Your favorite one hit wonder

[TommyGufano 6021]

I've got both of these but a quick perusal of their wikipedias suggests they could be in dispute. Feel free to lmk if i'm a moron for denying the greatness of the rest of their work:

 

 

 

[smuggs 9353]

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Edited October 28, 2021 by smuggs
Kiss You Back hit #40 a year later.

[cactusflinthead 27601]

1 hour ago, Napoleon said:

This song doesn’t have a chorus. The last line is a repeat of the 2nd to last line, but I wouldn’t say that that makes it a chorus. It was written by Tom T. Hall and it was a #1 song  

Lisa Loeb’s “Stay” doesn’t have a chorus and was a #1 song. 

I was first introduced to Tom T. Hall in elementary school, because he had an album of songs for kids. “Sneaky Snake” is the first song that comes to mind without looking it up. Lisa Loeb also writes songs for kids and won a Grammy in 2017 or 2018 (?) for her kids album. (“The Disappointing pancake” is probably her most famous kids song.)
 

Coincidence?

 

Abso-fucking-lutely!

The story behind the song is fascinating. Tyler does a good job of it on Cocaine and Rhinestones.

[TOR 5657]

If Natalie Imbruglia insisted on carnal knowledge, that would be fun.

[DeathTongue 88]

Am I missing something?  Did Golden Earring have a second hit?

 

[smuggs 9353]

6 minutes ago, DeathTongue said:

Am I missing something?  Did Golden Earring have a second hit?

 

 

 

 

[noharleyyet 2838]

 

 

[UTCzech III 2907]

10 hours ago, DalTxHornFan said:

 

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[jimmyjazz 45975]

3 hours ago, Underdog said:

Frankie Comes To Hollywood - Relax?

Wasn't "Two Tribes" a hit?

[TOR 5657]

1 hour ago, noharleyyet said:

 

 

She is killing it.

[TOR 5657]

47 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

Wasn't "Two Tribes" a hit?

Getting kind of  picky.  A;lthough 2 Tribes was a bath house favorite.

 

Did I say that out loud?

 

 

Edited October 28, 2021 by TOR

[Deej 76830]

3 hours ago, TOR said:

If Natalie Imbruglia insisted on carnal knowledge, that would be fun.

If she wanted me to have a threesome with her and Susanna Hoffs, it'd be even more fun.

[Underdog 28711]

2 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

Wasn't "Two Tribes" a hit?

No idea, never heard of it.  

[TOR 5657]

1 hour ago, Deej said:

If she wanted me to have a threesome with her and Susanna Hoffs, it'd be even more fun.

Excuse me a moment.

[Beantown Express 2.0 6559]

5 hours ago, TOR said:

If Natalie Imbruglia insisted on carnal knowledge, that would be fun.

Yeah.  Something about the lyric in that song when she says “lying naked on the floor” resonates with me for some reason.

[TOR 5657]

Oh I went there.

On 10/27/2021 at 2:40 PM, jimmyjazz said:

I had to look it up -- 7 top 40 singles in the US alone.  LMAO.

Next up:  "Satisfaction"

On 10/27/2021 at 2:38 PM, Dbeasy said:

Jesus Christ. A rock and roll hall of fame band isn’t a OHW. Good lord. 

[TOR 5657]

2 minutes ago, Beantown Express 2.0 said:

Yeah.  Something about the lyric in that song when she says “lying naked on the floor” resonates with me for some reason.

Dammit Beantown, now I have to fap again.

[Jerry Callo 8704]

7 hours ago, Underdog said:

Frankie Comes To Hollywood - Relax?

Frankie Goes to Hollywood.  Because it was nearly 30 years ago, we also would have accepted Frankie Went to Hollywood.

One hit in the US.  A couple more in the UK and elsewhere.  I'd probably count them as OHWs.

[rage-a-holic 4402]

1 hour ago, TOR said:

Oh I went there.

Just stop posting here. You're an idiot. Roxette had several hits and the only Swedish group that outsold them was ABBA.

Edited October 28, 2021 by rage-a-holic

[rage-a-holic 4402]

55 minutes ago, Jerry Callo said:

Frankie Goes to Hollywood.  Because it was nearly 30 years ago, we also would have accepted Frankie Went to Hollywood.

