One-Hit Wonders

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Originally Posted by TXCyclones

Good point, and that was a great song too. Especially considering the background to the song.

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Bud Dwyer?

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Originally Posted by ribsnwhiskey

Technically, this was his only "hit". Got to #12 on Billboard in 1982.

Frank Zappa - Valley Girl - YouTube

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Which depresses me. How could "Don't Eat the Yellow Snow" and "Pasadena" not make the charts?

One I never used to care for but for some reason it never leaves the Seeburg....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C35DrtPlUbc

A couple more from the 90's...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aofoBrFNdg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmZ08V4GFQg

Lets not leave out a performer at VEISHEA from back in the day with a classic one hit wonder....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DL7-CKirWZE

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Originally Posted by Angie

Which depresses me. How could "Don't Eat the Yellow Snow" and "Pasadena" not make the charts?

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Yellow Snow hit #86 on the Billboard top 100 in '74. Not sure if that counts? A couple other songs making fun of disco got a little air time.

He was extremely popular in Germany and and other parts of Europe. Of course, his lyrics had a lot to do with not catching on with the mainstream, which is just as well.

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Originally Posted by ribsnwhiskey

Yellow Snow hit #86 on the Billboard top 100 in '74. Not sure if that counts? A couple other songs making fun of disco got a little air time.

He was extremely popular in Germany and and other parts of Europe. Of course, his lyrics had a lot to do with not catching on with the mainstream, which is just as well.

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I'm okay with being an elitist about him, then. :)

I forgot one of my favorite one-hit wonders, never mind her origins:

Cannonball - The Breeders - YouTube

Frank Zappa's not dead. He just smells funny.

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Originally Posted by fatkid1974

Covers don't count.

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Originally Posted by Angie

I think that is bad news for Alien Ant Farm. :(

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And Sinead O'Connor.

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Originally Posted by Angie

I'm okay with being an elitist about him, then. :)

I forgot one of my favorite one-hit wonders, never mind her origins:

Cannonball - The Breeders - YouTube

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I'd forgotten them too! And in that genre you've got Veruca Salt, Lucious Jackson, and the Sneaker Pimps as well. All quality.

If only Taylor Swift & Justin Bieber could have been a one-hit wonders....

Sir Mix a Lot - Baby Got Back
Sisqo - Thong Song

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Originally Posted by TXCyclones

I'd forgotten them too! And in that genre you've got Veruca Salt, Lucious Jackson, and the Sneaker Pimps as well. All quality.

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Man, there was some good music in there.

Can't believe nobody's mentioned American Pie by Don McLean. Maybe I'm just showing my age.