VH1's Top 100 One Hit Wonders

<div class="smallfont"></div><div class="smallfont"> <div id="post_message_83423">Quite a few Artistes here that I can recall having more than 1 hit</div><div>Maybe someone at VH1 didn't actually understand the title of the list and just filled in the spaces where necessary!</div></div><div class="smallfont"></div><div class="smallfont"></div><div class="smallfont"></div><div class="smallfont">VH1's 100 One Hit Wonders </div><hr size="1" /><div>100 Kung Fu Fighting Carl Douglas
99No Rain Blind Melon
98Two Of Hearts Stacey Q
97 Whoomp! (There It Is) - (2000 remix) Tag Team
96 I Want Candy Bow Wow Wow
95 Harper Valley PTA Jeannie C. Riley
94 What's Up 4 Non Blondes
93 Don't Give Up On Us - David Soul
92 Heart And Soul T'Pau
91 Electric Avenue Eddy Grant


90 Don't Wanna Fall In Love Jane Child
89 Achy Breaky Heart Billy Ray Cyrus
88 Barbie Girl Aqua
87 Don't Leave Me This Way Thelma Houston
86 Bust A Move Young M.C.
85 Spirit In The Sky Norman Greenbaum
84 You Gotta Be Des'ree
83 Safety Dance, The Men Without Hats
82 I Know What Boys Like The Waitresses
81 Just A Friend Biz Markie


80 Cum On Feel The Noize Quiet Riot
79 Puttin' On The Ritz - Taco
78 Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm Crash Test Dummies
77 What I Am Edie Brickell
76 We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off Jermaine Stewart
75 I've Never Been to Me - Charlene
74 Rebirth Of Slick (Cool Like Dat) Digable Planets
73 Convoy C.W. McCall
72 Maniac - Michael Sembello
71 How Bizarre OMC


70 Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia, The - Vicki Lawrence
69 Funkytown Lipps Inc.
68 Girl Like You, A Edwyn Collins
67Epic Faith No More
66 Mambo #5 (A Little Bit Of...) Lou Bega
65 In My House The Mary Jane Girls
64 You Get What You Give New Radicals
63 Jump Around House of Pain
62 Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades, The Timbuk 3
61 More, More, More Andrea True Connection


60 Round and Round- Ratt
59 867-5309 (Jenny) Tommy Tutone
58 What Is Love Haddaway
57 Smokin' In The Boy's Room Brownsville Station
56 Lovin' You Minnie Riperton
55 It's Raining Men The Weather Girls
54 Makin' It - David Naughton
53 Somebody's Watching Me - Rockwell
52 Genius Of Love Tom Tom Club
51 I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) The Proclaimers



50 I Touch Myself The Divinyls
49 Turn The Beat Around - Vicki Sue Robinson
48True Spandau Ballet
47 Rock And Roll (Part 2) Gary Glitter
46 Don't Worry, Be Happy Bobby McFerrin
45 Lovefool The Cardigans
44 Rock Me Amadeus Falco
43 How Do You Talk To An Angel - The Heights
42 Hot Child In The City Nick Gilder
41 Relax Frankie Goes to Hollywood



40 In A Big Country Big Country
39 Bitter Sweet Symphony The Verve
38 Me And Mrs. Jones - Various Artists
37 I Melt With You Modern English
36 Turning Japanese The Vapors
35 Bitch Meredith Brooks
34 Afternoon Delight Starland Vocal Band
33 Got To Be Real Cheryl Lynn
32 Hot Hot Hot Buster Poindexter
31 Unbelieveable EMF
30 Seasons In The Sun - Terry Jacks

29 Pass The Dutchie Musical Youth
28It Takes Two Rob Base &amp; DJ E-Z Rock
27 Pop Musik M
26 Stumblin' In Suzi Quatro
25 Too Shy Kajagoogoo
24 Whip It Devo
23 All My Life (K-Ci &amp; Jojo) Sybersound
22 Play That Funky Music Wild Cherry
21 Cars Gary Numan
20 She Blinded Me With Science Thomas Dolby

The Cairo-born Thomas Robertson was nicknamed &quot;Dolby&quot; by his friends because of his obsession with musical technology. His 1983 single hit appropriately featured a vocal performance by the eccentric British scientist Magnus Pyke.

19 In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
Iron Butterfly
Psychedelia had it's brilliant moments, but it was a great cloak for nonsense, too. In 1969, when these dudes arrived out of nowhere with their side-long song driven by a 10-note bass riff, they brought rock something both catchy and cluckish.

18 Nothing Compares 2 U
Sin&eacute;ad O'Connor
She took a good Prince song and made it great by betting the farm on the fact that candor and intimacy were what people wanted to hear. She bet correctly, and in 1990 the nuance-driven face-only video turned all that private stuff into powerful stuff.

17 We're Not Gonna Take It
Twisted Sister
In 1984 Twisted Sister's marketing device was its singer's use of make-up. But they did have one insidiously infectious tune, and as the group chanted its defiance of all things status-quo, testosteroned teens fell in line.

16 Rapper's Delight
The Sugarhill Gang
Intoxicated on the power of spiel, and up for the challenge of riding the rhythmic groove, these bedrock MCs - Master Gee, Wonder Mike, and Big Bank Hank - brought the glory of rap out of the neighborhood and onto the airwaves in 1979.

