THIS IS THE CRITERIA FOR ONE HIT WONDERS.... - An artist or band (who they are named as for THAT song, regardless of whether a member isnt a one hit wonder) who had only one song that truly did well on SEVERAL MAIN SINGLES CHARTS...meaning nations and not specific genre charts etc - I chose not to count an artists ONLY OTHER hit in that sense ^ if that other hit was a cover song. Therefore including them as a one hit wonder. - An artist having other great music, many albums, still touring etc etc is IRRELEVANT. Its just about what their songs did, and more importantly didn't do, on main singles charts as i said. Thanks, i know many of you still wont read this lol.
@@Demo-critus Thanks! Well not if the cover was still their only hit, thats how i viewed it anyway. But if their only other successful song was a cover i thought i can count them as a one hit wonder if that makes sense lol.
Fantastic list. I’d question two entries. Goyte has had a few hits in Australia, I love his albums. I’d never consider him a one hit wonder. I’m Australian so I might be biased! The second one is Gnarls Barkley. One of their albums had five Grammy nominations! They had a few hits out of the US. Anyway, that’s my five cents worth! I really enjoyed your list. Thanks 😊
Here's five more from the '70s; - O-o-h Child, Five Stairsteps - Brandy You're A Fine Girl, Looking Glass - Ride Captain Ride, Blues Image - Native New Yorker, Odyssey - Hot Child In The City, Nick Gilder
I don't agree with every entry on this list, but I REALLY love that you gave us the music without the incessant commentary we get with most channels that do "top" lists. Bravo!
Also the fact that a few of this songs where performed and made by pretty succesfull artis before or after this songs but either with a diferent name,group or going solo.
@@bandgeekdad5825 how do you not agree. That's like looking at car accident statistics and going "I don't agree" when u see a city u like with lots of wrecks
0:00 100)metro station - shake it 0:05 99)plain white t's - hey there delilah 0:11 98)joan osborne - one of us 0:17 97)biz markie - just a friend 0:23 96)v v brown - shark in the water 0:28 95)tag team - whoomp! (there it is) 0:34 94)m - pop muzik 0:39 93)chamillionaire - ridin' 0:45 92)chesney hawkes - the one and only 0:51 91)peter bjorn and john - young folks 0:57 90)the surfais - wipeout 1:03 89)afroman - because i got high 1:09 88)zombie nation - kernkraft 400 1:15 87)foster the people - pumped up kicks 1:22 86)terror squad - lean back 1:29 85)ok go - here it goes again 1:34 84)baha men - who let the dogs out 1:40 83)portugal. the man - feel it still 1:45 82)deep blue something - breakfast at tiffany's 1:50 81)king harvest - dancing in the moonlight 1:56 80)arrow - hot hot hot 2:02 79)the la's - there she goes 2:09 78)sixpence none the richer - kiss me 2:15 77)the weather girls - it's raining man 2:21 76)john waite - missing you 2:28 75)white town - your woman 2:34 74)fountains of wayne - stacy's mom 2:40 73)j-kwon - tipsy 2:45 72)althea & donna - uptown top ranking 2:51 71)koama - lambada 2:58 70)nina sky - move ya body 3:03 69)olive - you're not alone 3:09 68)Jennifer paige - crush 3:15 67)alex clare - too close 3:21 66)edwyn collins - a girl like you 3:28 65)awolnation - sail 3:35 64)ini kamoze - here comes the hotstepper 3:39 63)michael andrews & gary Jules- mad world 3:46 62)wheatus - teenage dirtbag 3:51 61)sir mix-a-lot - baby got back 3:57 60)charles & eddie - would i lie to you 4:03 59)the sugarhill gang - rapper's delight 4:09 58)scott mckenzie - san francisco 4:15 57)rob base & dj e-z rock - it takes two 4:21 56)foghat - slow ride 4:27 55)snow - informer 4:32 54)jimmy eat world - the middle 4:37 53)patrick swayze - she's like the wind 4:43 52)jean knight - mr big stuff 4:49 51)boy meets girl - waiting for a star to fall 4:57 50)lumidee - never leave you 5:05 49)marc cohn - walking in memphis 5:09 48)vanessa carlton - a thousand miles 5:15 47)toni basil - mickey 5:21 46)maria mckee - show me heaven 5:27 45)ace - how long 5:33 44)kevin lyttle - turn me on 5:38 43)4 non blondes - what's up 5:43 42)caesars - jerk it out 5:50 41)the breeders - cannonball 5:55 40)daniel powter - bad day 6:02 39)wayne wonder - no letting go 6:07 38) junior senior - move your feet 6:13 37)the supermen lovers - starlight 6:20 36)mathew wilder - break my stride 6:36 35)luniz ft michael marshall - i got 5 on it 6:32 34)gotye ft kimbra - somebody that i used to know 6:39 33)len - steal my sunshine 6:44 32)anita ward - ring my bell 6:51 31)michael sembello - maniac 6:54 30)cornershop - brimful of asha (norman cook remix) 6:59 29)mary mary - shackles (praise you) 7:05 28)the kingsmen - louie, louie 7:11 27)stacey q - two of hearts 7:18 26)cheryl lynn - got to be real 7:23 25)corinne bailey rae - put your records on 7:28 24)house of pain - jump around 7:35 23)los del rio - macarena 7:40 22)vanilla ice - ice ice baby 7:46 21)patrice rushen - forget me nots 7:51 20)new radicals - you get what you give 7:58 19)los lobos - la bamba 8:04 18)the contours - do you love me? 8:10 17)rockwell - somebody's watching me 8:16 16)eagle eye cherry - save tonight 8:23 15)carl douglas - kung fu fighting 8:28 14)lipps inc. - funkytown 8:35 13)israel kamakawiwo'ole - over the rainbow/what a wonderful world 8:41 12)deee-lite - groove is in the heart 8:47 11)the buggies - video killed the radio star 8:53 10)stardust - music sounds better whit you 8:59 9)bobby mcferrin - don't worry be happy 9:05 8)modjo - lady (hear me tonight) 9:10 7)player - baby come back 9:16 6)gnarls barkley - crazy 9:21 5)wild cherry - play that funky music 9:25 4)ram jam - black betty 9:31 3)buffalo springfield - for what it's worth 9:36 2)stealers wheel - stuck in the middle whit you 9:42 1)norman greenbaum - spirit in the sky
I dont know about a lot lol another 'hit' does need to be in the top 40 on multiple main singles charts really but yeah there were some i had to work around for sure! But i was never going to do the thing of having a-Ha or Dexy's etc, the ones that people quite regularly wrongly deem as one hit wonders. Cheers
@@Media_Ranker a lot of these people get personally offended or they don’t understand what a hit song actually means. They seem to think a band or artist having more than one popular or good song means they automatically have more than one hit song. A hit is a kind of a specific thing with specific criteria.
@@chiarosuburekeni9325 I do get it to a point, if its an artist who youve loved for a while and therefore youre a fan of many of their songs you will initially immediately question it. But then yeah as you said they should really think of what classes something as a one hit wonder after that. Cheers
@@tobiastobbe1817 But for both those bands they werent in multiple places on main singles charts. And albums etc are irrelevant this is just about what songs do on multiple (meaning nations) main (meaning not specific genre) singles charts. Cheers
I think this was actually a pretty good list. Defining what a "one-hit wonder" actually is is super difficult, and I'd even tend to agree with Adam Neely who argues that it's pretty impossible to have a real one-hit wonder in the streaming era since it's so easy to release just one song. There are a couple that were probably too influential even without charting to be considered O-HW (Rob Base and DJ Easy Rock is the most obvious example), but nicely done.
