one hit wonders

[NJK]

worldwide they scored a big hit and nobody has ever heared anything after that again - do they still exist or....

the first one that comes to mind is
Pat Benetar - love is a battlefield

carry on

[Cylob]

Tweets - The Birdie Song
:)

[Merlin]

OMC - How Bizarre.
Spiller - Groovejet (although he did launch the 'career' of Sophie Ironface-Bextor)
The Connells - '74-'75 ( :up: )

[Triton4]

Pseudo Echo - Funkytown

Harold Faltmeyer/Axel F - Beverly Hills Cop Theme

Baltimora - Tarzan Boy

[Cylob]

Joe Dolce Music Theatre - Shaddap in Your Face.

An underated track if there ever was one. Such musical craftsmanship. Also...

Trio - Da Da Da
The Passions - I'm in Love With a German Filmstar

[NJK]

a few more
ryan paris-dolce vita
matthew wilder-break my stride
lips inc-funky town
rah band-clouds across the moon

[Cylob]

Dead or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)

[Mr Jones]

Originally posted by Cylob
Dead or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)

That dosn't count, Pete Burns is fuckin huge in Japan, probably had more No1's than the Beatles.

[Cylob]

I haven't got a clue what happens in Japan!!! I heard Shampoo were superstars in nip-land at one point, richly deserved as well.;)

Shampoo - Trouble

According to AMG the Cheeky Girls are followers of Shampoo. That borders on slander.

[Mr Jones]

Yeah, shampoo are another lot, the Japs love them, because they are the total opposite of most Japanese culture,all blue eyes, blonde hair and bubblegum pop.

Not sure what the attraction with Pete Burns is though, but he is massive there, and I don't just mean his collagen injected lips either...

[NJK]

fra lipo lipy- shouldn't have to be like that

came from finland as far as my memory helps me in this
was the answer from finland to a-ha in the 80's

[Mr Jones]

Mr Blobby - Mr Blobby.

7 feet tall, pink with yellow spots, rumoured to be shagging Noel Edmonds.

Blobby blobby blobby!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/800000/images/_802752_blobby150.jpg

[Cylob]

If memory serves it was 1993 - the xmas race was on between Mr Blobby & Take That. Mr Blobby won it by an inch (Noel was spotted buying 1,000 copies in HMV Oxford Steet). I always preferred Mr Wobblytickle (Newman & Baddiel's Resovoir Dogs parody).:D

Malaria - Kaltes Klares Wasser

[WomanOfHeart]

Originally posted by spaceplayradio


the first one that comes to mind is
Pat Benetar - love is a battlefield


I wouldn't exactly call Pat Benatar a "one hit wonder." "Love Is A Battlefield" was only one of her hits. She also put out "Shadows Of The Night", "Hit Me With Your Best Shot", and "We Belong".

Here's a definite One Hit Wonder:
Diesel: Sausalido Summer Nights

[Cylob]

Pat Benetar's a one-hit-wonder in the UK (her 3 other "hits" never got beyond no 20 in the charts).

[NJK]

womanofheart -you're right have heard of we belong

add some more
duncan brown-the wild places
robin beck - the first time (cola commercial)
tiffany - i think we're alone now

[Mike H.]

OK Go - Get Over It
Unwritten Law - Seein' Red
Seven Mary Three - Cumbersome (yeah they had another song a few years ago but it wasn't a hit)

[Merlin]

Pete Burns apparently still does gigs at clubs like Astoria, :blah:.

Mr Blobby apparently got shot by an angry farmer, after he broke into the farmhouse in an attempt to fund his crack addiction which he got into after the closure of the Mr Blobby theme park spelled the end of his 'career'. Nobody complained.

A Flock of Seagulls - I Ran (so far away). They had an album, I saw it the other day in HMV. :igor:

[NJK]

correction merlin
they also made song like
the more you live the more you love and
whishing ( if i had a photograph of you)

[Cylob]

Originally posted by Merlin
A Flock of Seagulls - I Ran (so far away). They had an album, I saw it the other day in HMV. :igor:

Don't you remember "Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)" Merlin?

It's hard to believe but I have 5 full "A Flock of Seagulls" albums. They're all first class.

[ShyShy]

Bobby McFerrin: Don't Worry, Be Happy
Nancy Sinatra: These Boots (were made for walking)

psst, am at work right now, but I'll be laters for this thread!

[marvinbarcelona]

How could we forget;

Jilted John - Jilted John....pure genius!

[Merlin]

Cylob, SPR: Well I stand majorly corrected. *Five* albums. Heh. :)

In that case, I'll have to try nominating Jason Donovan. Please tell me he didn't put out more than one record...

[Mike H.]

Chumbawamba - Tubthumping

[ShyShy]

Right Said Fred: I'm too sexy

and most anything HipHop/Rap from the early to mid 1990's

[NJK]

had al night time in the factory to think about songs

corey hart -sunglases at night
angel -wintersong
adamski -killer
crash test dummies - mmmmmm mmmmm (from cd "god shuffled his feet"

[DJ Egg]

LOL (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000088E38/026-6277257-6706855) :D

[ShyShy]

Damnit DJ, that was not cool. At least I tried to rely on my one brain cell to come up with stuff. You just ruined the fun. :p

[Cylob]

J Geils Band - Centrefold

[psyfive]

Carl Douglas - Kung Fu Fighting.

