[DopeyFish]

I mean, this was a thing that actually happened. What the hell is up with the lead singer's...sideburns? hair? not even sure what to call that. Aqua - Barbie Girl

They actually had a bunch of hit songs on their first album (dr jones being the other big single)

Also cartoon heroes charted kinda well except for the US

[Gooster]

I've been to a bar that played "Closing Time"... in 2012...

I don't think it's possible to play that song ironically.

[mj1108]

ITT music from the 90's that shits all over music of the last 12 years.

[LyleLanley]

ITT music from the 90's that shits all over music of the last 12 years.

Nostalgia is nice.

[blame space]

i don't think it's possible to play "Closing Time" unironically.

[Mackenzie 92]

The Fly's Got you where I want you

[Enron]

ctrl + f "Veruca Salt" GAF, I am disappoint... Seether is probably one of the most awesome one hit wonders from the 90's. Nada Surf's Popular is also a great example.

These bands are not really your typical 1-hit wonders. They put out great material afterwards, in particular Nada Surf who has remained popular in music-snob circles.

[RukusProvider]

Crystal waters. 100% pure love or whatever that piece of shit song was called.

[Mackenzie 92]

Orgy - Stitches


Don't think they ever had any other hits, not entirely sure.



Lit - My Own Worst Enemy

[Robot Pants]

eagle eye cherry - save tonight been mentioned yet?

[PhantomOnTheHorizon]

Bohemian Like You by the Dandy Warhols They're fairly popular, but none of their songs have ever been as big in the main stream as this one, as far as I know. Plus it's a great song and video.

Also, We Used To Be Friends.

[brianjones]

dandys first 3 albums rule

(keyboardist awesome titz in this vid)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Hm41Mu6ij0

[Wilsongt]

Blue (Da Ba Dee) Right at the end of the 90's but it was oddly popular.

Erm...

Technically this came out in 2000, but not a One-Hit Wonder

Move Your Body

[Seth C]

Orgy - Stitches Don't think they ever had any other hits, not entirely sure. [/URL]

First off, I've never heard that song, ever. Secondly, Blue Monday? Their actual hit.

[PhantomOnTheHorizon]

Also, in the late 90's European MTV had these guys on all the time. My friends used to laugh at how stupid this song was. (Even if it's kind of catchy) Bomfunk MC's - Freestyler

Oh shit, I completely forgot about this song. It used to get in my head all the fucking time.

What have you done.

[Curtisaur]

First off, I've never heard that song, ever. Secondly, Blue Monday? Their actual hit.

Blue Monday was a cover.

And Stitches was their first single I think?

Stitches is my favorite of the two, no doubt.

[Pizarro]

Crystal waters. 100% pure love or whatever that piece of shit song was called.

Two hit wonder. 100% Pure Love and Gypsy Woman. Both are old school dance songs so they aren't really meant to push the envelope artistically.

Also Haddaway- What is Love

[RangersFan]

lol i've been playing flash games and listening to 90s alt pandora station all night because of this thread

[Seth C]

Blue Monday was a cover. And Stitches was their first single I think? Stitches is my favorite of the two, no doubt.

That's all well and good, but without Blue Monday they are a no-hit band.

[R2D4]

Blue Monday was a cover. And Stitches was their first single I think? Stitches is my favorite of the two, no doubt.

They also released a song called "Fiction". Don't think it was a hit though. I remember buying and listening to their first album.

[blame space]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56W16EMxi54

hey, there's nothing in my art
i'd rather be cool than be smart

[PhantomOnTheHorizon]

Lots of 90s stuff here. As for the second part of the OP about 2007-2012 one hit wonder bands, the only band I can think of is Flobots with Handlebars.

[Grinchy]

Crash Test Dummies - Hmm hmm hmm hmm Otherwise known as the most annoying song of all time

NO!! I had forgotten this song. You just took a year off my life.

I'm not proud of it, but I've always kinda liked the song. There's just something unique about it.

Also, this thread is awesome.

[Herpes Reasons]

another 90's 1 hit wonder rapper.
Whats Luv - Ashanti ft. Fat Joe

i can't remember another good song by fat joe.

[Typographenia]

I hope nobody says The Verve.

That was my exact thought, verbatim, clicking on this thread.

[Dishwalla]

another 90's 1 hit wonder rapper. Whats Luv - Ashanti ft. Fat Joe i can't remember another good song by fat joe.

That was early 2000s, almost positive it was. Last couple years of high school.

[Dead]

Local H - Bound for the Floor SO many one-hit wonders in that decade.

Local H were fucking great, they had other singles with play (but that just may be from me living around Chicago). Pack up the cats was an awesome as hell album.

[Jason Frost]

What about this one?

Deee-Lite - Groove Is in the Heart

[grate]

Lots of 90s stuff here. As for the second part of the OP about 2007-2012 one hit wonder bands, the only band I can think of is Flobots with Handlebars.

well if we are going to go there :

foster the people - pumped up kicks

[Dishwalla]

Yeah, Local H is kind of a big deal in Chicago, but not really so anywhere else. It seemed like every other week Q101 would be announcing a show by them at some club when I lived there a few years back.