Yeah thats true, theres rare examples of that from longer ago like Stardust here, they only ever released Music Sounds Better With You before going solo. Actually i maybe couldve had that really, i might be able to do a part 2 for this as well. Cheers
Some of them are not technically one hit wonders. They just have a song that the popularity is so much that people just know them only that song but they made another popular song but less popular than their biggest hit.
Yeah this is based on main singles top 40 chart placements, there will be a few that i had to be a bit flexible with (hence my cover point in the pinned commnet) but there could be a lot more of them that really only had one hit in that sense than you realise. Cheers
It's important to remember that just because an artist is a one hit wonder doesn't mean they don't have other good music, or that they don't have their share of fans. But if the general public would only recognize one of their songs, that indicates they are a one hit wonder.
I will forever remember Macarena as a symbol of one hit wonders. This track was everywhere for 2 years straight. People couldn't get enough of it. Also, Last Ketchup are a missed one hit wonder entry, at least in Europe, this song was annoyingly everywhere as well.
Thanks, yeah definitely wanted to keep it as accurate as possible. I was never going to have Dexy's Midnight Runners, a-Ha or A Flock Of Seagulls in this lol.
Is this under a worldwide perspective or American? Los del Rio are very known in Spain, having, at least, another hit "Sevilla tiene un color especial"
This is worldwide, ill be honest i didnt even see that as a single they released? Did it chart well or is it just a big song in Spain generally? Cheers
Great video, thank you ❤ Some of my personal favourites: The Verve - Bittersweet symphony The Knack - My sharona Europe - Final Countdown Shocking Blue - Venus Taco - Puttin' on the Ritz
Some of those do have other big songs though, especially The Verve, and people are quite serious about what counts as a one hit wonder it turns out lol. Thanks for watching
Amazing songs by 1 hit wonders that were forgotten :( Baltimora - Tarzan Boy Eddie Murphy - Party All The Time Timex Social Club - Rumors And they all from 86 too
The Turtles version? The others did have other successful (top 40) songs too though! For OMC it was mostly just in their native New Zealand but still. Thanks for watching
Omg thanks 0:52 was looking for this song, nobody knew what song I was on about when I'd explain that it was the whistling song used in a bunch of homeware ads, it might have been a wickes ad not sure but I know for sure it was used in an advert
Yeah i think that does get used somewhat regularly for adverts etc actually, its a song a lot of people know without really knowing lol. Thanks for watching
I had walking on sunshine in there initially but they actually had another top 5 song, Katrina And The Waves, in several places in the late 90s too. Cheers
as well as "Love Shine a Light" which won Eurovision in '97 so also quite popular across most of Europe (though i don't think that one reached the States)@@Media_Ranker
My Top 25 of your Top 100 25 There she goes 24 Steal my sunshine 23 Your woman 22 Ring my bell 21 Save tonight 20 Rapper's delight 19 What's up 18 Walking in Memphis 17 Feel it still 16 Kernkraft 400 15 How long 14 Missing you 13 Play that funky music 12 Funkytown 11 Wipe out 10 Bad Day 9 San Francisco 8 Baby come back 7 She's like the wind 6 Louie Louie 5 Do you love me 4 For what it's worth 3 Don't worry be happy 2 Slow ride 1 Black Betty When I first heard Never met a girl like you before I thought it was David Bowie - lol
Great list, surprised Stuck In The Middle With You wasn't there though! yeah i can hear that lol it definitely sounds like a big song from a big artist way before his time!
Great video! I appreciate all the effort you put into it. Totally forgot about some of these songs, and some I've never even heard lol. One I'd add that I'm pretty sure is a one hit wonder is Belinda Carlisle and "Heaven is a Place on Earth"
That is definitely her biggest solo hit but i think she did had a few more successful ones, 'Leave A Light On' was pretty big. So she probably cant be considered a one hit wonder really, great song though! Cheers
Some of my favorites: I Melt with You, Bittersweet Symphony, She Blinded Me with Science, Heart and Soul(T'Pau), What is Love(Haddaway), No Rain, The Way(Fastball), Jane's Getting Serious,
Yeah a few have mentioned I Melt With You, that will definitely be in part 2 if i do that. The Verve, Haddaway, T'Pau did all have other songs that did well in the charts, in fact i think China In Your Hand was a bigger hit than Heart And soul. Thanks for watching
Whoa whoa whoa!! Jimmy Eat World aren’t one hit wonders! But very fun video though!! You actually helped me discover who performed some of these songs!
To try and be consistent with selection i had to base it off of multiple main singles chart placements for songs, so they are in that sense but i know what you are saying. Thanks!
Great list! You should defo do a part two. My Baby Daddy by B-Rock and the Bizz (in the US), and one could argue Spaceman by Babylon Zoo (in the UK), although they had a second top 20 that only I remember!
@@Media_Ranker Thanks for all your hard work on these videos. They're always fun and interesting. I'll try to send you some other suggestions for one-hit wonders if I think of any. Just don't include Tiffany, cos she ain't no one-hit wonder, lol. PS: I understand your channel is all about rankings, which is totally cool. But if you'd ever be inclined to organise lists like this in chrono order instead, that would could make it more negotiable for some people (me!). Especially because of how short the clips are (which I understand is due to copyrights), it's hard to take everything in so quickly (audio, video, info graphics, subtitles, etc.) I sometimes have to play them in slo-mo to catch everything. 🙂
@@carybenjaminportway I agree, I would prefer to see them in chrono order... After all, ranking them by one person's opinions doesn't mean anything to anyone else.
Some of my favorites include Lovefool by The Cardigans, Flagpole Sitta by Harvey Danger, In The Meantime by Spacehog, and Pepper by The Butthole Surfers
“Lovefool” wasn’t released as a single in the US so it never entered the BBH100. Many airplay-only songs like, Sugar Ray’s “Fly”, Will Smith’s “Men in Black” & No Doubt’s “Don’t Speak”, did not chart on BBH100. This was changed in 1998, to include airplay-only songs (or "album cuts") in the Hot 100. Just in time for Goo Goo Dolls’ “Iris” (#9), but too late for Natalie Imbruglia’s “Torn” (#42).
That top 5 is probably about my top 5 favourite one hit wonder songs. Although I do believe Stealers Wheel had a hit here in the Netherlands with Late Again and possibly a few other songs
It’s such a great feeling knowing that some of these could be the most well known songs of all time too, especially due to all the covers and remixes made from them. I’d say they’re periodically given a second life at least every 10 years lol
Quite a few of these are in my playlist rn😂 most will stand the test of time. I will definitely still be vibing to dancing in the moonlight in 40 years.