[NJK]

a mind is a strange thing sometimes it start working

wreckless eric - hit and miss judy
edwyn collins - (never met) a girl like you
BAP -kristalnach (german band)
andy brown -another shipwreck
billy bremmer -loud music in cars
david dundas -jeans on
harpo -moviestar

[DJ Egg]

Originally posted by ShyShy
Damnit DJ, that was not cool. At least I tried to rely on my one brain cell to come up with stuff. You just ruined the fun. :p I aim to please :p ;)

Saves me having to type them out, lol :D

Actually, there's a fair few classics on that album.
Amazing that none of them never had another hit . . .


@spaceplayradio
Wasn't "Whole Wide World" by Wreckless Eric a hit?

[Cylob]

Originally posted by Merlin
that case, I'll have to try nominating Jason Donovan. Please tell me he didn't put out more than one record...
He did put out more than one, but they all sound like the same record. So you're absolutely right Merlin.:)
Originally posted by marvinbarcelona
How could we forget;

Jilted John - Jilted John....pure genius!

That's one hell of a song! It can often be heard in Cylob Towers.:)

Europe - The Final Countdown

[NJK]

@djegg - overhere the hit and miss judy song wasn't even a "hit" @cylob hate to disappoint you but in holland the song carrie was also a big hit by europe-
peter schilling - major tom
pulp -disco 2000
shannon - let the music play

[Cylob]

Europe did have another small hit in the UK, Rock the Night, but it didn't last that long. I'd call it a whimper.

Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me

[NJK]

debbie gibson - foolish beat

[Cylob]

This thread could last forever.;)

Ottawan - D.I.S.C.O.

[NJK]

otis redding - sitting on the dock of the bay

[marvinbarcelona]

Originally posted by spaceplayradio
otis redding - sitting on the dock of the bay

Heretic! Heretic! Burn 'im! Burn 'im!:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

/marvin reaches for "The Great Rock Discography".......

"My Girl" - 1965 - 11
"I've Been Loving You Too Long" - 1968 - 21
"Tramp" - 1967 - 18
"Hard To Handle" - 1968 - 15


Sorry to be pedantic, but.....God damn it! That's Otis Redding you're bad mouthing there!:weird: Okay, my be they weren't top tens, but no one specified top tens.

:D

*Edit* - Hang on, one hit wonders that have never been heard of again...I sincerely hope you're not suggesting that Otis is an unknown...grrrrrrrrr.

[Cylob]

Yeah but Otis may not have been big in the Netherlands. We are talking regional charts.

Chill out Dude.:)

[marvinbarcelona]

You may have noticed the smilies in the post?:D

Not big in the Netherlands? But, but, but.....it's Otis Redding!:eek:

/marvin adds spaceplayradio to his secret list :weird:

[Cylob]

Off topic - did you ever watch the Smell of Reeves & Mortimer??? With Otis Reading & Marvin Gaye the agony uncles.:D

[marvinbarcelona]

Oh yeah, still trying to remove the pish stains from my sofa.

[NJK]

strawberry switchblade -since yesterday
@ marvin this is the only song that ever made it big to the charts overhere all other songs didn't make it there so that makes him a one hit wonder

[Xerxes]

Classical's major one hit wonders:

Johann Pachelbel: Canon in D
Carl Orff: Carmina Burana

Arguble- Georges Bizet: Carmen

[marvinbarcelona]

Sorry, spaceplayradio, you're still on my secret list. :weird: Theres no gettin away from it now:p

[Cylob]

Can I be on your list as well? I'd hate to be left out.

[nybergh]

Fools Garden - Lemon Tree

[Cylob]

M - Pop Musik
The Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star

[NJK]

classic song mark & clark band-worn down piano-
michel zagger band - let's all chant

[Cylob]

Trans X - Living on Video
Animotion - Obsession
Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance
Midge Ure - If I Was

[edit: multiple posts killed --will]

[NJK]

it's like those who get stuck trying to say something to you and keep repeating the first two words and never end it

-loz netto - fade away - ( and he did after this song)

[Cylob]

Loz Netto????

Saint Winnifred's School Choir - Grandma We Love You

[NJK]

loz netto's bazaar - fade away no joke its real want a copy of it pm me

[Merlin]

Originally posted by Cylob
Saint Winnifred's School Choir - Grandma We Love You
Ugh. That was awful. Must have been really disturbing for anyone placed lower in the charts than that record.

I hardly think that Men Without Hats song qualifies as a 'wonder'...

[NJK]

the assembly -never never (vince clark & feargal sharkey)

[Cylob]

Originally posted by Merlin
I hardly think that Men Without Hats song qualifies as a 'wonder'...
It's a class song. I love it!

Feargal Sharkey - A Good Heart

[Mr Jones]

Terry Wogan - The Floral Dance

[Cylob]

:D

Whigfield - Saturday Night

[Mr Jones]

I was gonna say Jonathan "paedo" King, but his discogrpahy is HUGE :eek:
http://j_withers.***********/JK45s.htm

[marvinbarcelona]

Originally posted by Cylob
Loz Netto????

