🎶 Pump Up The Volume! It’s National One-Hit Wonder Day
According to Wikipedia, a one-hit wonder is “any entity that achieves mainstream popularity, often for only one piece of work, and becomes known among the general public solely for that momentary success. The term is most commonly used in regard to music performers with only one hit single that overshadows their other work”
Here are the Top 30 One-Hit Wonder songs according to Ranker.
- Take On Me – A-Ha
- Come On Eileen – Dexys Midnight Runners
- Tainted Love – Soft Cell
- My Sharona – The Knack
- Video Killed The Radio Star – The Buggles
- 867-5309 – Tommy Tutone
- Play That Funky Music – Wild Cherry
- Spirit In The Sky – Norman Greenbaum
- (There’s) Always Something There To Remind Me – Naked Eyes
- I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) – The Proclaimers
- Brandy (You’re a Fine Girl) – Looking Glass
- Boys Are Back In Town – Thin Lizzy
- I Melt With You – Modern English
- You Spin Me ‘Round (Like A Record) – Dead Or Alive
- Mickey – Tony Basil
- The Safety Dance – Men Without Hats
- Pop Muzik – M
- Stacy’s Mom – Fountains Of Wayne
- 99 Luftballoons – Nena
- Closing Time – Semisonic
- Kung-Fu Fighting – Carl Douglas
- No Rain – Blind Melon
- Funkytown – Lipps Inc.
- Cruel To Be Kind – Nick Lowe
- Eye Of The Tiger – Survivor
- Turning Japanese – The Vapors
- I Touch Myself – The Divinyls
- Seasons In The Sun – Terry Jacks
- Tubthumping – Chumbawumba
- Cars – Gary Numan
