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Subject: 90s one hit wonders
Written By: violet_shy on 06/03/20 at 6:05 pm
Can you all remember any?
I just remembered this one by Andru Donalds.
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Subject: Re: 90s one hit wonders
Written By: wagonman76 on 06/03/20 at 7:17 pm
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At least according to Wikipedia, the only singles they had that charted were Macarena versions.
Subject: Re: 90s one hit wonders
Written By: violet_shy on 06/03/20 at 8:58 pm
Ooo I just remembered another one! I was listening to the radio the night they first played this song. It was on pro fm, on a make or break they were playing new music. This was in 1996.
Ondina - Into the Night (1996)
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Subject: Re: 90s one hit wonders
Written By: Howard on 06/04/20 at 7:46 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8_f3kJOX_8
gerardo - rico suave
Subject: Re: 90s one hit wonders
Written By: violet_shy on 06/04/20 at 8:00 am
Dionne Faris - I know
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Tal Bachman - She's so high
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Subject: Re: 90s one hit wonders
Written By: wagonman76 on 06/04/20 at 8:51 am
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They had some other songs outside of the USA but for the most part a one hit wonder.
Subject: Re: 90s one hit wonders
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/20 at 9:10 am
They had some other songs outside of the USA but for the most part a one hit wonder.
The English rock band Chumbawamba biggest hit in the UK was "Tubthumping" (as above) only reach #2 in 1997, and had other hits in the UK Charts:
1993
Enough Is Enough (reaching #56)
Timebomb (reaching # 59)
1994
Homophobia (reaching #79)
1995
Ugh! Your Ugly Houses! (reaching #84)
1998
Amnesia (reaching #10)
Top of the World (Olé, Olé, Olé) (reaching #21)
Subject: Re: 90s one hit wonders
Written By: violet_shy on 06/04/20 at 11:23 am
Kathy Troccoli - Everything changes
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Subject: Re: 90s one hit wonders
Written By: nally on 06/04/20 at 12:24 pm
I can think of several.
For example, Michael Penn "No Myth" from 1990. (However, that may be considered a decade cusp song because he recorded it in '89, but it was a hit on the charts in early '90.)
Jane Child, "Don't Wanna Fall In Love", also a hit in 1990 (and again, recorded in '89, but definitely a U.S. hit in '90).
Soho, "Hippychick", also 1990 (noted for starting exactly the same way as "How Soon Is Now" by The Smiths).
Subject: Re: 90s one hit wonders
Written By: violet_shy on 06/04/20 at 3:02 pm
Another one I just thought of!
Joan Osborne - One of us
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Subject: Re: 90s one hit wonders
Written By: nally on 06/04/20 at 3:05 pm
^ I remember that one well! O0
She might've had a follow-up single or two, but those flopped.
Subject: Re: 90s one hit wonders
Written By: nally on 06/04/20 at 3:10 pm
OMC, with "How Bizarre" (1997 in the U.S.) is another.
They were a New Zealand band, whose lead vocalist, Pauly Fuemana, sadly passed away a few years ago.
Subject: Re: 90s one hit wonders
Written By: nally on 06/04/20 at 3:13 pm
Here's a fitting one...
The Wonders, "That Thing You Do" (1996):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dsi-eF6-uOY
This one's the title track from a movie, set three decades earlier, about a fictitious pop-rock band. They become one-hit wonders in the film. However, in real life, the act was also a one hit wonder...and the song actually performed moderately well on the charts in the autumn of 1996.
Subject: Re: 90s one hit wonders
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/20 at 4:20 pm
OMC, with "How Bizarre" (1997 in the U.S.) is another.
They were a New Zealand band, whose lead vocalist, Pauly Fuemana, sadly passed away a few years ago.
In the UK, OMC had another hit in 1997, reaching #56 in the UL Charts
Subject: Re: 90s one hit wonders
Written By: Wink-182 on 06/04/20 at 5:33 pm
New Radicals- You Get What You Give
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DL7-CKirWZE
Len- Steal My Sunshine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1fzJ_AYajA
Both big late 90's hits.
Subject: Re: 90s one hit wonders
Written By: whistledog on 06/04/20 at 7:34 pm
The English rock band Chumbawamba biggest hit in the UK was "Tubthumping" (as above) only reach #2 in 1997, and had other hits in the UK Charts:
1993
Enough Is Enough (reaching #56)
Timebomb (reaching # 59)
1994
Homophobia (reaching #79)
1995
Ugh! Your Ugly Houses! (reaching #84)
1998
Amnesia (reaching #10)
Top of the World (Olé, Olé, Olé) (reaching #21)
Amnesia was also a Top 10 hit here in Canada, and to this day, I still think it was the far better song over Tubthumping
Tal Bachman - She's so high
He had a few other hits here in Canada, but generally when people hear his name, that is the go to song
Subject: Re: 90s one hit wonders
Written By: whistledog on 06/04/20 at 8:02 pm
There were a lot of dance and Eurodance acts in the 90s that were one hit wonders in certain countries.