Thanks yeah i just went off of main singles charts for songs with this, what i was looking at they may have even counted the Caribbean as part of the US charts actually. Cheers
But he wasnt an official feature, if he was i obviously couldnt include that song lol no one is less of a one hit wonder than Michael Jackson are they. Cheers
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I keep making the same replies so ill say it here. To be consistent when defining a one hit wonder you have to go off of main singles chart placements in as many locations as possible. If an artist only has one song that was truly successful in multiple places in that regard, then they are a one hit wonder. If they have other songs people like, successful albums, longevity, big fanbases overall etc that is all IRRELEVANT to this lol. I also chose to ignore an artists OTHER 'hit' if that song was a cover too. Of course there is still some understandable debates on some of them but keep that all of that in mind! lol Cheers
@@carflo09 That was just to help highlight it so more people read it lol but i think the nearly 5000 likes vs 150 dislikes on the video shows the 'sides' anyway 😛
This is actually a good list of genuine one hit wonders. A few are borderline but that is unavoidable on a list of 100 songs. I know many lists have artists that are not a 1hw (Quarterflash, John Parr, etc), but you can go the other way as well and claim some band isn't a 1hw because that one other song they released made it to #39 on the Belgium disco chart. I think this list works as advertised.
Quite a few of the ones people have mentioned are because they know their other songs from successful albums etc, but when it comes to actual main singles charts they really are a one hit wonder. Eagle Eye Cherry, yeah maybe a bit harsh to consider a one hit wonder with that in mind though. Cheers
I just wanna point out for whoever ends up reading this notice the lack of modern music the list its like what we have for current music offerings seem to be all the same people no one can really break in to the scene to become a one hit wonder anymore it seems
I would add Eve of Destruction by Barry McGuire (his only top 40 song) and One Tin Soldier by The Original Caste. (They had a second song that was a hit in Canada & Japan, but no where else.)
Nice list overall. What determined the order of the songs? Weeks on the charts? Sold copies? I'd like to know what factored in the system. I'm am missing quite a few songs here too. Eiffel 65 - Blue Lou Bega - Mambo No. 5 Aqua - Barbie Girl Luis Fonsi - Despacito (and yes, I do know that he's big in Latin America and had his fair share of successful songs but this got worldwide) AND Gangnam Style of course! With Gentleman he might have had a successful single afterwards but common. Gangnam Style casted a shadow that made you forget anything before and after it
Thanks, the ranking order was just personal taste in the end. Actually all of those did have other successful songs, the rule i gave myself was how many songs an artist had in the top 30/40 of multiple main singles charts and they all had more than one. Cheers
Fat Joe is FAR from a one hit wonder! He’s probably the most successful in his field out of these 100 artists. He’s got 5 top 40 singles, 2 top 10 singles.
True....but he isnt Fat Joe for this song lol, this is Terror Squad. Same as the members of a couple of groups here are bigger successful artists but we can only go off who they are for that song itself. Cheers
What's even more iconic, some od them gad pretty big career later as a musician or songwriter- for example, Thomas Bangalter grom Stardust was in Daft Punk before and after that group, same with Gbarls Barkley's CeeLo Green.
Oh yeah same with Gerry Rafferty In Stealers Wheel and a couple of others too, i was able to use the fact that that were as those specific artists for those songs so technically then one hit wonders! Thanks for watching
You forgot two huge songs: mark morrison - return of the mack haddaway - what is love *Oh and Fat Joe has had several top 10 hits on the Billboard 100 Other than that, I really enjoyed the video
Mark Morisson and Haddaway did have some other successful songs though. And its only the artist as they are for that specific song, so thats why Terror Squad can be a one hit wonder even though Fat Joe isnt. Same with Stealers Wheel which has Gerry Rafferty and a member of Daft Punk was in Stardust etc. Thanks!
They're not a one hit wonder... Sweetness Bleed American Work Pain Just to name a few, and they've had multiple Top 40 hits I would've put Barbie Girl by Aqua on there instead
I actually prefer that version but they did have a few other top 40 songs in the UK, it was just the UK from what i remember but because there was more than just one other i thought the cant really count. Cheers
Oh yeah that will be true for other artists too but this is just purely about chart success, and i guess general radio play at the time in terms of what we think of as 'hits'. Cheers
Is this list based on the US charts? Because a few of these artists had more than one hit in the UK (Eagle Eye Cherry, Foster The People, Gnarls Barkley & Modjo). Great list though 🙂
Thanks! I had to come up with a way of being consistent for selection so i chose the artists who only had one song that did well on main singles charts in several different countries. With maybe one or two exceptions where the artist had some other well charted songs, but only in one place lets say. I also chose to ignore an artists only other hit (with that same criteria) if that song was a cover. Cheers
@ yeah that makes sense. You’ve certainly chosen the most successful songs from the 4 artists I’ve mentioned. Not easy to do a list that’s got 100 songs from 100 different artists on it! Like I say it’s a great list 🙂
Portugal The Man, Stardust,4 Non Blondes , The Supreman Lovers, Gotye, Cornershop, Edwyn Collins, New Radicals, Rockwell, Dee Lite, Modjo, Gnarls Barkley❤
Mungo Jerry did actually have a few other big songs actually but the other definitely could have had a chance thats fair. I might do a part 2 for this. Cheers
Mr Ozio - Flat Beat Musical Youth - Pass the Dutchie Babylon Zoo - Spaceman Grandmaster Flash - The Message Chumbawamba - Tubthumping The Tokens - The Lion Sleeps Tonight Falco - Rock Me Amadeus Men Without Hats - Safety Dance Lou Bega - Mambo Number 5
Men Without Hats, Chumbawumba, Falco, Lou Bega & Musical Youth definitely had other successful songs though, the others i would have to check for part 2 but i did originally have The Message for the first upload but people pointed out that he was also technically on White Lines etc. Cheers
Perhaps sacrilege but i actually like the Toploader version the best, but they did have some other successful songs so i couldnt use that one. Thanks for watching
Would have to check a few of those but The Verve, James (assuming you mean the band) & i think Big Country too all had other successful songs so couldnt really be considered one hit wonders. Cheers
@@Media_Ranker James + Bobby Purify we're a Sam + Dave type R+B soul act in the mid 1960's, who had the hit, "I'm your Puppet". The lyrics could be dated, but the music's still good.
Pleasantly surprised to see Jennifer Paige here, Crush is so underrated! How do these people drop one of the best songs you've ever heard then you never hear from them again?
Yeah im not sure what happens with some of these artists, especially when you think of some of the artists who do continue having successful songs lol. Thanks for watching
They did have some other big songs, especially in Canada but you will know 'Magic Carpet Ride' im sure if you listen to that, ignore the strange intro to it lol. Cheers
They all only had one song that was top 40 on several main singles charts, several meaning nations. Vanilla Ice had one other song that did but it was a cover and i chose not to count an artists only other hit (with the criteria i just said) if it was a cover. So yeah, they are lol. Cheers
Believe it or not Right Said Fred actually had two other top 10 songs on multiple main singles charts and a couple more that reached the top 30 too. Tal Bachman - Shes So High, yeah, definitely should have had that in here actually. Cheers
In terms of them not being one hit wonders? if you see my own comments here i went off of main singles chart placements. All these artists (maybe a couple can be questioned) only had one truly successful top 40 song on main singles charts in multiple places. Cheers
@@Iminsideurhouse-fn3cb They are in terms of main singles charts though. And as that artist themselves too, some of these artists/bands have very famous members separately but that cant count for this. Cheers
Thanks! Well technically yeah, can only go off of singles chart numbers for this and 'For What Its Worth' was their only top 40 song. They didnt release that many though. Cheers
Oh yeah as a European i definitely wouldnt be allowed to have them as a one hit wonder lol. Really they had quite a lot of other hits but Cry Wolf and Sun Always Shines On TV are probably the biggest. Cheers
i had to be a bit flexible, so if they had another that charted (at a much higher number) in a major chart somewhere i allowed that. And with what i said in my pinned comment, if that other song was a cover too ignored that. Cheers
Had to pause at #84 "who let the dogs out" and comment. Explain how is Kernkraft 400 by Zombie Nation all the way down at #88 when it is still played to this day in clubs, sporting events and ultimately remixed and used for new music. I have a felling as i play the rest of these that the majority wont even compare to this song.
