The One Hit Wonder Thread.

[Frontman]

But now, would we have to consider someone's lack of solo success and make them one hit wonders?

Steve Perry "Oh, Sherry" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy5qHlNPKEc

And of course, the singer/songwriter who ruined the greatest rock band ever named for a mythological river;

Dennis DeYoung "Desert Moon" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uqjwt8qXjKc

[AlienFlanders]

This is the latest list of what on

96 Tears - Question Mark & the Mysterions
99 Red Balloons - Nena
Afternoon Delight - the Starlight Vocal Band
All By Myself - Eric Carmen
All the Young Dudes - Mott the Hoople
Alley Oop - Hollywood Argyles
Baby It's You - Promises
Battle of Kookamonga - Homer & Jethro
Beach Baby - First Class
I'm a B###h - Meridith Brooks
Black Betty - Ram Jam
Black velvet - Alannah Myles
Born to Be Alive - Patric Hernandez
Brandy - Looking Glass
Break My Stride - Matthew Wilder
Breakfast At Tiffanys - Deep Blue Something
Brimful Of Asha - Cornershop
Brother Louie - Stories
Buffalo Stance - Neneh Cherry
Busta Move - Young MC
Butterfly - Crazytown
Ca Plane Pour Moi - Plastic Bertrand
Captain Beaky - Keith Michell
Cars - Gary Numan
Cest La Vie - Robbie Nevil
Chevy Van - Sammy Johns
Chick-A-Boom - Daddy Dewdrop
Come on Eileen - Dexys Midnight Runners.
cool like dat - digable planets
Counting Blue Cars - Dishwalla
Crush - Jennifer Paige
The Curly Shuffle - Jump in the Saddle Band
D.O.A. - Bloodrock
Dancing in the Moonlight - King Harvest
Der Kommissar - After The Fire
Disco Duck- Rick Dees
Dizz Knee Land - dada
Do You Know What I Mean - Lee Michaels
Dont Forget Me When Im Gone - Glass Tiger
Don't Put Another Dime in the Jukebox - Flirts
Don't worry, be happy - Bobby McFerrin
Drift Away - Dobie Gray
Driver's Seat - Sniff & the Tears
Electric Avenue - Eddy Grant
Election Day - Arcadia
Escape(the Pina Colata song) - Rupert Holmes
Everyones Gone to the Moon - Jonathon King
Fade Into You - Mazzy Star
Fire - The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
Flagpole Sitta - Harvey Danger
Fly, Robin, Fly - Silver Convention
Funkytown - Lipps Inc
Funkytown - Pseudo Echo
The Future's So Bright (I Gotta Wear Shades) - Timbuk 3
gimme dat ding - the pipkins
Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues - Danny O'Keefe
the graduation Song (friends forever) - Vitamin C
Green Tambourine - Lemonpipers
groove is in the heart - dee-lite
Heart And Soul - T'Pau
Heartbeat - Don Johnson
Hobo Humping Slobo Babe - Whale
Hold your head up - Argent
The Humpty Dance - Digital Underground
I Do What I Do - John Taylor
I Don't Like Mondays - Boomtown Rats
I Don't Wanna Fall In Love - Jane Child
I Eat Cannibals - Toto Coelo
I Like It Both Ways - Supernaut
I Melt With You - Modern English
I think We're Alone Now - Tiffany
I Touch Myself - The Divinyls
I Want to Sex You Up - Color Me Bad
I Wish - Skee-Lo
If You Love Me - Brownstone
Iko Iko - Belle Stars
I'm Too Sexy - Right Said Fred
In A Big Country - Big Country
In The Summertime - Mungo Jerry
In the Year 2525 - Zager & Evans
Ina Gadda Da Vida pt1 - Iron Butterfly
The Israelites - Desmond Decker
It never rains in Southern California - Albert Hammond
It's Good News Week - Hedgehoppers Anonymous
It's Raining Men - The Weathergirls
Jackie Blue - Ozark Mountain Daredevils
Jenny - Tommy Tutone
Journey to the center of your mind- Amboy Dukes
Just A Friend - Biz Markie
Keep Your Hands to Yourself - Georgia Satellites
Key Largo - Bertie Higgins
Knock On Wood - Amii Stewart
kung fu fighting - carl douglas
LA Song - Beth Hart
Lean on Me - Club Nouveau
Lemon tree- Fools Garden
Let your Love Flow - Bellamy Brothers
Let's Go All the Way - Sly Fox
Life in a Northern Town - Dream Academy
Life Is A Rock But And The Radio Rolled Me - Reunion
Lily the Pink - The Scaffold
Little Arrows - Leapy Lee
Little Green Bag - George Baker Selection
The Lone Ranger - Quantum Jump
Louie Louie - The Kingsmen
Love Missle F1-11 - Sigue Sigue Sputnik
Love Plus One - Haircut 100
Lover's Concerto - The Toys
Loving You - Minnie Rippleton
Lucky Number One - Lene Lovich
Ma Belle Amie - Tee Set
Macarena - Los Del Rio
MacArthur Park - Richard Harris
Magic - Pilot
Major Tom - Peter Schilling
Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit Of...) - Lou Bega
Maniac - Michael Sembello
Mickey - Toni Basil
Mind Bender - Stillwater
Moonlight Feels Alright - Starbuck
More More More-andrea True Connection
More than words - Extreme
Mother Mother - Tracy Bonham
Movin' On - Missouri
Music Box Dancer- Frank Mills
My Boy Lollypop - Millie Small
My Sister - Juliana Hatfield Threes
Never Ending Story - Limahl
New Age Girl (Mary Moon) - Deadeye Dick
Nice to be with You - Gallery
The Nights the Lights went Out in Georgia - Vicki Lawrence
No Rain - Blind Melon
Obsession - Animotion
Oh Yeah - Yello (from Ferris Bueller's day off)
On the Loose - Saga
One Night In Bangkok - Murray Head
One Tin Soldier - Coven
One Toke Over the Line - Brewer & Shipley
Pillow Talk - Sylvia
Play that Funky Music - Wild Cherry
Please Come to Boston - Dave Loggins
The Politics of Dancing - Re-flex
Popular - Nada Surf
Precious Little - Eleanor McEvoy
Prime Mover - Zodiac Mindwarp
Purple People Eater - Sheb Wooley
Puttin' on the Ritz - Taco
Rapper's Delight - Sugar Hill Gang
Respect Yourself - Bruce Willis
Rico Suave - Gerardo
Ride Captain Ride - Blues Image
Rock the Boat - Hues Corporation
Saturday Night - Whigfield
Sausalito Summer Night - Diesel
Save Tonight - Eagle Eye Cherry
say it say it - e.g. daily
Seasons in the Sun - Terry Jacks
Sex and Candy - Marcy Playground
Shaddap You Face - Joe Dolce
She Blinded Me With Science - Thomas Dolby
Shes so high -Tal Bachman (Randy's son)
Shes Like The Wind - Patrick Swayze
Shiny Shiny - Haysi Fantayzee
Single Bed - Fox (Noosha Fox)
Sky High- Jigsaw
Sleeping Satellite - Tasmin Archer
Smooth Up In Ya - Bulletboys
Snoopy vs the Red Baron - Royal Guardsmen
Somebodys Watching Me - Rockwell
Something About You - Level 42
Something In the Air - Thunderclap Newman
Spirit in the Sky - Norman Greenbaum
St. Elmos Fire (Main In Motion) - John Parr
Steal My Sunshine - Len
Summertime Girls - LFO
Sunny Came Home - Shawn Colvin
Sunshine Go Away Today - Jonathan Edwards
Tainted Love -Soft Cell
Talk to Me - Wild Orchard
Tarzan Boy - Baltimora
Telstar - The Tornadoes
That Thing You Do - The Oneders
The Promise - When in Rome
The Rapper -- The jaggerz
Timothy - Buoys
Tobacco Road - Nashville Teens
Tones On Tail - Go!
Too Shy - Kajagoogoo
Torn - Natalie Imbruglia
Toy Soldiers - Martika
Trouble - Shampoo
True - Spandau Ballet
Tubthumping - Chumbawumba
Tubular Bells pt1a - Mike Oldfield
Turn the Beat Around - Vicki Sue Robinson
Turn up the Radio - Autograph
Turning Japanese - The Vapors
Undercover Angel - Alan O'Day
United States of Whatever - Liam Lynch
Up In a Puff Of Smoke - Polly Brown
Vehicle - Ides of March
Venus- Shocking Blue
Video Killed The Radio Star - The Buggles
Walk away Renee - Left Banke
Walk On The Ocean - Toad The Wet Sprocket
Walkin' in Memphis - Mark Cohn
Walking on the Sunshine - Katrina and the Waves
We Dont Have To Take Our Clothes Off - Jermaine Stewart
What Would Brian Boitano Do? - DVDA
Whirly Girl - OXO
White Bird - It's a Beautiful Day
Whoever You Are - Geggy Tah
Wild Wild West - Escape Club
Winchester Catherdral - New Vaudeville Band
Xanadu - Dave,Dee,Dozy,Beaky,Mick & Tich
The Ying Tong Song - The Goons
You Don't Want Me Anymore - Steel Breeze
You Gotta Be - Desire'
You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) - Sylvester
You Only Get What you Give - New Radicals

I don't have links for these:
Put your Hand in the Hand - Ocean
Breakin' Away - Balance
What Do All the People Know? - The Monroes

And these are in the sin bin:
Party All The Time - Eddie Murphy
MMM Bop - Hanson
Who's Johnny - El Debarge
Safety Dance - Men Without Hats

[Frontman]

Sorry FM, Im gonna have to call you on a few of those:

Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam (All Cried Out) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16shEIbNVmo)

A-Ha (The Living Daylights) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmcITpbdj5c)


I'll give you Lisa Lisa, but A-ha with a Bond tune? (Bond fans refuse to acknowledge that in the lexicon of Jame Bond songs.)

[Frontman]

Voices Carry Til Tuesday http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zz4pTMN3abw

[Frontman]

I can't believe on a superhero related website that

"Sunshine Superman" Donovan http://youtube.com/watch?v=fFbRc0eZmcU

And we skipped this one.

[DTM]

While were in the Superman frame of mind, what about Im No Superman, from Lazlo Bane (Scrubs Theme).

[Konmel]

Voices Carry Til Tuesday http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zz4pTMN3abw

Should already be on the list.

[Frontman]

Should already be on the list.

