Top 10 Pop One Hit Wonders

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    These one-hit-wonders were everywhere, but the bands/groups associated with them faded away. For this list, we’ll be looking at the tunes from artists who couldn’t repeat their success. Our countdown includes “Video Killed the Radio Star”, “Tainted Love”, “A Thousand Miles”, and more! Did we forget one of your favorite one-hit wonders? Let us know in the comments below.
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  • @WatchMojo
    @WatchMojo  ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Check out our featured song: "Everybody Lies" by In Wave! th-cam.com/video/0Z59rLdlzho/w-d-xo.html
    Did we forget one of your favorite one-hit wonders? Let us know in the comments below.

    • @stormshadowproductions1660
      @stormshadowproductions1660 ปีที่แล้ว

      Please top 10 times My Little Pony Friendship is Magic & Equestria Girls tackled serious

    • @GachaIsAbsoluteTrash
      @GachaIsAbsoluteTrash ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Can I get a shoutout

    • @jlukito2011
      @jlukito2011 ปีที่แล้ว

      Karma cca

    • @jramos4803
      @jramos4803 ปีที่แล้ว

      i cant hear thousand miles the same anymore, all i can here is " Making my way thru the hood, sipping this yak, ninjas bout get blown with the mac, BLEKET KE KE KE"

    • @mikejones-tc5jj
      @mikejones-tc5jj ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You should do a separate one for the '90s '80s and 2000s

  • @mikeychrisanthus9948
    @mikeychrisanthus9948 ปีที่แล้ว +130

    “Walking on Sunshine” has to be one of the most delightful songs out there, glad to see it here

    • @DaveMcIroy
      @DaveMcIroy ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ? You do realise it's not good being on that list?

    • @ThePinkDragon
      @ThePinkDragon ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Love it And Tainted Love

    • @mikeychrisanthus9948
      @mikeychrisanthus9948 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@DaveMcIroy the material of this list is ranked in an order of scaled up quality, meaning it is good.

    • @papa.cakes1248
      @papa.cakes1248 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@DaveMcIroy still an ear worm, and has made an impression

    • @DaveMcIroy
      @DaveMcIroy ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@mikeychrisanthus9948, then a lot of the songs of that list shouldn't be on the list, then no. 1 is wrong. And you didn't get the point.

  • @46sn29
    @46sn29 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    I can't hear 1,000 miles without thinking about Terry Crews. 😄

  • @robdog7516
    @robdog7516 ปีที่แล้ว +150

    It’s too bad MTV doesn’t play actual music videos anymore 🤦🏻‍♂️

    • @karlc2869
      @karlc2869 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      TH-cam has replaced MTV sadly. I mean, internet killed the television video star. BTW MTV Classic plays videos, dude.

    • @sameeknowsitall
      @sameeknowsitall ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah.

    • @sameeknowsitall
      @sameeknowsitall ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@karlc2869 facts bro.

    • @karlc2869
      @karlc2869 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@sameeknowsitall Yup.

    • @Shawn_M
      @Shawn_M ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Actually they do now. Mostly in 1 hour blocks lifted strait from the programs as they ran in the 80s and 90s as far as I can tell. I find it quite addictive still. It's great background
      I have my DVR recording Total Request Live so I can start it up anytime

  • @stephenbarry1539
    @stephenbarry1539 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    "Rainbow Connection" is a song from the 1979 film The Muppet Movie, with music and lyrics written by Paul Williams and Kenneth Ascher. The song was performed by Jim Henson - as Kermit the Frog - in the film. Chart peak at # 25; My point is that it's a great hit song that was never followed up by another hit from Kermit.

    • @nicholashylton6857
      @nicholashylton6857 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Kermit killed his own music career. Selling Spanish Flys on the Sesame Street set, 2) His affair with that LA salamander, & 3) The messy divorce from Ms. Piggy were all over the news.

    • @anthonydaniel1727
      @anthonydaniel1727 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Jim Henson's first charted hit was "Rubber Duckie" by Ernie from Sesame Street, thus, Henson not a one hit wonder. There is also Kermit's signature song, "Bein' Green," which although not a charted hit, after Henson recorded it in 1970, it has since become a standard, having been recorded by the likes of Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Lene Horne, and Van Morrison among the dozens of other artists.

    • @MovieGuy.
      @MovieGuy. ปีที่แล้ว

      Is rainbow connection a pop song though?

    • @classhumorist
      @classhumorist ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MovieGuy. How is it NOT?

  • @heatherr0420
    @heatherr0420 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Blinded by the Light is one of my favorite songs from the '70s, and I love it when the radio station actually plays the full length version

    • @seanswinton6242
      @seanswinton6242 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They had another Top 40 hit called "The Runner" in the 80's.

    • @grimjack148
      @grimjack148 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Quinn the Eskimo rocks.

    • @davidcostello1279
      @davidcostello1279 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Got 4 of their albums, hardly a one hit wonder

    • @jacobgarnham5971
      @jacobgarnham5971 ปีที่แล้ว

      Best album is nightingales and bombers

    • @scottellis5324
      @scottellis5324 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Written by The Boss… Bruce Springsteen. Hardly a one hit wonder.