Saint Winnifred's School Choir - Grandma We Love You

For bringing this song back into my consciouness you are most certainly added to the list.....oh yes!:weird:

Also, Feargal Sharkey? *buzzzzz* sorry, we're taking this one to the umpire;

Sep 85 - A Good Heart - No.1
Mar 86 - You Little Thief - No.5 (can't believe you forgot about this)
Feb 91 - I've Got News For You - No.12

Question: Are we using the UK charts?

[NJK]

marv's got a point there and he forgot the listen to your father song feargal also released-
kirsten hersch- your ghost

[marvinbarcelona]

Originally posted by spaceplayradio
marv's got a point there and he forgot the listen to your father song feargal also released-
kirsten hersch- your ghost

Nope, I got that one charting at No. 23. Personally, I take a hit as in the top 20, but after, say, 1998 I would only count top 5.

[Cylob]

Originally posted by marvinbarcelona
Nope, I got that one charting at No. 23. Personally, I take a hit as in the top 20, but after, say, 1998 I would only count top 5.

After 2000 I'd disregard the charts altogether.

I've made a terrible error with Feargal Sharkey. I'm off to atone (10 pints of Guinness as punishment).

Aneka - Japanese Boy

[NJK]

thats a punishment alright -

tori amos - cornflake girl

[marvinbarcelona]

Originally posted by Cylob
After 2000 I'd disregard the charts altogether.

I've made a terrible error with Feargal Sharkey. I'm off to atone (10 pints of Guinness as punishment).

Aneka - Japanese Boy

That's no punishment at all! Having the Spice Girls in your personel cd player, on repeat, all day....now thats punishment.:igor:

[k_rock923]

gary glitter - rock and roll part II

[NJK]

rocksteady crew- (hey you) rocksteady crew

[Cylob]

Originally posted by marvinbarcelona
That's no punishment at all! Having the Spice Girls in your personel cd player, on repeat, all day....now thats punishment.:igor:

No thanks. The death of 1,000 cuts please!!

You beat me to Rock Steady Crew spaceplayradio. It was on the tip of my tongue.

Scarlet Fantastic - No Memory
M/A/R/R/S - Pump Up the Volume

[NJK]

one of my fav - Gary Wright-Dreamweaver

[Cylob]

What year is that???

Will Powers - Kissing With Confidence

[NJK]

dreamweaver off the dreamweaver album(1975)

Barry ryan-eloise

[Cylob]

I see the 70's were very much your thing.:)

Toni Basil - Hey Mickey

[NJK]

more an 80's man-(born in 1965) but it's not bad 70's music

The Knack - My Sharona

btw my daughter's name is Sharona and yes we named her after this song

[Cylob]

Sharon (with an 'A').

King - Love and Pride

[NJK]

yes with the "A" of attitude

Jonathan richman - egyptian reggae

[marvinbarcelona]

I have THE one hit wonder song of all time...oh yes! Quake with fear at the return of;

Escape : The Pina Colada Song - Rubert Holmes.

[Cylob]

That's nothing compared to:

Pig Bag - Papa's Got A Brand New Pig Bag

[marvinbarcelona]

ooohhhhh....thats just plain nasty!

[NJK]

sorry marv hate to disappoint you but you missed out on the rupert holmes one he also had a hit with a song called "him"-

ian gomm - hold on

[NJK]

McFadden and Whitehead - ain't no stoppin us now

[Cylob]

Ashford & Simpson - Solid

[NJK]

sniff n the tears-drivers seat ( it's been re-released about 4 times)

[Cylob]

Never heard of that one.

Donna Allen - Serious

[NJK]

josshua kadison - jessie

[marvinbarcelona]

Just got back from my brothers and we came up with these forgotten masterpieces of the genre;

Lene Lovich - Lucky Number
Shelia B Devotion - Starship Trooper.

How could I have forgotten these?

[NJK]

wheathergirls - it's raining men
marvin you beat me to it , was saving them incase i started to run out of songs

[marvinbarcelona]

Okay....wanna play hardball, eh?:weird: Wanna take it to the max, eh?:weird:

I'll raise you Rennie & Renata - Save Your Love

Oh, yeah people...now we're talkin':weird:

[NJK]

beat this

modern romance - queen of the rapping scene

[marvinbarcelona]

Originally posted by spaceplayradio
beat this

modern romance - queen of the rapping scene

ooohhhh, nice..:up:

[NJK]

got one more for you before it's bed time

kitty grant - glad to know you

[Cylob]

I've missed out on loads of fun here.

Gwen Guthrie - Ain't Nothing Going On But the Rent

[NJK]

furniture-brilliant mind

[Cylob]

MC Miker G & DJ Sven - Holiday Rap

[marvinbarcelona]

Paul Hardcastle - 19

Nightie-nightie all

....I think we're alone now,
dosen't seem to be anyone around.......

[Cylob]

Clever, but Paul Hardcastle had another hit (Don't Waste My Time).

You knew it didn't you (bastard).

