Top 10 Cheesiest One-Hit Wonders of ALL TIME (60s 70s 80s)
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Top 10 Cheesiest One-Hit Wonders of ALL TIME (60s 70s 80s)
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WHAT SONGS DID WE FORGET? 🤔
Afternoon Delight -- The Starland Vocal Band
@@CybeleCotterRon, what's it like being in love?
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Telephone man. Can't remember who sang it. Don't really care.
"Judy In Disguise" trying to capitalize on "Lucy In The Sky" without *any* clue.🙄 "Yummy Yummy Yummy (I've got love in my tummy)" was pretty cheesy.🤨 And let's not forget Adam "Batman" West's awful, terrible, cringeworthiest-of-the-cringeworthy, "Miranda". 😜
Never heard nobody but me.
Today I learned that Olivia Newton-John, Elvis Presley, Pat Boone, Perry Como, Frankie Avalon and Kay Starr were one-hit wonders. Or, put another way, today I learned that you don't have to know what a one-hit wonder is to make a TH-cam video about one-hit wonders.
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Exactly, that is so bizarre!!
Pat Boone was a thief.
ahhh ha ha ha ! you are SO right !
Pull the stick out, he's also talking about cheesy songs and those definitely qualify!
You definitely have no idea what defines a one-hit-wonder and your voice is grating to my ears.
Thumbs up if you agree.
A case of new-generational mind implosion... their kids will hate them.
Hey there, junior. These songs were the back drop to the lives of MANY
people out here. They bring back happy memories of that first love, that first
sixth grade dance in the school gym, that first job, your first car, you name it...
Most of them beat the garbage they put out these days as 'music', when you often can't even hear the lyrics, because of the overbearing 'music'....
Real musicians, real singers, NO auto tune back then, either. They didn't need it becasue they could both play instruments, and sing.....
Those were the days. Sorry you missed it, or you'd understand.
Nick is just a troll in most cases .
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I notice he's removed his comment, too...Hmm - guess I told him ? ;)
Summed it up beautifully. All of the best memories of our life have a soundtrack to them. Songs that immediately take you back. And no song is too cheesy if it provides someone a good memory.
@@misslora3896 Exactly. :)
You saved me the effort of telling him that myself. Never trust a man who uses the word "problematic" anyway.
Not cheesy, but classics of their time. You have to be old enough to have been there to appreciate these songs.
Exactly, well said. I think anybody who missed the 1970s, missed one of the greatest decades ever. Seemed like the sun was always shining, ha. I hear you big time! 🙂
@@nealixd.3011 I know exactly what you mean. I don't understand why people are so down on the 70s and 80s, I thought they were fantastic.
@@kitsirainbowfineart Probably just jealous, ha.
That's okay, wait thirty or forty years and this guy will be being told whatever he's enjoying now will be considered chessy/racist/sexist/unacceptable. Heck, at the rate of change in accepted societal norms, it might only take ten or fifteen years.
@@paulpski9855 At the rate things are going there maybe no music at all, someone somewhere will find it offensive and try to ban it !!!
And the award for Number One Cheezy goes to….[drumroll]..
The narrator of this cheezy TH-cam video.
ARE YOU SERIOUS??? Saying Elvis Presley was a one hit wonder is like saying Michael Jackson couldn't dance! 🙄
Or Lionel Ritchie can?
@@AmberWool💫✨So 😂😂😂 funny!💫✨
Or Aretha isn’t the queen of soul
Very much true, both of them weren't good
This guy just don't get it !
The only thing this video showed me is how the writer/narrator or person(s) responsible for it sounds like someone who is absolutely dead inside and lives a truly sad existence, ALL the songs listed are awesome for the soul and bring the whimsy into a world that desperately needs it. I'm proud to say I have darn near every song mentioned in my "fun" playlist and I know I'm not the only one!!!!
I'd rather listen to this playlist on repeat for the rest of my life than ever hear this moron again.
1 word... AGREED.
@@kevinmartin9259Chat GPT don't got no soul.
He is a real hit at parties
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Spirit in the Sky is a favorite. It saved me from launching myself off of the Hauser Creek bridge outside of San Diego. I was so depressed since moving there from Dearborn, Michigan, that when I drove over the bridge that ran over the Hauser Creek, that I was looking for the open service gates that were sometimes left open. I was full intent on launching my car and me into the creek below some 500 feet down. Well, all the gates were closed, but the last one was open. As I went to veer into the creek below, Spirit In The Sky came on the radio. Well, I got the meaning right away, since I heard this song many times on my rock radio station I listen too. So because of this great song, I came back to the Church, and I am a devout and happy Catholic again. God bless this great song.
these 'cheesy songs' are still 100000 x better than most of the new stuff.
