Top 100 One-Hit Wonders Of All Time! (RANKED)

Top 100 one hit wonders of all time, i really tried to make sure these are all actual one hit wonders and that the artists didnt have any other song with real success on any other major singles chart.
SEE PINNED COMMENT if there are artists here you think shouldnt count as one hit wonders...
Let me know your rankings and favourites in the comments. Cheers!
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[@Media_Ranker]

I keep making the same replies so ill say it here. To be consistent when defining a one hit wonder you have to go off of main singles chart placements in as many locations as possible. If an artist only has one song that was truly successful in multiple places in that regard, then they are a one hit wonder. If they have other songs people like, successful albums, longevity, big fanbases overall etc that is all IRRELEVANT to this lol. I also chose to ignore an artists other 'hit' if that song was a cover too. Of course there is still some understandable debates on some of them but keep that all of that in mind! lol Cheers

[@carflo09]

That point when nobody else is on your side that you got to give heart to yourself lol

[@TheFryken]

But for real Afroman is not a one hit wonder, because i got high is not even his most streamed song on Spotify... Anyways good compilation! :)

[@Media_Ranker]

@@carflo09 That was just to help highlight it so more people read it lol but i think the nearly 5000 likes vs 150 dislikes on the video shows the 'sides' anyway 😛

[@Media_Ranker]

@@TheFryken It was his only truly successful song on multiple main singles charts though but i know what you are saying. Cheers!

[@jorgesj2008]

La Bamba is a cover, like over the rainbow and what a wonderful world, dosn't?

[@bandgeekdad5825]

I don't agree with every entry on this list, but I REALLY love that you gave us the music without the incessant commentary we get with most channels that do "top" lists. Bravo!

[@Media_Ranker]

As in whether or not they are one hit wonders? Thanks lol i mean there really is a reason they have to do that though but i know what you mean. Cheers

[@DavidDykes-dm9lc]

I was neighbors and friends with Linda Perry WAAY before 4 Non Blondes, she was still in grade school short and quiet - nothing like she is now...

[@ultragame4540]

8:54 considering this is the only song they ever released, that means 100% of their songs were hits.

[@Media_Ranker]

I guess you could look at that way too lol but still only one song! Cheers

[@ajbico]

Some of them are not technically one hit wonders. They just have a song that the popularity is so much that people just know them only that song but they made another popular song but less popular than their biggest hit.

[@Media_Ranker]

Yeah this is based on main singles top 40 chart placements, there will be a few that i had to be a bit flexible with (hence my cover point in the pinned commnet) but there could be a lot more of them that really only had one hit in that sense than you realise. Cheers

[@ev14304]

dude's comment _ answered his own question.

[@tomsheldon4950]

😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@mrfrostwing]

Stardust quite literally made 1 song and said "Ight, Imma head out"

[@ev14304]

one amazing song. now, it sounds worn in the kohl's 2024 ad

[@xxxxxx-yx1ff]

Stardust was just a side-project of Thomas Bangalter from Daft Punk. He declined to make a full album with Stardust.

[@MsRandom303]

They were the precursor band to Daft Punk so not quite.

[@mrfrostwing]

@@MsRandom303 Oh wow, didn’t know that. That makes sense then

[@Ecdemaniac]

Kernkaft being at 88 is absurd

[@isaacmartensson8557]

Foster the people ain't no one hit wonder

[@sosiego_415]

fr, SHC still sounds as incredible as the first time I heard it. Supermodel and torches pretty solid albums too

[@gabriellizarraga3240]

Camille pidoux es la verdadera reinubi

[@ev14304]

Albums are not individual songs​@@sosiego_415

[@Media_Ranker]

They are in terms of main singles charts though and thats all i could go off for selection for this list. Cheers

[@Theonionofthedisneyjuniorlore]

@@Media_RankerThen you’re FUCKING WRONG

[@philipmeckley5154]

Okay. Strictly speaking, a lot of these weren't actually "one hit wonders," but a fun compilation nonetheless.

[@Media_Ranker]

I dont know about a lot lol another 'hit' does need to be in the top 40 of a main singles chart really but yeah there were some i had to work around for sure! But i was never going to do the thing of having a-Ha or Dexy's etc, the ones that people quite regularly wrongly deem as one hit wonders. Cheers

[@chiarosuburekeni9325]

@@Media_Ranker a lot of these people get personally offended or they don’t understand what a hit song actually means. They seem to think a band or artist having more than one popular or good song means they automatically have more than one hit song. A hit is a kind of a specific thing with specific criteria.