Morris Minor & the Majors - Stutter Rap

[NJK]

midnight oil -beds are burning

[Cylob]

Blue Mercedes - I Want to be Your Property

[NJK]

broke your promise to stay out untill 2.00 pm
-eifel 65 - blue (da ba dee)

[Cylob]

This is my last post until 2PM!!!!! I'm looking at my desk - paper here, paper there...

BTW spaceplayradio - this thread will grow and grow. Once you get beyond 5 pages people will forget what's already been listed. And it'll start all over again!!!! You've created a MONSTER.

Belouis Some - Imagination

[NJK]

shame on me for doing so(lol)

-white soxxs - versailles

btw - spaceplayradio is a much to long name -(not for the radio station) in these thread my first name is Nick.

[NJK]

gonna post the last ones i can think of right now
the church-under the milkyway.
valerie lagrange-la folie.
righerra-vamos a la playa.
gary shearston-i get a kick out of you
harpo-moviestar

[Cylob]

You'll be back with another bucket-load Nick (I'll stake my Mars plot on it).

The Mock Turtles - Can You Dig It?

[Raz]

Spin Doctors - Two Princes

[Cylob]

Boris Gardner - I Want to Wake Up With You

*projectile vomit*

[NJK]

starting to feel a little sick -damn you cylob- had this song banned from my mind years ago-
alright been searching the personal archives

owen paul - my favourite waste of time

[Cylob]

Sorry Nick, that was a touch wreckless. :D

Bruce Hornsby & The Range - That's Just the Way It Is

[NJK]

not quite one hit wonder if you consider the fact that 2pac shakur used it-

but keeping the high level we have

fern kinney- together we are beautiful

[Cylob]

Crikey!!!! Talk about lowering the bar.:)

Fiddler's Dram - Daytrip to Bangor

[NJK]

taco - putting on the ritz

[marvinbarcelona]

Real classic, if it hasn't already been mentioned.....The Jags - Back of My hand.

[Cylob]

Never heard of that Marvin. Research required.....

Stephen 'Tin Tin' Duffy - Kiss Me

[NJK]

great one there marvin - a real good song-

john miles - music

[marvinbarcelona]

Originally posted by Cylob
Never heard of that Marvin. Research required.....

:eek: utterly shocked

"When punk turned into new wave and the new bands played pop, The Jags came around. And made pop. I don't know why it sounds so much Elvis Costello with a thinner sound, it must be the special voice of the singer of the band, Nick Watkinson. He also played guitar, and the rest of the band were John Alder on vocals, guitar and piano, Steve Prudence on bass and Alex Baird on drums and percussion. The original drummer of the band was Neil Whitaker, but he sadly died in an accident before they got any fame. Prudence left before the second album and was replaced by Michael Cotton. At the same time Paddy O'Toole made them a five-piece band playing the keyboards.

It was in 1978 the two school friends Watkinson and Alder from Yorkshire formed the band. They had an affection for pub rock, and the two also liked The Beatles a lot, I'd say after listening to the backing vocals on the records. They comparison to Costello is maybe not so dumb, while the band says they really liked Nick Lowe, and his pop properties. Like for instance Yachts, The Vapors and The Distractions they had a couple of intensive years and in 1982 The Jags were no more.

'Back of my hand' is a brilliant pop song. It was Atkinson and Alder who wrote (almost) all the songs, and some special lyrics can be remembered from the songs 'Woman's world' and 'I never was a beach boy'. How they didn't become hits must be that music fastly turned into synth, the really deserved charting with those. I'm glad to have them before The Jam in my record collection.

It has come to our knowledge Paddy O'Toole went on to play bass with The Bewley Brothers co-writing the single 'Spinning on a time bomb', and recording the 2001 album 'Songs from the cypress tree'."

from Impossible Discographies (http://home.swipnet.se/skroff/jags.html)

[marvinbarcelona]

Napoleon XIV - They're Coming To Take Me Away...with the stunning B-side....yawA eM ekaT oT gnimoC er'yehT....:igor:

Genius, I tell you, genius:D

[NJK]

you only call me if your feeling blue-
you tell me i don't pay attention to you-

first two lines of back of my hand by the jags right marvin??

did we post tori amos - the cornflake girl already?

[marvinbarcelona]

The Jags - Back of My hand - It really is a lost masterpiece of the art of the 3 1/2 minute song.....and those lyrics were spot on by the way spaceplayradio...brought it all back to me.:D

I asked a few people at work if they remembered this one and I only found one other person...real shame.

[Cylob]

Thanks for the link marvin. I will own that track. No doubt I'll recognise it on a listen.

Yes, we've had Cornflake Girl........


Neil - Hole in my Shoe

[NJK]

ace- how long ( great voice -paul garrack)

[Triton4]

Robert Miles - Children

La Bouche - Be my lover

Real McCoy - Run Away

[NJK]

hate to disappoint you triton but robert miles also made one+one=one

laura brannigan - selfcontrol

[Triton4]

I actually mentioned his album 'Children' - which contains two of his biggest hits - Children & Fable. Other than that, none of his tracks are really popular over here. 'One' wasn't a hit either, atleast in India.

[Cylob]

Originally posted by spaceplayradio
laura brannigan - selfcontrol
Don't you remember Gloria?????

