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Old 02-10-2018, 03:33 PM
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Originally Posted by collie1228 View Post
I just looked up one hit wonders on Wikipedia, and there is a list there from VH1, listing VH1's version of a top ten. I guess they are one hit wonders for a reason - of the ten listed, I never heard of two of them, and only one is listenable ("Come On Eileen"). I wouldn't listen to any of the others and would change the radio station of any of them came on. I do like "Come on Eileen" though.
I went to Wikipedia and VH1 has 100 one hit wonders. The top 25 are the following; VH1's 100 Greatest One-Hit Wonders

25) Kajagoogoo - Too Shy
24) Devo - Whip It
23) Chumbawamba - Tubthumbing
22) Wild Cherry - Play that Funky Music
21) Gary Numan - Cars
20) Thomas Dolby - She Blinded me with Science
19) Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vid18)
18) Sinead O-Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U
17) Twisted Sister - Were Not Gonna Take It
16) Sugar Hill Gang - Rapper's Delight
15) ? Mark and the Mysterians - 96 Tears
14) Deee Lite - Groove is in the Heart
13) Van McCoy - The Hustle
12) SirMixaLot - Baby Got Back
11) Debby Boone - You Light Up my Life
10) Nena - 99 Luftballons
9) Gerarado - Rico Suave
8) A-Ha - Take on Me
7) Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby
6) Baha Men - Who Let the Dogs Out
5) Toni Basil - Mickey
4) Right Said Fred - I'm Too Sexy
3) Dexys Midnight Runners - Come on Eileen
2) Soft Cell - Tainted Love
1) Los del Rio - Macarena

Every song here I remember well, some were really big hits, #23 was the only one I had never heard. After listening to 23, I would say it didn't belong on this list. I would nominate 96 Tears should of been #1.