  • @grf15
    @grf15 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    I always liked Ordinary Day as much as A Thousand Miles. For me, she was more than a one-hit wonder.

    • @soumayukihira1292
      @soumayukihira1292 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Also pretty baby is nostalgic

    • @refineme
      @refineme ปีที่แล้ว

      Also White Houses, hands on me… and so many more are great songs.

    • @refineme
      @refineme ปีที่แล้ว

      I also saw her live opening for Stevie Nicks. It was awesome.

  • @adamhasideas6813
    @adamhasideas6813 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    Vanessa Carlton continues to make excellent music to this day. May not have the chart results but anyone that listens will be rewarded. She's a great musician!

    • @rickypilcher3618
      @rickypilcher3618 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Vanessa is currently on tour with Stevie Nicks.

    • @DaveCM
      @DaveCM ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Same. I don't exactly consider her a one hit wonder.

    • @donnalombardo1135
      @donnalombardo1135 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@DaveCM she is though

  • @jesterjosie3281
    @jesterjosie3281 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I will have forever associate the song a Thousand Miles with the movie White Chicks and Terry Crews
    How did you know?
    I love this song!!

    • @ELmayberry
      @ELmayberry ปีที่แล้ว +1

      😂😂😂

  • @MusicOrLoseItTV
    @MusicOrLoseItTV ปีที่แล้ว +44

    One hit more than many of us will ever have 🙂

    • @davidbuswa9425
      @davidbuswa9425 ปีที่แล้ว

      That means we are only half way there

  • @EpicLebaneseNerd
    @EpicLebaneseNerd ปีที่แล้ว +11

    here we go again, WATCHMOJO making me smile like if i am 15 again in 1995, but also reminding i am a middle aged GEN-X who wish i can wake up tmw and find out i am back in the good old 90s....best era ever, epic sad.

  • @davidsports2214
    @davidsports2214 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great subject. Great list. More one hit wonders in different genres/eras please.

  • @supertuber120
    @supertuber120 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    "She's Like The Wind" by Patrick Swayze from the Dirty Dancing Soundtrack. Made it to #3 in the US and the top 10 in Norway, Canada, Ireland and a few other countries. He was a big actor but that was his only radio hit.

    • @anthonydaniel1727
      @anthonydaniel1727 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The true definition of "One Hit Wonder" is an act that had one charted hit and then disappeared. While Swayze did only chart with one song, he didn't disappear from the public. After "Dirty Dancing," he acted/performed music in "Roadhouse." The album charted and produced some Rock hits (mainly for the Jeff Healey Band)m but Swayze's track "Raising Heaven (In Hell Tonight)" was released as a single and did recieve some radio airplay, though, technically it did not chart nationally,

    • @tonycrabtree3416
      @tonycrabtree3416 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@anthonydaniel1727 But he did not make more music, therefore it is a one hit wonder.

    • @someoneyoudontknow7705
      @someoneyoudontknow7705 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@anthonydaniel1727 ​ “One Hit Wonder” - one hit in the music world and that’s it. Doesn’t matter what else he’s famous for. If someone is famous for giving someone a BJ would that mean they aren’t a one hit wonder?

    • @anthonydaniel1727
      @anthonydaniel1727 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@someoneyoudontknow7705 the current method for tabulating charts is much different from the old days, but I worked in the music business back in the day, and Swayze's single "Raising Heaven (In Hell tonight)" off the "Roadhouse" soundtrack had respectable sales [back when people acturally had to go to a music store to make their purchase) and charted on playlist in many radio station markets (I used to read all the Trades). This past week's Billboard Top 100 contains every track from the new Taylor Swift and Drake albums, whereas in the old days instead of digital downloads one would have had to purchase the album. The Swayze single was listed as a double-sided hit with the B side, "Hoochie Coochie Man" by the Jeff Healey Band in some markets - though more Rock radio play than Pop. But, if it's listed as a hit, than it's a hit. Also, please keep your vulgarity to yourself.

  • @JamesPhieffer
    @JamesPhieffer ปีที่แล้ว +85

    Kim Carnes had 3 top 10 Billboard Hot 100 hits:
    - "Don't Fall In Love With a Dreamer", a duet with Kenny Rogers that hit #4
    - "More Love", a remake of the Smokey Robinson hit from 1967, which went to #10
    - "Betty Davis Eyes", which was #1 for 9 weeks in '81
    As well, she had two #15 hits, "Crazy In the Night", and a duet with Barbara Streisand, "What About Me"; as well as other singles that made the top 40.
    While she is best known for one song, she is most definitely not a "one hit wonder".

    • @danmccarthy4700
      @danmccarthy4700 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Yeah, she really doesn't belong on this list.

    • @Sam-ss2lo
      @Sam-ss2lo ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I agree, and there were other examples too. They tend to play fast and loose with the term one hit wonder. What's the point if you can't stick with the title.

