They had at least 7 hits in the UK and at least 3 hits in the USA. Their music was very influential in the Gay Clubs all over the USA and the UK. They do not belong on this list. DJ George.
I'm a Yank but I agree with you. As a member of the Air Force stationed in Germany for two years I discovered David Hasselhoff of all people was a big rock star in Europe. I would have never known that had I not been over there.
Falco was a one-hit wonder??? Are you f****** kidding me??? He's a legend and still the best-selling Austrian singer of all time!!! He had much more than one hit song!
Terra Gaia Der Kommisar may have originally been a big hit for Falco, but most people remember it as a big hit for After The Fire, who did an English language translation of the song
@@danicegewiss862 She could have played much more songs than those 2 - Falco was *huge* in middle Europe for many years. Calling Falco a one Hit Wonder because he had only 1 hit in the USA is like calling "Journey" an unknown band from the 80s because they were never big in Europe.
@svin you are so right! ALL of NikkiSwifts work is stupid. She has a great platform here for truth telling but she chooses to do quite the opposite. Also, she does NO fact checking and deals with topics she knows very little about. Must be making a lot of money!
@svin Well... the fact that a song that didn't even get mentioned in this list still gets radio-airplay 20 years after its release shows how stupid it was to call Falco a One-Hit-Wonder.
Dear US, only because someone doesn't land more than one hit in your country, it doesn't necessarily mean they are "One-Hit Wonders". Falco is a Legend in the german-speaking area.
AliaslsailA Correct! USA thinks that the world revolves around it and has the power to define all things. SMH Music fans globally are much more loyal to artistes.
To paraphrase from The Princess Bride......."You keep using that phrase one-hit-wonder.....I do not think it means what you think it means." Falco, Milli Vanilli, Cutting Crew, and Dead Or Alive all had multiple Top 20 hits in the USA.....not to mention some of the other artists in other countries.
Saying the Divinyls and Chrissy were one hit wonders makes me sad! They had so many hits here in Australia and she is sadly, sadly missed! Chrissy rocked, RIP
Spot on... and also... when did Milli Vanilli become a "one hit wonder"? They had 4 major hits, "Baby don't forget my number", "Blame it on the rain" and "Girl I'm gonna miss you" - "Girl you know it's true" was their first single and biggest hit, but the album sold 14 million copies world wide and 33 million copies of the singles. Not exactly what I would call a one hit wonder....
Pleasure and pain, science fiction, back to the wall, all the boys in town, siren to name a few, they were one of our seminal rock acts in the 80s and 90s just because I touch myself was the one that charted the highest, doesn't mean it was their only hit
ParticleFairy his hit was rock me Amadeus and that's it .. the band after the fire -made der kommisar popular . Falco was a flash in the pan in the USA . Most people under 40 never even heard of him here .
Errors: Dead or Alive also charted with Brand New Lover; Milli Vanilli also had Blame It on the Rain among others; Falco also charted with Vienna Calling; and The Knack also had Good Girls Don't. Do Your Homework.
They would have had a nice career, and Rob P. would probably still be alive, if their manager hadn;'t screwed them over and laid all the blame on them.
Luke Easton IIRC (I'm on my phone right now and I can't google) Blame It On The Rain, Don't Forget My Number and Girl I'm Gonna Miss You were all top 10 hits. Those songs were hardly obscure.
*Poorly researched!! Pete Burns was NOT a one hit wonder. He had MANY songs that were played in clubs and on the radio in the mid to late 1980s!* _Misty Circles_ _That’s The Way (I Like It)_ _You Spend Me Round (Like A Record)_ _Lover Come Back (To Me)_ _Brand New Lover_ _My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me To The Doctor)_ _Something In My House_ _Come Home With Me Baby_
Milli Vanilli had more that one hit in North America 5 top 5's, 3 #1s. The other 2 had one hit, at these the Divinyls had a top 5. Dead or Alive didn't break into the top 10.
Just because Dead or Alive was not in the Top 10 on the Billboards doesn't mean the song is not considered a hit and the band had more than one song chart. That's the point the original poster is making.
A hit record is considered the top 40, but even then most people might not remember it, a big hit is the top 10. Most people have heard and do remember those.
Girl You Know It's True Baby Don't Forget My Number Girl I'm Going To Miss You Blame It On the Rain All top 5 in the US charts and 3 of those songs went to Number 1 in the US.
Sure I touch myself was huge internationally, but in Australia they are considered one of our seminal rock bands with plenty of hits, and plenty of these charted in countries like the US and UK
The Divinyls were not One Hit Wonders. They were a big part of the Australian Music Scene in the 1980's and 1990's and had numerous hits. RIP Chrissie Amphlett!
I saw the Divinyls live in a small pub venue. Chrissie was fierce and wild and like a terrifying lit stick of dynamite onstage. So out there and strong and theatrical.
Calling Falco a "One Hit Wonder" is close to blasphemy. He was *extremely* successful in the german speaking countries for many years. Since his lyrics were german, it was extremely unusual for him to have a hit in the US. Calling him a one hit wonder because it was only 1 is very silly.
The Divinyls had more than one hit. Try Science Fiction - charted 13 in 1983, Pleasure and Pain - charted 11 in 1984, Back To The Wall and Boys In Town - charted 8 in 1981 to name just a few. I suggest you do a little bit more research before you put something up and say that you know about music.
Wow, a list of people I actually didn't know were dead (With the exception of Rob from Mili Vanilli). Good job. Great 80's nostalgia for this 90's kid too.
