VH1 Top 100 greatest one-hit wonders
Monday, 28. May 2007, 16:52:28
In 2002, the American cable network VH1 aired a countdown of the 100 Greatest One-hit Wonders. It listed musicians with only one American hit - regardless of international success, which has been substantial and long-lived for bands like a-ha and Nena (see below). It also omitted acts such as Jimi Hendrix and Grateful Dead who, while technically charting with only one single, became too well-known for their entire bodies of work to merit inclusion on the list.
1.Los del Río - "Macarena" (1996) #1 (14 weeks) US
2.Soft Cell - "Tainted Love" (1982) #8 US
3.Dexy's Midnight Runners - "Come On Eileen" (1983) #1 (1 week) US
4.Right Said Fred - "I'm Too Sexy" (1992) #1 (3 weeks) US
5.Toni Basil - "Mickey" (1982) #1 (1 week) US
6.Baha Men - "Who Let the Dogs Out" (2000) #40 US
7.Vanilla Ice - "Ice Ice Baby" (1990) #1 (1 week) US
8.a-ha - "Take On Me" (1985) #1 (1 week) US
9.Gerardo - "Rico Suave" (1991) #7 US
10.Nena - "99 Luftballons" (1984) #2 (1 week) US
11.Debby Boone - "You Light Up My Life" (1977) #1 (10 weeks) US
12.Sir Mix-A-Lot - "Baby Got Back" (1992) #1 (5 weeks) US
13.Van McCoy - "The Hustle" (1975) #1 (1 week) US
14.Deee-Lite - "Groove Is In the Heart" (1990) #4 US
15.? and the Mysterians - "96 Tears" (1966) #1 (1 week) US
16.Sugarhill Gang - "Rapper's Delight" (1980) #36 US
17.Twisted Sister - "We're Not Gonna Take It" (1984) #21 US
18.Sinéad O'Connor - "Nothing Compares 2 U" (1990) #1 (4 weeks) US
19.Iron Butterfly - "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" (1968) #30 US
20.Thomas Dolby - "She Blinded Me With Science" (1983) #5 US
21.Gary Numan - "Cars" (1980) #9 US
22.Wild Cherry - "Play That Funky Music" (1976) #1 (3 weeks) US
23.Chumbawamba - "Tubthumping" (1997) #6 US
24.Devo - "Whip It" (1980) #14 US
25.Kajagoogoo - "Too Shy" (1983) #5 US
26.Suzi Quatro - "Stumblin' In" (1979) #4 US
27.M - "Pop Muzik" (1979) #1 (1 week) US
28.Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock - "It Takes Two" (1988) #36 US
29.Musical Youth - "Pass the Dutchie" (1983) #10 US
30.Terry Jacks - "Seasons In the Sun" (1974) #1 (3 weeks) US
31.EMF - "Unbelievable" (1991) #1 (1 week) US
32.Buster Poindexter - "Hot, Hot, Hot" (1988) #67 US
33.Cheryl Lynn - "Got to Be Real" (1979) #12 US
34.Starland Vocal Band - "Afternoon Delight" (1976) #1 (2 weeks) US
35.Meredith Brooks - "Bitch" (1997) #2 (4 weeks) US
36.The Vapors - "Turning Japanese" (1980) #36 US
37.Modern English - "I Melt with You" (1982) #78 US
38.Billy Paul - "Me & Mrs. Jones" (1972) #1 (3 weeks) US
39.The Verve - "Bittersweet Symphony" (1997) #12 US
40.Big Country - "In A Big Country" (1983) #17 US
41.Frankie Goes to Hollywood - "Relax" (1985) #10 US
42.Nick Gilder - "Hot Child in the City" (1978) #1 (1 week) US
43.The Heights - "How Do You Talk to an Angel" (1992) #1 (2 weeks) US
44.Falco - "Rock Me Amadeus" (1986) #1 (3 weeks) US
45.The Cardigans - "Lovefool" (1996) #2 (8 weeks) US Airplay
46.Bobby McFerrin - "Don't Worry, Be Happy" (1988) #1 (2 weeks) US
