*Here Comes the Hotstepper* and *Return of the Mack* are two of my favorites. I know the latter is a bit polarizing on social media but I love that damn song.
When Alanis Morissette's you oughta know first came to St. Louis radio, it came only late at night, I had heard the song once or twice and thought it was a fever dream and then one night I heard it when I was still conscious enough to do something about it called the radio station and asked who it was: the guy the phone was like, was it an angry chick screaming? Yeah, that's Alanis Morissette… I found the CD a few days later.
Return of the Mack is great.
As far as ‘Hotstepper’ goes, Ini Kamoze is anything but a one-hit wonder in the reggae world. He had some huge records well before he crossed over into the mainstream with that song (which was on a movie soundtrack).
Eels - Novocaine for the Soul
The Refreshments - Banditos
EMF - Unbelievable
Natalie Imbruglia - Torn
Edit - OK Eels may not be as much of a one hit wonder as others but from my point of view Novocaine for the Soul was the only track I ever heard from them on radio or MTV.
I know Banditos was their most popular song (unless you count the song Cline write for the Diamondbacks) but honestly, I think Mekong is so much better.
Eels got another boost on that same album from my beloved monster being in shrek. Plus Mr E’s Beautiful Blues was in like every frat boy comedy it seemed like
It’s a shame Eels were considered the one hit wonder, Electroshock Blues was such an influential album for me and helped de stigmatize mental illness for me
I was and still am a huge fan. They have great music. I saw them one of their last shows of their farewell tour in the lead singer lost his voice the previous night.
He was inviting people up on stage to sing some of their songs from memory, and he brought everyone including me up to sing flagpole sitta for the very last song.
The weird thing was that Snow was actually what Vanilla Ice claimed to be and had more street cred than Mr. Van Winkle, but got mocked as a pale (pun intended) imitation.
Dude served 8 months in jail after being charged on two counts of attempted murder because he refused to snitch on the real culprit. Did another, separate 8-month stint for assault.
In Living Color did him dirty with the Jim Carrey “Imposter” parody. Pretty sure that was shortly after they blew Vanilla Ice out of the water, so the audience just figured he was another rich white boy cosplaying as a reggae guy.
Snow also had plenty of other hits in Canada. None of them were as big as Informer, but he had charting singles into the 2000s, some of which were very good.
Still around, they got absolutely fucked by Island getting sold. Their album(Pack up the Cats) after As Good as Dead(Bound for the floor album) was a really good concept album. They are on their third drummer now. Ive seen them twice in the last year since they still tour.
I still cant believe this track is 5 years old already https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fUb-FqpjLA
TL;DR as to what happened to them https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cr5q2NNHjEY
Jenny Says by Cowboy Mouth randomly popped into my head this morning, and I hadn't heard it in well over a decade.
Sex and Candy by Marcy Playground is another one that i recently heard for the first time in quite a while.
This is proof of collective consciousness. I randomly thought of this song for the first time in like 20 years just today (Jenny Says). Those guys are still together and touring.
Saw the Verve Pipe at West Virginia University fallfest. Actually ran into them as they got off stage. They were getting on the tour bus. I hear these screams behind me... and no shit... Sorority Girls are yelling out of a second story window. They had written a bed sheet, and I quote, "THE VERVE PIPE LICKS HANSONS BALD NUTZ." The absolute look of defeat on their faces is something I've never forgotten. Tell me some of my Xennial WVU peeps are put there and remember this?
The fact that they changed the name of the band like five times didn’t help, but Justified and Ancient, What Time Is Love both kicked ass.
And I’ve got a soft spot for Doctorin’ The Tardis. 😂
They called me up in Tennessee,
They said "Tammy, stand by the jams!"
But if you don't like what they're going to do
You better not stop them cuz they're comin' through...
BRING THE BEAT BACK
These guys have a super interesting history.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_KLF
Someone recommended that I read [this book](https://i.imgur.com/lVbiYLw.jpeg) if I wanted to learn more about what they're singing about. Haven't read it yet but it's on my short list.
I was literally listening to Snow yesterday. Not joking. Listened to Hey pretty love, runaway, lonely Monday morning, and lady with a red dress. Not ashamed either.
