Top 23 One Hit Wonders of Each Year (2000 - 2022)
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- Опубликовано: 9 фев 2025
- These one-hit wonders left a lasting impression on music history. For this list, we’ll be looking at the greatest tracks by flash in the pan artists of each year of the 21st century so far, from 2000-2022. Our countdown includes “Absolutely (Story of a Girl)”, “A Thousand Miles”, “Teach Me How to Dougie”, “Heat Waves”, and more! Which of these one-hit wonders are you still a dedicated fan of today? Let us know in the comments.
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Two words: “Stacy’s Mom.”
Icona Pop's I love it song!!!!
I’m hurt Steve Lacy’s on here he dropped a album that’s beloved in the music industry
The fact Steve lacy is on here shows Watch mojo content has really been going downhill smh
A Thousand Miles, Somebody that I just to know, I love it and Shut up and dance
I can’t hear a thousand miles without thinking of Terry Crews in White Chicks.
So true
Same lmao
That movie defined that song
😂😂😂
Same.
Calling Steve Lacy a 1 hit wonder is wild
fax
yo for reeaaaal hahahaha
They do acknowledge it's too soon to tell, but what else was there for 2022? (by any other artists I mean?)
No idea why they chose to single me out with this comment that was never meant to be anything worse.
What's even more wild? Mojo deleting my comments about black people (I am black American) dancing to A Thousand Miles is cringy.. Like why? Like why delete my comment about it being cringy? That's cringy and wild all in one. 🤣🤣🤣🤦🏾♂️
Problem is, it’s quite likely true… When you blow up on TikTok and people go to your concerts and only know the part of the song that is used on TikTok? It doesn’t look too good, and doesn’t look like people really care for your music?
Calling Steve lacy a one hit wonder is beyond diabolical 😭
Who is Steve Lacey?
he is tho
@@thankuslay6766 what about dark red that was his biggest song before bad habit 🤦🏾♂️
@@thankuslay6766 he isn't, dark red is a platinum song and has more streams on spotify than bad habits
How are they wrong though? lmao
You can’t call someone a one hit wonder after 1 year.
Exactly
facts
you can, sometimes you know already
🗣ONE HIIIIIIT WONDERRRRR
If this video was made in 2019, they’d definitely call Lil Nas X a One-Hit Wonder. He instantly proved that wrong with Panini.
Steve lacy disrespect cannot be tolerated
For real. Like are they joking?
Facts that's fucked up
Well as of now he’s technically a 1 hit wonder. I’m sure he will rack up more hits in the future.
24:24
Nah this is mad wild. I hate what Tiktok did to him and you can tell he does too.
Lists like this just shows how brutal the music industry really is. Takes so much for artists to keep their heads above water. And the disrespect to Steve Lacy must stop lol.
steve lacy mid asl, deadass a tiktok one hit wonder shits not good. you're delusional
The comment section is littered with Steve Lacy support. Watch Mojo needs to put some respect on his name 😂
I did notice for the last few years they mention how they’ll be watching to see if these artists top the song that put them on the list
steve lacy is NOT a one hit wonder. He been in the industry for a long time and has a dedicated fanbase
Lol who couldn’t even remember his popular songs
gurl...
never heard of him til this video lol
@@chriss.2978 Babes just because you don't know someone doesn't mean they aren't famous 💀💀
Exactly! He's the artist that other popular artists take inspiration from! Gemini rights was such a good album and Bad Habits was not even the best song of the album.
Ella Mai’s 2nd hit “Trip” reached #11 on Billboard. Not sure why shes considered a One Hit Wonder. At least give Steve Lacy another year before writing him off.
Well a hit is usually a top 10 song
@@JoNoSay you can’t be serious💀
@@JoNoSaythat doesn't mean trip wasn't also a hit tho lmao
@@JoNoSayI get what you mean, he’s not saying yes not a hit he’s saying according to ratings a top 10 song is considered a hit
nothing's writing him off dude he's making bangers ever since
Calling Estelle, Ella Mai and Steve Lacy one hit wonders is crazy to me. Also teach me how to figure may have charted I’m 2010, but it fed came out before that because we danced to it at grad night in 09.