A good number of these are not one hit wonders in the US. They had other Billboard top forty hits, most notably: Milli Vanilli - "Baby Don't Forget My Number" (#1), "Blame It On The Rain" (#1), "Girl I'm Gonna Miss You" (#1), "All Or Nothing" (#4). How do you decide that a band that hit NUMBER ONE three times was a "one hit wonder"? By the way, the song you did pick peaked at #2. Also: Dead Or Alive - "Brand New Lover" (#15) Falco - "Vienna Calling" (#18) Cutting Crew - "I've Been In Love Before" (#9) ***(As far as I'm concerned, a second TOP TEN hit is automatic exemption from "one hit wonder" status.) The Knack - "Good Girls Don't" (#11), "Baby Talks Dirty" (#38)
DallasHammster You'd be miles better at this stuff than the idiots who have sucked up over a million subs putting together this crap. Here in the UK, Milli Vanilli were massive and scored pretty much the same chart positions with the same songs. As for Dead Or Alive, they had 7 top 40 songs over here: 1984 - That's The Way (I Like It) - 22 1984 - You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) - 1 1985 - Lover Come Back To Me - 11 1985 - In Too Deep - 14 1985 - My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me To A Doctor) - 23 1986 - Brand New Lover - 31 1987 - Something In My House - 12 Also, in 2003 they released a remixed version of "You Spin Me Round" which hit number 23, and the original version of the same song was reissued in 2006, following Pete's appearance in Big Brother, which reached number 5. Oh, and over here, pretty much everybody knew Pete Burns was dead.
+Vicki Harland One hit wonders doesn't just mean that artists or groups have released just one single that topped the chart. It also means other jams did too the charts, but there's one that's very popular.
The only reason I clicked on this is to comment that Milli Vanilli is not a one hit wonder. They had "Girl you know it's true", "Don't Forget my number", and "Girl I'm gonna miss you." Three hits, stupid. Regardless of who is doing the singing. The British reporter even called them "successful" in the piece.
Technically, Milli Vanilli were really no hit wonders considering they never performed the music. And in all honesty, their manager should have been held responsible for their fake careers.
It's news to us here in Australia to have Chrissie Amphlett and the Divinyls listed in the USA as one hit wonders. Chrissie and the Divinyls were a very important part of the music industry in Australia for close on 40 years, up there with other Aussie Groups as Midnight Oil, AC/DC and INXS. Chrissie was a diverse talent, I remember seeing her on stage in Sydney in 1998 playing the part of Judy Garland in the original Aussie stage production of "The Boy from Oz" with Tod Mckendry, a good decade before Hugh Jackson did it on Broadway. Her role only took about 20 minutes of the whole show but she left the audience stunned with her performance and her voice was out of this world. In the early 80s she was every Aussie School boys sexual fanatasy. Her death was shock to all of Australia and she sorely missed. But she and the Divinlys were never a one hit wonder in the Land of Oz.
Can you please change the title to "One hit wonders in the U.S...." So damn rude to assume that some bands were one hit wonders when they had strings of hits, somewhere other than the States!
Milli Vanilla was not a one hit number. A number one album, a remix album and 5 hit singles 3 of which made number one. Falco had a second hit called Vienna Calling. And did originally write and record Der Kommisar but the hit version was by a group called After The Fire. Cutting Crew had 3 charted songs. The Knack also had 3 charted songs.
For me Falco was not a one-hit wonder. Maybe on the US but in other places he had more than One hit. -Including "Titanic" which is my favorite song, Der Komissar, Jeanny etc. Great video by the way!
The Real Rubie my thought exactly! He was probably known internationally for one or two songs, but he isn't a one hit wonder in the Germany/Austria/Switzerland region :)
Yasi Exactly. I forgot that other of he's hits were "The sound of musik" and "Body next to body" (I think, correct me if I am wrong) Glad to met people over here who knows about him. I hope this video make people curious and make them check he's music out. Falco is really underrated on this side of the world
Calling Falco a "one hit wonder" is blasphemous. This man's contribution to European pop music in general and his still lasting influence on German speaking artists in particular cannot be overstated. He was a absolute genius and way ahead of his time.
The divinyls were far FAR from one hit wonders and I, as a fellow Australian, completely resent that statement. That song is now the song for Breast Cancer as a reminder to women to "touch themselves" as any woman knows she should to detect lumps in her breasts. Chrissy died of breast cancer. I really REALLY am pissed to hear anyone say they were one hit wonders.
They call Falco a one-hit-wonder, then say... Well technically he had 2 hits The reality is, Falco, although he died 20 years ago, is still by far the biggest Austrian musician of the modern era
Cutting Crew had three hits. 'I've Been In Love Before' peaked at #9 in 1986 and 'One For The Mockingbird' peaked at #38 in 1987 on Billboard's Hot 100 charts.
MILLI VANILLI had 5 top 5 in the United States, of which 3 were Number one, definitely nowhere and under no justification can be said that they were One Hit wonders
Nevertheless, they became a musical joke after it was revealed that they weren't even the singers. Plenty of musicians lip sync to their own songs at a live performance, but they were lip syncing to *someone else's songs.* That's why they had to turn in their Grammy.
The Divinyls aren't 1 hit wonders, they have many great hits and many got in the billboards. If you actually listen to the music you can tell why they are hits @Logic and Reason
Logic and Reason bullshit fuck'in ignoramus what do you call bands like AC/DC and the song highway to hell that is still played world wide nearly 40years after bon Scott's death you fuck'in mong!!!.no1 in Australia isn't a hit considered a hit worldwide you deserve self upper cut so far that is the dumbest quote of the century i justed burnt your theory big time.
Logic and Reason you denounced our music sence and and one of our bands by saying a number 1 hit in Australia hardly is a hit is it now so yeah you deserve the dump yank comment and that's what called worldwide yank get use to it you pilick.
