Boardsies Greatest One Hit Wonder Song - Live Thread

Kolido

Kolido wrote: »

While we wait for these to finish, let move on

Dario G - Sunchyme 5 Vs 1 Jennifer Paige - Crush
Afroman - Because I Got High 1 Vs 4 The Firm - Star Trekkin'
Blue Oyster Cult-Don't Fear The Reaper 6 Vs Semisonic Closing time
Eddie Cooley & The Dimples - Priscilla Vs 3 Marcy Playground-Sex And Candy

Going to call these now.

Dario G - Sunchyme 6 Vs 1 Jennifer Paige - Crush
Afroman - Because I Got High 2 Vs 5 The Firm - Star Trekkin'
Blue Oyster Cult-Don't Fear The Reaper 6 Vs Semisonic Closing time
Eddie Cooley & The Dimples - Priscilla Vs 4 Marcy Playground-Sex And Candy

Spook_ie

Sam Hain wrote: »

This competition lost all credibility when deep Blue somethings piece of dirt went through at the expense of Together in electric dreams. It just shows the calibre of the individuals voting with the mundane reason of never heard of the other song so i'm voting for the one i know. Some crock of ****e will win this.

Isn't that always the way on internet things, at least just think

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

Kolido

Another 4 into round 2

Truth Hurts - Addictive 1 Vs 6 Sixpence None The Richer - Kiss Me
Cornershop - Brimful Of Asha 4 Vs 6 Eiffel 65 - Blue
Modern Talking - Brother Louie Vs 6 Divinyls - I Touch Myself
Chumbawamba - Tubthumping 6 Vs 2 Yello - oh yeah

tusk

Sam Hain wrote: »

This competition lost all credibility when deep Blue somethings piece of dirt went through at the expense of Together in electric dreams. It just shows the calibre of the individuals voting with the mundane reason of never heard of the other song so i'm voting for the one i know. Some crock of ****e will win this.

Welcome to "boardsies choose the best [insert theme here]"

:pac:

sKeith

Sam Hain wrote: »

This competition lost all credibility when deep Blue somethings piece of dirt went through at the expense of Together in electric dreams. It just shows the calibre of the individuals voting with the mundane reason of never heard of the other song so i'm voting for the one i know. Some crock of ****e will win this.

It's well known that these best ever games are more about the fun in playing and the outrage we stir up in some random boardsies that stumble upon these threads, than ever believing that they will divine out convincing results.


Sure, Best Horror Movie Ever

The lost boys

Enjoy..

You are the star attraction for this thread atm, we can only hope for more to come in and show their outrage, it's hilarious.

Necro

Yay for my picks WOOO

Kolido

R1 Match 47


Musical Youth - Pass The Dutchie

Released 1982
Peaked US 10/UK 1


VS


Tal Bachman - She's So High

Released 1998
Peaked US 14/UK 30

R1 Match 48


LFO - Summer Girls

Released 1999
Peaked US 3/UK 16


VS


Sugar Ray - Every Morning

Released 1999
Peaked US 3/UK 10

R1 Match 49


O-Zone - Dragostea Din Tei

Released 2003
Peaked US NA/UK 3


VS


Babylon Zoo - Spaceman

Released 1995
Peaked US NA/UK 1

R1 Match 50


A Flock of Seagulls - I Ran

Released 1982
Peaked US 9/UK 43


VS


Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah

Released 2007
Peaked US NA/UK 2

Sam Hain

Necro wrote: »

Jesus, its Friday mate. Who pissed in your cornflakes!

Don't eat cornflakes let alone allow them to be urinated in.

quickbeam

sKeith wrote: »

Sure, Best Horror Movie Ever

The lost boys

Ouch!! Old wound opened.

Necro

Kolido wrote:

Musical Youth - Pass The Dutchie

Another of my pics. Much better than that Afroman sh1te.

Kolido wrote:

LFO - Summer Girls

I like Summer, I like Girls. Seems pretty clear cut.

Kolido wrote:

O-Zone - Dragostea Din Tei

Yay for my pick again the NUMA NUMA song!!

