One hit wonders in Ireland

An Fear Aniar

Someone's gone and created a One-hit wonder page for Ireland.

There's not many in there - can we add to it?

It's for OHWs in Ireland only, not foreign OHWs which were also a hit in Ireland.



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Ruu_Old

Didn't Richie Kavanagh have a few songs at number 1? *shudder*.


*sekritly puts on album*

lostexpectation

sinead o connor is not a one hit wonder

kraggy

Ruu wrote: »

Didn't Richie Kavanagh have a few songs at number 1? *shudder*.


*sekritly puts on album*

Which would make him a multiple-hit wonder Ruu

Firetrap

Around the same time Aon Focal Eile was a hit for Richie Kavanagh, there was another version of the song in the charts by the Noel Furlong Group. At least I think that was their name. Nothing to do with Fr Noel Furlong from Father Ted.

There's probably a load of GAA related songs that were hits...

Xavi6

Ruu wrote: »

Didn't Richie Kavanagh have a few songs at number 1? *shudder*.


*sekritly puts on album*

'Aon Focal Eile' and the other one that goes -

"My girlfriend has a mobile phone,
Now we can never have a minute alone,
The other night I asked her for a kiss,
She said hang on now til I answer this"

Legend!

Nalz

Xavi6 wrote: »

'Aon Focal Eile' and the other one that goes -

"My girlfriend has a mobile phone,
Now we can never have a minute alone,
The other night I asked her for a kiss,
She said hang on now til I answer this"

Legend!

"me uncle mickey bought a buckin ass eeey aaahh"

Carlows greatest son!

TheDriver

What about the 4th Dimension??

Kimbot

Kerri-Ann?? Anyone remember her??

Feelgood

Can't believe Cry Before Dawn aren't in there.....I remember seeing them perform Witness for the World on TOTP some time ago. Excellent band at the time, still have their albums on vinyl somewhere.

Something Happens Parachute?. Savage band at the time too....FCUK Richie Kavanagh.

Ruu_Old

Xavi6 wrote: »

'Aon Focal Eile' and the other one that goes -

"My girlfriend has a mobile phone,
Now we can never have a minute alone,
The other night I asked her for a kiss,
She said hang on now til I answer this"

Legend!

Also...:eek:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iw1wOcEQUCY

Xavi6

jonny24ie wrote: »

Kerri-Ann?? Anyone remember her??

:eek: Yes I do!!!! She was fit when I was 12!

EDIT: Still only 30.....

http://girlsonpop.blogspot.com/2005/07/kerri-ann-irreplaceable.html

Lol at the 'marrying Stephen Gately' rumours!

WindSock

The Conalls With that 74/75 song. Aghh now it's in my head.

An Fear Aniar

Feelgood wrote: »

Something Happens Parachute?. Savage band at the time too....FCUK Richie Kavanagh.

That was a great song.

Anyone remember Flex and the Fastweather - Behind the Wire.

Cork band.

Also from Cork, Microdisney, Town to Town.

Great songs.


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kelle

WindSock wrote: »

The Conalls With that 74/75 song. Aghh now it's in my head.

Were they an Irish band?
Thanks a bunch for that link, OP - because of you I've been reminded of that drivel that was Maniac 2000 by Mark McCabe!:mad:

Wazdakka

B*witched FTW!

They were actually pretty big in the US.
I died a little inside when I heard C'est la vie played on the radio in florida...

Ruu_Old

kelle wrote: »

Were they an Irish band?
Thanks a bunch for that link, OP - because of you I've been reminded of that drivel that was Maniac 2000 by Mark McCabe!:mad:

Wikipedia says they came from Raleigh, North Carolina. I remember the video more than the song.

Feelgood

Simple Minds - Alive and kicking, Belfast child.....can't leave them out.....

Ponster

Feelgood wrote: »

Simple Minds - Alive and kicking, Belfast child.....can't leave them out.....

