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Post by blinkfan on Oct 9, 2006 21:16:04 GMT -5
A while ago I made a thread called best 80's one hit wonders. Well, this is a continuation of that. Personally I think that Sex and Candy by Marcy Playground is the best.
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Post by StarOpal on Oct 9, 2006 21:43:31 GMT -5
A Girl Like You by Edwyn Collins.
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Post by TheLuckyOne on Oct 10, 2006 13:51:30 GMT -5
"Closer to Free" by the Bodeans, and definitely "I'll Be There For You" by the Rembrandts would find a place in there.
You could argue the Gin Blossoms too, but they really had at least 4 or 5 songs get airplay, and the Spin Doctors had 2 ("Two Princes" and "Little Miss Can't Be Wrong"). Blues Traveller had a few as well.
-D
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Post by StarOpal on Oct 11, 2006 8:26:22 GMT -5
Bittersweet Symphony by The Verve.
I was going to say I'm Gonna Be (500 miles) by The Proclaimers, but the actual song was written in '88, even though it became a hit after Benny and Joon came out in '93.
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Post by duckie on Oct 21, 2006 7:48:50 GMT -5
"Closer to Free" by the Bodeans, and definitely "I'll Be There For You" by the Rembrandts would find a place in there. -D Sounds like someone was into "Party of Five" and "Friends"  As for one-hit wonders form the 90's, I caught myself singing Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm the other day... I think Crash Test Dummies sure qualify as a one-hit wonder  |
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Post by TheLuckyOne on Oct 21, 2006 21:23:52 GMT -5
Sounds like someone was into "Party of Five" and "Friends" In all honesty, I don't think I've seen a single minute of Party of Five. But I do seem to recall once or twice listening to the theme song before switching the channel. Heh. -D |
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Post by TheOogieBoogieMan on Oct 21, 2006 22:32:25 GMT -5
"You Get What You Give" by New Radicals is among my favorites of the 90s. I also agree with Crash Test Dummies.
Oh, and "Jump Around" by House of Pain.
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Post by duckie on Oct 22, 2006 8:58:48 GMT -5
I never saw "Party of Five" either, but knew the theme song well. The BoDeans actually reminded me of the Badlees, a local band crom central PA, another one-hit wonder from the 90's.
I defintely also agree with Oogie that New Radicals were one of the best one-hit wonders of the 90's. For me, it was "Someday We'll know" that became my favorite New Radicals Song, after playing "You Get What You Give" into the ground.
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Post by Hucklebubba on Oct 22, 2006 21:01:12 GMT -5
A Girl Like You by Edwyn Collins. In terms of songs having that title, the one belonging to The Smithereens and hailing from '89 always comes to my mind first. Was this a cover or a totally different song? "Closer to Free" by the Bodeans, and definitely "I'll Be There For You" by the Rembrandts would find a place in there. Those are very nearly the same song. Okay, I'm going to go semi-obscure and nominate Martin Page's "In the House of Stone and Light," possibly the most religiously-inclusive song ever penned, and one of my favorites from the decade of whatever the 90s was the decade of. Decade of no definable traits? I don't think it ever got higher than somewhere in the teens on the Top 40 chart, but I remember it getting substantial airplay. I'd also like to nominate Hootie and the Blowfish for the one-album wonder award. |
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Post by StarOpal on Oct 22, 2006 21:33:06 GMT -5
A Girl Like You by Edwyn Collins. In terms of songs having that title, the one belonging to The Smithereens and hailing from '89 always comes to my mind first. Was this a cover or a totally different song? Same title, completely different song. It's off the Empire Records soundtrack, the Gina/Rex Manning/counting-room-scene, to be specific. |
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Post by Hilasophy on Oct 23, 2006 16:16:45 GMT -5
Six Underground by the Sneaker Pimps...they had Spin Spin Sugar, but I'd still consider them in this category.
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Post by blinkfan on Oct 23, 2006 19:23:28 GMT -5
I change mine to "Everybody's free to wear sunscreen" by Baz Luhrmann.