AGREED.
Yer not wrong!
Yes, they are!!!!
Without a doubt
Yeah, this guy is a bit of a putz.
This video goes to show that "in these days stupidity has no limits!"
Spirit in the sky is hardly cheesy, it's a great message and very cool psychedelic music also. I love the fuzzy guitar and how uplifting it is. A message we need now more than ever rather than some bad rap song with profanities and rapping about how cool it is to murder someone with a gun
Olivier Newton John was no one hit wonder , she was a multi gold record winner & grammy winner
Yeah, didn't get that one. She was a well established singer.
Agree
Same could be said about Ray Stevens.
I guess the ten-week-long number one song "Physical" doesn't exist...
You do not know what you are talking about! the guy doing the video is an expert at music and specially at knowing what one hit wonders are! Olivia Newton John, Elvis, Pat Boone, Perry Como and Frankie Avalon specially are 1 hit wonders who where the cheesiest!
Ray Stevens isn't a one hit wonder! He also recorded Everybody's Beautiful, which was very good, plus others songs. And don't you dare call Olivia Newton- John a one hit wonder, everyone knows that is a damn lie!!!!!!!!!!
That's right Olivia had hits in country, Pop and Rock he needs to make another video and Apologize 👍
I loved ONJ. And "it's me again margret" still cracks me up to this day
The Archies had 4 other chart hits including Jingle Jangle at # 10.
Ray Stevens is classic and amazing.
It wasn't Hopelessly Devoted to You. Her only hit was actually Physical.
I guess you had to of grown up thru the 60's and 70's to appreciate these great tunes, NOT cheesy at all.
We must be cheesy ourselves in this group of people who love these songs because they are still alive in our hearts I still Love these songs Born in 1969 I grew up listening to them and reminded of the DJ Wolfman Jack announcing them on AM radio stations
Thumbs UP for Wolfman Jack
Kung Fu Fighting is a song about watching any Bruce Lee movie. That's it. That's all. No racism. No trauma. No safe space or counselling needed.
I loved watching kung-fu movies
Exactly, the subtext is Bruce Lee movies. Hopefully, no PTSD.
Not just Bruce Lee. There were lots of kung fu movies released in the ‘70s.
The channel owner is just a boring stick in the mud.
Yes…short up with your woke rubbish about “racism.” Shut up.
I stopped watching after the video strayed into woke-joke territory.
“Do You Love Me?” Cheesy?! 😮
“Spirit in the Sky” (Are you crazed?!)
“In-A-Gadda-Da-Vita”?! (You’re killing me here)
“Just One Look”!😮
I guess one man’s cheesy song is another man’s iconic song.
Midnight at the Oasis was the closing song at my Prom in 1973. A lot of Seniors got laid.
Remember, these songs were made in a time that had everyone listening and enjoying. No one wrapped in cotton wool or bubble wrap. Just enjoying songs of the time period. At least I can sing along with these not like the crap on the radio now and these sounds are real, not digitally created.
The Archies, despite being a fictional band, actually had numerous hits. While "Sugar Sugar" was the only single to reach the prestigious #1, it wasn't even their first single to reach the top 40 radio play charts in the US ("Bang-Shang-A-Lang" gets that honor at #22), so I'm doubtful they had trouble releasing "Sugar Sugar." Heck, they even had another top ten song in "Jingle Jangle."
Remember, just because YOU only know one song sixty years later, doesn't mean they weren't successful in their time.
And as a footnote ... the lead singer of the fictional group "The Archies" was the same vocalist of another not-actual band called The Cuff Links, who had another one-hit wonder with "Tracy". So would we consider him the only artist who actually had TWO "one hit wonders"?
All these one hit wonders you mentioned in this video are way better than any music today for sure
Can confirm 😃
Not all-some were absolute crap.
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@@genehornung3295 yeah I agree with you I was only half way done on the video when I commented
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Great video but Olivia Newton John is far from a one hit wonder.
Narrator says 'smaltz', but it's pronounced 'schmaltz'...with the emphasis on the 'schma'
Never a great fan. To each his own.
