One-hit wonders, egregiously so.

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tragabigzanda wrote:
gardenparty wrote:G Love

Dude is a road warrior
that "i like cold beverages" song was pretty big, at least in Boston
Pretty sure thats the "hit". Was there another one?

Most people wouldn't know he hasn't stopped touring since.
Puts on a great show too.
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Gods' Die wrote:Name your "one-hit wonders" who actually had good careers or good records overall despite the reputation they've been given.

Mine has to be Blind Melon...both their proper records are pretty fantastic.
Tones Of Home

Is there a better Blind Melon song?
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gardenparty wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:
gardenparty wrote:G Love

Dude is a road warrior
that "i like cold beverages" song was pretty big, at least in Boston
Pretty sure thats the "hit". Was there another one?

Most people wouldn't know he hasn't stopped touring since.
Puts on a great show too.
the Special Sauce gets down
Was “Baby’s Got Sauce” a hit? G. love got some play in my circle of friends back in the 90s and early 00s. There are probably a number of songs that I thought were hits but that was just because my friends played them.
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this is the most anyone's talked about G Love in a decade
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bodysnatcher wrote:this is the most anyone's talked about G Love in a decade
Truth.

My favorite G Love song was called “Parasite”. It was from the Electric Mile album. I saw G Love and Special Sauce on tour for this album. My buddies and I went backstage after the show and met the band. I got my backstage pass autographed by all three members (I think I had an album signed too). I think that was in 2001. I probably haven’t heard a single G Love song in at least a decade now, and I honestly can’t quite remember how my favorite song went. It’s been a looooooooooong time.
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Most of my favorite one hit wonders are happy or happy sounding songs.
New Radicals - Get What You Give
Katrina & The Waves - Walking On Sunshine
Blur - Song 2
Violent Femmes - Blister In The Sun
Romantics - That What I Like About You
Autograph - Turn Up The Radio
Berlin - Metro
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Blur had a bunch of hits in the UK and Berlin had the Top Gun song and No More Words.
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Yeah. And the Romantics had "Talking in Your Sleep", which was huge.
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surfndestroy wrote:Most of my favorite one hit wonders are happy or happy sounding songs.
New Radicals - Get What You Give
Someday we'll know was also a hit n probably the better of the two songs
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Just like eve 6 will be known for inside out but here's to the night was better
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WHEN I THINK ABOUT CHUD I TOUCH MYSELF
Was this a hit in the US? Cool 8-)

I can't hear it without thinking of this classic Gina Riley parody:



The Divinyls had a great career here in Oz - here's their best if not most popular song:



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bada wrote:Blur had a bunch of hits in the UK and Berlin had the Top Gun song and No More Words.
Blur still huge in the UK
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i got bugs wrote:Just like eve 6 will be known for inside out but here's to the night was better
There are a few Eve 6 songs I enjoy.
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surfndestroy wrote:Most of my favorite one hit wonders are happy or happy sounding songs.
New Radicals - Get What You Give
Katrina & The Waves - Walking On Sunshine
Blur - Song 2
Violent Femmes - Blister In The Sun
Romantics - That What I Like About You
Autograph - Turn Up The Radio
Berlin - Metro
No way Violent Femmes are one hit wonders.
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And hell yeah to the Divinyls love. Great band, great front woman. Just great.
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Sugarloaf.. green eyed lady.. is that a one hit wonder or do they have any other famous stuff??
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tragabigzanda wrote:
gardenparty wrote:G Love

Dude is a road warrior
that "i like cold beverages" song was pretty big, at least in Boston
that and my baby's got sauce
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