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What's your favourite 'one-hit wonder'?

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One-Hit Wonders: Our 12 all-time favourites

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Matthew Hufford
What's Up by 4 non blondes Daniel Caddick
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Sergio Romero
Ké: strange world
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Erdinch Yiğitçe
Bran Van 3000 - Drinking In LA
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Chris Bishop
Hate to be a pedant (he lies), but McAlmont & Butler had a follow-up hit with (the almost as glorious) "You Do".

As far as one-hit wonders go, Althea & Donna's Uptown Top Ranking takes some beating.
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Beate Vera
Yep, New Radicals: Get What You Give.
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Jess Peterson
BJ Thomas: Rain Drops Keep Falling on my Head
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Derek Robertson
To be fair, this piece could have picked 112 instead of just 12....was very interesting to see what people *didn't* choose. No MC Hammer? No 99 Red Balloons? And no A-Ha! Crazy.....
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Drowned in Sound
I was gonna do MC Hammer but he had a few more "hits".
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Michael Gérard White
Why do we use the expression, "One Hit Wonder." Technically the Clash was a one hit wonder. Six Pence None the Richer actually had 3 top 40 hits. For the first part of Peter Gabriel's solo career he was considered a OHW too and he was recently inducted into the Rock and Roll hall of fame. We need to respect these artists more...
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Philip John Lloyd Sykes
Feels like heaven by Fiction Factory
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Laura McCullough
Alphaville - Forever Young, When in Rome - The Promise
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Matt Dunstan
Stardust Obvsly
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Alex Scoppie
Can we have a few older writers please? Also, how can you possibly include Sixpence None The Shitter's Kiss Me while neglecting Lisa Loeb's Stay?
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Sebastian Larsson
Fastball - The Way!!
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Krish Zimmermann
Caramelldansen. No, really.
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N Legaspi Dukes
Don't Close Your Eyes by Kix. A legend where I'm from as before Horse Lords, Wye Oak, Virulence, this was the Baltimore band. And it was featured in our county's anti-drunk driving videos.
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Leo Belchetz
Whenever I think of Amerie I then think of Lumidee - Never Leave You. Somehow amazing despite her voice not being average at best.
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Ruth Ellen
"Afternoon Delight" - best song about a tuna sandwich! Who knows who sang it ?
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Dan Lucas
Ah didn't realise it was on a staff mailout thingy. I'm actually happy to still be in it as long as you don't expect me to actually write much!
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Jordi Bardají Gazapo
Jennifer Paige's 'Crush'!
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Ian Evans
Just going thru all my old tapes and Bran van 3000 are on one.
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Aaron Brown
Mexican Radio
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Lynn Conley
M - Pop Muzik
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Simon Purdon
Feels Like Heaven - Fiction Factory
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Dave Procter
Safety Dance - Men without Hats
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Juan Pablo Donoso Urrutia
think i only know about 2 of them!
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Mick Reilly
Get used to it. Roger vadouris.
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Matthew Tomich
Easily Soft Cell's cover of Tainted Love.
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Chris Jones
White Town - Your Woman. Just glorious.
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Charlie Gray
Basically, we've all got old.
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Charlie Gray
At the time I hated it but, as I've got older, I think The Connells' "74-75" is sublime.

Whale's "Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe" is still awesome.

Stakka Bo's "Here We Go Again" is still pretty great too.
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