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In the music industry, a one-hit wonder is an artist generally known for only
one hit single.
Characteristics
The hits of many one hit wonders are novelty songs that are, to an extent,
deliberately short-lived, recorded for humor or to cash in on a fad. Examples
include Rick Dees’s "Disco Duck," related to the disco craze of the 1970s; C.W.
McCall's "Convoy," related to the CB radio craze of the 1970s; and Buckner &
Garcia’s "Pac Man Fever," related to the 1980s-era arcade game Pac Man. Some
artists - Shannon Hoon of Blind Melon, for example, and Minnie Riperton - had
their careers cut short by their untimely death, while others, such as New
Radicals and The La's, broke up immediately after their one-hit's chart success.
More commonly, however, one-hit wonders are serious-minded musicians who
struggled to continue their success after their popularity waned.
Because one-hit wonders are popular for only a brief time, their hits often have
nostalgic value and are featured on era-centric compilations and soundtracks to
period films. One-hit wonders are normal in any era of pop music, but are most
common during reigns of entire genres that do not last for more than a few
years, such as disco, new wave and grunge.
Though the term is sometimes used in a derogatory manner, some fans often have a
great passion for these songs and the artists that created them. Some one-hit
wonder artists have embraced this following openly, while others distance
themselves from their hit in an attempt to craft successful songs with different
sounds, or embark on new careers as songwriters (such as Linda Perry of 4 Non
Blondes and Gregg Alexander of New Radicals), or recording industry executives
(such as Gerardo).
Questions of definition
Most American music industry insiders consider a song in the top forty positions
of the Billboard Hot 100 to be a hit. Thus, any performer who recorded only one
song that reached the Top 40 is, technically, a one-hit wonder. However, the
term is more generally applied to musicians best known for only one song,
meaning that some artists who fit the above criteria are not considered one-hit
wonders, while others who do not are considered such.
Wayne Jancik's book The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders (Billboard Books,
1998) defines a one-hit wonder rather conservatively, as "an act that has won a
position on Billboard's national, pop, Top 40 just once." He therefore includes
such performers as Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix solely on the basis of their
Top 40 performance. In his definition of an "act", Jancik distinguishes between
a solo performer and any group he or she may have performed in; thus Roger
Daltrey is distinguished from The Who. He restricts his reporting time to the
period from the start of the "rock-and-roll era" (defined by the author as 1
January 1955) to 31 December 1992. The latter date was picked to allow a
five-year "lag time" before publication for a listed one-hit wonder to produce a
second hit; this unfortunately does not allow for a longer hiatus between hits
for a particular performer. For example, Lenny Kravitz is listed for "It Ain't
Over 'Til It's Over" (No. 2, August 1991);[1] the book therefore misses
subsequent hits, such as "Fly Away", which reached #12 on the Billboard chart in
1999.
In the United Kingdom, the term one-hit wonder is used to describe a singer or
band who had only one hit reach the Top 75 on the UK Singles Chart. The term was
first used by the "Guinness Book of Hit Singles" from the 1970s, and originally
referred strictly to those artists whose first chart action was: "a number one
hit, and then nothing else, ever."
Here are some other criteria that also affect a performer’s status as a one-hit
wonder:
* Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa, Lou Reed, Radiohead, Phish, Janis Joplin, The
Grateful Dead, Iggy Pop, Faith No More, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Church,
and System of a Down each had only one Billboard Top 40 hit but are rarely, if
ever, considered one-hit wonders. These performers are known for other
successes, like album or concert ticket sales, critical acclaim, strong fan
followings, or influence on other musicians. Jancik, however, includes many of
these artists, as they fall within his strict definition as a single act with a
single top-40 placement. These types of artists also do not target pop charts,
rather, they target alternative groups.
* Some artists, including Livin' Joy, never had a top-40 pop hit, but did have a
song that received considerable airplay, even long after its day of release.
* Many popular British artists like Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Robbie Williams,
The Verve, Blur, BBMak, All Saints, Billie Piper, Busted and Take That are
considered one-hit wonders in the US, although the listed artists were very
popular in Britain and the rest of Europe.
* Prominent members of popular groups who have only one solo hit typically are
not seen as one-hit wonders. Steely Dan's Donald Fagen, The Lovin' Spoonful's
John Sebastian, The Beach Boys' Brian Wilson, and Michael Nesmith of The Monkees
each achieved chart success only once as solo artists but are all well-known for
their contributions to music through their respective bands.