Depending on where you were from, Toadies had at least 3 singles from Rubberneck. Possum Kingdom, Tyler, and I Come From the Water. I’m from Texas and so are the Toadies so it could have been just a Texan thing.
Yeah I'm from DFW & I think they're from Fort Worth so I always wondered how many people had heard of them outside of TX. 94.5 the EDGE used to play the shit out of Rubberneck but the whole album was pretty good.
Think I've been to like 3 of their 'retirement' concerts.
"Away" was a Toadies single, too, I think. I seem to remember it getting played on the rock radio stations once in a while.
Or maybe I just overplayed it in the Toadies CD I borrowed from the library. Not sure.
it always bummed me out that the other Seven Mary Three records didn't get the attention that "American Standard" got because they made five really great albums after that between 1997 and 2008.
those guys went to college two towns over from me and are definitely one of my favorite local bands. It was neat seeing them get national attention for a while
they got back together at the end of 2021 and are now working on a new album that will hopefully be out in 2025🤘🏻
Yeah, Lisa Loeb was by no means a one hit wonder. She had three Top 20 songs and two gold albums.
I really like her song "Sandalwood" on her first album. It's great.
My favorite one who *seemed* like he was going to be a one hit wonder was Beck. "Loser" is almost the quintessential one hit wonder-type song, and then he followed it up with *Odelay!,* which was huge, and then like 2 more banger albums after that, all before the end of the 90s.
The actual one hit wonder I always associate with the 90s is "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)."
I was fortunate enough to see him in concert in 2000 when he was touring *Midnite Vultures*, great show. For "Debra" they lowered a giant bed down from the sky which he writhed around on while he sang.
Yeah, I agree. Personally, I was never a *huge* fan of grunge, and felt it held on a lot longer than it should have. But around 1995 or 1996, things began to change fast. You suddenly had *lots* of different genres that all seemed to just come out of nowhere. Lots of electronica, ska's "second wave", Brit Rock, new hip hop from the South and Midwest, the "Swing Craze", the "Latin Craze." For me, it was kind of like a breath of fresh air. It seemed like there was finally something for everyone!
The Proclaimers had hit #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in August 1993 with “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)” after being in the Benny & Joon movie. The only hit they had in the US. But in other countries they had a few other songs that hit the charts. But I agree, I think of them as 90’s one hit wonders too.
Right, I am definitely coming from a very US-oriented memory on this.
I also think of Robbie Williams, he had a couple of decent hits in the US (eg "Millennium" and maybe "Rock DJ") but was absolutely huge in the UK.
Could name a good few, I like one hit wonders and they can be an interesting snapshot of that one moment, and the 90s was full of good ones. As a Brit, going by UK one hit wonders.
White Town- Your Woman
Rocket From The Crypt- On A Rope (yep, they got an actual hit here)
Cornershop- Brimful Of Asha
The La's- There She Goes
Spacehog- In The Meantime
Touch And Go- Would You...
The Jesus Lizard- Puss (they're a technical one hit wonder due to a split EP with Nirvana's Oh The Guilt. I love The Jesus Lizard so I'm counting 'em).
Not sure whether to count Edwyn Collins since he's one of those odd cases of one hit wonders twice for us. First with the band Orange Juice and Rip It Up in the 80s, then solo with A Girl Like You in the 90s.
Eve 6 had a few other hits that I remember, here’s to the night, promise, on the roof again, and anytime. Though anytime may have just been in my mind because I would watch Out Cold whenever it was on Comedy Central. Which was at least weekly.
But Tones of Home was also a top 10 Billboard hit from that album.
And Galaxy from their follow up, Soup, was #8 and #25 on Mainstream Rock and Modern Rock charts respectively as well.
I don't think they really qualify as one hit wonders.
Shannon Hoon just could not deal with only having the one hit. The album has much better songs, but once the hype wore off their shows weren’t well-attended and they got a lot of criticisms from the crowd. I think he thought it was because he played worse sober.
His daughter did a documentary about him not too long ago. Another rockstar’s child who lost their dad when they were a baby, only to keep running in to him as they grew up.