As of my comment, I hadn't gotten to Estelle, but I was still hearing of her 8 years later. She is not a one-hit wonder.
Even La roux had more then one hit with "in for the kill"
This list touts Gnarls Barkley as a one hitter... they didn't know he was Ceelo Green!!! Goodie Mob was a blockbuster before "Crazy" and has two big hits after this list wasn't fully researched
@@ricm3999 I *LOVE* that song
some songs gets popularize after release year like heat waves
Steve Lacy may actually be the next big producer so even if he’s not the artist he’ll be making hits none the less
He already produced hits they just dont wanna talk about that
He produced on Kendrick Lamar's DAMN album...
Plus he found success as part of the band "The Internet"... Def not a one hit wonder
Fun fact 9days lead singer is still married to the woman who the song was about. They are both currently teachers at the same school and have 2 kids. Nice people.
Awesome
Nice!
“I Love It” is turning 10-years old and we still ❤ that song.
That is not a one hit wonder
I hate that song. So annoying
@@dread1262 agree, annoying ass song 🤦♂️
@@dread1262Imagine hating early 2010’s perfection
So true but it's not a one hit wonder
The disrespect to Ella Mai, Steve Lacy, and Hozier 💀
That's when I stopped watching the video
Fr
Someone that I used to know is still the GOAT fr
he made a couple good ones after that imo 😂 that song “hearts a mess (new version) was pretty good imo
Nah, a thousand miles
i've always thought that songs sucks ass big time lol
@@bella_da_bee Agree it couldn't escape that song.
Not gonna lie I kinda feel like Rude by Magic should be on this list
I agree.
they have other song more than 100 million views
@@thankuslay6766 so has desiinger
Yeah, the lead singer featured on a couple bangers, but I haven't heard anything else from them
I think there basing off billboard and also public memory and shut up and dance was a bigger hit than rude.
Hozier was never a one hit wonder . His still going strong...
learn what is one hit wonder
@@thankuslay6766learn english
Although hozier is still making music, that is one song that is extremely good and although some of his songs are good, none of them touch the billboard hot 100
Um Grady his song for Tarzan and work song were top of billboards for months and that was after.
Trust listen to his music his a genuine genius. You missing out .
Well... Now he has two hits
If you don’t jam out to A Thousand Miles with your windows rolled down while staring into peoples eyes singing every word at a stop light, you’re doing it wrong 😂
“Whine Up” became one of the best songs in 2007 and also one of my most favorite songs of all time.
Me TOO! My high school summer songs!!
Lol I never heard of it until this video 😅
@@briellevalyntin3233 same it’s like the song never existed it definitely almost never got airplay in the market that I am in. We used to listen to the radio because that’s all there was unless you listened to CDs and mixtapes lol
@@briellevalyntin3233same
Vanessa Carlton had some smaller hits and I have seen her live in acoustic venues. She may not be a “star”, but she is still good
I just hope she used a stunt piano. LOL I was worried
Calling someone a one hit wonder isn't an insult. I used to think when people used the term they meant an artist with only 1 good song. But a lot of times when people talk about one hit wonders they're talking about a really good artist that was only recognized for 1 song. That Vanessa Carlton album is really good and I even hear songs like White Houses at retail stores. Same thing with Gotye, that album with Somebody That I Used to know is seriously incredible
I always get the Anime Music Video made with her song in mind when i hear it, especially since it is fit to teach the finger settings on the piano to play it.
Seriously and… Taylor swift ripped off Rabbits on the run but of course nobody talks about that
2000: Nine Days- Absolutely (Story of a Girl)*
2001: Blu Cantrell- Hit ‘Em Up Style (Oops!)
