Your favorite one hit wonder

[Carl Spackler 3485]

On 10/23/2021 at 10:30 AM, Upgrayedd said:

 

Fun fact:  That hottie is the actual Sharona who inspired the song.

[jimmyjazz 45971]

6 minutes ago, Carl Spackler said:

Fun fact:  That hottie is the actual Sharona who inspired the song.

She was a realtor, right?

[Carl Spackler 3485]

On 10/27/2021 at 1:12 PM, TOR said:

Indeed.  A commercial sell out.

Your mileage might vary.

My mileage varies.  

[Carl Spackler 3485]

14 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

She was a realtor, right?

Yup.  Was still lookin' fine as of about 10 years ago.

[Carl Spackler 3485]

[Carl Spackler 3485]

 

Love his guitar solo in this song.  Mickey Thomas (Jefferson Starship, etc.) on vocals.

 

 

Think they had another song that made the top 40, so maybe technically not a OHW.  But this is the song that 99.9% of us would identify with them. 

 

Don't think she had another hit.  At least I don't know of it.

 

[Carl Spackler 3485]

On 10/27/2021 at 4:17 PM, Dbeasy said:

My prime music era should be obvious by now. 

Great song, but A Girl In Trouble was actually their only Top 40 hit.

[Underdog 28709]

 

[TOR 5647]

47 minutes ago, Carl Spackler said:

My mileage varies.  

I love you, Carl Spackler.

[Carl Spackler 3485]

13 minutes ago, TOR said:

I love you, Carl Spackler.

Yer a good egg, Tor.  I saw your apology re: Cheap Trick above and it warmed my heart.  It also led me to call off the impending hit I had ordered.

Edited October 30, 2021 by Carl Spackler

[TOR 5647]

3 minutes ago, Carl Spackler said:

Yer a good egg, Tor.  I saw your apology re: Cheap Trick above and it warmed my heart.  It also led me to call off the impending hit I had ordered.

Pffft, hit schmit.  I've been shot at by a lot better ones than these Whyos.   Brang it. 

[Carl Spackler 3485]

1 hour ago, TOR said:

Pffft, hit schmit.  I've been shot at by a lot better ones than these Whyos.   Brang it. 

Careful.  These guys own a pig farm.  With lots of pigs.

[TOR 5647]

1 minute ago, Carl Spackler said:

Careful.  These guys own a pig farm.  With lots of pigs.

I retract everything. 

[Upgrayedd 5814]

4 hours ago, Carl Spackler said:

Fun fact:  That hottie is the actual Sharona who inspired the song.

@Gil Bang I think knows her

[Victor Lazlo 1777]

Pretty sure this was Jonathan Edwards’ only hit. 

He did have another catchy tune on the same album, but I’m pretty sure it couldn’t be played on the Top 40 stations at the time because of the subject matter.

 

[smuggs 9353]

Hit #41:

 

 

 

[rage-a-holic 4402]

1 hour ago, smuggs said:

Hit #41:

 

 

 

not even their biggest hit

[South Austin 52518]

17 hours ago, smuggs said:

Hit #41:

 

 

 

Fucking loved that song in high school.

[South Austin 52518]

Didn’t see the posted. Apparently they had a few hits in the UK, and according to Wiki this song wasn’t even their biggest hit there. But I don’t recall any of their other songs getting play in America.

 

[shakahorn 1645]

On 10/28/2021 at 8:16 AM, smuggs said:

 

 

 

 

I honestly thought those were the same song.

[Guest]

On 10/23/2021 at 9:05 AM, tigol said:

 

This might be mine too.

They never had anything else.  period.  and this song kicked so much ass.  Still love it to this day.

Just the opening riff makes me say, "Fuck yeah!  let's go!"

[tigol 2398]

On 10/25/2021 at 1:47 PM, Chad Fuck said:

I know they had their follow up hit, but really, c'mon.  I love this song.  Still do.  It's like an English Prog Rock "Funny How Time Slips Away."  My cousins were in high school at the time and played it incessantly every time we hung out over there.  Video was badass for the time too.  Shit blowing up, gated reverb, synthesizers.  Everything that made the 80s great.