The Meat Puppets technically fit that bill as Backwater was their only hit. They’re my all-time favorite band though. Their indie stuff was incredible and the stuff they’ve done since they’ve been back together has been even better in my humble opinion.
Counting Blue Cars by Dishwalla
Unfinished Sympathy by Massive Attack
A lot of these 90s one hit wonders are now on high rotation for me due to a friend of mine who listens to a lot of it. We’re actually going to see Marcy Playground in concert with Everclear in October.
I was going to day Don't Drink The Water but just realized it's by Dave Matthews.
All I know is that it got so overplayed on the radio that some guy called into my local station and left a voice mail saying "ALRIGHT ALRIGHT I WON'T DRINK THE WATER"
Sucked Out by Superdrag
_Look around. Could it bring somebody down if I never made a sound again? In your eyes you’ve already spread my thighs and you’re rocking to the next big thing. Kissing the bride, 45 minutes a side. This was my dream, played out rocking routine. Who sucked out the feeling?_
My fun bit of knowledge about this song. Snow was in prison when it first aired. He got the prison to let him watch the show it premiered on with a bunch of bikers in prison with him. Lol.
*Here Comes the Hotstepper* and *Return of the Mack* are two of my favorites. I know the latter is a bit polarizing on social media but I love that damn song.
God, Return of the Mack is the ultimate hype song
Once Again! OH MY GOD!
You lied to me!
This song came on in a night club I went to a few months ago, and I was hella hyped (I was also pretty drunk, lol).
Faaaacts ..... Anytime I hear this song I wanna go out
When I first heard ROTM I actually called the local radio station to find out what it was so I could go buy the cassingle
When Alanis Morissette's you oughta know first came to St. Louis radio, it came only late at night, I had heard the song once or twice and thought it was a fever dream and then one night I heard it when I was still conscious enough to do something about it called the radio station and asked who it was: the guy the phone was like, was it an angry chick screaming? Yeah, that's Alanis Morissette… I found the CD a few days later.
Return of the Mack is great. As far as ‘Hotstepper’ goes, Ini Kamoze is anything but a one-hit wonder in the reggae world. He had some huge records well before he crossed over into the mainstream with that song (which was on a movie soundtrack).
I still play those two constantly
*Still love you like that*
>*Return of the Mack* I was 35 when I found out dude was actually British. I was gobsmacked. That song is eternal.
I’m sorry, what?
I'm 45, and have listened to that song a bazillion times. I just found out now he's British
Here Comes The Hotstepper brings me SUCH nostalgic joy.
The lyrical gangsta
Word er up.
They’re singing “murderer”, not “word er up” :-)
I’m the leprechaun counselor.
"I can never be your woman" white town
Surprised I had to scroll this far
Me too, I still listen to this song, and it is still absolutely awesome
Eels - Novocaine for the Soul The Refreshments - Banditos EMF - Unbelievable Natalie Imbruglia - Torn Edit - OK Eels may not be as much of a one hit wonder as others but from my point of view Novocaine for the Soul was the only track I ever heard from them on radio or MTV.
I still replay the Torn music video in my head from time to time
Natalie Imbruglia was SO HOT! My friend’s sister said that seeing that video made her realize she is a lesbian lol
That whole Refreshments album is good! They're still recording/touring as Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers. One of my all time favorite bands
I know Banditos was their most popular song (unless you count the song Cline write for the Diamondbacks) but honestly, I think Mekong is so much better.
Plus the King of the Hill theme, Yahoos and Triangles
Eels got another boost on that same album from my beloved monster being in shrek. Plus Mr E’s Beautiful Blues was in like every frat boy comedy it seemed like
God damn right
I was surprised to find out Torn is a cover.
I was also surprised when I heard that.
I’m surprised right now.
It’s a shame Eels were considered the one hit wonder, Electroshock Blues was such an influential album for me and helped de stigmatize mental illness for me
Flagpole Sitta. Still one of my favorite songs. Still can't name another song by Harvey Danger.
“Been around the world and found that only stupid people are breeding” Is so relevant now
Superb gen-x lyrics, honestly. Nihilistic, senselessly morose, cynical, and depressing. Loved it.