One hit in the US.  A couple more in the UK and elsewhere.  I'd probably count them as OHWs.

Five Top 5 UK hits. Not really OHWs.

[TOR 5657]

58 minutes ago, Jerry Callo said:

Frankie Goes to Hollywood.  Because it was nearly 30 years ago, we also would have accepted Frankie Went to Hollywood.

One hit in the US.  A couple more in the UK and elsewhere.  I'd probably count them as OHWs.

Is this the Regal WE?

[TOR 5657]

 

[TOR 5657]

1 hour ago, rage-a-holic said:

Just stop posting here. You're an idiot. Roxette had several hits and the only Swedish group that outsold them was ABBA.

Strictly speaking, I am a high-level cretin. 

Soooo Rage, what are you wearing?

[South Austin 52519]

Is this the “Your favorite five hit wonders” thread?

[Underdog 28711]

Do we really care if a song was a hit overseas?  

[BoomMF 1399]

No.

[TOR 5657]

14 minutes ago, BoomMF said:

No.

  No.

[TOR 5657]

52 minutes ago, Underdog said:

Do we really care if a song was a hit overseas?  

Abba- blonde or brunette?

 

There is no wrong answer.

[TOR 5657]

still fapping

[rage-a-holic 4402]

2 hours ago, Underdog said:

Do we really care if a song was a hit overseas?  

If all you care about is shitty American music, then no. 

[smuggs 9353]

 

[DonkeyCigars 143]

I was a preteen that liked this song a lot. I think the guitarist was a teenager:

 

[baboso 6056]

24 minutes ago, DonkeyCigars said:

I was a preteen that liked this song a lot. I think the guitarist was a teenager:

 

All three of them were.  They were 16 when Frogstomp came out.

[smuggs 9353]

The American Werewolf in London had himself a #5:

 

 

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[Deej 76830]

12 minutes ago, Seasick Sailor said:

 

Fuck you for putting that song in my head.

[smuggs 9353]

 

 

[Bevo&Pevo 5205]

Kim Carnes.....Bette Davis Eyes

I'm thinking the part of the line referring "as pure as New York snow" is a ISWYDT for cocaine.  It was the 80s ya know.

[DougO 5250]

In the mid 90s these guys got MTV airplay for this song. I dug it a lot, but they disappeared shortly thereafter without a trace. It wasn't long ago I had that song in my head and I searched for and found a used copy of the CD online, which is a very hard fine. The whole album fucking rocks balls. Seriously good stuff.

 

 

Edited October 30, 2021 by DougO

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[Carl Spackler 3486]

On 10/26/2021 at 5:22 AM, South Austin said:

Fellow sucker.  That was a good one.

Yeah, that entire album is terrific. 

[tbone_ 14128]

In the mid 90s these guys got MTV airplay for this song. I dug it a lot, but they disappeared shortly thereafter without a trace. It wasn't long ago I had that song in my head and I searched for and found a used copy of the CD online, which is a very hard fine. The whole album fucking rocks balls. Seriously good stuff.
 
 

Never heard of those dudes but that’s a solid tune.

[jimmyjazz 45975]

8 hours ago, tbone_ said:

Never heard of those dudes but that’s a solid tune.

Yup, it's new to me.  Sounds like Fastball being backed by STP.

[ocugolf 1214]

The Connell‘s - “74-75” is another good one.

 

Dexter Freebish “Leaving Town”

Edited October 30, 2021 by ocugolf
Grammatical

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[DougO 5250]

4 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

Yup, it's new to me.  Sounds like Fastball being backed by STP.

Pretty good comparison. Some of their songs are a bit more grungy, others have a bit of psychedelia to them, they are all smart and display a lot of talent. They were just not grungy enough or alternative enough to fit in with what the industry was selling at that time. 

[DougO 5250]

22 hours ago, smuggs said:

 

 

That's actually a decent tune for such a goofy idea.

[Carl Spackler 3486]

On 10/23/2021 at 7:05 AM, tigol said:

 

I'm not sure Living Colour was a OHW.  Open Letter to a Landlord also charted and got a pretty fair amount of airplay on AOR stations.