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National One-Hit Wonder Day: Favorite long-lost hits(Friday Fun!)
ABC4 News(Utah) ^ | 09/25/2020 | Lindsey Peterson

Posted on 09/25/2020 1:45:28 PM PDT by Kid Shelleen

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (ABC4 News) – Sept. 25 is National One-Hit Wonder Day! A day where we can celebrate those songs that topped the charts but then their performers faded away from the music scene. What are some of your favorite one-hit wonders? Let us know on our social media pages! Below are some of the ABC4 staff’s favorite ‘one-hit wonders’:

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To: gr8eman

Man this drags me back in time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=185&v=6cdFuMgMkBM&feature=emb_logo


41 posted on 09/25/2020 2:00:00 PM PDT by Salamander (The left screams out in pain as they stab you.)
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To: Sans-Culotte

Except for the many other hits Del had...


42 posted on 09/25/2020 2:00:13 PM PDT by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan)
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To: OldGoatCPO

Sweet is NOT a ‘one hit wonder’ band. The other two qualify.


43 posted on 09/25/2020 2:00:35 PM PDT by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...siameserescue.org)
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To: MCF

“Take on Me” A-ha. 36 years old and still played.

Remember when the ‘pencil-drawing’ video came out? Awesomeness for the times. ;)


44 posted on 09/25/2020 2:01:08 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: Theodore R.

Terry Stafford’s “Temptation”

Do you mean Suspicion ?


45 posted on 09/25/2020 2:01:10 PM PDT by George from New England
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To: Kid Shelleen

She Drives Me Crazy - Fine Young Cannibals


46 posted on 09/25/2020 2:01:19 PM PDT by freedumb2003 ("Do not mistake activity for achievement." - John Wooden)
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To: Theodore R.

Mungo Jerry’s “In the Summertime” (1970)


47 posted on 09/25/2020 2:01:29 PM PDT by Theodore R.
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To: gr8eman

So...how many of you listened to these songs on an AM transistor radio?


48 posted on 09/25/2020 2:01:46 PM PDT by Salamander (The left screams out in pain as they stab you.)
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To: Migraine

“Popsicles/Icicles - great choice”

Did you know that David Gates of “Bread” fame wrote it? I didn’t until just recently.


49 posted on 09/25/2020 2:01:57 PM PDT by tuffydoodle (God's character and moral nature are absolute, eternal, and unchanging.)
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To: dynachrome

“Spirit in the Sky”

This. Have considered having it played at at least 11 through a Kustom at my funeral.


50 posted on 09/25/2020 2:02:11 PM PDT by The Antiyuppie (Wht then small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.)
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To: Kid Shelleen

Dexy’s Midnight Runners - ‘Come on Eileen’

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


51 posted on 09/25/2020 2:02:50 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
Tainted Love, originally done by Gloria Jones it was a big "Northern Soul" hit in the UK.
52 posted on 09/25/2020 2:03:01 PM PDT by Impala64ssa (Virtue signalling is no virtue)
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To: Salamander

“So...how many of you listened to these songs on an AM transistor radio?”

I did...I’m getting dangerously close to 60 years old.


53 posted on 09/25/2020 2:03:03 PM PDT by tuffydoodle (God's character and moral nature are absolute, eternal, and unchanging.)
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To: z3n

Safety Dance? The video was reminiscent of Wicker Man but with a techno beat.


54 posted on 09/25/2020 2:03:23 PM PDT by buckalfa (Feed Your Head ! Feed Your Head !)
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To: Kid Shelleen

“Red Rubber Ball” by Cyrkle


55 posted on 09/25/2020 2:03:43 PM PDT by BlueLancer (Orchides Forum Trahite - Cordes Et Mentes Veniant)
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To: freedumb2003

“Eye of the Tiger - Survivor”

Survivor had other hits, actually better than Eye ...

High on You
The Search is Over
I Can’t Hold Back


56 posted on 09/25/2020 2:03:48 PM PDT by George from New England
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To: Sans-Culotte

Del Shannon had 3 top 10 hits.


57 posted on 09/25/2020 2:03:51 PM PDT by RightWingNutJob69
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To: Salamander

Corey Hart had a bigger hit than “Sunglasses”, Never Surrender


58 posted on 09/25/2020 2:03:51 PM PDT by RightWingNutJob69
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To: freedumb2003

Survivor had several top 10 hits, The Search Is Over, High On You, Burning Heart etc.


59 posted on 09/25/2020 2:03:51 PM PDT by RightWingNutJob69
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To: Kid Shelleen

Thelma Houston “Don’t Leave Me This Way”.

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


60 posted on 09/25/2020 2:03:53 PM PDT by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists Call 'em what you will, they all have fairies livin' in their trees)
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