[Twilightseer]

P Lion - Happy Children
Carrara - Shine On Dance

[NJK]

@cylob -never heard of gloria

captain sensible - wot

[Twilightseer]

Ice House - Hey Little Girl

[Cylob]

Originally posted by spaceplayradio
captain sensible - wot
Nick - you haven't heard of Happy Talk??? Such a quality track as well.

[NJK]

excuse me please -not awake yet - (turning red of shame)

@twilightseer buzzz wrong also made hits like -man of colours and kingdom and a big one in our country crazy

lowell george - cheek to cheek

[Cylob]

Sorry for this one guys - dry-cleaning bills to Cylob!

Jennifer Rush - The Power of Love
:mad:

[NJK]

nothing more from jennifer in your country???? we also had the "i come undone"song overhere and a duet with elton john called " flames of paradise"-

gary us bonds - this little girl

[Cylob]

I don't remember anything else by Jennifer Rush (fortunately).:)

It always irritated me to find her albums in with the Rush ones at the record store. I mean - The Power of Love sitting alongside Permanent Waves??? Outrageous!!!!!!!! I always evicted her albums, but some *sod* always put them back.

It Bites - Calling all the Heroes

[NJK]

the associates - waiting for the loveboat

[marvinbarcelona]

Originally posted by spaceplayradio
the associates - waiting for the loveboat

Surely you remember "Party Fears Two" & "Club Country"? Hopefully we're talking about the same group here.

[Cylob]

The Associates may not have made it on the continent. 2 of their albums are on my to-do list (Affectionate Punch & Sulk).

Danny Wilson - Mary's Prayer

[NJK]

phd - i won't let you down

[Cylob]

Club Nouveau - Lean on Me

and their previous band....

Timex Social Club - Rumours

[marvinbarcelona]

Classics Nouveau - Is It a Dream?

[Cylob]

Karel Fialka - Hey Matthew

[NJK]

gerald masters - falling

[Twilightseer]

Cylob,

You might be interested in knowing that some of the backing vocals on "The Affectionate Punch" were done by Robert Smith (first Cure bass player Michael Dempsey left the Cure to join The Associates before "Seventeen Seconds") :)

back on topic

Double - The Captain Of Her Heart
Alisha - Baby Talk

[Cylob]

That is interesting 'seer. I've acquired The Affectionate Punch, it'll debut in Cylob Towers later this evening.:)

Joyce Sims - Come into my Life

[NJK]

jim diamond - i've should have known better ( lead singer of phd)

[NJK]

just posted one in bands that split up - it also made me remember this one

Ironhorse - sweet lui louise

[Cylob]

Originally posted by spaceplayradio
jim diamond - i've should have known better ( lead singer of phd)
I remember that song, it's terrible. If we're lowering the bar then...

Damian - The Time Warp

[Twilightseer]

Spagna - Easy Lady

[Merlin]

That fucking irritating one about sex on the beach, released about '97. Might have been by T-spoon. Ugh.

The obscurity of some of the stuff mentioned here is pretty impressive. Five QI points...

[NJK]

thelonius monster - body and soul

try to lift the level up again

[marvinbarcelona]

Sabrina - Boys, Boys, Boys.....she had a couple of really big hits!:D

[lil vixen]

Go West - King of wishful thinking
Sinaed O'conner - Nothing compares
Patrick Swayze - She's like the wind
Suzanne Vega - Luka
Baha Men - Who let the dogs out
Wrecks N Effects - RumpShaker
Carl Douglas - Kung Foo Fighting

[lil vixen]

I forgot some-
Right Said Fred - I'm too sexy
The Hieghts - How do you talk to an angel
Crash Test Dummies - mmm mmm mmm
Faith No More - Epic
House of Pain - Jump Around
Marcys Playground - Sex n candy
69 boys - Tootsie Roll

[Widdykats]

David Essex: Rock On

[DJ Egg]

cor blimey guv!

David Essex had heaps of hits in the UK in the 70's . . . and a fair few No.1's.
"I'm Gonna Make You A Star" springs to mind . . god, what an awful song!
Fuckin' hated his guts, lol. ;) :D

Also, Sinead O'Connor had a fair few other UK hits (Just Like U Said It Would B, Feel So Different, Emperor's New Clothes, Mandinka, etc), as did Suzanne Vega (Tom's Diner, Marlena On The Wall, Left of Center) . . . and Go West ("We Close Our Eyes", urghh, yuck!)

I suppose that's the problem here, we're all quoting different charts from around the world (UK, USA, Holland, India, Australia, France, etc etc).

Anyway . . . has anyone mentioned "The Vapours - Turning Japanese" yet?

[Widdykats]

am guv'ette! Sorry! Didn't know...I actually like that song. Why?
I dunno' and somehow it works, for me with Cory Hart's "I wear my sunglasses at night":cool:

[DJ Egg]

For some weird reason, I've got 1979 on the brain (Vapours - Turning Japanese).