    • @kevinhaynes2699
      @kevinhaynes2699 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I was looking to see if anyone would comment on this. I also enjoyed "Invisible Hands" "Draw of the Cards" and "Voyeur" How many one hit Wonders got to sing a solo part on "We Are The World"?

    • @christopherlee5719
      @christopherlee5719 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      but Kenny Rogers had a boat ton of hits

    • @tonycopp2409
      @tonycopp2409 ปีที่แล้ว

      Check the definition in Websters.
      Kim Carnes definitely applies. The narrator even acknowledges her other hits, but as per the definition she is known primarily for Bette Davis Eyes
      Hanson, Simple Minds, Men Without Hats, same Story.
      Under the strictest interpretation of a one hit wonder( must have only one hit), then The Grateful Dead are a one hit Wonder as “ Touch of Grey “ was the only one that charted.
      No ones ever going to say that TGD are a OHW.
      The definition is that they are generally known for one song, or the popularity of one of their songs overshadows all the others.
      If You say Simple Minds, the first song that pops into your head is “Don’t You”
      It’s not “Alive and Kicking”

  • @stephenbarry1539
    @stephenbarry1539 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    "Making Our Dreams Come True" is a 1976 hit single, recorded by Cyndi Grecc,; it was used as the theme song to the 1976-83 television sitcom "Laverne & Shirley" - Chart peaked was from # 13 to # 25 depending on which chart you look at. My point is that it's a great hit song that was never followed up by Cyndi.

    • @seanswinton6242
      @seanswinton6242 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      John Sebastian: "Welcome Back" from the TV show "Welcome Back Kotter" the show that launched John Travolta
      Joey Scarbury: Theme from "Greatest American Hero" TV show

    • @mikemessy68
      @mikemessy68 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nice flag fuck yard, you should get your 4th booster!! 😂😂😂

    • @chuckgardiner7533
      @chuckgardiner7533 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      "Laverne & Shirley" was a spinoff of "Happy Days", whose theme song of the same name became Pratt & McLain's only hit song.

  • @tdawggames2723
    @tdawggames2723 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Incredible nostalgia from this video. So awesome!

  • @RyCoke27
    @RyCoke27 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I like that #1 was the only one to have two hits - cuz I still remember "Ordinary Day" even if no one else wants to acknowledge it.

    • @chrismeulen8108
      @chrismeulen8108 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      she actually had 3 hits "A Thousand Miles" , "Ordinary Day" & "Pretty Baby"
      before fading away...... and re-appearing with a new album in 2007, only to quickly fade away again.....

    • @stevenlicari3058
      @stevenlicari3058 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      White Houses on 2nd was great

    • @johnanderson9765
      @johnanderson9765 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@chrismeulen8108 She had a fourth hit, collaborating with Counting Crows doing a cover of "Big Yellow Taxi."

    • @traydonovan4819
      @traydonovan4819 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      “Ordinary Day” was great, but only hit 30. By that standard, Manfred Mann’s Earth Band also had 2, because “Runner” hit 22.

    • @seanswinton6242
      @seanswinton6242 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@traydonovan4819 Yes. I had the album "Somewhere In Afrika" by Manfred Man's Earth Band.

  • @high-defRJ
    @high-defRJ ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I grew up with 90s to early 2000s hits being popular in junior high and high school, and I thought of Chumbawamba's "Tubthumping", Baha Men's "Who Let the Dogs Out", LFO's "Summer Girls", Lou Bega's "Mambo No. 5", Harvey Danger's "Flagpole Sitta" and Meredith Brooks "Bitch" are some that I thought of, off top of my head. Smash Mouth's "All Star" can be a one-hit wonder, but that's the only one known single off their albums, though they did have a good song for Shrek soundtracks with "I'm a Believer".

    • @SmallSpoonBrigade
      @SmallSpoonBrigade ปีที่แล้ว

      I still think of "Walkin' on the Sun" when I think of Smashmouth personally. They didn't have a particularly large amount of output, but enough to prevent the from being on a list like this. Most of those others are justified though. Personally, "Mambo No. 5" is one of the happiest tracks I've ever heard, but "Baby Keep Smiling" on the same album is even more infectious.

  • @LynkCableReacts
    @LynkCableReacts ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Oh hey look it’s my Spotify playlist.
    New Radicals had another great song called “Someday We’ll Know” which is definitely another nostalgic song for me

    • @lenchenes
      @lenchenes ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That's my karaoke song too

    • @davidcopson5800
      @davidcopson5800 ปีที่แล้ว

      When I first heard the New Radicals song on the radio I thought it was the Rolling Stones.

  • @PaperiLiidokki
    @PaperiLiidokki ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Very surprised you didn't include Baltimora - Tarzan Boy, that shit is iconic and a true one hit wonder

    • @FleaRHCP97
      @FleaRHCP97 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I can't believe Luchasaurus turned again, man lol

    • @roberthaynes8830
      @roberthaynes8830 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Great song. Always brings back good 80s nostalgia.

    • @gamernaut8864
      @gamernaut8864 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Tarzan Boy is awesome. What a great one-hit wonder. I also remember when it got re-released in 1993.