Besides the fact that they'rs not in anyway Irish, they ain't one-hit wonders either. "Don't You (Forget About Me)" was a much bigger hit than "Belfast Child".

Ponster

Wazdakka wrote: »

B*witched FTW!

They were actually pretty big in the US.
I died a little inside when I heard C'est la vie played on the radio in florida...

4 #1's in the UK. Does that make them a 1-hit wonder in Ireland?
They did get a #1 and a #2 in Ireland. In my book a hit isn't a #1 chart position.

Xavi6

kelle wrote: »

Thanks a bunch for that link, OP - because of you I've been reminded of that drivel that was Maniac 2000 by Mark McCabe!:mad:

Blasphemy!

Mint Sauce

lostexpectation wrote: »

sinead o connor is not a one hit wonder

didn't think sultanes of ping were either, although couldn't name any other songs of the top of my head

brayblue24

Am I the only one who remembers "Balally Bop" by Elvis O'Toole. It's true, I'm not making it up (c.1980) I even have the old MW recording put onto CD

Eire 4Ever

Your A Star contestants and winners

Firetrap

Feelgood wrote: »

Can't believe Cry Before Dawn aren't in there.....I remember seeing them perform Witness for the World on TOTP some time ago. Excellent band at the time, still have their albums on vinyl somewhere.

Something Happens Parachute?. Savage band at the time too....FCUK Richie Kavanagh.

Cry Before Dawn had about half a dozen hits in Ireland. Gone Forever is one that comes straight to mind. I can't be certain but I think Something Happens had more than just the one hit. They were played enough on the radio in the mid-late 80s.

Ponster

Firetrap wrote: »

I can't be certain but I think Something Happens had more than just the one hit.

They had 2 'hits' IMO.

Parachute and Hello, hello, hello, hello...

RacoonQueen

jonny24ie wrote: »

Kerri-Ann?? Anyone remember her??

http://www.mp3sale.ru/track.php?ms_trackid=29608

haha a lad in primary school LOVED her.

Ruu wrote: »

Didn't Richie Kavanagh have a few songs at number 1? *shudder*.


*sekritly puts on album*

Class. He. Was. Class

Six anyone?

ciaran76

The Carter Twins !

120_Minutes

irish-stew wrote: »

didn't think sultanes of ping were either, although couldn't name any other songs of the top of my head

"give him a ball, and a yard of grass"

kerash

Relish and The Revs

Firetrap

The lads who sang that "I'm a Man United Man" song :mad:
In the same vein there'd be some of those Euro 88/Italia 90 football songs. The Give it a Lash Jack and Ooh Ah Paul McGraths of this world.

A lot of people who competed in the Eurovision. Link to Wikipedia

coolguy

Bellefire, they had a hit with Perfect Bliss.
4 good looking birds too;)

Xavi6

Firetrap wrote: »

The lads who sang that "I'm a Man United Man" song :mad:

Ha ha jays yeah remember that?! What a crock of sh*t!

How many 'hits' did OTT have? I think they did an Osmonds cover version?

Firetrap

Oh yeah, they were the poor man's Boyzone. I'm not sure they were one-hit wonders though.

Blisterman

That's funny. I created that Wikipedia page about 3 years ago, when I was reading a book on one hit wonders.

I'd competely forgotten about it, until now. It's more or less the same as it was when I created it. Needs some more work, but this thread'll be helpful.

guinnessdrinker

Firetrap wrote: »

The lads who sang that "I'm a Man United Man" song :mad:

I thought that was the Sawdoctors?

Firetrap

There could have been Sawdoctors involved but there were also a raft of 2fm DJs like John Kenny & Aidan Leonard. Which begs the question - do you consider a collaboration to be a one-hit wonder?

Ponster

Firetrap wrote: »

There could have been Sawdoctors involved but there were also a raft of 2fm DJs like John Kenny & Aidan Leonard. Which begs the question - do you consider a collaboration to be a one-hit wonder?

