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Today is National One Hit Wonder Day! Yay!!!

Celebrating musical artists and acts who have enjoyed one and only one hit (top 40) record.

Some of my favorites are:

Spirit in the sky , Norman Greenbaum
99 Luftballoons , Nina
Harper Valley P.T. A. , Jeannie C. Riley
Classical Gas , Mason Williams
The Hustle , Van McCoy
Come on Eileen , Dexy's Midnight Runners

What are some of your favorite one hitters?

Right said fred - I'm to sexy

Eiffel 65 - Blue
Rednex - Cottoneye-Joe

Nina is a bit questionable because she did make a successful comeback with new songs, though only in Germany.

Promius wrote:Eiffel 65 - Blue
Rednex - Cottoneye-Joe

Nina is a bit questionable because she did make a successful comeback with new songs, though only in Germany.

That's right. Nena (spelled her name wrong the first time) would not be considered a one hit wonder in Germany. She had quite a few songs that charted better then 40 there. In the 80's and then again in the 2000's.

Eiffel 65 is hardly a one hit wonder, nor Rednex.

Wikipedia: A one-hit wonder is a music industry term to describe an artist generally known for only one hit single.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_hit_wonder

In other words, if an artist released a single that got popular,
or in a stretch in definition an album that got popular,
and never to be heard of since or quit being an artist, would be a prime example of a one hit wonder.
Although as Wikipedia states, this is mostly a singles chart thing,
in other words artists that may not even had a chance to finish the album.
There's also a huge varied definition list on Wikipedia as well.

So you might want to state your criteria/own definition in the first post in this thread to avoid confusion

PS! And just to be an ass as usual, I'll have to ask. National? Which nation exactly?

Das said at the top only one hit in the top 40s...now most people only know about there own country so...