What Is A One-Hit Wonder That You Loved Way Back When And Still Do?

[Dinger]

Me,

Born To Be Alive (Patrick Hernandez)

[Richardo]

1. 98.6 Degrees - Keith

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRLQpJuDzTE&feature=related

[hamsterjill]

60. Love that song!!!

Used to have it on an LP!

[BurtWorm]

2. What I like about you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvHKjDKY_O8

[Brother Buzz]

3. Blues Image - Ride Captain Ride

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVjN3t8cj74

[BlancheSplanchnik]

191. oh that brings me back to summers at the community pool.

:) Jr. High School.

[madinmaryland]

4. There are a lot of pitchers who have thrown one-hitters, so I am at a loss

as to pick one.

:shrug:

[Parche]

5. TEACHER DINGER

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96kwILL35ig

:woohoo::hi::hug::hug::hug:

[BurtWorm]

6. this may shock and disgust some people

I don't care:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwtBqamUNJw&feature=related

[BurtWorm]

7. Good Life

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbRSa00US-c

[begin_within]

21. oops

posted in wrong place

[peekaloo]

50. that brings to mind an episode of Barney Miller

where someone asked Harris "How are things down in Funkytown?"...."Oh dey fine, dey fine." :rofl:

[WillParkinson]

218. I love that song!

I used to listen to it all the time.

[XemaSab]

8. Radiohead - Creep

[Tommy_Carcetti]

55. Radiohead is a one-hit wonder?

I mean, a lot of their songs aren't really accessible for most commercial radio, especially their most experimental stuff in the Kid A/Amnesiac era, but I wouldn't call them a flash in the pan by any stretch.

[XemaSab]

71. I just threw that out there

to see if anyone would bite. :P

[Tommy_Carcetti]

72. LOL I am a sucker, indeed.

But surely, repeated plays of "Paranoid Android" and "Fake Plastic Trees" on mainstream alt rock stations guarantees that Radiohead would not be pidgeonholed into one-hit-wonder status.

[Hissyspit]

184. Technically, "Creep" is the only Radiohead song to reach the Billboard Top 40

which is the traditional definition of one-hit wonder, although these days it does not really apply. "Nude" got a lot of Top 40 airplay a couple of years ago.

"Creep" got to #34.

[SarahB]

198. Nope. Naked got to #37 a couple of years ago. nt

[Hissyspit]

211. Airplay. Not combined airplay and sales.

I had actually typed that into my post and took it out! But, as I said, as times change and music delivery changes and the way popularity gets ranked, it's almost not equivalent to compare from decade to decade. Still, yeah it kind of seems ridiculous to think of Radiohead as "one-hit wonders." I heard both "High and Dry" and "Fake Plastic Trees" on the radio a lot.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

9. Games (by Redeye)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NUf4O7hmCk

[Sebastian Doyle]

10. Modern English - I Melt With You

Long before fucking Burger King and Taco Hell turned it into a fast food commercial :evilfrown:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuN6gs0AJls

[snailly]

11. Everytime I hear that song I fly back in time to summer 1983

It made me so happy then.

[driver8]

66. That is a great song. When I was on spring break in Daytona, we saw

Modern English play. We got to meet the band later in a bar we were hanging out in.

We thought we were so cool.

[Tikki]

12. "Quick Joey Small (Run Joey, Joey Run Run)"...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EivEoAWr-h4

Kasenetz-Katz Singing Orchestral Circus


Tikki

[Hissyspit]

185. Bubblegum Masterpiece. nt

[Mopar151]

13. Echo Beach - Martha and the Muffins

Vehicle - Ides of March

Are You Ready - Pacific Gas & Electric

Tequila - The Champs

links soon....

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EBMo8xHGNs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUZtVRFebQY&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMmRlgFe0cU

[driver8]

68. I love Martha and the Muffins. They had some great songs.

They later changed their name to M&M -- I loved their album "Mystery Walk".

[6000eliot]

14. "Sky High" by Jigsaw

Also, "Beach Baby" by First Class.

[ornotna]

15. It's A Beautiful Day - White Bird

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRKtPCr8v_4

[begin_within]

34. the entire album is good

I could listen to the album all the way through. "White Bird" is the highlight but I also love "Girl With No Eyes" and really everything on it.

[tigereye]

141. yes, that's a good one

[mojowork_n]

16. Hmmm, Ol' Skool R & B's 2 best were....

Patrice Rushen. I think the name of the song was "Sympathy Forget Me Nots," or something like that.

Also Mtume, "Juicy Fruit"

http://www.youtube.com/index?ytsession=WVzVYeU5-5TT3h_XV8Zi2xBTfaXBMINqTLpX1lF0JJs_Q6OrmBqmdY_Jd5CXxfwi14gEk9bEHe8duGcS-TN9ONJzmNNIEExAwbfNEcD7YA71zD-PtO2RIffJiSiPPomDeWn1_w2U4PiYXFfyn9IId1150p_3guT1Yz3lKlFH0kl_DcdW9rRQEDjGK9wVUqjhb5beZCmy_0yY6hRm088XnygsGu5DoZ5MZvohJQeQeaZPJyEGXRTKvHOymctuXxT8ADDZuqpiO2U1GCKoImJ6EqsV0ScftjNzlbbwe03I08Er25ZTQ4ruqkGex0UyodBhq5UevC5rwi-LVDacK6FvVxcCLPFny6zBe18qoToANSwJiE65-4zYzQ


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi7mq3MEVeM

[TheDebbieDee]

266. Sending you forget-me-nots......to help you to remember.....

[Skip Intro]

17. Turn Up the Radio - Autograph

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHLXnyY537c

[Skip Intro]

18. Also "Last Chance" by Shooting Star (killer song)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5BqpvcWuyo

"Stand up on your feet, 'cuz your life is short as hell..."