AlienFlanders must of just overlooked it (like I did.)

[DTM]

But now, would we have to consider someone's lack of solo success and make them one hit wonders?

Steve Perry "Oh, Sherry" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy5qHlNPKEc

And of course, the singer/songwriter who ruined the greatest rock band ever named for a mythological river;

Dennis DeYoung "Desert Moon" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uqjwt8qXjKc


Hmmmm, not sure we should be taking songs as OHWs from lead singers of very well known groups (Journey and Styx) who went off and did the solo thing for a bit (course thats just me).

Which actually Til Tuesday (above) could be included in, as Aimee Mann has had a few well known tracks alone, does that mean her time with Til Tuesday and their one big song (Voices Carry) should be allowed?

[Konmel]

That would also eliminate Duran Duran side projects -- Arcadia (Election Day) and John Taylor (I Do What I Do).

[DTM]

I personally wouldnt mind it, not saying I dont like any of those songs, just that Im not sure I qualify such songs OHWs when their solo artists were from bands that had several other big hits themselves. (but again, thats just me, Ill of course go with whatever the majority decides)

[Frontman]

Oh, you can go crazy with it.

Technically, if you consider a "hit" something that only hits #1, then bands like Styx, The Grateful Dead, and Santana would be "one hit" wonders.

But I just suggested them as they got only one or two songs via their solo careers. DeYoung in my mind is a hell of a song writer; and one of the nicest guys I've ever bugged for an autograph.

[DTM]

Oh, I think if we were limiting our OHWs to ones that actually made it to #1 on the charts, wed have a nice little 8 song TOC in the end. :p

[AlienFlanders]

That would also eliminate Duran Duran side projects -- Arcadia (Election Day) and John Taylor (I Do What I Do).

That would drop The Lone Ranger - Quantum Jump as well, Rupert Hine built bands, released a couple of albums, then moved on.

[readyeddy?]

I can't believe on a superhero related website that

"Sunshine Superman" Donovan http://youtube.com/watch?v=fFbRc0eZmcU

And we skipped this one.
Donovan shouldn't be on there, he also had "Mellow Yellow" and I'm sure there are others.

[readyeddy?]

Did we determine that Stealer's Wheel had other hits besides "Stuck In the Middle With You"?

[AlienFlanders]

Did we determine that Stealer's Wheel had other hits besides "Stuck In the Middle With You"?

From Wikipedia
In 1973/1974 the two singles "Everything Will Turn Out Fine" and "Star" would also reach the top 30 of both the UK and US charts.

I think we are taking top30 US as a general cutoff (of course that might knock a few out that became FM and other hits later).

[readyeddy?]

All right then let me field this one:

Hocus Pocus by Focus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpV5InLw52U

We really could use some yodel representation.

[AlienFlanders]

Should already be on the list.

From Wiki: Til Tuesday had a top30 with What about Love as well.

[DTM]

What about Dont Leave Me This Way (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWjBl5sRhuk&mode=related&search=) by Thelma Houston?

[AlienFlanders]

What about Dont Leave Me This Way (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWjBl5sRhuk&mode=related&search=) by Thelma Houston?

I think she goes in the arguable bin.

[Frontman]

Donovan shouldn't be on there, he also had "Mellow Yellow" and I'm sure there are others.

Forgot about "Mellow Yellow."

I stand corrected.

[readyeddy?]

Forgot about "Mellow Yellow."

I stand corrected.
It happens, I've been corrected more then a few times on this thread myself. I'm waiting to see if anybody's going to correct me on "Hocus Pocus".

[AlienFlanders]

From Wiki Hocus Pocus Focus is a OHW.

[KiwiGirl]

Hey what about Fool's Garden - Lemon Tree (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCDIt50hRDs).

[AlienFlanders]

Hey what about Fool's Garden - Lemon Tree (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCDIt50hRDs).

It is on the list.

Here is another one Duelling Banjos - Eric Wiessberg & Marshall Brickman (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3yNlNhzyn8)

[readyeddy?]

Hocus Pocus made me remember another goofy song from those days:

Popcorn by Hot Butter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9N4ckFN96-k

[readyeddy?]

You know, I think this is the first thread I've started that's gone this many pages.
I've thought of some doozies. I'll have to do links later when I get off work.

Eve of Destruction by Barry McGuire

Blue Suede Shoes by Carl Perkins (I know this was a hit for Elvis, but Carl Perkins wrote it and it was his only hit.)

Hot Rod Lincoln by Commander Cody

Cool Jerk byThe Capitals

Na Na Hey Hey Kiss him Goodbye by Steam

Autobahn by Kraftwerk

[turdburglar47]

Do we have "One Night In Bangkok" by Murray Head?

I can't stop listening to it today.

[AlienFlanders]

Do we have "One Night In Bangkok" by Murray Head?

I can't stop listening to it today.
Yep.
filler.

[AlienFlanders]

You know, I think this is the first thread I've started that's gone this many pages.
I've thought of some doozies. I'll have to do links later when I get off work.

Eve of Destruction by Barry McGuire

Blue Suede Shoes by Carl Perkins (I know this was a hit for Elvis, but Carl Perkins wrote it and it was his only hit.)

Hot Rod Lincoln by Commander Cody

Cool Jerk byThe Capitals

Na Na Hey Hey Kiss him Goodbye by Steam

Autobahn by Kraftwerk

Here are the links, plus the reply to Eve of Destruction

Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUNcZqZq2QM)
Autobahn - Kraftwerk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5c81X6BiI0Y)
Cool Jerk - The Capitols (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHIsqRaZqgs)
Eve of Destruction - Barry McGuire (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39ESOKkU1ho)
Hot Rod Lincoln - Commander Cody (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CGpURoC_lo)
Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye - Steam (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdCXSiTRR8c)
Dawn of Correction - Spokesmen (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmBmaYSeDYY)

[readyeddy?]

Here are the links, plus the reply to Eve of Destruction

Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUNcZqZq2QM)
Autobahn - Kraftwerk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5c81X6BiI0Y)
Cool Jerk - The Capitols (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHIsqRaZqgs)
Eve of Destruction - Barry McGuire (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39ESOKkU1ho)
Hot Rod Lincoln - Commander Cody (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CGpURoC_lo)
Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye - Steam (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdCXSiTRR8c)
Dawn of Correction - Spokesmen (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmBmaYSeDYY)
So while I was workin' you were workin'. eh?

[AlienFlanders]

So while I was workin' you were workin'. eh?
I had to check them for the OHW Status and add them to the file so I thought I might as well let people hear them.:laugh:

[VelvetGuru9]

It's hard to go through the whole thread, but I searched and didn't see this one: Edgar Winter Group - Frankenstein

[Stuart_Rex]

It's hard to go through the whole thread, but I searched and didn't see this one: Edgar Winter Group - Frankenstein

I always lump that one in the same barrel as Focus.

Just thought I'd comment on Carl Perkins from a few posts up.
I read Johnny Cash's autobiog on holiday a month ago and Johnny and Carl Perkins were Sun Stablemates and good friends. Carl Perkins, at least according to the Man in Black, is one of Rock n Roll's great Tragedies.

On March 21, 1956, as the song neared its peak on the charts, Perkins was involved in a serious automobile accident while on the way to New York City to appear on the nationally broadcast Perry Como Show. He suffered a fractured skull and broken shoulder in the crash; brother Jay Perkins fractured his neck (he died in 1958). [4] Perkins could only watch as his friend, Elvis Presley, also had success with a cover version of "Blue Suede Shoes", which was a follow-up to Presley's first hit, "Heartbreak Hotel". Presley's version became far more famous than the original, although it only reached #20 on the Best Sellers chart

[VelvetGuru9]

I always lump that one in the same barrel as Focus.

Just thought I'd comment on Carl Perkins from a few posts up.
I read Johnny Cash's autobiog on holiday a month ago and Johnny and Carl Perkins were Sun Stablemates and good friends. Carl Perkins, at least according to the Man in Black, is one of Rock n Roll's great Tragedies.
Carl Perkins wrote some great tunes; it's a shame he never made it as big as some of the other Sun guys.

[readyeddy?]

It's hard to go through the whole thread, but I searched and didn't see this one: Edgar Winter Group - FrankensteinThey also had a hit with Free Ride, that's why I didn't mention them.

[Surfer13]

I have to post this before I forget what I am seeing.
Maybe these have been corrected in a later post, but there are two songs given the incorrect band.

Afternoon Delight was done by the Starland vocal band (not Starlight).
The Night Chicago Died was done by Paper Lace (not cup).


Now, I noticed Eddy Grant was given credit only for Electric Avenue, but he also did Romancing the Stone, which may not have been a big hit, but it was the title theme of a popular film, so that couldn't have hurt it's sales.

I would also like to throw out a few, again, hoping that they aren't mentioned between when I decided to post and wherever this shows up.
Maybe in some parts of the country, or overseas in one case in particular, these bands fared better than they did in mine, so I will happily stand corrected if anyone can counter these.

Mama let him play by Doucette (may have had a second hit in Canada)

Tragedy by Arcangel (may have been pretty big in Japan)

Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through by Jim Steinman (later covered by Meatloaf when the two reunited)

I'm Leaving by Taxxi (they had some moderate success, and I am a fan, but I don't know if any other song qualified as a legitimate hit)

The Look in Your Eye by the Hughes Thrall Band

Band of Gold by Freida Payne (probably a spelling error)

There's Something Going On by Frida (formerly of ABBA, with Phil Collins on drums, if anyone cares :) )

Why Me by Planet P (Power Tools is the only other song of theirs that I can think may qualify as a hit)

I Could Be Good For You by 707


Sorry, but I have no links of any sort, but some of these can be heard at Amazon, at least in part, I'm sure.

[Surfer13]

They also had a hit with Free Ride, that's why I didn't mention them.
I thought Free Ride was Johnny Winter. Edgar's brother.

[AlienFlanders]

Free Ride is off the same album as Frankenstein

How about Somebody's Out There - Triumph (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nc4lOz90WXs), I know they had a number 1 in Canada, but this is the only song that was top30 in the US.

[Stuart_Rex]

Now, I noticed Eddy Grant was given credit only for Electric Avenue, but he also did Romancing the Stone, which may not have been a big hit, but it was the title theme of a popular film, so that couldn't have hurt it's sales.



Eddie Grant also had a big UK hit with I don't wanna dance.

What about Radar Love?
I can't recall hearing another Golden Earring song.

[readyeddy?]