    • @roberthaynes8830
      @roberthaynes8830 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@gamernaut8864 Though it's always sad that the singer, Jimmy McShane is no longer with us.

  • @bennymora3086
    @bennymora3086 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    When I was in middle school, Somebody That I Used to Know was the only song that I would listen too!😁🎶

    • @kerriemccoy1647
      @kerriemccoy1647 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He actual from my neck of the woods, Mornington Peninsula

    • @TheBeardysteve
      @TheBeardysteve ปีที่แล้ว

      Have you heard ‘Not the Star Wars that I used to know’?

  • @flexmasterize
    @flexmasterize ปีที่แล้ว +6

    A modern twist on Video Killed the Radio Star would be "Streaming Killed the Physical Star".

    • @roberthaynes8830
      @roberthaynes8830 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ain't that the truth.

    • @karlc2869
      @karlc2869 ปีที่แล้ว

      And also Internet Killed the Television and Radio Star.

  • @garrettflores5827
    @garrettflores5827 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Vanessa Carlton isn’t a one-hit just because this is the song everyone knows. She’s had multiple radio hits

    • @roberthaynes8830
      @roberthaynes8830 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Though I don't know her or her songs!

    • @batako7234
      @batako7234 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Nope... I only know Thousand Miles...

  • @paulrom446
    @paulrom446 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    How Bizarre! By OMC(Ultair Millionaires Club) from the 90's. Great song!

  • @wholelottapurrring5392
    @wholelottapurrring5392 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Trevor Horn (singer in the Buggles) went on to become a producer for a heap of other artists such as ABC, Francis Goes To Hollywood, Dollar, Seal. Very talented man!

    • @davidcopson5800
      @davidcopson5800 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      *Frankie Goes to Hollywood.

    • @wholelottapurrring5392
      @wholelottapurrring5392 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@davidcopson5800 Thank you, yes damn auto 🥕!

    • @pizzaman191
      @pizzaman191 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Trevor Horn co-wrote the song with Bruce Woolley....Woolley's band, The Camera Club (which included Thomas Dolby on keyboards), released their version of the song in June of 1979, three months before the Buggles did.

    • @davidcopson5800
      @davidcopson5800 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@pizzaman191 Great info. Thank you for not blinding me with science.

    • @CodeBleu724
      @CodeBleu724 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The Buggles (Trevor Horn & Geoff Downes) joined Yes for one album "Drama" replacing Jon Anderson & Rick Wakeman. Very underrated album.

  • @jasonallen3678
    @jasonallen3678 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wonderful list 🙂

  • @pwoody9416
    @pwoody9416 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    So many good songs. What about Nena’s 99 Luftballoons?

  • @MrJeepCanada
    @MrJeepCanada ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Opus -Live is Life is a one-hit wonder 1985

  • @zenitpro
    @zenitpro ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Even though the list is not the most comprehensive, it's certain to make you revisit some of those great songs. Nostalgia undoubtly kicked in!

    • @SmallSpoonBrigade
      @SmallSpoonBrigade ปีที่แล้ว

      There's so many 1 hit wonders out there that it would be hard to create a comprehensive list that's still short enough to sit through.

  • @waittillfamewtf2385
    @waittillfamewtf2385 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    "Afternoon Delight" (1976)
    🎸 Starland Vocal Band

    • @seanswinton6242
      @seanswinton6242 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      King Harvest "Dancing In The Moonlight"
      Starbuck- "Moonlight Feels Right"

  • @SFBenjaminK
    @SFBenjaminK ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Ahhhh grew up in 80s & 90s remembered all these songs use to rock to it in school & college ..good ole days & youth was ..that was those days & decads music was real music ..not garbage these days

    • @karlc2869
      @karlc2869 ปีที่แล้ว

      '70s and early '00s too. BTW mainstream music went awful after 2003 ended. Thanks, dude.

  • @patrickdare5356
    @patrickdare5356 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    My favorite one-hit wonder is Alannaah Miles' Black Velvet.

  • @joshuamohlman
    @joshuamohlman ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Daniel Powter’s “Bad Day” always hits me in the feels

    • @SFBenjaminK
      @SFBenjaminK ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ya & also heard that many times in American idol those days used to watch that show & TV with Simon & old gang..ya shes right was over played it

    • @dereckabackus8281
      @dereckabackus8281 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The number one song of the 2000’s

    • @joshuamohlman
      @joshuamohlman ปีที่แล้ว

      @@dereckabackus8281 word

    • @joshuamohlman
      @joshuamohlman ปีที่แล้ว

      @matt lol 😂

  • @Charlesb88
    @Charlesb88 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Soft Cell may not have had a significant hit beyond Tainted Love on the international charts, they did have 12 Top 40 hits in the UK and 4 top 20 albums. They're just another case of a group that appealed more to fellow Brits then Americans, outside of the their one international hit.

    • @jamesgoodwin4543
      @jamesgoodwin4543 ปีที่แล้ว

      Soft Cell did a good cover of Tainted Love. I also enjoy the sung by Gloria Jones from the 60s.