When the stranger came to town
All the people watched with wonder
In their tattered clothes
Gathered ‘round and raised their eyes up from the dirt

And the stranger said to them
I have been upon the mountain
I have witnessed forces, like cannons
That could ram you to the ground

Stand up on your feet
'Cause your life is short as hell
You could be dead tomorrow
Today may be your

Last chance to believe in yourself
Your last chance to yell
Your last chance to be good to yourself
Your last chance to drink from life's well

In the crowd a voice was heard
Should we get them before they get you
Should we strike the first blow
He said no, no, no, you don't understand

The enemy is in your heart
Self-respect robbed by self-pity
Look across the country
All the people with their dreams dead in their hearts

Stand up your feet
'Cause your life is short as hell
You could be dead tomorrow
Today may be your

Last chance to believe in yourself
Your last chance to yell
Your last chance to be good to yourself
Your last chance to drink from life's well

So drink from the well
Oh yeah

It could be your
Last chance to believe in yourself
Your last chance to yell
Your last chance to be good to yourself
Your last chance to drink from life's well

Drink from the well
Oh yeah
Yeah

Drink from the well

[Aristus]

19. A Fine, Fine Day by Tony Carey.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9jb8xWhbxU

[Sebastian Doyle]

73. Tony Carey managed to be a one hit wonder twice, believe it or not.

He had that one hit under his own name. And this one hit under the name "Planet P Project"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svl1t4b1RD4

[bluesbassman]

20. Turning Japanese - The Vapors

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEmJ-VWPDM4

[Mopar151]

63. Walking on Sunshine

Katrina and the waves

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPUmE-tne5U&feature=channel

haven't heard it in a while - nice video - now I'm crushin' on Katrina!

[bluethruandthru]

136. +1

[SunnySong]

258. I love the remake with Kirsten Dunst

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/80923219/

[Touchdown]

22. A Million Miles Away from The Plimsouls.

And nothing's ever gonna take me back!

[here_is_to_hope]

118. Wow, that's a tune I forgot about.

David was a neighbor in the late 1970's, my brother did roadie work for them. I was invited to a party in Downey by David and crew, I go in to the kitchen where there was rumored to be be margarita's and lo and behold, it's half of the Go-Go's doing the mixing.
David is still around, lives in Topanga Canyon, surfs a bit.
Good times.

[Skittles]

23. Something in the Air - Thunderclap Newman

yes INDEED

[Capn Sunshine]

26. fucking A

we got to get together sooner or later

[Contrary1]

30. Some really great memories in this thread...thanks for reminding me about this one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfvbz4j07KA

[JanMichael]

240. It's also on the soundtrack of "Kingpin" which is one of the best ever.

Dumb but funny movie with great music.

[begin_within]

24. just some of them...

"Twine Time" Alvin Cash & the Crawlers
"Bend Me Shape Me" American Breed
"Incense and Peppermints" Strawberry Alarm Clock
"Music to Watch Girls By" Bob Crewe Generation
"Ode to Billy Joe" Bobby Gentry
"The Letter" Boxtops
"Dazz" Brick
"Thunder and Lightning" Chi Coltrane
"Tubthumping" Chumbawumba
"War" Edwin Star
"Orinoco Flow" Enya
"Praise You" Fatboy Slim
"Absolutely Right" and "Signs" The Five Man Electrical Band
"I Love A Man In A Uniform" Gang of Four
"Cars" Gary Numan
"The Wayward Wind" Gogi Grant
"What's On Your Mind" Information Society
"At Seventeen" Janis Ian
"Pretty Ballerina" Left Banke
"Green Tambourine" Lemon Pipers
"Steal My Sunshine" Len
"The Mummer's Dance" Loreena McKinnick
"Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)" Melanie Safka. Yeah I know she had a couple others.
"Those Were the Days" Mary Hopkin
"Winchester Cathedral" New Vaudeville Band
"New York New York" Nina Hagen
"96 Tears" ? and the Mysterians
"Come On A My House" Rosemary Clooney
"These Boots are Made For Walkin'" Nancy Sinatra
"How Soon Is Now" Smiths
"Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" Steam
"Don't Leave Me This Way" Thelma Houston
"Classical Gas" by whoever it was
"We are Family" by Sister Sledge
"Superfly" by Curtis Mayfield
"Sausalito Summernight" by Diesel
"No New Tale to Tell" by Love & Rockets
"Love Rollercoaster" by the Ohio Players
"I'm Too Sexy" by Right Said Fred
"Generals and Majors" by XTC
"Five O'Clock World" by The Vogues
"Dizzy" and "Jam Up & Jelly Tight" by Tommy Roe
"Mixed Bizness" by Beck

[Kat45]

94. Not all one-hit wonders:

The Left Banke had a (perhaps bigger) hit with "Walk Away Renee"
Same for Janis Ian with "Society's Child."
The Vogues also had a number of songs on the charts.
Tommy Roe also had a hit with "Sweet Pea"

[Z_I_Peevey]

123. Mason Williams

did Classical Gas, and I agree, it was great. Still have a fond memory of pressing my ear up against the big console stero at Cousin Mike's house in 1968 to hear it for the first time. The next day we went to the Haight to look at the hippies. Ah, good times, good times.

[hyphenate]

249. Classical Gas was by Mason Williams

and it was hardly by a 1 hit wonder guy. Williams also wrote the intro music for the Smothers Brothers, and a whole lot of other stuff.

[Capn Sunshine]

25. Wooley Bully -Sam the Sham and the Pharoahs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6P7g_qz2OU

[fishwax]

27. Reflections of My Life, by Marmalade

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79NiN7ISW7E

[Contrary1]

29. I loved that one. Thanks! n/t

[Phentex]

40. I never knew who sang that...

or even the name. Takes ya back!

[GCP]

46. Love that!

Thanks

[JanMichael]

241. One of my favorite songs EVER!

Seriously a beuatiful and well done song.

As "one hit wonders" Marmalade was actually a "few hits wonder".

[Contrary1]

28. Spirit In The Sky - Norman Greenbaum

http://vodpod.com/watch/218967-norman-greenbaum-spirit-in-the-sky

[GCP]

47. Another favorite

[driver8]

69. Ha! I heard this song on the way to work this morning!

Love this song!

