bestest one-hit wonder ever in the history of the world.
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Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
That's not a one-hit wonder!finalstryke said:
Chairman Meow
Perth, WA
I'm surprised no-one has mentioned 'Amother girl, another planet' by The Only Ones yet. Although Wiki informs me that it doesn't count as it was never actually charted anywhere in the world (can't be right, can it?)
finalstryke said:
Singles
* 1981 Tainted Love (/ Where Did Our Love Go? medley) #1 UK,
* 1981 Bedsitter B/W FAcility Girls #4 UK
* 1982 Say Hello, Wave Goodbye B/W Fun City #3 UK
* 1982 Torch B/W Insecure Me #2 UK
* 1982 What! B/W So... #3 UK
* 1982 Where the Heart Is B/W It's A Mug's Game #21 UK
* 1983 Numbers / Barriers #25 UK
* 1983 Soul Inside #16 UK
* 1984 Down in the Subway #24 UK
* 1991 Say Hello, Wave Goodbye #38 UK
* 1991 Tainted Love 1981 #5 UK
* 2002 Monoculture #52 UK
* 2003 The Night #39 UK
Chairman Meow said:I'm surprised no-one has mentioned 'Amother girl, another planet' by The Only Ones yet. Although Wiki informs me that it doesn't count as it was never actually charted anywhere in the world (can't be right, can it?)
and they'd be an example of a moderately successful band, singles apart.
This is why defining a one-hit wonder is tricky.
ruffneck23
front left
pass the dutchie by musical youth ( i think that was a one hit wonder, )
ruffneck23 said:
you forget The Youth of Today, for starters. maybe more
finalstryke said:
erm.. can you actually read?
Chairman Meow
Perth, WA
finalstryke said:
Nonsense!
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
I count 10finalstryke said:
finalstryke said:
do please share yours..
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
A hit is a single that makes the top 40finalstryke said:
Six of the above made the top 10
Chairman Meow
Perth, WA
Orang Utan said:
Aye - and the first five made the top four!
Dubversion said:
If an artist is generally only known for one single, then they're a one hit wonder.
the fact that they might have had other singles (which are not remembered by anyone apart from hard core fans / music buffs) doesn't disqualify them from being one hit wonders.
(imho, of course)
finalstryke said:
You're one crazy bastard
and you have a rather egocentric way of looking at the world. I'm pretty damn sure a poll would suggest that the majority of people who remembered Tainted Love would remember others as well
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
finalstryke said:
Soft Cell aren't generally known for just one track though - what about Bedsitter and Say Hello Wave Goodbye?
finalstryke said:
jesus christ
finalstryke said:
but that's YOU.
not everyone else.
Is a one-hit wonder simply something YOU remember as such?
Chairman Meow
Perth, WA
finalstryke said:
But...but....Soft Cell were MASSIVE back in the day. I was by no means a fan at the time ( I was into Duran Duran at the time FFS - I was only 11 though
), but some of those songs were bloody everywhere for a few years. So, you're talking through your arse mate.
finalstryke said:
i'd wager good money you're entirely wrong. However, this is irrelevant - by any sensible (and less selfcentred) definition of one hit wonder, having a string of Top 10 hits would rule someone out
Dubversion said:i'd wager good money you're entirely wrong. However, this is irrelevant - by any sensible (and less selfcentred) definition of one hit wonder, having a string of Top 10 hits would rule someone out
The thread title says ' in the history of the world'.
The world includes the USA.
Tainted Love was the only US chart entry by soft cell.
OK, I'm clutching at straws, but am I wrong?
yes, in pretty much every sense