  • @RandomRoss
    @RandomRoss ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I can't listen to 1000 miles with straight face without thinking of Terry Crews Singing In White Chicks. 🤣🤣🤣

  • @mikekulawiak6877
    @mikekulawiak6877 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You forgot pac man fever,lovefool,barbie girl,and the safety dance

  • @gobtathegoat6241
    @gobtathegoat6241 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I just click the video and I already sing along with Bad day!

  • @stubarron
    @stubarron ปีที่แล้ว +11

    "Let's Go All the Way" by Sly Fox and "Funkytown" by Lipps Inc. needed to be somewhere on this list.

    • @seanswinton6242
      @seanswinton6242 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Pseudo Echo's only US Top 40 hit was their version of "Funkytown"
      in 1987. That same album had a song that you may remember called "Living In Dream".

    • @anthonydaniel1727
      @anthonydaniel1727 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lipps Inc. actually charted 11 singles, and Sly Fox had 3 charted songs

    • @SharayaMW
      @SharayaMW ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Towelie used Funkytown to remember a pass code in a South Park episode - hilarious 😂

    • @gamernaut8864
      @gamernaut8864 ปีที่แล้ว

      Great call on "Let's Go All The Way". It seems like the industry doesn't want to remember this awesome 80s hit about nuclear war. Love that song.

  • @RainWalking
    @RainWalking ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Video killed the Radio star, made on Video.
    A classic song

  • @ryancampbell6510
    @ryancampbell6510 ปีที่แล้ว

    Should definitely do a top 20 cause some of the honorable mentions I’d take over the ones on the list

  • @tiadaid
    @tiadaid ปีที่แล้ว +6

    You Get What You Give is without a doubt the anthem of the late 1990s.

    • @doctorbohr1585
      @doctorbohr1585 ปีที่แล้ว

      I remember it!

    • @rustyhguitar1
      @rustyhguitar1 ปีที่แล้ว

      Got a new lease of life when it was used by Mitsubishi (I think) for an ad, two years after the band had split up.

  • @isaacgleeth3609
    @isaacgleeth3609 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    "A Thousand Miles" is the most popular song for the Critter community. How many times have the cast sang, "Makin' my way..." when someone says that they make their way somewhere?

  • @johnmcnulty2705
    @johnmcnulty2705 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    If there is a common thread with all these songs it's that they are all common movie soundtrack songs.
    One hit wonder songs seem to have more of an earworm quality than the ave hit song form a established or soon to be established artist.

  • @KatesAccount
    @KatesAccount ปีที่แล้ว +1

    1:17 oooooo that song on dance dance reveloution was a bop. i can still remember swaying back and forth on the DDR mat lmao

  • @eugeniapatroncosta920
    @eugeniapatroncosta920 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Make a top 20 best Jack Sparrow moments in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, please.

  • @RebeccaPaige
    @RebeccaPaige ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Vanessa Carlton's "Ordinary Day" was a bad ass song. I actually saw members of Mastodon dancing to it in an Applebee's years ago.

  • @chipskylark172
    @chipskylark172 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The buggles will always have a special place in my heart. Music appreciation class in college my professor asked “for 200 extra credit points what was the very first music video to play on MTV?” No one knew but my nerdy self 😂😂😂 didn’t even have to take my finals that year 😂😂

  • @DailyMyChildhood
    @DailyMyChildhood ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is cool !!!!

  • @canadasleftcoast.5744
    @canadasleftcoast.5744 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Signs by Five Man Electrical Band. They had a few other hits here in their native Canada, including a couple under their previous name of The Staccatos, but internationally Signs was it. I still get that song stuck in my head occasionally.

    • @tomreedyjr3631
      @tomreedyjr3631 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Canada: also had a good song called Absolutely Right. Probably better...

    • @canadasleftcoast.5744
      @canadasleftcoast.5744 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@tomreedyjr3631 I'm a Stranger Here was good too, but neither one was a significant hit outside of Canada.

  •  ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I guess you're only talking about songs that are known in the US, I imagine by these choices. Natalie Imbruglia had another hits like "Big Mistake", "Smoke", "Wishing I Was There", "Shiver" and "Wrong Impression" in Europe, Australia and Latin America. Including a UK #1 album after that. Also, Natalie's most recent album Firebird is amazing, you should check it out!

    • @andrewbradley1753
      @andrewbradley1753 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I actually find it offensive they but Natalie Imbruglia on a one hit wonder list.

  • @BabaYagaRacing
    @BabaYagaRacing ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ohhh snap new video

  • @BRAVO-cz8sw
    @BRAVO-cz8sw ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The funniest was when 'Betty Davis Eyes' was parodied into.. "🎵🎶 she's got Marty Feldman eyes 🎵🎶". 😂

    • @tomreedyjr3631
      @tomreedyjr3631 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      11Bravo: Playboy did it in their stories on song lyrics reworded..