[Sebastian Doyle]

74. That song also spawned another one hit wonder in the 80's

for a group called Doctor & the Medics. As far as 80's remakes of 60's songs go, it wasn't bad.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9X2fdGEWOhA

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

205. Good song, until.....

....it turned up in every movie trailer ever.

[csziggy]

31. Some people consider this to be a one hit wonder

Since Buffalo Springfield regrouped after it topped the charts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0g9PiEgYYUU&

I'm not sure if this one qualifies, but I had not seen this version of it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQrNWZ4Y5tU&

[ThomasQED]

32. A lot of great songs in this thread!

Here are a couple of mine:

Love Delegation - I'm Gonna Knock You Out
I'm Gonna Knock You Out

David Dundas - Jeans On
Jeans On

[MissHoneychurch]

33. Terry Jacks - Seasons in the Sun

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DH5R2EoN6m8

and also Marc Almond/Gene Pitney/Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart (yes, I am a child of the 80s :) )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJNhuRYFx6E

[begin_within]

35. I always liked "Seasons in the Sun" yet was belittled for it

Not on DU, just among friends. I see nothing wrong with it myself.

[MissHoneychurch]

36. It is a sad song

but still so beautiful.

Nothing wrong with you for liking it. :pals:

[applegrove]

178. Me too. I used to cry I thought it was such a sad song.

[NanceGreggs]

37. Thanks so much ...

... for posting that link. I have been a Gene Pitney fan since my teens.

[MissHoneychurch]

39. My pleasure Nance

:hi:

[amyrose2712]

161. OMG I've loved that song since i was like 5. Kinda morbid that and Wildfire. nt

[carlyhippy]

257. That song was offered to the Beach Boys, who started recording and never did finish

not happy enough, and didn't invovle cars, school, girls and surfing.

[NanceGreggs]

38. This one ...

"Waiting for a Star to Fall" (Boy Meets Girl - 1988)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxlAK8oKgdE

[deutsey]

41. Dancing in the Moonlight

Man, I loved that song when I was a kid and it still resonates with me.

"Everybody here is outta sight/They don't bark and they don't bite..."

[Mopar151]

67. Nice fan vid, too

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEQnC1MTIQE

Same title, different song, different band, great too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHA3EZHvSWg

[GoCubsGo]

154. I love that song!

Add me as another who considers that song her favorite one hit wonder.

[TommyO]

42. The Dream Academy, "Life in a Northern Town"

the already mentioned "I Melt With You" by Modern English and Katrina and the Waves, "Walking on Sunshine", it's the perfect, way too saccharine, bouncy, get you in the mood for an amusement park song.

[groovedaddy]

43. "Rock On" by David Essex 1973 n.t

[Mopar151]

70. 1975 video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgcYfKw0_TI

[groovedaddy]

44. dupe

[groovedaddy]

45. Dupe

[Crystal Clarity]

48. American Pie

by Don McLean

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr-BYVeCv6U&feature=related

[Mad_Dem_X]

88. Don McLean had other hits

"Vincent (Starry, Starry Night)", to name just one. He also did a remake of Roy Orbison's "Crying" that was excellent.

[Crystal Clarity]

91. Yeah you're right

My bad. :spank:

[hyphenate]

250. Yeah

Don did a lot of great songs. Not just AP and Vincent, I've always loved his version of "Crying," "Castles in the Air" and "I Love You So."

[raccoon]

49. "Little Star" by the Elegants. nt

[peekaloo]

51. Lucky Number by Lene Lovich. nt

[Kat45]

93. She had another hit, perhaps bigger, with "New Toy." n/t

[peekaloo]

113. D'oh!

:blush:

[Arkansas Granny]

52. I can think of a few right off the top of my head.

"Signs" - Five Man Electrical Band

"Magnet and Steel" - Walter Egan

"San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair)" - Scott McKenzie

Those artists may have had other songs, but I don't know that I ever heard any more hits from any of them.

[Mad_Dem_X]

177. I love "Magnet and Steel"

Great song!

[IDemo]

254. I held the gold record for that in my hand n/t

[Mr. Ected]

188. 5 Man Electrical Band

Had one other hit which is still one of my favorites: Absolutely Right.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qxa_I_GGe8k

[cordelia]

53. Born to be Alive

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVgM7qeAlko

[Courtesy Flush]

54. "Dancing in the moonlight" by King Harvest. nt

[TZ]

56. Come on Eileen!

Love the 80's rock +fiddle combo

[WinkyDink]

120. ABSOLUTELY!!!!

[KamaAina]

201. Dexys Midnight Runners were only a one-hit wonder on this side of the pond

they had several other hits in the UK.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

57. New Radicals "You Get What You Give"

A great song by a band that only put out one album.

There are some other more poppy one-hit wonders that I have soft spots for, mainly because of sentinmental attachment. For example, "Tubthumping" by Chumbawumba reminds me of starting my freshmen year, as does "How Bizarre" by OMC. "Save Tonight" by Eagle Eye Cherry reminds me of when I first started dating my wife. "Steal My Sunshine" by LEN reminds me of summers in my college years. Heck, I even have a soft spot for the "Macarena" which was everywhere in the summer of 1996.

[jesus_of_suburbia]

157. New Radicals also had a nice song called "Someday We'll Know"

...but it wasn't a hit


I also love "Tubthumping" and "Steal My Sunshine".

[Swede]

58. In The Year 2525 - Zager & Evans

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

[blueamy66]

59. Nick Gilder

Hot Child in the City

[HughBeaumont]

80. Good one. Kurt Cobain lifted that song's verse for "Smells Like Teen Spirit".

[blueamy66]

82. Really?

I'll have to check that out.

Also love Spiral Starecase's "I Love You More Today Than Yesterday"!

[HughBeaumont]

84. Also elements of "More than a Feeling".

The dynamic was to emualate the Pixies, but good ol' 70s rock didn't hurt matters.

