I'd include Benjamin Orr's 'Stay The Night' here but I don't know if that technically counts as a One Hit Wonder because of Orr's vocals on The Cars 'Drive'. Two hit wonder then? Sure.
― Leopard on the Cheetos Bag (MintIce), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 20:46 (twelve years ago) link
I would count it.
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 20:47 (twelve years ago) link
I would too, and it's a better song than "Drive."
There I said it.
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 20:49 (twelve years ago) link
Orr-sung Cars singles that hit the Top 40: "Just What I Needed, "Let's Go," "Why Can't I Have You," "You Are The Girl."
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 20:50 (twelve years ago) link
huh
I don't think I realized until just now that he sang all of my favorite Cars songs
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 20:51 (twelve years ago) link
Ric Ocasek's a one hit wonder too! "Emotion in Motion," remember.
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 20:52 (twelve years ago) link
Oh how come noone has mentioned this one:
Don Henley - Boys of Summer
― Moka, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 20:53 (twelve years ago) link
Because Henley had a lot more hit singles?
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 20:59 (twelve years ago) link
Orange Juice - Rip it Up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESy-Z8vqMrE
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 21:03 (twelve years ago) link
They did release several albums and still have some present-day cache, though.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 21:04 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psT7pKuayYc
― Captain Hyrax (Phil D.), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 22:35 (twelve years ago) link
xxpost I had never that Orange Juice track and it immediately reminded me of Annie's "Me Plus One".
― daavid, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 18:19 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6zBjYIyz-0
― daavid, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 18:21 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJou-XIUywQ
― Captain Hyrax (Phil D.), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 18:29 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRnNpLOhn1Q
― Captain Hyrax (Phil D.), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 18:30 (twelve years ago) link
Love love love this song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-kfmuGHtxo
at what point did we wander away from posting hits
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 18:43 (twelve years ago) link
because I have a shitload of things I would post but they are not hits at all
except for this, this was a hit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzwstJmxbuY&feature=related
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 18:44 (twelve years ago) link
Oh man, Joboxers, had forgotten about that song! (Although I remembered the Trouser Press review starting "Responsible for a brief Dead End Kids fashion fad in Great Britain...")
― Hardcore Bangage (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 18:47 (twelve years ago) link
Daryl Hall's "Dreamtime" is a good choice.
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 18:50 (twelve years ago) link
Eurogliders went to #21 on the Billboard US Mainstream Rock tracks chart, Cock Robin went to #35, and Joboxers went to #36.
― Captain Hyrax (Phil D.), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 18:59 (twelve years ago) link
"I don't remember this son" != "not a hit"
― Captain Hyrax (Phil D.), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 19:00 (twelve years ago) link
I was under the impression we were using high placement on the Hot 100 as criteria, not every ancillary Billboard chart that contains songs we like
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 19:01 (twelve years ago) link
I am not trying to be Judgy McDouchebag, I just didn't think those charts were in play
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 19:04 (twelve years ago) link
The very first song you posted on this thread went all the way to #37 on the Hot 100, so uhhhh . . . xp
― Captain Hyrax (Phil D.), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 19:06 (twelve years ago) link
I consider Top 40 to be high placement, mostly because that's where the countdown starts.
This is basically jumping up and down upon and mooning the "please don't be a pedant" request but the whole conversation/thread started because we were reminiscing about quirky mid-80s Top 40 songs; I was surprised you were posting stuff that never hit the top 40 and mostly asking if the floodgates were open for me to be a pathetic goth.
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 19:09 (twelve years ago) link
(although Gene Loves Jezebel didn't chart as high as I thought they did ;_l)
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 19:11 (twelve years ago) link
Is that an emoticon of, like, Ace Frehley crying?
― Captain Hyrax (Phil D.), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 19:12 (twelve years ago) link
it is now!
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 19:12 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, the original spirit of the thread was to include stuff I actually heard on normal Top 40 radio between the ages of 10 and 14 or so, which is basically how it started out. Now if someone wants to post Joboxers because he or she heard it on the radio as a kid, it's not my place to piss in the punchbowl. It really doesn't have any resonance for me, though.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 19:13 (twelve years ago) link
Wiki for JoBoxers just says it made the American Top 40. I never heard it on the radio, but I saw the video a ton at my local danceteria as a young adult.
― Hardcore Bangage (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 19:18 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sq8VDXlWQk
Had more semi-hits in the UK, but this was the only Top 40 for the US.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 19:24 (twelve years ago) link
oh my God YES
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 19:29 (twelve years ago) link
LOVE that song.
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 19:30 (twelve years ago) link
I'm going to sully this thread with something that really doesn't qualify, because it was no more a hit than any other song he released in the US in the 80s (though it was big in Canada). I just remember loving it whenever it would play on the radio.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zD77kyQYifc
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 19:32 (twelve years ago) link
okay now you are REALLY making me want to post Mel & Kim
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 19:37 (twelve years ago) link
Which single? I looked at Wikipedia and tbh I can't recall any of them by title alone.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 19:52 (twelve years ago) link
"Showin' Out"
it's a big ball of SAW goodness
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 19:54 (twelve years ago) link
S-Express - "Theme from S-Express"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKCW3RJNRIw
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 19:56 (twelve years ago) link
Danny Wilson - "Mary's Prayer"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hqgC3W9GUI
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 19:57 (twelve years ago) link
Just because I'm now obsessively stuck on the pedantry, I checked and Joboxers were #39 on Casey Kasem's "American Top 40" the week of Nov. 5, 1983. If Casey got to say your record's name on the radio, it was a hit AFAIC! And Cock Robin was at #36 the week of Aug. 4, 1985. Eurogliders, not so much, but it's still a great tune.
― Captain Hyrax (Phil D.), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 19:58 (twelve years ago) link
Okay, I remember that Mel & Kim song (barely).
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 19:59 (twelve years ago) link
Black - "Wonderful life"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMXz3TQOS_c
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 20:00 (twelve years ago) link
I remembered the name Danny Wilson (probably because I'd seen the record a lot when flipping through dusty lp bins), but I'd forgotten completely the song they were famous for. That's NICE.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 20:01 (twelve years ago) link
According to my Joel Whitburn Billboard book, "Just Got Lovely" was a top forty hit, yes.
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 20:01 (twelve years ago) link
OMIGOD "Mary's Prayer"! that's a gorgeous one.
Big Pig - "Breakaway"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBCcnazy88U
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 20:02 (twelve years ago) link
I was going to post Breakaway on Monday during the initial burst of activity, but never did. Thanks!
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 20:03 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4KQnM5ogtw
Video is sweetly ridiculous.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 20:04 (twelve years ago) link