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Post by mst3k on Jun 22, 2006 21:31:25 GMT -5
unless maybe it's for the same song. LOL... (come to think of it... has that happened before?) Benny Mardones ("Into The Night") is probably the best example of that. His only Hot 100 chart single made the Top 20 both times (19 years apart).
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Post by Hervard on Jun 22, 2006 21:52:58 GMT -5
unless maybe it's for the same song. LOL... (come to think of it... has that happened before?) Benny Mardones ("Into The Night") is probably the best example of that. His only Hot 100 chart single made the Top 20 both times ( 19 years apart). Wow! It recharted in 1999? Was that when it finally re-entered the R&R chart? ;)
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Post by mst3k on Jun 22, 2006 21:55:17 GMT -5
Ha, I mean 9 years apart. I'm getting too old.
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Post by tico on Jun 22, 2006 23:00:30 GMT -5
Real Life also charted twice with the song "Send Me An Angel", though the version released in 1989 was an updated one.
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Post by BookJones on Jun 22, 2006 23:26:59 GMT -5
Merril Bainbridge - Mouth Vitamin C - Graduation Jennifer Page - Crush Robert Miles - Children
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Post by tico on Jun 22, 2006 23:36:24 GMT -5
Not a one-hit wonder. She also had "Smile", "Me, Myself & I" and "The Itch".
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Post by 620 Soul Train on Jun 23, 2006 11:58:58 GMT -5
Bow Wow Wow - "I Want Candy" And no it's not Lil Bow Wow I'm talking about These cats are from the United Kingdom.
Mark Morrison - "Return Of The Mack" Sounds like Cameo there...
Shifty - "Slide Along Side" Before you say anything, that "Starry Eyed Surprise" song was Paul Oakenfold's record. The latter song does appear on his one and only CD, though. You be the judge I guess, whether or not this Shifty guy is a one hit wonder...
N-Phase - "Spend The Night" This was produced by R.Kelly in 1994. They tried to follow-up this slow jam with "Kiss & Say Goodbye" and it flopped!
Silk - "Freak Me" As far as pop is concerned, yes! They did not match the success of this song at all! "Girl U For Me" missed the Billboard top 20 altogether.
Lit - "My Own Worst Enemy"
Starpoint - "Object Of My Desire" Sorry folks, this makes the list, and sooner or later you'd agree. This was their one and only top 40 pop smash. Their follow-up "Restless" missed the top 40 by peaking at #46. If you wanna talk about having a "universial" hit, this was the only one. And yes they had a huge list of R&B smash hits such as "He Wants My Body", "What You Been Missing", & " I Just Wanna Dance With You", all obscure.
9.9 -" All Of Me For All Of You" I bought the 45 in 1985. I remember hearing this in the BX (base exchange Air Force department store) in Wichita, KS. It was in perfect stereo in perfect sound bringin out that tough ass bassline. This was a top 5 Urban smash and their follow-up "I Like The Way You Dance" missed the top ten and faded into obsurity.
Skipworth & Turner - "Thinkign About Your Love" Huge R&B and club smash. I do have the 8 minute version. The duo had mad talent displaying the vocal and percussion talents blended into one huge smash hit for the summer of 1985.
No Authority - Can I Get Your Number They were not suppose to be a boyband. They were originally signed to Michael Jackson's record label. Unlike 98 Degrees their R&B turned Pop Boyband stance made only minimal impact as far as record sales and airplay. Shoot they barely recieved airplay for this song!! Oh and their second album which this is lifted from sucked big time!
Sparkle - "Be Careful"
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Post by ClassicCase on Jun 23, 2006 12:00:44 GMT -5
does this qualify? I beg to differ. She did more than one there. Dionne Farris charted this on pop radio back in 1995 and came back some two years later with an urban hit called Hopeless.
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Post by SPaCeMaN SPiFF on Jun 24, 2006 1:12:22 GMT -5
does this qualify? I beg to differ. She did more than one there. Dionne Farris charted this on pop radio back in 1995 and came back some two years later with an urban hit called Hopeless. cool... i didn't even know "hopeless" charted. glad to see her off this list.
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Post by Devil Marlena Nylund on Jun 24, 2006 6:05:59 GMT -5
If that's enough to take her off the list then I think pretty much every other act mentioned can be taken off too.
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Post by SPaCeMaN SPiFF on Jun 24, 2006 7:57:55 GMT -5
^^ please elaborate.
i just checked and apparently, classicase is right. "hopeless" was #1 on R&R's urban chart for 18 weeks... exactly who in the other acts mentioned as "one hit wonders" have a similar chart history to merit that comment?
