What "One-hit wonder" band/song is in your head recently?

[Joe Fields]

It's time to give these bands their due. They've provided me with a lot of great listening pleasure over the years.

Some of the ones in my head lately?

Get Together...The Youngbloods. (One of my favorites)

Incense and Peppermint...The Strawberry Alarm Clock

Grazin' In The Grass...Friends of Distinction


What say you?

[southpaw]

1. Martin Briley - 'Salt in my Tears'

[idgiehkt]

3. yep, that's mine too.

great song.

[terrya]

2. "Love Plus One" by Haircut 100

I absolutely love that song.

[Phillycat]

4. Build Me Up Buttercup by...who the hell was that again??

I love that song!

[Joe Fields]

8. It's by the Foundations

[Phillycat]

17. Thanks!

[WCGreen]

23. Baby, Now That I found You....

Another hit song by the Foundations...

[Joe Fields]

43. Not listed on the top one hundred lists.

[taterguy]

5. Human Cannonball by Webb Wilder

[johnnie]

6. A few weeks ago

I had "Smokin' in the boys room" stuck under my skull. And not the cheesy remake by that hair band in the 80s. I don't recall Brownsville Station having many other hits.

[ElboRuum]

7. Living on a Prayer, Bon Jovi...

Oh, wait. He's not a one-hit wonder. He's someone I WISH was a one-hit wonder.

Lips Like Sugar... Echo & the Bunnymen. I don't know if this was ever a 'hit' in the strictest sense but it should have been (along with about half the album it's on... damn music industry).

[underpants]

11. "Dead or Alive" a true horror story

a friend of mine was at a 24 hour bike race years ago and had THAT song stuck in his head for the whole 1 hour ride....at 4 am.

4 AM in the middle of nowhere with Bon Jovi stuck in your head. :scared:

[MorningGlow]

9. Too Shy - Kajagoogoo n/t

[Phillycat]

18. LOVE that song.

It's on my iPod!

[JackBeck]

10. "Come On Eileen" by Dexy's Midnight Runners.

In fact, I don't think that sound has ever left my head. Especially since we sing it with dirty lyrics.

[WCGreen]

31. Isn't that the name of a Porno Movie....

[JackBeck]

36. I'm sure it is. The title kind of gives the plot away, though.

[warrens]

12. To be fair, Youngbloods had a minor hit with Darkness Darkness

Their best song. I believe they had another hit a few years later, but that could have been under Jesse Colin Young's name.

Mine: Stuck in the Middle with You by Stealer's Wheel

[Joe Fields]

14. Darkness, Darkness did get some airplay, as I recall now.

Okay. So let's expand to "Two hit wonders!" LOL

Good Morning Starshine and Jean, by Oliver, anybody?

[mac56]

66. Youngbloods had another hit with "Grizzly Bear".

Stealers Wheel had two more hits: "Eveyone's Agreed" and "Star". Gerry Rafferty, of course, went on to more solo hits.

[Joe Fields]

75. Depends on what you call a "hit." Not listed on top 100 lists.

[Joe Fields]

13. Another one: War, by Edwin Starr.

[meegbear]

15. Got an 80's compilation with a few of 'em ...

Tainted Love - Soft Cell
Relax - Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Mexican Radio - Wall of Voodoo
I Know What Boys Like - The Waitresses

[MorningGlow]

25. I vote for a Waitresses twofer

"IKWBL" and "Christmas Rapping"! (Does a Christmas hit disqualify them from the list? Hope not!)

[meegbear]

30. Forgot about their Christmas song ...

but they're always be that song for me .... SUCKER! Hmmm hmmm hmmm hmmm.

[Phillycat]

16. Hot Child in the City - Nick Gilder

[Magrittes Pipe]

19. More Today than Yesterday

by the Spiral Starecase

[WritingIsMyReligion]

70. Didn't they also do "Ooh Child"?

Or was there another group with "staircase" in the name?

On edit: I see that there is a "Spiral Starecase" and a "The 5 Stairsteps." Nevermind. :hi:

[Burma Jones]

20. Diesel - Sausalito Summernight and Prelude - After the Gold Rush

[Throd]

21. "Aliah" by Donny Iris

[WCGreen]

24. It's actually Leah......

And by wierd coincience, we had Donny Iris's drummer in our band for a while...

Just awhile until he figured out how well average we really were....

[WCGreen]

22. Ariel by Dean Freidman.....

Way on the other side of the Hudson
Deep in the Bosom of Suburbia....


What a great line in a pop song...


Also, Keep Your Hands to Yourself.... Georgia Satelites....

[MorningGlow]

28. OMG I just heard Ariel on the radio

A couple of weeks ago! I couldn't believe my ears--hadn't heard that one in ages!

[MorningGlow]

26. Walking on Sunshine - Katrina and the Waves

What can I say? I'm a sucker for a happy song.

[WCGreen]

29. I saw Katrine and the Waves....

Man they were smokin' punk in concert....

So different from that song...

[MorningGlow]

32. Really! That's interesting!

Wish I had seen them in concert. I saw many, MANY '80s bands back in the day, but they never came around these parts as far as I know.

[Mad_Dem_X]

50. I saw them in '85

They opened for Wham.

Okay, I am really embarrassed that I just wrote that...

