Boardsies Greatest One Hit Wonder Song - Live Thread

Spook_ie

27 Cannonball
28 Glorious
29 Mickey
30 All the Things She Said

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Sheridan81

27 Dust In The Wind, cause it's deep
28 Glorious, cause it's more profound than Jump Around
29 Video Killed The Radio Star, band ahead of their time
30 Ready To Go, good memories of the mid-nineties

Electric Nitwit

Damien Rice - Cannonball
Beautiful song that

House Of Pain - Jump Around
From the first note, it's awesome!

Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star
I've said this a few times, but it's the quintessential OHW

Republica – Ready To Go
Yeah, I'm standing on the rooftops shouting out, baby I love this tune!

Mam of 4

Cannonball

Glorious

Video killed the radio star

All the things she said ..

Damien Rice - Cannonball
Luffly.

House Of Pain - Jump Around
When I’m 70 I’ll still jump to this song. Imagine a Zimmer frame made of 4 pogo sticks

Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star
If I’d remembered to Om Kilido my lust, this would have been on it.
Edit: I’ll say that again - if I had remembered to PM Kolido my LIST!

Republica – Ready To Go
Amazing tune

tusk

Vote: TATU!

What a song.

What a video!

Vote: Kansas for will ferrel's rendition in old school

Declan A Walsh

R1 Match 27:
Damien Rice - Cannonball
VS
Kansas-Dust In The Wind – This one.

R1 Match 28: Don’t know Glorious and I am not that mad about Jump Around, so will give it a miss.

R1 Match 29:
Toni Basil - Mickey
VS
Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star – This one (hate the other!).

R1 Match 30:
Republica – Ready To Go – This one – damn catchy!
VS
Tatu - All The Things She Said

Electric Nitwit

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

If I’d remembered to Om Kilido my lust...

...he'd be a very happy man

sKeith

House Of Pain - Jump Around
good jumping tune



Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star
Good documentary tune



Tatu - All The Things She Said
Kick ass tune

Omackeral

Damien Rice - Cannonball I've heard of it.

House Of Pain - Jump Around Irish American scrotes appeal to me plus the lyrics including Schwarzenegger and Sega Mega Drives.

Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star First video on MTV and Mickey is awfully annoying.

Republica – Ready To Go Was on a mobile phone ad back in the day and gets me going.

Declan A Walsh

In relation to Buggles and Video Kills the Radio Star, it fulfills the artificial rules for here for "One Hit Wonder", i.e. no more than 3 Top 20 songs and act associated particularly with one song.

But, just to tip you off, it has been mentioned more than once, including a programme on Channel 4, as a proper one hit wonder, which it is not. Plastic Age, the follow-up single, reached the Top 20 in the UK and Clean Clean reached to lower end of the Top 40 in the UK. Not relevant here, but could be elsewhere!

Kolido

Glorious - Andreas Johnson 5 Vs 5 House Of Pain - Jump Around

While we wait for this to resolve, I will post the next 4

Glorious! I vote for Glorious!

Absolute cracker of a song.

Kolido

Damien Rice - Cannonball 6 Vs 4 Kansas-Dust In The Wind
Glorious - Andreas Johnson 6 Vs 5 House Of Pain - Jump Around
Toni Basil - Mickey 2 Vs 6 Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star
Republica – Ready To Go 6 Vs 4 Tatu - All The Things She Said

Kolido

R1 Match 31


Matthew Wilder - Break My Stride

Released 1983

Peaked US 5/UK 3


VS


Flying Pickets - Only You

Released 1983

Peaked US NA/UK 1

R1 Match 32


Mr President - Coco Jamboo

Released 1996

Peaked US 21/UK 8


VS


Meredith Brooks - Bitch

Released 1997

Peaked US 2/UK 6

R1 Match 33


Kung Fu fighting - Carl douglas

Released 1974

Peaked US 1/UK 1


VS


Boy Meets Girl - Waiting For A Star To Fall

Released 1988

Peaked US 5/UK 9

R1 Match 34


Hazen Dean - Who's Leaving Who

Released 1988

Peaked US NA/UK 4


VS


Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby

Released 1990

Peaked US 1/UK 1

quickbeam

Only You
Waiting For A Star To Fall

Both better songs than their opponents.

tusk

Kolido wrote: »

Republica – Ready To Go 6 Vs 4 Tatu - All The Things She Said

This is NOT ENOOOUUGGHHH

tusk

Flying pickets.

that intro is some of the best a capella ever! Beautiful

Tell me how

R1 Match 31 - Matthew Wilder - Break My Stride
R1 Match 32 - Mr President - Coco Jamboo
R1 Match 33 - Boy Meets Girl - Waiting For A Star To Fall
R1 Match 34 - Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby

Easy decisions all round.

Necro

Kolido wrote:

Matthew Wilder - Break My Stride

Cos nobody's gonna slow me down, oh no.

Kolido wrote:

Meredith Brooks - Bitch

Cos it's a brilliant song.

