Best one hit wonders of the 1990's?

gabers

mensane wrote:

Hum- Stars

lovelovelove this song.

Ooh yeah, that might top them all. Epic song.

jimed14

thunderDAN wrote:

Lemonheads- Into Your Arms

I'm from Boston, so perhaps they got more play there, but, I felt they had more than this ... certainly the Mrs. Robinson cover was big. A few other tunes of It's a Shame About Ray were all over the radio as well, like the title track and Rudderless .... again, folks from other parts of the country should chime in here.

gabers wrote:

I don't think I've seen any mentions of these:

Crash Test Dummies - Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
The Proclaimers - 500 Miles
The La's - There She Goes
James - Laid
Mazzy Star - Fade Into You
Lo Fidelity Allstars - Battleflag
Big Wreck - The Oaf

might want to get a eye test ... (posted a few of those on page 1)

I won a steak dinner with that La's song ... heard a version on the radio and bet someone it WASN'T the REM version (he swore it was) ... mmm, steak.

yoke

Ugly Kid Joe - Everything about you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDfIOr1ByIc

Extreme - More Than words
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_dN1WXBxuw

3rd Base - Pop goes the weasel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzXI_ApY4dY

Green Jelly - 3 little Pigs hahah
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8uAvMey8iA

The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3lTQljbKLw

I have to try and remember some more.. The early 90's kicked ass for one hitters

jimed14

yoke wrote:

3rd Base - Pop goes the weasel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzXI_ApY4dY

aww c'mon ... 3rd Bass also gave us the Gas Face!

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

yoke

jimed14 wrote:

yoke wrote:

3rd Base - Pop goes the weasel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzXI_ApY4dY

aww c'mon ... 3rd Bass also gave us the Gas Face!

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

lol how could I forget... i also forgot about Ugly Kid Joe with Cats in the Cradle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3bht7S-3vI

this song brings me back to some odd times in the 90's..hahaha goodtimes

tybird

yoke wrote:

3rd Base - Pop goes the weasel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzXI_ApY4dY

Green Jelly - 3 little Pigs hahah
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8uAvMey8iA

Both were very entertaining. :twisted:

gabers

jimed14 wrote:

thunderDAN wrote:

Lemonheads- Into Your Arms

I'm from Boston, so perhaps they got more play there, but, I felt they had more than this ... certainly the Mrs. Robinson cover was big. A few other tunes of It's a Shame About Ray were all over the radio as well, like the title track and Rudderless .... again, folks from other parts of the country should chime in here.

gabers wrote:

I don't think I've seen any mentions of these:

Crash Test Dummies - Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
The Proclaimers - 500 Miles
The La's - There She Goes
James - Laid
Mazzy Star - Fade Into You
Lo Fidelity Allstars - Battleflag
Big Wreck - The Oaf

might want to get a eye test ... (posted a few of those on page 1)

I won a steak dinner with that La's song ... heard a version on the radio and bet someone it WASN'T the REM version (he swore it was) ... mmm, steak.

I don't know how many "hits" the Lemonheads had because I was in Germany during their heyday, but they're still one of my favorite bands ever. "It's a Shame About Ray" and "Come on Feel the Lemonheads" should be placed in a vault along with the all time greats, IMO.

chitty

gabers wrote:

I don't think I've seen any mentions of these:

Crash Test Dummies - Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
The Proclaimers - 500 Miles
The La's - There She Goes
James - Laid
Mazzy Star - Fade Into You
Lo Fidelity Allstars - Battleflag
Big Wreck - The Oaf

Big Wreck at least in Canada had some of my fav 90's songs. Check out That Song, Blown Wide Open and Under The Lighthouse, which were all VERY big in Canada

South of Seattle

Smash Mouth - All - Star

Tripping Daisy - I got a girl

thunderDAN

Ugly Kid Joe- Everything about You

mookeywrench

paperboy- ditty

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROVkXEBeQWE&feature=related

South of Seattle

mookeywrench wrote:

paperboy- ditty

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROVkXEBeQWE&feature=related

And it's distant Cousin. Domino - Getto Jam

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0J3Ab7o ... re=related

dpmay

ooh, it's hurting my heart to see some of my all time favorite bands called one-hit wonders in this thread. please, PLEASE, i hope at least ONE person who reads this checks out at least ONE of these records:

blur - modern life is rubbish, parklife, blur, 13

tripping daisy - jesus hits like the atom bomb, tripping daisy

mazzy star- she hangs brightly, among my swan

the verve - urban hymns, a northern soul

not a complete list for any of these, but a whole shit-ton of great music on each of those albums if you're thinking any of these are one-hit wonders...

South of Seattle

dpmay wrote:

ooh, it's hurting my heart to see some of my all time favorite bands called one-hit wonders in this thread. please, PLEASE, i hope at least ONE person who reads this checks out at least ONE of these records:

blur - modern life is rubbish, parklife, blur, 13

tripping daisy - jesus hits like the atom bomb, tripping daisy

mazzy star- she hangs brightly, among my swan

the verve - urban hymns, a northern soul

not a complete list for any of these, but a whole shit-ton of great music on each of those albums if you're thinking any of these are one-hit wonders...

One hit wonders doesn't mean that they, or their albums suck. They just only had one hit song .

Now I'll add Sponge-Plowed to this list.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHjdmNLs0go

red mos

a few of these bands could be considered 2 hit wonders as well. As far as Blur is concered I only heard 2 radio songs: song 2, and Boys and Girls (Briefly).
Sponge also had a few more hits and I can't remember the song off their new pop sunday album? (That album is now out of print I think. I can't even remember the single from it. They also had a hit with Wax estatic and someone mentioned plowed and then Moly was also a hit in the 90s.

For Mazzy star- the whole album of "so tonight that I might see" is great. Highly recommend.

Someone mentioned smash mouth and "all star" but they also had hits with "walking on the sun", "Can't get enough of you baby", and "then the morning comes."

dpmay

South of Seattle wrote:

One hit wonders doesn't mean that they, or their albums suck. They just only had one hit song .

point taken, but "one-hit wonder" does have a certain connotation...

jimed14

Does anyone remember this one?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyO2Gg3QlGQ

I remembered hearing it, and for years, I always wondered who did it. it was on and off the radio in a flash.

It was very Jeff Buckley sounding, but I knew it wasn't him. And because the title was "Alcohol" searching for it was near impossible (there are a lot of songs with alcohol in the title).

Well, last week, I made a determined effort and found it ... I really dig this tune.

Howling Maggie - Alcohol - 1996

PissBottleMan

The son of Randy:

Tal Bachman - "She's So High"

PBM

Phantom Pain

Black Velvet - Alannah Myles

I Touch Myself - The Divinyls

No Rain - Blind Melon

Right Here, Right Now - Jesus Jones

Bitch - Meredith Brooks

koda74

Unbelievable- emf