[Sebastian Doyle]

99. Now that one is true enough

As heard here.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7FHjNAFZnE

[Sebastian Doyle]

98. I don't see any resemblance at all.

Now on the other hand, there's a song on Billy Idol's first solo album called "Hot In The City" which could be considered a rather blatant "borrowing" from Mr. Gilder.

Billy's lyrics:
Stranger, stranger, stranger, stranger

It's hot here at night, lonely, black and quiet
On a hot summer night
Don't be afraid of the world we made
On a hot summer night

'Cause when a long-legged lovely walks by
Yeah you can see the look in her eye
Then you know that it's


Hot in the city, hot in the city tonight, tonight
Hot in the city, hot in the city tonight, tonight

Stranger, stranger

For all the dreams and schemes,
people are as they seem
On a hot summer night
Don't be no fun, don't forget you're young
On a hot summer night

A sometime someone you're not
Don't wait to see what you got
'Cause you know that you're



We'll walk until my feet drop
I'm a train when I'm hateful
Yeah, lay right down now
And ride until your head breaks
I'm a-walkin' 'til my brain pops
I will move with the beat now
I'm a chain 'round an A-bomb
I'm a ribbon in the heat now
New York!

Nick's lyrics:

Danger in the shape of somethin' wild
Stranger dressed in black, she's a hungry child
No one knows who she is or what her name is
I don't know where she came from or what her game is

(Hot child in the city)
(Hot child in the city)
(Runnin' wild and lookin' pretty)
(Hot child in the city)

So young to be loose and on her own
Young boys, they all want to take her home
She goes downtown, the boys all stop and stare
When she goes downtown, she walks like she just don't care, care

(Hot child in the city)
(Hot child in the city)
(Runnin' wild and lookin' pretty)
Yeah
(Hot child in the city)

Come on down to my place, baby
We'll talk about love
Come on down to my place, woman
We'll make love!

Hot child in the city
(Hot child in the city)
She's kinda dangerous
(Hot child in the city)
Young child
(Runnin' wild and lookin' pretty)
Young child, runnin' wild
(Hot child in the city)
Hot child in the city
(Hot child in the city)
(Hot child in the city)
(Hot child in the city)
Hot child in the city
(Hot child in the city)
Hot child in the city
(Hot child in the city)


Who knows, maybe they were writing about the same chick? :shrug:

[hamsterjill]

61. Red Rubber Ball

By the Cyrkle.

If you have to ask why, then you need to listen to the song!

[WinkyDink]

121. 1966? . The Cyrkle was a local group from my husband's Alma Mater.

[hamsterjill]

128. Oh, that's kewl!!!

Red Rubber Ball was my divorce song!!! LOL I still send it to friends who are divorcing.

[Maccagirl]

149. Written by Paul Simon

and the Cyrkle was famous for being the American band managed by Brian Epstein.

[musette_sf]

236. and I saw the Cyrkle at Shea Stadium

opening for the lads.

Other opening acts that night:

Roy Head
Bobby Hebb

Epstein and Bernstein didn't skimp on the talent, it wasn't the Colonel Parker parade of losers before EP.

[pintobean]

62. Diesel - Sausalito summer nights

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMAGI7zRqj8

[begin_within]

96. I have a 45 record of that, and

I also read that it is commonly mistaken to be the Steve Miller Band instead of Diesel. Weird.

[Richardo]

64. The Israelites - Desmond Dekker

Proto-reggae!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5JHGi0awgc

[Oceansaway]

65. One Toke Over The Line...1971...

One Toke Over The Line
Brewer & Shipley

One toke over the line sweet Jesus
One toke over the line
Sittin' downtown in a railway station
One toke over the line

Awaitin' for the train that goes home, sweet Mary
Hopin' that the train is on time
Sittin' downtown in a railway station
One toke over the line

Whoooo do you love, I hope it's me
I've bin a changin', as you can plainly see
I felt the joy and I learned about the pain that my momma said
If I should choose to make a part of me, surely strike me dead
Now I'm one toke over the line sweet Jesus
One toke over the line
Sittin' downtown in a railway station
One toke over the line
I'm waitin' for the train that goes home sweet Mary
Hopin' that the train is on time
Sittin' downtown in a railway station
One toke over the line

I bin away a country mile,
Now I'm returnin' showin' off a smile
I met all the girls and loved myself a few
Ended by surprise like everything else I've been through
It opened up my eyes and now I'm
One toke over the line sweet Jesus
One toke over the line
Sittin' downtown in a railway station
Don't you just know I waitin' for the train that goes home sweet Mary
Hopin' that the train is on time
Sittin' downtown in a railway station
One toke over the line

Don't you just know I waitin' for the train that goes home sweet Mary
Hopin' that the train is on time
Sittin' downtown in a railway station
One toke over the line

I want to be
One toke over the line sweet Jesus
One toke over the line
Sittin' downtown in a railway station
One toke over the line
Don't you just know I waitin' for the train that goes home sweet Mary
Hopin' that the train is on time
Sittin' downtown in a railway station
One toke over the line
Sittin' downtown in a railway station
One toke over line
One toke, one toke over the line

[pintobean]

75. You've prompted me to

download the Brewer & Shipley – Weeds And Tarkio albums.

[Sebastian Doyle]

76. Check out this cover version

Let's just say it's uh.... wonderful, wonderful :evilgrin:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye3ecDYxOkg

[pintobean]

77. That's

8↑
but, she sure was pretty.

[HughBeaumont]

78. 10cc - "I'm Not in Love"

Possibly one of the most unique, lush and haunting pop songs ever recorded.

Problem is, 10cc is a two-hit wonder. But still.

[gizmonic]

83. +1

:thumbsup:

[MissMillie]

114. +2

GREAT song

[Oceansaway]

79. I've Never Been To Me...Charlene...

Hey lady, you lady
cursing at your life
you're a discontented mother
and a regimented wife
I `ve no doubt
you dream about the things you never do
but I wish someone had a talk to me like I wanna talk to you

Oh, I've been to Georgia and California and anywhere I could run
Took the hand of a preacher man
and we made love in the sun
But I ran out of places and friendly faces
Because I had to be free
I've been to paradise but I've never been to me...