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Post by somelikeitwhen on Jun 24, 2006 10:28:05 GMT -5
Lit had more songs on the alternative/rock charts.
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Post by 620 Soul Train on Jun 24, 2006 12:59:32 GMT -5
Lit had more songs on the alternative/rock charts. Yes they did indeed, however at the same time there they did not match the success of "My Own Worst Enemy". You see, I also look at the other factors just as well besides chart performance, such as LP sales, radio & video airplay, of course all other formats, the recurrents & oldies in some cases, and what songs are most memorable by this band/artist.
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Post by somelikeitwhen on Jun 24, 2006 20:25:02 GMT -5
That song where Carmen Electra ate them was a hit...
(You know, the video...)
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Post by SPaCeMaN SPiFF on Jun 24, 2006 21:39:27 GMT -5
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Post by Devil Marlena Nylund on Jun 25, 2006 0:19:15 GMT -5
^^ please elaborate. i just checked and apparently, classicase is right. "hopeless" was #1 on R&R's urban chart for 18 weeks... exactly who in the other acts mentioned as "one hit wonders" have a similar chart history to merit that comment?
Really? Wow! Now that I did not know. I should check out the song but aside from a couple mentions here and there over the last 5 years on these boards, I know nothing about the song, certainly that it was a #1 Urban hit. Are you sure? Because I listened to Casey's/AT40 from 1995 to 2002 on a REGULAR basis and Casey normally mentioned #1 on the R&B/Urban chart. I would have remembered that. Are you sure you don't mean Urban AC?
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Post by SPaCeMaN SPiFF on Jun 25, 2006 0:26:15 GMT -5
^^ please elaborate. i just checked and apparently, classicase is right. "hopeless" was #1 on R&R's urban chart for 18 weeks... exactly who in the other acts mentioned as "one hit wonders" have a similar chart history to merit that comment?
Really? Wow! Now that I did not know. I should check out the song but aside from a couple mentions here and there over the last 5 years on these boards, I know nothing about the song, certainly that it was a #1 Urban hit. Are you sure? Because I listened to Casey's/AT40 from 1995 to 2002 on a REGULAR basis and Casey normally mentioned #1 on the R&B/Urban chart. I would have remembered that. Are you sure you don't mean Urban AC?yes yes... it's urban a/c... in my haste, i neglected to type those 2 letters. my bad then. but hey! a number one song is a number one song... with R&R no less ... and a record run at that. so i think that sufficiently takes her off the list. you listened to top 40 regularly? really? wow! now that i did not know... good for you! unfortunately, i can't do that where i'm at so i have to depend on 2nd hand info off the 'net. :) so who else can we take off the list ...? ;) lit, apparently, is one...
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Post by somelikeitwhen on Jun 25, 2006 19:10:52 GMT -5
Pamela Anderson wouldn't eat people...she's a vegetarian.
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Post by Devil Marlena Nylund on Jun 25, 2006 22:27:19 GMT -5
you listened to top 40 regularly? really? wow! now that i did not know... good for you! unfortunately, i can't do that where i'm at so i have to depend on 2nd hand info off the 'net. :)
I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic with me or not. I was just saying that I didn't know that and always considered Dionne Farris a one-hit-wonder and I'm sure a lot of people still would, despite her Urban AC #1. I, too, have to rely on info from the net and other people, including the info about Dionne Farris. I can do nothing but take your word for it.
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Post by 620 Soul Train on Jun 25, 2006 22:41:46 GMT -5
I agree that Dionne Farris, to a lot people's standards including my own, is a one- hit wonder, really. She did not have another pop smash. If I asked the average person what they remembered about Dionne Farris, I'm willing to bet that they would point to the smash "I Know". BTW Rick Dees had "Don't Ever Touch Me Again" in case any of you didn't know, as the "Sure Shot", and it never made the top 40 either.
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Post by SPaCeMaN SPiFF on Jun 25, 2006 23:28:23 GMT -5
I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic with me or not. I was just saying that I didn't know that and always considered Dionne Farris a one-hit-wonder and I'm sure a lot of people still would, despite her Urban AC #1. I, too, have to rely on info from the net and other people, including the info about Dionne Farris. I can do nothing but take your word for it.a simple google search should be able to give you a few hits that will verify what classiccase just mentioned. i, personally, am glad she had at least one other hit before she "pretty much disappeared". even her myspace mentions "hopeless" being number one. although it erroneously lists it as "R&R billboard chart". it also mentions a forthcoming album... www.myspace.com/dionnefarris
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Post by SPaCeMaN SPiFF on Jun 25, 2006 23:36:45 GMT -5
Pamela Anderson wouldn't eat people...she's a vegetarian. LOL... must've been a really good double then. LOL
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Post by Devil Marlena Nylund on Jun 26, 2006 2:43:07 GMT -5
Well, when you think about it, you can get any other artist and a lot of them aren't "one-hit wonders" by using other charts from less popular formats, or regional charts or charts in other countries or what-have-you.