* Conversely, groups led by popular solo artists are usually not called one-hit
wonders. Derek & the Dominos' sole hit "Layla" is associated with group leader
Eric Clapton, who had considerable success before and after the Dominos.
* Performers who have consistent success in one part of the world but who are
known for only one song outside that region are usually considered one-hit
wonders in the latter. Austria's Falco, Germany’s Nena and Canada's Tom Cochrane
were successful in their homelands, but are considered one-hit wonders in the US
and UK.
o A small number of artists have the distinction of being regarded as one-hit
wonders in both the US and UK, but with different songs. American husband and
wife duo Art and Dotty Todd scored a hit in the UK with "Broken Wings" in 1953,
but did not make it to the top forty in their homeland until "Chanson D'Amour
(Song Of Love)" in 1958. Rock band The Icicle Works sole UK top 50 hit was
1983's "Love Is A Wonderful Colour"; however, in North America, their only top
40 entry was "Whisper to a Scream (Birds Fly)" in 1984. Semisonic scored a US
hit with "Closing Time" in 1998, but are better known in the UK for "Secret
Smile", from their album Feeling Strangely Fine.
* Performers who are successful in specific genres, but produce only one
crossover hit, are generally considered one-hit wonders by the public at large,
but not by fans of their respective genres. Celtic music singer Loreena
McKennitt, Christian rock group Jars of Clay and country music singer Billy Ray
Cyrus are all popular within their respective genres, but known to the greater
public for a single song each.
* Performers who had more than one Top 40 hit are sometimes considered one-hit
wonders, if one song greatly overshadows the rest of their repertoire. a-ha’s
"Take on Me" made the top 10 of VH1's 100 Greatest One-hit Wonders[1], even
though the group had two Billboard Top 20 singles: "Take on Me" and "The Sun
Always Shines on TV". However, "Take On Me" is much more remembered today, at
least in the US (note that "The Sun Always Shines on TV" was a #1 hit in the UK:
higher than "Take on Me"). Similarly, Great White is sometimes called a one-hit
wonder for "Once Bitten Twice Shy", but "The Angel Song" was also a Top 40 hit.
Strawberry Alarm Clock's #1 "Incense and Peppermints" so overshadowed their #23
"Tomorrow" that they are often considered a one-hit wonder.
* Some artists, such as The Fugees, had a number of hits chart quite high on
Billboard's charts. Yet only one of their songs is remembered after the days of
their popularity.
* Performers like Golden Earring, The Foundations, The Left Banke, Maxine
Nightingale, Donna Fargo, A Taste of Honey, Johnny Logan, Vanessa Paradis, The
Fat Boys, Pilot and Ugly Kid Joe, who produced two major hits before fading into
obscurity, are sometimes called "two-hit wonders," but this term is not as
common.
* Deutsche Grammophon and Vox Records have both released albums of classical
one-hit wonders. The de-facto criteria common to the albums is composers who
have a single work that has become popular outside classical circles as several
of the composers on both albums are known for multiple works inside classical
circles. The works on these album (or fragments and variations) are frequently
heard in movies, television shows and commercials.
Other uses
The term "one-hit wonder" is occasionally used to refer to an artist, other than
a musical performer, who is best known for a single work. Examples in literature
include Harper Lee's only novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, which sold 30 million
copies; and author Joseph Heller, who wrote several novels, but is still best
known for Catch-22. The term is also applied to in the film industry: one such
case lies in the career of actress Natasha Henstridge, who has yet to match the
success of the 1995 film, Species. Classical composers such as Johann Pachelbel,
despite being very popular in his time, known today almost solely for
Pachelbel's Canon, are also sometimes described thus. [2]
In the sports world, there are several athletes known for one event in their
careers. Examples include Bill Mazeroski, who is the only player in MLB history
to end a seventh game of the World Series with a walk off home run; Paul
Henderson, who scored the deciding goal in the 1972 Summit Series that is widely
considered the most famous goal in hockey history[citation needed]; and Jimmy
Glass, an English football goalkeeper, who is remembered for scoring a goal in
the last seconds of the final day of 1998-99 English Third Division.
In drug culture, the term 'one-hit wonder' is often applied to highly potent
specific varieties of substances, such as certain strains of cannabis that
require only one "hit" (a single breath of smoke), or a "hit" of LSD (a single
dose), to achieve the desired psychoactive effects.
