Are They A One-Hit Wonder?

Today on One Hit Wonder Wednesday they played "If You Leave" by Orchestral Manouvers in the Dark or OMD.

1985:
#26: "So In Love"
#63: "Secret"
1986:
#4: "If You Leave"
#19: "(Forever) Live and Die"
1988:
#16: "Dreaming"

These are peaks from US Hot 100. Lots of big hits in Europe and other hits on US Dance Chart over 3 decades. "If You Leave" is the only song I have ever heard and certainly the only song currently played anywhere. But you can't say band with 5 Hot 100 hits (4 in top 30) a one hit wonder.
 
sadchild said:
Pete Townshend
#9 "Let My Love Open The Door"
#26 "Face The Face"

Who is Pete Townshend? Nobody over the age of 25 is asking that? We know WHO he is. In fact, he's pretty much THE WHO. Of course he's written a ton of hits. But in his solo career he's only had two top 40s. I'm a little surprised, actually. WHOdathunkit?
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You forgot 'Rough Boys' which was all over the radio for a while.
 
"Hello, baby!" Chantilly Lace was a #6 for The Big Bopper (J.P. Richardson) in November 1958. He wrote that song and he also wrote the follow-up, Big Bopper's Wedding, which reached #38 in December 1958 – and which has a tune similar to that of Chantilly Lace – and which I doubt anyone remembers today.

 
Slick Rick
#17 "Girls, Girls, Girls (Part 2)" (with Jay-Z)
#28 "I Like" (with Montell Jordan)

Rick is mainly known for his groundbreaking mid-80s tracks with Doug E Fresh ("The Show" / "La-Di-Da-Di"). I assume that's why people like Aaliyah, Outkast, Mariah Carey, Snoop, Will Smith and Macy Gray featured him in their music in the 90s and beyond. Only two of those features have made the top 40.

I know "I Like" (just heard it on my 90s playlist a couple days ago). Don't know the other one (not a Jay-Z fan).
 
George McCrae
#1 "Rock Your Baby"
#37 "I Get Lifted"

The first one sounds vaguely and slightly familiar.

The second one I don't know. But it has a groove that sounds familiar. I'm seeing at whosampled.com it was used in "Gin & Juice" by Snoop, so it's probably that.
 
sadchild said:
George McCrae
#1 "Rock Your Baby"
#37 "I Get Lifted"

The first one sounds vaguely and slightly familiar.

The second one I don't know. But it has a groove that sounds familiar. I'm seeing at whosampled.com it was used in "Gin & Juice" by Snoop, so it's probably that.
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The first one gets played quite a bit. The second one doesn't ring a bell.
 
City High
#8 "What Would You Do"
#18 "Caramel" (with Eve)

I know the #8 song. It was the lyrics that interested me. A guy finds an old schoolmate stripping in a club...

I said, "Why you up in there dancin' for cash?
I guess a whole a lot's changed since I seen you last."
She said:
What would you do if your son was at home
Crying all alone on the bedroom floor 'cause he's hungry?
And the only way to feed him is to
Sleep with a man for a little bit of money
And his daddy's gone somewhere smokin' rock now
In and out of lockdown, I ain't got a job now
So for you this is just a good time, but for me this is what I call life

I don't know the #18 song. I'd say probably a subjective OHW.
 
Bush
#27 "Swallowed" (Airplay Chart)
#28 "Glycerine"
#30 "Comedown"
#40 "Everything Zen" (Airplay Chart)
#41 "Greedy Fly" (Airplay Chart)
#43 "Machinehead"
#46 "Little Things" (Airplay Chart)

Looks like this is just another case of technicalities. I'm guessing "Swallowed" and "Everything Zen" just didn't qualify for the Hot 100 for some rule at the time.

But they're definitely not subjectively a OHW. Despite how much I dislike all seven of those songs.
 
Dorothy Moore reached #3 on the Hot 100 in June 1976 with Misty Blue. The song had been a #4 country hit for Wilma Burgess in December 1966 and a #3 country hit for Eddy Arnold in July 1967. Does anyone remember Moore's only other top-40 hit, I Believe You, which peaked at #27 in October 1977? I don't.

 
Bobby Hebb
#2 "Sunny"
#39 "A Satisfied Mind"

I know "Sunny", which was kept from the top spot by Lovin Spoonful "Summer In The City", but I don't know the other one.
 
Jigsaw
#3 "Sky High"
#30 "Love Fire"

Didn't know the first one until I heard it on 70s on 7 a few years ago. No clue on the second one. Zero hits in my book, but I wasn't even in grade school in 1975.
 
sadchild said:
Jigsaw
#3 "Sky High"
#30 "Love Fire"

Didn't know the first one until I heard it on 70s on 7 a few years ago. No clue on the second one. Zero hits in my book, but I wasn't even in grade school in 1975.
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Definitely know the first, not the second. Sky High has that cheesy falsetto in it.
 
Dump of 2000s 2-hit wonders

Ace Hood
#33 "Bugatti" (with Future & Rick Ross)
#38 "Out Here Grindin" (with DJ Khaled)

Andre 3000 (of Outkast)
#24 "Green Light" (with John Legend)
#37 "Sleazy Remix 2.0: Get Sleazier" (with Kesha, Lil Wayne, TI)

ASAP Ferg
#19 "Move Ya Hips (with Nicki Minaj)
#26 "Plain Jane" (with Nicki Minaj)

Cherish
#12 "Do It To It" (with Sean Paul)
#39 "Killa" (with Yung Joc)
#41 "Unappreciated"
#44 "In Love With Chu" (with Da Brat)

Dem Franchize Boyz
#7 "Lean Wit It, Rock Wit It"
#15 "I Think They Like Me"

Fiend
#16 "Make 'Em Say Uhh!" (with Master P & Mystikal)
#19 "Woof" (with Snoop Dogg & Mystikal)

Hayley Williams
#2 "Airplanes" (with BOB)
#18 "Stay The Night" (with Zedd)

Jim Jones
#5 "We Fly High"
#22 "Pop Champagne"

Kevin Rudolf
#5 "Let It Rock"
#21 "I Made It"

Lil Yachty
#4 "iSpy" (with Kyle)
#5 "Broccoli" (with DRAM)

Lukas Graham
#2 "7 Years"
#36 "Mama Said"
11 chart-toppers in Denmark

Mannie Fresh
#19 "Back That Azz Up" (with Juvenile & Lil Wayne)
#33 "Do That" (with Birdman & P Diddy)

Tove Lo
#3 "Habits (Stay High)"
#12 "Talking Body"

Yo Gotti
#8 "Rake It Up" (with Nicki Minaj)
#13 "Down In The DM" (with Nicki Minaj)

Young Gunz
#14 "Can't Stop, Won't Stop"
#36 "No Better Love"

Zayn Malik
#1 "Pillowtalk"
#2 "I Don't Wanna Live Forever" (with Taylor Swift)
 
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