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Kembacity said:
Dude, what hip hop heads over the age of 30 know is irrelevant... When discussing "one hit wonders" you are discussing groups as they are known to the overall population. A musician or a group making a list of one hit wonders doesn't make them automatically a joke... I'm convinced Shock G himself is at the other end of one of these Boneyard accounts. Like I dressed up as Shock G for Halloween within the last 10 years, but Digital Underground are a one hit wonder!!!

Some Canadian teens might love Carly Rae Jepsen, but she's a one hit wonder...

I'm sure the buggles had a lot of fantastic bangers back in the day, but they're a one hit wonder

Put Em on the Glass was a funny song back in the day but sorry Sir-Mix-A-Lot, you're a one hit wonder

I loved "Havin' a Roni" by Vanilla Ice, makes me laugh every time, but he's a one hit wonder
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This is making my head hurt, they have two hits and it's not debateable. Are you intentionally acting stupid just for argument's sake? Digital Underground has a lot more in common with De La Soul and Public Enemy than Sir-Mix-A-Lot and Skee-lo. De La Soul and Public Enemy have less hits than Digital Underground though.
 
Apologies in advance, and I'm using "hit" in the most liberal of meanings, but this song I heard recently is a "classic" and unlike anything else I've heard- the one & only, "Mr. Magic" by the Native Hipsters




From 107.7, the low-powered FM station in Brattleboro, VT
 
Conndog said:
A band that really had the proverbial one-hit wonder is Stealer's Wheel with "Stuck in the Middle with You"- one of my favorites!



Thanks
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Not to go all Boneyard on you, but Stealer's Wheel was Gerry Rafferty's group, and he went on to have a few more hits with "Baker Street," "Night Owl" and "Right Down the Line."
 
superjohn said:
Deepster, since you seem fixated with the billboard charts where Digital Underground clearly has two hits which is more than Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Public Enemy and the Grateful Dead who I also don't consider one hit wonders.
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Led Zeppelin's only release on a single without an album connected is their only Top 40 hit. Does this make them a "one hit wonder"? C'mon apples to apples please. Jimi, Janis, PE and GD are not even considered in that category wrong argument.
 
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Conndog said:
A band that really had the proverbial one-hit wonder is Stealer's Wheel with "Stuck in the Middle with You"- one of my favorites!



Thanks
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Love that tune - good call. Pertains to UConn basketball and some video's of the kids "I'm so scared in case I go by that chair..." (ok it's close)
 
mauconnfan said:
Led Zeppelin's only release on a single without an album connected is their only Top 40 hit. Does this make them a "one hit wonder"? C'mon apples to apples please. Jimi, Janis, PE and GD are not even considered in that category wrong argument.
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I don't follow, what category?
 
mauconnfan said:
Led Zeppelin's only release on a single without an album connected is their only Top 40 hit. Does this make them a "one hit wonder"? C'mon apples to apples please. Jimi, Janis, PE and GD are not even considered in that category wrong argument.
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Led Zep has more than one hit.
 
superjohn said:
This is making my head hurt, they have two hits and it's not debateable. Are you intentionally acting stupid just for argument's sake? Digital Underground has a lot more in common with De La Soul and Public Enemy than Sir-Mix-A-Lot and Skee-lo. De La Soul and Public Enemy have less hits than Digital Underground though.
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My bad. I keep forgetting about "Doowutchyalike". You're right. Everyone knows that one.
 
What I mean is of course Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix aren't one hit wonders. Remember many of the best rock n roll groups didn't have great success on America's Top 40 but the albums they sell keep them out of the category the way I look at it as One Hit Wonders. I could be totally off but comparing these to Digital Underground is way off. But you have a point I guess if they have 2.
 
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Rock & Roll Hoochie Coo Rick Derringer
Play that funk music white boy Wild Cherry
Black is Black Los Bravos
Bang A Gong T Rex
Connecticut's own Na Na Hey Hey Goodbye Steam (Bridgeport I Think)
Eve of Destruction Barry Mcguire
 
Conndog said:
Apologies in advance, and I'm using "hit" in the most liberal of meanings, but this song I heard recently is a "classic" and unlike anything else I've heard- the one & only, "Mr. Magic" by the Native Hipsters




From 107.7, the low-powered FM station in Brattleboro, VT
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This is the worst song I have ever heard in my entire life.
 
Ok. I started this mess. I can name 20 Led Zep songs off the top of my head and folks like Jimi and Janice are far from one hit wonders.

I am talking about acts that everyone immediately thinks of one song when they are mentioned. Stuff like Driver's Seat, Ice Ice Baby, Hocus Pocus, Come on Eileen.... Those are gold, Jerry.
 
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Deepster said:
My bad. I keep forgetting about "Doowutchyalike". You're right. Everyone knows that one.
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You're trying to make a joke here but that song was a pretty big song back in the day off of an album which went platinum. I'm guessing you being older you didn't grow up with rap and don't know much about rap music, doesn't mean it's not popular.
 
superjohn said:
You're trying to make a joke here but that song was a pretty big song back in the day off of an album which went platinum. I'm guessing you being older you didn't grow up with rap and don't know much about rap music, doesn't mean it's not popular.
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I started the thread and I had never heard of that song either.
 
superjohn said:
You're trying to make a joke here but that song was a pretty big song back in the day off of an album which went platinum. I'm guessing you being older you didn't grow up with rap and don't know much about rap music, doesn't mean it's not popular.
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I give up. This is 1,000 times more than I ever have desired to talk about The Humpty Dance. Digital Underground is a hit machine. And walking through Hartford is as safe as being rocked to sleep in your mother's arms. You win. Please put me on ignore or stop replying to anything I post.
 
Deepster said:
I give up. This is 1,000 times more than I ever have desired to talk about The Humpty Dance. Digital Underground is a hit machine. And walking through Hartford is as safe as being rocked to sleep in your mother's arms. You win. Please put me on ignore or stop replying to anything I post.
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You admitted you're wrong, it would have been so much easier if you just did from the start. This does feel like a breakthrough and I am proud of you. I'll gladly ignore you from now on.
 
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Conndog said:
Here is a link for Matthew Sweet "Evangeline" - thought I'd add this, he is not a one-hit wonder. Hope it works.



Hey, can someone post how to add a video link properly?
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Also he got a lot of AirPlay with "Sick of Mysekf"
 
Stealer's Wheel also had "Star" which charted in top 30.

I can go through a ton of 80s bands that made the new music charts (see: Oingo Boingo, Haircut 100, Nik Kershaw, The Church, Lords of the Church, Kajagoogoo, Total Cuelo, Black Flag, Swing Out Sister, Peter Schilling, Wall of Voodoo, Taco, The Buggles, The Vapors, Men Without Hats, Rockwell, Tommy Tutone and many others.

But my favorite one-hit wonder resulted in an absurd video from a variety show where you don't know if it's a lipsynch or not because it's simply whistling. A top 10 hit in the UK and a top 20 in the US.

This should be what UConn sings instead of Sweet Caroline.

I now bring you Whistling Jack Smith, performing, "I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman"...

 
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