Eddie Grant also had a big UK hit with I don't wanna dance.

What about Radar Love?
I can't recall hearing another Golden Earring song.
Golden Earring had a huge hit with "Twilight Zone" around 1982.

[AlienFlanders]

Another for the list Incense and Peppermints - Strawberry Alarm Clock (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um_wrZNnnmg)

[readyeddy?]

Here's some:

Hot Child in the City
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=El6iQ2_dvlc
I saw this guy in concert in the Seventies. He made the mistake of being the opener for Blue Oyster Cult. The only time they weren't booing him or flipping him off was when he performed this song, which I think he played earlier then he meant to because the crowd was so hostile. The BOC members seemed a little nervous about it when they came to the stage also. It was just a poor coupling for music acts I'd say.

My Maria by B.W. Stephenson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feBsg5UpS_0

Smoke FRom a Distant Fire by the Sanford Townsend Band
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOJsxM2n9nk

[Surfer13]

Free Ride is off the same album as Frankenstein

How about Somebody's Out There - Triumph (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nc4lOz90WXs), I know they had a number 1 in Canada, but this is the only song that was top30 in the US.
I don't have any numbers, but Magic Power by Triumph was a pretty big hit, I thought, and they got plenty of airplay between their "Just a Game", "Allied Forces", and "Never Surrender" albums, with "Thunder Seven" enjoying at least moderate success before "The Sport of Kings", which contained Somebody's Out There, came out. I figure they have to have had a hit.

I did, however, think of another one, if it even qualifies as a hit. I know it got some airplay.

When the Heart Rules the Mind by GTR.

[AlienFlanders]

I don't have any numbers, but Magic Power by Triumph was a pretty big hit, I thought, and they got plenty of airplay between their "Just a Game", "Allied Forces", and "Never Surrender" albums, with "Thunder Seven" enjoying at least moderate success before "The Sport of Kings", which contained Somebody's Out There, came out. I figure they have to have had a hit.


According to Wiki (and we all believe that source), Triumph only had one US top30 hit.

Up til yesterday we have 236 OHW.

[Frontman]

Here's one

"Goody Too Shoes" Adam Ant (yeah, popular as hell in the UK, but only one top 30 US hit.)

[lensnart]

According to Wiki (and we all believe that source), Triumph only had one US top30 hit.

Up til yesterday we have 236 OHW.

We are only 20 away from the craziest rockwars ever.

[readyeddy?]

Free Ride is off the same album as Frankenstein

How about Somebody's Out There - Triumph (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nc4lOz90WXs), I know they had a number 1 in Canada, but this is the only song that was top30 in the US.
Looking at my Triumph Classics CD I know that these songs get lots of airplay on KSHE 95 in St Louis:

Hold On
Magic Power
Fight the Good Fight
Lay It On the Line

Conversely I don't think I ever hear "Somebody's Out There". Oh well.

[readyeddy?]

We are only 20 away from the craziest rockwars ever.
Good Lord, I might have twenty in my back pocket here. Let's see-----
I'll do links later.

1. Paranoimia by Max Headroom

2.Cry by Godley and Creme (Plenty of hits with 10CC but only one on their own.)

3. Radioactive by the Firm

4. Tuff Enuff by the Fabulous Thunderbirds

5. Nothing Compares 2 U by Sinead O' Connor

6. Joey by Concrete Blonde

7. Walking in Memphis by Marc Cohn

8. I'm Gonna be (500 Miles) by the Proclaimers

9. Here Comes the Hot Stepper by Ini Kimoze

10. How Bizarre by OMC

11. Bittersweet Symphony by the Verve

12. You Get What You Give by the New Radicals

13. Running on Empty (a Deal With God) by Kate Bush

14. Sail On, Sail Away by Moxy

15. So Alive by Love and Rockets

Oops, that's only fifteen. I guess we still got work to do.

[readyeddy?]

Ian Thomas; brother of Dave Thomas of SCTV, had a hit with a song called "Painted Ladies" but I can't find any good links for it.

Here's a few links for some of the songs from my list earlier.

So Alive by Love and Rockets
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2iNoBnAdUU

How Bizarre by OMC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfJe8hQ8ha0

You Get What You Give by The New Radicals
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91WgM6dNLTE

Here Comes the Hot Stepper by Ini Kamoze
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_czJ4GydE4

I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) by The Proclaimers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQfqSWe8eVE

Bittersweet Symphony by The Verve
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-Po8uJeoUw

Walking In Memphis by Marc Cohn
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrT0gAbRqyw

Paranoimia by Max Headroom (ah this one doesn't count since It's Art Of Noise but I'll include the link just for a trip down memory lane.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWaEeHPEGds

Radioactive by the Firm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdEmBe24Xa4

Tuff Enough by The Fabulous Thunderbirds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ak9QNs51vjw

Nothing Compares 2 U by sinead O'Conner (Apparently not available probably because of Superego I mean Prince)

Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) by Kate Bush ( I can't believe she only had one.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BZsXVf6INc

Cry by Godley & Creme
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1Z8pSXCNFI

Joey by Concrete Blonde
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIIlUHBNkEc

[AlienFlanders]

This the list so far, any objections

5 o'Clock World - The Vogues
96 Tears - Question Mark & the Mysterions
99 Red Balloons - Nena
Afternoon Delight - the Starlight Vocal Band
All By Myself - Eric Carmen
All the Young Dudes - Mott the Hoople
Alley Oop - Hollywood Argyles
Autobahn - Kraftwerk
Baby It's You - Promises
Band of Gold - Freida Payne
Battle of Kookamonga - Homer & Jethro
Beach Baby - First Class
I'm a B###h - Meridith Brooks
Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve
Black Betty - Ram Jam
Black velvet - Alannah Myles
Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins
Born to Be Alive - Patric Hernandez
Brandy - Looking Glass
Break My Stride - Matthew Wilder
Breakfast At Tiffanys - Deep Blue Something
Brimful Of Asha - Cornershop
Brother Louie - Stories
Buffalo Stance - Neneh Cherry
Busta Move - Young MC
Butterfly - Crazytown
Ca Plane Pour Moi - Plastic Bertrand
Captain Beaky - Keith Michell
Cars - Gary Numan
Cest La Vie - Robbie Nevil
Chevy Van - Sammy Johns
Chick-A-Boom - Daddy Dewdrop
Come on Eileen - Dexys Midnight Runners.
Cool Jerk - The Capitols
cool like dat - digable planets
Counting Blue Cars - Dishwalla
Crush - Jennifer Paige
Cry - Godley & Creme
The Curly Shuffle - Jump in the Saddle Band
D.O.A. - Bloodrock
Dancing in the Moonlight - King Harvest
Dawn of Correction - Spokesmen
Der Kommissar - After The Fire
Desert Moon - Dennis DeYoung
Disco Duck- Rick Dees
Dizz Knee Land - dada
Do You Know What I Mean - Lee Michaels
Dont Forget Me When Im Gone - Glass Tiger
Don't Leave Me this Way - Thelma Houston
Don't Put Another Dime in the Jukebox - Flirts
Don't worry, be happy - Bobby McFerrin
Drift Away - Dobie Gray
Driver's Seat - Sniff & the Tears
Duelling Banjos - Eric Wiessberg & Marshall Brickman
Electric Avenue - Eddy Grant
Election Day - Arcadia
Escape(the Pina Colata song) - Rupert Holmes
Eve of Destruction - Barry McGuire
Everyones Gone to the Moon - Jonathon King
Fade Into You - Mazzy Star
Fire - The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
Flagpole Sitta - Harvey Danger
Fly, Robin, Fly - Silver Convention
Funkytown - Lipps Inc
Funkytown - Pseudo Echo
The Future's So Bright (I Gotta Wear Shades) - Timbuk 3
gimme dat ding - the pipkins
Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues - Danny O'Keefe
the graduation Song (friends forever) - Vitamin C
Green Tambourine - Lemonpipers
groove is in the heart - dee-lite
Heart And Soul - T'Pau
Heartbeat - Don Johnson
Here Comes the Hot Stepper - Ini Kamoze
Hobo Humping Slobo Babe - Whale
Hocus Pocus - Focus
Hold your head up - Argent
Hot Rod Lincoln - Commander Cody
How Bizarre - OMC
The Humpty Dance - Digital Underground
I Could Be Good For You - 707
I Do What I Do - John Taylor
I Don't Like Mondays - Boomtown Rats
I Don't Wanna Fall In Love - Jane Child
I Eat Cannibals - Toto Coelo
I Like It Both Ways - Supernaut
I Melt With You - Modern English
I think We're Alone Now - Tiffany
I Touch Myself - The Divinyls
I Want to Sex You Up - Color Me Bad
I Wish - Skee-Lo
If You Love Me - Brownstone
Iko Iko - Belle Stars
I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) - The Proclaimers
I'm Leaving - Taxxi
I'm Too Sexy - Right Said Fred
In A Big Country - Big Country
In The Summertime - Mungo Jerry
In the Year 2525 - Zager & Evans
Inna Gadda Da Vida - Iron Butterfly
Incense and Peppermints - Strawberry Alarm Clock
The Israelites - Desmond Decker
It never rains in Southern California - Albert Hammond
It's Good News Week - Hedgehoppers Anonymous
It's Raining Men - The Weathergirls
Jackie Blue - Ozark Mountain Daredevils
Jenny - Tommy Tutone
Joey - Concrete Blonde
Journey to the center of your mind- Amboy Dukes
Just A Friend - Biz Markie
Keep Your Hands to Yourself - Georgia Satellites
Key Largo - Bertie Higgins
Knock On Wood - Amii Stewart
kung fu fighting - carl douglas
LA Song - Beth Hart
Lean on Me - Club Nouveau
Lemon tree- Fools Garden
Let your Love Flow - Bellamy Brothers
Let's Go All the Way - Sly Fox
Life in a Northern Town - Dream Academy
Life Is A Rock But And The Radio Rolled Me - Reunion
Lily the Pink - The Scaffold
Little Arrows - Leapy Lee
Little Green Bag - George Baker Selection
The Lone Ranger - Quantum Jump
Louie Louie - The Kingsmen
Love Missle F1-11 - Sigue Sigue Sputnik
Love Plus One - Haircut 100
Lover's Concerto - The Toys
Loving You - Minnie Rippleton
Lucky Number One - Lene Lovich
Ma Belle Amie - Tee Set
Macarena - Los Del Rio
MacArthur Park - Richard Harris
Magic - Pilot
Major Tom - Peter Schilling
Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit Of...) - Lou Bega
Mama let him play - Doucette
Maniac - Michael Sembello
Mickey - Toni Basil
Mind Bender - Stillwater
Moonlight Feels Alright - Starbuck
More More More-andrea True Connection
More than words - Extreme
Mother Mother - Tracy Bonham
Movin' On - Missouri
Music Box Dancer- Frank Mills
My Boy Lollypop - Millie Small
My Sister - Juliana Hatfield Threes
Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye - Steam
Never Ending Story - Limahl
New Age Girl (Mary Moon) - Deadeye Dick
Nice to be with You - Gallery
The Night Chicago Died - Paper Lace
The Nights the Lights went Out in Georgia - Vicki Lawrence
No Rain - Blind Melon
Nothing Compares 2 U - sinead O'Conner (Apparently not available probably because of Superego I mean Prince)
Obsession - Animotion
Oh, Sherry - Steve Perry
Oh Yeah - Yello (from Ferris Bueller's day off)
On the Loose - Saga
One Night In Bangkok - Murray Head
One Tin Soldier - Coven
One Toke Over the Line - Brewer & Shipley
Pillow Talk - Sylvia
Play that Funky Music - Wild Cherry
Please Come to Boston - Dave Loggins
The Politics of Dancing - Re-flex
Popcorn - Hot Butter
Popular - Nada Surf
Precious Little - Eleanor McEvoy
Prime Mover - Zodiac Mindwarp
Purple People Eater - Sheb Wooley
Puttin' on the Ritz - Taco
Radioactive - the Firm
Rapper's Delight - Sugar Hill Gang
Respect Yourself - Bruce Willis
Rico Suave - Gerardo
Ride Captain Ride - Blues Image
Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through - Jim Steinman
Rock the Boat - Hues Corporation
Rumors - Timex Social Club
Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) - Kate Bush
Saturday Night - Whigfield
Sausalito Summer Night - Diesel
Save Tonight - Eagle Eye Cherry
say it say it - e.g. daily
Seasons in the Sun - Terry Jacks
Sex and Candy - Marcy Playground
Shaddap You Face - Joe Dolce
She Blinded Me With Science - Thomas Dolby
Shes so high -Tal Bachman (Randy's son)
Shes Like The Wind - Patrick Swayze
Shiny Shiny - Haysi Fantayzee
Single Bed - Fox (Noosha Fox)
Sky High- Jigsaw
Sleeping Satellite - Tasmin Archer
Smooth Up In Ya - Bulletboys
So Alive - Love and Rockets
Somebody's Out There - Triumph
Somebodys Watching Me - Rockwell
Something About You - Level 42
Something In the Air - Thunderclap Newman
Spirit in the Sky - Norman Greenbaum
St. Elmos Fire (Main In Motion) - John Parr
Steal My Sunshine - Len
Summertime Girls - LFO
Sunny Came Home - Shawn Colvin
Sunshine Go Away Today - Jonathan Edwards
Tainted Love -Soft Cell
Talk to Me - Wild Orchard
Tarzan Boy - Baltimora
Telstar - The Tornadoes
That Thing You Do - The Oneders
The Look in Your Eye - the Hughes Thrall Band
The Promise - When in Rome
The Rapper -- The jaggerz
There's Something Going On - Frida
Timothy - Buoys
Tobacco Road - Nashville Teens
Tones On Tail - Go!
Too Shy - Kajagoogoo
Torn - Natalie Imbruglia
Toy Soldiers - Martika
Tragedy - Arcangel
Trouble - Shampoo
True - Spandau Ballet
Tubthumping - Chumbawumba
Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield
Tuff Enough - The Fabulous Thunderbirds
Turn the Beat Around - Vicki Sue Robinson
Turn up the Radio - Autograph
Turning Japanese - The Vapors
Undercover Angel - Alan O'Day
United States of Whatever - Liam Lynch
Up In a Puff Of Smoke - Polly Brown
Vehicle - Ides of March
Venus- Shocking Blue
Video Killed The Radio Star - The Buggles
Walk away Renee - Left Banke
Walk On The Ocean - Toad The Wet Sprocket
Walkin' in Memphis - Mark Cohn
Walking on the Sunshine - Katrina and the Waves
We Dont Have To Take Our Clothes Off - Jermaine Stewart
What Would Brian Boitano Do? - DVDA
Whirly Girl - OXO
White Bird - It's a Beautiful Day
Whoever You Are - Geggy Tah
Why Me - Planet P
Wild Wild West - Escape Club
Winchester Catherdral - New Vaudeville Band
Xanadu - Dave,Dee,Dozy,Beaky,Mick & Tich
The Ying Tong Song - The Goons
You Don't Want Me Anymore - Steel Breeze
You Gotta Be - Desire'
You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) - Sylvester
You Only Get What you Give - New Radicals