Mai-A-HEEE

Kolido wrote:

Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah

Voting for Buckley and Rikand's love for this song :P

quickbeam

Just wait until we do Best Christmas Movie.

sKeith

Pass The Dutchie and hallelujah get my votes this round. pass the dutchie had a leading role in a recent game of ww, so will remain close to the heart for another while, ah towlie, you make me laugh so much. hallelujah due to it being a good song that transcends the words used within it.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

She's So High - one of my nominations and quintessential '90s.

Summer Girls - neither of these songs really jumped out at me, but Summer Girls is more bearable. However, Girl On TV is a much better LFO song if anyone wants to check out a decent one of theirs.

Spaceman because I always wanted you to go, into Spaceman, intergalactic cry. Choon!!!

I Ran (So Far Away) - another of my nominations and one of my favourite songs of all-time. Of course it'd have to be up against such a heavy hitter.

Declan A Walsh

R1 Match 49
O-Zone - Dragostea Din Tei – don’t know that one, but….
VS
Babylon Zoo – Spaceman – Gets my vote: great song.

R1 Match 50
A Flock of Seagulls - I Ran – Gets my vote.
VS
Jeff Buckley – Hallelujah – It grew on me but I have made my decision!

#47 - No opinion, clever matching of the song titles though.

#48 - Both are awful but I'll vote for Summer Girls because at least it's self-aware and knows that it's awful!

#49 - Spaceman, great nostalgia tune and the other one just annoys me.

#50 - Flock of Seagulls, because I really don't like Jeff Buckley's overwrought, overplayed and vastly overrated cover of what was a great song.

sKeith

quickbeam wrote: »

Just wait until we do Best Christmas Movie.

I would be completely surprised if anything other than one of the first three die hards didn't win that, and the later rounds would just be the sequels up against the original.

Sam Hain

R1 Match 47


Musical Youth - Pass The Dutchie

'Cause me say listen to the drummer, me say listen to the bass
Give me little music make me wind up me waist




R1 Match 48


Sugar Ray - Every Morning

One is piss and the other is vomit, if you were to be covered in one, i'd pick Sugar Ray

R1 Match 49



Babylon Zoo - Spaceman

Because it starts off like its gonna be a great song but alas it fails miserably. So its just because it was on a Levis advert.


R1 Match 50


A Flock of Seagulls - I Ran

Both amazing for different reasons but by the smallest of margins, flock of Seagulls get it because it ws an original composition and not a cover, Hallejuah, a great cover but a cover.

Necro

sKeith wrote:

I would be completely surprised if anything other than one of the first three die hards didn't win that, and the later rounds would just be the sequels up against the original.

You havent seen Mick in full Love Actually campaigning mode yet :pac:

tusk

Numa numa choon.

Rihanna sampled it ffs

Pass the dutchie and she is so high in the one category

Omackeral

Musical Youth - Pass The Dutchie Sometimes a nice reggae beat is enough to sway me.

Sugar Ray - Every Morning The line ''shut the door baby and don' say a word'' is the absolute best for whispering along with Glucose Raymond.

O-Zone - Dragostea Din Tei I despise the whiney screechy tone of Spaceman and DDT gave us that Numa Numa kid dancing.

Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah It's haunting and saying that makes me feel deep and profound.

Squall Leonhart

Match 47
She's So High - Forgot about that one!

Match 48
Every Morning - Way better than the other song

Match 49
You bastard. That O-Zone song is infectious, it's having a cold. It'll take days to wear off. My vote is for Babylon Zoo, for it's weirdness. Remember watching it on top of the pops!

Match 50
A flock of seagulls, I've heard covers of it I prefer more, but it's not a bad song. Whereas Jeff Buckley, yes, good song but it spawned a bazillion x-factor/american idol covers, so sick of the song!

Match 47

She's so high is a decent choon tbf to it

Kolido

Kolido wrote: »

R1 Match 47


Musical Youth - Pass The Dutchie

Gimme the music make dem jump and prance. This song was great and still is.


Sugar Ray - Every Morning

Beats the summer girls song who must have been paid by Abercrombie & Fitch.