I guess Nick has never heard the song, "Everything Is Beautiful," either.
One hit wonder to those in the U.S, not to her home country tho.
@@therestingrancor8259She is FAR from a one-hit wonder here in the U. S. This video is just one person's opinion.
Who hurt you? You’re taking the fun out of most of these songs
Someone definitely touched this guy on his special area.
Guy must be a blast at parties.
No he isn't. He's taking the credibility out of what little reputation he had.
The guy doesn’t understand sarcasm, irony or absurdist literature or music.. that much is certain.. sounds like most nearly illiterate under 30, pseudo- intellectuals..
No kidding.
I can't believe I sat thru this video. I think this broke me of ever watching one of these videos ever again.
I don’t think I can describe what the world was like prior to 1990. As a child of the 70’s, it was fun and magical. Granted, those feelings probably are more from being a child than the times, since we had racism and sexism. BUT…it was a world where you still had a sense of community with your neighbors. Your tech was a home phone, a TV with rabbit ears, and a transistor radio. FM radio would play album sides without commercial breaks. The world was smaller, but there was comfort in that. And, you weren’t advertised to constantly. It was better in a lot of ways…so cheesy songs were innocent and fun. I’m grateful I grew up then. I think kids get a crappy deal now, with constant tech, noise, school shooting drills, and dark reality facing them daily.
If I could go back to the 70’s, WITH respect for women, people of color, and LGBTQ+, I’d do it in a heartbeat.
For convoy you had to be alive and remember the times. It was in the heat of the oil embargo where gas prices went from 20 cents a gallon to over a dollar a gallon. It was a way to speed and get away from a 55 mile an hour speed limit.
I was thinking this exact same thing, I mean besides the song and other songs there was the movie Convoy, Smokey and the Bandit, Breaker Breaker, and many little boys in school were drawing pictures of 18 wheelers and getting one hell of a kick out of hearing the air horn after motioning to truckers to pull the horn cord. He didn't even mention Eastbound and Down by Jerry Reed. Just like you said, you had to be there to know.
not only was Convoy a great song, it inspired Sam Peckinpah to make a film which was the most commercially successful film of his career
Jerry Reed's East bound and down would not fit the title because Jerry did have other top ten hits.
No - it didn't jump that much. It went from 30 something cents to over 50 cents (first oil embargo of 1973). Not a $1/gallon. It broke $1/gal in 1980. 55 mph speed limit did come out in 1974 in response to the first oil embargo not the 2nd one in 1979
@@Redandrangerin the state of Wisconsin the gas prices went from $.30 to over a dollar in 1973 or 1974 along with shortages and long gas lines. If you were lucky enough to have a service station that you used constantly for not only gas but all other car services the owner would let you know when they were getting a delivery because usually it was at 3:00 a clock in the morning. I lived in California in the Marine Corps between 1977 and 1980 so it was definitely before 1980.
This guy is very critical of a time he never experienced.
He’s a dumbass ‘content maker’. Not knowing what cheese music or actual content is.
I think the word you're looking for is condescending.
He is a idiot
@@LeighLundin Yes, the kind of condescension that comes from ignorance.
You know ALL of these songs were recorded by people he's never even heard of.
Do you love me .. the Contours ... absolute classic.
Whoever compiled this is a complete peeineum.
I agree.
But I assume you meant perineum?
@@deannalumia1707 you're absoluteky correct. I'm not semi literate I just don't proof read and using a small phone s reen with thick sausage fingers tgat could class me as a well hung lesbian.
You do realize that a song doesn't have to have deep meaning, substantial social impact, perfect metering, or the voice of an angel to still be a damned good song, yes?
Amazing that CHEESY songs still sound great years later. Thanks for highlighting some great songs.
They are NOT, and never WERE "cheesy". At all! Most of them were and are CLASSICS.
@@ferociousgumby don't get your pussy hairs all twisted
Don't you understand that more then half the bands were not one hit wonders nor had one hit wonders.
Olivia Newton John, C.W. McCall and Ray Stevens have had multiple mega hits that are still played today
Maybe because most of those hits were Country?
@@AmberWoolMy thoughts exactly. How ONJ or Ray Stevens could be considered a one hit wonder is beyond me.
@@donnastory9701Nick is only 30 or so, and I'm sure all he has are a few books and Google to make reference to.