[DTM]

Wow, great job with the list taking, AF. Oh, and not sure Id call Tiffany or Sinead O Connor OHWs, personally.

[readyeddy?]

Wow, great job with the list taking, AF. Oh, and not sure Id call Tiffany or Sinead O Connor OHWs, personally.
I can't speak for Tiffany because I'm completely unfamiliar with her (I spent 80% of the Eighties overseas). I was surprised about Sinead O'Conner myself (as I was about Kate Bush) but I guess she shot her chances for another hit down when she tore up that picture. I bought her best of and she definitely had a lot of good songs.

Oh and Alien Flanders, did you deliberately leave my complaint about the excessively egotistical one on your list? If so, I'm glad you agree.

P.S. Do you know how hard it is to come up with excuses to rep when you have people like Alien Flanders who deserve rep every single time they post?

[AlienFlanders]

Oh and Alien Flanders, did you deliberately leave my complaint about the excessively egotistical one on your list? If so, I'm glad you agree.

I thought I had edited it off, although I am of the same opinion.

Wow, great job with the list taking, AF. Oh, and not sure Id call Tiffany or Sinead O Connor OHWs, personally.
I am basing the list vaguely on the US Top30, so Slade - Run Runaway could slip on.

With Sinead it might come down to how many have heard/remember her version of the song.:laugh:

[Stuart_Rex]

I dob't think you can count Kate Bush at all.

How about Jennifer Rush - The Power of Love

Actually I don't think I can really comment further on this as there are loads of people on the list who had more than one hit in the UK.

[readyeddy?]

I dob't think you can count Kate Bush at all.

How about Jennifer Rush - The Power of Love

Actually I don't think I can really comment further on this as there are loads of people on the list who had more than one hit in the UK.
You know, in my opinion what goes on in the UK is at least as important as what goes on in the U.S. Perhaps you should bring up the ones you feel are suspect and your reasons why. I thought about bringing up "Pictures Of Matchstick Men" by Status Quo but I thought they had several U.K. hits. I always felt it was a matter of the songs overall popularity, not how they charted somewhere. "Stairway to Heaven" is a huge hit and it never charted anywhere.

[lensnart]

As much as I love to grow the list, I have to object to So Alive by Love and Rockets, as I was actually going to suggest Ball of Confusion by Love and Rockets so they must have at least two hits.

[lensnart]

And I still think MMMBop should be on the big board.

Though they did have hit singles after this in Sweden and Brazil (which is weird) they never had another single that cracked the top ten or even came close to the success of MMM Bop in the US.

[lensnart]

A couple that shouldn't be on the list.

Tiffany

Could'vbe Been was number one in the US and I Saw Him Standing There reached number 6 on the US charts. so she is definitely out.

Toad The wet Sprocket

All I Want was actually a more successfull single than Walk The Ocean making it up to 15 on the charts as opposed to 18.

[AlienFlanders]

Technically Paper Lace should be off the list as they had a hit with Billy Don't Be a Hero in the UK as well.

[DTM]

Im pretty sure Ive heard of Billy Dont Be A Hero as well, and Ive never been to the UK. :)

[AlienFlanders]

Im pretty sure Ive heard of Billy Dont Be A Hero as well, and Ive never been to the UK. :)

It wasn't a hit for Paper Lace in the US, another band released a version of it first.

[KitsuShel]

I don't know if any of this has been said, I would never call CrazyTown a One Hit wonder. They had few videos:

Toxic (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y18c0oHZLfM)
Revolving Door (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo1_YWb0Mws&mode=related&search=)
Drowning (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WlstnPwZ9g&mode=related&search=) (one of my all time favorite songs period)
Hurt you so bad (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vef2-H31glc&mode=related&search=)
Darkside (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bNzgYWBQvg)

Not to mention a pair of phenominal cds. Plus they have reunion scheduled for early '08 and I am stoked, baby!

[KitsuShel]

And I still think MMMBop should be on the big board.

Though they did have hit singles after this in Sweden and Brazil (which is weird) they never had another single that cracked the top ten or even came close to the success of MMM Bop in the US.

"Isn't it weird" was a hit song and video for them as well. A very sweet little song.

[Vevilaughs]

But where did there other songs hit on the charts?

I don't know if any of this has been said, I would never call CrazyTown a One Hit wonder. They had few videos:

Toxic (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y18c0oHZLfM)
Revolving Door (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo1_YWb0Mws&mode=related&search=)
Drowning (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WlstnPwZ9g&mode=related&search=) (one of my all time favorite songs period)
Hurt you so bad (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vef2-H31glc&mode=related&search=)
Darkside (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bNzgYWBQvg)

Not to mention a pair of phenominal cds. Plus they have reunion scheduled for early '08 and I am stoked, baby!

[Vevilaughs]

The discussion is getting long so I hope these aren't retreds but:

Come Away With Me - Nora Jones (I don't think anything else she has released has cracked the Top 20.... unless you start looking at Adult Contemporary).

I'm Otta Love - Anastacia - everything else has only hit on the dance charts I believe.

And has nobody mentioned Rubin Studdard or Clay Aikin.... I think both of them shot their wade with their first release after AI2 and have slowly faded into the background.

[KitsuShel]

But where did there other songs hit on the charts?

I'm sorry, I didn't know this was a thread about where songs stood on the charts. If thats the case, I'll butt out of the thread, since I don't know jack about charts.

I was just saying that had other songs and videos that were played on MTV and were popular, maybe not as much as Butterfly, but still.

[readyeddy?]

I'm sorry, I didn't know this was a thread about where songs stood on the charts. If thats the case, I'll butt out of the thread, since I don't know jack about charts.