[@Media_Ranker]

@@chiarosuburekeni9325 I do get it to a point, if its an artist who youve loved for a while and therefore youre a fan of many of their songs you will initially immediately question it. But then yeah as you said they should really think of what classes something as a one hit wonder after that. Cheers

[@TheRealRMG]

It's important to remember that just because an artist is a one hit wonder doesn't mean they don't have other good music, or that they don't have their share of fans. But if the general public would only recognize one of their songs, that indicates they are a one hit wonder.

[@Media_Ranker]

This is a much better way of wording it that i have been doing in replies thank you! lol

[@sXewriter1]

A lot of these artists had many other hit songs BUT what I valued a lot was that this spanned most of the decades. Great compilation! 👏🏽

[@Media_Ranker]

A lot and many are definitely exaggerations lol but thanks i did try to make sure i covered each decade as much as possible. Cheers

[@anthonyeastaway1596]

Thank you and I would say at least 70% of them im still listening too today 🙂

[@Media_Ranker]

Thanks! Yeah many of these are pretty timeless actually...some we have probably already heard too many times lol

[@zammerman9424]

Cool list! A lot of these I forgot about!

[@Media_Ranker]

Thanks!

[@debbieanne7962]

In the year 2525, Eve of Destruction , Pass the Dutchie, How Bizzare, Sugar Sugar and Venus by Shocking Blue come to mind

[@Media_Ranker]

The Turtles version? The others did have other successful (top 40) songs too though! For OMC it was mostly just in their native New Zealand but still. Thanks for watching

[@cristianrodriguez-rojas3987]

But The Archies and The Shocking Blue were not one hit wonders

[@alexzapf6422]

Pass the Duchie was a great song. Still is.

[@splintercast8092]

@@cristianrodriguez-rojas3987 Neither were Musical Youth.

[@atanasvasilev3228]

I will forever remember Macarena as a symbol of one hit wonders. This track was everywhere for 2 years straight. People couldn't get enough of it. Also, Last Ketchup are a missed one hit wonder entry, at least in Europe, this song was annoyingly everywhere as well.

[@steffinrobinson7869]

Some of my favorites include Lovefool by The Cardigans, Flagpole Sitta by Harvey Danger, In The Meantime by Spacehog, and Pepper by The Butthole Surfers

[@AlDuke14]

The Cardigans aren't a one hit wonder 😅

[@LuminalSpoon]

My Favourite Game

[@otokouno]

“Lovefool” wasn’t released as a single in the US so it never entered the BBH100. Many airplay-only songs like, Sugar Ray’s “Fly”, Will Smith’s “Men in Black” & No Doubt’s “Don’t Speak”, did not chart on BBH100. This was changed in 1998, to include airplay-only songs (or "album cuts") in the Hot 100. Just in time for Goo Goo Dolls’ “Iris” (#9), but too late for Natalie Imbruglia’s “Torn” (#42).

[@Jutrzen]

Cardigans - My Favourite Game.

[@fdterritory]

I think this was actually a pretty good list. Defining what a "one-hit wonder" actually is is super difficult, and I'd even tend to agree with Adam Neely who argues that it's pretty impossible to have a real one-hit wonder in the streaming era since it's so easy to release just one song. There are a couple that were probably too influential even without charting to be considered O-HW (Rob Base and DJ Easy Rock is the most obvious example), but nicely done.

[@Media_Ranker]

Yeah thats true, theres rare examples of that from longer ago like Stardust here, they only ever released Music Sounds Better With You before going solo. Actually i maybe couldve had that really, i might be able to do a part 2 for this as well. Cheers

[@btetschner]

A+ video! LOVE IT! Awesome songs!

[@Media_Ranker]

Thanks very much! Lots of videos to come

[@kojikicklighter371]

Some of my favorites: I Melt with You, Bittersweet Symphony, She Blinded Me with Science, Heart and Soul(T'Pau), What is Love(Haddaway), No Rain, The Way(Fastball), Jane's Getting Serious,

[@Media_Ranker]

Yeah a few have mentioned I Melt With You, that will definitely be in part 2 if i do that. The Verve, Haddaway, T'Pau did all have other songs that did well in the charts, in fact i think China In Your Hand was a bigger hit than Heart And soul. Thanks for watching

[@Jessepinga]

​@@amancalledsun92El disco de the verve Urban hymns es un discazo, llenos de temazos

[@MrDizzle715]

Sex and Candy also. I still remember my brother buying that CD then throwing it away after trying to listen to the other songs, lol.

