My countdown list of one hit wonders- 1. Play That Funky Music (Wild Cherry) (2 Viewers)

[krista4]

This surprises me. 

Yeah, I thought it was inescapable when it was out.  Believe me, I tried.

I liked reading of your personal connection to this song, though.  Good enough reason to have it this high.

 

[timschochet]

Your personal experience with Joey aside (and I'm not discounting it in terms of your appreciation of the tune),  I like God Is A Bullet a lot more than Joey.

I like that song too. But it wasn’t a hit. Its really not relevant to this list. 

 

[rockaction]

Yeah, I thought it was inescapable when it was out.  Believe me, I tried.

I liked reading of your personal connection to this song, though.  Good enough reason to have it this high.

This.  

 

[timschochet]

Yeah, I thought it was inescapable when it was out.  Believe me, I tried.

Lol

 

[Gr00vus]

I like that song too. But it wasn’t a hit. Its really not relevant to this list. 

Caroline off the same album as Joey is also a better song than Joey.

 

[Nipsey]

I just listened to it again all the way through. I swear I've never heard it before. Maybe I conflated it with another song (4 non blondes?) and my brain just morphed it with that. Anyway, awful song. 

FYI @wikkidpissah hasn't been the same since you ranked Cars in the 90's. The thread may have done some serious damage.

 

[krista4]

 Maybe I conflated it with another song (4 non blondes?) and my brain just morphed it with that.

I absolutely conflate it with this.

Back to important matters, do we need to get the Ombudsman in here for an official protest?

 

[timschochet]

Hmm 4 more songs left from the early 90s. My guess, based on the comments here, is you guys will hate at least 2 of them. Not sure how you’ll feel about the other 2. 

 

[skol asylum]

I know I've heard this Joey song before but I feel like it was from a different artist. I can't place who.

 

[DocHolliday]

It's your list and all and it's been a fun thread but I can't believe the last 4 songs made the top 100 much less the top 40. I don't think I've ever heard Joey before. How can Cars be in the 90's but these latest songs are where they are? Honestly thinking about logging an official protest.

It is a fun thread but I don't recognize many of these songs either.  I'm not young but many of these songs are a little before my time.  I like a lot of popular music from the 60s and 70s but some of those one hit wonders must not have been popular for long or something.     

 

[Nipsey]

I absolutely conflate it with this.

Back to important matters, do we need to get the Ombudsman in here for an official protest?

If you're referring to Mr. Pickles he's no longer conscious. (According to the missus his mind was blown while listening to my One Headlight karaoke cover.)

 

[timschochet]

31. “I Can See Clearly Now”- Johnny Nash (1971) 

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

I can’t seem to confirm it anywhere but I suspect this is the first time reggae (even this very pop form of it) hit the American charts. 

Anyhow this is one of those early 70s feel good songs in the mode of “Here Comes the Sun”. Lyrics and melody are rather timeless: gonna be a bright, bright, bright sunshiny day! Lots of people love the Jimmy Cliff cover. 

 

[skol asylum]

I do appreciate threads like this Tim. Thanks for doing it.

 

[timschochet]

Up next: one last pure disco song for the list...

 

[timschochet]

I do appreciate threads like this Tim. Thanks for doing it.

It’s a lot of fun. 

 

[[scooter]]

31. “I Can See Clearly Now”- Johnny Nash (1971) 

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

I can’t seem to confirm it anywhere but I suspect this is the first time reggae (even this very pop form of it) hit the American charts. 

Anyhow this is one of those early 70s feel good songs in the mode of “Here Comes the Sun”. Lyrics and melody are rather timeless: gonna be a bright, bright, bright sunshiny day! Lots of people love the Jimmy Cliff cover. 

The first reggae hit in the U.S. was probably Johnny Nash's "Hold Me Tight" in 1968:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x79a2qB5L-Q

Before that, there was Millie Small's "My Boy Lollipop" (#2 hit in 1964) which capitalized on the burgeoning "ska" format which later spun off into reggae.

 

[Mr. Irrelevant]

Hmm 4 more songs left from the early 90s. My guess, based on the comments here, is you guys will hate at least 2 of them. Not sure how you’ll feel about the other 2. 

I predict I’ll like at least three of them. Then again, I like “Joey”, so apparently I’m already bent at a weird angle.

 

[shuke]

Seconded. The musicianship is fine, but this song is annoying as krapfe.

I like the part where they say "How Bizarre"

 

[shuke]

Hmm 4 more songs left from the early 90s. My guess, based on the comments here, is you guys will hate at least 2 of them. Not sure how you’ll feel about the other 2. 

Rough crowd in here.  Has me rethinking of doing my thread.

 

[skol asylum]

Here's an interesting process that tried to compile a top 20 list of true one hit wonders that actually hit #1.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/thebiglead.com/2016/06/10/ranking-the-top-20-chart-topping-one-hit-wonders/amp/

Some are already on Tim's list.

 

[Zegras11]

31. “I Can See Clearly Now”- Johnny Nash (1971) 

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

I can’t seem to confirm it anywhere but I suspect this is the first time reggae (even this very pop form of it) hit the American charts. 

Anyhow this is one of those early 70s feel good songs in the mode of “Here Comes the Sun”. Lyrics and melody are rather timeless: gonna be a bright, bright, bright sunshiny day! Lots of people love the Jimmy Cliff cover. 

I had this 45. 

 

[Zegras11]

My dark horse pick for a top 10 here is still alive.  

 

[Mr. Irrelevant]

Up next: one last pure disco song for the list...

Are you going to post it exactly at the top of an hour?