  • @weveseenthelight5997
    @weveseenthelight5997 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    “Bette Davis Eyes” was such a colossal hit it’s amazing that Kim Carnes didn’t have another top hit song. A couple more honorable mentions: “What’s up?” by 4 Non Blondes and “Hooked on a Feeling” by Blue Swede, a seventies classic, made popular again 40 years later in "Guardians of the Galaxy."

    • @chuckgardiner7533
      @chuckgardiner7533 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Blue Swede wasn't a one hit wonder. Their follow-up single to "Hooked on a Feeling" was "Never My Love", which hit the Top 10, peaking at #9.
      And yes, Kim Carnes did have other hit songs.

    • @SmallSpoonBrigade
      @SmallSpoonBrigade ปีที่แล้ว

      Wasn't "Hooked on a Feeling" more associated with REO Speedwagon and David Hasselhoff?

    • @chuckgardiner7533
      @chuckgardiner7533 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@SmallSpoonBrigade I wouldn't go that far. The song was originally sung by B.J. Thomas and has been covered numerous times since. Jonathon King covered it in 1971, adding the ooga-chaka to it that Blue Swede used in their cover of the song. Blue Swede's version of the song was the biggest selling record of all the artists that have covered it

    • @karlc2869
      @karlc2869 ปีที่แล้ว

      Let It Whip by Dazz Band and Paid in Full by Eric B. and Rakim should be here.

    • @docOld55
      @docOld55 ปีที่แล้ว

      Fun fact - 'What's up?' was sung as a karaoke by Wolfgang and the ensemble in 'Sense8'.

  • @joebondo2422
    @joebondo2422 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Big Country by Big Country.
    The running joke back in high school was: What’s worse than sweat on Pat Benetar? Come on Eileen.

    • @roberthaynes8830
      @roberthaynes8830 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We had a singer in Australia called Billy Field, who had a hit with his song Bad Habits. So the joke here was what was worse than one of Billy Field's Bad Habits? Come on Eileen.

  • @sammullett17
    @sammullett17 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Some others :)
    Teenage Dirtbag - Weatus
    Stacey's Mom - Fountains of Wayne
    Move your feet - Junior Senior
    Tipsy - J-Kwon
    Let Me Love You - Mario

  • @khurstonsanders1088
    @khurstonsanders1088 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Well, those are great one-hit pop songs. But I have to choose my top ten songs, it'll be this:
    1. Kim Carnes "Bettie Davis Eyes"
    2. New Radicals "You Only Get What You Give"
    3. Vanessa Carlton "A Thousand Miles"
    4. The Remembrants "I'll Be There For You"
    5. Bobby McFerren "Don't Worry, Be Happy"
    6. The La-La's "There She Goes"
    7. Soft Cell "Tainted Love"
    8. Dexy's Midnight Runners "Come On Eileen"
    9. Haddaway "What Is Love?"
    10. Rockwell "Somebody's Watching Me"

  • @prettyfrog4176
    @prettyfrog4176 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Vanessa Carlton 's music is so good she's more than the song everyone knows her for

    • @seanswinton6242
      @seanswinton6242 ปีที่แล้ว

      "The Game Of Love" with her and Santana. Great song!

    • @gripitandripit
      @gripitandripit ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Are you happy now? is another song she had success with I thought.

    • @davideberhardt6150
      @davideberhardt6150 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They ALL have more songs than the one they're know for, a lot of them good as well. That's kind of the point.

    • @popmans9999
      @popmans9999 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@gripitandripit That is Michelle Branch

    • @aclstudios
      @aclstudios ปีที่แล้ว

      @@seanswinton6242 Stop naming Michelle Branch songs.

  • @Scream358
    @Scream358 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Vanessa should have had more hits. I thought she was great back in the day!

    • @kjiger71
      @kjiger71 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      she was not a one hit wonder. her first album was great and had 3 big tracks

    • @vesbarrow
      @vesbarrow ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ordinary Day and Pretty Baby were hits, I'm so confused why she's on here.

    • @Scream358
      @Scream358 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@vesbarrow Agreed. Ordinary Day was a great song.

  • @lcatsgaming
    @lcatsgaming ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The Friends theme is not a one hit wonder for The Rembrandts. They had "That's Just The Way It Is Baby" in 1991.

  • @eugeniapatroncosta920
    @eugeniapatroncosta920 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Make a top 10 best Tommy Lee Jones movies, please.

  • @sickandtired12
    @sickandtired12 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Our Last Night did a rock cover of Vaness Carlton's "A Thousand Miles"...It is GREAT!!! She really is a talent!!😎

  • @fungus_am0nguz644
    @fungus_am0nguz644 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This was actually a surprisingly good list of one hit wonders songs. Which one is your favorite out of the list? Mine is Blinded by the light, shot out to Dexys Come out Eileen as well.