@@AmberWool Olivia Newton John wasn't just 'country'
Pat Boone, Perry Como, Frankie Avalon, (I'm sure there are others as well) weren't 'one-hit wonders'.
I was beginning to think that the narrator's descriptive vocabulary was limited to only 'cheesy'...
@@donnastory9701 I associate Ray Stevens with "Everything Is Beautiful."
You sir, are a No-Hit Non-Wonder. You speak without a shred of understanding about any of these songs, all of which were extremely popular for good reasons in their own context and time.
More local, but my high school was singing “Na na hey hey” in ‘74-‘76 during almost every football game for our championship team.
We did it in'72 when we beat our big rival for the first time.
Ray Stevens isn't a one hit wonder, he is very popular!
"Everything Is Beautiful" was #1
Maria Maldaur's Midnight at the Oasis was a cash-in on the sudden prominence of the Arab oil countries. It was VERY cheesy, but hey, it was the 70s. People had sex at the drop of a hat. Many of us in high school listened to it over and over because it was SO BAD, we thought it was funny. And don't start joking about camels ....🤔😂
Ray was a pretty big deal back in the day, so I'm not sure how he ended up on a one hit wonders list lol
Then again, there's a lot of questionable choices on this list
Totally agree about Ray Stevens. Still listen to him. 😊
@@zaq55"Ahab, the Arab"….lol
Olivia, a one hit wonder? 15 top ten singles, including 5 number one singles, 2 number one Albums. Eleven of her singles, and fourteen of her albums certified gold, with 2 singles going platinum, 2 platinum albums, and four double platinum Albums. The song you used from Grease Charted on Billboard hot 100, and Adult contemporary chart, and the Country Chart.
"Elvis was one of the greatest artists with many hits, but here is a one-hit wonder."
@@stevelavergne2852the channel owner doesn’t understand what “one hit wonder” means.
My take: he included this song to promote his links to other videos he did about Grease. Elvis Presley and ONJ certainly don't fit the one hit wonder definition.
"Country Chart" = Fermented milk products sold for 70 years!
@@mjt1517 You mean words have to mean something?
Even David Seville had "Please Christmas Don't Be Late"
This starts so good with the 60's, but the 70's, ugh. Those 70's hits make waterboarding seem a pleasant alternative. 😳
Sorry I was a teen in the seventies. Loved all these memories
Wasn't the cheese great?
For my part, the narrator of this posting lost most, if not all, of his credibility. Being born in 1957, I spent, literally, my entire teen years in the 70's, and truly enjoyed many of these songs he is trashing. I'm proud to say my 29 year old daughter also appreciates 60's, 70's, and 80's music.
Do not apologise for being a teen in the 70's. I don't.
Spirit in the sky was musically quite intricate. One of my favorites from the era.
It's one of my favourite songs, too! I just love it. It never gets old. Such a great song.
Whoever played that bass probably had to be chained up after each performance.
I love it and Toby Mac brought it back on Christian radio and i would tell the youth at church it was an old rock song. They had to hear to believe it meaning it sounded modern to the youth..
I recall asking my mom to get me the record album for Christmas. Big mistake.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Greenbaum. This bit of rock music was just such really great sound.
Thanks for the great music and I will never ever watch this channel again ever.
How are you calling Olivia Newton John a one hit wonder? She was a four-time Grammy Award winner whose music career included fifteen top-ten singles, including five number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 and two number-one albums on the Billboard 200.
There is NOTHING racist about the song Kung Fu Fighting, and ONJ was awesome, having many memorable songs.
Funky China boys from funky China Town? Ooooohhh kaaasyyyy!
@@tomfields3682 what’s racist about that?
The background to the song is the Bruce Lee movies of that era, the first wave of martial arts films. The very cheesy song was an attempt to cash in, nothing more.
@@bostonseeker exactly!!!
I wish we had some of you SJWs around in the 70s and 80s to keep us all safe from these "offensive songs"😂😂
Personally, I loved all these songs.
@janetwentz3259 me too I have the 45 of Mickey…dis you know the cheerleading outfit Toni Basil wore in the video for the song was her own cheerleading outfit from when she was at Las Vegas High School??????…I hope you will reply to this
@@sherryhannah9262 No, I sure didn’t know that. Interesting!! I remember that video. It looked fun to make. Thanks for the info!!! 😊
Yea, this list is jacked.
Title card; “SHE BLINDEDN ME WITH SCIENCE” - a lot of effort went into this video … well, almost.