This is both a subjective list, in terms of ranking, as well as including big songs of course and tbh i think that song can annoy me a bit. Maybe heard it too much for that reason. Its still in my 90s dance music video though. Cheers
Great list. I would argue John Waite and Foster the People were not hit wonders. Waite had 3 songs within the top 40 on the US charts. Foster the People had two albums that were top 10 with two big hits. I would maybe add Devo, Tommy Tutone, Eddy Grant, Falco and Modern English.
Thanks, yeah its difficult but i could only go off main singles charts and even then you cant be completely consistent with it. Eddy Grant and Falco did have other successful songs in that sense. Also depends on region too, some artists are a one hit wonder in one place but not others. Cheers
THIS IS THE CRITERIA FOR ONE HIT WONDERS....
- An artist or band (who they are named as for THAT song, regardless of whether a member isnt a one hit wonder) who had only one song that truly did well on SEVERAL MAIN SINGLES CHARTS...meaning nations and not specific genre charts etc
- I chose not to count an artists ONLY OTHER hit in that sense ^ if that other hit was a cover song. Therefore including them as a one hit wonder.
- An artist having other great music, many albums, still touring etc etc is IRRELEVANT. Its just about what their songs did, and more importantly didn't do, on main singles charts as i said.
Thanks, i know many of you still wont read this lol.
Nice list - thanks! However, several of the entries are themselves covers (e.g., Mad World, La Bamba) so shouldn't these have been excluded?
@@Demo-critus Thanks! Well not if the cover was still their only hit, thats how i viewed it anyway. But if their only other successful song was a cover i thought i can count them as a one hit wonder if that makes sense lol.
@@Media_Ranker Okay, thanks. Keep up the good work.
Fantastic list. I’d question two entries. Goyte has had a few hits in Australia, I love his albums. I’d never consider him a one hit wonder. I’m Australian so I might be biased! The second one is Gnarls Barkley. One of their albums had five Grammy nominations! They had a few hits out of the US. Anyway, that’s my five cents worth! I really enjoyed your list. Thanks 😊
Here's five more from the '70s;
- O-o-h Child, Five Stairsteps
- Brandy You're A Fine Girl, Looking Glass
- Ride Captain Ride, Blues Image
- Native New Yorker, Odyssey
- Hot Child In The City, Nick Gilder
I don't agree with every entry on this list, but I REALLY love that you gave us the music without the incessant commentary we get with most channels that do "top" lists. Bravo!
As in whether or not they are one hit wonders? Thanks lol i mean there really is a reason they have to do that though but i know what you mean. Cheers
I was neighbors and friends with Linda Perry WAAY before 4 Non Blondes, she was still in grade school short and quiet - nothing like she is now...
@@Media_Ranker its hard to determine one hit wonders cause while it may be a one hit wonder in one country they might be popular in another.
Also the fact that a few of this songs where performed and made by pretty succesfull artis before or after this songs but either with a diferent name,group or going solo.
@@bandgeekdad5825 how do you not agree. That's like looking at car accident statistics and going
"I don't agree" when u see a city u like with lots of wrecks
0:00 100)metro station - shake it
0:05 99)plain white t's - hey there delilah
0:11 98)joan osborne - one of us
0:17 97)biz markie - just a friend
0:23 96)v v brown - shark in the water
0:28 95)tag team - whoomp! (there it is)
0:34 94)m - pop muzik
0:39 93)chamillionaire - ridin'
0:45 92)chesney hawkes - the one and only
0:51 91)peter bjorn and john - young folks
0:57 90)the surfais - wipeout
1:03 89)afroman - because i got high
1:09 88)zombie nation - kernkraft 400
1:15 87)foster the people - pumped up kicks
1:22 86)terror squad - lean back
1:29 85)ok go - here it goes again
1:34 84)baha men - who let the dogs out
1:40 83)portugal. the man - feel it still
1:45 82)deep blue something - breakfast at tiffany's
1:50 81)king harvest - dancing in the moonlight
1:56 80)arrow - hot hot hot
2:02 79)the la's - there she goes
2:09 78)sixpence none the richer - kiss me
2:15 77)the weather girls - it's raining man
2:21 76)john waite - missing you
2:28 75)white town - your woman
2:34 74)fountains of wayne - stacy's mom
2:40 73)j-kwon - tipsy
2:45 72)althea & donna - uptown top ranking
2:51 71)koama - lambada
2:58 70)nina sky - move ya body
3:03 69)olive - you're not alone
3:09 68)Jennifer paige - crush
3:15 67)alex clare - too close
3:21 66)edwyn collins - a girl like you
3:28 65)awolnation - sail
3:35 64)ini kamoze - here comes the hotstepper
3:39 63)michael andrews & gary Jules- mad world
3:46 62)wheatus - teenage dirtbag
3:51 61)sir mix-a-lot - baby got back
3:57 60)charles & eddie - would i lie to you
4:03 59)the sugarhill gang - rapper's delight
4:09 58)scott mckenzie - san francisco
4:15 57)rob base & dj e-z rock - it takes two
4:21 56)foghat - slow ride
4:27 55)snow - informer
4:32 54)jimmy eat world - the middle
4:37 53)patrick swayze - she's like the wind
4:43 52)jean knight - mr big stuff
4:49 51)boy meets girl - waiting for a star to fall
4:57 50)lumidee - never leave you
5:05 49)marc cohn - walking in memphis
5:09 48)vanessa carlton - a thousand miles
5:15 47)toni basil - mickey
5:21 46)maria mckee - show me heaven
5:27 45)ace - how long
5:33 44)kevin lyttle - turn me on
5:38 43)4 non blondes - what's up
5:43 42)caesars - jerk it out
5:50 41)the breeders - cannonball
5:55 40)daniel powter - bad day
6:02 39)wayne wonder - no letting go
6:07 38) junior senior - move your feet
6:13 37)the supermen lovers - starlight
6:20 36)mathew wilder - break my stride
6:36 35)luniz ft michael marshall - i got 5 on it
6:32 34)gotye ft kimbra - somebody that i used to know
6:39 33)len - steal my sunshine
6:44 32)anita ward - ring my bell
6:51 31)michael sembello - maniac
6:54 30)cornershop - brimful of asha (norman cook remix)
6:59 29)mary mary - shackles (praise you)
7:05 28)the kingsmen - louie, louie
7:11 27)stacey q - two of hearts
7:18 26)cheryl lynn - got to be real
7:23 25)corinne bailey rae - put your records on
7:28 24)house of pain - jump around
7:35 23)los del rio - macarena
7:40 22)vanilla ice - ice ice baby
7:46 21)patrice rushen - forget me nots
7:51 20)new radicals - you get what you give
7:58 19)los lobos - la bamba
8:04 18)the contours - do you love me?