  • @rjohnson66
    @rjohnson66 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Just curious about "Beautiful"- James Blunt because at the time it came out for me, it TRULY WAS AND IS A BEAUTIFUL ONE HITTAH!!🤟🌟✌️💚

  • @museofire
    @museofire ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "Mickey" by Toni Basil

  • @KevinBeckles
    @KevinBeckles ปีที่แล้ว +3

    A more accurate name for this is "A random list of One Hit Wonders plus the biggest hits by Kim Carnes and Manfred Mann". There are soooo many one hit wonders and none of them are Kim Carnes or Manfred Mann. By the way, one of the biggest hits of all time is "You Light Up My Life" by Debbie Boone. She never had another US top forty hit. Didn't even make the also rans on this list.,

    • @davidcopson5800
      @davidcopson5800 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Great comment. This video is about as satisfying as trying to dry yourself with a plastic bath towel.

  • @Vanspecial
    @Vanspecial ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I would like to add "I get Knocked Down" by Chumbawamba (sp?) as an excellent one hit wonder.

  • @quaxo1
    @quaxo1 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    WatchMojo apparently still doesn't know what a One Hit Wonder is. Closer, but still not there.

  • @rhoderic9585
    @rhoderic9585 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Howie Day - Collide is one of my fav one hit wonders

  • @stephenbarry1539
    @stephenbarry1539 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    ""O-o-h Child" by Five Stairsteps in 1970. Chart peak # 4 [Cash Box] or #8 [Hot 100]. My point is that it's a great hit song that was never followed up by another hit from Five Stairsteps.

    • @anthonydaniel1727
      @anthonydaniel1727 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Do some research..."O-o-h Child" was the 16th charted single for The Five Stairsteps (often called the "First Family Of Soul," which they followed up with 4 more hits before morphing into and changing musical direction (from Soul to Disco) as The Invisible Man's Band with 1 charted single, and then lead singer Keni Burke went solo and had 2 additional hits.

    • @karlc2869
      @karlc2869 ปีที่แล้ว

      That song later covered by Dino in the '90s, dude.

  • @robertcatania1120
    @robertcatania1120 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    came here to see Tainted Love, Come on Eileen, and Ice, Ice Baby made the list. I guess Vanilla Ice technically had another hit song (possibly Play that funky music white boy). At least two of the three made the cut

    • @Mock353
      @Mock353 ปีที่แล้ว

      This is a pop list. Vanilla ice doesn’t belong here

  • @jasonrene
    @jasonrene ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Kind of weird that your number one one hit wonder had multiple number one hits

  • @Cadfael007
    @Cadfael007 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    MJanfred Mann is everything but a One Hit Wonder!!!
    "Mighty Quinn", "Do wah Diddy", "Ha ha said the clown", "father of day father of night", You angel you" were great hits!!!

  • @pretty_kitty
    @pretty_kitty ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Tainted Love is always a big hit, and Gary N. "Cars". Definitely overplayed Goyte and the remake.

  • @gregengel1616
    @gregengel1616 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm surprised that My Sharona by The Knack didn't at least get a honorable mention.

  • @michaelreindel6975
    @michaelreindel6975 ปีที่แล้ว

    LOL, I’m gettin’ oOOooold. 🤪 The first song I thought of, looking at this video’s title, was “In the Year 2525”…

  • @samuelfawley646
    @samuelfawley646 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'm baffled you've never included Your Woman by White Town in your one hit wonder videos. That's a really good one hit wonder that I really like.

  • @psychonaut1829
    @psychonaut1829 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    All great songs except the first one, Everybody Lies.

  • @Ryzen_56X
    @Ryzen_56X ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You forgot "Running up that Hill (a deal with god)" from Kate Bush 1985.

  • @BlenderStudy
    @BlenderStudy ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for the update, WatchMojo..!! Latrell Spencer also likes "A Thousand Miles". 🤣

  • @xXTheVigilantXx
    @xXTheVigilantXx ปีที่แล้ว +2

    need a part 2 with "Here it goes again" by OK Go in it

  • @johnanderson9765
    @johnanderson9765 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I was expecting Soft Cell's "Tainted Love" to be #1. It usually tops these kinds of lists.

    • @seanswinton6242
      @seanswinton6242 ปีที่แล้ว

      What about Modern English "I Melt With You?"

  • @Scoobysmiff23
    @Scoobysmiff23 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Soft Cell had a massive hit with Say Hello Wave Goodbye!!

    • @davidcopson5800
      @davidcopson5800 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They certainly did. I was standing at the door of the Pink Flamingo when I first heard it.

    • @roberthaynes8830
      @roberthaynes8830 ปีที่แล้ว

      Great song that. One of my favourites.

    • @harehamilton1893
      @harehamilton1893 ปีที่แล้ว

      Also... Kitchen Sink Drama...

  • @andrewburgess-linden9612
    @andrewburgess-linden9612 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    When I hear the song "a 1000 miles", I always think of Terry Crews. I keep forgetting who wrote it and performed it, but I remember the scene from "White Chicks".