I cannot speak for other countries, but these two were one hit wonders here in Canada …
X-Ite - Down, Down, Down (1995)
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MTS - I'll be alright (1996)
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Subject: Re: 90s one hit wonders
Written By: whistledog on 06/04/20 at 8:55 pm
This one makes me sad. The Manic Street Preachers are my favourite rock band ever They are one of the UK's biggest and best loved rock bands with many hits dating back to the early 90s. One day in 1995, they were supposed to come to North America for a promotional tour, but their guitarist went missing (he was never found) and they had to cancel the tour. As a result, they never really took off in North America, however in 1998, they scored their one and only hit this side of the Atlantic when the single If you tolerate this, your children will be next peaked at #19 on the Canadian Alt Rock Chart
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Subject: Re: 90s one hit wonders
Written By: whistledog on 06/04/20 at 9:22 pm
Two more Eurodance hits, both by German artists. I cannot speak for other countries, but these were lone hits here in Canada
Darkness - In my dreams (1995)
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Loft - Hold on (1994)
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Subject: Re: 90s one hit wonders
Written By: wagonman76 on 06/04/20 at 10:38 pm
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He had some other songs in the U.K. but he was a one hit wonder in the USA.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8_f3kJOX_8
gerardo - rico suave
He actually had another follow up hit called We Want The Funk. I remember watching the video back then. I see it hit #16.
Subject: Re: 90s one hit wonders
Written By: Howard on 06/05/20 at 7:43 am
He actually had another follow up hit called We Want The Funk. I remember watching the video back then. I see it hit #16.
Wow I didn't know that, I only knew him from that one song "Rico Suave".
Subject: Re: 90s one hit wonders
Written By: violet_shy on 06/05/20 at 12:50 pm
I had this cassette single in 1997. I still have it in my collection. It was her only hit song.
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Subject: Re: 90s one hit wonders
Written By: wagonman76 on 06/05/20 at 2:11 pm
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His only hit in the USA. Some others in the UK but nothing big.
Subject: Re: 90s one hit wonders
Written By: nally on 06/05/20 at 4:51 pm
New Radicals- You Get What You Give
Len- Steal My Sunshine
Both big late 90's hits.
I remember both of 'em.
Subject: Re: 90s one hit wonders
Written By: nally on 06/06/20 at 11:03 pm
Culture Beat, with "Mr. Vain" (late 1993), is another.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUr4xdmJCz4
Subject: Re: 90s one hit wonders
Written By: nally on 06/06/20 at 11:17 pm
And here's another one... "A Girl Like You" by Edwyn Collins:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKbI9Eqykz4
This one was popular in the middle of the decade (1995 in the U.S., part of the soundtrack to the film Empire Records). I always thought it kinda sounded like a 60's song.
Subject: Re: 90s one hit wonders
Written By: violet_shy on 06/07/20 at 11:29 am
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Subject: Re: 90s one hit wonders
Written By: humaeast on 06/20/20 at 12:28 pm
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Subject: Re: 90s one hit wonders
Written By: violet_shy on 06/20/20 at 12:45 pm
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Snow had a follow up hit song called "Girl, I've been hurt" in 1993.
Subject: Re: 90s one hit wonders
Written By: nally on 06/24/20 at 5:37 pm
Tal Bachman - She's so high
He had a few other hits here in Canada, but generally when people hear his name, that is the go to song
I had a feeling he did, given that he's from Canada. You're right about this one being the "go to" song.
He's also a second-generation musician; his father Randy was a member of the rock bands The Guess Who and Bachman-Turner Overdrive, both of which had plenty of hits. Tal's uncles Tim and Robbie also were members of BTO.
Subject: Re: 90s one hit wonders
Written By: ChristopherA.Martin on 06/24/20 at 5:48 pm
How about this one?
Jennifer Paige - Crush (1998)
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Subject: Re: 90s one hit wonders
Written By: wagonman76 on 06/24/20 at 9:05 pm
^good one. I remember when that song came out I loved it because it sounded 80s. Unfortunately that was the only thing she had that charted.
Subject: Re: 90s one hit wonders
Written By: nally on 06/25/20 at 11:39 am
How about this one?
Jennifer Paige - Crush (1998)
^good one. I remember when that song came out I loved it because it sounded 80s. Unfortunately that was the only thing she had that charted.
I loved that one too. It was popular shortly after I graduated from high school. O0
Subject: Re: 90s one hit wonders
Written By: c_keenan2001@hotmail.com on 06/26/20 at 7:52 pm
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that's why it's hard for me to find
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Miss her, kiss her, love her
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Subject: Re: 90s one hit wonders
Written By: whistledog on 06/28/20 at 9:33 am
Snow - Informer
Most of the world outside of Canada didn't get to experience the comeback he had. He did have that follow=up single with Girl I've been hurt in 1993 that went Top 40in both Canada and the US, but after a few minor hits, he made a comeback in 2000 with an album called Mind on the Moon which produced 3 Top 40 hits in Canada. It is still one of my favourite albums ever, and I was never a big Snow fan
Subject: Re: 90s one hit wonders
Written By: c_keenan2001@hotmail.com on 06/28/20 at 7:06 pm
Most of the world outside of Canada didn't get to experience the comeback he had. He did have that follow=up single with Girl I've been hurt in 1993 that went Top 40in both Canada and the US, but after a few minor hits, he made a comeback in 2000 with an album called Mind on the Moon which produced 3 Top 40 hits in Canada. It is still one of my favourite albums ever, and I was never a big Snow fan
Unfortunately, Snow was barred from entering the US because of an incident where he and two young women were double-booked in the same hotel room and he pulled a gun on them. The only thing I can't remember is the make of gun that he pulled on them. That and previous bouts of criminality made him inadmissible to the US.