8:10 17)rockwell - somebody's watching me
8:16 16)eagle eye cherry - save tonight
8:23 15)carl douglas - kung fu fighting
8:28 14)lipps inc. - funkytown
8:35 13)israel kamakawiwo'ole - over the rainbow/what a wonderful world
8:41 12)deee-lite - groove is in the heart
8:47 11)the buggies - video killed the radio star
8:53 10)stardust - music sounds better whit you
8:59 9)bobby mcferrin - don't worry be happy
9:05 8)modjo - lady (hear me tonight)
9:10 7)player - baby come back
9:16 6)gnarls barkley - crazy
9:21 5)wild cherry - play that funky music
9:25 4)ram jam - black betty
9:31 3)buffalo springfield - for what it's worth
9:36 2)stealers wheel - stuck in the middle whit you
9:42 1)norman greenbaum - spirit in the sky
Thanks for this!
I really wish I sawthis before I played the video going backwards 10 seconds at a time to make a spotify playlist out of it 😂😂😂
Thanks mate
OMC how bizzare was missing
8:54 considering this is the only song they ever released, that means 100% of their songs were hits.
I guess you could look at that way too lol but still only one song! Cheers
yeah. except it was just a side project by daft punk's thomas bangalter....😂
Spirit in the sy
A quick google shows that this is not a true fact
@@Hamtaijin-ud2li thats why you dont just do "a quick google search"
it was the only song the trio known as stardust has released
Stardust quite literally made 1 song and said "Ight, Imma head out"
one amazing song.
now, it sounds worn in the kohl's 2024 ad
Stardust was just a side-project of Thomas Bangalter from Daft Punk. He declined to make a full album with Stardust.
They were the precursor band to Daft Punk so not quite.
@@MsRandom303 Oh wow, didn’t know that. That makes sense then
Kernkaft being at 88 is absurd
Okay. Strictly speaking, a lot of these weren't actually "one hit wonders," but a fun compilation nonetheless.
I dont know about a lot lol another 'hit' does need to be in the top 40 on multiple main singles charts really but yeah there were some i had to work around for sure! But i was never going to do the thing of having a-Ha or Dexy's etc, the ones that people quite regularly wrongly deem as one hit wonders. Cheers
@@Media_Ranker a lot of these people get personally offended or they don’t understand what a hit song actually means. They seem to think a band or artist having more than one popular or good song means they automatically have more than one hit song. A hit is a kind of a specific thing with specific criteria.
@@chiarosuburekeni9325 I do get it to a point, if its an artist who youve loved for a while and therefore youre a fan of many of their songs you will initially immediately question it. But then yeah as you said they should really think of what classes something as a one hit wonder after that. Cheers
@@Media_RankerFoghat for example had four more top 40 singles, 6 golden records and 2 platinum. Jimmy eat world had two more top 40 singles, ...
@@tobiastobbe1817 But for both those bands they werent in multiple places on main singles charts. And albums etc are irrelevant this is just about what songs do on multiple (meaning nations) main (meaning not specific genre) singles charts. Cheers
I think this was actually a pretty good list. Defining what a "one-hit wonder" actually is is super difficult, and I'd even tend to agree with Adam Neely who argues that it's pretty impossible to have a real one-hit wonder in the streaming era since it's so easy to release just one song. There are a couple that were probably too influential even without charting to be considered O-HW (Rob Base and DJ Easy Rock is the most obvious example), but nicely done.
Yeah thats true, theres rare examples of that from longer ago like Stardust here, they only ever released Music Sounds Better With You before going solo. Actually i maybe couldve had that really, i might be able to do a part 2 for this as well. Cheers
Some of them are not technically one hit wonders. They just have a song that the popularity is so much that people just know them only that song but they made another popular song but less popular than their biggest hit.
Yeah this is based on main singles top 40 chart placements, there will be a few that i had to be a bit flexible with (hence my cover point in the pinned commnet) but there could be a lot more of them that really only had one hit in that sense than you realise. Cheers
dude's comment _ answered his own question.
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In that case, seems like the list is missing Turn up the radio, The final countdown, Take on me, Dont you forget about me
İ agree
A lot of these artists had many other hit songs BUT what I valued a lot was that this spanned most of the decades. Great compilation! 👏🏽
A lot and many are definitely exaggerations lol but thanks i did try to make sure i covered each decade as much as possible. Cheers
It's important to remember that just because an artist is a one hit wonder doesn't mean they don't have other good music, or that they don't have their share of fans. But if the general public would only recognize one of their songs, that indicates they are a one hit wonder.
This is a much better way of wording it that i have been doing in replies thank you! lol
Foster the people ain't no one hit wonder
fr, SHC still sounds as incredible as the first time I heard it. Supermodel and torches pretty solid albums too
Camille pidoux es la verdadera reinubi
Albums are not individual songs@@sosiego_415
They are in terms of main singles charts though and thats all i could go off for selection for this list. Cheers
@@Media_RankerThen you’re FUCKING WRONG
I will forever remember Macarena as a symbol of one hit wonders. This track was everywhere for 2 years straight. People couldn't get enough of it. Also, Last Ketchup are a missed one hit wonder entry, at least in Europe, this song was annoyingly everywhere as well.
This is indeed the best one hit wonder list I watched so far. Worldwide perception, not just the American or the European one. Well done! :)
Thanks, yeah definitely wanted to keep it as accurate as possible. I was never going to have Dexy's Midnight Runners, a-Ha or A Flock Of Seagulls in this lol.
Yeah, an American would say: a-ha? "Take on me", what else? 😂
One characteristic of these hits were either their very unique musical style and arrangement or the appeal of their lyrics
Yeah thats true, while still being very catchy and memorable of course. Thanks for watching
The FIFA 08 nostalgia I got from Young Folks was just brilliant. Cheers for that mate.
There were some great tracks on the soundtrack that year werent there! Simian Mobile Disco - I Believe too! Thanks for watching
Reminded me of fifa 08 inmediately. Great memories
I thought of "Who the (bleep) did I marry?"
Thank you and I would say at least 70% of them im still listening too today 🙂
Thanks! Yeah many of these are pretty timeless actually...some we have probably already heard too many times lol
Cool list! A lot of these I forgot about!
Thanks!
1:05 idk, Afroman has Colt 45, arguably more liked
Is this under a worldwide perspective or American? Los del Rio are very known in Spain, having, at least, another hit "Sevilla tiene un color especial"
This is worldwide, ill be honest i didnt even see that as a single they released? Did it chart well or is it just a big song in Spain generally? Cheers
Fun fact the keyboard player of the buggles (video killed the radio star) is hans zimmer
Save Tonight is my favorite! So happy it was included ❤
Brilliant song! Thanks for watching
That was a really enjoyable video. I greatly enjoyed hearing my favorite one hit wonders on here.
Thanks for watching!
Great video, thank you ❤
Some of my personal favourites:
The Verve - Bittersweet symphony
The Knack - My sharona
Europe - Final Countdown
Shocking Blue - Venus
Taco - Puttin' on the Ritz
Some of those do have other big songs though, especially The Verve, and people are quite serious about what counts as a one hit wonder it turns out lol. Thanks for watching
Europe - Carie
Amazing songs by 1 hit wonders that were forgotten :(
Baltimora - Tarzan Boy
Eddie Murphy - Party All The Time
Timex Social Club - Rumors
And they all from 86 too
Party All The Time was in 85 not 86.
