Top 3 favorite One hit wonders?

[fiddlestix]

So personally its

Nena-99 Luft balons
Ace of base-The Sign
Marcy Playground-Sex and Candy

So what are your top 3 fav one hit wonders?

 

[McGrrr]

1. Cornershop - Brimful of Asha
2. Ben E King - Stand By Me
3. The New Radicals - You Get What You Give

Honourable mention to There She Goes by the La's.

 

[Twenty20]

1) I second Brimful of Asher!
2) Blue da ba dee.. etc
3) Everybody was Kung Fu fighting... Carl Douglas

Classics!

 

[Jackal]

easily the "baby we aint nothing but mammals so lets do it like they do on the discovery channel" song

 

[JTH]

I would hardly call "The Bloodhound Gang" a one hit wonder, meh.

1. You Get What You Give- New Radicals
2. Video Killed The Radio Star- The Buggles [Not my type of song, but for some reason this sticks for me..]

Not sure about my third favorite, maybe another post will jog my memory

 

[Llama]

1. that song from ferris bueller's day off, i believe its called Oh yeah.
2. Im too sexy- Right Said Fred, dont know why but ill put this up here.

 

[MegaBuddha]

that song called epic
I don't know who its by

 

[Guardian]

There are alot of one-hit wonders that I like, but top 3 I think I like the best at the moment

1. "Take on Me" by A-ha [one-hit wonder in U.S... mom's fault I like it >>]
2. "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles [I really don't know why I like it... I just do.]
3. "Cars" by Gary Numan [Pure awesomeness]

EDIT: Had to add a fourth... just couldn't leave it out.

4. "Puttin on the Ritz" by Taco [eerie, but hypnotizing @_@]

 

[RougeSoul]

Epic is by Faith No More

my favorites are
1.Baby got back- Sir Mix-alot
2.Cum on feel the Noize- Quiet Riot
3.Epic- Faith no More

 

[commonyoshi]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emM_juVdzds

I'm Blue- Eiffel 65

 

[monkfish]

1) Hanson - MMMBOP
2) The Wurzels - Combine Harvester (i live in somerset)
3) The Crazy World of Arthur Brown - Fire
4) Soft Cell - Tainted Love

my next three would be Twenty20's list!

honorable mention to THE MACARENA!!

oh and the FINAL COUNTDOWN hehe there are just too many

edit-
I GET KNOCKED DOWN
BUT I GET UP AGAIN
YOU'RE NEVER GONNA KEEP ME DOWN

 

[poke-chan]

There are alot of one-hit wonders that I like, but top 3 I think I like the best at the moment

1. "Take on Me" by A-ha [one-hit wonder in U.S... mom's fault I like it >>]
2. "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles [I really don't know why I like it... I just do.]
3. "Cars" by Gary Numan [Pure awesomeness]

EDIT: Had to add a fourth... just couldn't leave it out.

4. "Puttin on the Ritz" by Taco [eerie, but hypnotizing @_@]

FUCK YEAH to all three of those. Cars is fucking great.

I really love Ballroom Blitz by Sweet.

 

[Carl]

Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Soft Cell - Tainted Love
Dead or Alive - You Spin Me (Like a Record)
Tommy Tutone - Jenny

I dunno there's a lot of other 80's shit that I adore even though some of it is garbage.

 

[Glalie]

uh.... Eurythmics?

 

[Altmer]

Faith No More - Epic is a good song indeed.

 

[makiri]

Cutting Crew - I Just Died (In Your Arms)
Tag Team - Whoomp! (There It Is)
Lou Bega - Mambo #5
Men Without Hats - Safety Dance

Just pick anything from my 80s/New Wave collection, they're all awesome songs.

 

[Alienjesus]

the eurythmics, faith no more and europe all had more hen one hit....

especially the eurythmics

 

[Mr.E]

Nothing deserves a mention more than Falco - Rock Me Amadeus

Tag Team - Whoomp! (There It Is)

hi5

boo to Safety Dance

 

[0mastar]

Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up
Aha - Take On Me
Hanson - Mmmbop

 

[tayottt]

I concure on the you and me baby aint nothing but mammals. Also mambo no5 by that fat guy was pretty good. Baby got back...... who let the dogs out.....

 

[Twenty20]

Mambo No. 5 was ruined when Neil Morrissey released a Bob The Builder remix of it. That song still gives me nightmares...

 

[Roy]

Nothing deserves a mention more than Falco - Rock Me Amadeus



hi5

wow, i love both of these songs lol. awesome.

 

[Carl]

i can't name another eurythmics song so they're a one hit wonder to me

 

[Hipmonlee]

Spaaaaaaaaaceman I always wanted you to go into spaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaace man~

Have a nice day.

 

[Trax]

Only One:

The Knack-My Sharona

Possibly the easiest identified opening ever, but did The Knack ever even make the charts again?