How many one hit wonders can you name?!
Question: Turning Japanese by The Vapors
Bittersweet Symphony by The Verve
MmmBop by Hanson
867-5309 by Tommy Tutone
Whip It by Devo
Nothing Compares To You by Sinead O'Connor
Blue (Dabadebadi) by Eiffel 65
99 Luftbaloons by Nena
Ice Ice Baby by Vanilla Ice
Inagaddavida- Iron Butterfly
Answers: Turning Japanese by The Vapors
Bittersweet Symphony by The Verve
MmmBop by Hanson
867-5309 by Tommy Tutone
Whip It by Devo
Nothing Compares To You by Sinead O'Connor
Blue (Dabadebadi) by Eiffel 65
99 Luftbaloons by Nena
Ice Ice Baby by Vanilla Ice
Inagaddavida- Iron Butterfly
i cant at all =/
Sugar Hill Gang - Rapper's Delight
Eifel 65 Blue - (Da Ba Dee)
Rednex Cotton-Eyed Joe
ice ice baby - vanilla ice
who let the dogs out - baha men
im too sexy - right said fred
the final countdown- europe
dont fear the reaper- blue oyster cult
teenage dirtbag- wheatus
take on me- ahha
video killed the radio star- the buggles
sit down- james
1. Los Del Rio / "MACARENA"
2. Soft Cell / "TAINTED LOVE"
3. Dexy's Midnight Runners / "COME ON EILEEN"
4. Right Said Fred / "I'M TOO SEXY"
5. Toni Basil / "MICKEY"
6. Baha Men / "WHO LET THE DOGS OUT"
7. Vanilla Ice / "ICE ICE BABY"
8. A-Ha / "TAKE ON ME"
9. Gerardo / "RICO SUAVE"
10. Nena / "99 LUFTBALLONS"
11. Debby Boone / "YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE"
12. Sir Mix-A-Lot / "BABY GOT BACK"
13. Van McCoy / "THE HUSTLE"
14. Deee-Lite / "GROOVE IS IN THE HEART"
15. ? & the Mysterians / "96 TEARS"
16. Sugarhill Gang / "RAPPER'S DELIGHT"
17. Twisted Sister / "WE'RE NOT GONNA TAKE IT"
18. Sinead O'Connor / "NOTHING COMPARES 2 U"
19. Iron Butterfly / "IN-A-GADDA-DA-VIDA"
20. Thomas Dolby / "SHE BLINDED ME WITH SCIENCE"
21. Gary Numan / "CARS"
22. Wild Cherry / "PLAY THAT FUNKY MUSIC"
23. Chumbawumba / "TUBTHUMPING"
24. Devo / "WHIP IT"
25. Kajagoogoo / "TOO SHY"
26. Suzi Quatro / "STUMBLIN' IN"
27. M / "POP MUZIK"
28. Rob Base and DJ EZ Rock / "IT TAKES TWO"
29. Musical Youth / "PASS THE DUTCHIE"
30. Terry Jack / "SEASONS IN THE SUN"
31. EMF / "UNBELIEVABLE"
32. Buster Poindexter / "HOT HOT HOT"
33. Cheryl Lynn / "GOT TO BE REAL"
34. Starland Vocal Band / "AFTERNOON DELIGHT"
35. Meredith Brooks / "*****"
36. The Vapors / "TURNING JAPANESE"
37. Modern English / "I MELT WITH YOU"
38. Billy Paul / "ME AND MRS. JONES"
39. The Verve / "BITTERSWEET SYMPHONY"
40. Big Country /"IN A BIG COUNTRY"
41. Frankie Goes To Hollywood / "RELAX"
42. Nick Gilder / "HOT CHILD IN THE CITY"
43. The Heights / "HOW DO YOU TALK TO AN ANGEL"
44. Falco / "ROCK ME AMADEUS"
45. The Cardigans / "LOVEFOOL"
46. Bobby McFerrin / "DON"T WORRY BE HAPPY"
47. Gary Glitter / "ROCK & ROLL, PT. 2"
48. Spandau Ballet / "TRUE"
49. Vicki Sue Robinson / "TURN THE BEAT AROUND"
50. Divinyls / "I TOUCH MYSELF"
51. The Proclaimers / "I'M GONNA BE (500 MILES)"
52. Tom Tom Club / "GENIUS OF LOVE"
53. Rockwell / "SOMEBODY'S WATCHING ME"
54. David Naughton / "MAKIN' IT"
55. Weather Girls / "IT'S RAINING MEN"
56. Minnie Riperton / "LOVIN' YOU"
57. Brownsville Station / "SMOKIN' IN THE BOYS ROOM"
58. Haddaway / "WHAT IS LOVE"
59. Tommy Tutone / "867-5309 / JENNY"
60. Andrea True Connection / "MORE, MORE, MORE"
61. Ratt / "ROUND AND ROUND"