Also from 1979:
Doll - Desire Me (anyone remember this "new wave" classic?)
The Members - The Sound of the Suburbs (a punk classic) . . . well, actually, they also got to No.31 with "Offshore Banking Business", if that counts?)
The Dickies - Banana Splits
Flying Lizards - Money (Not sure if they had a follow-up hit though)
Selecter - On My Radio
The Regents - 7Teen (could've been early 1980 ?)
Secret Affair - Time For Action

And a few proper shitters: :D
Paul Evans - Hello, This is Joannie
Monks - Nice Legs, Shame About Her Face
Erroll Dunkley - OK Fred


@Widdy
This (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000089Q7/ref=ase_onthewebcom-21/026-6277257-6706855) one's for you.

[Cylob]

From 1980:
Air Supply - All Out of Love (sorry for that one)
Black Slate - Amigo
New Musik - Living By Numbers

[NJK]

Originally posted by Widdykats
am guv'ette! Sorry! Didn't know...I actually like that song. Why?
I dunno' and somehow it works, for me with Cory Hart's "I wear my sunglasses at night":cool:

@widdy starting to like you even more now - sunglasses at night my all time fav.

@cylob good one new musik

adding the hooters -satelite

[NJK]

Originally posted by lil vixen
Go West - King of wishful thinking
Sinaed O'conner - Nothing compares
Patrick Swayze - She's like the wind
Suzanne Vega - Luka
Baha Men - Who let the dogs out
Wrecks N Effects - RumpShaker
Carl Douglas - Kung Foo Fighting

sorry have to disagree with you on suzanne vega -

tom's dinner - marlene on the wall

also on go west - we close our eyes

[Widdykats]

I wouldn't call it a hit, not even remotely, but Cory Hart also did:
Never Surrender !


Does anybody but me hear, Sweet Dreams are Made of This
when they listen to ..Sunglasses :confused:

[NJK]

@widdy started a search already for the never surrender song
and i just don't see sweet dreams in the sunglasses song

tim curry - working on my tan

[Widdykats]

Tim Curry did a GREAT song called I Do The Rock played in every disco club in N.Y.
The words are very, very clever!:D
and I guess it would be the other way around, 'cuz ...
Sunglasses was done first..but if no one hears it...:confused:

p.s. Please listen to Gloria by Laura Brannigan..terrific!:D :up:

[Cylob]

Gloria! Gloria! I think they got your number! (that's enough already).

Sharpe and Numan - Change Your Mind (1985)
Stacey Lattisaw - Jump to the Beat (1980)

[NJK]

@widdy - cylob also mentioned gloria starting a new search for this song -

bram tchaikovski- sarah smiles (lead singer of the motors)

[Cylob]

Stan Ridgway - Camouflage
Orange Juice - Rip It Up

It's surprising how many one-hitters I have. Barely scratched the surface yet.:)

[NJK]

i created a monster as you mentioned before -

micheal garrison -escape (bit of a club track)

[Widdykats]

Very kewl song from 9 1/2 wks Luba: Let it Go..
Never heard from her since...

[NJK]

special aka - free nelson mandela

[Cylob]

BTW, I have that Johan Timman - Trip Through the Body album. Was there a hit from it????

Divine - You Think You're A Man (transvestite with beard).

[NJK]

sorry cylob also made shoot your shot ( at least overhere)

no hits on the trip into the body album (bit strange album)

the motels - suddenly last summer

[Widdykats]

Woa! Dude The Motels...'scuse me...Only The Lonely Can Play
and We Never Danced...great voice on lead singer!:D

Only The Lonely can Play! Ultimate "sit in a bar and get wrecked thinking about breakup", song! uh at one time..:confused:

[NJK]

thought that it was a girl with the motels singing?

never made it big on the continent here-

boy meets girl - waiting for a star to fall ( three men and a baby soundtrack)

[Widdykats]

Originally posted by spaceplayradio
thought that it was a girl with the motels singing?

never made it big on the continent here-

boy meets girl - waiting for a star to fall ( three men and a baby soundtrack)
It is "Lead singer" can be female in English!:D :up:

[NJK]

he just a cheesehead from holland who barely had any english lessons at all -most of it i learned watching english channel like the bbc and skychannel

frida - i know there's something going on ( one of the girls from abba - album produced by phil collins)

[Widdykats]

Ya' seem just fine to me!:D :up:
mentioned in another thread but I gotta' go with
B.T. Express : Do It!(It'll make ya' dance!)

[NJK]

help running out? need to do some digging into my personal music files somewhere up the attic

crazytown - butterfly ( haven't heard of anything after this one)

[marvinbarcelona]

Right Said Fred - I'm Too Sexy....also had a hit with Deeply Dippy
Special AKA - Nelson Mandela...also had a hit with Gangster

[NJK]

gangsters was by the specials as far as my memory goes marvin

wilson philips - hold on

[Widdykats]

Nina: 99 Balloons...If she was big in Europe, I apologize!:D


er Nena ....tah dah!:D

[NJK]

Originally posted by Widdykats
Nina: 99 Balloons...If she was big in Europe, I apologize!:D

yeah she was and the name is nena-

at this moment she is in the charts overhere a duet with kim wilde
a remake of an old song of nena "irgendwie,irgenwho,irgendwan" renamed it to anyplace,anywhere,anytime.

nena had about 4 hits in holland

I apologize!:D accepted

angel - wintersong

[Widdykats]

Tricky: She makes you want to die (From The Replacement Killers
with Chow Young Fat and Mira Sorvino)

[NJK]

ian hunter -we gotta get out of here ( with ellen foley)

[Widdykats]

Sugar Hill Gang: Rapper's Delight!:D
(get up and dance, you know you want to...)