I was just saying that had other songs and videos that were played on MTV and were popular, maybe not as much as Butterfly, but still.



That's all right Shel, stick around. There are songs of enormous popularity that have never been on the charts. I keep trotting Stairway to Heaven out as an example. Some songs are FM hits, but a hit is still a hit.

[lensnart]

This has turned into a top 20 thing, but I think really if they have other songs that people might readily recognize they are not true one-hit wonders.

[DTM]

Yes, I agree, charts per se dont have much to do with being a OHW as it does recognition or popularity of the songs themselves. Lord knows Pop Goes The World wasnt as big a hit as Safety Dance for Men Without Hats, but it was still a popular song which most of us known, hence knocking Safety Dance and Men Without Hats out of the OHW running.

As for as Im Outta Love from Anastasia, Ive heard of several more of her songs (as in getting nice airplay), and she even has a greatest hits album (something a OHW really wouldnt have).

[Vevilaughs]

As for as Im Outta Love from Anastasia, Ive heard of several more of her songs (as in getting nice airplay), and she even has a greatest hits album (something a OHW really wouldnt have).


I thought that would be something only a Disco Queen would recognize... guess I was wrong??? ;) ;)

[Vevilaughs]

This has turned into a top 20 thing, but I think really if they have other songs that people might readily recognize they are not true one-hit wonders.


That's true. But that is why I nominated Nora Jones. I know she has had something recently on the readio but I couldn't name it to save my life. And I think that is the true definition of a one-hit wonder... and the double-edge sword.

Think about it.... what were the chances that Kelly Clarkson's 3rd ablum even come close to the success she had with her sophomore effort.

Besides being oh so hot to look at, the only song I recognize from CrazyTown is Butterfly. Not that there other stuff wasn't as good, but making a hit has so much to do with timing, luck and opportunity, that skill (or looks) alone can't cut it in the recording business.

[DTM]

I thought that would be something only a Disco Queen would recognize... guess I was wrong??? ;) ;)

While my Disco days are long over (aka Never Began) I can honestly say I like more than a few Anastascia songs, and that Ive definately heard more than Im Outta Love on the radio. :)

[Konmel]

I'm away from this thread for a few days and Kate Bush gets placed on the list? That needs to be fixed pronto. There is no way she deserves to be on the OHW list.

[AlienFlanders]

I'm away from this thread for a few days and Kate Bush gets placed on the list? That needs to be fixed pronto. There is no way she deserves to be on the OHW list.

Flagged.

Anyone else want to object to Spandau Ballet? I think they were quite a hit factory in the UK.

255 and hovering.

Non OHWs:
Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) - Kate Bush
Walk On The Ocean - Toad The Wet Sprocket
I think We're Alone Now - Tiffany
So Alive - Love and Rockets

Pending:
Party All The Time - Eddie Murphy
MMM Bop - Hanson
Who's Johnny - El Debarge

[DTM]

Are we really counting DeBarge and El DeBarge as two entirely seperate entities? :p

[AlienFlanders]

Are we really counting DeBarge and El DeBarge as two entirely seperate entities? :p

After re-examining the thread: Who's Johnny - El DeBarge is flagged non OHW.

[AlienFlanders]

Crazytown had top30 UK hits with both Butterfly and Revolving Door.
That gets them flagged.

[Stuart_Rex]

Revolving Door was nowhere near as high profile but it did get enough airplay on mainstream radio to disqualify Crazy Town as being British OHW's.

Shame.

[lensnart]

I will throw my support behind Eddie Murphy, I have never heard of another song by him let alson a hit and I have been a fan of Party All The Time for quite some time.

[Konmel]

Spandau Ballet was a group that I never was into that much, but I thought that had some minor hits besides their big one. Living on a Lifeline or Communication might have been one or two hits for them.

[AlienFlanders]

True and Gold were both US top30 hits for Spandau Ballet, I guess that flags them out.

[DTM]

Yeah, I know them better for True, but Ive definately heard of Gold before.

[Vevilaughs]

I have Spandue Ballet's "Best of" CD at home. When I was in 7th grade, I was sure "True' was going to play at my wedding.

In retrospect, a 7th grader that is having thoughts of what song is going to play at his wedding is probably not having a traditional wedding to begin with.

[hail_eris]

I have Spandue Ballet's "Best of" CD at home. When I was in 7th grade, I was sure "True' was going to play at my wedding.

In retrospect, a 7th grader that is having thoughts of what song is going to play at his wedding is probably not having a traditional wedding to begin with.
Hey, we had two Scissor Sisters tracks at mine. Of course, the ceremony took place at a restaurant that was chosen for its proximity to a music school, the officiant was the guy who runs the bar inside that school, the "readings" were Shel Silverstein poems, and the closest we came to any kind of religious content was a benediction to Superman. So, err, I guess there's something to be said for non-traditional weddings.

[VelvetGuru9]

Hey, we had two Scissor Sisters tracks at mine. Of course, the ceremony took place at a restaurant that was chosen for its proximity to a music school, the officiant was the guy who runs the bar inside that school, the "readings" were Shel Silverstein poems, and the closest we came to any kind of religious content was a benediction to Superman. So, err, I guess there's something to be said for non-traditional weddings.
Lafcadio? Your sidewalk has ended.

[DrmngCelestial]

I hate being the guy who show's up and argues an inclusion of disinclusion once in a while. But shouldn't the OHW label pertain to how an act or artist is marketed? For example, Jimmy Hendrix with the Experience should count for Jimi alone and the Experience, but their hits shouldn't count against any solo Experience member.

One rule please!
Otherwise remove Dennis DeYoung (Styx) and Steve Perry (Journey)

and is the original poster sure about Rock & Roll Dreams Come Through? I can't recollect any version except Meatloaf's vocals as a hit.

[AlienFlanders]

I hate being the guy who show's up and argues an inclusion of disinclusion once in a while. But shouldn't the OHW label pertain to how an act or artist is marketed? For example, Jimmy Hendrix with the Experience should count for Jimi alone and the Experience, but their hits shouldn't count against any solo Experience member.

One rule please!
Otherwise remove Dennis DeYoung (Styx) and Steve Perry (Journey)

and is the original poster sure about Rock & Roll Dreams Come Through? I can't recollect any version except Meatloaf's vocals as a hit.

That also knocks out Cry - Godley and Creme (10cc), and There's Something Going On - Frida (Abba).

[readyeddy?]

That also knocks out Cry - Godley and Creme (10cc), and There's Something Going On - Frida (Abba).
Wait, we're officially shutting out solo artists who've had hits as part of a group now? That might eliminate a lot more then these.

[DTM]

Well, not sure its official or anything, just something that was thrown out to see what others thought. Personally Im not sure how I feel with guys like Joe Perry and Dennis DeYoung being called OHWs, when theyre from bands that had numerous big hits.

[theanalogkid]

I have no problem with Steve Perry and Dennis DeYoung being off the list. I'd rather forget they had solo careers, such as they were.

[AlienFlanders]

So people have no objections to Cry - Godley and Creme (10cc), and There's Something Going On - Frida (Abba) being OHWs?

[DTM]

I would say whatever ruling we decide to go with should go for them all. Im easy going with majority rules on this decision, though I do feel a bit odd calling Steve Perry a OHW when Journey (the group he lead) was hardly so.

[readyeddy?]

Well if you delete Steve Perry and Dennis DeYoung off the list you should delete the others. Personally I think they weren't representing the groups they were in when they did their solo efforts and they've all had plenty of time to create new solo hits if they were inclined to.
In Frida's case the musical style was even radically different then the parent group.

[DTM]

Thats fine, if others feel such artists should stay and be counted as OHWs here, I have no problem with that.

[readyeddy?]

Here's a few more: (Beware, some are Country songs)

Goldfinger-Shirley Bassey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsngeY0c0bA

Yakety Sax- Boots Randolph
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEDg3WLvpUc

Teen Angel- Mark Dinning
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nBVdf7neVg

Purple People Eater- Sheb Wooley
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9H_cI_WCnE

Six Days on the Road- Dave Dudley
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPPNNIe4xUY

Harper Valley PTA- Jeannie C. Riley
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExFO3reFQ5Q

Waterloo- Stonewall Jackson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuc4HtT13c0

Ringo- Lorne Greene
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKa1GRH8MmE

The Ballad of Davy Crockett- Fess Parker
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01rNP89pSyk

[AlienFlanders]

That gives us 261, (not counting Mmmbop.:laugh: )

[DTM]

Here's a few more: (Beware, some are Country songs)

Goldfinger-Shirley Bassey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsngeY0c0bA

Didnt Shirley Bassey sing another well known James Bond song?

[readyeddy?]

Didnt Shirley Bassey sing another well known James Bond song?I'll check, but I don't think anybody was a repeater for Bond songs.

Color me stupid! Turns out she did three! The others apparently weren't hits but they were popular. By my criteria that probably disqualifies her.

[AlienFlanders]

I'll check, but I don't think anybody was a repeater for Bond songs.

Color me stupid! Turns out she did three! The others apparently weren't hits but they were popular. By my criteria that probably disqualifies her.

They were outside US Top30 but we still have 260 if we drop her.

[readyeddy?]

They were outside US Top30 but we still have 260 if we drop her.
Well, as much as I would like to see her presence; those other songs are smokin', as all Bond songs are, so considering others we've dropped I reluctantly feel she should be disqualified.

[DTM]

Which other ones did she do?

