/38 "2011-08-18T16:33:33Z")
> [@Chicagojeff](#): > > Ten Years After had a bigger hit with “I’d Love to Change the World”… > > “tell me where is sanity”… That was Ten Years After?! Who knew? not me, apparently :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/593117/39 "2011-08-18T16:39:46Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Was the '80s the Golden Age for 1 hit wonders? Probably if you came of age in the 80s. If you came of age in the 60s, then that was the golden age. If you came of age in the 50s, then that was the golden age, etc. For me, it was the 90s: Lucas:[Lucas with the Lid Off](http://youtu.be/oiA6u-w0uZc) Soup Dragons: [Divine Thing](http://youtu.be/E49a7g4_xsk) Divinyls: [I Touch Myself](http://youtu.be/wv-34w8kGPM) Paperboy: Ditty 4 Non Blondes: [What’s Up](http://youtu.be/6NXnxTNIWkc) Primitave Radio Gods: [Standing Outside a Broken Phonebooth…](http://youtu.be/1piLRStP7xE) US3: [Cantaloop](http://youtu.be/JwBjhBL9G6U) Blind Melon: [No Rain](http://youtu.be/3qVPNONdF58)White Town: [Your Woman](http://youtu.be/cIQWt3oMids) And of course, the aforementioned Proclaimers and Dead Eye Dick tunes, and a bunch of rap tunes (Rump Shaker, Tootsie Roll, Baby Got Back, Ditty, Jump Around, Whoomp There it is, I Got a Man, You Got What I Need). ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/593117/40 "2011-08-18T16:45:31Z")
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