One hit wonders that you rarely hear again!

[catman 1,071]

G'day all, this made me smile this morning.  One of our local AM sports radio stations has a habit of playing a few seconds of pop songs as links in between program segments.  Today they played a few seconds of James....'Laid'.  Frankly I was shocked by the lyrics (the original version of the song), and I realised that it was years (literally) since I'd last heard the song.  Talk about forgotten 'one hit wonders'!  Regards, Felix. 

Edited January 2, 2018 by catman
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[JSmith 1,947]

4 minutes ago, catman said:

Talk about forgotten 'one hit wonders'!

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Always_Look_on_the_Bright_Side_of_Life

 

 

JSmith

[LogicprObe 7,484]

 

Who's James?

[ThirdDrawerDown 4,280]

Eccentric and occasionally sublime Manchester rock band from about 1984 to present day. Has a similar regional and international following as what the Verve achieved.

 

Even though they are very good, it is still a silly name for a band. "Laid" "Millionaires" and "Pleased to Meet You" are the go-to albums.  Their various Greatest Hits collections are always a hodge-podge, which is entirely reasonable for this band.

 

As for one-hit wonders, that's how The Church is viewed by the industry as they only ever got one song onto the Billboard Top 100.

 

 

[swervyn 366]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvG6gjFvXeA

 

Hardly a one hit wonder! at least 2 lol, good bit of crowd surfing

 

 

[Ian McP 4,687]

you don't hear songs like this anymore

The Fang from Nervous Norvus

he actually had a few hits, all rather novelty!

 

 

[mrbuzzardstubble 22,400]

You never ever hear this on 'hits & memories'. A shame, really. 

 

[mrbuzzardstubble 22,400]

I could have some fun here. Gotta a lot of one hit wonders in the memory banks.

The Casuals - Jesamine

 

[mrbuzzardstubble 22,400]

From back in the day when they knew how to compose a catchy pop song.

Edison Lighthouse - Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes

 

[rantan 9,348]

3 minutes ago, mrbuzzardstubble said:

I could have some fun here. Gotta a lot of one hit wonders in the memory banks.

The Casuals - Jesamine

 

 

One of my all time favourite songs and also one that is very close to my heart, even to this day.

I have heard a few other songs by The Casuals and while they are OK, this is really special

[Rob181 3,194]

10 minutes ago, mrbuzzardstubble said:

Edison Lighthouse - Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes

Geez...I used to sing this back in the day...

Was a crowd favourite...for a VERY SHORT time...

[colinm1 846]

wonder why they never had more hits

 

[caddisgeek 3,707]

40 minutes ago, mrbuzzardstubble said:

You never ever hear this on 'hits & memories'. A shame, really. 

 

This is one of the greatest songd ever written

[t_mike 7,423]

29 minutes ago, colinm1 said:

wonder why they never had more hits

 

I don't!

[mrbuzzardstubble 22,400]

I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman - Whistling Jack Smith, who was no match for.....

 

[Rob181 3,194]

Geez... @mrbuzzardstubble...

Your GTG's must be legendary...

Bet you empty the room with just one song...

[mrbuzzardstubble 22,400]

....Roger Whittaker, the Jimi Hendrix of whistlers. 

 

[vinilink 650]

The Ferrets, Don't fall in love. More of never hear again rather than "rarely hear it again" for this song. 

 

 

[Sansui77 1,472]

[mention=143868]Catman[/mention]

 

 

 

https://m.ranker.com/list/greatest-songs-by-one-hit-wonders/ranker-music

 

 

 

 

Edited December 26, 2019 by Sansui77

[t_mike 7,423]

What you do when you're not The Who.

 

 

[mrbuzzardstubble 22,400]

One of my all time favourite one hit wonders.

 

[mrbuzzardstubble 22,400]

David McWilliams - The Days of Pearly Spencer

 

[mrbuzzardstubble 22,400]

Vehicle - The Ides of March

 

[mrbuzzardstubble 22,400]

Mezzoforte - Garden Party (live) 

 

[mrbuzzardstubble 22,400]

...and an Aussie one

Deckchairs Overboard - That's The Way