15 96 Tears ? &amp; the Mysterians
Proof that attitude is all you need to make a mark on pop. An organ squeals, a tough guy snarls and, in 1966 and forever, a rock fan reaches to turn it up. It's cheesy, it's weird, and it's irresistible.

14 Groove Is In The Heart
Deee-Lite
Some say the group was fashion's answer to the B-52's, but the kitschy glamour of this club smash had plenty of musical craft on its side, and its &quot;we're all one&quot; message made room for a broad queer/straight, black/white constituency. A pop gem from 1990.

13 Hustle, The - (original mix)
Van McCoy
The disco era needed a soundtrack by which hedonists could get busy on the dance floor, and the lite jazz groove perfectly fit the bill in 1976. Honk once if you love flutes. Honk twice if you've ever gotten busy on the dance floor.

12 Baby Got Back
Sir Mix-A-Lot
Discussing the front part of the human body is dangerous business. But celebrate the rear in song, and you get smiles all around. Create a two-cheeked video around an amusing set of rump rhymes driven by a righteous beat, you've hit yourself a home run.

11 You Light Up My Life
Debby Boone
Schmaltz will always be with us, and from &quot;Earth Angel&quot; to Celine's Titanic song, some of the best radio pop has been pure goo. This ode to Christianity's top dog is sticky as hell. Which is why somewhere, a couple is slow-dancing to it and weeping.

10 99 Luftballons
Nena
German singer Gabriele &ldquo;Nena&rdquo; Kerner recorded &ldquo;99 Luftballons&rdquo; as a protest against nuclear war. The canny electronic arrangement and singsong melody obscured its serious message and it became a worldwide hit in 1984.

9 Rico Suave
Gerardo
Ecuador-born rapper Gerardo performed in Spanglish, a mixture of Spanish and English, but everyone understood the smooth delivery of &ldquo;Rico Suave.&rdquo; He scored no more hits after that 1991 No. 7, so Gerardo became a record executive.

8 Take On Me
a-ha
In 1985, with synth pop at its peak, &quot;Take On Me&quot; became one of the genre's most memorable successes. The song went to No. 1 on an insidious hook and a video that deftly merged animation and live action.

7
Ice Ice Baby
Vanilla Ice
Utilizing a clever sample of the bass line to Queen&rsquo;s &ldquo;Under Pressure,&rdquo; &ldquo;Ice Ice Baby&rdquo; zipped to No. 1 in 1990. But Ice&rsquo;s strutting ego and unwarranted boasting about an imaginary gangster past led to a fall that was as quick as his unexpected rise.

6
Who Let The Dogs Out
Baha Men
The Baha Men had already enjoyed a degree of success on the world music circuit with their take on &quot;junkanoo&quot;, a Caribbean fusion of pop and Latin rhythms. &quot;Who Let the Dogs Out&quot; became a monster smash in 2000 and proved very popular at sporting events.

5
Mickey
Toni Basil
Toni Basil already had quite a career before topping the charts with &quot;Mickey&quot; in 1982. She danced in the '60s concert film 'The T.A.M.I. Show' and acted opposite Jack Nicholson in the 'Five Easy Pieces'. She also choreographed the Gap's swing-music ad.

4
I'm Too Sexy
Right Said Fred
Brothers Fred and Richard Fairbrass ran a gym in London when they first teamed up with guitarist Rob Manzoli to form Right Said Fred. Their cheeky 1992 poke at the model culture shot the muscle-bound siblings up to No. 1.

3
Come On Eileen
Dexys Midnight Runners
Kevin Rowland and his British musical group mingled genres like rock and Celtic soul, but nobody expected this single - whose sing-along chorus overwhelmed the dour lyrical perspective - to knock Michael Jackson's &quot;Billie Jean&quot; off the #1 spot in 1983.

2
Tainted Love
Soft Cell
The British synth duo of Marc Almond and Dave Ball were inspired to cover Gloria Jones' 1964 classic as a tribute to the discos of their youth. Almond's camp delivery of the lyrics, however, gave the song a
contemporary twist and it flew to No. 8 in 1982.


1
Macarena
Los Del Rio
Antonio Romeo Monge and Rafael Ruiz were just another Spanish flamenco-pop duo when they were inspired to record &quot;Macarena&quot; after seeing a Venezuelan dancer. Once the Bayside Boys remixed the track, it became an American smash, selling 4 million copies.</div>

 

EMF at #31 , didnt they have 2 hits? nt

 

RE: i'm sure vanilla ice and sinead o' connor had more than 1 hit. nt

 

Soft Cell??? nt

 

RE: what a crap list. Eddie Grant was massive in the 80s. nt

 

T'Pau and The Proclaimers , its not even those groups most famous songs in the chart!

Kung Fu Fighting should be #1 also as its tops!</p>

 

RE: faith No More, Frankie Go' s to Hollywood

shocking list.

 

Maybe its an American list? nt

 

RE: could be spandau ballet were'nt that big in america nt

 

Thats why its 1 hit wonders , that might be the only hit in the USA. nt

 

The sainted Edwyn Collins, Dexys, Sugarhil Gang

Bow wow wow and Gary Numan all had more than 1 hit.

As well as the others already mentioned.

 

RE: The sainted Edwyn Collins, Dexys, Sugarhil Gang

Isn't Toni Basils most famous film role as one of the prostitutes at the end of Easy Rider?

 

indeed, surely had 5 or 6 n/t nt