R1 Match 50


A Flock of Seagulls - I Ran

Got to love 80s synth and hairstyles

Match 48

Every morning is a very good choone

Match 49

Ozone is class makes me smile, I would dance to this






Drunk

O-Zone - Dragostea Din Tei

Numai numai yey! I have no idea of the words but I’m singing it

norabattie

45 She's so high
46 Every morning
47 O-zone - great tune
48 No opinion

quickbeam

Vote O Zone because Spaceman is bad.

Zaph

Sam Hain wrote: »

This competition lost all credibility when deep Blue somethings piece of dirt went through at the expense of Together in electric dreams. It just shows the calibre of the individuals voting with the mundane reason of never heard of the other song so i'm voting for the one i know. Some crock of ****e will win this.

Well if you really want to split hairs, in my opinion Together in Electric Dreams is as much of a piece of dirt as Breakfast at Tiffany's. But who cares, it's just a bit of fun based on opinions. If we all had the same one there'd be no point in starting the thread in the first place.

sKeith

O-Zone - Dragostea Din Tei - nice happpy song.

Zaph

quickbeam wrote: »

Just wait until we do Best Christmas Movie.

I'll save you the trouble - Die Hard.

You're welcome

Spook_ie

R1 Match 47[/B]


Tal Bachman - She's So High

If Cos I was High didn't deserve to go through neither does pass the dutchie, she's so high gets a protest vote


R1 Match 48


LFO - Summer Girls
A quick listen gives the preference to this one



R1 Match 49


Babylon Zoo - Spaceman

Edges it for me



R1 Match 50


A Flock of Seagulls - I Ran

Couldn't vote for Hallelujah when it was in earlier so it ain't getting a vote this time either, even if it is a different artiste

Spook_ie

sKeith wrote: »

I would be completely surprised if anything other than one of the first three die hards didn't win that, and the later rounds would just be the sequels up against the original.

Nah gotta be

Silent Night, Deadly Night

EDIT

weren't only Die Hard and Die Hard 2 set at Xmas?

Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995)
Main article: Die Hard with a Vengeance
In the third film, McClane is back in New York City, separated from his wife, suspended from the police force, and a borderline alcoholic. A terrorist known only as "Simon" (Jeremy Irons) threatens to blow up various locations in the city unless McClane will play his twisted version of Simon Says, riddles and challenges.

Zeus Carver (Samuel L. Jackson), a shopkeeper from Harlem, saves McClane after the first challenge, and reluctantly continues to help. The FBI reveal Simon is the brother of Hans Gruber, killed in the first film. McClane learns revenge is a cover story for robbing the New York Federal Reserve. McClane tracks Simon to the Canada–US border. McClane kills Simon by shooting at a power line above Simon's helicopter.

It was released on May 19, 1995 to mixed reviews and grossed $366.1 million worldwide.

Kolido

Leave these here, lets move on

Musical Youth - Pass The Dutchie 5 Vs 4 Tal Bachman - She's So High
LFO - Summer Girls 2 Vs 6 Sugar Ray - Every Morning
O-Zone - Dragostea Din Tei 6 Vs 5 Babylon Zoo - Spaceman
A Flock of Seagulls - I Ran 5 Vs 3 Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah

Kolido

R1 Match 51


Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance

Released 1982
Peaked US 3/UK 6


VS


Nick Cave & Kylie Minogue - Where The Wild Roses Grow

Released 1995
Peaked US NA/UK 11

R1 Match 52


Robin Beck - First Time

Released 1989
Peaked US NA/UK 1


VS


Crazytown - Butterfly

Released 1999
Peaked US 1/UK 3

R1 Match 53


Berlin - Take My Breath Away

Released 1986
Peaked US 1/UK 1


VS


Michael Sembello – Maniac

Released 1983
Peaked US 1/UK 43

R1 Match 54


The Calling - Wherever You will Go

Released 2001
Peaked US 5/UK 3


VS


Shawn Mullins - Lullaby

Released 1998
Peaked US 7/UK 9

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Kolido wrote: »

Leave these here, lets move on

Musical Youth - Pass The Dutchie 5 Vs 4 Tal Bachman - She's So High
LFO - Summer Girls 2 Vs 6 Sugar Ray - Every Morning
O-Zone - Dragostea Din Tei 6 Vs 5 Babylon Zoo - Spaceman
A Flock of Seagulls - I Ran 5 Vs 3 Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah

By my count She's So High is at 5 and currently tied with Pass The Dutchie, and I Ran should have 6.