[@Media_Ranker]

I tried to make sure all of these songs were true one hit wonders without the artists having any other genuinely successful songs on main singles charts but just a few notes: if the artists OTHER 'hit' was a cover then i didnt count that, for example Sixpence None The Richer did cover There She Goes and Wheatus also did an Erasure cover. Michael Jackson wasnt an official feature for Somebody's Watching Me. Corinne Bailey Rae has another great song called Like A Star but it didnt chart well and for Brimful Of Asha the remix was Norman Cook, not him as Fatboy Slim. Im sure there are one or two others that people might question a bit though of course lol. Cheers!

[@Demo-critus]

Nice list - thanks! However, several of the entries are themselves covers (e.g., Mad World, La Bamba) so shouldn't these have been excluded?

[@Media_Ranker]

@@Demo-critus Thanks! Well not if the cover was still their only hit, thats how i viewed it anyway. But if their only other successful song was a cover i thought i can count them as a one hit wonder if that makes sense lol.

[@Demo-critus]

@@Media_Ranker Okay, thanks. Keep up the good work.

[@carolinejane8145]

Fantastic list. I’d question two entries. Goyte has had a few hits in Australia, I love his albums. I’d never consider him a one hit wonder. I’m Australian so I might be biased! The second one is Gnarls Barkley. One of their albums had five Grammy nominations! They had a few hits out of the US. Anyway, that’s my five cents worth! I really enjoyed your list. Thanks 😊

[@NJGuy1973]

Here's five more from the '70s; - O-o-h Child, Five Stairsteps - Brandy You're A Fine Girl, Looking Glass - Ride Captain Ride, Blues Image - Native New Yorker, Odyssey - Hot Child In The City, Nick Gilder

[@drdorelghiriti]

Surprisingly awesome list!!!

[@Media_Ranker]

Thanks!

[@RRNumber4]

Nice list, songs that will always hold up

[@smallgreenlimabean]

Great video! I appreciate all the effort you put into it. Totally forgot about some of these songs, and some I've never even heard lol. One I'd add that I'm pretty sure is a one hit wonder is Belinda Carlisle and "Heaven is a Place on Earth"

[@Media_Ranker]

That is definitely her biggest solo hit but i think she did had a few more successful ones, 'Leave A Light On' was pretty big. So she probably cant be considered a one hit wonder really, great song though! Cheers

[@jamesanthonygreen8233]

That was a really enjoyable video. I greatly enjoyed hearing my favorite one hit wonders on here.

[@Media_Ranker]

Thanks for watching!

[@craigfawcett-smith1287]

Great video! If these dates are all correct then I feel old!

[@Media_Ranker]

Lol well hopefully i havent got any wrong but there is a pretty big span of time here too! Thanks for watching

[@waynegriffith2402]

One characteristic of these hits were either their very unique musical style and arrangement or the appeal of their lyrics

[@Media_Ranker]

Yeah thats true, while still being very catchy and memorable of course. Thanks for watching

[@crismaldo3369]

Is this under a worldwide perspective or American? Los del Rio are very known in Spain, having, at least, another hit "Sevilla tiene un color especial"

[@Media_Ranker]

This is worldwide, ill be honest i didnt even see that as a single they released? Did it chart well or is it just a big song in Spain generally? Cheers

[@jota8193]

Very good job

[@Media_Ranker]

Thanks!

[@hardsequencer94]

Technically speaking ... Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, The White Stripes and other revered artists were also one hit wonders

[@Media_Ranker]

Hmm Jimi Hendrix and The White Stripes did have a few other successful singles on the charts, especially in the UK and Janis Joplin did have Me And Bobby McGee as well as Piece Of My Heart, however well they did in the end, but i know what you are saying and in the end yeah...some artists are just too iconic to be considered one, even if they didnt technically have the chart success to match. Cheers

[@muzicmusicent]

Song back in 2000's is not all about huge butts or boobs

[@LxstGalaxy2000]

Omg thanks 0:52 was looking for this song, nobody knew what song I was on about when I'd explain that it was the whistling song used in a bunch of homeware ads, it might have been a wickes ad not sure but I know for sure it was used in an advert

[@Media_Ranker]

Yeah i think that does get used somewhat regularly for adverts etc actually, its a song a lot of people know without really knowing lol. Thanks for watching

[@stanbalo]

Vanessa Carlton Thousand Miles should be in Top 10. My jam!

