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MutleyRules
 Post subject: Your Favourite 1 Hit Wonders!!!!
PostPosted: Sun Feb 12, 2017 12:10 am 
They don't have to be number 1 hits!!!!

What's Up - 4 Non Blondes
Nut Rocker - B Bumble & The Stingers
Uptown Top Ranking - Althia and Donna
99 Red Balloons - Nena
Japanese Boy - Aneka
One Day At A Time - Lena Martell
Barbados - Typically Tropical
Wandrin' Star - Lee Marvin

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Live Is Life - Opus

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Not a favourite but remember Living in a Box by Living in a Box when I was a youngster...can't recall them doing owt else
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MutleyRules
 Post subject: Re: Your Favourite 1 Hit Wonders!!!!
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Money - The Flying Lizards
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yloop
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Lene Marlin - Sitting down here
Len - Steal My Sunshine
OMC - How Bizarre
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MutleyRules
 Post subject: Re: Your Favourite 1 Hit Wonders!!!!
PostPosted: Sun Feb 12, 2017 10:52 am 
Not sure if it's a one hit wonder but....

Stay - Shakespears Sister
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Jesus, barely ANY of these are one hit wonders! VIsage had 7 top 40 singles, Cocteau Twins 8 !!
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"Danger Games" by The Pinkees now THATS a OHW!
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 12, 2017 12:08 pm 
Queen - Under pressure.
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Queen - Under pressure.


Aw, this is just getting silly,

How about Driving Away From Home by It's Immaterial ?
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Breakfast at Tiffanys - Deep blue something
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Jump around - House of pain

Wear sunscreen - Baz Lurpak
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Uptown Top Ranking by Althea and Donna
Spanish Stroll by Mink De Ville
Jilted John by Jilted John
Nervous Wreck by The Radio Stars
Hurts so Good by Susan Cadogan
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MutleyRules
 Post subject: Re: Your Favourite 1 Hit Wonders!!!!
PostPosted: Sun Feb 12, 2017 3:38 pm 
born toulouse wrote:
Uptown Top Ranking by Althea and Donna
Spanish Stroll by Mink De Ville
Jilted John by Jilted John
Nervous Wreck by The Radio Stars
Hurts so Good by Susan Cadogan


5 crackers there!!!! :cool:
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Warwick Hunt wrote:
Something in the air -Thunderclap Newman


He also had a hit with Don't Let It Die.

How about Brilliant Mind by Furniture
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The High - Box Set Go
The Mock Turtles - Can you dig it.
Lisa Loeb and 9 stories - Stay (I miss you).
Banderas? - I can't remember the song ATM (but can imagine the sleeve) but seem to remember the Drummer was from Bishop! Anyway was a good song.

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Turning japanese - the vapours


Concurring

Followed by 'Is Vic there?'
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I cheated and looked it up

Banderas - This is your Life

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PostPosted: Sun Feb 12, 2017 6:11 pm 
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I cheated and looked it up

Banderas - This is your Life


Wasn`t that Eamonn Andrews?
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The Bishop
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Banderas - This is your Life


Not your favourite then, clue is in the title :roll:


See earlier post Mr Butt, it's "A" favourite, but couldn't remember the title as I hadn't heard it in yonks!

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Good shout for It Bites and Renaissance.. :cool:
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Shaun Campbell - The Arthur Wharton Blues
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At the edge - SLF.

Remarkably their only top 30 record.

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Days of Pearly Spencer - David McWilliams


Didn't Marc Almond cover that in the 90's Mr Banks?
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SandyBanks wrote:
Days of Pearly Spencer - David McWilliams


Love that song!!!! :cool:
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offshorepoolie wrote:
Young at Heart - The Bluebells

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And that one!!!! :cool:
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MutleyRules
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The Colonel wrote:
At the edge - SLF.

Remarkably their only top 30 record.


And this one!!!! :cool:
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poolieinnottingham wrote:
Primitives - Crash


Another classic!!!! :cool:
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