The Divinyls were not one hit wonders. If you have not experienced Divinyls earlier music, you have missed out. Pleasure and pain was a huge hit in Australia as well as Science Fiction, Boys in town & Sleeping Beauty, youtube them. Eh, maybe you just had to be an Aussie.
yep, gotta be from down under, or intent on hunting down musicians and their 'unknown' songs - some of the better tracks can often hide behind 2-minute clips (or smaller). you guys have some killer bands - sorry to hear about chrissy's fate.! ~WarriorPoet~
@@warriorpoet5461 Yes, it was sad and yes we used to have some great bands but unfortunately (much to my dissatifaction) we have not invested in any rock bands and good live music is hard to come by. In the 80s/90s, it was everywhere. You could see heaps of bands in the charts both rock and pop. If you want to make it in the music industry, you have to go to the US or Europe. Now, theres a nanny state culture and venues invest in nothing but poker machines and make millions from that. They only care about profit. And theres all this BS concern about violence so venues rarely do live music anymore, especially in Sydney (NSW). They even introduced lockout laws meaning you cant enter a venue after 1am. It sux big time.
Agreed, she was, and still is(rest in peace Chrissy) a rock goddess in Australia. They even named a street in Melbourne after her. Saw her ( The Divinyls. ) in concert in the late 80's. What a show. Yes, I'm old.
Calling Divinyls a one hit wonder, what about Science Fiction, Pleasure & Pain, Boys in Town, Only Lonely, Good Die Young. Ect: I guess if they weren't hits in the States it doesn't count.
I actually knew all of these had passed, except for the guy from OMC. Now I am a little sadder, because I was one who really liked that crazy little song. And Milli Vanilli shouldn't be on here either, because they had about 3 or 4 big songs from one 'one big album wonder' RIP to all of these anyway.
Shout out from South Africa. Former mobile DJ here. I think you forget that RUclips is international and that posts are not restricted to one country...unless you indicate such. One hit wonders??!!! Milli Vanilli? Falco? Dead or Alive? The Divinyls? Well, they all certainly had more than one hit in South Africa. "Lover Come Back to Me" by Dead or Alive, for example, was an even bigger hit in South Africa than "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)". Et cetera et cetera!!
@@iluvu.6161 I guess you should include the biggest music market of the world when making a global list.... or just call it "American One Hit Wonders". (And before you argue that the USA is the biggest music market: look up "Europe" and check what it is and which countries belong to it.
I'll never forget the day I heard My sharona for the first time. It was on a radio in a factory I worked. We all just started dancing to it and screwing around and throwing insulation fluff in the air. We all almost got fired over that song! LOL
I'm sorry but Falco is a LEGEND in Austria and Germany with tons of hit singles and has sold about 60 million records.
Hey, dipshit is this YT a German or Austrian channel? Is german being spoken on this channel? No so shut the hell up, you have no argument.
Fly Beep you must be fun at parties
"And from Adam Sandler's last good movie" The shaaade😂😂
Korkor Adaii 😂😭
What's sad is his co-star in that movie, Alexis Arquette, also died in 2016.
Korkor Adaii I SCREAMED😂😂😂😂😂😂
for me his last good movie was The Zohan
There's no such thing as a good Adam Sandler movie.
That's right kids, lip syncing use to end careers.
Too bad it doesn't happen anymore... :(
Arené Lomax no the 2 who were lip syncing never sung live and couldn't sing at all, that's why is ruined their career.
Arené Lomax Bieber and swift are luckey it's not a common practice anymore hahaha
Arené Lomax actually your wrong. It was more common to lip sync back in the 80's than it is now.
It seems to me, that you don't know why it was a scandal.
Dead or Alive are not considered a one hit wonder in the UK. They were very popular in the 80s and not just for You Spin Me Round.
And in America they had more than one hit too!
Brand New Lover
Here in the US they were just popular for meatspin dot com. Check it out
They had at least 7 hits in the UK and at least 3 hits in the USA. Their music was very influential in the Gay Clubs all over the USA and the UK. They do not belong on this list.
DJ George.
Jane Sweetman true
Falco is everything but a one hit wonder. This is so America-centric, unbelievable.
Do some research before you create a list like this.
D. Niiya yanks are so ignorant
I hate that. You can be wildly successful all over the world, but only chart once in America and all of a sudden you're a "one hit wonder".
I'm a Yank but I agree with you. As a member of the Air Force stationed in Germany for two years I discovered David Hasselhoff of all people was a big rock star in Europe. I would have never known that had I not been over there.
l I agree with you 100% absolutely and he was so stunning With His stunning features white face black hairs like wow good looking man
"From Adam sandlers last good movie" . Lmao, I had to rewind that to make sure I heard it right. She came for his life for no reason. 😂
Daijaha norman I did the same thing I'm weak 😂
Daijaha norman I HOLLERED 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Daijaha norman
And kept talking like she ain't say that shit 😩😩😂😂
Damn sure did!!! Just slick!😂😂😂😂😂
moonewitch mn
Falco was a one-hit wonder??? Are you f****** kidding me??? He's a legend and still the best-selling Austrian singer of all time!!! He had much more than one hit song!
Mikurino i am from austria and i agree
Gotta love these comments. It's like the Simpsons' "Comic Book Guy" come to life, if he were a pop music nerd.
I'm from Australia and I agree
Never heard of him til today. None of his stuff is relevant where I live, either.
Weeaboo Jones wow thats sad
is it just me or is Rob Pilatus was one pretty man
He wass
One of the best looklng his eyes were beautiful x
Indeed he was!
Yes he was an I'm not even into black guys.
They were models before milli vanili
Milli Vanilli? Seriously? They have 3 number 1 on billboard us hot 100!
till they found out they were fake '' goofball'
You mean the studio vocalists had three hits, not Pilatus and Morvan.