In the year 2525, Eve of Destruction , Pass the Dutchie, How Bizzare, Sugar Sugar and Venus by Shocking Blue come to mind
The Turtles version? The others did have other successful (top 40) songs too though! For OMC it was mostly just in their native New Zealand but still. Thanks for watching
But The Archies and The Shocking Blue were not one hit wonders
Pass the Duchie was a great song. Still is.
@@cristianrodriguez-rojas3987 Neither were Musical Youth.
Yeah, "How bizarre" is a one hit wonder from the textbook. Top 10 all over Europe and worldwide.
A+ video!
LOVE IT! Awesome songs!
Thanks very much! Lots of videos to come
Omg thanks 0:52 was looking for this song, nobody knew what song I was on about when I'd explain that it was the whistling song used in a bunch of homeware ads, it might have been a wickes ad not sure but I know for sure it was used in an advert
Yeah i think that does get used somewhat regularly for adverts etc actually, its a song a lot of people know without really knowing lol. Thanks for watching
Surprisingly awesome list!!!
Thanks!
Great list but “walking on Sunshine” Catrina and the Waves?
I had walking on sunshine in there initially but they actually had another top 5 song, Katrina And The Waves, in several places in the late 90s too. Cheers
as well as "Love Shine a Light" which won Eurovision in '97 so also quite popular across most of Europe (though i don't think that one reached the States)@@Media_Ranker
@@Media_RankerWhat about Bitch by Merdedith Brooks?
Vanessa Carlton Thousand Miles should be in Top 10. My jam!
Its great i may have heard it too many times now though lol but it will always be an iconic one hit wonder! Thanks for watching
Massively underrated song.
Vanessa Carlton had more than one hit. She also had songs called Ordinary Day, Pretty Baby and White Houses.
Loved so many of the songs in the first half of the video. Stopped to comment - looking forward to the top 50.
Thanks! How did the top 50 compare?
Not sure if he had any other hits but Peter Schilling’s “Major Tom” was a great tune.
had many others. terra titanic is one example
But not on that level
1:39 That transition was so perfect
Thanks, to be honest i just got a bit lucky with that lol
My Top 25 of your Top 100
25 There she goes
24 Steal my sunshine
23 Your woman
22 Ring my bell
21 Save tonight
20 Rapper's delight
19 What's up
18 Walking in Memphis
17 Feel it still
16 Kernkraft 400
15 How long
14 Missing you
13 Play that funky music
12 Funkytown
11 Wipe out
10 Bad Day
9 San Francisco
8 Baby come back
7 She's like the wind
6 Louie Louie
5 Do you love me
4 For what it's worth
3 Don't worry be happy
2 Slow ride
1 Black Betty
When I first heard Never met a girl like you before I thought it was David Bowie - lol
Great list, surprised Stuck In The Middle With You wasn't there though! yeah i can hear that lol it definitely sounds like a big song from a big artist way before his time!
Great video! I appreciate all the effort you put into it. Totally forgot about some of these songs, and some I've never even heard lol. One I'd add that I'm pretty sure is a one hit wonder is Belinda Carlisle and "Heaven is a Place on Earth"
That is definitely her biggest solo hit but i think she did had a few more successful ones, 'Leave A Light On' was pretty big. So she probably cant be considered a one hit wonder really, great song though! Cheers
Some of my favorites: I Melt with You, Bittersweet Symphony, She Blinded Me with Science, Heart and Soul(T'Pau), What is Love(Haddaway), No Rain, The Way(Fastball), Jane's Getting Serious,
Yeah a few have mentioned I Melt With You, that will definitely be in part 2 if i do that. The Verve, Haddaway, T'Pau did all have other songs that did well in the charts, in fact i think China In Your Hand was a bigger hit than Heart And soul. Thanks for watching
@@amancalledsun92El disco de the verve Urban hymns es un discazo, llenos de temazos
Sex and Candy also. I still remember my brother buying that CD then throwing it away after trying to listen to the other songs, lol.
Whoa whoa whoa!!
Jimmy Eat World aren’t one hit wonders!
But very fun video though!! You actually helped me discover who performed some of these songs!
To try and be consistent with selection i had to base it off of multiple main singles chart placements for songs, so they are in that sense but i know what you are saying. Thanks!
@@Media_Ranker I absolutely get it. Also, subscribed!
@@TeganCantEven Appreciate it thanks 👍
Great list! You should defo do a part two. My Baby Daddy by B-Rock and the Bizz (in the US), and one could argue Spaceman by Babylon Zoo (in the UK), although they had a second top 20 that only I remember!
Cheers! I likely will do a part 2 at some point so ill definitely add those to the list. Thanks for watching
@@Media_Ranker Thanks for all your hard work on these videos. They're always fun and interesting. I'll try to send you some other suggestions for one-hit wonders if I think of any. Just don't include Tiffany, cos she ain't no one-hit wonder, lol.
PS: I understand your channel is all about rankings, which is totally cool. But if you'd ever be inclined to organise lists like this in chrono order instead, that would could make it more negotiable for some people (me!). Especially because of how short the clips are (which I understand is due to copyrights), it's hard to take everything in so quickly (audio, video, info graphics, subtitles, etc.) I sometimes have to play them in slo-mo to catch everything. 🙂
@@carybenjaminportway I agree, I would prefer to see them in chrono order... After all, ranking them by one person's opinions doesn't mean anything to anyone else.
The irony being that Animal Army was a far better song than Spaceman.
Great video! If these dates are all correct then I feel old!
Lol well hopefully i havent got any wrong but there is a pretty big span of time here too! Thanks for watching
I love these videos!!!! I just be adding songs I forgot about to my Apple Music😂😂😂
Thanks! Appreciate it
Some of my favorites include Lovefool by The Cardigans, Flagpole Sitta by Harvey Danger, In The Meantime by Spacehog, and Pepper by The Butthole Surfers
The Cardigans aren't a one hit wonder 😅
My Favourite Game
“Lovefool” wasn’t released as a single in the US so it never entered the BBH100. Many airplay-only songs like, Sugar Ray’s “Fly”, Will Smith’s “Men in Black” & No Doubt’s “Don’t Speak”, did not chart on BBH100. This was changed in 1998, to include airplay-only songs (or "album cuts") in the Hot 100. Just in time for Goo Goo Dolls’ “Iris” (#9), but too late for Natalie Imbruglia’s “Torn” (#42).
Cardigans - My Favourite Game.
Cardigans had multiple hits in the U.K.
That top 5 is probably about my top 5 favourite one hit wonder songs. Although I do believe Stealers Wheel had a hit here in the Netherlands with Late Again and possibly a few other songs
It’s such a great feeling knowing that some of these could be the most well known songs of all time too, especially due to all the covers and remixes made from them. I’d say they’re periodically given a second life at least every 10 years lol
One hit WONDERS
Quite a few of these are in my playlist rn😂 most will stand the test of time. I will definitely still be vibing to dancing in the moonlight in 40 years.
These songs literally shaped our culture and you're telling me these were all one hit wonders? Wow❤
Well one or two could be argued to a degree but overall yeah! Thanks for watching
“Puttin’ on the Ritz” Taco
I second this 🙂
I was about to say that Kevin Lyttle isn't a one hit wonder but then I remembered that not everyone is Caribbean LOL. Great vid!
Thanks yeah i just went off of main singles charts for songs with this, what i was looking at they may have even counted the Caribbean as part of the US charts actually. Cheers
8:14 you forgot the featuring Michael Jackson(the thing that actually made this song one hit wonder)
But he wasnt an official feature, if he was i obviously couldnt include that song lol no one is less of a one hit wonder than Michael Jackson are they. Cheers
The version of Kernkraft 400 that took off is a remix by DJ Gius, which wasn't authorised by Zombie Nation and International Gigolo Records
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3:42 is that just a cover of tears for fears mad world?
