# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![AllShookDown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d9b06d/32.png) [@AllShookDown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllShookDown)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2011, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/593117/121 "2011-08-22T16:29:49Z")
In the U.S., David Essex - Rock On. He had many hits in the U.K. but only Rock On in the U.S. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2011, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/593117/122 "2011-08-22T16:29:58Z")
> [@Shakester](#): > > 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. Agreed. I came to post this, but you beat me to it. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2011, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/593117/123 "2011-08-22T16:38:44Z")
> [@Crotalus](#): > > 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. Even better when you realize that the band was the proto- **AC/DC** , sort of. Almost like how the **Lovely Lads** transformed themselves into **Spinal Tap** … ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2011, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/593117/124 "2011-08-22T16:45:30Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > White Town: [Your Woman](http://youtu.be/cIQWt3oMids) Surely, the only UK #1 co-written by Bing Crosby and an Indian-born ex-Marxist who composes all his music in his basement. All of White Town’s music is about as weird as “Your Woman,” but for some reason that song clicked. ---
**Author:** ![The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/593117/125 "2011-08-23T17:13:07Z")
“Torn” Natalie Imbruglia “How Bizarre” was a great choice too. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/593117/126 "2011-08-23T18:05:12Z")
> [@Crotalus](#): > > 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. By the way, one of my favorite music videos (on YouTube) is the Easybeats performing FOMM live on stage. It’s really good. The lead singer is a bit over the top, but although he struck me at first as being hopelessly corny, the sheer _joy_ he projects is infectious. Worth a look, if only for the WTF-ishness of glimpses into the audience of people slow dancing to it. (???) ---
**Author:** ![Melysnl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@Melysnl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melysnl)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/593117/127 "2011-08-23T22:51:07Z")
Nasty Girl, Vanity Flavor in you Ear, Craigmack ---
**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 23, 2011, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/593117/128 "2011-08-23T23:43:52Z")
[The Rentals - _Friends of P._](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wi-H6ohY37k&ob=av3e) ---
**Author:** ![Mixolydian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/593117/129 "2011-10-12T03:47:35Z")
> [@Canyon\_Surfer](#): > > Still one of my all time favourites: > Something in The Air by Thunderclap Newman +1 My runner-up - [The Refreshments - “Banditos”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tc5JUD8zaK0) ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/593117/130 "2011-10-12T04:37:03Z")
Ugh, three pages and no mention of “Western Union” by The Five Americans? [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EFpsmDDXLg) One of our former Dopers (either **aha** or **a-ha** ) was a member of the band. Whatever happened to him? He was fun. (The Wikipedia page for the band says one of the members died last year. :/) I’m enjoying the heck out of this thread and wasting all night on YouTube. ---
**Author:** ![Dave\_Hartwick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@Dave\_Hartwick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave_Hartwick)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/593117/131 "2011-10-12T04:38:57Z")
House of Pain - “Jump Around” ---
**Author:** ![hazynlazy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/bb73d2/32.png) [@hazynlazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hazynlazy)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/593117/132 "2011-10-12T04:46:47Z")
[Snowy White - Bird of Paradise](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBXTNAdvGKI) [Sniff and The Tears - Driver’s Seat](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PykVUnlTqXE) ---
**Author:** ![brocks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7feea3/32.png) [@brocks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brocks)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/593117/133 "2011-10-12T12:49:07Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > _I’ve been to Paradise > But I’ve … > Never been to me_ > – Charlene She had a follow-up: “My Boyfriend’s Back, He’s Gonna Save My Reputation.” Not really. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/593117/134 "2011-10-12T13:13:33Z")
> [@AnalogSignal](#): > > [“Beach Baby”, First Class](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XG8MQ8f4nF4) That counts for First Class, but not lead singer [Tony Burrows](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Burrows), who somehow managed to be a one-hit wonder five times. (Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes!) ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/593117/135 "2011-10-12T13:27:32Z")
Stacks o’ wax from the backs of the racks: _Do You Know What I Mean_ - Lee Michaels _Sweet Soul Music_ - Arthur Conley _Shout, Shout, Knock Yourself Out_ - Ernie Maresca _Keep Your Hands To Yourself_ - Georgia Satellites _Chantilly Lace_ - The Big Bopper _Hippy Hippy Shake_ - Swingin’ Blue Jeans _Bristol Stomp_ - The Dovells _Expressway To Your Heart_ - Soul Survivors _Tighten Up_ - Archie Bell and the Drells _Soul Finger_ - The Bar-Kays _Polk Salad Annie_ - Tony Joe White _Ain’t Got No Home_ - Clarence “Frogman” Henry _Walkin’ On Sunshine_ - Katrina and the Waves _Little Bit O’ Soul_ - Music Explosion _Black Betty_ - Ram Jam _Surfin’ Bird_ - The Trashmen _Wild Thing_ - The Troggs _Mexican Radio_ - Wall Of Voodoo _Kansas City_ - Wilbert Harrison ---
**Author:** ![FuriousGeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecae2f/32.png) [@FuriousGeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FuriousGeorge)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/593117/136 "2011-10-12T13:32:36Z")
If Billy Vera and the Beaters have another hit, I’m blanking on it, but [At This Moment](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2ur063fMhs) is a favorite of mine. Oh and another vote for Sky High by Jigsaw. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/593117/137 "2011-10-12T14:13:49Z")
_Let It Out (Let It All Hang Out)_ by the Hombres ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/593117/138 "2011-10-12T14:43:48Z")
> [@Chicagojeff](#): > > Men without Hats anyone?? “safety dance”… and no.. the followup attempt “I like” wasn’t a hit.. or much of anything.. lol _Pop Goes the World_ went to #20 for them in 1987. They also had a top 50 US dance hit with _Moonbeam_ from the same album. That is not counting the hits they had outside the US. ETA: Technically _I Like_ came before _Safety Dance_ and charted at 84. ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/593117/139 "2011-10-12T19:37:31Z")
Don’t think I saw “Spirit In The Sky” by Norman Greenbaum. ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/593117/140 "2011-10-12T20:04:24Z")
> [@Truman\_Burbank](#): > > Don’t think I saw “Spirit In The Sky” by Norman Greenbaum. Way back in post #40. …Waaay back… back into time… when the only people that existed were troglodytes… (Jimmy Castor Bunch, “Troglodyte”. Actually not a one-hit wonder but this was their big one. My friend and I worked out a whole routine where, in the pauses between the song’s lines, we would ask a question to which that line was the answer: “You take the average caveman…” “Where is he?” “At home…” “What’s he doing?” “Listenin’ ta his… _steerio._”) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/593117.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/593117.md?page=8)