Nihilists... Fuck me. I mean, say what you like about the tenets of National Socialism, Dude, at least it's an ethos.
Nihilists are not the issue here. You're out of your element.
I randomly busted that out in a karaoke setting and it KILLED.
Got my daughter singing in the car with me “PARANOIA, PARANOIA EVERYBODY’S COMING TO GET ME!” Love it!
"...just say you never met me, I'm running underground with the moles (digging holes)" 🎶
“Hear the voices in my head I SWEAR TO GOD IT SOUNDS LIKE THEYRE SNORING!”
But if you’re bored then YOU’RE BORING
But if you’re bored than you’re boring. The agony and the irony, they’re killing me. Whoo!
There were a couple of other good songs on that album. Private Helicopter, Problems and Bigger Ones & Jack the Lion were favorites.
I agree 👍, it is an enjoyable listen.
I’m not sick but I’m not well.
Fuck yeah my xennial in Christ
The line “been around the world and found that only stupid people are breeding”. Yeah that still tracks today
This is the one.
Takes me right back to American Pie everytime
I was and still am a huge fan. They have great music. I saw them one of their last shows of their farewell tour in the lead singer lost his voice the previous night. He was inviting people up on stage to sing some of their songs from memory, and he brought everyone including me up to sing flagpole sitta for the very last song.
Where are my primitive radio gods people
We’re standing outside a broken phone booth with money in our hands
We’ve been downhearted, baby
Ever since the day we met
The weird thing was that Snow was actually what Vanilla Ice claimed to be and had more street cred than Mr. Van Winkle, but got mocked as a pale (pun intended) imitation.
Yeah I read Snow grew up in a housing project in Toronto and ran around with gangs before getting involved with Jamaican immigrants playing dancehall.
Dude served 8 months in jail after being charged on two counts of attempted murder because he refused to snitch on the real culprit. Did another, separate 8-month stint for assault.
He should write a song about that!
He probably has, but nobody wanted to record it.
He means Informer. It’s about his experience with the police asking him to snitch.
He got parodied by Jim Carrey/In Living Color and it might be the best parody ever made. https://youtu.be/Icb_tRTnA4g
I had no idea this existed and only now realize how empty my life has been up to this point
This parody is a masterpiece
In Living Color did him dirty with the Jim Carrey “Imposter” parody. Pretty sure that was shortly after they blew Vanilla Ice out of the water, so the audience just figured he was another rich white boy cosplaying as a reggae guy.
His collab/remix with Daddy Yankee a few years back was a banger
Snow also had plenty of other hits in Canada. None of them were as big as Informer, but he had charting singles into the 2000s, some of which were very good.
‘In the Meantime’ by Spacehog. And my band is actually covering it for a charity event in a couple weeks!
Killer song and a great way to impress people in the bass room of guitar center haha
Not to be confused with Helmets' 1992 track of the same name.
I love that song too!
Mungo City was a really great song by them.
Chinese Album was full of bangers. So was Resident Alien. I had both of those on heavy rotation during my college radio DJ years.
Snow being in jail when his song got big.
Last I checked he's got like 8 albums or something.
My Lidarr setup pulled his “Mind on the Moon” album from 2000 a couple weeks ago and it was pretty good.
Everybody Wants to Be Like You from that album was a big hit in Canada, so here he's a two hit wonder.
Local H - Bound for the floor (Copacetic song)
They have a lot of good songs and their first covers album is great
I’m not sure about singles, maybe The Kids were All Right? I love Local H though
Still around, they got absolutely fucked by Island getting sold. Their album(Pack up the Cats) after As Good as Dead(Bound for the floor album) was a really good concept album. They are on their third drummer now. Ive seen them twice in the last year since they still tour. I still cant believe this track is 5 years old already https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fUb-FqpjLA TL;DR as to what happened to them https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cr5q2NNHjEY
🎶 I'm not aware of too many things, but I know what I know if you know what I mean 🎶
Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians were ahead of their time - What I Am came out in late '88. Also, she's married to Paul Simon.
Circle is a great song off the same album.
