106.7 CoolPop: Top 106 One Hit Wonders (UPDATED!)

[Edf85]

# 106 Tal Bachman - She's So High
# 105 Scriti Polliti - Perfect Way
# 104 Eiffel 65 - Blue (Da Ba Dee)
# 103 Len - Steal My Sunshine
# 102 Sonique - It Feels So Good
# 101 When in Rome - The Promise
# 100 Animotion - Obsession
# 99 nine days - Absolutely (Story of a Girl)
# 98 The Jeff Healey Band - Angel Eyes
# 97 Deep Blue Something - Breakfast at Tiffany's
# 96 Boy Meets Girl - Waiting for a Star to Fall
# 95 Joan Osborne - One of Us
# 94 Neneh Cherry - Buffalo Stance
# 93 Nu Shooz - I Can't Wait
# 92 Eagle-Eye Cherry - Save Tonight
# 91 Johnny Hates Jazz - Shattered Dreams
# 90 After the Fire - Der Komissar
# 89 Icehouse - Electric Blue
# 83 - #88 = UNAVAILABLE
# 82 Thelma Houston - Don't Leave Me This Way
# 81 Jane Child - Don't Wanna Fall in Love
# 80 T' Pau - Heart and Soul
# 79 Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue
# 78 Everything but the Girl - Missing
# 77 Young M.C. - Bust a Move
# 76 Des'ree - You Gotta Be
# 75 Men without Hats - The Safety Dance
# 74 The Waitresses - I Know What Boys Like
# 73 Biz Markie - Just A Friend
# 72 Quiet Riot - Cum on Feel the Noize
# 71 Taco - Puttin' On The Ritz
# 70 Edie Brickell and New Bohemians - What I Am
# 69 Jermaine Stewart - We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off
# 68 Michael Sembello - Maniac
# 67 OMC - How Bizarre
# 66
# 65 Blu Cantrell - Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops!)
# 64 Lipps, Inc. - Funkytown
# 63 Edwyn Collins - A Girl Like You
# 62 Faith No More - Epic
# 61 Lou Bega - Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit Of...)
# 60 Mary Jane Girls - In My House
# 59 New Radicals - You Get What You Give
# 58 House of Pain - Jump Around
# 57 Timbuck3 - The Future's So Bright (I Gotta Wear Shades)
# 56 RATT - Round and Round
# 55 Andrea True Connection - More More More
# 54 Tommy Tutone - 867-5309 (Jenny)
# 53 Haddaway - What is Love
# 52 Robbie Nevil - C'est La Vie
# 51 Los Lobos - La Bamba
# 50 Weather Girls - It's Raining Men
# 49 Kris Kross - Jump
# 48 Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me
# 47 Tom Tom Club - Genius of Love
# 46 The Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be
# 45 Divinyls - I Touch Myself
# 44 Vickie Sue Robinson - Turn the Beat Around
# 43 Spandau Ballet - True
# 42 Londonbeat - I've Been Thinking About You
# 41 Bobby McFerrin - Don't Worry, Be Happy
# 40 The Cardigans - Lovefool
# 39 Falco - Rock Me Amadeus
# 38 The Heights - How Do You Talk to an Angel
# 37 John Waite - Missing You
# 36 Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Relax
# 35 Big Country - In a Big Country
# 34 The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony
# 33 Modern English - Melt with You
# 32 The Vapors - Turning Japanese
# 31 Meredith Brooks - Bitch
# 30 Cheryl Lynn - Got To Be Real
# 29 Buster Poindexter - Hot! Hot! Hot!
# 28 EMF - Unbelievable
# 27 Shawn Colvin - Sunny Came Home
# 26 Frida - I Know There's Something Going On
# 25 Musical Youth - Pass the Dutchie
# 24 M - Pop Muzik
# 23 Kajagoogoo - Too Shy
# 22 Devo - Whip It
# 21 Chumbawamba - Tubthumping
# 20 Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music
# 19 Gary Numan - Cars
# 18 Thomas Dolby - She Blinded Me with Science
# 17 Sinéad O' Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U
# 16 Twisted Sister - We're Not Gonna Take It
# 15 Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight
# 14 Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes
# 13 Deee-Lite - Groove is in the Heart
# 12 Van McCoy - The Hustle
# 11 Sir Mix-a-Lot - Baby Got Back
# 10 Nena - 99 Luftballons
# 09 Rob Base & D.J. EZ Rock - It Takes Two
# 08 A-ha - Take On Me
# 07 Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby
# 06 Baha Men - Who Let The Dogs Out?
# 05 Toni Basil - Mickey
# 04 Right Said Fred - I'm Too Sexy
# 03 Dexys Midnight Runners - Come on Eileen
# 02 Soft Cell - Tainted Love
# 01 Los Del Rio - Macarena