 

[Doug B]

31. “I Can See Clearly Now”- Johnny Nash (1971) 

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

I can’t seem to confirm it anywhere but I suspect this is the first time reggae (even this very pop form of it) hit the American charts.

Check out also “Israelites” by Desmond Dekker ... #9 on the Hot 100 in 1969.

 

[Shankopotamus]

Hmm 4 more songs left from the early 90s. My guess, based on the comments here, is you guys will hate at least 2 of them. Not sure how you’ll feel about the other 2. 

Please, not the one with the slide whistle.  

 

[Mister CIA]

Please, not the one with the slide whistle.  

Don't worry, man.

 

[Mister CIA]

Rough crowd in here.  Has me rethinking of doing my thread.

Don't over-try and you'll be fine.

 

[Mister CIA]

I do appreciate threads like this Tim. Thanks for doing it.

Me too.  

 

[Mister CIA]

Up next: one last pure disco song for the list...

Is there a rockin, foot-stompin' disco song left on your list?

 

[rockaction]

Check out also “Israelites” by Desmond Dekker ... #9 on the Hot 100 in 1969.

One of my favorite songs. Period. 

 

[Binky The Doormat]

Rough crowd in here.  Has me rethinking of doing my thread.

you mean you're 10,000 hits with no repeat artists spreadsheet that may OR may not exist???

 

[Mister CIA]

Calling it now, Bungle in the Jungle cracks Tim's top 5.

 

[Binky The Doormat]

Snazzy dresser too.

HEY!!!!  HIS MOM KNITTED THAT VEST ######!!!

 

[timschochet]

Is there a rockin, foot-stompin' disco song left on your list?

Yes! 

 

[timschochet]

30. “Disco Inferno”- The Trammps (1976) 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=A_sY2rjxq6M

You can’t watch this video and not love these guys- except, who is the goofy looking white dude on keyboards? How did he get in there anyhow? 

This song didn’t do well on the charts initially, and the group was going nowhere. Then it was included as part of the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack, and the rest as they say, was history. Now it’s a staple of the era. Because it’s awesome. 

 

[Mister CIA]

30. “Disco Inferno”- The Trammps (1976) 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=A_sY2rjxq6M

You can’t watch this video and not love these guys- except, who is the goofy looking white dude on keyboards? How did he get in there anyhow? 

This song didn’t do well on the charts initially, and the group was going nowhere. Then it was included as part of the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack, and the rest as they say, was history. Now it’s a staple of the era. Because it’s awesome. 

This is the rockin', foot stompin' disco song I had in mind.

 

[timschochet]

Up next: The first of the remaining 4 90s songs. Australian band. Risqué lyrics. 

 

[Mister CIA]

HEY!!!!  HIS MOM KNITTED THAT VEST ######!!!

And she put the double-creases in the sleeves too

 

[Short Corner]

I hadn’t really thought about it much, but I guess so. Obviously part of it is my age. But another part is that, with newer artists you don’t know who is going to only have one hit. 

Some of the older ones as well apparently.

 

[Mister CIA]

Up next: The first of the remaining 4 90s songs. Australian band. Risqué lyrics. 

90's, eh.  That rules out the risqué Tie me Wallaby Down.

 

[Binky The Doormat]

And she put the double-creases in the sleeves too

geezus cripes man, was your mother a heathen??

 

[timschochet]

90's, eh.  That rules out the risqué Tie me Wallaby Down.

Unless the Wiggles did a cover...

 

[Mister CIA]

Up next: The first of the remaining 4 90s songs. Australian band. Risqué lyrics. 

Any candy left on your 90's list?

 

[timschochet]

Any candy left on your 90's list?

Interesting that you ask. 

No, but Bow Wow Wow’s “I Wanf Candy” makes a lot of people’s one hit wonder lists, which seems odd to me because I became aware of that band in high school due to the song “Do You Wanna Hurt Me” which got a lot of radio play. So I don’t consider them eligible. 

 

[Binky The Doormat]

30. “Disco Inferno”- The Trammps (1976) 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=A_sY2rjxq6M

You can’t watch this video and not love these guys- except, who is the goofy looking white dude on keyboards? How did he get in there anyhow? 

This song didn’t do well on the charts initially, and the group was going nowhere. Then it was included as part of the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack, and the rest as they say, was history. Now it’s a staple of the era. Because it’s awesome. 

man, I hate disco ...hated it then, hate it now.

BUT ...I was in that time, we went to discos to pick up girls.  Wore the clothes, did the drugs, and it all brings back great memories.  

you could not get away from this song for years in the 70s and early 80s.  

 

[Binky The Doormat]

Interesting that you ask. 

No, but Bow Wow Wow’s “I Wanf Candy” makes a lot of people’s one hit wonder lists, which seems odd to me because I became aware of that band in high school due to the song “Do You Wanna Hurt Me” which got a lot of radio play. So I don’t consider them eligible. 

wait ...what?  

 

[shuke]

you mean you're 10,000 hits with no repeat artists spreadsheet that may OR may not exist???

1000.  It exists.  Top secret.

 

[Mister CIA]

Interesting that you ask. 

No, but Bow Wow Wow’s “I Wanf Candy” makes a lot of people’s one hit wonder lists, which seems odd to me because I became aware of that band in high school due to the song “Do You Wanna Hurt Me” which got a lot of radio play. So I don’t consider them eligible. 

I had Marcy Playground in mind, Sex and Candy, which upon reflection is a not top 100 material; but the nostalgia feels nice.

 

[Mister CIA]

Is your #1 song performed by a guy from Philly?

ETAsk: Does he have massive sideburns?

 

[timschochet]

Is your #1 song performed by a guy from Philly?

No clues about #1 at this time.