2002: Venessa Carlton- A Thousand Miles
2003: Fountains of Wayne- Stacy’s Mom*
2004: Howie Day- Collide*
2005: Daniel Powter- Bad Day
2006: Gnarls Barkley- Crazy*
2007: Cat Deluna feat. Elephant Man- Whine Up
2008: Estelle feat. Kanye West- American Boy
2009: LaRue- Bulletproof
2010: Cali Swag District- Teach Me How to Dougie
2011: Gotye feat. Kimbra- Somebody That I Used to Know*
2012: Icona Pop feat. Charlie XCX- I Love It*
2013: Hozier- Take Me to Church*
2014: Walk the Moon- Shut Up and Dance*
2015: Desiigner- Panda*
2016: Saint Jhn- Roses
2017: Portugal. The Man- Feel It Still
2018: Ella Mai- Boo’d Up
2019: Tones and I- Dance Monkey
2020: Glass Animals- Heat Waves*
2021: Gayle- Abcdefu*
2022: Steve Lacy- Bad Habit*
*My favorite songs.
why tf is Abcdefu one of your favorites??
No one asked
I’m sorry but how did Blu Cantrell-Hit ‘Em Up Style get the spot for 2001? Never heard of the artist, never heard the song (the name of the song doesn’t even sound familiar. The Calling-Wherever You Will Go easily should’ve been the one for that year. The Hit ‘Em Up Style music video only has 63 million views compared to the over 500 million The Wherever You Will Go has. So it’s definitely more well known and recognizable and to say otherwise is criminal. I know u didn’t make this video but I’m just so mad.
@davidstratton696 how old are you 😱 you must live under a rock
@@leannej7723 I’m 20 and no I don’t live under a rock.
2001's Hit Em Up Style is my jam! That still gets rotation. This list is starting off right
2021 was the worst!
Checkout Blu Cantrell Breathe ft. Sean Paul
Blu is far from a one hit wonder.
i truly don’t understand Estelle never went viral. she has a great voice. she played Garnet in Steven Universe. She sang beautifully.
I forgot that Steven Universe had a musical aspect to it 😂
She leaned more into songwriting so she still makes hits but for other people
She also sang the theme song on We Bare Bears
Omg she did I forgot
@@JusNoBS420same
These one-hit wonders are certainly unforgettable. Merry Christmas to everyone.
Except I forgot about all of them, every single damn one of them until I watched this video. :D
@@markenstein783 OK now that's just sad.
@@markenstein783 thats you
@@markenstein783 wow you're so cool
@@markenstein783 that’s weird
Ok......Ella Mai is FAR from a 1 hit wonder. Not only did her debut album have a couple rated songs, but she's also had HUGE features on a couple of very big singles like What You Did with Mahalia and Keeps On Fallin with Babyface.
Story of a girl, a thousand miles, collide, bad day , crazy, AMERICAN BOY🙄, bulletproof(yaassss), teach me how to dougie (Mbone got murdered, etc) use to RUN RADIO DISNEY CHILE😂
Glass Animals really deserves more recognition aside "Heat Waves" (brilliant song in my book, btw). I've spent the last several years listening to their other song, "Gooey" on the radio. Also worth another listen.
I mostly knew them from Gooey and their... "interesting" music video
Glass animals has multiple good songs
They have a ton of great songs!
God Heat Waves was annoying 🤦♂️ basic mainstream radio songs that play everywhere.
pork soda
Vanessa Carlton was not a one-hit wonder. She had a follow-up hit with "Ordinary Day".
Nigga only had 19 million views like c'mon do better
She also had a cover of Joni Mitchell's Big Yellow Taxi
Also white houses
Calling Blu Cantrell a one hit wonder seems a bit of a stretch since she did have another with Breathe on her next album
One Hit Per Album Wonder. Breathe was huge internationally.
Imagine this comments section if “Call me Maybe” was listed
This list made me rediscover my love for alternative music
Steve Lacy in the thumbnail???? im getting HEATED
Who
@@randomreviews4278 L + ratio
24:24
Who?