Kolido wrote:

Boy Meets Girl - Waiting For A Star To Fall

Just prefer it.

Kolido wrote:

Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby

Ice ice baby. Brilliant.

#31 - voting for Break My Stride, mainly because I prefer Yazoo's original version of Only You to the Flying Pickets one.

#32 - although Coco Jamboo is a fun tune, I'm voting Bitch as the better song here.

#33 - voting Kung Fu Fighting as it's a bit more fun.

#34 - loathe as I am to vote for Vanilla Ice, I listened to that other one and the chorus does nothing for me. So reluctantly voting Ice Ice Baby.

Matthew Wilder - Break My Stride


Mr President - Coco Jamboo


Kung Fu fighting - Carl douglas


Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby

Mam of 4

Break My Stride , love that song,

Bitch , because we can be all things rolled up into one

Waiting On A Star To Fall , had forgotten about this one , nice reminder

Ice Ice Baby , cos I nominated it

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Match 31
Only You as it holds stronger memories and reminds me of certain people, although it kills me a little to vote against Break My Stride

Match 32
Coco Jambo because I like the energy of it, but it was another close call here.

Match 33
Waiting For A Star To Fall because its one of my '80s favourites.

Match 34
Ice Ice Baby because I don't care for the other song, and Ice Ice Baby is fun enough.

UrbanFret

Kolido wrote: »

R1 Match 3

Maria McKey - Show Me Heaven
Released 1990
Peaked US NA/UK 1

VS

Thunderclap Newman - Something in the Air
Released 1969
Peaked US 37/UK 1

R1 Match 4

Deep Blue Something - Breakfast At Tiffany's
Released 1995
Peaked US 5/UK 1

VS

Phil Oakley - Together in Electric Dreams
Released 1984
Peaked US NA/UK 3

I stopped reading this thread after this. Phil Oakley that's phil Oakley from the Human League and giorgio Moroder the father of Disco. One hit wonders my hole.:rolleyes:

TheValeyard

R1 Match 31

Flying Pickets - Only You, (its a better song and gets stuck in your head)

R1 Match 32

Mr President - Coco Jamboo (brings me back to childhood GAA disco getting the shift)

R1 Match 33

Kung Fu fighting - Carl douglas (cause I still sing to this when drunk)

R1 Match 34

Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby (Its a classi that works on so many levels)

mzungu

Kansas-Dust In The Wind: Sue why not?
House Of Pain - Jump Around: The memories.
Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star: Great song.
Republica – Ready To Go: More 90s memories.

mzungu

R1 Match 31
Matthew Wilder - Break My Stride


R1 Match 32
Meredith Brooks - Bitch


R1 Match 33
Boy Meets Girl - Waiting For A Star To Fall


R1 Match 34
Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby

Zaph

Deleted User wrote: »

#27 - Vote Cannonball, though not as good as The Breeders song of the same name.

I actually had The Breeders' song on my list, but when I checked it only made it as far as #40 in the UK so I wasn't sure it would count. One of my all-time favourite songs.

Zaph

Match 31

Only You. The whole of my French class got into trouble for constantly singing this song while the teacher had his back to us at the blackboard. Oddly enough, we were never asked to form an a capella group afterwards.

Match 32

No opinion

Match 33

Kung Fu Fighting, because those kicks were fast as lightning. This made my shortlist and almost made the final cut.

Match 34

No opinion, other than I can't forgive Vanilla Ice for bastardising Under Pressure.

Zaph

Zaph wrote: »

I actually had The Breeders' song on my list, but when I checked it only made it as far as #40 in the UK so I wasn't sure it would count. One of my all-time favourite songs.

I took it off my list because it just felt too weird to call them a "one hit wonder" when they have so many great songs, almost like I was insulting them or something.

Definitely still gonna vote for it if someone else picked it though. :P

Zaph

Deleted User wrote: »

Definitely still gonna vote for it if someone else picked it though. :P

Damn right!

Omackeral

Flying Pickets - Only You over Break My Stride but just barely.

Mr President - Coco Jambo because I knew the dance and still do.

Boy Meets Girl - Waiting For A Star To Fall is a quintessential cheesy record.

Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby Word 2 ya mother!