[NJK]

no thanks just had my dinner and dancing with a lot of food inside you "brrr" don't think so

opus - life is life

[Widdykats]

Tommy Tutone: 8675309(9 pronounced eeeenineeeooonah!)

:D

[NJK]

white plains-when you are a king

[Widdykats]

Was Thomas Dolby's : She blinded Me With Science mentioned!
Love that song!:D

[NJK]

Originally posted by Widdykats
Was Thomas Dolby's : She blinded Me With Science mentioned!
Love that song!:D

no wasn't mentioned because overhere he made several numbers reaching the charts-

europa and the pirate twins
hyperactive
i scare myself
close but no cigar

the rumour - the frozen years ( yes this was the band behind graham parker)

[Widdykats]

Londonbeat: I've Been Thinking About You!

[NJK]

sorry widdy made also "9 am"



long john baldry - (wake me up in the) morning dew

[Cylob]

Londonbeat! Must obtain that track without delay (cheers widdy).:)

Now then Nick, Long John Baldry..... (methinks you're nearing the bottom of the barrel).

Sub Sub - Ain't No Love (Ain't No Use)

[Widdykats]

The Waitresses: I know What boys Like! Nyaah, nah , nah, nah!
Was just singing this yesterday!:D

[Merlin]

Sub Sub became Doves, didn't they?

[DJ Egg]

Hawkwind - Silver Machine :D

[NJK]

roger glover & friends - love is all

sorry cylob not nearly at the bottom yet

[Cylob]

Widdykats... You have an interesting colletion, I've been reading every post.
Merlin... Correct. Strange how a dance act can become a serious rock band.
Nick... So you've been up to the attic then? :)

Fashion - Love Shadow

[Widdykats]

Originally posted by Cylob
Widdykats... You have an interesting colletion, I've been reading every post.
Merlin... Correct. Strange how a dance act can become a serious rock band.
Nick... So you've been up to the attic then? :)

Fashion - Love Shadow
Thank Mew!:D I like lots of different music!
Tumbuk 3: The Future's So Bright, I Have To Wear Shades!
:cool:

[NJK]

@ cylob not yet but i have all my tapes nicely sorted out and printed on paper helps out a lot

carlsberg - all the president's men (dire straits clone band)

[Cylob]

Originally posted by spaceplayradio
carlsberg - all the president's men (dire straits clone band) It figures they were a one-hit wonder then.:p

Andre Nuemann - First Picture

[NJK]

posion - every rose has its thorn ( risking flipping out americans by adding this one - got a feeling they are big in the states)

[Cylob]

They had 7 x hits in the UK....... *steps aside for the flaming*

Miss X - Christine

[Widdykats]

Taco: Putting On The Ritz!
and he had more hits it's a mystery to me
Frankie Goes To Hollwood: Relax!(when you gonna' get thru it...):eek:

[NJK]

Originally posted by Widdykats

Frankie Goes To Hollwood: Relax!(when you gonna' get thru it...):eek: [/B]

frankie had more hits in europe ask cylob if you dont believe me hi widdy

lowering the level a little

scott fitzgerald & yvonne keeley - if i had words

[Cylob]

Originally posted by Widdykats
Frankie Goes To Hollwood: Relax!(when you gonna' get thru it...):eek: Shock horror!!!!!!!

I know FGTH didn't make it in the US, so Relax was their lone hit eh? They ruled the UK in '84......

[NJK]

seems like we agree on a lot of topic cylob

john parr - st elmo's fire

[Cylob]

Originally posted by spaceplayradio
seems like we agree on a lot of topic cylob I guess so.;)

Some notable additions from 1989:
Edelweiss - Bring Me Edelweiss (the tackiest of tacky europop).
The Reynolds Girls - I'd Rather Jack (so would I)

[NJK]

mac's 'n specks - dont come stoned

[Widdykats]

Til Tuesday! Voices Carry! I loved the video, the "punk" girl out or living with Mr. Control Issue freaking out ahehehehehe..
oh sorry:confused:

[NJK]

titiyo - come along

[Widdykats]

Originally posted by spaceplayradio
titiyo - come along

Where was that made, I have no clue who that is????