The snark in this one was off the charts, had me cracking up multiple times.
Many of these songs were great in their time, and remain favorites for those of us that grew up with them, and/or enjoyed them when they came out.
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Many were just great music. But from listening to most new music, this guy doesn't know what that is.
I'm going to admit, some of these are cringe but compared to today's music it wasn't disgusting. He's a bit too insulting in his narrative. He seems to forget he'll be pining for the good old days and I hope his generation gets the same treatment.
real snarky a lot of these songs were catchy. DYR is a real A hole. I gave this one a thumbs down. talk about cheesy, this guys whole vibe is cheese.@@SheOfCertainGait
lmao.. damn, it'll be alright. Remember when you were young, did you listen to your parents music when you was alone or jamming with friends? 🤣 Prolly not most of them anyway, youngsters will be youngsters like they and we have always been. 😊
@@MichaelHutchings607885
There are people who love music and have a wide range of musical tastes from classical to jazz and blues to rock and on. But the majority of people just like the music of their youth. Whatever music was popular when they were growing up is the music they think is the best for the rest of their life. That's okay. Some people like to read books, some like to watch Marvel.
A lot of these songs are not cheesy. They're simply products of their time.
Born in 1953................i am blessed for my musical history
I can't go with most of these evaluations...this stuff is dance-worthy, catchy...and most of all...FUN. Something this generation is sorely lacking...plain, old, ordinary FUN.
But not to worry, the fun will return...hopefully sooner than later!! Have some FUN already!!
I'm 69 when I was in high school we used to sing , Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye ,at our basketball games in the early seventies , guess we were ahead of our time
Living in North Western Illinois, I first remember Kiss Him Goodbye during Chi Sox games in the 70's. Wasn't Harry Carrey the announcer?
The Chicago White Sox used the song When a member of the team hits a home run.
Bet the majority of your viewers were smiling at the memories of these fantastic songs. RIP Cousin Kay.
You wouldn't lose your shirt on that bet (or anything else).
We were.
I was looking for new songs I might have missed
Tell me you weren't alive in the 70s without telling me you weren't alive in the 70s
To think I jammed out to Inagatadavita by Iron Butterfly back in 94, 95, and 96. That made me a 4th, 5th, and 6th grader. My dad raised me on all genres of music and I couldn’t be more thankful. I have also raised my children in the same way. This included Native American music, show tunes, and I got golden oldies influence from my mom. I wanted to be a famous singer for the longest time. Nowadays I’m kind of glad I never made it. I’ll always love to sing but with my personality type, fame would’ve destroyed me…the big guy upstairs was definitely lookin out for me! Lol Thanks for this!
i was 17 when i rocked out to it. in the late 60's.
My husband is 63 & I’m 55,I grew up in the 70’s & 80’s graduating in 86. Maybe I’m just an old soul but Ik more of the old rock,country,R&B and even a little classical. My husband is the same except he listens to more rap old & new. I’ve been my 13 yr old grandson’s constant since day 1. He’s always loved music and has always been exposed to the music we play which is awesome to hear him playing and singing to music that was years even decades before his time. Besides it’s great when we’re all in a vehicle together and he enjoys whatever’s being played,I’m sure this is not the norm but it should be. I want him to always have an open mind about things around him & that it’s ok for him to feel like a song was written just for him and it’s ok to sing as loud as you want no matter what you think u sound like & it’s ok to cry when the words hit your heart like so many do. Ppl need to just stop being & listen really listen. Who knows what kinda changes we could make in this crazy world if only people would stop and listen.
@@Eli-fm9jl well, I couldn’t have said it better myself!! Thank you for sharing that! Good to know there are older folks out there who genuinely enjoy music as just music! No stereotypes, no gimmicks, no BS. Just regular humans enjoying one the best things about being a human. Being able to create, listen to, and enjoy MUSIC of ALL GENRES!! Y’all are awesome!! Don’t ever change!! I’ll be 60 in twenty years and I hope hope hope, that I will still be open minded and in touch with my real self enough to be open to everything! You both must have beautiful souls! Thanks again for sharing! Y’all take care! 👌🏽🤗🫶🏼💜
None of these songs are as cheesy as the writing in this video.
How old are you? These hits made us smile, and most were so danceable - so much fun.
I was born in 1950 and grew up listening to the radio at eight years of age. It was popular with kids at that time.