Kolido

3 acts through from the last matches, still waiting on one, will give till 10am, I will post the next 4 now

Matthew Wilder - Break My Stride 6 Vs 4 Flying Pickets - Only You
Mr President - Coco Jamboo 5 Vs 4 Meredith Brooks - Bitch
Kung Fu fighting - Carl douglas 3 Vs 6 Boy Meets Girl - Waiting For A Star To Fall
Hazen Dean - Who's Leaving Who 0 Vs 6 Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby

Kolido

R1 Match 35


Marc Cohn - Walking in Memphis

Released 1991
Peaked US 13/UK 22


VS


Lou Bega - Mambo No.5

Released 1999
Peaked US 3/UK 1

R1 Match 36


Eric Idle - Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life

Released 1991
Peaked US NA/UK 3


VS


Jane Weidlin - Rush Hour

Released 1988
Peaked US 9/UK 12

R1 Match 37


Nena - 99 luftballons

Released 1983
Peaked US 2/UK 1


VS


Leonard Cohen - Hallelujah

Released 2007
Peaked US 59/UK 36

R1 Match 38


Europe - The Final Countdown

Released 1986
Peaked US 8/UK 1


VS


Gary Jules and Michael Andrews - Mad World

Released 2003
Peaked US NA/UK 1

Squall Leonhart

Mambo no 5.. So much fun

Always look on the brightside of life.. Again, it's fun

Hallelujah.. A classic, but Leonard Cohen a one hit wonder? Good grief!!!!

Mad World beautiful haunting cover of the more brash (still great) Tears for Fears song

Walking in Memphis - only choosing it as I detest mambo no5

Rush hour - ooooooh you send me. Catchy tune and always look on the bright side I’ve heard way too many times.

99 luftballoons - it really is a brilliant song.

The final countdown - brilliant.

Squall Leonhart

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

Walking in Memphis - only choosing it as I detest mambo no5

Rush hour - ooooooh you send me. Catchy tune and always look on the bright side I’ve heard way too many times.

99 luftballoons - it really is a brilliant song.

The final countdown - brilliant.

We've just cancelled each others votes out

Kolido

Squall Leonhart wrote: »

Mambo no 5.. So much fun

Always look on the brightside of life.. Again, it's fun

Hallelujah.. A classic, but Leonard Cohen a one hit wonder? Good grief!!!!

Mad World beautiful haunting cover of the more brash (still great) Tears for Fears song

I was surprised also, but according to his wiki page, that's his only song that charted in the UK and US

Necro

Kolido wrote:

Marc Cohn - Walking in Memphis

Could vote for either here but I still listen to this song semi regularly whereas Mambo No. 5 I'd listen to probably only if it came on the radio and the switch station button was broken.

Kolido wrote:

Nena - 99 luftballons

Another toughie, don't really mind if the other one goes through but voting this for it's comedic appearance in Scrubs primarily. Someone at a PC link the video!!

Kolido wrote:

Europe - The Final Countdown

I wish I nominated this (only one of mine has come up yet) but kudos to whoever did. Probably even more so than One and Only this is a quintessential OHW and should do well... (waits for it to be knocked out by that depressing sh1te opposite it)

Squall Leonhart

Kolido wrote: »

I was surprised also, but according to his wiki page, that's his only song that charted in the UK and US

Fair enough. Come to think of it, Neil Young probably in similar territory here, heart of gold and harvest moon maybe

Electric Nitwit

Marc Cohn - Walking in Memphis
Good little tune that, and I hate Mambo #5

Eric Idle - Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life
Hidden genius, seems like a silly little skit but is really a great song

Leonard Cohen - Hallelujah
One of my nominations, classic song

Europe - The Final Countdown
Damn you Kol, I nominated Mad World but the Final Countdown is a stone cold classic!

Electric Nitwit

Kolido wrote: »

I was surprised also, but according to his wiki page, that's his only song that charted in the UK and US

And it only just charted!
I felt a little awkward nominating it but it does fit, and it's great

Necro

Electric Nitwit wrote:

Leonard Cohen - Hallelujah One of my nominations, classic song

Whatever you do don't tell Rikand :pac:

Match 31 Break my stride - because its a great bouncy song for bouncing to on a bouncy castle

Match 32 - Coco jamboo - my favorite song where the main instrument is a flute fashioned from a coconut

Match 33 Kung fu fighting - possibly the greatest song in the world about kung fu fighting

Match 34 Ice ice baby - a song about ice who doesn't like ice

I may be behind here a little

norabattie

Walking in Memphis - great song
Jane Wiedlin - Rush Hour wow what a blast from the past. That was a nice surprise this early in the morning
Nena - 99 Red balloons - only because Hallelujah bores me to be honest
And Europe - Final Countdown - what a song!

Nooooooooo you backstards killed kung fu fighting wtf is wrong with ye, have ye no sense of fun

[Deleted User]

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Nooooooooo you backstards killed kung fu fighting wtf is wrong with ye, have ye no sense of fun

We should send Phil and Grant to sort em out!

Kolido

Kolido wrote: »

3 acts through from the last matches, still waiting on one, will give till 10am, I will post the next 4 now

Matthew Wilder - Break My Stride 6 Vs 4 Flying Pickets - Only You
Mr President - Coco Jamboo 5 Vs 4 Meredith Brooks - Bitch
Kung Fu fighting - Carl douglas 3 Vs 6 Boy Meets Girl - Waiting For A Star To Fall
Hazen Dean - Who's Leaving Who 0 Vs 6 Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby

You this one is closed, thanks Mick

Mr President - Coco Jamboo 6 Vs 4 Meredith Brooks - Bitch