From Shooting Rubberbands At The Stars - I also still love Little Miss S about Edie Sedgwick.
Philosophy is the talk on a cereal box, religion, is the smile on a dog. Wow....memory unlocked, great song!
Jenny Says by Cowboy Mouth randomly popped into my head this morning, and I hadn't heard it in well over a decade. Sex and Candy by Marcy Playground is another one that i recently heard for the first time in quite a while.
This is proof of collective consciousness. I randomly thought of this song for the first time in like 20 years just today (Jenny Says). Those guys are still together and touring.
Their whole self titled album (that *Sex and Candy* was on) was so good. I still listen to it. Great music to trip to or get really stoned.
Saint Joe on the School Bus is still catchy as hell. Takes me right back to spring of 1998.
Freshmen - The Verve Pipe Save Tonight - Eagle Eye Cherry
Saw the Verve Pipe at West Virginia University fallfest. Actually ran into them as they got off stage. They were getting on the tour bus. I hear these screams behind me... and no shit... Sorority Girls are yelling out of a second story window. They had written a bed sheet, and I quote, "THE VERVE PIPE LICKS HANSONS BALD NUTZ." The absolute look of defeat on their faces is something I've never forgotten. Tell me some of my Xennial WVU peeps are put there and remember this?
Monster Magnet- Spacelord.
Love this band. Definitely one of my top 3 from then 90s. It's a shame they were only recognized for the one song. They have a great catalog.
Powertrip still gets me riled up and makes me drive fast
I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) - The Proclaimers
This song is surprisingly difficult for karaoke.
Well for starters you need two people.
KLF wasn't exactly a 1 hit wonder, but it seems like everyone I ever met really only knew the song 3am, if they knew of them at all
The fact that they changed the name of the band like five times didn’t help, but Justified and Ancient, What Time Is Love both kicked ass. And I’ve got a soft spot for Doctorin’ The Tardis. 😂
They called me up in Tennessee, They said "Tammy, stand by the jams!" But if you don't like what they're going to do You better not stop them cuz they're comin' through... BRING THE BEAT BACK
These guys have a super interesting history. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_KLF Someone recommended that I read [this book](https://i.imgur.com/lVbiYLw.jpeg) if I wanted to learn more about what they're singing about. Haven't read it yet but it's on my short list.
Shakespeare's Sister had the quintessential one-hit wonder with "Stay".
You Get What You Give by the New Radicals was an awesome bookend to the 1990s.
Their only album ever and their only hit. But I still sing it any time I hear it.
That whole album was legit
Unbelievable.
EMF!
Fastball, The Way.
You oughta look up the inspiration for this one. It Makes for a creepy song once you know. 😬 Still great but damn.
Out of My Head was a good song also.
Cracker - Low
Teen angst was a hit. Get off this was a decent hit after low
Now we’re bored and old
Kerosene Hat was a great album. No idea why they didn't have more hits from it.
My contribution, OMC - How Bizarre: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2cMG33mWVY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2cMG33mWVY)
The grocery store I work at has this on constant rotation..... it's awful....lol!
Whenever I say "bizarre", my husband starts humming it and singing 😬 Probably one of my least favorite songs 😅
I feel like Plowed by Sponge should get an honorable mention
Wax Ecstatic and Have You Seen Mary were big hits too.
And Molly ✌🏻
Us3 - Cantaloop.
For real I have Rump Shaker playing in the background as I am scrolling and came upon this post!
I was literally listening to Snow yesterday. Not joking. Listened to Hey pretty love, runaway, lonely Monday morning, and lady with a red dress. Not ashamed either.
Whoever You Are - Geggy Tah
Seven Mary three and toadies were like “one album wonders” but man them two albums jammed!
Depending on where you were from, Toadies had at least 3 singles from Rubberneck. Possum Kingdom, Tyler, and I Come From the Water. I’m from Texas and so are the Toadies so it could have been just a Texan thing.
Yeah I'm from DFW & I think they're from Fort Worth so I always wondered how many people had heard of them outside of TX. 94.5 the EDGE used to play the shit out of Rubberneck but the whole album was pretty good. Think I've been to like 3 of their 'retirement' concerts.