"Midnight at the Oasis" was a KILLER track, with some of the most fantastic musicians ever on one record. As a bar musician of 45 years, I still can't play it. And anyone from my generation can't help but smile when they hear the opening lines.
And who else has written a love song set in the middle east?
One would think there would be a lot of songs from the Middle East having to do with humping.
I always thought that song was suuuper annoying.
I really liked it, but thank God for folks having different tastes, otherwise this world should be tremendously dull.@@BalBurgh
The Cure has a song called sKilling an @r@b. (YT likes to censor comments.)
Man! This video was WAY too long to have such a mundain-sounding voice talk for over 37 minutes. Just sounds boring and made me want to go to sleep.
I was looking for mention of the people in the picture. They seem not to be mentioned.
It's called "click-bait." You will see A LOT of TH-camrs doing this by adding a Title which has little/nothing to do with the video; or, use super-slexy pictures which have NOTHING to do with the video. I will automatically give the video a Dislike if a TH-camr does any of those things. @@timkramar9729
I disagree with what you have to say about these songs, even if they are one hit wonders. I truly enjoy all these songs and each one brings back special memories.
I love just about every one of those songs.
Thanks for this video and your undying commitment to making baseless claims without doing any research. People weren't offended by Carl Douglas' 'Kung Fu Fighting,' because we had lives and more important things to worry about than song lyrics. Getting and being offended was considered a weakness. We were strong in those days and didn't tolerate somebody else telling us how to think. We dealt with real issues like the oil embargo, the origin of the term "stagflation," Iran hostage crisis, Mark David Chapman, the reverend Jim Jones, military veterans coming home from Viet Nam, Son of Sam, etc. We were too busy dealing with life to sit around, whine and make up new genders. For entertainment, we watched shows like Sanford & Son, Good Times, All in the Family and its spinoff The Jeffersons, each of which would make this generation seethe.
If we weren't offended by "Kung Fu Fighting" it's because we recognized that it was stereotyping based on ignorance, and positive stereotyping at that. No disrespect intended, only admiration.
Good Times was a spinoff of The Jeffersons.
Or perhaps it was the other All in the Family spinoff, Maude, that spun off Good Times. Too many years ago to remember.
@@1952jodianneBoth great. 😁
That was on the mark. 🎯💯🎯
You're cheese 🤡
As a teenager, I danced and loved all of these songs. In fact, I was tripping while I was listening to Iron Butterfly. Those were the best days.
An obvious Hippie on LSD
There must have been a cheese shortage in the 60´s because only a few of the songs mentioned here truly fit the description.
1. Olivia Newton John is far from a one hit wonder.
2. Kung Fu Fighting wasn’t considered problematic back then, and I think you’re really having to reach to find things to criticize about it - like the “exaggerated Huhs and Hahas.” 🙄
3. Toni Basil is incredibly talented. She’s choreographed for everything from Sesame Street to Drag Race, has 43 acting credits, and several top ten songs.
I typically love your videos, but this one comes across as extreme party-pooping.
there's a video of Toni Basil still dancing at the age of 74 and she's still got the moves
Exactly!!! NOBODY was offended by Kung Fu Fighting. Nobody was offended by David Carradine playing Quai Chang Kane. Kung Fu is what made martial arts cool in the West.
And bear in mind that Grease was 1979 nostalgia for the 1950s. Of course it was going to be a bit schmalzy.
@@Crash103179 and the film was based on a stage musical, which adds an extra layer of cheese
@@Crash103179Do you know the lyrics? ,"Funky China boys from funky China Town"? That's not racist?
Somehow this particular term "OHW" seems to want to diminish the beauty of these wonderful hits that impacted generations of not only music lovers but people who believe in having a good time.
Yes! Exactly! And he grouped Olivia Newton John in with one hit wonders? What planet is he from? I didn’t watch anymore of this nonsense
That part 👌🏾
@CarinaPiersay And Elvis Presley is considered the King of Rock & Roll! How does that happen as a one hit wonder? This guy has cheese for brains.
Ah yes the "mad scientist" on the Thomas Doldy track (one of his many hits) was none other than Doctor Magnus Pyke. He held a PhD in Biochemistry and was known for his efforts in giving science a greater role in British society.
Leave the 70’s alone!! It was a fantastic time!!!
Truly the most sad thing is that no novelty songs or cheesy one hit wonders of the caliber of these magnificent tunes could be done today. Not when the radio is owned by two boring corporations, which is one of the reasons pop music is so generic and awful today.