Lists of greatest one-hit wonders
VH1's list of "100 greatest one-hit wonders"
In 2002, the American cable network VH1 aired a countdown of the VH1's 100
Greatest One-hit Wonders[3]. 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. The top ten consisted of:
1. Los Del Rio - "Macarena" (1996)
2. Soft Cell - "Tainted Love" (1982)
3. Dexys Midnight Runners - "Come On Eileen" (1982)
4. Right Said Fred - "I'm Too Sexy" (1991)
5. Toni Basil - "Mickey" (1982)
6. Baha Men - "Who Let the Dogs Out?" (2000)
7. Vanilla Ice - "Ice Ice Baby" (1990)
8. a-ha - "Take On Me" (1985)
9. Gerardo - "Rico Suave" (1991)
10. Nena - "99 Luftballons" (1984)
Channel 4's "50 Greatest One Hit Wonders"
A 2006 television poll, conducted by Channel 4 in the UK, asked viewers to
select their favourite one hit wonder from a shortlist of 60 [4]. Respondents
could also vote by e-mail to select a song that was not on the original list, if
they so wished. The top 50 were:
1. Kung Fu Fighting - Carl Douglas
2. 99 Red Balloons - Nena
3. Because I Got High - Afroman
4. Sugar, Sugar - The Archies
5. Can You Dig It? - The Mock Turtles
6. Always Look on the Bright Side of Life – Monty Python
7. Spirit in the Sky – Doctor and the Medics (also Norman Greenbaum)
8. Who Let the Dogs Out – Baha Men
9. The Safety Dance – Men Without Hats
10. Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps Please – Splodgenessabounds
11. Groove is in the Heart – Deee-Lite
12. Trouble - Shampoo
13. It's Raining Men – The Weather Girls
14. All By Myself – Eric Carmen
15. Jilted John – Jilted John
16. I’ll Be There For You – The Rembrandts
17. Doctorin’ the Tardis – The Timelords
18. Rock Me Amadeus – Falco
19. Flat Beat – Mr. Oizo
20. Video Killed the Radio Star – Buggles
21. Je t'aime... moi non plus – Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg
22. Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit Of…) – Lou Bega
23. Turning Japanese – The Vapors
24. Mickey – Toni Basil
25. Mouldy Old Dough - Lieutenant Pigeon
26. Pump Up The Volume – M/A/R/R/S
27. Milkshake - Kelis
28. Axel F – Harold Faltermeyer
29. F**K It (I Don’t Want You Back) - Eamon
30. I’m the Urban Spaceman – The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
31. Spaceman – Babylon Zoo
32. My Sharona – The Knack
33. Shaddap You Face – Joe Dolce Music Theatre
34. Everybody’s Free (To Wear Sunscreen) – Baz Luhrmann
35. Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats and Dogs (Lowry’s Song) – Brian & Michael
36. MacArthur Park – Richard Harris
37. Monster Mash – Bobby ‘Boris’ Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers
38. Rapper’s Delight – Sugarhill Gang
39. Fire – Crazy World of Arthur Brown
40. The One and Only – Chesney Hawkes
41. Louie, Louie – The Kingsmen
42. Since Yesterday – Strawberry Switchblade
43. My Boy Lollipop – Millie Small
44. Money – Flying Lizards
45. Stutter Rap (No Sleep ‘til Bedtime) Morris Minor and the Majors
46. Just Say No – Grange Hill Cast
47. Woo Hoo – The 5,6,7,8’s
48. Japanese Boy - Aneka
49. Save Your Love – Renee and Renato
50. Brimful of Asha - Cornershop
Depending on one's definition of "one hit wonder" (Channel 4 did not lay down
any particular criteria), as many as half of the top ten acts (Carl Douglas,
Afroman, Doctor and the Medics, Baha Men and Splodgenessabounds) ought not to
have been present on the list at all: all had lesser hits within the Top 40
after their above successes, in Afroman and Baha Men's cases, even entering the
top 20 for a second time. The Monty Python comedy troupe is generally known for
film and TV, and several of their comedy songs are well-known in the UK, but
this in fact was their only entry into the UK Top 40.