Necro

Kolido wrote:

Crazytown - Butterfly

Getting these votes in first. Cos you're my butterfly, sugar, baby.

Kolido wrote:

The Calling - Wherever You will Go

Ah what a song. Great inclusion whoever picked it. :pac:

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Safety Dance - because we can dance if we want to, and I want to.

Butterfly - the last of my nominees and a class song. First Time is great too, but gotta go with my own nomination on this one.

Maniac - absolute tune and way better than that Mark McCabe version we've had to endure in this country for almost twenty years now.

Lullaby - its one of those songs that reminds me of certain people and it's a good one to sing along to.

Squall Leonhart

Match 51
Safety Dance... it's good fun, Nick Cave is too serious.

Match 52
Crazytown... the John Frusciante chili pepper "pretty little ditty" riff they sampled is class and makes the song

Match 53
Abstain

Match 54
Hmm... Wherever You Will Go, the 90s song that wasn't. I'll go for Shawn Mullins as it's pretty cool, if not a bit cheesey, but gets my vote

Electric Nitwit

Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance
I worship Nick Cave, but the thought of voting for as a ohw hurts me so I can't!

Crazytown - Butterfly
I mean, it's terrible, but isn't that kind of what this tournament is about?

Berlin - Take My Breath Away
Quality tune!

I'm gonna pass on the last one

#51 - Oh that is just an evil matchup Kolido. :eek: Putting one of my nominations (Safety Dance) against my favourite songwriter of all time.

Even if Nick Cave only had one commercial hit I cannot bear to denigrate him as a "one hit wonder" so despite the brilliance of Where The Wild Roses Grow I'll have to go for Safety Dance.

Edit:

#52 Don't know Robin Beck, so pass.

#53 Hate them both, I say let both songs from #51 through instead!

#54 Vote Lullaby, not a big fan of either but it's less overplayed than the other one.

Necro

Kolido wrote:

Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance

Also this because it's an important dance to learn in order to be safe at work.

Electric Nitwit

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

I worship Nick Cave, but the thought of voting for as a ohw hurts me so I can't!

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Even if Nick Cave only had one commercial hit I cannot bear to denigrate him as a "one hit wonder" so despite the brilliance of Where The Wild Roses Grow I'll have to go for Safety Dance.

Peas in a pod

Omackeral

Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance Just be default. Can't agree with Kylie Minougue being in a one hot wonder. If that's the case, any duo is eligible.

Robin Beck - First Time It's magical and has an innocence. Plus those hot Swedish chicks Sunblock covered it and the video was very amazing.

Berlin - Take My Breath Away Emotional AF, simple as that.

The Calling - Wherever You will Go A beautiful tune.

quickbeam

Nick Cave & Kylie - a definite OHW since as a pair it’s their only hit. Great song.
Berlin - good song

Spook_ie

R1 Match 51
Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance

Wild roses is just too weird, song about taking her virginity and murdering her with a rock, I mean WTF


My trembling subsided in his sure embrace
He would be my first man, and with a careful hand......


And the last thing I heard was a muttered word
As he stood smiling above me with a rock in his fist.....

sKeith

Nick Cave & Kylie Minogue - Where The Wild Roses Grow

because its great.


Crazytown - Butterfly

preference of the two



Berlin - Take My Breath Away

another, because it's great..

The Calling - Wherever You will Go


and another, preference of the two.

norabattie

51 - don't know either song - pass
52 Robin beck First Time.
53 Maniac for sure
54 The Calling - obsessed with this song

sKeith

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance
I worship Nick Cave, but the thought of voting for as a ohw hurts me so I can't!

Crazytown - Butterfly
I mean, it's terrible, but isn't that kind of what this tournament is about?

Berlin - Take My Breath Away
Quality tune!

I'm gonna pass on the last one

nick & kylie only had the one hit wonder