@@Harveygregorxotwod who
calling Hozier, Walk the Moon and Glass Animals “one hit wonders” is an absolute slap in the face to their discography. same for Portugal The Man
Hozier being a one hit wonder and immediately having a hit song a year later is incredible
Glass Animals is easily one of my top artists and deserve way more recognition
It's funny how at this time of age, the people who are rappers that mumble their lyrics and rap about killing, sex, drugs, and probably don't even write their own songs are the most popular artists. But the artists that actually make good music and have lyrics that actually make sense are underrated, one hit wonders, and not paid attention to.
Lizzie McGuire was my first exposure to the song
@Ben Edwards - She also released "Goodbye to You" (not the 80s song by Scandal)... also "All You Wanted", "Are You Happy Now", "Breathe"... a decent number of hits and easily remembered songs by the actual public.
Somebody needs to make a Spotify Playlist for this
There is a difference between an artist with *only one* hit as opposed to an artist with a song that is clearly more popular than most songs in their discography...Ella Mai's most popular song is Boo'd Up but that's not the only hit she's had...☹
I think i like Trip more than Boo’d up and her most recent album was 🔥
@@swaggyp940 I really do like her Trip more than her Boo'd up as well. But I will say her 10,000 hours song is really good too.
Somebody that I used to know still breaks me 😢
Agreed. My Fiance and I broke up while on a trip to San Francisco, and during the excruciating 6+ hour drive back to our apartment, this song was played ad nauseam on different radio stations, so we kept having to turn the station. I still can't listen to that song. I even skipped it in this video LOL.
I hope you have an awesome year!
Cheers.
WatchMojo calling Steve Lacy a one hit wonder is proof that people only follow the virality of a song, bc Steve Lacy has made so many hits, and even his non-viral songs are just beautiful
Fr tho. I don’t know how the hell Icespice Munch isn’t here
NO YOU DID NOT PUT ELLA MAI ON THE LIST . None of her hits have reach the peak of boo’d up but still she still followed up with hits and her album in 2022 was well received 😅
I'm really suprised by this video for mentioning her and others. Like did they even actually look into half these artists?
Like Gnarles Barkley is CeeLo Green. What do you mean Mojo
Wasn’t Trip a Top 10 hit?
@@Soarer96 I was like... wait a minute 😂😂😂
Most, not all, but most one hit wonders have raw talent and are REAL musicians. Tells you a lot about the music industry.
I have been watching most of the video that are post on this channel for quite some years. And I'm so happy to see that you guys recognize our Guyanese artists🥰🥰 I'm bursting with excitement when you guys mention Guyanese artists🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾
Our pleasure!
Not have Hoobastank’s The Reason on this list is criminal
Hoobastank is not a one hit wonder. Don't let crazy town, the calling, Pod, the ketchup, afroman appaear. That is criminal
@@myth8334 lmao yeah okay bud even Hoobastank don’t believe their other tracks were hits 😂 sit down
“Bulletproof” is such a great song.
Yep
Yes
That is true.
Can we have a list of one hit wonders from each year of the 90's?
I don't care what anyone says, I'll forever love Estelle's voiceover for Steven Universe. A beautiful woman with an voice from another world. I said it, now come at me. I still have launch codes around here somewhere...
Before watching this I already know “Rude” is gonna be the song for 2014
Nope! No mention of them.
@@aclstudios crazy
Calling Ella Mai a one-hit wonder is WILD
The picks from the 2000-2010s are spot on and sooooo nostalgic! The mostly recent ones...hmmmm. I think it's too soon to tell about the artists!
The early 2000’s were such a prime period for pop music. Blu Cantrel, Vanessa Carlton and Fountains of Wayne all have such great albums that should have been a lot bigger!