Falco: Rock me Amadeus, Jeanny, Out of the Dark, Vienna Calling, Der Kommissar. Pretty lame, Nicki Swift.
Terra Gaia Der Kommisar may have originally been a big hit for Falco, but most people remember it as a big hit for After The Fire, who did an English language translation of the song
@@danicegewiss862 She could have played much more songs than those 2 - Falco was *huge* in middle Europe for many years. Calling Falco a one Hit Wonder because he had only 1 hit in the USA is like calling "Journey" an unknown band from the 80s because they were never big in Europe.
Yes, lame channel all round Nikki. You must be making a lot of money peddling all this unhelpful crap. Sorry, I thought you were genuine. My bad.
@svin you are so right! ALL of NikkiSwifts work is stupid. She has a great platform here for truth telling but she chooses to do quite the opposite. Also, she does NO fact checking and deals with topics she knows very little about. Must be making a lot of money!
For years, I thought Falco was singing "Hot Potatoes", not "Amadeus".
Falco😭😭❤️
He wasn’t a One Hit Wonder!!! He had so many good songs that Charted so high!
I miss you Falco! Rip🙁❤️
Agreed , but there's a difference between having good songs and having hits !
Crucial P Denis Lea He had Hits. Many.
Vienna calling..
@svin Der Kommissar, Rock me Amadeus, Vienna Calling, Jeannie, Coming Home, Mutter der Mann mit dem Koks ist da, Out Of The Dark.
@svin Well... the fact that a song that didn't even get mentioned in this list still gets radio-airplay 20 years after its release shows how stupid it was to call Falco a One-Hit-Wonder.
Damn...this vid sure pissed off some Falco fans....
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Right 🤣
I dont no who falco is
@@sandrahudson8038 *know
@@sandrahudson8038 *was*
The dragged down manili vanilli got dragged down for lip syncing...when there were SO many people lip syncing then and now
Exactly!
they didn't just lip sync live, they didn't even sing the original vocal.
I know this will get flack but I kinda think that was partly due racism...
People lip sync when they have to perform live, sure, but Mili Vanili didn't even sang the original song.
@@cellfreezer exactly
The Divinyls are not one hit wonders and should not be on this this list. They are a great Australian rock band.
epic beardface in america they are..
They're a one hit wonder band in the US.
I'm a pooping unicorn So what that means nothing.
and Elvis is a one hit wonder in Australia
epic beardface that hit was his only hit in the states though
Falco is no where near a "one hit wonder" ... wtf ....
Steeve 転 CS:GO Hacking RIGHT ?????
outside of the german speaking countries he is
König des Toasts,no he had 2 big hits,Der Komissar and Rock me Amadeus.
Don't forget Jeannie - also a hit and a very controversial one at this time.
At least 3 world hits for Falco.
FALCO a One hit wonder??? How dare you..he was an Icon.. shut up..
Yes in the US. Not in Europe.
I feel personally insulted by him being on that list. It's not like Amadeus was the only song of his that was popular in the US ffs
He was well known in the Netherlands. I like Jeanny very much, very dark song, but so great performed!
You don't know what music is all about
@@moniquelitjens653 The most beautiful song of that time....
Dear US, only because someone doesn't land more than one hit in your country, it doesn't necessarily mean they are "One-Hit Wonders". Falco is a Legend in the german-speaking area.
Not only in the German-speaking area. You could easily find 3 Falco titles in our alltime eighties list (the Netherlands).
AliaslsailA Correct! USA thinks that the world revolves around it and has the power to define all things. SMH Music fans globally are much more loyal to artistes.
you have right
If it wasn't a hit in America it is surely pure crap so no worries
AliaslsailA Der Kommissar was huge here in the states. what are you talking about? i remember that video vividly.
Raise your hand if u know every song on this list
Aq1
nope lol
🙋♀️🙋♀️🙋♀️... lol .
Hella
why?
To paraphrase from The Princess Bride......."You keep using that phrase one-hit-wonder.....I do not think it means what you think it means." Falco, Milli Vanilli, Cutting Crew, and Dead Or Alive all had multiple Top 20 hits in the USA.....not to mention some of the other artists in other countries.
mutigerinky Cutting Crew had a number 9 hit with "I've Been in Love Before".
Milli Vanilli was not a "One Hit Wonder." They had several hits on the top 20.
Pilatus and Morvan were *NO* hit wonders. The actual singers were Charles Shaw, John Davis and Brad Howell
Technically,they were a zero hit wonder since it is known it is not their own!It is like a team that cheated and had to forfeit all their wins!!!
They didn’t sing any songs…
Falco wasn't a one hit wonder
Tako je Lidija,reci ti njima ;P Bezobraznici jedni hehehe
In america hes a one hit wonder
Lidija Opacic hot potatoes
Saying the Divinyls and Chrissy were one hit wonders makes me sad! They had so many hits here in Australia and she is sadly, sadly missed! Chrissy rocked, RIP
She's basing this video off American hits and not including the rest of the world.
1:06...she said "Rob(ert) Pilatus" but the Picture shows Fab(rice) Morvan...you had one job...
Minas Tirith. I was looking for this comment. I was about to make the same comment.
Spot on... and also... when did Milli Vanilli become a "one hit wonder"? They had 4 major hits, "Baby don't forget my number", "Blame it on the rain" and "Girl I'm gonna miss you" - "Girl you know it's true" was their first single and biggest hit, but the album sold 14 million copies world wide and 33 million copies of the singles. Not exactly what I would call a one hit wonder....