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Post by mtel1979 on Nov 3, 2006 15:39:02 GMT -5
O.K., this list may not be all inclusive, but it's pretty damn near.....
4 Non Blondes - What's Up
Afghan Whigs - Debonair
Belly - Feed The Tree
Big Wreck - The Oaf
Blind Melon - No Rain
Bloodhound Gang - Fire Water Burn
Brian Setzer Orchestra - Jump Jive and Wail
Cherry Poppin' Daddies - Zoot Suit Riot
Chumba Wumba - Tubthumping
Concrete Blonde - Joey
Cornershop - Brimful of Asha
Cracker - Low
Crash Test Dummies - Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
Dada - Dizz Knee Land
Dead Eye Dick - New Age Girl
Deep Blue Something - Breakfast at Tiffany's
Del Amitri - Roll to Me
Dishwalla - Counting Blue Cars
Dog's Eye View - Everything Falls Apart
Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight
Edwyn Collins - A Girl Like You
Elastica - Connection
Eve 6 - Inside Out
Everything But The Girl - Missing
Fastball - The Way
Folk Implosion - Natural One
Fun Lovin' Criminals - Scooby Snacks
Geggy Tah - Whoever You Are
Getaway People - She Gave Me Love
Goldfinger - Here In Your Bedroom
Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta
Hum - Stars
James - Laid
Joan Osbourne - What If God Was One of Us
K's Choice - I'm Not An Addict
Lisa Loeb and the Nine Stories - Stay
Marcy Playground - Sex and Candy
Mazzy Star - Fade Into You
Meat Puppets - Backwater
Meredith Brookes - Bitch
Micheal Penn - No Myth
Morcheeba - Trigger Hippie
My Life With the Thrill Kill Cult - Sex On Wheels
Nada Surf - Popular
Natalie Imbruglia - Torn
New Radicals - You Get What You Give
Paule Cole - Where Have All the Cowboys Gone
PJ Harvey - Down By the Water
Porno For Pyros - Pets
Primitive Radio Gods - Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand
Rancid - Ruby Soho
Reel Big Fish - Sell Out
Rollin's Band - Liar
Save Ferris - Come On Eileen
Semisonic - Closing Time
Shawn Colvin - Sunny Came Home
Silverchair - Tomorrow
Sincola - Bitch
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Kiss Them For Me
Sister Hazel - All For You
Sneaker Pimps - Six Underground
Snow - Informer
Soho - Hippie Chick
Space - Female of the Species
Spacehog - In the Meantime
Sponge - Wax Ecstatic
Squirrel Nut Zippers - Hell
Stabbing Westward - Shame
Temple of the Dog - Hunger Strike
The Bodeans - Closer To Free
The Breeders - Cannonball
The Cardigans - Lovefool
The Church - Under the Milkyway Tonight
The Nixons - Sister
The Refreshments - Banditos
The Rembrandts - I'll Be There For You
The Rentals - Friends of P
The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony
The Verve Pipe - The Freshmen
Tracy Bonham - Mother Mother
Tripping Daisy - I Got A Girl
Us3 - Cantaloop
Veruca Salt - Seether
Whale - Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe
I probably missed a couple hundred thousand with this list, and if any of those missed are worth mentioning at all please let me know and I will let you know if you are correct in the assumption that they are worth listing.
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Post by TheLuckyOne on Nov 3, 2006 16:29:14 GMT -5
Fiona Apple - Shadowboxer I probably would've gone with Criminal for her, but the rest of that list is damn solid... well done, man. Trying to remember- who was the band that did Dizz Knee Land? EDIT: Ah, it was Dada. -D |
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Post by mrshady on Nov 4, 2006 18:20:45 GMT -5
I wouldn't say the Verve were exactly one hit wonders. Apart from Bittersweet Symphony they also had hits (at least in the U.K) with lucky man, the drugs don't work and sonnet (one of my favourite songs) all from the same album. I urge you to check them out if you haven't heard the songs before.
"4 non blondes - whats up" and "New Radicals - You get what you give" were the two that immediately sprung to mind for me.
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