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Today is National One-Hit-Wonder Day

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September 26, 2018, 07:03 PM
.38supersig
Today is National One-Hit-Wonder Day
quote:
Originally posted by rat2306:
What, no love for Toni Basil's "Hey Mickey"?


That was the biggest hit of all one hit wonders.



September 26, 2018, 07:03 PM
oddball


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNKL9onYB_8



"I’m not going to read Time Magazine, I’m not going to read Newsweek, I’m not going to read any of these magazines; I mean, because they have too much to lose by printing the truth"- Bob Dylan, 1965
September 26, 2018, 08:57 PM
Blackmore
quote:
Originally posted by Bisleyblackhawk:
quote:
Originally posted by P250UA5:
2 pages & no one posted the obvious? I expected it in post #1 & my co-worker had the same first thought.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ


Damn you! Big Grin Big Grin Big Grin


Best Rick Roll is here:

Dave & Rick


Harshest Dream, Reality
September 26, 2018, 10:59 PM
Gustofer
quote:
Originally posted by P250UA5:
2 pages & no one posted the obvious? I expected it in post #1 & my co-worker had the same first thought.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

I don't want to be that guy, but as I recall, this shit was effectively banned here...for good reason.

It's annoying as hell and was overdone about ten years ago.


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"Great danger lies in the notion that we can reason with evil." Doug Patton.
September 26, 2018, 11:11 PM
heathtx
Norman Greenbaum - spirit in the sky

(Try to get that out of your head now, lol)
September 26, 2018, 11:34 PM
Andcommande



Link to original video: https://youtu.be/6tynWSAesAo
September 26, 2018, 11:49 PM
Andcommande
What the hell, here's one more




Link to original video: https://youtu.be/7xxgRUyzgs0
September 26, 2018, 11:54 PM
mr kablammo
IMO, American Pie is and will continue to be the reigning heavy weight of the world.

https://youtu.be/uAsV5-Hv-7U


"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye". The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, pilot and author, lost on mission, July 1944, Med Theatre.
September 27, 2018, 07:34 AM
Gustofer
Gerry Rafferty? Really? One hit wonder? I don't think so.


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"Great danger lies in the notion that we can reason with evil." Doug Patton.
September 27, 2018, 10:02 AM
P250UA5
quote:
Originally posted by Gustofer:
quote:
Originally posted by P250UA5:
2 pages & no one posted the obvious? I expected it in post #1 & my co-worker had the same first thought.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

I don't want to be that guy, but as I recall, this shit was effectively banned here...for good reason.

It's annoying as hell and was overdone about ten years ago.


My apologies, no malicious intent, just not sure how to embed & give the option to not view.




The Enemy's gate is down.
September 27, 2018, 10:03 AM
P250UA5
quote:
Originally posted by Andcommande:

[snip]Baker Street[/snip]

Link to original video: https://youtu.be/6tynWSAesAo


Foo Fighters did a great cover of this one.




The Enemy's gate is down.
September 27, 2018, 10:23 AM
sig operator
A little late to the party.


Alley Oop

When Dick Clark says you are number one you have made it. At the time every one was singing this.
September 27, 2018, 10:40 AM
Georgeair



Link to original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdQ4aKP4jvg



You only have integrity once. - imprezaguy02

September 27, 2018, 06:51 PM
egregore


BisleyBlackhawk, A Flock of Seagulls had several hits, some others being "Space Age Love Song" and "Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You.")
September 27, 2018, 06:54 PM
egregore
I'm pretty sure this one was a one-hitter.


September 27, 2018, 07:16 PM
Blackmore
[QUOTE]Originally posted by egregore:
I'm pretty sure this one was a one-hitter.

[/FLASH_VIDEO][/QUOTE] [FLASH_VIDEO]

Actually, this cover of Since You Been Gone charted higher.


Harshest Dream, Reality
September 28, 2018, 07:10 AM
12131
quote:
Originally posted by Bisleyblackhawk:
And since it's before midnight here on the East coast (making it One-Hit-Wonder Day still)...who can forget this gem Big Grin...




Link to original video: https://youtu.be/iIpfWORQWhU

Here's another hit from them. I actually like this one more.


Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOK3rqVgN2I


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September 28, 2018, 07:13 AM
12131


Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjtD8A-MWBc


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September 28, 2018, 07:19 AM
12131


Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YG9otasNmxI


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September 28, 2018, 07:22 AM
12131


Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7fQSlvd0so


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