Blame the producers
@@dermoon ,c
Minas Tirith And she rolled a 1
Christina Amphlett was a legend. May have only one “hit” in the States but, surprise you’re not the centre of the universe
Divinyls had quite a few hits here in Australia. Stupid putting Chrissie on this list.
I came here to post the same thing. Americans thinking if it didn't happen in America, it didn't happen.
Divinyls were huge in Australia.
All the boys in town, wayyy better song but not as controversial!
Pleasure and pain, science fiction, back to the wall, all the boys in town, siren to name a few, they were one of our seminal rock acts in the 80s and 90s just because I touch myself was the one that charted the highest, doesn't mean it was their only hit
@@ODN67
American girl, here. You are so right. I love my country, however, a lot of us do think (not me) America is the center of the universe.
I remember the 80s. A fun and beautiful era.
Hazel Eyes wish i could relive it and do it all over again.
I wish I could have grown up in the 80s
ekelhaft
Hazel Eyes we had the BEST time in the 1980's well for me June of 1984 after I graduated!
Hazel Eyes i wish i was a teen in the 80s..
Falco a one hit wonder???? Are you f*** kidding me? He was an icon!
ParticleFairy bruh :") like how can he be in that list -_'
ParticleFairy his hit was rock me Amadeus and that's it .. the band after the fire -made der kommisar popular . Falco was a flash in the pan in the USA . Most people under 40 never even heard of him here .
I was thinking the same thing!
Yeah, even only looking at the US charts, Vienna Calling was a top 20 hit.
Who the fuck is falco?
I miss
The 80s
Fick deg eghtes bithch
I MISS THEM TOO
@@ogloc8212 Fuck off
The Last Innocent Decade
Errors: Dead or Alive also charted with Brand New Lover; Milli Vanilli also had Blame It on the Rain among others; Falco also charted with Vienna Calling; and The Knack also had Good Girls Don't. Do Your Homework.
How DEPRESSING!!
I was a kid and they were kids back then!!
And now they're DEAD!!
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thats life
Damn I was a kid when the beatles came out!!!
@@menyasavut3959 And so will you soon? STFU asshole. What a fucked up thing to say.
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Milli Vanilli had 3 US number ones....not really one hit wonders now are they??
Donn 020 they actually had 4 hits
+TheycallmeRosie Productions Sylvia,kite
Donn 020 just wanted to say that...
To be fair Carly Rae Jepsen has had as many one hit wonders and she’s still a one hit.
ALDC BOSS LADIES Same thing applies to Fetty Wap lol
Milli Villi was not an one hit wonder! Blame it on the rain, Girl you know it's true, Don't forget my number, Girl I'm gonna miss you.
Vivian Mangal - Vanilli*
They would have had a nice career, and Rob P. would probably still be alive, if their manager hadn;'t screwed them over and laid all the blame on them.
Vivian Mangal the point of the vid is their biggest hits. The others weren't as big or as known
Luke Easton IIRC (I'm on my phone right now and I can't google) Blame It On The Rain, Don't Forget My Number and Girl I'm Gonna Miss You were all top 10 hits. Those songs were hardly obscure.
Luke Easton - They had three number 1 hits in the U.S. and a number 2 and a number 4. I don't know how they included them in this list.
Falco was huge Star in Austria ,also gery popular in germany. He had a lot very great Hits. Not a One Hit wonder
He also had lots of songs hit the charts in the USA he never was a one hit wonder
im from Argentina and he had several other hits here like Vienna Calling and Jeannie
man it seems like everyone dies in car accidents in the DR. wasn't there another famous person who died in the exact same way recently?
Had no idea Pete Burns had died
me neither
New Name yeah he died oct 24
New Name Yeah I didn't know about him until last month.
Rebecca anice Y did he to die on my bday
New Name yes. Popped up when I was searching death of George Michael. Was shocked
*Poorly researched!! Pete Burns was NOT a one hit wonder. He had MANY songs that were played in clubs and on the radio in the mid to late 1980s!*
_Misty Circles_
_That’s The Way (I Like It)_
_You Spend Me Round (Like A Record)_
_Lover Come Back (To Me)_
_Brand New Lover_
_My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me To The Doctor)_
_Something In My House_
_Come Home With Me Baby_
You forgot "In Too Deep"
I was thinking the same thing !!!!! Lack of research kmt
None of them are really popular and well-known though. People only them for You Spin Me Right Round.
Thank you! I was just going to comment about this. Dead or Alive was NOT a one hit wonder, nor was Milli Vanilli.
Also, Pete Burns was not in The Wedding Singer.
just read all the comments below....you guys sure are loyal to Falco and a few others mentioned in the vid. That's great!
Omg... Didn't even know some of these ppl are dead
Dead or Alive, Divinyls, and Milli Vanilli had more than 1 hit.
Milli Vanilli had more that one hit in North America 5 top 5's, 3 #1s. The other 2 had one hit, at these the Divinyls had a top 5. Dead or Alive didn't break into the top 10.
Just because Dead or Alive was not in the Top 10 on the Billboards doesn't mean the song is not considered a hit and the band had more than one song chart. That's the point the original poster is making.
A hit record is considered the top 40, but even then most people might not remember it, a big hit is the top 10. Most people have heard and do remember those.
Hog wash, everybody knows You Spin Me Round by Dead or Alive and it never reached Top 10 in the US.
Jeremy Holmes bye
Milli vanilli weren’t one hit wonders though, they had like 3 or 4
Girl You Know It's True
Baby Don't Forget My Number
Girl I'm Going To Miss You
Blame It On the Rain
All top 5 in the US charts and 3 of those songs went to Number 1 in the US.
I still love those songs!
Jude Asher exactly. Milli Vanilli was not a one hit wonder. Sorryyyyy
Wow. 4 hit songs off of ONE album and you call that a one hit wonder?? Riiight.
