Your one hit wonders

[GhostMachine]

Deadsy - "Key To Grammercy Park"

Kajagoogoo - "Too Shy"

(Actually, those ARE true one hit wonders.)

From acts who have had more than one hit but I only one song:

Nirvana - In Bloom

Marilyn Manson - Tainted Love

Oasis - Champagne Supernova

(If TWO songs count, add Britney Spears - "Toxic" and "Gimme More")

Edited December 3, 2008 by GhostMachine

[Krone]

Haddaway - "What is Love"

Chamillionaire - "Ridin' Dirty"

Europe - "The Final Countdown"

Ricky Martin - "La Vida Loca"

[Gabriel]

Deadsy is a one-hit wonder? I didn't even know they released any singles... but they have a shit-ton of good songs.

For some reason, I thought that She Likes Big Words was more likely to be a "hit" than Grammercy Park.

[Cactus Drags]

Who was that band, three girls, all had multicoloured hair (think the singer had red), something like the Faders? They had one ok song.

[Gene Kiniski]

That one song by The Donnas. I have NO clue why I just remember them and there is no way I'm looking up the song, but it wasn't bad. The other two the tried to release sucked balls.

[METALMAN]

These are all very good songs but I either don't know or like any other songs by the artist.

Hell's Bells - AC/DC.

Roam Around The World - B52's

Adventure - Be Your Own Pet

More Than A Feeling - Boston

Atlantic City - Bruce Springsteen

Bye Bye Love - The Cars

Don't Panic - Coldplay

Off The Hook - CSS

What's The Difference - Dr. Dre

Serious - Duffy

Never Stop - Echo and the Bunnymen

Sophomore Slump or Comeback of the Year - Fall Out Boy

Abandon Ship - Gallows

When I Come Around - Green Day

Cool - Gwen Stefani

Count In Fives - The Horrors

Louise - The Human League

Search and Destroy - Iggy Pop & The Stooges

Last Day of Magic - The Kills

The Partisan - Leonard Cohen

Galaxy of the Lost - Lightspeed Champion

Gringo - Little Feat

Four Minute Warning - Mark Owen

... I can't be bothered listing more

Edited December 4, 2008 by metalman

[ADG]

Four Minutes - Mark Owen

Four Minutes is the Madonna track, Four Minute Warning is Mark Owen's awesome, awesome track.

What? I like it leave me alone.

[IAceI]

Who was that band, three girls, all had multicoloured hair (think the singer had red), something like the Faders? They had one ok song.

All I can tell you is that one of the Faders' is Midge Ure's daughter. If that's of any help

[METALMAN]

Duly edited. And yes, it is amazing.

Edited December 4, 2008 by metalman

[Emperor Fuckshit]

MM reminded me of 'When I Come Around', which I think is the only Green Day song I really like. It's pretty much just a perfect guitar-pop track. I quite like 'Basket Case', but I think the annoying-as-hell 'am I just stoooooooooooooned?' lyric/vocal delivery disqualify it.

[ADG]

'Freshmen' by The Verve Pipe. I've never heard anything else by them.

[GhostMachine]

Deadsy is a one-hit wonder? I didn't even know they released any singles... but they have a shit-ton of good songs.

For some reason, I thought that She Likes Big Words was more likely to be a "hit" than Grammercy Park.

Apparently they did, because MTV aired the video to "Key To Grammercy Park" AND it got some radio play. Can't recall another song by them that ever happened with.

[Turbo Yannis]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1bcDwa735o

I HATE Kate Nash but this is too catchy. And she looks pretty doable in the video.

[METALMAN]

That's actually one of the few Kate Nash songs I dislike.

[ADG]

Good God that Kate Nash song was awful.

[Turbo Yannis]

Fuck off

Edited December 5, 2008 by Turbo Yannis

[James Casey]

Eagle Eye Cherry

Man, I love this song. I dunno if they did any more.

Falling in love again is the same chords, just slightly different tempo.

There was one single off his second album that I adored, and I keep meaning to pick it up... But it's been six years or so since I last heard it.

Made in London - Dirty Water was just a cool song that I liked a hell of a lot when I was younger. I was gutted that the group didn't make it, as it remains one of those songs that I can just listen to on repeat.

Mouth - Merril Bainbridge if for no other reason than it was the first song I ever got from Napster. But it's fun and infectious, and I love the plinky plonky piano.

And I know that they actually had a lot of songs out, but if there's one song that everyone remembers from They Might Be Giants then it's Birdhouse In Your Soul.

[Bigal]

Eagle-Eye Cherry is one guy, that's his name. But you knew that right?

I'll second Kylie, but there's probably 2 or 3 of hers I like so I guess that won't count.

I suppose The Bravery would be one of mine with An Honest Mistake. What a letdown the rest of that album was.

And Orson's No Tomorrow. I love that song, it captures everything about being with something you love and not caring about the next day or even how crap everything else is around you. But everything else they've done is pretty average or just bad.

EDIT: I'm just counting acts that I've heard a lot of their stuff and only like one song rather than acts that have pretty much only had one song that anyone's heard of. That right?

If you're picking an Orson song, you have to go with Ain't No Party..

I think that's my only one-hit wonder...oh wait, I like another of their songs, "Happiness", so I guess I don't have any >_<