62. Timbuk 3 / "FUTURE'S SO BRIGHT, I GOTTA WEAR SHADES"
63. House of Pain / "JUMP AROUND"
64. The New Radicals / "YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE"
65. Mary Jane Girls / "IN MY HOUSE"
66. Lou Bega / "MAMBO NO. 5"
67. Faith No More / "EPIC"
68. Edwyn Collins / "A GIRL LIKE YOU"
69. Lipps, Inc. / "FUNKYTOWN"
70. Vicki Lawrence / THE NIGHT THE LIGHTS WENT OUT IN GEORGIA"
71. OMC / "HOW BIZARRE"
72. Michael Sembello / "MANIAC"
73. CW McCall / "CONVOY"
74. Digable Planets / "REBIRTH OF SLICK (COOL LIKE DAT)"
75. Charlene / "I'VE NEVER BEEN TO ME"
76. Jermaine Stewart / "WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE OUR CLOTHES OFF"
77. Edie Brickell & New Bohemians / "WHAT I AM"
78. Crash Test Dummies / "MMM MMM MMM MMM"
79. Taco / "PUTTIN' ON THE RITZ"
80. Quiet Riot / "*** ON FEEL THE NOIZE"
81. Biz Markie / "JUST A FRIEND"
82. The Waitresses / "I KNOW WHAT BOYS LIKE"
83. Men Without Hats / "SAFETY DANCE"
84. Des'ree / "YOU GOTTA BE"
85. Norman Greenbaum / "SPIRIT IN THE SKY"
86. Young MC / "BUST A MOVE"
87. Thelma Houston / "DON'T LEAVE ME THIS WAY"
88. Aqua / "BARBIE GIRL"
89. Billy Ray Cyrus / "ACHY BREAKY HEART"
90. Jane Child / "DON'T WANNA FALL IN LOVE"
91. Eddy Grant / "ELECTRIC AVENUE"
92. T'Pau / "HEART & SOUL"
93. David Soul / "DON'T GIVE UP ON US"
94. 4 Non Blondes / "WHAT'S UP"
95. Jeanie C. Riley / "HARPER VALLEY P.T.A."
96. Bow Wow Wow / "I WANT CANDY"
97. Tag Team / "WHOOMP! THERE IT IS"
98. Stacey Q / "TWO OF HEARTS"
99. Blind Melon / "NO RAIN"
100. Carl Douglas / "KUNG FU FIGHTING"
King of my castle by Wham Du Project.
To be fair I try to list only artists that had little impact beyond that single song. If an artist sustained a career before and/or after the one hit I left them off the list
Starland Vocal Band - Afternoon Delight
RIght Said Fred - I'm Too Sexy
Lipps Inc - Funkytown
Baha Men - Who Let the Dogs Out
Soho - Hippy Chick
Buckner and Garcia- Pac-Man Fever
Nick Gilder Hot Child in the City
Rick Dees - Disco Duck
Haddaway - What is Love
Digable Planets - Rebirth Of Slick (Cool Like Dat)
Lou Bega - Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit Of...)
New Radicals - You Get What You Give
Hot Butter - Popcorn
Elmo & Patsy - Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer
Carl Douglas - Kung Fu Fighting
Morris Albert - Feelings
After the Fire -Der Kommissar
M/A/R/R/S - Pump up the Volume
RuPaul - Supermodel (You Better Work)
Deep Blue Something - Breakfast At Tiffanys
Peter Schilling - Major Tom
Jump in the Saddle Band - Curly Shuffle
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come on Eileen
Oran 'Juice' Jones - The Rain
Rockwell - I Always Feel Like Somebody's Watching Me
Patrick Swayze & Wendy Fraser - She's Like the Wind
Afroman - Because I Got High
Frankie Smith - Double Dutch Bus
There is just a small list!
Not sure where Darth Daggeris got his list of 100 from but just at first glance he has Suzi Quatro at number 26 as a one hit wonder.
She actually had 16 records in the charts including two number ones i.e.
May 19th 1973 Can the Can.
Feb. 9th 1974 Devil Gate Drive.
To answer your question I suppose I could name them all just by referring to;
The Guinness book of British Hit Singles.