Please lady please lady
don't just walk away
Cause I have this need to tell you
why I'm all alone today
I can see so much of me
still living in your eyes
won't you share a part
of a weary heart that has lived a million lives

Oh, I've been to Nice and the isle of Greece
when I sipped champagne on a yacht
I moved like Harlow in Monte Carlo
and showed them what I've got
I've been undressed by kings
and I've seen some things that a woman ain't s'pose to see
I've been to paradise but I've never been to me...

Hey, you know what paradise is?
It's a lie
a fantasy we created about people and places
as we like them to be
but you know what truth is?
it's that little baby you're holding
and it's that man you fought with this morning
the same one you are gonna make love to tonight
that's truth that's love

Sometimes I've been to crying for unborn children
that might have made me complete
but I, I took the sweet life
I never knew I'd be bitter from the sweet
I spent my life exploring
the subtle whoring
that costs too much to be free
hey lady I've been to paradise
but I've never been to me...

I've been to paradise but I've never been to me...

[foxfeet]

85. The anthem of drag queens everywhere in the English-speaking world.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIK_ML_YM24

[BurtWorm]

81. Come and Get Your Love, by Redbone

http://youtu.be/-7eloXr2iak

[Fire Walk With Me]

86. "Oh Yeah" by Yello.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q7FFjUpVLg

I've always loved them.

"The Evening's Young".

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

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

87. "Harden my Heart" by Quarterflash

[Sebastian Doyle]

104. The irony of them choosing that name

They were originally called "Seafood Mama" and had a pretty good regional following in the Pacific Northwest. I believe the record label told them to change the name of the band. Might as well have been "Quarterflashinthepan" as long as their career lasted :evilfrown:

[Zorra]

124. Good one. I love that song. nt

[Mad_Dem_X]

89. Jane Child - "Don't Wanna Fall In Love" n/t

[Doc_Technical]

90. Los Bravos- Black is Black

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxrdOQuXhN0&feature=related

[Steely_Dan]

92. "Take On Me"

by Ah Ha

[Orrex]

107. One hit wonder? Bah!

Everyone remembers their stirring title track to James Bond's The Living Daylights, right?


Right?




Um... Right?

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

108. In Brazil, they had at least 10 hit songs.

But that's in Brazil.

[Recovered Repug]

148. Many years ago there was a tv commercial for

Slim Whitman's Greatest Hits. The hook was he had sold more records than Elvis or the Beatles - in Argentina (I believe).

[WinkyDink]

122. a-ha just completed--or are completing---a sold-out reunion tour.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

206. That was a better theme than "View To A Kill"

And an underrated Bond movie.

[HughBeaumont]

111. Funny thing about that song . . . the album it comes off of is very, VERY good and underrated.

You would think the band that did "Take on Me" would have nothing but fluff and filler for the rest of Hunting High and Low, just like most pop bands of their kind did. But that album has some very well-crafted compositions on it; enough to make you wonder why they were just a "one-and-a-half" hit wonder band.

The title track alone was a near-hit on MTV, as was "The Sun Always Shines on TV". "Train of Thought", "Dream Myself Alive" and "Living A Boy's Adventure Tale" are also very good tunes.

I even like some songs on their U.S.-bombed follow-up Scoundrel Days. a-Ha was one of those bands that found a larger international audience than they did an American one.

[Bennyboy]

95. Na, Na, Hey, Hey, Goodbye... STEAM

A band from Fresno. Funny how that song has become the staple of sporting events since then... 1972 I think...

[csziggy]

109. Every time I hear that song from now on I will remember this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HjokWpIask

From about 2:20 to around 3:00 :evilgrin:

[kimi]

145. I was there!!

And yes, the crowd where I was - and we were close enough to see the Capitol - broke into that song several times during the event. It caught on like wildfire and I'm not a huge singing-out-loud type of person, but I sang as loud as anyone that day.

[csziggy]

152. I'm jealous - I had the chance to go but couldn't hack the crowds or the cold

Some of our local volunteers hired buses and did go - they had such a great time.

For me, one of the highlights was when all of y'all broke into the song.

[GoCubsGo]

155. It must have killed Piggy Noonan to hear that

She just adores her dear Dumbya.

[Richardo]

97. "Friday on My Mind" - Easybeats

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80c_9KrEjs8&feature=related

[Sebastian Doyle]

100. The Easybeats only had one hit in the US. But they played a part in something much bigger

Band members Harry Vanda and George Young produced a lot of albums in their native Australia. Including the first 4 albums by a band featuring George's little brothers, Angus & Malcolm.

[Richardo]

105. "I did not know that."

That's some weird, wild stuff.






Seriously, I had no idea they were connected to AC/DC. That's amazing. :thumbsup:

[Sebastian Doyle]

106. And in other shocking Aussie rock news.....

Rick Springfield - yes that guy who sang "Jesse's Girl" while starring on General Hospital - used to actually play in a real rock n roll band.

No, I'm not kidding ---------> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_3IUASoqfM

[Kat45]

119. Yes. And Vanda and Young later had a band called Flash and the Pan.

You may remember their song "Walking in the Rain" from 1979.