Also, no to the post above me. Foster the People have had "Helena Beat", "Don't Stop(Color on the Walls)", and "Houdini", and they've all been pretty popular.

[Dead]

Heres one I doubt anyone will remember

Lucky Boys Confusion - Fred Astaire

Only remember this as they were from around my local town in High School

edit: I guess it was early 01, shit is blurring together. Oh well.

[grate]

B-Rock & The Biz - MyBabyDaddy

[SiteSeer]

The Fly's Got you where I want you

this is probably the first mp3 i ever downloaded.

edit: forgot my contributions: monster magnet - space lord
vast - touched

[jiji]

OMC - How Bizzare

this fucking song

i don't know why anybody ever liked this song, seriously, argh

[Sobriquet]

Spacehog - In the Meantime

Sponge - Plowed

[Dishwalla]

When I was younger I thought "Plowed" was a Bad Religion song. It does kind of sound like them. I also thought that Helmet's "Unsung" was a Pennywise song.

Hey, there's another one. "Unsung".

[soundscream]

another 90's 1 hit wonder rapper. Whats Luv - Ashanti ft. Fat Joe i can't remember another good song by fat joe.

Not a good song, but lean back was a hit.

[Sonicbug]

This topic reads like a playlist of WBRU's Retro Lunch.

Soul Asylum keeps getting mentioned, but they had five songs getting regular airplay back in the day. (And in looking up what the titles were I found out a they just released a new album. I'm afraid to listen to see if it's any good.)

My contribution: The Hazies - Skin and Bones

[Sobriquet]

Hey, there's another one. "Unsung".

Wasn't "In the Meantime" a bigger hit? Can't remember, but it was their first single.

[Mackenzie 92]

First off, I've never heard that song, ever. Secondly, Blue Monday? Their actual hit.

Well I guess since you've never heard it, then that disqualifies it, even though in reality it hit number 5 on the modern rock charts and was technically their first hit. And Blue Monday is a cover, so that's probably why I couldn't place it off the top of my head, but yeah the album Candyass which featured both songs sold 2 million.

[jkanownik]

Local H were fucking great, they had other singles with play (but that just may be from me living around Chicago). Pack up the cats was an awesome as hell album.

I was living in DC at the time. Eddie Vedder and Fritz's Corner got radio play. All the Kids are Right from Pack Up the Cats also got a decent amount of radio play.

[big_z]

First off, I've never heard that song, ever. Secondly, Blue Monday? Their actual hit.

Orgy hits that did well:

1st album (1998)
-blue monday
-stiches

2nd album (2000)
-fiction
-opticon

first two albums are very good. then they went into legal hell with their label warnermusic which killed the third album mid production. in 2004 they put out a third album under the lead singer(Jay) and his dads indie label. the album was okay but more rock and light on their future synth sound. a lot of it was created as a side project by jay but converted into an orgy album later on. after that animosity between the band and jays dad created some fallout so the two guitarists Ryan and Amir created a side project Julien-k(NSFW) which released their second album earlier this year.

Orgy was set to return 2008 but jays dad refusing to fuck off put a stop to that. To legally get around that jay released all members from the band giving them the option to come back at any time but until the dad goes away it wont happen. Since then orgy has done a small tour and is working on new material with jay plus replacement members.

[Dead]

I remember digging that 2nd Orgy album back in High School

[Mackenzie 92]

Yeah, totally forgot about that second album. Oh well.

[Lonewolf_92]

What about Torn by Natalie Imbruglia? I remember it being number one on Casey Kasem's Top 40 for... ever. But I can't really remember what else she may have had. Same thing with Criminal by Fiona Apple.

Sleep To Dream was also fairly popular and critically well received for Apple. She won the MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist in a Video at the 1997 MTV Video Music Awards and famously said " this world is bullshit. And you shouldn't model your life on what we think is cool, and what we're wearing and what we're saying and everything. Go with yourself." Shadowboxer was also fairly popular and she collaborated with Johnny Cash on a couple of songs (Bridge over Troubled Water and Father and Son, the former was nominated for a Grammy Award).

[squidyj]

In the Blood was the better song by them

Are you sure you wouldn't prefer

King of New Orleans

or

Desperately Wanting


I'm beginning to think that Better than Ezra might not have been a one hit wonder after all :l

[big_z]

Aqua had Doctor Jones.

yeah aqua was far from a one hit. they had at least 4-5 hits from those two albums.

when they got back together in 07 and later released the single "my momma said" i was pretty impressed. it's a shame they went for more generic dance pop music on the new album instead.

[Ashhong]

You should watch VH1. I was channel surfing one day and they had a show dedicated to this. Called like Top One Hit Wonders of the 90s or something.

[Greenhowse]

Sponge - Plowed

Damn, somebody said Sponge's Plowed. Well they also had Sixteen Candles, but it's hard to say that they ever hit that level again. I love Rotting Pinata: Giants, Rainin', and Candy Corn especially.

My Own Worst Enemy by Lit is a good pick. I'm wondering if SR-71 counts.

Standing Outside...is an awesome song, especially the piano part.

[brianjones]

lo fidelity allstars - battleflag