[@Media_Ranker]

Its great i may have heard it too many times now though lol but it will always be an iconic one hit wonder! Thanks for watching

[@kiwimaddog2020]

So many of these songs are on the playlist I have to hear at work at the the supermarket dude

[@Media_Ranker]

Apologies lol what would you think of the list if that wasnt the case? Cheers

[@user-nb3jb2ni4j]

Great video, thank you ❤ Some of my personal favourites: The Verve - Bittersweet symphony The Knack - My sharona Europe - Final Countdown Shocking Blue - Venus Taco - Puttin' on the Ritz

[@Media_Ranker]

Some of those do have other big songs though, especially The Verve, and people are quite serious about what counts as a one hit wonder it turns out lol. Thanks for watching

[@esqueletaceo]

1:39 That transition was so perfect

[@Media_Ranker]

Thanks, to be honest i just got a bit lucky with that lol

[@graveyard63]

Amazing songs by 1 hit wonders that were forgotten :( Baltimora - Tarzan Boy Eddie Murphy - Party All The Time Timex Social Club - Rumors And they all from 86 too

[@jarnekompier]

That top 5 is probably about my top 5 favourite one hit wonder songs. Although I do believe Stealers Wheel had a hit here in the Netherlands with Late Again and possibly a few other songs

[@angiemadsen4934]

“Puttin’ on the Ritz” Taco

[@user-nb3jb2ni4j]

I second this 🙂

[@_Matt29_]

I wanted to see the top 10 to add to my playlists but then see that I already do have most of them. At least I got to add those I forgot to

[@carybenjaminportway]

Great list! You should defo do a part two. My Baby Daddy by B-Rock and the Bizz (in the US), and one could argue Spaceman by Babylon Zoo (in the UK), although they had a second top 20 that only I remember!

[@Media_Ranker]

Cheers! I likely will do a part 2 at some point so ill definitely add those to the list. Thanks for watching

[@carybenjaminportway]

@@Media_Ranker Thanks for all your hard work on these videos. They're always fun and interesting. I'll try to send you some other suggestions for one-hit wonders if I think of any. Just don't include Tiffany, cos she ain't no one-hit wonder, lol. PS: I understand your channel is all about rankings, which is totally cool. But if you'd ever be inclined to organise lists like this in chrono order instead, that would could make it more negotiable for some people (me!). Especially because of how short the clips are (which I understand is due to copyrights), it's hard to take everything in so quickly (audio, video, info graphics, subtitles, etc.) I sometimes have to play them in slo-mo to catch everything. 🙂

[@JohnDoe-lt8fd]

@@carybenjaminportway I agree, I would prefer to see them in chrono order... After all, ranking them by one person's opinions doesn't mean anything to anyone else.

[@Gordanovich02]

The irony being that Animal Army was a far better song than Spaceman.

[@ameliacamara5414]

I love you get what you give!!

[@greengrugach1984]

One hit wonders no doubt but ngl some bangers i forgot all about that are going on my platlist, a lot of them i knew from playing GTA, nice job mate, respect from Ireland 🇮🇪

[@Media_Ranker]

Thanks! Yeah ive had GTA mentioned on this and my synth pop video a few times, they really did pick great songs for those radio stations i might actually do a GTA song ranking at some point.

[@greengrugach1984]

@@Media_Ranker ah mate thank you for replying, respect to ye from Ireland, there is a great hidden gem from the decidedly mediocre Watch Dogs 2, 'Boys Life' by Small Black, think you'd really love it, there is a U2 track called 'Xanax and Wine' thats a banger actually 'Holy Joe' and 'Your Blue Room' by them as well, 'Ground Beneath Her Feet' (the only song my big sister, God rest her, liked of my playlists, 46 years old is no age to perish and leave me here alone) think you'll dig them mate, great channel 🇮🇪🤝🇬🇧🤝🇺🇸🤝🇨🇦🤝🇦🇺🤝🇯🇵🤝🇭🇺🤝🇳🇴🤝🇮🇩🤝🇫🇮🤝🇩🇪🤝🇩🇰🤝🇹🇩🤝🇮🇸🤝🇵🇹🤝🇮🇹🤝🇰🇷🤝🇧🇷

[@Tom-ok2rh]

Not sure if he had any other hits but Peter Schilling’s “Major Tom” was a great tune.

[@badgeroldtop6249]

excellent choices

[@Media_Ranker]

Thanks!

