Boardsies Greatest One Hit Wonder Song - Live Thread

Tammy!

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Did Westlife cover it? I Would have said it was a Westlife song, but either way it's not good..

I just listened to it now! It's bad and very like them. Whoever voted that should be ashamed.

Doesn't Necro like Westlife??

Necro

I didnt nominate it cos I forgot about it.

But I definitely would have!!

Declan A Walsh

Zaph wrote: »

Match 13

Ever Fallen in Love. Absolute classic punk track, hard to figure out why they didn't have a load more hits after this one.

Match 14

No opinion

They did have a number of other hits. Five other songs reached the Top 40, but only one - Promises - reached the Top 20, so they qualify for this list.
Just for your information, they were:
Promises - 20
What Do I Get - 37
Love You More - 34
Everybody's Happy Nowadays - 29
Harmony in My Head - 32.
Most of those songs, including some in the bottom 10, got at least one airing on Top of the Pops, the premier charts programme at the time!

TheValeyard

Good evening you fine people

Mam of 4

Ever Fallen In Love , as I've never heard of the other one .

Winds Of Change , another blast from the past !

Necro

Mam of 4 wrote:

Ever Fallen In Love , as I've never heard of the other one .

I think you'd love it Mam. Listen to it and tell me I'm wrong

NewbridgeIR

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

1982 Talk Talk (Reissue) Chart 23

I had a look at the original post and I see no sign of the stipulation for no more than 3 hits. I thought a One Hit Wonder is where an act has only one hit in a particular country, e.g. U.K. or U.S.A.

Nomination thread says that no definitive definition of a One Hit Wonder can be found.

One top 40 (or top 75) hit and nothing more is it.

Mam of 4

Necro wrote: »

I think you'd love it Mam. Listen to it and tell me I'm wrong

Sorry Necro , but it's not for me .
I'll listen to it again later , see if I change my thinking

Kolido

Currently locked at 4 each, we may have to resolve this one tomorrow

Scorpions - Wind of Change 4
Vs
Touch and Go - Would you? 4

TheValeyard

TheValeyard wrote: »

Good evening you fine people

Wolf!

Necro wrote: »

I think you'd love it Mam. Listen to it and tell me I'm wrong

Narrator: "He was wrong."

Omackeral

All or Nothing. I got to second base with a girl while that was on.

Would You? For the outrageous saxophone part and the general horniness of it.

tusk

Wind of change. That whistle gets me in the feels Everytime

ShaneU

Buzzcocks - a classic punk song!

Would you? - theme tune to G-string Divas, enough said.

Kolido

The Buzzcocks and Touch and Go move on.

The Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen in Love 6
Vs
O Town - All Or Nothing 1

Scorpions - Wind of Change 5
Vs
Touch and Go - Would you? 6

Kolido

R1 Match 15


Tom Robinson Band - 2‐4‐6‐8 Motorway

Released 1977

Peaked US NA/UK 5


VS


Unkle Kracker - Follow Me

Released 2000

Peaked US 5/UK 3

R1 Match 16


The Bluebells - Young at Heart

Released 1984

Peaked US NA/UK 8


VS


Suzanne Vega - Luka

Released 1987

Peaked US 3/UK 23

Mehaffey1

Unkle Kracker as it is unashamedly my go to Karaoke Song.

Suzanne Vega Luka as its a nice song if I remember rightly. Did she not sing Tom's Diner too which is a very well known song?

quickbeam

2-4-6-8 because I nominated it and it's catchy.

I also nominated Young at Heart, but I think I actually prefer Luka now that I think of it so will go with that.

Omackeral

Unkle Kracker because it made me feel warm

Young At Heart for that Bluegrass/Ska vibe

#15 - Not keen on either of those tbh. Pass.

#16 - I don't think I know Young at Hea...oh God, THAT's what it is? A million votes for Luka, please.

EDIT: ooh, sorry qb.

Tammy!

2-4-6-8 cause it's catchy and because I never liked that Follow me song.

I like both of Luka and Young at Heart. Going for Young at Heart though because i did Ip Dip on it.

Squall Leonhart

Follow Me by Uncle Kracker, for that smooth twangy acoustic guitar intro, deadly!

Luka by Suzanne Vega. Reminds me of being very young. Anytime I hear the name Luka, which isn't as rare you might think, I think of the song

Sheridan81

Uncle Kracker-Follow Me

The other song is no good.

Suzanne Vega-Luka

The fiddle(?) in the other song is annoying.

quickbeam

Deleted User wrote: »

EDIT: ooh, sorry qb.

You're alright Homer. If you've seen my Walrus entries, I'm not exactly on the pulse of the musical taste of most people. Nearly all those that I voted for have been voted off, so, even at this early stage I'm used to it.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Both of these matches were surprisingly tough...

Match 15
2-4-6-8 Motorway because it holds slightly more memories for me than Follow Me, but only by a smidge

Match 16
Genuinely could've gone either way on this one, but gonna go Luka for that haunting chorus.

Necro

Uncle Kracker.

Cos everything is gonna be alright.