[NJK]

half sister of neneh cherry and eagle eye cherry -bet you remember neneh cherry - buffalo stance

canned heat - on the road again

[Widdykats]

Wow, The Buffalo Stance, sure do! :D
Kajagoogoo: Too Shy ,only hit of theirs I remember

[NJK]

Originally posted by Widdykats

Kajagoogoo: Too Shy ,only hit of theirs I remember

tryed to make it back after limahl left the band had a minor hit with a song called the big apple


got a good one for this thread

telly savalles - some broken hearts never mend
(now tell me if you know the guy- give you a hint he always had a lollipop in his mouth)

[Widdykats]

Ya' mean Kojak?
http://www.timvp.com/kojak.html :D
Psychedelic Furs: Pretty in Pink I know they did other songs but hit wise, I think over here, it's all most remember them for.
Having Brat pack flash backs!:D

[NJK]

bingo you just hit the jackpot

remember this one
spacemonkey-can't stop running

[Widdykats]

Originally posted by spaceplayradio
bingo you just hit the jackpot

remember this one
spacemonkey-can't stop running
I am so embarressed! I even googled them..Who are they?
When were they>>>>:(

[NJK]

early 80's material -found them on p2p -

mighty sparrow & byron lee - only a fool

[Widdykats]

How ya' feeling?
Hot! Hot! Hot!: Buxter Poindexter!
Really David Johansen(sp?) formerly of The N.Y. Dolls!:D

[NJK]

never like that one widdy - a bit outragous

the highwaymen- highwayman ( willie nelson,waylon jennins,kris kristoffersen and the late and great johnny cash)

[marvinbarcelona]

The Wack - Minestrone

[Widdykats]

Bobby Bloom: Montego Bay:D

[NJK]

player -baby come back ( on the single is a picture of the group with "ridge"from the bold and the beautiful)

[Cylob]

Originally posted by Widdykats
How ya' feeling?
Hot! Hot! Hot!: Buxter Poindexter!
Is that the same as Arrow - Hot Hot Hot

[Widdykats]

Originally posted by Cylob
Is that the same as Arrow - Hot Hot Hot
Don't know! It was a kinda "gimmick" thing D.J. did.
The N.Y. Dolls were another matter.

[NJK]

port o spain - raving on the beach

[Cylob]

Debbie Harry - French Kissin' in the USA

[NJK]

blanket of secrecy - say you will

[Widdykats]

Originally posted by Cylob
Debbie Harry - French Kissin' in the USA
Debbie Harry ??? Of Blondie uh Call Me, and Heart Of Glass
fame???:confused:

[NJK]

Originally posted by Widdykats
Debbie Harry ??? Of Blondie uh Call Me, and Heart Of Glass
fame???:confused:

yes widdy as the group Blondie they had numerous hits but after blondie deb used her own name and only this song went in the charts.

an oldie but a goodie

peter sarsted - where do you go to my lovely

[Twilightseer]

Originally posted by Cylob

Edelweiss - Bring Me Edelweiss (the tackiest of tacky europop).

Damn, I thought I was the only one who ever heard of that band :eek: I remember a TV show they did here, performing this song (if one can say so), it was demented, I thought psychotic people had invaded the telly :D

this reminded of another awful band

Army Of Lovers - Crucified

anyone remembers that ?

And yes, FGTH pwns :)

[NJK]

Originally posted by Twilightseer
Damn, I thought I was the only one who ever heard of that band

this reminded of another awful band

Army Of Lovers - Crucified

anyone remembers that ?



you're not alone on remembering awful bands
i remember edelweiss also. the army of lovers also had 2 other hits
-obsesion and my army of lovers. ( brrrrrr)

early 80's disco

centrale line - nature boy

[Cylob]

Army of Lovers (from Sweden?) were clearly all bi-sexual loons. I wouldn't like to be stuck in an elevator with them (as the Aerosmith song goes). If that did happen (god forbid), protect all cavities!

Baltimora - Tarzan Boy

Apparently 'Baltimora' died of Aids. I am not surprised.

[NJK]

gay maybe? so was patrick cowley (also dead)
maybe we could start a thread on dead singers and why they died?

been digging in the old papers again and have a list with at least 30 songs so here we go one at the time

Miquel brown - so many men so little time

[Cylob]

In keeping with the gay theme:

Tight Fit - The Lion Sleeps Tonight
The London Boys - London Nights

[NJK]

out with the gay line - let's take it toward tritons homecountry

Kamahl - the elephant song

[marvinbarcelona]

I'm Literally on Fire - Lee Stokes

[NJK]

start to feel sorry for you marvin -having nothing else to eat but beans-

pale fountains - thank you

[Widdykats]

The Boxtops: The Letter (My baby she wrote me a letter..dahdah
oh sorry started ta' sing!:D )
which always reminds me of this song
The Statler Brothers: Flowers On The Wall (In Pulp Fiction, even):D

[NJK]

yea it's easy to sing along with that one Widdy

adrian garvitz - classic

[marvinbarcelona]

Fit to Burst - Petomane

[NJK]

nils lofgren - shine silently

[marvinbarcelona]

It's Dark Here - C. Lon Oscopy

[NJK]

roman holiday- motor maniac

[marvinbarcelona]

How Red? - Greene

[NJK]

arcadia-election day

[marvinbarcelona]

Tight - Lou Brecante

[NJK]

you're on a roll marvin

maisonettes - heartache avenue

[marvinbarcelona]

Come Back - Boo Merang

[NJK]

joe bataan - rap o clap o

[marvinbarcelona]

Drip, Drip, Drip - The Clap

[Cylob]

Originally posted by spaceplayradio
joe bataan - rap o clap o That one sounds interesting. I bet it's banned in at least one country.

Incognito - Always There

[marvinbarcelona]

Watch Where You Go - Side Step