[datasuspect]

39. katrina had my love child

that was when i was in menudo. it's why she had to get out of the business.

the scandal would have been too much.

[AngryAmish]

27. "Walk This Way" by Run-DMC

[datasuspect]

33. run-dmc was definitely NOT a one hit wonder group

dude/dudette, king of rock? my addidas??

whoa. one name says it all: JAM MASTER JAY

[datasuspect]

34. marcy playground - sex and candy

[datasuspect]

38. damn i replied to myself

i hate it when that happens, but i am too lazy to do anything about it except make a comment to myself about it in a public forum.

i like cheese.

especially when it is melty and hot.

[AngryAmish]

35. Led Zepplin then?

[datasuspect]

37. ha ha!!!!

have to agree with you there.

i was thinking more like bob dylan or jimi hendrix

[Zavulon]

40. "Never Been Any Reason," Head East.

They were around for a while, but as far as I know this is their only song that got airplay. This song sticks in my head weekly.

[Joe Fields]

44. A great song you find yourself singing to!

[kwassa]

41. "My Sharona" because the drummer for the Knack just died .....

and the real Sharona is a high-powered realtor in Beverly Hills.

Ooh my little pretty one, pretty one.
When you gonna give me some time, Sharona?
Ooh you make my motor run, my motor run.
Gun it comin' off the line Sharona
Never gonna stop, give it up.
Such a dirty mind. Always get it up for the touch
of the younger kind. My my my i yi woo. M M M My Sharona...

[Eurobabe]

42. XM Radio has a station dedicated to one hit wonders

I listened to it the other day, it was pretty kewl.

[Joe Fields]

45. Wow! That alone would make me get it.

[Spirochete]

46. Toy Soldiers by Martika

was going through my head yesterday. So I cut it off. Now I'm a lot shorter and my hat doesn't fit right, but it was worth it.

[carlydenise]

59. I love that song......

eminem used it for one of his songs too, that song got me started listening to the 80's version

[Joe Fields]

47. If You're Going to San Francisco, by Scott McKenzie

[RedStateShame]

48. 2 that are connected

"More More More" by Andrea Trues Project(did I get the name right?) and....

"Steal My Sunshine by Len, which samples from "More More More."

[Mad_Dem_X]

51. Andrea True Connection

I think that's the name.

[begin_within]

49. I recently saw "Incense and Peppermints" being performed live by Randy

Seol, the original drummer for them, with a band that he plays with some of the time now, called Cool Fever. I didn't know he was even in the band, until they introduced him and did "Incense and Peppermints" with him drumming and singing the lead vocal - what a surprise that was!

http://www.coolfeverband.com/

[Joe Fields]

52. I saw a movie once, I think it was "The Party," with Peter Sellars,

and the Strawberry Alarm Clock were in this guys apartment, jamming Incense and Peppermint. It was one of those "hip, swingin'" '60's movies. Funnier than hell.

[av8rdave]

53. Shoot me if they've had more than 1 hit, but "Don't You Forget About Me"

Simple Minds

[begin_within]

56. That's a great song - and their only real hit, I believe.

[WCGreen]

58. A lot of good songs....

But no more hits....

[NewWaveChick1981]

54. The Producers - "What's He Got?"

:hi:

[martymar64]

55. Electric Avenue - Eddie Grant

and also Pass the Dutchie by Musical Youth.

I've been feeling irie lately . . .

[dback]

57. "Into the Night" by Benny Mardones

And it was actually played on our local (Portland) radio station 97.1 this AM! Talk about the proverbial needle in the haystack!

Yeah, it's cheese, but it's goooooooooooood cheese. (Well, aside from the fact that it's about a guy attracted to a jailbait girl.)

[carlydenise]

61. I just saw this song on a compliation cd

called "Ultimate Wedding Hits" WTF? It's about seducing a 16 year old girl, yeah let's play that at the wedding.
Carly

[WritingIsMyReligion]

72. I bet "Every Breath You Take" was also on that CD.

Sometimes people JUST DON'T GET THESE THINGS. :mad:

:D

[WritingIsMyReligion]

71. He does a duet with Katrina Carlson called "I Know You by Heart."

Technically not a one-hit wonder, especially since "by Heart" is practically a radio staple around here. :P

[carlydenise]

60. Video killed the radio star-Buggles

1st music video on MTV
Carly

[tgnyc]

62. "Tired of Towin' the Line" Rocky Barnett

[grannylib]

63. Oh, man, worst earworm EVER..."Ballroom Blitz" by Sweet...

hear it every once in a while on the satellite music station at work.
Drives me fuckin' NUTS!

The BEST one-hit wonder songs, IMHO, were "Walkin' on Sunshine" and "Smoke from a Distant Fire"

[DisgustedTX]

64. Drift away - Dobie Gray n/t

[mac56]

65. "This Beat Goes On/Switchin' To Glide" by the Kings.

[Joe Fields]

69. Good tune

[ryanus]

67. Informer

by Snow

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Fki7agpULSY

[XemaSab]

68. "Creep" by Radiohead

[WritingIsMyReligion]

73. Sanford-Townsend Band's "Smoke From a Distant Fire."

Gawwwd, how I love that song! Great flying solos in it.

[Joe Fields]

74. Hold Your Head Up, by Argent

[tyedyeto]

76. Georgia Satellites - "Keep Your Hands To Yourself"