[Frank Cannon]

101. Double, "Captain of her Heart" n/t

[shawmut]

116. yup ... great song

the first song I thought of when I saw this thread.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBlx1JffMQ4

[Richardo]

102. "Free Nelson Mandela" - Special AKA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3NJwyzFlTE&feature=related

[blue_roses_lib]

103. Waiting For a Star To Fall

~~~~ Boy Meets Girl.

That song never gets old.

hear your name whispered on the wind
It's a sound that makes me cry..
I hear a song blow again and again
Through my mind and I don't know why..

I wish I didn't feel so strong about you
Like happiness and love revolve around you..
Trying to catch your heart
Is like trying to catch a star..

So many people love you baby
That must be what you are..

Waiting for a star to fall
And carry your heart into my arms,
That's where you belong, in my arms baby..

Waiting for a star to fall
And carry your heart into my arms,
That's where you belong, in my arms baby..

I've learn to feel what I cannot see
But with you I lose that vision..
I don't know how to dream your dream
So I'm all caught up in superstition..

I want to reach out and pull you to me
Who says I should let a wild one go free..
Trying to catch your heart
Is like trying to catch a star..

But I can't love you this much baby
And love you from this far..

Waiting for a star to fall
And carry your heart into my arms,
That's where you belong, in my arms baby..

Waiting for a star to fall
And carry your heart into my arms,
That's where you belong, in my arms baby..

Waiting, however long.
I don't like waiting, I'll wait for you..
It's so hard waiting, don't be too long..
Seems like waiting, makes me love you even more

This thread is bringing back memories :thumbsup:

And another... I know this isn't a one hit wonder, but it's the only song of hers I know, so it's a one hit wonder to me:

"Piano in the Dark" Brenda Russell

Piano In The Dark

When I find myself watching the time
I never think about all the funny things you said
I feel like it's dead
Where is it leading me now

I turn around in the still of the room
Knowing this is when I'm gonna make my move
Can't wait any longer
And I'm feeling stronger but oh

Just as I walk through the door
I can feel your emotion
It's pullin' me back
Back to love you

I know I'm caught up in the middle
I cry just a little
When I think of letting go
Oh no, gave up on the riddle
I cry just a little
When he plays piano in the dark

He holds me close like a thief of the heart
He plays a melody
Born to tear me all apart
The silence is broken
And no words are spoken but oh

Just as I walk through the door
I can feel your emotion
It's pullin' me back
Back to love you

I know I'm caught up in the middle
I cry just a little
When I think of letting go
Oh no, gave up on the riddle
I cry just a little
When he plays piano in the dark

[Mopar151]

110. a song about one hit wonders!

Nick Lowe "They Called it Rock"

Nick and sometime bandmate Dave Edmunds have a whole bunch of great songs - no one hit wonders for them
See if you remember this one!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn2sxPE6D3k

[HughBeaumont]

112. This video looks like fun:

Remember this one from the Night Flight days: Joe King Carrasco and The Crowns - "Party Weekend" (complete with stage dive)

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

[Beer Snob-50]

115. 99 red ballons by nina

although that whole album really was good.

[Iggo]

132. The German language version, of course. (99 Luftballons)

I saw an interview with the band where they seemed a little miffed that Americans prefer the German version. (I think it was on one of those one-hit-wonder shows on VH-1, come to think of it...lol.)

[Beer Snob-50]

134. the album had both versions on it

as well as an equal mix of both languages.

[Iggo]

135. Ah, okay. So the message was not lost, then.

[MicaelS]

117. In the Year 2525

by Zager and Evans

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izQB2-Kmiic

Classic!

[Zorra]

125. "Joey" by Concrete Blonde

[SoxFan]

151. And that song is actually one of the weaker ones on that album

"Bloodletting" is a great album begining to end.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

192. oh god yes! The Vampire Song.

love the demons laughing at the end as the churchbell tolls.

the feel of it, it really feels like New Orleans, the French Quarter around the big church at 3 am.

[Zorra]

230. I totally agree, I love that album. nt

[S n o w b a l l]

126. The Blow Monkeys - Digging Your Scene

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThfrfBlOE5E

[ArnoldLayne]

127. Starry Eyes-The Records

[Coventina]

129. These sorts of discussions are always hard for me. How to define

"one hit wonder"?

My husband and I get into arguments because he considers Bobby McFerrin as a "one hit wonder" due to "Don't Worry, Be Happy". I argue that just because he only had one "hit song", he doesn't fall into that category because he's had a decades long successful musical career.

I see several artists listed in this thread that I certainly do not categorize as "one hit wonders" because they had successful careers. Maybe they only had one "big" hit, but they were on alternative radio with multiple albums.

Sorry, just had to get that off my chest.

[nuxvomica]

130. I always liked BTBA, too

I thought I was the only one. :hi:

[Iggo]

131. What a great thread. Kick for nostalgia.

Keep 'em coming, folks.

[Coventina]

133. Sample That! Bang Orchestra

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

IMHO: They really were a one-hit wonder!

[gratuitous]

137. Shame on you, DU: Where's Dexy's Midnight Runners?

Come on, Eileen!

[Phentex]

143. #56 above...nt

right up there

[gratuitous]

144. Like I'm supposed to actually read before I post?

Pffft! This is the Lounge! As if.

[Phentex]

146. LOL! You're right...

especially these big ass threads! :)

[Rob H.]

138. Peter Schilling - "Major Tom (Coming Home)"

Some car company recently featured a boring, completely characterless cover of it, which kind of annoyed me.

Edited to add: According to good ol' Wikipedia, Schilling has had quite a long career overseas so I guess he's not technically a one-hit wonder everywhere, just here in the USA.

[independentpiney]

139. 96Tears- Question Mark & The Mysterions

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgfnCTp3p7U&feature=related

[tigereye]

140. Sugar Sugar by the Archies - I think that was a one hit...

[carlyhippy]

255. Loved the archies, I liked their other one hit, jingle jangle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUsHC7OYOtA

[Spirochete]

265. They had another one

under a different name, though: Tracy, by the Cufflinks.

[ceile]

142. Pretty much everything on VH1 in the late 80s

The System "Don't Disturb This Groove"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUVn3AKmY2I