Everything is censored and offensive. Even kids songs. Its ridiculous.
One of my favorite artists is Spike Jones. His stuff would never be played today. And its just parody.
@@tessaducek5601 Spike Jones is great, just found an album in a used record store, can't remember the name. Yeah Spike would NEVER be played today.
@@Darrylizer1 That's a gem right there...
Great find... 👍👍
Little is left of spontaneity after mega corporations usurp our entire culture.
My sibs and I used to sing the "Witchdoctor" to our mom while she was driving. Drove her batty! Now that the 4 of us are in our 60s, Mom is 86, we should sing it to her on Thanksgiving Day!
Did you?? 😂 Happy Thanksgiving!
That sounds like fun.
When I was little in the mid '70s my dad told me about neighbors playing loud music when my parents lived on a military base in the 60's in California. Somebody on the other side of the wall kept playing Big Girls Don't Cry on Saturday mornings driving him crazy.
In the late '70s my step-sister gave me an old box of 45s and I found Big Girls Don't Cry. I put it on my record player and cranked it up. My father came bursting in the room laughing.
Ray Sevens hit top 4 like 10 times and county hits galore
My dad christened me "Perfect 36" when the "Convoy" song was popular. I asked him what it meant & he said, "12-12-12"! Funny guy, my dad......😏
Call these cheesy if you want. They sounded new, and usually weren't written by a bunch of industry composers like Taylor Swift's songs.
Do you Love Me was a hit for the British Band the Dave Clark Five. This was right at the beginning of the British Invasion era. The DC5 were competing with all the other big groups at that time including the Beatles and the Stones. It was a fun exciting time
It's on various 'hit's of the 60's.
I think I have a CD somewhere with it . (and Troggs, Animals, Freddie And The Dreamers, etc)
I'll have to see if I still have it now you mentioned DC5 😉
"Hanky Panky" - Cracked me up the first time I heard it, still does.
Men Without Hats ,The Safety Dance😂
Great song.
It was better times back then having lived though most of these. Thanks for taking me down memory lane and giving me a good chuckle. All of these songs were better than the rap we hear nowadays and we enjoyed the music regardless of color or lifestyle choices. A cheesy song that brings us all together and puts a smile on our faces is much appreciated.
Elvis is a one-hit wonder?
Making a cheesy list like this is telling people you know nothing about music without actually saying you know nothing about music.
"Ice Ice Baby" sounds like it was written by a middle-aged computer. OK you get a Thumbs-up 👍 for that line.😅
but back in its day, everyone liked it.
@@jenniferggreer457 I liked Under Pressure by Queen and David Bowie better. Ice Ice Baby is fine with me, I just thought the comment that it was written by a middle-aged computer was funny.
It is really hard not to tear down the narrator. We, as in my generation and the "boomers", I really hate that word, grew up with those songs.
I have never liked this narrator (who, by the way, does not write ANY of the copy - he is jsut paid to read it), who has a sort of breathy, golly-gee, Leave it to Beaver voice. Play it at 1.25 speed and he sounds almost normal, so the voice is definitely put on.
I take offense to people constantly referring to "boomers" negatively. That's my parents you are talking about. I have theories about about why people have been brainwashed with this mentality. But, I will not go into that now.
@@okie-kan9240 ---Boomer seems to be the new term for Old Fogey, Geezer, or Curmudgeon. I don't like it either----Being old sucks, but I can't go back to live in the '50s. (They really were Happy Days).
@@okie-kan9240 I doubt many of the later generations even really know why they (WE) are called "Boomers"! I don't care for how they use it today, either.
@@okie-kan9240 It's just a petulant casual dismissal of a whole section of society without any consideration at all. The exact thing which is (quite rightly) being discouraged at the same time by the same people.
A lot of the songs are not one hit wonders … very famous bands are in this with long careers
This video would have more credibility if the moderator was a member of the 70’s generation.
I love "She Blinded Me with Science," and "Tarzan Boy!"
Dude, you definitely are so off-base in a few of your assessments of one-hit wonders are. While I appreciate your opinions on music, you've reassured me on the assessment that opinions are like........
And you Added The King of ROCK AND ROLL ELVIS PRESLEY AS A ONE HIT WONDER , THE MAN HAD COUNTLESS HITS. YOU DWEEB.