 

In a similar vein, what about this one?  I went through a nostalgic 80s phase recently and recalled how much I loved hearing this one at the Roto Disco at Six Flags.  She had a ton of hits in her old band, but as far as I know, only this one solo.  

 

Fuckin' A.  Chad Fucks.  RIP Roto Disco.

[tigol 2398]

Made out with this dude at a hotel in Austin.  2 Trees were involved/Hedburg.  I'm old.

 

[tigol 2398]

 

[tigol 2398]

 

[tx 3 putt 76988]

 

[Chad Fuck 17684]

 

[Chad Fuck 17684]

Some feminine energy:

 

[Chad Fuck 17684]

 

[smuggs 9353]

 

 

[noharleyyet 2838]

Successful international group with huge OHW aura (IMO)

 

[HiggyBaby 2537]

The Darkness - I Believe in a thing called love

Great throwback vibe

https://www.youtube.com/embed/tKjZuykKY1I


Saga - On the Loose

Has staying power for me

[tbone_ 14128]

+1 on Saga

[tbone_ 14128]

How about some Donny Iris?

And some Aldo Nova?

[jimmyjazz 45971]

I *love* that Donny Iris tune.  I always forget about it.  Fantastic power pop.

[DougO 5250]

I had to review this entire thread to make sure no one had yet delivered the definitive answer.

 

 

[Capt. Squints 176]

Zager And Evans - In The Year 2525 (1969) - YouTube.html

[noharleyyet 2838]

Somewhat interesting... SIAP“Into the Night” is the only three time one-hit wonder song: 1980, 1989 and 2019

https://www.goldminemag.com/news/one-hit-wonders-in-memoriam-benny-mardones

Edited November 4, 2021 by noharleyyet

[smuggs 9353]

43 minutes ago, noharleyyet said:

Somewhat interesting... SIAP“Into the Night” is the only three time one-hit wonder song: 1980, 1989 and 2019

https://www.goldminemag.com/news/one-hit-wonders-in-memoriam-benny-mardones

It's also hands-down the creepiest music video of all time.

 

 

[VABuckeye 2472]

 

[VABuckeye 2472]

 

[ScottS 1065]

Obvious point is obvious, but the ONEderland channel on Sirius plays a lot of the songs posted in this thread.

Edited November 5, 2021 by ScottS
obviously

[Napoleon 8687]

12 hours ago, noharleyyet said:

Somewhat interesting... SIAP“Into the Night” is the only three time one-hit wonder song: 1980, 1989 and 2019

https://www.goldminemag.com/news/one-hit-wonders-in-memoriam-benny-mardones

 

12 hours ago, smuggs said:

It's also hands-down the creepiest music video of all time.

 

I’ve never seen this video, nor do I recall ever knowing the lyrics, but the tune sounds vaguely familiar. 

Just a guy approaching middle age who is looking to hook up with a high school sophomore. The dad understood, but wasn’t going to let it happen, so he was just dismissive rather than angry.

[UTCzech III 2907]

On 11/3/2021 at 5:53 PM, tbone_ said:

How about some Donny Iris?
 

 

 

 

I'll let the Donnie Iris slide, although he did have a follow up:

 

And technically, he had a huge hit in the 70's, although as a member of this group (he wrote the song):

 

[UTCzech III 2907]

A few from the early 80's.

 

 

 

These next two came out within months of each other, and they are always linked in my mind, probably from hearing them on the radio at the same time:

 

 

[jimmyjazz 45971]

Chilliwack!  There's a blast from the past.

[Knoxtnhorn 6054]

On 10/28/2021 at 8:01 AM, Underdog said:

Frankie Comes To Hollywood - Relax?

Funny story about this song.  When I got married, I was put in charge of the play list for the reception.  I put this as the 8th or so song on the list.  I then told a bunch of friends to be aware of a "funny" song I put in just for them.  It was actually "A Man's World" by James Brown at #11.  Relax comes on and they all start cracking up.  I had no idea what the joke was until someone told me to actually listen to the lyrics.  Surprise!

[Mach 1 1677]

 

[dcar00 14224]

 

[dcar00 14224]

some may quibble because he had one other song that charted top 20 but this is my vote for best one hit wonder song