Swing Out Sister "Breakout"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kF0P1VD82E

Soul II Soul "Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVtCFolzgeg

[laundry_queen]

164. Loved Back to Life. nt

[JanMichael]

253. Swing Out Sister had two or three hits in the US and more in the UK.

They've put out 9 albums. I really can't see them as one hitters. I appreciate the mention of them though as they are one of my late night youtube choices when playing college and older stuff.

[av8rdave]

147. In a Big Country

By...who else? Big Country!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bw2o_Go4QWI

[BlancheSplanchnik]

193. !

YES! :thumbsup:

[Maccagirl]

150. Little Black Egg by the Nightcrawlers

a garage-band staple way back when.

Does "Double Shot of My Baby's Love" by the the Swinging Medallions count?

[doc03]

153. "Play that Funky Music" by local group Wild Cherry 1976

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRr2kf84V2M

[Bennyboy]

163. Stripper Music...

The first time I ever saw a Stripper, this song was playing. Also the first time I heard the song too..

[Faygo Kid]

156. The Letter - the Box Tops

Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane,
Ain't got time to take a fast train.
Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home,
'Cause my baby just a-wrote me a letter.

Everybody liked that one.

[Sebastian Doyle]

160. R.I.P. Alex Chilton

Who moved on from the one-hit Box Tops to the "no hit" Big Star. Which proves what a false measure of success a "hit single" truly is.

Technically, the Grateful Dead were a "one hit wonder", since they only had one single that ever did well on the charts.

Which would be this one, of course --------> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmT6udys8Tc


But I don't know anyone with two functional brain cells who would put The Dead in the same category as Aha or The Electric Prunes. :evilgrin:

[Hissyspit]

187. They hit with "Cry Like A Baby" (#2) and "Soul Deep" (#18)

definitely not one-hit wonders.

"Love is a river runnin' soul deep..."

[Bennyboy]

158. Hocus Pocus by Focus.

I heard it today at eh World Cup as background music for the opening segment.

Funny too, cuz they weren't a rock band at all but had the one hit...

[GalleryGod]

159. Kick for Nostalgia on a Steamy Saturday! The YOUNGER GIRL by the Critters

Thanks for this thread!
:yourock:

[amyrose2712]

162. 99 Luftballons-by Nena

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9whehyybLqU

[laundry_queen]

165. Marcy Playground - sex and candy.

not totally 'way back when' but it was awhile ago and I still like it when it comes on.

[Odin2005]

166. "Who Let The Dogs Out" by Baha Men

[AllenVanAllen]

167. Kids in America

By Kim Wilde

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvICy8fx9fQ

[S n o w b a l l]

168. The Floaters - Float On

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gT_9OUvmb5I

[S n o w b a l l]

172. Sukiyaki

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtXQ31F1A-k

[Lydia Leftcoast]

252. Kyu Sakamoto was anything but a one-hit wonder in Japan

He had a long career as a singer and TV personality in Japan until his death in 1985 in one of the world's worst plane crashes, a Japan Airlines 747 slamming into a mountain on a domestic flight, due to the tail breaking off. (I know because I spent that summer in Japan and remember when the news of the crash broke.)

[S n o w b a l l]

169. Us3 - Cantaloop

Almost forgot this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9HnoRgRIwg

[Bennyboy]

170. 867-5309Jenny..Greg Kihn

Earworm deluxe.

[ornotna]

173. That was a good one

But was actually performed by Tommy Tutone.

[Bennyboy]

179. Oh man....

What was the Greg kihn one hit wonder?

[ornotna]

180. He had two

"The breakup Song" in 1981 and "Jeopardy" in 1983.

[bluesbassman]

216. He's now the morning DJ on 98.5 KFOX in San Jose.

Not a bad radio voice, and certainly has a lot of amusing anecdotes. Kind of a right winger though.

[Bluzmann57]

171. Funk 49

James Gang with Joe Walsh. In reality, this probably wasn't a "hit' but it gets played often by a lot of us oldsters. And with good reason.

[Mopar151]

195. Walk Away

Unbeleivable sound from 3 pc band
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1ZUU8xi7qY

[ornotna]

174. High school memories

Stories - "Brother Louie"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-5Y5PX2qHQ

[S n o w b a l l]

175. Good one! nt

[KatyaR]

176. Head East - "Never Been Any Reason."

I can't believe no one posted this--it rocks! :headbang:

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

[MadBadger]

181. Since Way Back for me is the 90s, got plenty of those

Save Tonight - Eagle Eye Cherry
Closing Time - Semisonic
The Freshmen - The Verve Pipe
The Way - Fastball


To name a few

[Mr. Ected]

182. Sniff N the Tears - Driver's Seat

The Kings - This Beat Goes On/Switching to Glide

Saga - On the Loose

Pilot - Magic

There's about 600 more on my ipod from the 60's, 70's, 80's and 90's. I love one-hit wonders!!

[Hissyspit]

186. Kick Ass songs.

Well, except for the Saga song.

[Mopar151]

196. Switchin to Glide vid

Live, sloppy, old farts feelin' young - perfect!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0gTpi4bpzw&feature=related

[lifesbeautifulmagic]

243. The Kings - This Beat Goes On/Switching to Glide!!!!!

OMG!!!! I totally forgot about that song, thanks so much, off to download it now!!

[HughBeaumont]

229. Switching to Glide . . . That song was played relentlessly on Cleveland radio in 1979-80.

Damn. That and "Funky Poodle" by Wild Horses.

There's this song . . . the lyrics go something like this:

Happy Birthday Kid, Here's a present for you
When you're older, we're through
Now don't take it hard and try not to cry
The truth is I must lie.

It must've been an unsigned band that did this back in 1981; I thought that song was awesome. Either way, I can't find hide nor hair of it on a google search. Don't know the name of the song or the band that did it.

[Hissyspit]

183. New York City "I'm Doing Fine Now"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRwDOX28OK0

[radiclib]

189. Fifty years after her one hit

..she's still got it goin' on

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0GjQNgLt9M

[BlancheSplanchnik]

190. "Radar Love" by Golden Earring

of course!

[Mopar151]

197. Live vid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeRa3RtBiIU

[BlancheSplanchnik]

194. Black Box "Everybody Everybody" and Snap "The Power"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehib674Fg4U

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z33tH-JdPDg&feature=related

[BlueIris]

203. Tee hee. I love those.

I have a '90s hits CD that I bought exclusively for those songs.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