  • @freddiemolinajr.8397
    @freddiemolinajr.8397 ปีที่แล้ว

    good video

  • @paulrom446
    @paulrom446 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Have to have the late Dan Hartman's 'I Can Dream About You' from the movie Streets of Fire'(1984) Technically this wasn't his only hit. During his tragically short yet prolific Career he also produced for Brian Eno and worked with Roxy Music as well

  • @derrickrobbins8100
    @derrickrobbins8100 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I would have had "Return of the Mack" by Mark Morrison in there somewhere

  • @rogerpaarman6093
    @rogerpaarman6093 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good choices!👍
    They may not be OHW’s but I also thought of Lights by Ellie Goulding, Love Song by Sarah B. and Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Deep Blue Something

    • @tytiw516
      @tytiw516 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ellie gouldingg??? Ohh come on 🤷‍♀️

  • @blebhan8213
    @blebhan8213 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Manfred Mann's Earth Band had another hit called Runner from 1984. Kim Carnes had a top 10 hit in 1980 called More Love and a Top 15 duet with Kenny Rogers and James Ingram called What About Me.

  • @stephenbarry1539
    @stephenbarry1539 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Dean Friedman wrote and recorded “Ariel” in 1977; chart peak at # 26. My point is that it's a great hit song that was never followed up by a hit from Dean.

  • @djhorn5769
    @djhorn5769 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I thought of one that you guys forgot. How about 500 miles I’m gonna be by The Proclaimers? As far as I know, that was the only hit they had over here.

    • @sb6678
      @sb6678 ปีที่แล้ว

      Even tho they were such a crap band, they did have more than one hit

    • @andyventures6574
      @andyventures6574 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh dear lad . An over 30 year career , selling out huge venues , a hit musical and you say they're a one hit wonder? Numpty.

    • @andyventures6574
      @andyventures6574 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sb6678 Your lack of taste is obvious .

  • @kriscynical
    @kriscynical ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The local pop station played "Torn" to death SO BADLY that I STILL cannot stand it. At its worst I remember counting THREE PLAYS in ONE HOUR.

    • @roberthaynes8830
      @roberthaynes8830 ปีที่แล้ว

      I have to agree with you. Played to death.

  • @DarkMarwin
    @DarkMarwin ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was studying in college so I randomly played songs on my pc and my sister had a soft copy of New Radicals album Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too and it actually had great songs aside from You Get What You Give that I was able to discover. Someday We'll Know, Flowers, In Need of a Miralcle and Crying Like a Church on a Monday are still on my playlists

    • @gamernaut8864
      @gamernaut8864 ปีที่แล้ว

      Agreed! Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too was a extremely solid album that gets reduced to a one-hit status too often. I love that album. I like your playlist plus the tracks "Mother...", "I Don't Wanna Die Anymore", and "I Hope I Didn't Just Give Away The Ending". I wish more people would give this rare 90s gem of an album a listen if they haven't already.

  • @mr.decencykeepinitreal6348
    @mr.decencykeepinitreal6348 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” is such a good song, and still one of my 269+ most favorite songs. 😊

    • @prasanthyas
      @prasanthyas ปีที่แล้ว

      😅

    • @MegaFortinbras
      @MegaFortinbras ปีที่แล้ว

      McFerrin has spent years trying to be accepted as a serious composer, and sometimes wishes he hadn't written "Don't Worry, Be Happy".

    • @mjames4709
      @mjames4709 ปีที่แล้ว

      Shit song.

    • @Howlerss
      @Howlerss ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@MegaFortinbras ironic. Maybe he should take some advice from his own song.

  • @CapeRayer23
    @CapeRayer23 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I got a few for you:
    Primitive Radio Gods - Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand
    A-Ha - Take On Me
    Right Said Fred - I’m Too Sexy

  • @denniseudela411
    @denniseudela411 ปีที่แล้ว

    Tubthumping
    Song by Chumbawamba - definitely needed to be in the list.

  • @whydidtheballooneatthefox282
    @whydidtheballooneatthefox282 ปีที่แล้ว

    Video killed the radio star and come on Eileen is my fav songs. :D geez 1000 miles is very nostalgic

  • @user-dp3jc3mr2j
    @user-dp3jc3mr2j ปีที่แล้ว +6

    New radicals were a 2 hit wonder. SoMeday we’ll know is fantastic

    • @signuperror
      @signuperror ปีที่แล้ว

      Maybe you've been brainwashed too is an amazing album too

  • @jonathanmartin8113
    @jonathanmartin8113 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give You Up should definitely be #1...

    • @darklordchinchin8190
      @darklordchinchin8190 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Agree brother I was disappointed on this top list.

    • @jonathanmartin8113
      @jonathanmartin8113 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@darklordchinchin8190 WM sucks at making lists... every list, regardless of the topic, are always the same... especially the music ones...

    • @davidcopson5800
      @davidcopson5800 ปีที่แล้ว

      You obviously know nothing about music. Or else live on a planet that decide to play only that song by Rick. He had a lot of hits.

  • @tenn_ore
    @tenn_ore ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What you forgot to mention was the fact that the Buggles more or less merged into Yes. And all of these years later, are still in the Yes universe, Geoff Downes is the keyboardist and Trevor Horn produced some of their best work.

  • @0myster
    @0myster ปีที่แล้ว +2

    MMEB is a legendary band with a lot of great songs. I personally like another Sprinsteen cover Spirits in the Night much more that Blinded by the Light.