47.Gary Glitter - "Rock & Roll, Part 2" (1972) #7 US
48.Spandau Ballet - "True" (1983) #4 US
49.Vicki Sue Robinson - "Turn the Beat Around" (1976) #10 US
50.Divinyls - "I Touch Myself" (1991) #4 US
51.The Proclaimers - "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" (1993) #3 US
52.Tom Tom Club - "Genius of Love" (1982) #31 US
53.Rockwell - "Somebody's Watching Me" (1984) #2 (3 weeks) US
54.David Naughton - "Makin' It" (1979) #5 US
55.Weather Girls - "It's Raining Men" (1982) #46 US
56.Minnie Riperton - "Lovin' You" (1975) #1 (1 week) US
57.Brownsville Station - "Smokin' In the Boys Room" (1973) #3 US
58.Haddaway - "What Is Love" (1993) #11 US
59.Tommy Tutone - "867-5309/Jenny" (1982) #4 US
60.Andrea True Connection - "More, More, More" (1976) #4 US
61.Ratt - "Round and Round" (1984) #12 US
62.Timbuk 3 - "The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades" (1986) #19 US
63.House of Pain - "Jump Around" (1992) #3 US
64.New Radicals - "You Get What You Give" (1998) #36 US
65.Mary Jane Girls - "In My House" (1985) #7 US
66.Lou Bega - "Mambo No. 5" (1999) #3 US
67.Faith No More - "Epic" (1989) #9 US
68.Edwyn Collins - "A Girl Like You" (1995) #32 US
69.Lipps, Inc. - "Funkytown" (1980) #1 (4 weeks) US
70.Vicki Lawrence - "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" (1973) #1 (2 weeks) US
71.OMC - "How Bizarre" (1997) #4 US Airplay
72.Michael Sembello - "Maniac" (1983) #1 (2 weeks) US
73.C.W. McCall - "Convoy" (1975) #1 (1 week) US
74.Digable Planets - "Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)" (1993) #15 US
75.Charlene - "I've Never Been to Me" (1982) #3 US
76.Jermaine Stewart - "We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off" (1986) #5 US
77.Edie Brickell & New Bohemians - "What I Am" (1988) #7 US
78.Crash Test Dummies - "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm" (1994) #4 US
79.Taco - "Puttin' On the Ritz" (1983) #4 US
80.Quiet Riot - "Cum on Feel the Noize" (1983) #5 US
81.Biz Markie - "Just a Friend" (1990) #9 US
82.The Waitresses - "I Know What Boys Like" (1982) #62 US
83.Men Without Hats - "The Safety Dance" (1983) #3 US
84.Des'ree - "You Gotta Be" (1994) #5 US
85.Norman Greenbaum - "Spirit In the Sky" (1970) #3 US
86.Young MC - "Bust a Move" (1989) #7 US
87.Thelma Houston - "Don't Leave Me This Way" (1977) #1 (1 week) US
88.Aqua - "Barbie Girl" (1997) #7 US
89.Billy Ray Cyrus - "Achy Breaky Heart" (1992) #4 US
90.Jane Child - "Don't Wanna Fall In Love" (1990) #2 (3 weeks) US
91.Eddy Grant - "Electric Avenue" (1983) #2 (5 weeks) US
92.T'Pau - "Heart and Soul" (1987) #4 US
93.David Soul - "Don't Give Up on Us" (1977) #1 (1 week) US
94.4 Non Blondes - "What's Up?" (1993) #14 US
95.Jeannie C. Riley - "Harper Valley PTA" (1968) #1 (1 week) US
96.Bow Wow Wow - "I Want Candy" (1982) #62 US
97.Tag Team - "Whoomp! (There It Is)" (1993) #2 (7 weeks) US
98.Stacey Q - "Two of Hearts" (1986) #3 US
99.Blind Melon - "No Rain" (1993) #20 US
100.Carl Douglas - "Kung Fu Fighting" (1974) #1 (2 weeks) US
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