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One hit wonders...

Backslide said:
Rick Astley
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"Astley holds the record for being the only male solo artist to have his first 8 singles reach the Top 10 in the UK". So by Doc's rules, I don't think this counts. :D Unless only US numbers count.
 
Not playin'....enforcing. One Hit Wonder doesn't mean 8.
 
One of the best!

Removed for terribly uninformed post of a video of a song a decade before I was a thought! :blush:

Youngins' what shall we do with them, I'll stick to posting about cigars! :laugh:
 
Survivor had 6 other top 20 hits.
 
Oh, it was on a list a saw a little while ago, misinformation on my part!

A list of one hit wonders, for clarity!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68ugkg9RePc
 
OH sure? I'm the only one who missed the mark? Eat it boar! :p
 
Just the most persistent one, wkoti. Now scratch under your chin . . . my balls itch. :sign:

"Eat it." Kids nowadays. :rolleyes:

~Boar
 
As far as I know, only one didn't fit the bill.

Don't gag when you hit the sack Boar, it tickles my balls!
 
Ray, if a person is considered a living legened and only had one song that charted, would that count?

Doc
 
kona1000 said:
Soft cell - tainted love

I still have problems posting picks or videos
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Don't worry about this, Kona, my comments are general instead of directed at your post.

Soft Cell had a solid career in their 1980s dance club genre. Those guys were SERIOUSLY bizarre so they did not get as much mainstream radio play as they did in clubs. Soft Cell and its main guy, Marc Almond, have sold over 30 million albums worldwide. The same kind of thing can be said for lots of supposed one hit wonders that had 'underground' hits that were not directed at the Billboard Top 100. I can rattle off four Soft Cell songs that were 'hits' in their genre. While I distinctly wish that Soft Cell was not a part of my "musical memory catalog", they are in there because I was often in places where they, and bands like them, were being played.

In theory bands like James would be considered to be one hit wonders since 'Laid' is the only song that most people know and that made it in to the Billboard Top 100. But James had a very strong career with songs like Sit Down and Born of Frustration to just name a few. Hell, did the Smiths, one of the truly great 'alternative' bands, ever have a song make it in the Billboard Top 100? Are the Smiths "No Hit Wonders"?

That the American music industry was so enamored with Michael Jackson, Vanilla Ice, Paula Abdul and other such mindless drivel shouldn't cloud the fact that our American radios missed the careers of a great number of very talented artists. So, I suppose that a person could consider a band to be a one hit wonder while another person could consider the same band to be amazingly prolific. I see why to many people Soft Cell is considered to be a one hit wonder but there are lots of people who would argue against that classification for them and groups like them. All of that is a long winded and pretentious way of saying that there are many many ways to interpret whether a band was a one hit wonder.

As evidence of how SERIOUSLY BIZARRE the fellows in SOFT CELL could be, take a look at this video for the song "Sex Dwarf". Be warned THIS IS DEFINITELY NOT AT ALL SAFE FOR WORK!!! (I am not condoning the use of chainsaws, dwarf gimps or raw meat as sexual accessories by posting this video - nor am I not condoning their use. Do what you want to do!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84W76BoiFpw&feature=player_embedded
 
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