Are They A One-Hit Wonder?

[Channel98]

I, too, remember Catch Me I'm Falling but I never heard Nighttime. As for Ray Price, 11 of his songs made the pop chart and only two were top-40 hits – but on the country chart he had 109 hits (including duets), 80 top-40 hits, 46 top tens, nine #2 hits and eight number ones. Here is the first of those number ones. Crazy Arms topped the country chart for 20 non-consecutive weeks in 1956. (Its reign was interrupted by Elvis Presley's I Want You, I Need You, I Love You and Johnny Cash's I Walk The Line.)

 

[sadchild]

Wow I can't believe I'm just finding this one now.

Christine McVie
#10 "Got A Hold On Me"
#30 "Love Will Show Us How"

Not sure if anyone born after 1990 has heard her solo work unless they specifically tune to 80s-based stations/playlists. But I still love "Hold"

 

[HecticArt]

I thought that she would have had more......Go figure.

 

[sadchild]

#30 "Love Will Show Us How"

Good video about how 'music videos need to be zany'

 

[sadchild]

Discussing these guys in the 90s countdown thread this weekend.
I see they are two hit wonders (almost got that third hit though).

No Mercy
#5 "Where Do You Go"
#21 "Please Don't Go"
#41 "When I Die"

 

[Aaron]

I just checked out the song that hit #5, don’t think I know it, and very much didn’t like it lol.

 

[Jon]

Both songs suck! They could be a zero-hit wonder for all I care!

 

[Channel98]

Tweet (Charlene Keys) had two hits, both of which she co-wrote with Missy Elliott (who sings background vocals on the first one):

Oops (Oh My), #7 in May 2002
Call Me, #31 in June 2002

And oops, oh my, I'm guessing not many people remember Call Me. (The two songs got to number one and #9, respectively, on the R&B chart.)

 

[sadchild]

Tweet
#7 "Oops (Oh My)" (with Missy Elliot)
#31 "Call Me"

Already chirped about Tweet!

 

[sadchild]

I really wish I'd known about this one before I did the madness. I think they would've made the top 10 "Don't Call Them A Two Hit Wonder" list

Black Crowes
#26 Hard To Handle
#30 She Talks To Angels

Subjectively not a OHW. Both songs are still well-remembered, along with "Remedy" and "Jealous Again"

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Lots more hits ... just not on billboard. Several other songs #1 on Rock chart.

 

[sadchild]

69 Boyz
#8 "Tootsee Roll"
#31 "Woof Woof"

I know (and hate) the first one. Never heard the second one. Definitely regarded subjectively as a OHW.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

69 Boyz
#8 "Tootsee Roll"
#31 "Woof Woof"

I know (and hate) the first one. Never heard the second one. Definitely regarded subjectively as a OHW.

I have heard neither. Sounds like I am lucky.

 

[sadchild]

They do the early 90s sound called 'Miami bass'. Aside from 2 Live Crew, I hate pretty much any and all of it.

More examples:
"Whoomp! (There It Is)" by Tag Team
"C'mon N' Ride It (The Train)" by D-Train
"Dazzey Duks" by Duice
"Supersonic" by JJ Fad

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

They do the early 90s sound called 'Miami bass'. Aside from 2 Live Crew, I hate pretty much any and all of it.

More examples:
"Whoomp! (There It Is)" by Tag Team
"C'mon N' Ride It (The Train)" by D-Train
"Dazzey Duks" by Duice
"Supersonic" by JJ Fad

I have only heard "Whoomp! (There It Is)" at various sporting events. While I don't despise hearing it, I can't for the life of me see why anybody would voluntarily put it into their music playing device and hit play.

 

[Channel98]

Whoomp! (There It Is), a #2 hit for Tag Team in July 1993, has been recorded by only three other artists: German rapper Volkan Melendiz in 2014, Italian studio group 8-Bit Misfits in 2018 – all their instrumental remakes resemble 1980s video-game music – and Amsterdam duo Block & Crown (Adri Blok & Mitch Crown) featuring Boyz R Busy in 2019. Here is the Block & Crown version, retitled Whoop:

 

[kingchuck69]

The original:

 

[Channel98]

Kano's I'm Ready has been sampled in at least 31 songs including Techno House by Renegade & Havic (1989). The song also samples Our House by Madness and Let's Groove by Earth Wind & Fire. Here is the A-side of the 12-inch single. The B-side is the same song minus the vocals.

 

[sadchild]

Jefferson Airplane
#5 "Somebody To Love"
#8 "White Rabbit"
#42 "The Ballad of You and Me and Pooneil"

Different band from Jefferson Starship and Starship, right?

 

[Channel98]

Those two top-ten hits have been played on oldies stations (and SiriusXM's 1960s channel) for decades! But "Different band from Jefferson Starship"? Hmmm. That's debatable. Jefferson Airplane formed in 1965 and broke up in 1973. Some former members formed Jefferson Starship in 1975. Former Jefferson Airplane lead singer Grace Slick joined the group in 1981. They became Starship in 1984.

I always considered the two groups to be essentially the same, albeit with several lineup changes over the years – but Joel Whitburn's Record Research books have separate entries for Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship/Starship.