It’s so dumb how Blu Cantrell got the spot for 2001 when wherever you will go by the calling is literally right there. That song is by far bigger and to not put it for 2001 is criminal. I’ve never in my life heard of Blu Cantrell or this song of theirs (the name of the song doesn’t even sound familiar). And if u look it up the Blu Cantrell music video only has 63 million views compared to the over 500 million wherever you will go has. So yea it’s definitely more well known and recognizable.
Steve Lacy had a hit before Bad Habit and after Bad Habit. So dumb.
Shut up and dance is still one of my favorite songs 😀 (And Walk the moon became one of my favorite bands because of this song)
I don't think Kat DeLuna was an One Hit Wonder, she had pretty popular tracks beside Whine Up, like Run the Show and Drop It Low
somebody that i used to know has this melody that is indeed different from what we use to hear, it's addictive and i don't stay more than one week without listening, now that's a masterpiece
"Somebody that I used to know" is catchy af
It’s a great song… great album, too.
Hitz 📀...2000's 2010 and Early 2020's...The One Hitz soundtrack of our lives...The Last Days of Club Party DayZ and Confuzed 💥
Nah because I know you did not just call Hozier a one-hit-wonder. He’s not as mainstream, but he still has a large(committed) fan base.
Steve Lacy isn’t a one hit wonder he literally just dropped the album 😭
Lacy is nowhere near the closest artist this year that has the likability to be a One-Hit Wonder.
@@Flamingbro69 no where near??? Whole song went viral? Even took billboard #1 pic’s literally made 1# he dropped dark red in 2017 and is still relevant
@@Flamingbro69 he also was nominated for a Grammy.
where's the other big song? lol
@@thankuslay6766 Ryd/ Dark Red, Daze, Infrunami, When I. Bro has so many songs. What are you on?
I recognized more than half (12/23) of these songs, which amazes me. I really thought it would only be 1 or 2, if any at all.
Hit em up style and a thousand miles my favorite one hit wonders ❤❤❤
Breathe by Blu Cantrell was way better than hit em up style IMO, It was internationally just as successful but in the U.S it only made the Top 50 of the Billboard 100.
It always amazes me how some of these groups could catch lightning in a bottle one time and they could never do it again.
“Even though it’s too soon to see which direction Lacy’s career will go in” THEN WHY IS HE ON THIS LIST LMAO
I would argue that Estelle has found fame in Voice Acting... Have you heard of some of her songs from Steven Universe?
Willa Ford's "I Wanna Be Bad" is still pretty catchy.
Still one of my favorite songs !
YESS! I ALWAYS THINK OF "DICKIE ROBERTS" EVERYTIME I HEAR THE SONG! LOL!!!!
Then she claimed 9/11 ruined her career
Did ya understand that, by her is really good too!
I still love bulletproof. Always makes me feel so invincible
These songs on this list every single one of them are certified Hood classic
I met Venessa Carlton at the Cincinnati airport going through security. The wild part was her song was playing in the terminal.
This one was fun, as it allowed me to pinpoint exactly when I gave up on pop musik.
Crazy isn't a 1 hit wonder since Gnarls Barkley have others hits after this song
Ella Mia is not a one hit wonder. She was just on tour with Mary J this year
Always assumes Stacy's Mom was a Sum 41 / Blink 182 song
Everyone used to think that it was a Bowling for Soup song. So much so, that they even did their own cover of Stacy’s Mom in 2011.
American boy is absolutely iconic
Gotye wasn't a one hit wonder, he just didn't want to continue the fame.
Howie Day is very underrated. Back in the early 2000's he sang a cover of All Along the Watch Tower which led into Halloween. It was a live performance and man... it was amazing. She says is also a great song. If you ever get a chance to go to once of his concerts... do it!!
Also before we get started. That glad you came song better be on here from The Wanted. Never seen a boy band fizzle out that fast from a song that big.
Was Blu Cantrell’s ‘Breathe’ not a hit? It went to number one in the UK.