I'd say no. If the people get together to produce one song you can't really class them as 1-hit wonders (which refer to bands that release several songs but only make it big with just the one).

FatherTed

How about that tune back in the late 70's "One Day At A Time" by some wan with red hair? It was number 1 for about a year but that was the only hit that girl had. My parents got that 45.

Also the Eurovision songs were mostly one offs like Cathal Dunne way back when.

Edited... actually One Day At A Time was by Gloria and was in the charts for a whole 90 weeks. Plus she had a few other minor hits back then.... see: http://www.irishcharts.ie

guinnessdrinker

Didn't Miley from Glenroe have a hit in the 80's too. Forget the actual name of the song but I think I remember Tom Dunne saying one time it kept his band, Something Happens off the No. 1 spot at the time!

WindSock

kelle wrote: »

Were they an Irish band?

Ruu wrote: »

Wikipedia says they came from Raleigh, North Carolina. I remember the video more than the song.

Oops. I always though they were Irish because they had an Irish sounding name.

Dana- All kinds of everything.

BobTheBeat

guinnessdrinker wrote: »

Didn't Miley from Glenroe have a hit in the 80's too. Forget the actual name of the song but I think I remember Tom Dunne saying one time it kept his band, Something Happens off the No. 1 spot at the time!

Im not sure if it was the 80's or the early 90's, but I remember some of the lyrics (as our teacher made us learn it ).

"... her hair shone red like the berries on the rowan, her skin was white like the light upon the snow, How can I forget her the morning that I met her, on the side of the hill, through the byroads to Glenroe"

Fcuk, Im 10 again!

It BeeMee

coolguy wrote: »

Bellefire, they had a hit with Perfect Bliss.
4 good looking birds too;)

Didn't they also cover U2's "All I Want is You" ?

Dunno if it was a hit but it got a lot of airplay at the time....

Joliegood

The Frank and Walters--After All

The Irish World Cup squad 1990.

Ponster

Joliegood wrote: »

The Frank and Walters--After All

Was "Fashion Crisis Hits New York" a hit ?

bookiebasher

no sweat had a number one a few years back ....i went to school with lead singer

Ponster

bookiebasher wrote: »

no sweat had a number one a few years back ....i went to school with lead singer

"Heart And Soul"

Exit

Anyone remember Dove? Can't remember if they had just the one hit. Might've been just two.

Were the Saw Doctors one hit wonders? I know there was one big one (though I can't remember what it goes like now) but presumably they were big "down the country"?

_feedback_

Yer wan Carly Hennessy "Beautiful You" ... was actually a good pop song. She moved to America and is now Carly (different surname) in American Idol last 9!

Ponster

Exit wrote: »

Were the Saw Doctors one hit wonders? I know there was one big one (though I can't remember what it goes like now) but presumably they were big "down the country"?

N17
I Useta Lover (longest running Irish-produced number one)

Two number 1 albums and 2 top twenty hits in the UK chart.

1-hit wonder is really a hit-and-run type of band who appear, get to the top with a song and then slowly fade away never achieving chart success again. The Saw Doctors are still as active as ever but seem to do better in album sales than single sales.

KnifeWRENCH

There was a band called Fifth Avenue that had a song called "Party All Night"...unfortunately I still remember the chorus:(
Does anyone remember a girl band called FAB?? I think one of Shane Lynch's sisters was in it...I've just googled and couldn't find anything. Please tell me I'm not going crazy and making things up!:eek:

elviscostello wrote: »

Yer wan Carly Hennessy "Beautiful You" ... was actually a good pop song. She moved to America and is now Carly (different surname) in American Idol last 9!

Carly Smithson. She's a fantastic singer. I'm actually really interested in American Idol now because of her.

Exit wrote:

Anyone remember Dove? Can't remember if they had just the one hit. Might've been just two.

I saw them playing a free gig on a milk truck in Mallow!!!:D:D:D God that was about 8 or 9 years ago...
Yeah I remember them covering "Don't Dream It's Over" . Never liked that song.