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11 one hit wonders - actually good follow ups - article and song discussion
Check out the songs in this DS article
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/fe...oJTaAgt1Levs6z Do you remember any of them? Does anyone really know what a one hit wonder is anymore? Do most artists not have an "average" follow up to an exceptionally successful single. I liked "Another Day" thought it was a good hit. But why does it never get played much? Even Chesney Hawkes had other songs! http://youtu.be/pT8k5s_4opw?t=28s |
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Are you a "one hit wonder" if the followup reaches #3 ?!
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Check out the songs in this DS article
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/fe...oJTaAgt1Levs6z Do you remember any of them? Does anyone really know what a one hit wonder is anymore? Do most artists not have an "average" follow up to an exceptionally successful single. ![]() But perhaps "4 One-Hit Wonders and another 7 Artists wrongly remembered as such because the moderately successful followup(s) were forgettable rehashes of their big hit" sounds less catchy? ![]() No, I'm not even holding the writer to the "must have one song chart and nothing else ever" standard. Realistically, if you're at #1 for ten weeks but the followup reaches (say) #29 for a week before exiting the charts, you're still a "one hit wonder". But if the followup reaches #3.... no you're not. - "Scatman's World" reached #10. (Remember it) - Rednex's "Old Pop in Old Oak" reached #12. (Remember this) - Eiffel 65's "Move Your Body" reached #3 !!! (Vaguely remember this after seeing it) - Whigfield's "Another Day" reached #7 as did her next single. (Ditto previous) - Vanilla Ice- the follow-up mentioned reached #10 - Pato Banton... pushing it here. Though he never troubled the top 10 again, three of his next four charting singles reached the top 20 (#15, #15, #36 and #14) - MC Hammer... well, by this point even the article acknowledges that he had other hits, and it's really about artists who only have one song people remember.... Hammer had 3 other top 10 hits (including the one discussed), and another 4 reached the top 20. Enough said? As I said, these weren't all great songs, and many are forgotten- some justly so- because they were pretty similar to their previous hit. Eespecially the first four entries. But one-hit wonders? Nope. Disclaimer: All chart positions looked up in the Guinness Book of Hit Singles. I'm not *that* much of a nerd that I know all that off the top of my head. Quote:
Even Chesney Hawkes had other songs!
http://youtu.be/pT8k5s_4opw?t=28s Yeah, he had other songs, but none of them did anything of note- the followup you mentioned only reached #27 (even though I remember hearing it at least once on the radio at the time), and nothing after that got into the top 40. |
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