No opinion on second match tbh

Mam of 4

2-4-6-8 Motorway , class tune QB !!

Luka , great song , imo .

mzungu

My votes go to Tom Robinson Band - 2‐4‐6‐8 Motorway as Uncle Cracker would not be my cuppa. In the other I will go with Suzanne Vega - Luka.

Zaph

Match 15

2‐4‐6‐8 Motorway, as previously mentioned it's a great catchy somg

Match 16

Young at Heart, only because I dislike the other song so much

Damn I’m late to the party.

Tom Robinson band. Really great tune

Suzanne Vega - I could sing Luka all day everyday

tusk

Skynard and Scorpions out in round one.

I'm sick of you guys! And disappointed. You let me down

appledrop

I've just joined this thread but definitely a need for more cheesy songs.

Saturday Night by Whitfield has to be included.

Spook_ie

How far are we through, just had a quick scan and haven't spotted any of my OHWs, which worries me they are going to be matched against each other

Zaph

appledrop wrote: »

I've just joined this thread but definitely a need for more cheesy songs.

Saturday Night by Whitfield has to be included.

Was in Arnotts last night and in the middle of all the Christmas music that came on. It was very strange.

Spook_ie wrote: »

How far are we through, just had a quick scan and haven't spotted any of my OHWs, which worries me they are going to be matched against each other

128 songs, so 64 first round match-ups. Plenty to go yet.

ShaneU

Match 15 - Follow me, very catchy

Match 16 - Suzanne Vega, although Tom's Diner is her best song surely, ahead of its time.

Ficheall

I'm a big Suzanne Vega fan, but surely not a OHW? Many of her other songs are better than either Luka or Tom's Diner.


Tom's Diner, incidentally, I believe, was the song used to provide the tuning for the MP3 format.

Declan A Walsh

My votes:
R1 Match 15
Tom Robinson Band - 2‐4‐6‐8 Motorway

R1 Match 16
Suzanne Vega - Luca

Spook_ie

Match 15
Tom Robinson Band - 2‐4‐6‐8 Motorway another from my era, a 2000 song is never going to beat it IMO

Match 16

Suzanne Vega - Luka hard choice, both my era but Luka gets it.

Kolido

Tom Robinson and Suzanne Vega motor on.

Tom Robinson Band - 2‐4‐6‐8 Motorway 6
Vs
Unkle Kracker - Follow Me 5

The Bluebells - Young at Heart 2
Vs
Suzanne Vega - Luka 6

Kolido

R1 Match 17

Chesney Hawkes - You and Only
Released 1991
Peaked US 10/UK 1

VS

The Primitives – Crash
Released 1986
Peaked US NA/UK 5

R1 Match 18

Snow - Informer
Released 1992
Peaked US 1/UK 2

VS

Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning
Released 1987
Peaked US 17/UK 6

Electric Nitwit

Yes, Chesney!
Quintessential one hit wonder. Saw him live years after and he was so sound too, he knows and embraces the fact that everyone only knows one song

Midnight Oil, because the time has come to say fair's fair

Necro

Chesney Hawkes ftw, cos he wrote that song about me ya know :P
Wonder if the lyrics should be changed to 'I am a One Hit Wonder, you can't take that away from me'

Not fussed on second one if I'm honest.

Necro

Electric Nitwit wrote:

Yes, Chesney! Quintessential one hit wonder. Saw him live years after and he was so sound too, he knows and embraces the fact that everyone only knows one song

Must have been a short concert :pac:

Electric Nitwit

Necro wrote: »

Must have been a short concert :pac:

It was an open air, free one and I genuinely remember it being two songs. I may have just forgotten all the others though

Here you go way to fasssssssst. You don’t slow down you’re gonna crassssssh. Love it!

Beds are burning is some tune too. My daughter and I sing it when drunk. Glad someone put it in.

Crash
Beds are burning

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Match 17
Crash because its an absolute tune, has made its way on to many a playlist of mine, and is part of one of the greatest movie soundtracks ever... Dumb & Dumber

Match 18
Informer because licky boom boom now and other such nonsense lyrics. When 'Informer' is the only word in a song that anyone knows, but everyone sings along anyway is how you know its an absolute hit.

Declan A Walsh

R1 Match 17

Chesney Hawkes - One and Only

VS

The Primitives – Crash

Now there's a proper one hit wonder: One and Only, because this really was his only hit, unlike the rules that apply here. While I like that song, I have to give my vote to: Crash by The Primitives.

R1 Match 18

Snow - Informer

VS

Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning. My vote goes to: Beds Are Burning.

Happy birthday, necro!!!!!!!

Necro

Strawberry Milkshake wrote:

Happy birthday, necro!!!!!!!

Thanks Strawbs :P

quickbeam

The One And Only Chesney Hawkes. Gotta be a top contender for overall winner because, while it might not be the best song among the 128, it is bloody good and it's quintessential one hit wonder.

The other one I have no opinion on.

Omackeral

Crash because that Chesney Hawkes abomination is the worst song ever made. Thankfully it was his one and only ''hit''.


Informer on the other one. It's risque.