[DrmngCelestial]

Ready to drop some science on ya', from Billboard OHW book-

Evil Woman Don't You Play Your Games With Me -Crow
Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Grows) -Edison Lighthouse
House Of The Rising Sun -Frijid Pink
Long Lonesome Highway -Michael Parks
Reflections Of My Life -Marmalade
My Baby Loves Lovin' -White Plains
O-O-H Child -Five Stairsteps
Are You Ready? -Pacific Gas & Electric
Tighter, Tigher -Alive And Kicking
Spill The Wine -Eric Burdon & War
Lay A Little Lovin' On Me -Robin McNamara
Overture From Tommy (A Rock Opera) -Assembled Multitude
All Right Now -Free
Indiana Wants Me -R. Dean Taylor
Somebody's Been Sleeping -One Hundred Proof Aged In Soul
Montego Bay -Bobby Bloom
5-10-15-20 (25-30 Years Of Love) -Presidents
For The Good Times -Ray Price
Sweet Mary -Wadsworth Mansion
Me & Bobby McGee -Janis Joplin
Help Me Make It Throught The Night -Sammi Smith
Stay Awhile -Bells
Put Your Hand In The Hand -Ocean
Here Comes The Sun -Richie Havens
Toast And Marmalade For Tea -Tin Tin
Rings -Cymarron
What The World Needs Now Is Love... -Tom Clay
Mr. Big Stuff -Jean Knight
Smiling Faces Sometimes -Undisputed Truth
Chripy Chirpy Cheep Cheep -Mac & Katie Kissoon
Trapped By A Thing Called Love -Denise LaSalle
I've Found Someone Of My Own -Free Movement
Easy Loving -Freddie Hart
Desiderata -Les Crane
Sunshine -Jonathan Edwards
I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing -Hillside Singers
Precious And Few -Climax
Bang A Gong -T.Rex
Junge Fever -Chakachas
How Do You Do -Mouth & MacNeal
Day By Day -Godspell
Layla -Derek & The Dominos
Motorcycle Mama -Sailcat
Beautiful Sunday -Daniel Boone
City Of New Orleans -Arlo Guthrie
Thunder And Lightning -Chi Coltrane
Convention '72 -Delegates
Love Jones -Brighter Side Of Darkness
Why Can't We Live Together -Timmy Thomas
Oh, Babe, What Would You Say? -Hurricane Smith

Superbowl Shuffle -Chicago Bears Shufflin' Crew

Could we also have the alphabetizations strightened out? All A An s and The s should be dropped from the front of the song titles and reordered.

Thanks,
I'll try to be back later to continue the OHW's of the 70's

[DTM]

I think we can drop Janis Joplin from the list, as while I may not be a fan overall, Ive definately heard of more than one of her songs. :)

[readyeddy?]

Which other ones did she do?
Diamonds Are Forever and Moonraker.

[DrmngCelestial]

I think we can drop Janis Joplin from the list, as while I may not be a fan overall, Ive definately heard of more than one of her songs. :)

With the ambigious nature of the OHW status in this thread (no defined qualification) then it's hard to say, but Janis scored her only Top 40 hit at #1 on March 20, 1971 with Me And Bobby McGee. She just missed the 40 position with Kozmic Blues #42, Cry Baby #42, Get It While You Can #78 and Down On Me At #91; and three were after her death.

[readyeddy?]

An artist's songs don't necessarily have to have charted, they just need to be popular. If they get plenty of FM airplay it's popular. Janis Joplin has several of those.

[AlienFlanders]

This is sad, I remember this one

Judy in Disguise (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeXKLdY6bro) - John Fred and the Playboys

[readyeddy?]

This is sad, I remember this one

Judy in Disguise (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeXKLdY6bro) - John Fred and the Playboys
Good find, What's sad is I didn't remember it. Shame it seems to cut off before the song is done though.

[readyeddy?]

I'd like to submit these three FM hits for consideration.

Three Strange Days by School of Fish
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2rw_XDVfsg

Post Toastee by Tommy Bolin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qq_9-SAlkwY

In a Daydream by The Freddy Jones Band
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qv1CicbX5AQ
also
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71xcsICgI5U

I included two versions for In a Daydream as both aren't the best representations of the song that they could have used.

[AlienFlanders]

Not wishing to throw stones at anyone, but either God or Tommy Bolin ripped the riff the others song there. Cocaine (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fnn1dDVmZyQ)

[Scott Neelan]

After reading through this entire thread, I found I had no songs to add. However, I do have a few to dispute.

Dreek & the Dominos had a second hit with "Bell Bottom Blues" (though not quite at the same level as "Layla"), Arlo Guthrie had "Alice's Restaraunt Massacree", which I'm sure quite a few people have heard (they play the entiry 14+ minutes of the song on our local classic rock station at noon every Thanksgiving), and Vitamin C actually had a hit with "Smile" before "Graduation (Friends Forever)", which I remember as I was in middle school when both songs were hits.

[readyeddy?]

Not wishing to throw stones at anyone, but either God or Tommy Bolin ripped the riff the others song there. Cocaine (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fnn1dDVmZyQ)
Well, in defense of the late great Tommy Bolin; the LP "Private Eyes" was released in 1976, the same year he passed away. Clapton covered "Cocaine" in 1978.

[readyeddy?]

I would like to field another FM staple:

Raise a Little Hell by Trooper
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STiuregSvHg

[AlienFlanders]

If you dig up any more DTM may have to split the OHW RW into two.:laugh:

I vaguely remember Trooper, I must have listened to some pretty heavy djs in the 70's and 80's.

[DTM]

Oh, we wont be using All of these on the Main List, those are just the ones people will be able to pick from. Though considering the amount we have here to do so, Im sure itll be abother 128 song RW TOC. :)

[AlienFlanders]

Classical Gas (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgUql7E7S-k) - Mason Williams

Classical Gas (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=078N20Zxx1k) - Mason Williams 2006

[Rokk_Krinn]

My favourite one hit wonder is: Come on Eileen (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z9bPrUark4)by Dexys Midnight Runners.


The real shame for poor DMR is that they tried so hard to get away from the "curse" of the Too-Rye-Ay album - probably the worst of their releases despite the hit song - with Don't Stand Me Down which is a great piece of work and art. Unfortunately, they were too well remembered as the "Come on Eileen" band and that's how they stayed. :(

One Hit Wonder Embarrassing Admission Time: I love the song "Lovefool" by the Cardigans but it took me forever to track down a copy of it because at first...uhm...I thought it was "No Doubt" singing it. :o (Don't you love how radio stations decided they didn't need to tell you the name of a song or the person/group singing it?)

[hail_eris]

One Hit Wonder Embarrassing Admission Time: I love the song "Lovefool" by the Cardigans but it took me forever to track down a copy of it because at first...uhm...I thought it was "No Doubt" singing it. :o (Don't you love how radio stations decided they didn't need to tell you the name of a song or the person/group singing it?)
You'd do yourself a favor by picking up some of their other stuff. Their 2003 release Long Gone Before Midnight shows definite maturity, and the lead track is probably one of their songs. Check out "Communication" here. (http://beta.youku.com/v_show/id_cf00XMjM1Njc5Ng==.html)

[batfink]

Wild Wild West by The Escape Club (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uCAWUXYKUM) - starts 56 seconds in.
I only know this one because of the parody about Adam West.

[batfink]

Classical Gas (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgUql7E7S-k) - Mason Williams

Classical Gas (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=078N20Zxx1k) - Mason Williams 2006
OMG. Hes wearing The Pirate Shirt. :laugh:

[batfink]

I only know this one because of the parody about Adam West.
And here it is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdVJWyoncdU&feature=related

[batfink]

The '80s were a golden age for actors-turned-singers. None of the J-Lo or Mandy Moore nonsense you see today. We had titans of the small and silver screen. We had Rick Springfield, Frank Stallone, Tom Wopat, the entire cast of Miami Vice (with the possible exception of Edward James Olmos). We had Chuck Norris singing the theme to "Walker, Texas Ranger" and Lee Majors crooning over a bunch of great stock footage at the beginning of "The Fall Guy." We had action stars who decided to pick up a microphone instead of a gun. Patrick Swayze spent an afternoon (presumably when he wasn't busy feathering his hair, tearing out someone's throat, or blowing up Russians) recording "She's Like the Wind." Bruce Willis took time out from the hectic shooting of Hudson Hawk to give us The Return of Bruno. These were sacrifices - brave sacrifices - made by the men who won the Cold War (on a pop cultural front, anyway). These men could have been engaging in steamy PG-rated daytime soap opera lovin' or jumping canals in the General Lee. Instead, they gave us soulful ballads and pop masterpieces - some of which even work outside of a completely ironic frame of reference. These men are less "one-hit wonders" and more "wonders - who happened to have one hit." If only Kurt Russell had released an album in those days...

Speaking of which...."Don't Give Up On Us, Baby." by David Soul

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YY8APrYU2Gs

[AlienFlanders]

One Hit Wonder Embarrassing Admission Time: I love the song "Lovefool" by the Cardigans but it took me forever to track down a copy of it because at first...uhm...I thought it was "No Doubt" singing it. :o (Don't you love how radio stations decided they didn't need to tell you the name of a song or the person/group singing it?)

Not that she was a one hit wonder but it took me at least twenty years to track down a copy of We Must believe in Magic by Crystal Gayle, I had recorded it off the radio and never heard it again, I still have the tape of it. The only sad thing is her rerecording of it is not as great as the original.

[readyeddy?]

I submit for your consideration:

The Pipkins Gimme Dat Ding
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQWWX3FPkaQ

I'd not thought about this song in years until I was teasing one of my regular customers (who would always say "Gimme that") that she wrote this song. Then it occured to me that this was probably a OHW.

[readyeddy?]

Here's a couple from your FM dial:

The Tarney Spencer Band - No Time To Lose
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzaXrM4pVjM

Chilliwack - Fly at Night

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UX4FrvhGSdg

I like to put these back to back on mixes.

Hey, how about an updated list there Flanders old buddy?

[AlienFlanders]

I submit for your consideration:

The Pipkins Gimme Dat Ding
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQWWX3FPkaQ

I'd not thought about this song in years until I was teasing one of my regular customers (who would always say "Gimme that") that she wrote this song. Then it occured to me that this was probably a OHW.

Gimme dat ding is already on the list, I will post an updated list later.

[CustomCreator]

With all the press Miley Cyrus is getting lately (for Hannah Montana and other things), let's remember her dad, Billy Ray, was a "one hit wonder" with Achy Breaky Heart. It's interesting because, as a one hit wonder, the song is just as infamous as it is famous, as well known for being hated as it is for being liked. Kind of the country equivalent of Kung Fu Fighting.

[DTM]

Bite Your Tongue......I like Kung Fu Fighting. :)

[CustomCreator]

Bite Your Tongue......I like Kung Fu Fighting. :)

So do I. But there are just as many people who hate it as like it. It's often a punchline for the entire decade of the 70s; as Achy Breaky Heart is for country music.

[Scott Neelan]

I hate being the one to point it out, but Billy Ray Cyrus had other hits...they just didn't cross over from the Country side of the Billboard charts.

[AlienFlanders]

Here is a youtube linked list of the songs nominated so far by realmsers for people to listen to.