[3970]

AHEM! A bunch of those artists were NOT one hit wonders!!!!!!!

[3970]

For instance, Falco had another hit called Vienna Calling, Kim Carnes had the songs More Love and Crazy in the Night, Cheryl Lynn had Encore..........unless I'm wrong, but I know my top 40 and I was around back in the 80s and old enough to remember what I heard

[arebomb]

Sir Mix A Lot ALWAYS gets shafted on these lists. He had a PLATINUM ALBUM before "Baby Got Back" was ever released.

[mst3k]

Yeah, their definition of "One Hit Wonder" is even looser than VH-1's.

[chebingeo]

With the exception of Sunny Came Home, this list is very similar to VH1's list. In fact, the top 7 is identical to VH1's list.

[Matt4319]

Chumbawamba hit top 20 with "Amnesia". WCPP must be suffering from long-term memory loss!

[msanoja]

Matt4319 said:

Chumbawamba hit top 20 with "Amnesia".  WCPP must be suffering from long-term memory loss!

Yeah but who the hell remembers that?

[Vic]

i guess they conveniently forgot about Kim Carnes' 9 other Top40 hits ???

I hate when they do these charts and they are sooo off. This chart is primarily 80s stuff too.

[Ragin]

For the most part that list contains many more artists that I consider one hit wonders than most lists do. When you can rattle off 2,3, or even 4 hits from the artist that most people would recognize, they aren't a one hit wonder. The large majority of these, I can't do that. Kim Carnes was a bad choice though, she was pretty big in the 80's. Twisted Sister had another hit, but do any of you remember what it was?

What gets me is when I see someone listed on there as a one-hit wonder and then you realize that another song was actually higher on the chart than what they are on the list for.

[Deleted]

I'm annoyed by the inclusion of Cheryl Lynn! >:(

[mst3k]

Ragin said:

Twisted Sister had another hit, but do any of you remember what it was?

"I Wanna Rock" (yeah, I grew up on MTV).

[j]

I haven't heard #16 and #33.

[Libra]

With all these technicalities, I guess it can be asked: Are there even 106 One-Hit Wonders??

[Crushcrushchris]

MikeK102 said:

With all these technicalities, I guess it can be asked: Are there even 106 One-Hit Wonders??

No, they just wanted 106 because it sounds like a "cool" number

[krazymack]

The said:

I'm annoyed by the inclusion of Cheryl Lynn!  >:(

Now Cheryl Lynn is classic Urban Adult Contemporary! I thought you like Urban AC. :o I hear the track play on WBLS and WRKS old school segments quite a bit. That song is great.

[Cerebro]

If you define a "hit" as top 40, here's a summarized comprehensive (I hope) list of songs that should be deleted from the list (using R&R chart data):

#39 Rock Me Amadeus - The follow-up, "Vienna Calling", made the top 20.
#37 Missing You - John Waite had two more, moderate top 40 hits, "Tears" and "Every Step Of The Way".
#31 Bitch - She made top 20 with "What Would Happen" and cracked to top 40 with "Stop".
#28 Unbelievable - The follow-up, "Lies", peaked in the upper 20s.
#27 Sunny Came Home - "You And The Mona Lisa" cracked the lower end of the top 40.
#21 Tubthumping - "Amnesia" was top 20.
#14 Bette Davis Eyes - Um, yeah...there's no excuse for this one.  She had eight other top 40 hits, including two other top 10s.
#08 Take On Me - The follow-up, "The Sun Always Shines On TV" made the top 20.
#07 Ice Ice Baby - He made the top 15 with a cover of Wild Cherry's "Play That Funky Music".

