From: mhammond@bnr.ca (Mike Hammond)
Subject: One-hit wonders: the list so far
Reply-To: mhammond@bnr.ca
Organization: BNR Ottawa, Fibre Systems Development
Date: Tue, 06 Oct 92 13:26:12 GMT

As promised, here's the list of one-hit wonders I've compiled from
postings to rmd and my own personal library.

If you find a mistake or think of a contribution, please let me know.
Thanx to all who've contributed, corrected, and in general avoided
flaming me! :-) :-)

The List Of One-Hit Wonders:
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 #   ``Cars''--Gary Newman
 #   ``Rock Me Amadeus''--Falco
 #   ``99 Red Balloons''--Nena
*#   ``Sail Away''--Enya
     ``I Ran''--A Flock of Seagulls
     ``Come On Eileen''--Dexies Midnight Runners
     ``Send Me An Angel''--Real Life
     ``Oh Sheila''--Ready For The World
     ``Somebody's Watching Me''--Rockwell
 #   ``Ina Gada Da Vida''--Iron Butterfly
 #   ``One Night In Bangkok''--Murray Head
 #   ``Walking On Sunshine''--Katrina and the Waves
*#   ``Cherry Pie''--Warrant
 #   ``Achy Breaky Heart''--Billy Ray Cyrus
*#   ``Good Vibrations''--Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch
 #   ``To Be With You''--Mr. Big
     ``Baby Love''--Regina
     ``I Want Candy''--Bow Wow Wow
     ``Tainted Love''--Soft Cell
     ``I Know What Guys Like''--The Waitresses
     ``Only The Lonely''--The Motels 
 #   ``The Never Ending Story''--LeMar
*#   ``People Are Still Having Sex''--Letour
*#   ``Superman's Song''--Crash Test Dummies
     ``Too Shy''--Kajagoogoo
     ``Whip It''--Devo
 #   ``I Think We're Alone Now''--Tiffany
 #   ``Unbelievable''--EMF
*#   ``Groove Is In The Heart''--Deelite
     ``Pop Muzik''--M
 #   ``Video Killed The Radio Star''--The Buggles
     ``Maniac''--Michael Sembello
     ``She's A Beauty''--Tubes
     ``Run, Runaway''--Slade
     ``19''--Paul Hardcastle
     ``Turning Japanese''--The Vapors
 #   ``Eye of the Tiger''--Survivor
 #   ``You Gotta Fight For Your Right To Party''--Beastie Boys
 #   ``Funkytown''--Pseudo Echo
 #   ``Celebration''--Kool and the Gang
*#   ``Carribean Queen (No More Love On The Run)''--Billy Ocean
     ``Bette Davis Eyes''--Kim Carnes
 #   ``Queen of Hearts''--Juice Newton
     ``Fade To Gray''--Visage
 #   ``Pump Up The Volume''--Marrs
     ``Jam On It''--Newcleus
     ``Break Out''--Swing Out Sister
     ``She Blinded Me With Science''--Thomas Dolby
     ``Play That Funky Music''--Wild Cherry
     ``Superfreak''--Rick James
     ``Brandy''--Looking Glass
     ``Come Out of the Rain''--Melvin James
     ``Obsession''--Animotion
     ``Der Kommissar''--After the Fire
 #   ``Wild, Wild West''--Escape Club
     ``My Toot Toot''--Jean Knight
     ``In a Big Country''--Big Country
*#   ``Big Sun''--Indio (???)
 #   ``Reunited''--Peaches and Herb
     ``Girls With Guns''--Tommy Shaw
     ``Our House''--Madness
     ``Ring My Bell''--Anita Ward
     ``Afternoon Delight''--Starland Vocal Band
 #   ``Puttin' On The Ritz''--Taco
 #   ``My Sherona''--The Knack
     ``Escape''--Rupert Holmes
 #   ``Dream Weaver''--Gary Wright
 #   ``Electric Avenue''--Eddy Grant
     ``Always''--Atlantic Starr
*#   ``Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now''--Starship  
 #   ``Pac Man Fever''--Buckner&Garcia
     ``They're Coming To Take Me Away''--Napoleon XIV
     ``I Will Survive''--Gloria Gaynor
     ``Pass The Dutchie''--Musical Youth
 #   ``Axle F''--Harold Faltermeyer(?)
     ``Wildflower''--Skylark
 #   ``Wild Thing''--The Troggs
     ``Midnight at the Oasis''--Maria Muldaur
*#   ``Fast Car''--Tracy Chapman
*#   ``Got To Get Close To You''--Dalbello
*#   ``I Heard It Through The Grapevine''--California Raisins
*#   ``Swing The Mood''--Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers
*#   ``We Ain't Gonna Take It''--Twisted Sister
*#   ``Do The Bartman''--The Simpsons
*#   ``Wipeout''--The Surfaris
*#   ``Party All The Time''--Eddie Murphy (?)
*#   ``Shout''--Thompson Twins (?)
*#   ``La Bamba''--Los Lobos
*#   ``I Touch Myself''--The Divinyls
*#   ``Tom's Diner''--DNA (w/ Suzanne Vega)
     ``Rock On''--David Essex
 #   ``American Pie''--Don MacLean
     ``In The Year 2525''--Zager and Evans
*#   ``Nothing Compares 2 U''--Sinead O'Connor (SNL visit notwithstanding)
*#   ``I've Been Thinking About You''--Londonbeat
*#   ``Strike It Up''--Black Box
*#   ``This House''--Tracy Spencer
*#   ``After The Rain''--Nelson
*#   ``Touch Me All Night Long''--Kathy Dennis
*#   ``Set Adrift On Memory Bliss''--PM Dawn
*#   ``I'm Not In Love''--Will To Power
*#   ``Walking In Memphis''--Marc Cohen
*#   ``Silent Lucidity''--Queensryche
*#   ``The First Time''--Surface
*#   ``Winds Of Change''--Scorpions
*#   ``Romantic''--Karen Weiss
*#   ``Sadeness Part 1''--Enigma
*#   ``Wicked Game''--Chris Isaak
*#   ``Cry For Help''--Rick Astley

Asteriks indicate ones I've contributed, octothorpes (#) the ones I've
heard of.

By the way, please don't try to e-mail me between September and December
1992, because I won't receive it. Please post any responses instead.
Thanx. (However, feel free to e-mail any flames! :-) :-)

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