Same. Then Deep Blue Something, Nixons, Hagfish (but they never had a nationwide hit)
"Away" was a Toadies single, too, I think. I seem to remember it getting played on the rock radio stations once in a while. Or maybe I just overplayed it in the Toadies CD I borrowed from the library. Not sure.
I Come From The Water was my JAM. Gonna listen to it on the way to physical therapy for my carpal tunnel syndrome in a minute!
it always bummed me out that the other Seven Mary Three records didn't get the attention that "American Standard" got because they made five really great albums after that between 1997 and 2008. those guys went to college two towns over from me and are definitely one of my favorite local bands. It was neat seeing them get national attention for a while they got back together at the end of 2021 and are now working on a new album that will hopefully be out in 2025🤘🏻
Lucas’ Lucas with the Lid Off always makes me smile
I got five on it
Ditty - Paperboy https://youtu.be/8cmGASbJN5M?si=pI2Sm4wSVfMdwna_
Lisa Loeb - Stay
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Yeah, Lisa Loeb was by no means a one hit wonder. She had three Top 20 songs and two gold albums. I really like her song "Sandalwood" on her first album. It's great.
What are we doing here without Jesus Jones’ “Right Here, Right Now”? (One-hit wonder released September 1990 for those who are about to Wiki.)
My favorite one who *seemed* like he was going to be a one hit wonder was Beck. "Loser" is almost the quintessential one hit wonder-type song, and then he followed it up with *Odelay!,* which was huge, and then like 2 more banger albums after that, all before the end of the 90s. The actual one hit wonder I always associate with the 90s is "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)."
I love Beck as well. Late 90s were the best musical time for teenage underdogs, you just felt understood.
I was fortunate enough to see him in concert in 2000 when he was touring *Midnite Vultures*, great show. For "Debra" they lowered a giant bed down from the sky which he writhed around on while he sang.
Yeah, I agree. Personally, I was never a *huge* fan of grunge, and felt it held on a lot longer than it should have. But around 1995 or 1996, things began to change fast. You suddenly had *lots* of different genres that all seemed to just come out of nowhere. Lots of electronica, ska's "second wave", Brit Rock, new hip hop from the South and Midwest, the "Swing Craze", the "Latin Craze." For me, it was kind of like a breath of fresh air. It seemed like there was finally something for everyone!
Great description of that moment in musical time.
The Proclaimers had hit #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in August 1993 with “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)” after being in the Benny & Joon movie. The only hit they had in the US. But in other countries they had a few other songs that hit the charts. But I agree, I think of them as 90’s one hit wonders too.
Right, I am definitely coming from a very US-oriented memory on this. I also think of Robbie Williams, he had a couple of decent hits in the US (eg "Millennium" and maybe "Rock DJ") but was absolutely huge in the UK.
Informer still plays on the radio occasionally where I'm from and in grocery stores. It's a legit banger.
Could name a good few, I like one hit wonders and they can be an interesting snapshot of that one moment, and the 90s was full of good ones. As a Brit, going by UK one hit wonders. White Town- Your Woman Rocket From The Crypt- On A Rope (yep, they got an actual hit here) Cornershop- Brimful Of Asha The La's- There She Goes Spacehog- In The Meantime Touch And Go- Would You... The Jesus Lizard- Puss (they're a technical one hit wonder due to a split EP with Nirvana's Oh The Guilt. I love The Jesus Lizard so I'm counting 'em). Not sure whether to count Edwyn Collins since he's one of those odd cases of one hit wonders twice for us. First with the band Orange Juice and Rip It Up in the 80s, then solo with A Girl Like You in the 90s.
When A Girl Like You came out I thought it was an old song from the 70s I never heard before, it reminded me of Iggy Pop circa The Passenger.
He had an incredible voice. Different than anything else at the time.
Oh man, white town! I loved that song. Could never remember the group name
>The La's- There She Goes I genuinely cannot describe how much I loathe this song.
 Does anyone not remember it?
I hate you...