I've never heard a 17th-century puritan transported to modern life, desperately trying to sound like a nasally edgelord... until today. Awesome song list, though! :D
Debbie Boone - You Light Up My Life. The Starland Vocal Band - Afternoon Delight.
Some really cheesy but leave Olivia alone.
I remember getting a box of Post Super Sugar Crisp with "Sugar, Sugar" imprinted on the back. We cut it out and played it on our record player, even though it was off center. An intact box can fetch $100. Impressive how some of those one hit wonders from back then still have traction.
"Kung Fu Fighting" was playing off the popularity of a TV show. The word Oriental was not considered a slur then, that is a recent contrivance.
Exactly. I told the guy to STOP criticizing/measuring stuff from the past, by today’s stupid, idiotic “standards.”
Great post. Now that I've grown older, annoyed whenever today's standards are imposed on the time of my youth, I also realise that we did the same to the times past when we were young... And I have some regret about certain things I said to the elder generations back then. Your example of the word 'oriental' is one of hundreds of cultural & linguistic changes over our lifetimes. This cycle will continue, and I am quite curious about which everyday practices of today will be deemed "wrong" in the not-too-distant future!
I remember that record in super sugar crisp also a pretty good cereal
Okay, Okay, Sugar Sugar was a bad one hit wonder. This putz found one.
@@williampotter2098, it's still getting a lot of play. Amazingly poplar in this century.
Thanks alot for this, i learned a few songs that i didnt know before so great info.
Used to see Norman Greenbaum at a local tavern in Campbell, Ca. call the Bodega. Loved this song!!!!
Are you kidding? The Streak is a classic!! Ray Stevens is a genius. He actually has some serious songs too.
Wait! Stop!! You’re calling Olivia Newton John a one hit wonder??? Haha! What planet 🌎 are YOU from?
This list was a travesty.
@@thehutch7728 he called Olivia Newton John a one hit wonder? What rock has he been living under? 🤷🏻♀️
And ELVIS??
@@chercee I didn’t watch the whole thing. I stopped after Olivia Newton John. He had Elvis as a one hit wonder? 😳
@@CarinaPiersay Yes, he really did 😂😂😂😂
First heard the witch doctor song as a kid watching Homeward Bound.
Still hasn't left my head 30 years later...
Some years ago, there was a memorable "Purple People Eater" parade float, that ate people.
First time I ever heard the witch doctor song, my Mom was singing it. First time I ever heard Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah, my Grandma was singing it.
Cheesy or not they were hits of the time and were #1 or top ten and still great. Today they still sing hey Mickey to me because my name is Mickey and they were young people. You must have been born under a rock!
My favorite about witch doctor was the muppet version where the witch doctor shows up and says "I told you to never tell anyone!"
I adore Hey Micky! It's an anthem. She's a very talented choreographer and worked on David Bowie's stage shows.
As mentioned in my own comment, she’s choreographed everything from Sesame Street to Drag Race, has 43 acting credits, and several top ten hits! This video is ridiculous!
It's clickbait only. None of these are one-hit wonders, none of the artists are, and NONE of them are "cheesy", if this means less than admirable, cheap or tacky. Most are fantastic, memorable songs by fantastic, memorable artists.
@ferociousgumby hahaha. None of these groups had another hit song.
The song "Mickey" was originally "Kitty", sung by Racey, who had a few hits off their album "Smash and Grab."
Mickey was the first video played on MTV.
She Blinded Me With Silence is one of my favs from that era. Thomas Dolby, The Thompson Twins, Devo, B-52's, Talking Heads. Cheesy, yes, but I can eat dairy just fine...
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I can't watch this video knowing it will trash Thomas Dolby. How boring the 80s and 90s would have been without Dolby Surround Sound!
@@cliftonmcnalley8469 Different Dolby, but Thomas Dolby does sound better in surround sound!
but we can thank him for cell phone ring tones.@@budhann3342
Science not Silence 😁
Magnus Pike was a 'mad scientist' on BBC, (maybe ITV?) so they gave him a guest spot on record.
Correction... "One Hit Wonder" does not apply to songs, but applies to artists who only had one hit song.
I actually like a lot of Thomas Dolby's music and Blinded by Science barely scratches the surface of what he plays. I'm a little bit surprised Cars by Gary Numan didn't make the list. I like a lot of his music too, better than the song Cars. I think the Cutting Crew song had better music than most of the other songs on the list, but still wasn't great. I remember hearing most of them on the radio.