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Post by SPaCeMaN SPiFF on Jun 26, 2006 2:58:53 GMT -5
that's true... but to a point. take for for example: i can't think of any other place where seona dancing had been as huge a hit on popular radio other than where i am... and some might even go "seona ... who??!"... and they're not even a local act. LOL... but i won't even go as far as calling them a "one hit wonder". maybe we need to limit the term "hit" to the top 40... and maybe the top 10 of the major charts (e.g. urban, a/c, country, dance, etc. etc...) of a recognized chart-maker (e.g. r&r, billboard, mediabase, etc. etc...)
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Post by Devil Marlena Nylund on Jun 26, 2006 12:06:17 GMT -5
Even then I'm not sure. I'm sure there are some indie bands that have gone to #56 on the R&R Pop chart for example and consider that a big hit for them and probably even enough of a big deal to get coverage in major music magazines. They didn't get a big hit record but they had hype and whatnot. This is just a hypothetical example. Can't think of any now but I'm sure you know what I mean. I'll try to think of something.
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Post by COW COW COW COW COW COW COW on Jun 26, 2006 13:34:29 GMT -5
i AGREE ^
Your not going to consider an indie-rocker like Liz Phair a One-Hit-Wonder. Should we count foreign acts? I think if someone is from a major record label and has only one top 40 Billboard Hot 100 hit then they're a One-Hit-Wonder....but still any Hot 100 record is still a hit, so maybe not.
And speaking of One-Hit-Wonders, how about "Nothing But A Heartache" by the Flirtations? from 1969. My fave one-hit-wonderever...It was #34 in the U.S., under Top 40 in the U.K, but a total smash in New Zealand, Australia, Belgium, Germany and Sweden, Austria - throughout Europe....yet nothing else they released was a hit in practically any of those countries. They did make #111 with "South Carolina," and #96 Cash Box with "Can't Stop Lovin' You." But I still say that they're a Totally legit One-Hit-Wonder all over the world.;)
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Post by SPaCeMaN SPiFF on Jun 26, 2006 23:14:59 GMT -5
And speaking of One-Hit-Wonders, how about "Nothing But A Heartache" by the Flirtations? from 1969. My fave one-hit-wonderever...It was #34 in the U.S., under Top 40 in the U.K, but a total smash in New Zealand, Australia, Belgium, Germany and Sweden, Austria - throughout Europe....yet nothing else they released was a hit in practically any of those countries. They did make #111 with "South Carolina," and #96 Cash Box with "Can't Stop Lovin' You." But I still say that they're a Totally legit One-Hit-Wonder all over the world.;) that's odd... their biggest hit here is probably "earthquake"... during the last days of the disco era, 1983. LOL.
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Post by johnnywest on Jun 26, 2006 23:46:28 GMT -5
Has anyone mentioned Len yet?
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Post by JCMF3 on Jun 27, 2006 15:37:58 GMT -5
Some of the listings in here are really funny and show how much influence pop radio has on people's perceptions of "one hit wonders."
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Post by Libra on Jun 27, 2006 16:28:04 GMT -5
Here's the problem I have with the use of the one-hit wonder label. It's badly abused in both directions, where: 1. The performance of one song by an artist stands noticeably above others (or one other) that still performed decently, but it's enough for people to claim that the artist is only a one-hit wonder. Example: O-Town. It's here that a standard for "what qualifies as a hit?" should be applied. Or, 2. One song by an artist did well, but no others did (or they all performed FAR less), yet some managed to even register a blip on any chart, so people will claim the artist isn't a one-hit wonder. Example: Jason Mraz. People, the term is one- hit wonder, not one- chart wonder! As far as artists whose core format isn't even pop...do not apply their pop chart history as the standard for whether or not the artist is a one-hit wonder. Example: Nirvana! (No one in their right mind would call them one-hit wonders, but I'm using their pop chart history as an example to illustrate the point I'm trying to make.) In particularly infamous (on this board, anyway) cases like Aqua, though, sometimes it just comes down to public perception/knowledge of an artist's songs.
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