207. Black Box also did "Strike It Up"

Which was a hit.

[Mopar151]

199. Lunatic Fringe, Red Ryder Rin RunRun, JoJo Gunne

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xp9852hq0W0&feature=related


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNVc6AokZVk&feature=related

[PRETZEL]

200. At 17 - Janis Ian

even though I'm a guy, there were still parts of that song that I related to.

[rurallib]

232. wondering if someone was going to post that

I am also male and there is so much about that song that I related to.

[BlueIris]

202. "Breakfast at Tiffany's" by Deep Blue Something.

No, not the greatest OHW ever, and one of the worst band names of all time, but I still like it.

[bif]

204. "Kick Out The Jams" MC5

[City of Mills]

208. That song

By...ay...what's his face?

[Bertha Venation]

209. Pilot of the Airwaves

Pilot of the airwaves
here is my request
you don't have to play it
but I hope you'll do your best
I've been listening to your show on the radio
and you seem like a friend to me

recorded by Charlie Dore

[kwassa]

210. "What I Like About You" The Romantics

[shawmut]

212. Odyssey - "Native New Yorker"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9M6gXIqlfI

[shawmut]

213. The Church - "Under The Milky Way"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-mQyRuHIuA

[Nye Bevan]

214. "Tarzan Boy" by Baltimora

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_r0n9Dv6XnY

[ROFF]

215. Bumble Boogie

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

[bluesbassman]

217. Black Betty - Ram Jam, and Oh Well - The Rockets

Couple of hard driving bands that just never made the jump to rock stardom. Too bad.

Black Betty
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMLnDuzgkjo

Oh Well. Kick ass live version. Side note on The Rockets is that they were formed by former Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels members Johnny "Bee" Bandajek and Jim McCarty.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNFLk1hz2cY

[abq e streeter]

219. The Robbs--Race With the Wind

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lnjKtJmFO0

[abq e streeter]

220. The Five Emprees-Little Miss Sad

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

[abq e streeter]

221. Sagittarius-My World Fell Down

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmAAdHGtayc&playnext_from=TL&videos=9aM4j8etanw

[musette_sf]

237. anything by Sagittarius,

the Millennium, the Ballroom, Curt Boettcher, or Lee Mallory.

PS, if you haven't already, check out Dennis Diken's (Smithereens) recent album, "Late Music". Very influenced by all of the above.

[abq e streeter]

222. 4 Jacks and a Jill-Master Jack

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0WvXpyufT8&playnext_from=TL&videos=vFV79bF9BGw

[abq e streeter]

223. Bobby Skel-Kiss and Run

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xaG2Viu-4o&playnext_from=TL&videos=2NXEsSQPsxQ

[abq e streeter]

224. Motherlode-When I Die

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7UTaOAVgso&playnext_from=TL&videos=rs0Ub7L98bI

[abq e streeter]

225. Ollie and the Nightingales-I Got The Feelin' ( Somebody's Tryin' To Take My Baby Away)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWChLTAVnNA&playnext_from=TL&videos=Z3jKqeMhFow

[abq e streeter]

226. Mel and Tim -Backfield in Motion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHcCrc0CQuM

[abq e streeter]

227. I GOTTA get back to sleep, but 1st...Bob Kuban and The In-Men--The Cheater

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRGsxrzgen8&feature=related

[abq e streeter]

228. and...The Reflections-Just Like Romeo and Juliet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycCZX-olchU&feature=related

[ChoralScholar]

231. "High Enough" by Damn Yankees - circa 1991.

I ignore the fact that Ted Nugent is a nutjob for just the duration of the song... then I go right back to hating him, I swear!

[Zorra]

233. Talk Talk by the Music Machine - it was like the first punk song ever.

Also like We Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet by the Blues Magoos

[Mr. Ected]

264. And Maybe Pushin' Too Hard by the Seeds

RIP Sky Saxon.

[Pendrench]

234. Sunshine by Jonathan Edwards

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQe8Mk19_s4&feature=related

[Pendrench]

235. Burning Bridges by The Mike Curb Congregation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CskNve7Gh3A

Also the theme song from Kelly's Heroes.

[musette_sf]

238. "I'm Too Sexy" and "Relax"

two of my guilty pleasures, Right Said Fred and Frankie Goes To Hollywood

[XemaSab]

246. .

:thumbsup:

[MrSlayer]

239. The Safety Dance.

Hilarious.

[Sebastian Doyle]

244. And it inspired one of Weird Al's best

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WW65Ontdcis

[blue_onyx]

242. "Crush" by Jennifer Paige

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hj5S1RCUDvM

[guitar man]

245. Me and Mrs Jones

Billy Paul. Classic, silky soul

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcIjxlLfcM4&feature=youtube_gdata

[darkstar3]

247. Counting Blue Cars - Dishwalla

I actually liked quite a bit of the album, but I've only ever heard that one on the radio.

[hyphenate]

248. They're Coming to Take Me Away

Napoleon XIV



I remember owning the 45 of it. The flip side was the entire "song" in reverse, so that by listening to that, you would be pretty close to going insane anyhow.


Adding a Youtube video featuring our favorite (read: worst) nutcase as its star:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yrra-WkpqeE

[conscious evolution]

251. Jimmi Hendrix-All Along the Watchtower

It was the only song he did that made the top 40.

[carlyhippy]

256. video killed the radio star-buggles

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjJjs7KLyHI

Tainted Love-Soft Cell
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srtuQU20QXA&feature=related

[Maccagirl]

259. Black Pearl by the Checkmates

n/t

[Mr. Ected]

260. Nice To Be With You - Gallery

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CGmEVQ3f80

Sorry, only a partial video, but it's the only one I could find.

[Mr. Ected]

261. Magnet and Steel - Walter Egan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GYyEaQnT60

[Mr. Ected]

262. Gold - John Stewart

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPjhHcLpfr4

[Mr. Ected]

263. How Do You Do? - Mouth and MacNeal

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2skBGdyoMkk

Okay, I'll stop now. I could do this all night.

[NoGOPZone]

268. good selection

I heard recently Mouth (Wilem Duyn) passed away about five years ago. A shame, but still a great song.

[Crystal Clarity]

267. Children Of The Sun by Billy Thorpe

Someone put this late 70's(?) song to Hubble Images which seems appropriate to me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyDVi2Bl4os