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My countdown list of one hit wonders- 1. Play That Funky Music (Wild Cherry) (3 Viewers)

timschochet said:
" Radar Love" Golden Earring will not be on the list. Earlier I described the difference in my thinking between The Grateful Dead and Free. Golden Earring is in the Grateful Dead category: too long a career.

I also considered "Love Hurts" by Nazareth, which is on a lot of OHW lists, and ruled it out as well. In their case, even though it was their only hit, the song "Hair of the Dog" from the same album got a ton of play on AOR stations.

Finally I had to rule out "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" by Steam. Steam was not a real band; it was basically Paul Leka, and as a solo artist Paul Leka already had a hit with "Green Tambourine." So I felt that wasn't fair.

Otherwise all 3 of these songs would have been taken, and ranked fairly high as well.
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Arbitrary and final.

 
timschochet said:
" Radar Love" Golden Earring will not be on the list. Earlier I described the difference in my thinking between The Grateful Dead and Free. Golden Earring is in the Grateful Dead category: too long a career.
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Plus they had another really big song in the 80s.

 
timschochet said:
37. “How Bizarre”-OMC (1995) 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=C2cMG33mWVY

Ooh Baby (ooh baby) Its making me crazy 

Kind of a novelty song, but the chorus stays with you and makes the whole thing worthwhile. Maybe the best song from New Zealand outside of the Split Enz/Crowded House brothers. 
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This song would work better as an instrumental - or just use the parts with the female backup singers. The guy's faux rap is terrible.

 
timschochet said:
37. “How Bizarre”-OMC (1995) 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=C2cMG33mWVY

Ooh Baby (ooh baby) Its making me crazy 

Kind of a novelty song, but the chorus stays with you and makes the whole thing worthwhile. Maybe the best song from New Zealand outside of the Split Enz/Crowded House brothers. 
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So I had my SXM tuned to the '90s station on the drive into work today. This song came on and I thought, "Heh. I wonder if this is gonna make Tim's list at some point."

Then I get into the office and fire up my laptop to see he'd literally just posted the song 10 minutes earlier.

How ..... bizarre.

 
36. “Something in the Air”- Thunderclap Newman (1969) 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RTZoJ01FpD8

A late 60s rock classic. As noted, the bass is awesome, as are the acoustic guitars. 

This is one of about 4 late 60s protest anthem type songs that are all ranked pretty high on this list- not because of their subject matter, but because they’re all great songs. 

 
timschochet said:
36. “Something in the Air”- Thunderclap Newman (1969) 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RTZoJ01FpD8

A late 60s rock classic. As noted, the bass is awesome, as are the acoustic guitars. 

This is one of about 4 late 60s protest anthem type songs that are all ranked pretty high on this list- not because of their subject matter, but because they’re all great songs. 
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The guitarist Jimmy McCulloch later went on to join Paul McCartney & Co. in Wings. Died very young (age 26) of a drug overdose.

 
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timschochet said:
36. “Something in the Air”- Thunderclap Newman (1969) 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RTZoJ01FpD8

A late 60s rock classic. As noted, the bass is awesome, as are the acoustic guitars. 

This is one of about 4 late 60s protest anthem type songs that are all ranked pretty high on this list- not because of their subject matter, but because they’re all great songs. 
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I only knew this song as the Tom Pretty version, which sounds much superior.

https://youtu.be/2OUCpKzMAbQ

 
timschochet said:
36. “Something in the Air”- Thunderclap Newman (1969) 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RTZoJ01FpD8

A late 60s rock classic. As noted, the bass is awesome, as are the acoustic guitars. 

This is one of about 4 late 60s protest anthem type songs that are all ranked pretty high on this list- not because of their subject matter, but because they’re all great songs. 
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I like Tom Petty's version of this. Patti Labelle also did a pretty cool funked up version in the 'early '70s.

 
35. “One Toke Over the Line” Brewer and Shipley (1970) 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MNKL9onYB_8

This song started off as a joke they wrote one night while on tour, and it became their biggest (and only) hit. Spiro Agnew chose to publicly attack the song in Trumpian fashion, which only served to heighten its popularity. The song actually appeared on the Lawrence Welk show, performed abysmally by a couple of his regulars; Welk introduced it as a “modern spiritual number.”  

 
timschochet said:
35. “One Toke Over the Line” Brewer and Shipley (1970) 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MNKL9onYB_8

This song started off as a joke they wrote one night while on tour, and it became their biggest (and only) hit. Spiro Agnew chose to publicly attack the song in Trumpian fashion, which only served to heighten its popularity. The song actually appeared on the Lawrence Welk show, performed abysmally by a couple of his regulars; Welk introduced it as a “modern spiritual number.”  
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Very representative of its' era.

 
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