Someone else wrote and sang the songs, so technically they were a no hit wonder.
Chrissy Amphlett was NOT a one hit wonder, She had multiple hits with the Divynls
Exactly what and insult too Chrissie
Sure I touch myself was huge internationally, but in Australia they are considered one of our seminal rock bands with plenty of hits, and plenty of these charted in countries like the US and UK
The Divinyls were not One Hit Wonders. They were a big part of the Australian Music Scene in the 1980's and 1990's and had numerous hits. RIP Chrissie Amphlett!
I saw the Divinyls live in a small pub venue. Chrissie was fierce and wild and like a terrifying lit stick of dynamite onstage. So out there and strong and theatrical.
I liked their song pleasure and pain
80s music is the best.
you got that right, one further the 80s ERA was better than 2019
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Wow that guy from milli vanilli was one gorgeous guy :/
Cherry White They both were/are
That's why Frank Farian used them as lipsyncers
They looked good, but he didn't want them to sing
Cherry White Yah i bet
+salmansengul Absolutely!!!
" Girl you know it's- "
" Girl you know it's- "
" Girl you know it's- " 😅
I know right! So hot!!!!
1:07, thats not even Rob, thats Fab!
Thank you , i was looking for that comment, they shuld do more research
I know
Exactly! What a dumb mistake, wow.... BTW, I did an interview with Fab earlier this year, which you can see on my channel now ;-)
Rob sounded pretty good they played those two
Calling Falco a "One Hit Wonder" is close to blasphemy. He was *extremely* successful in the german speaking countries for many years. Since his lyrics were german, it was extremely unusual for him to have a hit in the US. Calling him a one hit wonder because it was only 1 is very silly.
People loved Falco in Brazil for years. Never a one hit wonder.
The Title should be changed from "One-Hit Wonders You May Not Know Are Dead" to "One-Hit Wonders You May Not Care Are Dead"
The Divinyls had more than one hit. Try Science Fiction - charted 13 in 1983, Pleasure and Pain - charted 11 in 1984, Back To The Wall and Boys In Town - charted 8 in 1981 to name just a few. I suggest you do a little bit more research before you put something up and say that you know about music.
Kuric733 Just a watered down version of WatchMojo 😂😂
The Divinyls were amazing and put out many awesome songs, with considerable success
Bring back 80's music...
Roni TheEqualizer yes 😁
Eww
Agree since now they are getting very stupid with rap!
Bring back 90's music.
Stella SW Chalue no u
Wow, a list of people I actually didn't know were dead (With the exception of Rob from Mili Vanilli). Good job. Great 80's nostalgia for this 90's kid too.
Greg Holmes Yeah he's the only one I knew about. Didn't know about Pete Burns until last month and he died in October.
Some of those songs are beautiful that they left behind. RIP!
Jermaine Stewart also died after his hit " "We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off"
What about "Get Lucky"?
@@aero2zero ...and Say It Again, a big hit in 1988, in the U.K. at least...
Really , never knew that !
@@crucialpdenislea1963 Jermaine Stewart 1957-1997.
"..and drink some cherry wine. uh ha!"
A good number of these are not one hit wonders in the US. They had other Billboard top forty hits, most notably: Milli Vanilli - "Baby Don't Forget My Number" (#1), "Blame It On The Rain" (#1), "Girl I'm Gonna Miss You" (#1), "All Or Nothing" (#4). How do you decide that a band that hit NUMBER ONE three times was a "one hit wonder"? By the way, the song you did pick peaked at #2.
Also:
Dead Or Alive - "Brand New Lover" (#15)
Falco - "Vienna Calling" (#18)
Cutting Crew - "I've Been In Love Before" (#9)
***(As far as I'm concerned, a second TOP TEN hit is automatic exemption from "one hit wonder" status.)
The Knack - "Good Girls Don't" (#11), "Baby Talks Dirty" (#38)
DallasHammster you know your stuff. Much respect.
Gotta love these comments. It's like the Simpsons' "Comic Book Guy" come to life, if he were a pop music nerd.
DallasHammster You'd be miles better at this stuff than the idiots who have sucked up over a million subs putting together this crap. Here in the UK, Milli Vanilli were massive and scored pretty much the same chart positions with the same songs.
As for Dead Or Alive, they had 7 top 40 songs over here:
1984 - That's The Way (I Like It) - 22
1984 - You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) - 1
1985 - Lover Come Back To Me - 11
1985 - In Too Deep - 14
1985 - My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me To A Doctor) - 23
1986 - Brand New Lover - 31
1987 - Something In My House - 12
Also, in 2003 they released a remixed version of "You Spin Me Round" which hit number 23, and the original version of the same song was reissued in 2006, following Pete's appearance in Big Brother, which reached number 5.
Oh, and over here, pretty much everybody knew Pete Burns was dead.
The number one song of 1979 (My Sharona by The Knack) was a misogynist’s anthem, so there ya go lol
The Divinyls were a huge Aussie band!!... Definitely not one hit wonders!! .. Do better research! ... 😡
Agreed!!!
Yes a great band - saw them at the Bondi Astra '79, I think, sensational. Certainly no one hit wonders - love 'Pleasure and Pain' another classic
She seems to be basing this just off of hits in America not considering other parts of the world.
+Vicki Harland One hit wonders doesn't just mean that artists or groups have released just one single that topped the chart. It also means other jams did too the charts, but there's one that's very popular.
It's almost like this is an American channel lmao.
Falco was definitely not a one-hit-wonder ! He was and is still HUGE in his native Austria !
Falco shouldn't be on this list.
JosephJamesScott true he had a lot of hits
we are talkiing about worldwide hits, and that kind falco only had 2 or three..