Yeah it was a pretty big hit though in quite a few places, a big reason for that was the movie Donnie Darko. But that was their only hit. Cheers
I keep making the same replies so ill say it here. To be consistent when defining a one hit wonder you have to go off of main singles chart placements in as many locations as possible. If an artist only has one song that was truly successful in multiple places in that regard, then they are a one hit wonder. If they have other songs people like, successful albums, longevity, big fanbases overall etc that is all IRRELEVANT to this lol. I also chose to ignore an artists OTHER 'hit' if that song was a cover too. Of course there is still some understandable debates on some of them but keep that all of that in mind! lol Cheers
That point when nobody else is on your side that you got to give heart to yourself lol
But for real Afroman is not a one hit wonder, because i got high is not even his most streamed song on Spotify...
Anyways good compilation! :)
@@carflo09 That was just to help highlight it so more people read it lol but i think the nearly 5000 likes vs 150 dislikes on the video shows the 'sides' anyway 😛
@@TheFryken It was his only truly successful song on multiple main singles charts though but i know what you are saying. Cheers!
La Bamba is a cover, like over the rainbow and what a wonderful world, dosn't?
Nice list, songs that will always hold up
I wonder if Hozier would have been on this list before the release of "too sweet".
Possibly, maybe had too many successful songs in the UK & Ireland though, but obviously Take Me To Church was by far his biggest before that. Cheers
i could never fine the song at 1:43 thank you for showing me it
This was my former chemistry teacher's ringtone
Buena selección.
Aunque muchas de ellas no llegaron al #1, son gratamente recordadas.
This is actually a good list of genuine one hit wonders. A few are borderline but that is unavoidable on a list of 100 songs. I know many lists have artists that are not a 1hw (Quarterflash, John Parr, etc), but you can go the other way as well and claim some band isn't a 1hw because that one other song they released made it to #39 on the Belgium disco chart.
I think this list works as advertised.
Cheers Dave! Yeah even with the criteria i came up with for selection its still pretty difficult to be completely consistent really
I love what you did ,but as others pointed out there several not hit wonders ,but well that is what sparked conversations. Eagle Eye Cherry
Quite a few of the ones people have mentioned are because they know their other songs from successful albums etc, but when it comes to actual main singles charts they really are a one hit wonder. Eagle Eye Cherry, yeah maybe a bit harsh to consider a one hit wonder with that in mind though. Cheers
never understood, why there were not more songs from those. They are all legends.
So many of these songs are on the playlist I have to hear at work at the the supermarket dude
Apologies lol what would you think of the list if that wasnt the case? Cheers
Perfect selection for a home jukebox. 🎶❤️
I just wanna point out for whoever ends up reading this notice the lack of modern music the list its like what we have for current music offerings seem to be all the same people no one can really break in to the scene to become a one hit wonder anymore it seems
In my opinion, "In a Gadda Da Vida" is the greatest One-Hit Wonder in Rock and Roll.
I would add Eve of Destruction by Barry McGuire (his only top 40 song) and One Tin Soldier by The Original Caste. (They had a second song that was a hit in Canada & Japan, but no where else.)
Great ones too! Definitely could do another part to this i think. Thanks for watching
Barry McGuire’s cover of California Dreamin was pretty successful too
Nice list overall. What determined the order of the songs? Weeks on the charts? Sold copies? I'd like to know what factored in the system.
I'm am missing quite a few songs here too.
Eiffel 65 - Blue
Lou Bega - Mambo No. 5
Aqua - Barbie Girl
Luis Fonsi - Despacito (and yes, I do know that he's big in Latin America and had his fair share of successful songs but this got worldwide)
AND Gangnam Style of course! With Gentleman he might have had a successful single afterwards but common. Gangnam Style casted a shadow that made you forget anything before and after it
Thanks, the ranking order was just personal taste in the end. Actually all of those did have other successful songs, the rule i gave myself was how many songs an artist had in the top 30/40 of multiple main singles charts and they all had more than one. Cheers
Fat Joe is FAR from a one hit wonder! He’s probably the most successful in his field out of these 100 artists. He’s got 5 top 40 singles, 2 top 10 singles.
True....but he isnt Fat Joe for this song lol, this is Terror Squad. Same as the members of a couple of groups here are bigger successful artists but we can only go off who they are for that song itself. Cheers
lol one hits kinda under sell influence , fat Joe is a extremely important to 2000s rmb
Oh maaah god thank you you dont know how long ive been waiting to find jerk it out
Haha no worries, you must have had that instrumental in your head for ages! Thanks for watching
What's even more iconic, some od them gad pretty big career later as a musician or songwriter- for example, Thomas Bangalter grom Stardust was in Daft Punk before and after that group, same with Gbarls Barkley's CeeLo Green.
Oh yeah same with Gerry Rafferty In Stealers Wheel and a couple of others too, i was able to use the fact that that were as those specific artists for those songs so technically then one hit wonders! Thanks for watching
You forgot two huge songs:
mark morrison - return of the mack
haddaway - what is love
*Oh and Fat Joe has had several top 10 hits on the Billboard 100
Other than that, I really enjoyed the video
Mark Morisson and Haddaway did have some other successful songs though. And its only the artist as they are for that specific song, so thats why Terror Squad can be a one hit wonder even though Fat Joe isnt. Same with Stealers Wheel which has Gerry Rafferty and a member of Daft Punk was in Stardust etc. Thanks!
I love The Middle by Jimmy Eat World! I had no idea they were a on hit wonder, they’re one of my favorite bands
Only in terms of main singles charts, they are a band that have obviously had success with albums and tours for a long time havent they. Cheers
Sweetness is popular, so 2 hit wonder
@@greatestever2212 That’s what I was thinking, I feel like I’ve heard Sweetness on the radio more than The Middle recently
They're not a one hit wonder...
Sweetness
Bleed American
Work
Pain
Just to name a few, and they've had multiple Top 40 hits
I would've put Barbie Girl by Aqua on there instead
1:51 Top Loader also had a one hit wonder covering the same song
I actually prefer that version but they did have a few other top 40 songs in the UK, it was just the UK from what i remember but because there was more than just one other i thought the cant really count. Cheers
As I make my list I just want to say that both Foghat & Buffalo Springfield had several great tunes
Oh yeah that will be true for other artists too but this is just purely about chart success, and i guess general radio play at the time in terms of what we think of as 'hits'. Cheers
Is this list based on the US charts? Because a few of these artists had more than one hit in the UK (Eagle Eye Cherry, Foster The People, Gnarls Barkley & Modjo). Great list though 🙂
Thanks! I had to come up with a way of being consistent for selection so i chose the artists who only had one song that did well on main singles charts in several different countries. With maybe one or two exceptions where the artist had some other well charted songs, but only in one place lets say. I also chose to ignore an artists only other hit (with that same criteria) if that song was a cover. Cheers
@ yeah that makes sense. You’ve certainly chosen the most successful songs from the 4 artists I’ve mentioned. Not easy to do a list that’s got 100 songs from 100 different artists on it! Like I say it’s a great list 🙂
John Waite was not a one hit wonder
He was in terms of main singles charts, but of course he had other great songs though. Thanks for watching
Missing you. Only song of his I know
@andrewburton9643 Also "Change"
He did some great stuff with The Babys
He was also in Bad English with Neal Schon and Jonathan Cain of Journey.