Can’t believe they tried to pretend “Breathe” wasn’t a smash hit
When I saw a thousand miles on this list I immediately acted out Terry Crews In White Chicks scene 😂😂😂
This was my first time hearing some of these songs.
A lot of these bands aren't One hit Wonders, they just aren't the mainstream popularity anymore.
Hence why they qualify for the One Hit Wonder criteria
Take me to church, Thousand Miles, Heat Waves, Abcdefu, Say Something and Crazy are legendary
They suck
Not abcdefu that song was dogshit
one sneak
and it's the alphabet song
But how is Steve lacy a one hit wonder when he’s only been mainstream for like less than a year??!!
Who else can’t NOT think about Terry Crews in White Chicks when that song comes on? Lol 😂 Also, hats off to the Stacy’s out there who grew up when that song was released 👏🏽
I feel like Macklemore should’ve been on the 2012 list, because his career was a rise back in 2012, and then his fame was destroyed after he won 4 Grammys: 1 for Best New Artist and 3 in the rap categories (Best Rap Album, Best Rap Song, and Best Rap Performance) over Kendrick Lamar. He was utterly disappointed about winning over Kendrick because his album was better than Macklemore’s which won for “Best Rap Album”. Kendrick didn’t care and said he shouldn’t feel guilty and praised Macklemore’s win. Macklemore kept making more music until he fell off and lost his viral fame after breaking up with Ryan Lewis.
Charli XCX’s status is not dead in her country than in the US.
But, Macklemore isn’t a One-Hit Wonder.
@@LameAsHell1991 yeah I know but I felt like he’s becoming one ever since he won Grammys over Kendrick. Grammys did him dirty. He should’ve won Best Rap Song and Performance instead of Best Rap Album as one of his wins
After 2009 my mind disconnected from modern day music.
The song "Rude" should 100% be on this "OOOUUU" by young ma and broccoli by dram also
2022 pick feels like Jumping the Gun!
Everytime I hear A thousand miles I think of Who I smokeee 😂🔥😂
calling hozier and steve lacy a one hit wonder is BEYOND crazy
It sucks that Gotye is known as a one hit wonder. That album is brilliant. State of the Art, Eyes Wide Open, Bronte, it's so good. State of the Art is one of the best electronic songs ever made in my opinion.
Eyes Wide Open even charted on the Hot 100, but it never reached the Top 40.
@@Flamingbro69 in Australia or the US? State of the Art is my favorite Gotye song. Eyes Wide Open sounds so much like Sting and the Police, I think it's so great
People need to understand that being relevant in the music industry, no matter how talented you are nor how good your music is, is extremely rare....to get to be a one hit wonder is also rare and if you become one you should be more than proud because you'd accomplish what 90% of artists will never achieve.
WALKTHEMOON is still making amazing music. I recommend Tiger Teeth, Giants, and Lost In The Wild was just being used on TikTok recently I think!
I like several Walk the Moon songs. A few other songs by them I recommend are Different Colors and Anna Sun. Anna Sun is the first song I remember hearing from Walk the Moon. I will need to check out Lost In the Wild.
@@bravejaf Anna Sun and Different Colors are some of their more successful songs other than Shut Up And Dance, but they have an AMAZING catalog. Work This Body, Aquaman, Headphones, Fire In Your House. They make some great music.
I mean” forget you”was big too so how was Charles a one hit wonder
Kylie Minogue was a one hit wonder for like 12 1/2 years "Locomotion" in 1988 to "Can't Get You Out Of My Head" in 2002 and more followed after that. It's too early to tell for some of them.
Hahaha
She was also in that awful Street Fighter movie from the 90's.
And Biodome
Kylie? You must be joking.
love how catchy song that we remember is on the list love it.
You are getting your years mixed up; Take Me to Church by Hoizer was a huge hit in 2015 and Panda by Desiigner charted in 2016.
I'm surprised they didn't mention GANGDUM STYLE by PSY
Steve is an INDIE artist. His songs Dark Red & C U Girl are very popular & well known within INDIE circles.