"20 to 1: One Hit Wonders"
In 2005, the Australian series 20 to 1 aired their episode 20 to 1: One Hit
Wonders, a list of songs that had been the only one by that artist to have
success in Australia. Number one was The Knack's "My Sharona".[citation needed]
C4's UChoose40: One Hit Wonders
In September 2006, New Zealand's terrestrial music channel, C4, aired an episode
dedicated to "One Hit Wonders" on the weekly theme-based chart show, UChoose40,
where the chart was ranked entirely by viewer's votes from the website. There
were some surprising candidates who made it to the chart, such as former
boy-band Hanson, who were clearly not one-hit wonders, even in NZ. Moreover,
Meredith Brooks's hit single "Bitch" was mentioned on the candidates list but
failed to make the Top 40.
The top ten ranking are as follows:
1. "The Final Countdown" - Europe (1986)
2. "Teenage Dirtbag" - Wheatus (2000)
3. "How Bizarre" - OMC (1996)
4. "Because I Got High" - Afroman (2001)
5. "Ice Ice Baby" - Vanilla Ice (1990)
6. "Eye of the Tiger" - Survivor (1982)
7. "Tubthumping" - Chumbawamba (1997)
8. "My Sharona" - The Knack (1979)
9. "Video Killed the Radio Star" - Buggles (1979)
10. "Who Let The Dogs Out?" - Baha Men (2000)
Deutsche Grammophon and Vox classical one-hit wonders
Deutsche Grammophon and Vox Records have both released albums of classical
one-hit wonders. Many of the works on the CDs are from composers who have two or
more works that are popular in classical music circles but have a single work
that has become popular outside these circles. The works will be familiar to
most people because they have been used in commercials or in movies and
television shows. The two CDs differ but the works common to both are:
1. Johann Pachelbel - Canon in D[2]
2. Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings
3. Tomaso Albinoni - Adagio in G minor
4. Jean-Joseph Mouret - Rondeau (Masterpiece Theatre theme)
5. Luigi Boccherini - minuet from String Quintet in E
6. Jeremiah Clarke - "Trumpet Voluntary"
7. Jules Massenet - Meditation for his opera "Thais"
8. Pietro Mascagni - "Cavalleria rusticana"
9. Léo Delibes - "The Flower Duet"
10. Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov - "Caucasian Sketches"
11. Amilcare Ponchielli - "Dance of the Hours" from the opera "La Gioconda"
("Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh")
12. Charles-Marie Widor - Toccata from Symphony for Organ No. 5
13. Aram Khachaturian - "Sabre Dance" from the ballet "Gayane"
Two-hit wonder
Main article: List of two-hit wonders in the United States
Some artists have managed to gain recognition for just two songs based on one or
more of the above descriptions, and are often referred to as two-hit wonders.
Though this term is not as official in the music industry, the term is used by
many fans.
Most two-hit wonders have become such by having one successful album with two
singles that chart, followed by successive failures. Others have their two hits
from separate albums, or one from an album, and one from a soundtrack.
Notable examples include:
* The Left Banke - "Walk Away Renee" (#5 in 1966) and "Pretty Ballerina" (#15 in
1967)
* Blaque - "808" (#8 in 1999) and "Bring It All To Me" (#4 in 2000)
* Crowded House - "Don't Dream It's Over" (#2) and "Something So Strong" (#7,
both in 1987)
* Paula Cole - "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone" (#8) and "I Don't Want to Wait"
(#11, both in 1997)
* Cutting Crew - "I Just Died In Your Arms" (#1) and "I've Been In Love Before"
(#9, both in 1987)
* Tara Kemp - "Hold You Tight" (#3 in 1990) and "Piece of My Heart" (#7 in 1991)
* Maxine Nightingale - "Right Back Where We Started From" (#2 in 1976) and "Lead
Me On" (#5 in 1979)
* Neneh Cherry - "Buffalo Stance" (#3) and "Kisses On The Wind" (#8, both in
1989)
* Sophie B. Hawkins - "Damn, I Wish I Was Your Lover" (#5 in 1992) and "As I Lay
Me Down" (#6 in 1995)
* Edwin McCain - "I'll Be" (#5 in 1998) and "I Could Not Ask for More" (#37 in
1999)
* Tone-Loc - "Wild Thing" (#2 in 1988) and "Funky Cold Medina" (#3 in 1989)
* Vertical Horizon "Everything You Want" (#1) and "You're A God" (#23, both in
2000)
* Whitesnake - "Here I Go Again" (#1) and "Is This Love" (#2, both in 1987)
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