Best one hit wonders of the 1990's?

musicismylife78
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edited March 2012 in Other Music
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  • g under p
    g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,236
    The only ones I could think of are.....

    Sjneed O Conner....Nothing Compares To You
    A great Prince song

    Tag Team...Whoop There It Is

    Sir Mix A Lot......Baby Got Back----which is still being played in the clubs.



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  • Stephen Flow
    Stephen Flow Posts: 3,327
    Teenage Fanclub
  • Stove
    Stove Posts: 370
    Fastball-The Way
    Semisonic-Closing Time
    Sugar Ray-Falls Apart
  • thunderDAN
    thunderDAN Posts: 2,094
    Jimmy Ray- Are You Jimmy Ray

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skoPxPZmySs
  • koda74
    koda74 Posts: 86
    Tubthumping - Chumbawamba
    Groove is in the Heart- Deelite
  • Wilds
    Wilds Posts: 4,329
    Runaway Train - Soul Asylum

    What's Going On - Four Non Blondes
  • Holtzmn
    Holtzmn Posts: 87
    Wilds wrote:
    Runaway Train - Soul Asylum

    I wouldn't call Soul Asylum a one hit wonder band, they had a few minor hits as well, Black Gold, Without a Trace, Somebody to Shove, Summer of Drugs, Can't Even Tell, Misery etc.
  • Wilds
    Wilds Posts: 4,329
    Holtzmn wrote:
    Wilds wrote:
    Runaway Train - Soul Asylum

    I wouldn't call Soul Asylum a one hit wonder band, they had a few minor hits as well, Black Gold, Without a Trace, Somebody to Shove, Summer of Drugs, Can't Even Tell, Misery etc.

    Yeah... I remember Misery.


    I guess I just meant One Mega Hit wonder. ;)
  • Gardenparty
    Gardenparty Posts: 1,910
    Granted some of these artists have more material but for the most part they are considered "one hitters of the 90's"

    Sucked Out - Superdrag
    Good - Better Than Ezra
    Sister - the Nixons
    the Freshman - Verve Pipe
    Popular - Nada Surf
    Counting Blue Cars - Dishwala
    It's not a Habit - K's Choice
    Cumbersome - 7 Mary Three
    “I know this song so well, I can smoke a cigarette, have a drink, brush my teeth, take a shit, and mow the lawn while singing it. But I'll only be doing a couple of those things during this version.”
  • TheBeardedFellow
    TheBeardedFellow Posts: 328
    Spacehog - In the Meantime

    Eve 6 - Inside Out
  • youngster
    youngster Boston Posts: 6,576
    Blur-Song 1

    Marcy Playground- Sex and Candy
    He who forgets will be destined to remember.

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  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    len- you get what you give

    perhaps the best song of the decade.
  • jimed14
    jimed14 Posts: 9,488
    my girl and I were talking about some of these this weekend while we were in a record store .... ones that come to mind that have not been mentioned ...

    Eels - Novicaine for the Soul
    Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta (note, this album is really fantastic)
    Proclaimers - 500 Miles
    Edwin Collins - Girl Like You
    Crash Test Dummies - mmm mmm mmm mmm
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  • jimed14
    jimed14 Posts: 9,488
    soulsinging wrote:
    len- you get what you give

    perhaps the best song of the decade.


    wasn't Len the band that did "Steal my Sunshine"? you're thinking of New Radicals.
    "You're one of the few Red Sox fans I don't mind." - Newch91

    "I don't believe in damn curses. Wake up the damn Bambino and have me face him. Maybe I'll drill him in the ass." --- Pedro Martinez
  • Austicman
    Austicman Posts: 1,328
    I'm too Sexy - Right Said Fred
    I can't go the library anymore, everyone STINKS!!
  • JordyWordy
    JordyWordy Posts: 2,261
    cropduster82 wrote:
    Blur-Song 1

    I dont think Blur qualify as "One Hit Wonders", do they??

    Charles & Eddie - Would I Lie To You?
    DJ Sash! - Encore Une Fois
    Haddaway - What Is Love?
    Spin Doctors - 2 Princes
  • Stove
    Stove Posts: 370
    thunderDAN wrote:
    Jimmy Ray- Are You Jimmy Ray

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skoPxPZmySs




    Oh my god I listen to that song so much!
  • gabers
    gabers Posts: 2,787
    Gardenparty wrote:
    Granted some of these artists have more material but for the most part they are considered "one hitters of the 90's"

    Sucked Out - Superdrag
    Good - Better Than Ezra
    Sister - the Nixons
    the Freshman - Verve Pipe
    Popular - Nada Surf
    Counting Blue Cars - Dishwala
    It's not a Habit - K's Choice
    Cumbersome - 7 Mary Three

    I'll give you all of those except for Better Than Ezra. They had several "hits".
  • youngster
    youngster Boston Posts: 6,576
    JordyWordy wrote:
    cropduster82 wrote:
    Blur-Song 1

    I dont think Blur qualify as "One Hit Wonders", do they??

    Charles & Eddie - Would I Lie To You?
    DJ Sash! - Encore Une Fois
    Haddaway - What Is Love?
    Spin Doctors - 2 Princes

    Not sure. I hear it all the time on the radio even today and it's still the only song I know from Blur.
    He who forgets will be destined to remember.

    9/29/04 Boston, 6/28/08 Mansfield, 8/23/09 Chicago, 5/15/10 Hartford
    5/17/10 Boston, 10/15/13 Worcester, 10/16/13 Worcester, 10/25/13 Hartford
    8/5/16 Fenway, 8/7/16 Fenway
    EV Solo: 6/16/11 Boston, 6/18/11 Hartford,
  • megatron
    megatron Posts: 3,420
    jeremy -pearl jam

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