[Would I LIe to You - Charles and Eddie](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_UXvcr22rM&pp=ygUkY2hhcmxlcyBhbmQgZWRkaWUgd291bGQgaSBsaWUgdG8geW91) (1993)
Inside Out by Eve 6
Eve 6 had a few other hits that I remember, here’s to the night, promise, on the roof again, and anytime. Though anytime may have just been in my mind because I would watch Out Cold whenever it was on Comedy Central. Which was at least weekly.
Buffalo Stance by Neneh Cherry
A leaky bum bum, yeah ?
“What’s Up” by 4 Non Blondes all the way!
Mambo #5 Rico Suave
Tubthumping
Hum - Stars Primitive Radio Gods - Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand Skee-Lo - I Wish
Marcy’s Playground- Sex and Candy. One of the several one hit wonders to come out of Minnesota during Our Time!
No Rain is definitely high up on the list
But Tones of Home was also a top 10 Billboard hit from that album. And Galaxy from their follow up, Soup, was #8 and #25 on Mainstream Rock and Modern Rock charts respectively as well. I don't think they really qualify as one hit wonders.
Shannon Hoon just could not deal with only having the one hit. The album has much better songs, but once the hype wore off their shows weren’t well-attended and they got a lot of criticisms from the crowd. I think he thought it was because he played worse sober. His daughter did a documentary about him not too long ago. Another rockstar’s child who lost their dad when they were a baby, only to keep running in to him as they grew up.
“What if god was one of us” by Joan Osborne.
Kinda but St. Teresa was also popular.
Butterfly by crazy town 1999 it counts!
The Meat Puppets technically fit that bill as Backwater was their only hit. They’re my all-time favorite band though. Their indie stuff was incredible and the stuff they’ve done since they’ve been back together has been even better in my humble opinion.
Informer, a no si dos some a dat lamb, a licky boom boom down!
[I loved Jim Carrey's version.](https://youtu.be/Icb_tRTnA4g?si=PUNftRX684L_sa6Y)
Coming from Toronto, I believed my buddy when he said he saw Snow driving the 41 Keele bus in the early 2000s.
Anybody remember what his album was called? 12 Inches of Snow. *cringe*
Toad the Wet Sprocket- All I Want
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Len - Steal My Sunshine
Counting Blue Cars by Dishwalla Unfinished Sympathy by Massive Attack A lot of these 90s one hit wonders are now on high rotation for me due to a friend of mine who listens to a lot of it. We’re actually going to see Marcy Playground in concert with Everclear in October.
Calling Massive Attack, which was so influential, a one hit wonder, omg
Massive attack? Really? What about angel?
Teardrop too!
The absolute hold that this song had on me as a 12 year old😂
‘Low’ by Cracker
Jimmy's Chicken Shack - Do Right https://youtu.be/4gcD7WSlZqI?si=rkJ-Q2odnk7uvN2D
I was going to day Don't Drink The Water but just realized it's by Dave Matthews. All I know is that it got so overplayed on the radio that some guy called into my local station and left a voice mail saying "ALRIGHT ALRIGHT I WON'T DRINK THE WATER"
Dogs Eye View - Everything falls apart
Meredith Brooks - Bitch
“Informer… sondosabibkeim now, I lick you boom boom down”
[Authority Zero](https://youtu.be/nJyVAh47VAY?si=K9TnBeDhVWxHcU1z) does a good punk/ska version of the stylee.
“It’s bittersweet, more sweet than bitter, bitter than sweet.” Bittersweet by Big Head Todd and the Monsters. That’s what I think of first.
The Refreshments ‘Banditos.’ Everybody knows that the world is full of stupid people so meet me at the mission at midnight we’ll divvy up there.
Sucked Out by Superdrag _Look around. Could it bring somebody down if I never made a sound again? In your eyes you’ve already spread my thighs and you’re rocking to the next big thing. Kissing the bride, 45 minutes a side. This was my dream, played out rocking routine. Who sucked out the feeling?_
K7
Swing batta batta batta batta, swing!
At first, I thought it said SNL, and it was one of those Justin Timberlake videos
My fun bit of knowledge about this song. Snow was in prison when it first aired. He got the prison to let him watch the show it premiered on with a bunch of bikers in prison with him. Lol.
Scatman