The only reason I clicked on this is to comment that Milli Vanilli is not a one hit wonder. They had "Girl you know it's true", "Don't Forget my number", and "Girl I'm gonna miss you." Three hits, stupid. Regardless of who is doing the singing. The British reporter even called them "successful" in the piece.
And Blame it on the Rain
Technically, Milli Vanilli were really no hit wonders considering they never performed the music. And in all honesty, their manager should have been held responsible for their fake careers.
And Ma Baker
Gotta love these comments. It's like the Simpsons' "Comic Book Guy" come to life, if he were a pop music nerd.
It's news to us here in Australia to have Chrissie Amphlett and the Divinyls listed in the USA as one hit wonders. Chrissie and the Divinyls were a very important part of the music industry in Australia for close on 40 years, up there with other Aussie Groups as Midnight Oil, AC/DC and INXS.
Chrissie was a diverse talent, I remember seeing her on stage in Sydney in 1998 playing the part of Judy Garland in the original Aussie stage production of "The Boy from Oz" with Tod Mckendry, a good decade before Hugh Jackson did it on Broadway. Her role only took about 20 minutes of the whole show but she left the audience stunned with her performance and her voice was out of this world. In the early 80s she was every Aussie School boys sexual fanatasy.
Her death was shock to all of Australia and she sorely missed. But she and the Divinlys were never a one hit wonder in the Land of Oz.
Can you please change the title to "One hit wonders in the U.S...." So damn rude to assume that some bands were one hit wonders when they had strings of hits, somewhere other than the States!
yer and think the beatles got famous when they went to the us
I know! Divinyls were HUGE here in Australia!
If they couldn’t make it in the US, then nothing they accomplished anywhere else mattered.
@@jlomesou this is why noone likes americans 🤣🤣
No one likes us, til they need us. ;)
Milli Vanilla was not a one hit number. A number one album, a remix album and 5 hit singles 3 of which made number one. Falco had a second hit called Vienna Calling. And did originally write and record Der Kommisar but the hit version was by a group called After The Fire. Cutting Crew had 3 charted songs. The Knack also had 3 charted songs.
They were a two hit wonder in 1988/89
They may all RIP
May they...you country bumpkin. Back to the barn!
For me Falco was not a one-hit wonder. Maybe on the US but in other places he had more than One hit. -Including "Titanic" which is my favorite song, Der Komissar, Jeanny etc. Great video by the way!
The Real Rubie my thought exactly! He was probably known internationally for one or two songs, but he isn't a one hit wonder in the Germany/Austria/Switzerland region :)
Yasi Exactly. I forgot that other of he's hits were "The sound of musik" and "Body next to body" (I think, correct me if I am wrong) Glad to met people over here who knows about him. I hope this video make people curious and make them check he's music out. Falco is really underrated on this side of the world
"Vienna Calling" was a hit in the US.
The Real Rubie Der Komissar
The Real Rubie Der Kommisar
Calling Falco a "one hit wonder" is blasphemous. This man's contribution to European pop music in general and his still lasting influence on German speaking artists in particular cannot be overstated. He was a absolute genius and way ahead of his time.
The divinyls were far FAR from one hit wonders and I, as a fellow Australian, completely resent that statement. That song is now the song for Breast Cancer as a reminder to women to "touch themselves" as any woman knows she should to detect lumps in her breasts. Chrissy died of breast cancer. I really REALLY am pissed to hear anyone say they were one hit wonders.
So going by this title if you're not big in America you're just a one hit wonder?? Could that be any more insulting
Sonnys Mummy UK,typical yanks,theyve got there heads so stuck up there backsides and need to pull them out to see reality.
Kupa Cronk Umm, us "yanks" hardly agree with the title either.
Proof please
After Adam Sandler's last good movie....savage!
Tyrone davis
The Divinyls weren't "one hit wonders" at least not here in Australia.
Falco wasn't a one hit wonder. He had a heated career in Austria and Germany. Look up Jeanny, one of his best songs💕
Dyvinals were absolutely NOT a one hit wonder, they're a very cherished Aussie band, and Chrissy's death was mourned by many of us.
They call Falco a one-hit-wonder, then say... Well technically he had 2 hits
The reality is, Falco, although he died 20 years ago, is still by far the biggest Austrian musician of the modern era
Cutting Crew had three hits. 'I've Been In Love Before' peaked at #9 in 1986 and 'One For The Mockingbird' peaked at #38 in 1987 on Billboard's Hot 100 charts.
And Divinyls were a very successful band in Australia
This video was so poorly researched!
Dead Or Alive, Milli Vanilli, Cutting Crew, and Falco we’re not one hit wonders! Do your homework before posting this trash!
She must be talking about in the U.S.
In the USA, Dead Or Alive had 2 big hits, Cutting Crew had 2 big hits + a minor hit, and Milli Vanilli had a bunch of huge hits.
Neither were the Divinals, they had loads of hits outside the U.S. this vid is just lies!
@@rachelcookson3492 In the USA, their only hit was "I Touch Myself" which peaked at #4.
If it didn’t reach top forty it was not a hit sooooooo suck it dumfuck
LOL 3:20 when my son takes a shower I pay this song on his echo dot, also rick roll.
lmao
MILLI VANILLI had 5 top 5 in the United States, of which 3 were Number one, definitely nowhere and under no justification can be said that they were One Hit wonders
Nevertheless, they became a musical joke after it was revealed that they weren't even the singers. Plenty of musicians lip sync to their own songs at a live performance, but they were lip syncing to *someone else's songs.* That's why they had to turn in their Grammy.
Divinyls were hardly one hit wonders - they had many hits for ten years or more before "I Touch Myself"
Divinyls were only big in Australia that's where they mostly had their hits.