[@markcossman200]

John Waite was not a one hit wonder

[@Media_Ranker]

He was in terms of main singles charts, but of course he had other great songs though. Thanks for watching

[@andrewburton9643]

Missing you. Only song of his I know

[@markcossman200]

@andrewburton9643 Also "Change"

[@NorthStarKnifeReviews]

He did some great stuff with The Babys

[@scottdickey8734]

He was also in Bad English with Neal Schon and Jonathan Cain of Journey.

[@liamwood8183]

Not including ‘Come and Get Your Love’ is a crime

[@Media_Ranker]

Very much would have liked to, and it would have been maybe top 5! Unfortunately Redbone's 'The Witch Queen of New Orleans' was technically a bigger hit than 'Come And Get Your Love' in terms of main singles charts. Cheers

[@marcofrattallone8243]

Do you happen to have a written list of this? I'd love to make a playlist😂 and it would be easier. Loved the video

[@Media_Ranker]

Thanks! Definitely planning to make all the videos into Spotify playlists and some point soon, someone might beat me to it though. Cheers

[@mdickinurhole7460]

Buena selección. Aunque muchas de ellas no llegaron al #1, son gratamente recordadas.

[@user-up2vs8xv1x]

Great Songs!! Memories of Back in the Day!!!

[@Media_Ranker]

So many great one hit wonders from different eras too! Thanks for watching

[@smileandwave8090]

Chamillionaire got out while he could, and that's a win 💯

[@Tommy_Wimmer]

"Dancing in the Moonlight" is a classic.

[@Media_Ranker]

Perhaps sacrilege but i actually like the Toploader version the best, but they did have some other successful songs so i couldnt use that one. Thanks for watching

[@John_Calvin_Hill]

​@@Media_Rankerwhat more TOPLOADER songs are popular? I have always knew them only for DANCING IN THE MOONLIGHT

[@ev14304]

this video _ inspired me to subscribe

[@Media_Ranker]

Thanks!

[@MichaelMoorePDX]

I would add Eve of Destruction by Barry McGuire (his only top 40 song) and One Tin Soldier by The Original Caste. (They had a second song that was a hit in Canada & Japan, but no where else.)

[@Media_Ranker]

Great ones too! Definitely could do another part to this i think. Thanks for watching

[@zer0_iz_d34d]

Barry McGuire’s cover of California Dreamin was pretty successful too

[@joesmith701]

number 95 I had never realized the word that was being said in that song was Whoomp. Also would've loved to have this list where it's done by date of release.

[@Media_Ranker]

Yeah i always thought it was just whoop. If/when i do a playlist for it i could list them like that actually, this was a ranking based on taste and opinion though. Cheers

[@dtikvxcdgjbv7975]

Great songs

[@geor67]

I recognize most of these songs! Quite a few of my favorites are on that list 😃

[@Media_Ranker]

Whats your number 1 one hit wonder of all time? cheers

[@justinmathewson3692]

You missed In The Summertime by Mungo Jerry, Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes by Edison Lighthouse, and Sunshine by Jonathan Edwards !

[@Media_Ranker]

Mungo Jerry did actually have a few other big songs actually but the other definitely could have had a chance thats fair. I might do a part 2 for this. Cheers

[@justinmathewson3692]

@@Media_Ranker I never knew they had any other top 40 hits.

[@DrRoxzo-fc5qs]

Hearing some of these songs, i'm like, hey, this song just came out, there's no why they're a one hit wonder, then.Looking down at the date and realizing, oh yeah, that song came out in the 2000s

[@Media_Ranker]

I had that many times making this lol where has that time gone!? Thanks for watching

[@erikdaniels0n]

Considering that Rapper’s Delight was one of the FOUNDATIONAL SONGS OF THE ENTIRE RAP/HIP HOP GENRE, it’s insane to me that the group that released it are considered one hit wonders

[@Media_Ranker]

Thats two separate things though isnt it, a hit it just about charts. Cheers

[@reallymysterious4520]

As I make my list I just want to say that both Foghat & Buffalo Springfield had several great tunes

[@Media_Ranker]

Oh yeah that will be true for other artists too but this is just purely about chart success, and i guess general radio play at the time in terms of what we think of as 'hits'. Cheers

[@thewonderwalledcreep8669]

It’s such a great feeling knowing that some of these could be the most well known songs of all time too, especially due to all the covers and remixes made from them. I’d say they’re periodically given a second life at least every 10 years lol

[@coolguy14006]

One hit WONDERS

[@alikbey]

These songs literally shaped our culture and you're telling me these were all one hit wonders? Wow❤

[@Media_Ranker]

Well one or two could be argued to a degree but overall yeah! Thanks for watching

[@jhillst]

#20 might be my favorite OHW of all time.