5 o'Clock World - The Vogues (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WP0_Pz8wKQY)
96 Tears - Question Mark & the Mysterions (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrTnaPa9BaA)
99 Red Balloons - Nena (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14IRDDnEPR4)
Afternoon Delight - the Starlight Vocal Band (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5axMyJ_-Z8)
All By Myself - Eric Carmen (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KlhhvfAhM4)
All the Young Dudes - Mott the Hoople (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGlva74kGmc)
Alley Oop - Hollywood Argyles (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0h7enhTu0E)
Autobahn - Kraftwerk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5c81X6BiI0Y)
Baby It's You - Promises (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xyvgv9J6maE)
The Ballad of Davy Crockett- Fess Parker (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01rNP89pSyk)
Band of Gold - Freda Payne (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_65LLafsa9g)
Battle of Kookamonga - Homer & Jethro (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mma1xX73otg)
Beach Baby - First Class (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zn97hvjWZA8)
I'm a B###h - Meridith Brooks (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fk58p1jeCCA)
Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-Po8uJeoUw)
Black Betty - Ram Jam (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkA9k6lDags)
Black velvet - Alannah Myles (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ut09zkRoG0g)
Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUNcZqZq2QM)
Born to Be Alive - Patric Hernandez (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-aI1Ch39ZU)
Brandy - Looking Glass (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oR0oHQxlzGs)
Break My Stride - Matthew Wilder (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQl50dnAg44)
Breakfast At Tiffanys - Deep Blue Something (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6zsZrgPG64)
Brimful Of Asha - Cornershop (http://youtube.com/watch?v=5rQmB7SCrzc)
Brother Louie - Stories (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qlm7PQ3NlRY)
Buffalo Stance - Neneh Cherry (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EQCOshGwPI)
Busta Move - Young MC (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wJCmtZMc1g)
Ca Plane Pour Moi - Plastic Bertrand (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PITnJAnmjqw)
Captain Beaky - Keith Michell (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMzaiCS1jrM)
Cars - Gary Numan (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cdgTWitj_o)
Cest La Vie - Robbie Nevil (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqFCbX9AHs4)
Chevy Van - Sammy Johns (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApoDwXVLDAk)
Chick-A-Boom - Daddy Dewdrop (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0JwXmy42vk)
Classical Gas - Mason Williams (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgUql7E7S-k) Classical Gas 2006 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=078N20Zxx1k)
Come Away With Me - Norah Jones (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBKcKQHZXks)
Come on Eileen - Dexys Midnight Runners. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z9bPrUark4)
Cool Jerk - The Capitols (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHIsqRaZqgs)
cool like dat - digable planets (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pvKzLXx3zY)
Counting Blue Cars - Dishwalla (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lahQCb2NZz0)
Crush - Jennifer Paige (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hj5S1RCUDvM)
The Curly Shuffle - Jump in the Saddle Band (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKAfXdb5LsA)
D.O.A. - Bloodrock (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKiV34O0L50)
Dancing in the Moonlight - King Harvest (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeZcsPAZOXA)
Dawn of Correction - Spokesmen (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmBmaYSeDYY)
Der Kommissar - After The Fire (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Guvo7gUdUnE)
Disco Duck- Rick Dees (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97RjuC9YeXg)
Dizz Knee Land - dada (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4B0ht5xJUg)
Do You Know What I Mean - Lee Michaels (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xtuth2jeTF0)
Dont Forget Me When Im Gone - Glass Tiger (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCN1f9tPq2g)
Don't Leave Me this Way - Thelma Houston (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWjBl5sRhuk)
Don't Put Another Dime in the Jukebox - Flirts (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVe8s5wpYXI)
Don't worry, be happy - Bobby McFerrin (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IERzx5Spic)
Drift Away - Dobie Gray (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaPnOASOWIU)
Driver's Seat - Sniff & the Tears (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFwcmU6Ql0A)
Duelling Banjos - Eric Wiessberg & Marshall Brickman (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3yNlNhzyn8)
Electric Avenue - Eddy Grant (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtPk5IUbdH0)
Election Day - Arcadia (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snHsnpiQs3Q)
Escape(the Pina Colata song) - Rupert Holmes (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVdhZwK7cS8)
Eve of Destruction - Barry McGuire (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39ESOKkU1ho)
Everyones Gone to the Moon - Jonathon King (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlB7vBdt_IA)
Fade Into You - Mazzy Star (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWvEXChflEE)
Fire - The Crazy World of Arthur Brown (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOErZuzZpS8)
Flagpole Sitta - Harvey Danger (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xzxDRA93Nk)
Fly at Night - Chilliwack (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UX4FrvhGSdg)
Fly, Robin, Fly - Silver Convention (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM72iWami9M)
Funkytown - Lipps Inc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUm6TCbEK0g)
Funkytown - Pseudo Echo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8ae0gdXf5E)
The Future's So Bright (I Gotta Wear Shades) - Timbuk 3 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KPhOjF_H3o)
gimme dat ding - the pipkins (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQWWX3FPkaQ)
Goldfinger-Shirley Bassey (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsngeY0c0bA)
Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues - Danny O'Keefe (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xy1vZEZ_Q-4)
the graduation Song (friends forever) - Vitamin C (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHGkvBr6ZlU)
Green Tambourine - Lemonpipers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjZZhYlKHBY)
groove is in the heart - dee-lite (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJH2ubVZj2o)
Harper Valley PTA- Jeannie C. Riley (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExFO3reFQ5Q)
Heart And Soul - T'Pau (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJK7dMSd31k)
Heartbeat - Don Johnson (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULI5kolBpAk)
Here Comes the Hot Stepper - Ini Kamoze (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_czJ4GydE4)
Hobo Humping Slobo Babe - Whale (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa5SiU2U5_k)
Hocus Pocus - Focus (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpV5InLw52U)
Hold your head up - Argent (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXYiPPlXiM8)
Hot Rod Lincoln - Commander Cody (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CGpURoC_lo)
How Bizarre - OMC (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfJe8hQ8ha0)
The Humpty Dance - Digital Underground (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE9oiMLIHGA)
I Could Be Good For You - 707 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pr5GJ7nU30)
I Do What I Do - John Taylor (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjU3N5nvcD8)
I Don't Like Mondays - Boomtown Rats (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POl4vFp-5os)
I Don't Wanna Fall In Love - Jane Child (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjyGJE21ijE)
I Eat Cannibals - Toto Coelo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXigRDS7vpA)
I Like It Both Ways - Supernaut (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bt4BvqKJ5pE)
I Melt With You - Modern English (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoD3BUhZ-Sk)
I Touch Myself - The Divinyls (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTneO6UgRuM)
I Want to Sex You Up - Color Me Bad (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9li1w2sMyE)
I Wish - Skee-Lo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icr0eW1fRSs)
If You Love Me - Brownstone (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NoQC0Bo4gU)
Iko Iko - Belle Stars (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5-1HoLM-aw)
I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) - The Proclaimers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQfqSWe8eVE)
I'm Too Sexy - Right Said Fred (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipZDG6__Zfc)
In A Big Country - Big Country (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bw2o_Go4QWI)
In a Daydream - The Freddy Jones Band (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qv1CicbX5AQ) In a Daydream - The Freddy Jones Band (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71xcsICgI5U)
In The Summertime - Mungo Jerry (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbdyrRlYR2E)
In the Year 2525 - Zager & Evans (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPd2KqRRLoE)
Ina Gadda Da Vida pt1 - Iron Butterfly (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdFWa_OgciI) Ina Gadda Da Vida pt2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Of7gdaiq2EI)
Incense and Peppermints - Strawberry Alarm Clock (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um_wrZNnnmg)
The Israelites - Desmond Decker (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OYUVYEj_ko)
It never rains in Southern California - Albert Hammond (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pyC7WnvLT4)
It's Good News Week - Hedgehoppers Anonymous (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrEHDV1e460)
It's Raining Men - The Weathergirls (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWwyjmSbJPs)
Jackie Blue - Ozark Mountain Daredevils (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wf80ViipX4)
Jenny - Tommy Tutone (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqUPApCUt90)
Joey - Concrete Blonde (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIIlUHBNkEc)
Journey to the center of your mind- Amboy Dukes (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7vX7fTKbTM)
Judy in Disguise - John Fred and the Playboys (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeXKLdY6bro)
Just A Friend - Biz Markie (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmO825gwApo)
Keep Your Hands to Yourself - Georgia Satellites (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTUoytNnZoM)
Key Largo - Bertie Higgins (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXtADupisjE)
Knock On Wood - Amii Stewart (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ztZ7WFo3nw)
kung fu fighting - carl douglas (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJQu97_Xwiw)
LA Song - Beth Hart (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrZw8RToN2Y)
Lean on Me - Club Nouveau (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2Xun-QbGWw)
Lemon tree- Fools Garden (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCDIt50hRDs)
Let your Love Flow - Bellamy Brothers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKSNHcsqqKM)
Let's Go All the Way - Sly Fox (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsiPtvfdvDY)
Life in a Northern Town - Dream Academy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSmYvuvaJDg)
Life Is A Rock But And The Radio Rolled Me - Reunion (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16kh-AP4OCU)
Lily the Pink - The Scaffold (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lb-R7JJ-Ph4)
Little Arrows - Leapy Lee (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLuUXPb_YzY)
Little Green Bag - George Baker Selection (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0L1hD5OlPtw)
The Lone Ranger - Quantum Jump (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZiS7Cb1f6Y)
Louie Louie - The Kingsmen (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FhwTZPSe0c)
Love Missle F1-11 - Sigue Sigue Sputnik (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ff974Ocxl4Q)
Love Plus One - Haircut 100 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_f8Sser_DJU)
Lover's Concerto - The Toys (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrmzM7yT-9g)
Loving You - Minnie Rippleton (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lX3K35jvY9A)
Lucky Number One - Lene Lovich (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eAw29VRIiU)
Ma Belle Amie - Tee Set (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyOg9G-0lR4)
Macarena - Los Del Rio (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9z7t-Ox3XvU)
MacArthur Park - Richard Harris (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0D-boeOCG0)
Magic - Pilot (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TF7I6G8zAiE)
Major Tom - Peter Schilling (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1Hs2AQwDgA)
Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit Of...) - Lou Bega (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsjevQ7ZtCc)
Mama let him play - Doucette (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCQQL1cJ07Q)
Maniac - Michael Sembello (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxOlKvvLXP8)
Mickey - Toni Basil (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6lZJWgM2kI)
Mind Bender - Stillwater (http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=92667683)
Moonlight Feels Alright - Starbuck (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaJEQrK_biU)
More More More-andrea True Connection (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYVWceeDR6A)
More than words - Extreme (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kt7L4X4li_k)
Mother Mother - Tracy Bonham (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhsRFYpuwIM)
Movin' On - Missouri (http://missouriband.com/Resources/Intro_Movin_On.mp3)
Music Box Dancer- Frank Mills (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2N_tmH6y7ng)
My Boy Lollypop - Millie Small (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pqcpt-BKZBM)
My Sister - Juliana Hatfield Threes (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYwZzmCtIQQ)
Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye - Steam (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdCXSiTRR8c)
Never Ending Story - Limahl (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3khTntOxX-k)
New Age Girl (Mary Moon) - Deadeye Dick (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3zC0K-b7wg)
Nice to be with You - Gallery (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbkBt4bAM3I)
The Night Chicago Died - Paper Lace (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIrcSXqzZzY)
The Nights the Lights went Out in Georgia - Vicki Lawrence (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTkB9kRCU6U)
No Rain - Blind Melon (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmVn6b7DdpA)
Nothing Compares 2 U - Sinead O'Connor (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyCn3ENm_Us)
No Time To Lose - Tarney Spencer Band (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzaXrM4pVjM)
Obsession - Animotion (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpDrJjvuzfg)
Oh Yeah - Yello (from Ferris Bueller's day off) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q7FFjUpVLg)
On the Loose - Saga (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUJhCxFbFEo)
One Night In Bangkok - Murray Head (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mn4IqAlDdZY)
One Tin Soldier - Coven (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AM4ADoVc6TU)
One Toke Over the Line - Brewer & Shipley (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbbqIHHMVxA)
Party All The Time - Eddie Murphy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5LX16zia2k)
Pillow Talk - Sylvia (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NT975RvNqpI)
Play that Funky Music - Wild Cherry (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4R2F6ecKeQ)
Please Come to Boston - Dave Loggins (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PX5t9VJweQ)
The Politics of Dancing - Re-flex (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAS7RxK4Uvc)
Popcorn - Hot Butter (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9N4ckFN96-k)
Popular - Nada Surf (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8g_wavcFR4)
Post Toastee - Tommy Bolin (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qq_9-SAlkwY)
Power of Love - Jennifer Rush (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEI2rXVcUh8)
Precious Little - Eleanor McEvoy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ybGNMbIrJw)
Prime Mover - Zodiac Mindwarp (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtnCcWOS7y8)
Purple People Eater - Sheb Wooley (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9H_cI_WCnE)
Puttin' on the Ritz - Taco (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1RsWqNIIAA)
Radioactive - the Firm (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdEmBe24Xa4)
Raise a Little Hell - Trooper (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STiuregSvHg)
Rapper's Delight - Sugar Hill Gang (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acGRPi4kkl4)
Respect Yourself - Bruce Willis (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EINRNYL1wS0)
Rico Suave - Gerardo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaXp6ewtMoo)
Ride Captain Ride - Blues Image (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pza55C6L1l0)
Ringo- Lorne Greene (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKa1GRH8MmE)
Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through - Jim Steinman (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUFSPOTzUTk)
Rock the Boat - Hues Corporation (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZDPzXdwLF0)
Rumors - Timex Social Club (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRte0S2a_dA)
Saturday Night - Whigfield (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcmBaRAj7FU)
Sausalito Summer Night - Diesel (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfrkWDAQpzI)
Save Tonight - Eagle Eye Cherry (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFBuFGG_04o)
say it say it - e.g. daily (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNJgVilhcBw)
Seasons in the Sun - Terry Jacks (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfmnTEib64k)
Sex and Candy - Marcy Playground (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKl_7zK3fbI)
Shaddap You Face - Joe Dolce (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFacWGBJ_cs)
She Blinded Me With Science - Thomas Dolby (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IlHgbOWj4o)
Shes so high -Tal Bachman (Randy's son) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVKcfwJxa54)
Shes Like The Wind - Patrick Swayze (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSGF1JB0F7U)
Shiny Shiny - Haysi Fantayzee (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjsnkIP4ddo)
Single Bed - Fox (Noosha Fox) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UC_i_iYMq-c)
Six Days on the Road- Dave Dudley (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPPNNIe4xUY)
Sky High- Jigsaw (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyrzIA9aqDw)
Sleeping Satellite - Tasmin Archer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuhDDx49TTw)
Smooth Up In Ya - Bulletboys (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZF5LBTJwpl8)
Somebody's Out There - Triumph (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nc4lOz90WXs)
Somebodys Watching Me - Rockwell (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uu1RP34FLXU)
Something About You - Level 42 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgX-Eoz451A)
Something In the Air - Thunderclap Newman (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pGht71KFkY)
Spirit in the Sky - Norman Greenbaum (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAwo-F9CpVE)
St. Elmos Fire (Main In Motion) - John Parr (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVf4_WglzWA)
Steal My Sunshine - Len (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwtTOxouD5Q)
Summertime Girls - LFO (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHuGG_FsC20)
Sunny Came Home - Shawn Colvin (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRWfmW-LDIQ)
Sunshine Go Away Today - Jonathan Edwards (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWjQ2dO61Oo)
Tainted Love -Soft Cell (http://youtube.com/watch?v=oEh5pWjcWCg)
Talk to Me - Wild Orchard (http://youtube.com/watch?v=Es_RaLndpT4)
Tarzan Boy - Baltimora (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_r0n9Dv6XnY)
Teen Angel- Mark Dinning (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nBVdf7neVg)
Telstar - The Tornadoes (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2ybCjf6ras)
That Thing You Do - The Oneders (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0O_gnSGS27o)
The Look in Your Eye - the Hughes Thrall Band (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpisNdxsRag)
The Promise - When in Rome (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVAcAq3MSMY)
The Rapper -- The jaggerz (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prbSbNCXJKw)
There's Something Going On - Frida (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9UtUwwvHE0)
Three Strange Days - School of Fish (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2rw_XDVfsg)
Timothy - Buoys (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGNdvKvbxYQ)
Tobacco Road - Nashville Teens (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3AWbZcLpGw)
Tones On Tail - Go! (http://youtube.com/watch?v=brziwKYa0X4)
Too Shy - Kajagoogoo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0E2GwwjLXPk)
Torn - Natalie Imbruglia (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHKKFf4EDlM)
Toy Soldiers - Martika (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpJy46o_7b0)
Trouble - Shampoo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1NoqUXuLhQ)
True - Spandau Ballet (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYb83KM4at4)
Tubthumping - Chumbawumba (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lJIjdajBww)
Tubular Bells pt1a - Mike Oldfield (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPEt5OTR6Vc) Tubular Bells pt1b (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk_rtkMr3e0) Tubular Bells pt2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4EZTLCtZ-g)
Tuff Enough by The Fabulous Thunderbirds (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ak9QNs51vjw)
Turn the Beat Around - Vicki Sue Robinson (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKQqyqBCNi0)
Turn up the Radio - Autograph (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-0HY8zraXo)
Turning Japanese - The Vapors (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpCcelpvkps)
Undercover Angel - Alan O'Day (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMW5xam4sRo)
United States of Whatever - Liam Lynch (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xz7_3n7xyDg)
Up In a Puff Of Smoke - Polly Brown (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_9BGUeoVuk)
Vehicle - Ides of March (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJi3U24o3N8)
Venus- Shocking Blue (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2DBcbZc3ck)
Video Killed The Radio Star - The Buggles (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LB6Q_oycfQ)
Walk away Renee - Left Banke (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seuwhZvXa6Y)
Walkin' in Memphis - Mark Cohn (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrT0gAbRqyw)
Walking on the Sunshine - Katrina and the Waves (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9KHHkEluv4)
Waterloo- Stonewall Jackson (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuc4HtT13c0)
We Dont Have To Take Our Clothes Off - Jermaine Stewart (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ID_N7rv-iN8)
What Would Brian Boitano Do? - DVDA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6QI2ThqZ50)
Whirly Girl - OXO (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJ5Y3KXPDr0)
White Bird - It's a Beautiful Day (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt0oa4IqNqg)
Whoever You Are - Geggy Tah (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2UUvG-XuQs)
Why Me - Planet P (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svl1t4b1RD4)
Wild Wild West - Escape Club (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uCAWUXYKUM)
Winchester Catherdral - New Vaudeville Band (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wv_RfFmJ5nA) start around 2mins50
Xanadu - Dave,Dee,Dozy,Beaky,Mick & Tich (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6QI2ThqZ50)
Yakety Sax- Boots Randolph (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEDg3WLvpUc)
The Ying Tong Song - The Goons (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nebe1zuEtbc)
You Don't Want Me Anymore - Steel Breeze (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPBbV57Hpto)
You Gotta Be - Desire' (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhpZfltbnAQ)
You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) - Sylvester (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kphP-YDwE8Y)
You Only Get What you Give - New Radicals (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91WgM6dNLTE)