The Divinyls aren't 1 hit wonders, they have many great hits and many got in the billboards. If you actually listen to the music you can tell why they are hits @Logic and Reason
Daniel Futcher fuck'in A Chrissy Amphlett and the divinyals were not one hit wonders fuck'in yanks!!!!.
Logic and Reason bullshit fuck'in ignoramus what do you call bands like AC/DC and the song highway to hell that is still played world wide nearly 40years after bon Scott's death you fuck'in mong!!!.no1 in Australia isn't a hit considered a hit worldwide you deserve self upper cut so far that is the dumbest quote of the century i justed burnt your theory big time.
Logic and Reason you denounced our music sence and and one of our bands by saying a number 1 hit in Australia hardly is a hit is it now so yeah you deserve the dump yank comment and that's what called worldwide yank get use to it you pilick.
I can tell you one thing Nicki Swift,, they all made a bigger mark than YOU ever will!!!
🤣🤣
The Divinyls were not one hit wonders. If you have not experienced Divinyls earlier music, you have missed out. Pleasure and pain was a huge hit in Australia as well as Science Fiction, Boys in town & Sleeping Beauty, youtube them. Eh, maybe you just had to be an Aussie.
yep, gotta be from down under, or intent on hunting down musicians and their 'unknown' songs - some of the better tracks can often hide behind 2-minute clips (or smaller). you guys have some killer bands - sorry to hear about chrissy's fate.!
~WarriorPoet~
@@warriorpoet5461 Yes, it was sad and yes we used to have some great bands but unfortunately (much to my dissatifaction) we have not invested in any rock bands and good live music is hard to come by. In the 80s/90s, it was everywhere. You could see heaps of bands in the charts both rock and pop. If you want to make it in the music industry, you have to go to the US or Europe. Now, theres a nanny state culture and venues invest in nothing but poker machines and make millions from that. They only care about profit. And theres all this BS concern about violence so venues rarely do live music anymore, especially in Sydney (NSW). They even introduced lockout laws meaning you cant enter a venue after 1am. It sux big time.
Chrissie Amplett is still revered as a goddess in her home country. Much loved and never forgotten. All the boys in town.
CHRISSY AMPHLET A ONE HIT WONDER! My arse that woman was a rock goddess!
Agreed, she was, and still is(rest in peace Chrissy) a rock goddess in Australia. They even named a street in Melbourne after her. Saw her ( The Divinyls. ) in concert in the late 80's. What a show. Yes, I'm old.
Lee McDonald yeah true, well they can keep our girl of it! ❤️🇦🇺❤️
One hit wonder and Milli Vanilli - something is wrong....
Mambo Number 5 is my favorite by far, can't stop dancing whenever it's played!
Rest in peace Pete Burns.
How nostalgic this vid made me. Wow!
RIP PETE BURNS💖💖💖💖💖💖✨✨✨✨✨✨✨😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
I love the 80s!!
Me too.
And me
Its not just the 80's though.
Falco ? One-Hit Wonder? 2 ? --- Cmon
Calling Divinyls a one hit wonder, what about Science Fiction, Pleasure & Pain, Boys in Town, Only Lonely, Good Die Young. Ect:
I guess if they weren't hits in the States it doesn't count.
I actually knew all of these had passed, except for the guy from OMC. Now I am a little sadder, because I was one who really liked that crazy little song. And Milli Vanilli shouldn't be on here either, because they had about 3 or 4 big songs from one 'one big album wonder' RIP to all of these anyway.
Neither should the Divinyls or Pete Burns!!
And The Cutting Crew had another top 10 hit after I Just Died In Your Arms
Shout out from South Africa. Former mobile DJ here. I think you forget that RUclips is international and that posts are not restricted to one country...unless you indicate such. One hit wonders??!!! Milli Vanilli? Falco? Dead or Alive? The Divinyls? Well, they all certainly had more than one hit in South Africa. "Lover Come Back to Me" by Dead or Alive, for example, was an even bigger hit in South Africa than "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)". Et cetera et cetera!!
Get your facts straight. Falco is not a 1 hit wonder
Lots of these had more than one hit
Falco was not a one-hit wonder. He had four big hits in Europe.
Guido Rehder "in Europe"
Guido Rehder. unique voice too
@@iluvu.6161 I guess you should include the biggest music market of the world when making a global list.... or just call it "American One Hit Wonders".
(And before you argue that the USA is the biggest music market: look up "Europe" and check what it is and which countries belong to it.
Pete Burns was cool
Kevin McMichael(Cutting Crew) and Jimmy McShane(Baltimora) gone too soon. Your songs are international treasures and will never get old....ever.
I just died in your arms tonight I loved it
Been in love before, fantastic song...
Falco is definitely not a one hit wonder. He had many hit songs in Europe
The Milli Vanilli guys were actually male models hired by a producer in order to sell the music visually
Hmmm, let's see, we've only known that for about 21 years now...try to keep up.
Undeniably, All these songs were and are great!!!....Thanks and God bless, R.I.P.!
The DiVinyls also had "Ring Me Up" which was featured in "Sixteen Candles". Good song.
How the hell is Chrissy Amphlett a 1 hit wonder?? The Divinyls are all over Ozzy radio waves on rock stations daily!!
I'll never forget the day I heard My sharona for the first time. It was on a radio in a factory I worked. We all just started dancing to it and screwing around and throwing insulation fluff in the air. We all almost got fired over that song! LOL
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Jammin G, lol. And Berton Averre's guitar solo is on my short list of lifetime favorites.
@@drkatel no doubt this song got me into heavy metal!
also not a one hit wonder.... "Good Girls Don't" hit #11