National One-Hit Wonder Day

[Graves]

Matthew Wilder - Break My Stride
Maxwell - Somebody’s watching me
Martika - Toy soldiers
Stephen ‘Tin Tin’ Duffy- kiss me


I’ve gone with some 80’s radio hits. There’s too many to mention!

 

[MartonBornandBred]

Day trip to Bangor
This is Jasper Carpet’s version
Day trip to Blackpool

 

[Albert Ross]

I was only 1 at the time

Wish I was.

 

[Albert Ross]

You're right. I was getting my Bonds mixed, but Sean Moore was my favourite.

My favourite was Roger Moore.

 

[fcblackpool]

Wish I was.

The other number key isn't working on this laptop.

 

[AlternativeSeaside]

O Superman by Laurie Anderson

That was gonna be my shout

 

[AlternativeSeaside]

Boxer Beat - Joe Boxers

 

[20togo]

Tokoloshe Man - John Kongos.

and John Kongos charted with He's gonna step on you again

 

[20togo]

5705 - City Boy
Beach Baby - First Class ( I got that played on 6Music a couple of years back).

the lead singer of Beach Baby [brilliant song] was Tony Burrows who was also the singer on Edison Lighthouse, WhitePlains and a good few other top ten hits.

 

[GrahamwantshisOates]

Zager and Evans

In the year 2525.
No1 in 1969.

 

[Wizaard]

Stan Ridgeway... Camouflage
Department S... Is Vic There
Furniture... Brilliant Mind

Three classics right there

 

[Tangerine10]

Sorry I'm drifting off topic a little but some of these make me think great tracks the "progressive and radical", Radio 1 refused to play:

Most songs by - Sex Pistols
O, Superman - Laurie Anderson
Love Misile F1-11 - Sigue Sigue Sputnic
Pictures of Lilly - The Who
Creep - Radiohead
Fascist Groove Thang - Heaven 17
Glad to be Gay - Tom Robinson

Other than the great John Peel (RIP), an endorsement of classics IMO

 

[RUSTY_2_STANDS]

 

[TangerineBayern]

Nena - 99 Red Balloons

 

[fcblackpool]

Stan Ridgeway... Camouflage
Department S... Is Vic There
Furniture... Brilliant Mind

Furniture played on 6 at around 5pm.

 

[1966_and_all_that]

and John Kongos charted with He's gonna step on you again

Didn't know that.

 

[seasideone]

.

 

[Wizzerboy]

Baccara, Yes sir I can boogie

 

[20togo]

Baccara, Yes sir I can boogie

nope, follow up was Sorry I'm a Lady.

 

[Wizzerboy]

Lotus Eaters, First picture of you.

I know they weren't 1 hit wonders but can ANYONE name another track by them without Googling

 

[Wizzerboy]

nope, follow up was Sorry I'm a Lady.

Damn

 

[Captain Sensible]

Didn't know that.

And both songs were covered by the Happy Mondays.

 

[todayistheday]

White riot the clash

 

[todayistheday]

Sorry I'm drifting off topic a little but some of these make me think great tracks the "progressive and radical", Radio 1 refused to play:

Most songs by - Sex Pistols
O, Superman - Laurie Anderson
Love Misile F1-11 - Sigue Sigue Sputnic
Pictures of Lilly - The Who
Creep - Radiohead
Fascist Groove Thang - Heaven 17
Glad to be Gay - Tom Robinson

Other than the great John Peel (RIP), an endorsement of classics IMO

John Peel, is that the same john peel who used to get blown off by under age girls and get 15 yearolds pregnant. Suppose its hard to now he's dead.

 

[April13th1970]

Silver Machine - Hawkwind

 

[April13th1970]

Over & Over - Nelly & Tim Mcgraw

 

[April13th1970]

Substitute - Clout
Mississippi - Pussycat

 

[Wizzerboy]

Indeed, Last night a DJ saved my life

 

[This is Ska]

Furniture played on 6 at around 5pm.

I’d forgotten that song until I read your post, great tune

 

[This is Ska]

Indeed, Last night a DJ saved my life

Another great tune

 

[mad-link]

Stan Ridgeway... Camouflage
Department S... Is Vic There
Furniture... Brilliant Mind

Stan Ridgeway...Don't Box Me In from the Rumblefish soundtrack, awesome!

 

[This is Ska]

Seasons In The Sun - Terry Jacks
Blue Jeans - David Dundas
Barbados - Typically Tropical

Evocative memories of my youth on that list

 

[Stranny1870]

bowie / sakomoto was the soundtrack to Merry Xmas Mr Lawrence. BOWIE plays the pow in the film . ryyuichi sakomoto played the japanese officer . as well a composing the soundtrack. really haunting . both departed . sakamoto quite recently.

I know Bowie in the film next thought Ryuichi did the soundtrack. Nit that it matters, he was brilliant though.
Plays a Japanese soldier again based on the soldier who didn't know the war had ended in the video of Field Work by Sakamoto/Thomas dolby as well.

 

[Lobpob]

Johnny Reggae/The Piglets.

 

[Hockaday’s Quiff]

Wonderful life - black
Bird of paradise- snowy white
You to me are everything - real thing
Zodiac mindwarp and the love attraction’s one hit

Black ‘sweetest smile’ was also a top 10 hit.

 

[Hockaday’s Quiff]

It feels like I’m in love - Kelly Marie.

 

[themightysimmonite]

Jilted John by Jilted John

 

[Theoneandonly]

Real Thing charted with Can you feel the force

You are right so we’ll save them for two hit wonders.

 

[IEvattOG]

Blackpool 1953?

 

[Tangerinetiltingatwindmil]

Day trip to Bangor
This is Jasper Carpet’s version
Day trip to Blackpool

He had a hit with funky moped as well

 

[dodgy_surname]

Police and thieves. Junior Murvin

 

[Lewis_Winthorpe]

Matthew Wilder - Break My Stride
Maxwell - Somebody’s watching me
Martika - Toy soldiers
Stephen ‘Tin Tin’ Duffy- kiss me


I’ve gone with some 80’s radio hits. There’s too many to mention!

Martika had at least 5 top 20 hits and a couple of those went top 10

 

[timbertops]

99 red balloons?

 

[dodgy_surname]

Jungle Rock. Hank Mizzel

 

[Lewis_Winthorpe]

Chesney Hawkes - The one and only
4 Non Blondes - Whats up

Chesney Hawkes charted with other songs.

 

[timbertops]

Jilted John by Jilted John

Poor old Julie and as for that Gordon...

 

[ForeverTangerine]

Tarzan Boy - Baltimora (rip)

Call Me - Spagna


Always leaves me with fond memories of my teenage years.

 

[ForeverTangerine]

Matthew Wilder - Break My Stride
Maxwell - Somebody’s watching me
Martika - Toy soldiers
Stephen ‘Tin Tin’ Duffy- kiss me


I’ve gone with some 80’s radio hits. There’s too many to mention!

Would that be Chrissy Maxwell by any chance ?

Stephen Duffy also recorded ‘icing on the cake’ which I actually preferred to ‘kiss me’

 

[Wizzerboy]

Los del Rio, Macerana
Weather girls, It's raining men

 

[bill40]

Thunderclap Newman. Something In The Air

That would be me after a good curry, sorry