One Hit Wonders
Posted by: Alex S. on 22 August 2001
Nominations Please:
Posted on: 22 August 2001 by Pete
Grandad, by Clive Dunn. With the "wonder" bit being that there weren't any followups, not that it got to #1...
Pete.
Posted on: 22 August 2001 by Rico
Pop Muzik, by M.
Da Da Da, by - oh hell, who were they?
Rico - ok, the Kans are sorted, now whatabout the rainforests?
Posted on: 22 August 2001 by Tony L
quote:
Da Da Da, by - oh hell, who were they?
Trio.
Tony.
Posted on: 22 August 2001 by Hammerhead
Men at Work
and
'Shut uppa yer face'. Classics.
Steve 
Posted on: 22 August 2001 by Nigel Cavendish
Peter Starstedt "Where do you go to my lovely..."
cheers
Nigel
Posted on: 22 August 2001 by Rico
Men at work?
men at work?
They were certainly not one-hit-wonders! Strings of singles, with the follow-up album doing rather nicely thankyou in the USA to boot.
Downunder was certianly global - I recall wandering down a street in Mexico City, hearing it on a radio strung up in a rubber tree as I passed by.
Rico - ok, the Kans are sorted, now whatabout the rainforests?
Posted on: 22 August 2001 by Hammerhead
quote:
Originally posted by Rico:
They were certainly not one-hit-wonders!
They were here in the UK matey and that's fair dinkem.
Steve 
Posted on: 22 August 2001 by Steve Catterall
well what about M then. They had a hit with 'That's the way the money goes' and I think one other minor hit ... certainly not one hit wonders !!!
Posted on: 22 August 2001 by Alex S.
And then they got arrested.
Posted on: 22 August 2001 by Keith Mattox
Nena: 99 Luftbalons (sp?)
Thanks for the Hot Buttered Popcorn reference; that song stil resonates in my head, I'm sorry to say.
I believe that it also capped off the first music video - I still recall watching on a public television channel a video that someone made to that song. It had to with cubes instantly appearing, disappearing, and moving around to the tune. Cool stuff when you're all of seven years old.
Cheers
Keith.
Posted on: 22 August 2001 by Cheese
quote:
Nena
Just 99 Luftballons ? A hard judgment IMO, being of german culture (among others ) I remember of her enormous success that still lasted for 3-4 years before troubles in the band as well as Nena's mothership put an end to it. Read it in the yellow press
quote:
Popcorn
I still have the 45rpm and listened to it recently. I was also a fan of the song back then - nowadays, that odd synth sounds silly, but I still have to find another melody that hits your ears that rapidly.
Another poor bloke is Scott McKenzie - ever heard anything since "San Francisco"?
Cheese - may all beings be happy
Posted on: 22 August 2001 by Chris Brandon
...or perhaps we could also start another thread on
Who we would prefer to be one hit wonders !
Regards
Chris
Posted on: 22 August 2001 by garyi
She had a kinda semi hit in 97 with legend of a cowgirl.
a resonable album but the recording is harsh.
Posted on: 22 August 2001 by P
I really liked that song.
P.
"Your Systems Lame if it aint on a Fraim"
Posted on: 24 August 2001 by Nigel Cavendish
...Zaeger and Evans(?)
That one by the Honeycombs in the sixties " Have I the right to hold you....(Chorus) Step right back I just can't bear it, I have my love and I want to share it.." to a stunning drum beat - I liked that one!
cheers
Nigel
Posted on: 24 August 2001 by Bruce Woodhouse
There She Goes
Made an album but disappeared
Posted on: 24 August 2001 by HansW
Here's a start
Do the Du - A Certain Ratio
Candy Skin - The Fire Engines
Sorry for Laughing - Josef K
Der Mussolini - DAF
Stranded - The Saints
Los Ninos Del Parque - Liaisons Dangereuses
Posted on: 24 August 2001 by Tony L
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Do the Du - A Certain Ratio
Candy Skin - The Fire Engines
Sorry for Laughing - Josef K
Der Mussolini - DAF
Wow, I've got all of them!
I would have rated Shack Up (the A side of the 12") as a bigger hit for ACR though! Both Josef K's The only fun in town and The Fire Engines Lubricate your living room albums really are amongst my favourites from that time period, and those early ACR 12" are great (I have Shack Up, The fox, and Knife Slits Water plus the first three albums).
Tony.
Posted on: 24 August 2001 by Martin M
Jilted John by Jilted JohnGordon continues to be a moron.....
And John Shuttleworth is great for confusing Americans (the words to Austin Ambassedor Y-reg all mean something individually in the US, but not togther in the order John uses them. This is, of course, wonderful.)
Posted on: 24 August 2001 by Alex S.
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Do the Du - A Certain Ratio
Candy Skin - The Fire Engines
Sorry for Laughing - Josef K
Der Mussolini - DAF
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Wow, I've got all of them!
And a number of questionable albums besides
Tony, have you bought any Ozric Tentacles yet? They are 0 hit wonders.
Posted on: 24 August 2001 by Mick P
Chaps
My nominations are :-
Scott McKensie singing San Fransico..........a nice song depicting a nice era.
Terry by Twinkle....saw her live at Swindon and she was crap and I mean really really crap. But it was a pleasant little song.
Grocer Jack by a Teenage Opera.....rather tacky but nice.
Regards
Mick
Posted on: 24 August 2001 by Nigel Cavendish
by Jasper Carrot
Somebody shoot me this is becoming addictive!
cheers
Nigel
Posted on: 24 August 2001 by Nigel Cavendish
Funky Gibbon by the Goodies
cheers
Nigel
Posted on: 24 August 2001 by P
The Pushbike Song - The Mixtures?
A Glass of Champagne - Sailor?
Though thinking about it - how'bout
In a Broken Dream - Python Lee Jackson
or
When I'm Dead and Gone - Mcguinness Flint?
OR possibly the greatest one hit wonder of all time
Spirit in the Sky - Norman Greenbaum?
BTW Mick - Excerpts from a Teenage Opera was by Keith West (I think) -- nice one
>>>>=====> P <=====<<<<
Posted on: 24 August 2001 by Keith Mattox
Did they have anything else besides "Take on Me"?
Cheers
Keith (still compiling the list of one-hit wonders from the disco era)