[Edf85]

Recent songs I would add to the list:

Alice Deejay - Better Off Alone
ATC - Around The World
Bloodhound Gang - The Bad Touch
Bowling For Soup - Girl All The Bad Guys Want
Lisa Marie Presley - Lights Out
Lumidee - Never Leave You
S Club 7 - Never Had A Dream Come True
Sonique - It Feels So Good

[Matt4319]

Primal said:

Yeah but who the hell remembers that?

I guess I'm the only one. :(

I was just trying to make a joke, anyway. Despite the fact that they had another top 20 hit, Chumbawamba will probably be considered one-hit wonders in the conventional sense. If 90% (or some large majority) of people asked can only remember one song by an artist, then they probably fall into the OHW category.

[Matt4319]

Edf85 said:

Recent songs I would add to the list:

Alice Deejay - Better Off Alone
ATC - Around The World
Bloodhound Gang - The Bad Touch
Bowling For Soup - Girl All The Bad Guys Want
Lisa Marie Presley - Lights Out
Lumidee - Never Leave You
S Club 7 - Never Had A Dream Come True
Sonique - It Feels So Good

I think out of these, only ATC, Bloodhound Gang, Sonique, and maybe S Club 7 had enough lasting power and name recognition for their songs to even be considered "hits" in the one-hit wonder sense.

[mst3k]

krazymack said:

Now Cheryl Lynn is classic Urban Adult Contemporary!  I thought you like Urban AC.    :o  I hear the track play on WBLS and WRKS old school segments quite a bit.  That song is great.

 

I think he's annoyed 'cause they labelled her a one hit wonder, which she ain't (although it was her only big pop hit).

[EvanJ]

Ragin said:

What gets me is when I see someone listed on there as a one-hit wonder and then you realize that another song was actually higher on the chart than what they are on the list for.

We already discussed that sometime about "Barbie Girl" not being Aqua's biggest CHR-Pop hit.

[Edf85]

Updated.

#83 - 88 never aired during the re-airs. They kept skipping over them apparently, is what I am told.

Thanks to SteveM74 for the hard work

[mst3k]

Edf85 said:

# 82 Thelma Houston -

"Don't Leave Me This Way"

[tico]

Cerebro said:

If you define a "hit" as top 40, here's a summarized comprehensive (I hope) list of songs that should be deleted from the list (using R&R chart data):

#39 Rock Me Amadeus - The follow-up, "Vienna Calling", made the top 20.
#37 Missing You - John Waite had two more, moderate top 40 hits, "Tears" and "Every Step Of The Way".
#31 Bitch - She made top 20 with "What Would Happen" and cracked to top 40 with "Stop".
#28 Unbelievable - The follow-up, "Lies", peaked in the upper 20s.
#27 Sunny Came Home - "You And The Mona Lisa" cracked the lower end of the top 40.
#21 Tubthumping - "Amnesia" was top 20.
#14 Bette Davis Eyes - Um, yeah...there's no excuse for this one.  She had eight other top 40 hits, including two other top 10s.
#08 Take On Me - The follow-up, "The Sun Always Shines On TV" made the top 20.
#07 Ice Ice Baby - He made the top 15 with a cover of Wild Cherry's "Play That Funky Music".

Add Animotion (#100) to that list. They had another top ten hit in 1989, "Room To Move". Tidbit: "Room To Move" featured the vocals of Cynthia Rhodes, aka Mrs. Richard Marx.

[620 Soul Train]

The said:

I'm annoyed by the inclusion of Cheryl Lynn!  >:(

Well, she was (in the pop world).