Portugal The Man, Stardust,4 Non Blondes , The Supreman Lovers, Gotye, Cornershop, Edwyn Collins, New Radicals, Rockwell, Dee Lite, Modjo, Gnarls Barkley❤
You missed In The Summertime by Mungo Jerry, Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes by Edison Lighthouse, and Sunshine by Jonathan Edwards !
Mungo Jerry did actually have a few other big songs actually but the other definitely could have had a chance thats fair. I might do a part 2 for this. Cheers
@@Media_Ranker I never knew they had any other top 40 hits.
Mr Ozio - Flat Beat
Musical Youth - Pass the Dutchie
Babylon Zoo - Spaceman
Grandmaster Flash - The Message
Chumbawamba - Tubthumping
The Tokens - The Lion Sleeps Tonight
Falco - Rock Me Amadeus
Men Without Hats - Safety Dance
Lou Bega - Mambo Number 5
Men Without Hats, Chumbawumba, Falco, Lou Bega & Musical Youth definitely had other successful songs though, the others i would have to check for part 2 but i did originally have The Message for the first upload but people pointed out that he was also technically on White Lines etc. Cheers
@@Media_Ranker If you asked the general public, I'd say that 95%+ of them couldn't name you one other song by any of those artists.
No Lou Bega had more than one hit. He also had a song called Tricky Tricky.
@@Media_RankerMusical Youth only had Pass The Dutchie and that's it.
"Dancing in the Moonlight" is a classic.
Perhaps sacrilege but i actually like the Toploader version the best, but they did have some other successful songs so i couldnt use that one. Thanks for watching
@@Media_Rankerwhat more TOPLOADER songs are popular?
I have always knew them only for DANCING IN THE MOONLIGHT
How about:
The Promise - When In Rome
A Fine Fine Day - Tony Carey
We Ride Tonight - The Sherbs
The order is terrible
Do you happen to have a written list of this? I'd love to make a playlist😂 and it would be easier. Loved the video
Thanks! Definitely planning to make all the videos into Spotify playlists and some point soon, someone might beat me to it though. Cheers
How about “I melt with you” by modern English? That was the first example I thought of when I saw this video
Definitely could have been there, if i ever do a part 2 that will surely be in it. Cheers
Also songs by James and Bobby Purify, Blue Swede, Crash Test Dummies, Mason Williams, Marketts, the Casinos, Big Country, Soul Survivors, the Verve.
Would have to check a few of those but The Verve, James (assuming you mean the band) & i think Big Country too all had other successful songs so couldnt really be considered one hit wonders. Cheers
@@Media_Ranker James + Bobby Purify we're a Sam + Dave type R+B soul act in the mid 1960's, who had the hit, "I'm your Puppet". The lyrics could be dated, but the music's still good.
Pleasantly surprised to see Jennifer Paige here, Crush is so underrated! How do these people drop one of the best songs you've ever heard then you never hear from them again?
Yeah im not sure what happens with some of these artists, especially when you think of some of the artists who do continue having successful songs lol. Thanks for watching
Love that song
Awesome list. I only miss steppenwolf’s born to be wild, quite a cool music from a one hit band.
They did have some other big songs, especially in Canada but you will know 'Magic Carpet Ride' im sure if you listen to that, ignore the strange intro to it lol. Cheers
Great Songs!! Memories of Back in the Day!!!
So many great one hit wonders from different eras too! Thanks for watching
Stardust and Mojo are by far my favorite 1 hitters they dropped music I can play for eternity
Yeah i never get tired of those songs i could listen to them everyday! Thanks for watching
Afroman also had "Colt 45"
Vanessa Carlton also has "Ordinary day"
And Vanilla ice had "Go Ninja"
So they aren't 1 hit wonders
They all only had one song that was top 40 on several main singles charts, several meaning nations. Vanilla Ice had one other song that did but it was a cover and i chose not to count an artists only other hit (with the criteria i just said) if it was a cover. So yeah, they are lol. Cheers
You’re also missing I’m too sexy by right said Fred, and she’s so high by Tal Bachman
Believe it or not Right Said Fred actually had two other top 10 songs on multiple main singles charts and a couple more that reached the top 30 too. Tal Bachman - Shes So High, yeah, definitely should have had that in here actually. Cheers
This list is HILARIOUSLY WRONG
In terms of them not being one hit wonders? if you see my own comments here i went off of main singles chart placements. All these artists (maybe a couple can be questioned) only had one truly successful top 40 song on main singles charts in multiple places. Cheers
@@Media_Rankernah just some of the rankings especially in the middle are questionable. It is subjective tho so.
@@Media_Rankerbuffalo Springfield isn’t a one hit wonder
@@Iminsideurhouse-fn3cb They are in terms of main singles charts though. And as that artist themselves too, some of these artists/bands have very famous members separately but that cant count for this. Cheers
@@Media_Ranker “Nowadays Clancy can’t sing” was a song by Buffalo Springfield, that also hit the US billboard hot 100
Fun concept, and thanks for the work on this. But perhaps there are mistakes: Buffalo Springfield was a one hit wonder?!
Thanks! Well technically yeah, can only go off of singles chart numbers for this and 'For What Its Worth' was their only top 40 song. They didnt release that many though. Cheers
Very good job
Thanks!
Take On me - Aha ?? Although for some portals it is still in doubt whether it is a one hit wonder!!
Oh yeah as a European i definitely wouldnt be allowed to have them as a one hit wonder lol. Really they had quite a lot of other hits but Cry Wolf and Sun Always Shines On TV are probably the biggest. Cheers
I saw 8 artists that had had another charted song
i had to be a bit flexible, so if they had another that charted (at a much higher number) in a major chart somewhere i allowed that. And with what i said in my pinned comment, if that other song was a cover too ignored that. Cheers
Had to pause at #84 "who let the dogs out" and comment. Explain how is Kernkraft 400 by Zombie Nation all the way down at #88 when it is still played to this day in clubs, sporting events and ultimately remixed and used for new music. I have a felling as i play the rest of these that the majority wont even compare to this song.
This is both a subjective list, in terms of ranking, as well as including big songs of course and tbh i think that song can annoy me a bit. Maybe heard it too much for that reason. Its still in my 90s dance music video though. Cheers
Great list. I would argue John Waite and Foster the People were not hit wonders. Waite had 3 songs within the top 40 on the US charts. Foster the People had two albums that were top 10 with two big hits. I would maybe add Devo, Tommy Tutone, Eddy Grant, Falco and Modern English.
Thanks, yeah its difficult but i could only go off main singles charts and even then you cant be completely consistent with it. Eddy Grant and Falco did have other successful songs in that sense. Also depends on region too, some artists are a one hit wonder in one place but not others. Cheers
Dee Lite - groove is in the heart.
0:53 only heard this on FIFA or ads
It has been used quite a bit hasnt it, still gets some decent radio play too though. Depending on where you are i guess lol. Cheers
8:22 ryder what are you making a music video for xD
The SURFARIS were actually a two - hit wonder as the flip side of "WIPE OUT" (instr.) was "SURFER JOE" , which
also got radio airplay .
Yeah there was a few here i had to be a little bit flexible with really. Cheers