[AlienFlanders]

I can't find links for:

Tragedy - Arcangel
I'm Leaving - Taxxi

Let me know if any of the links are not working, some may have been disconnected.

[readyeddy?]

Post Toastee needs changing, I'll have to check others later.Here's a new link.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2lJfpx0F0s

[readyeddy?]

Ouch, I checked all the As and Bs and then skipped around and these are some of what need new links:

Afternoon Delight
Alley Oop
All the Young Dudes
Brandy
Brother Louie
Battle of Kookamonga
Beach Baby
Born To Be Alive
Break My Stride
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Do You Know What I Mean
Don't Worry, Be Happy
Eve of Destruction
Gimme Dat Ding
Harper Valley, PTA
Here Comes the Hotstepper
I Eat Cannibals
Inna Gadda Da Vida
Incense and Peppermints
Jackie Blue
Journey To the Center of Your Mind
Keep Your Hands To Yourself
Louie Louie
New Age Girl
Pillow Talk
Ride Captain Ride
Ringo
Turn Up The Radio
Vehicle
White Bird
Yakety Sax

There's a lot more to be checked.

[DTM]

Well, since Youtube links can often come and go, why dont we leave things as is until the actual Nomination Thread for this TOC arises, then we can work on getting the most up to date and working links for peoples picks (done so by the members who choose such songs).

[AlienFlanders]

Started a new thread with the songs listed HERE (http://www.hcrealms.com/forum/showthread.php?t=230882)

[readyeddy?]

Okay, I'm closing this thread so that everybody uses the new thread instead from now on.