[@PsclDragonBorn]

Love Peter Björn and John Young Folks, Nothing to worry about 🔥

[@fabriziodambrosio86]

Ace - how long. Love love love that song, had it on repeat lately. Vanessa amorosi did a nice cover recently . and there's a cool house version of that song on spotify too. David bowies version is great also

[@Media_Ranker]

It is a great song isnt it! I actually dont know those other versions ill have to check them out. Thanks for watching

[@AgataHyra]

What's even more iconic, some od them gad pretty big career later as a musician or songwriter- for example, Thomas Bangalter grom Stardust was in Daft Punk before and after that group, same with Gbarls Barkley's CeeLo Green.

[@Media_Ranker]

Oh yeah same with Gerry Rafferty In Stealers Wheel and a couple of others too, i was able to use the fact that that were as those specific artists for those songs so technically then one hit wonders! Thanks for watching

[@viniciussurkamp6633]

Cutting Crew - (I Just) Died In Your Arms Tonight Timex Social Club - Rumors

[@TheDiegobalthazar]

I love what you did ,but as others pointed out there several not hit wonders ,but well that is what sparked conversations. Eagle Eye Cherry

[@Media_Ranker]

Quite a few of the ones people have mentioned are because they know their other songs from successful albums etc, but when it comes to actual main singles charts they really are a one hit wonder. Eagle Eye Cherry, yeah maybe a bit harsh to consider a one hit wonder with that in mind though. Cheers

[@aasemandaliaa4334]

Til Tuesday - Voices Carry💙💜🖤

[@cheyennet218]

How about “I melt with you” by modern English? That was the first example I thought of when I saw this video

[@Media_Ranker]

Definitely could have been there, if i ever do a part 2 that will surely be in it. Cheers

[@Blackjackwhiskey]

Awesome list. I only miss steppenwolf’s born to be wild, quite a cool music from a one hit band.

[@Media_Ranker]

They did have some other big songs, especially in Canada but you will know 'Magic Carpet Ride' im sure if you listen to that, ignore the strange intro to it lol. Cheers

[@reallymysterious4520]

My Top 25 of your Top 100 25 There she goes 24 Steal my sunshine 23 Your woman 22 Ring my bell 21 Save tonight 20 Rapper's delight 19 What's up 18 Walking in Memphis 17 Feel it still 16 Kernkraft 400 15 How long 14 Missing you 13 Play that funky music 12 Funkytown 11 Wipe out 10 Bad Day 9 San Francisco 8 Baby come back 7 She's like the wind 6 Louie Louie 5 Do you love me 4 For what it's worth 3 Don't worry be happy 2 Slow ride 1 Black Betty When I first heard Never met a girl like you before I thought it was David Bowie - lol

[@Media_Ranker]

Great list, surprised Stuck In The Middle With You wasn't there though! yeah i can hear that lol it definitely sounds like a big song from a big artist way before his time!

[@Julian_Ree_Kyrell]

This video could as well be a "100 songs you know but don't know the name of" 😂😂😂

[@Media_Ranker]

True, that is a big element when it comes to one hit wonders isnt it lol. Cheers

[@mainepurple1974]

I saw 8 artists that had had another charted song

[@Media_Ranker]

i had to be a bit flexible, so if they had another that charted (at a much higher number) in a major chart somewhere i allowed that. And with what i said in my pinned comment, if that other song was a cover too ignored that. Cheers

[@Adamdow95]

For What It's Worth Crush Play That Funky Music Somebody That I Used To Know Steal My Sunshine Jump Around Move Your Feet Break My Stride Pumped Up Kicks Walking In Memphis You Get What You Give Video Killed the Radio Star Music Sounds Better With You Lady (Hear Me Tonight) Spirit In the Sky Somewhere Ove the Rainbow Don't Worry Be Happy Sail Got To Be Real Louie, Louie She's Like the Wind Forget Me Nots Groove Is In the Heart Funkytown Macarena Who Let the Dogs Out? Pop Muzik Wipe Out Kernkraft 400

[@spiffyfootball]

what about escape(the pina colada song) by rupert homes?

[@Media_Ranker]

He did have another couple of relatively successful songs though on the main charts, well mostly just the song Him but enough to count as another hit really. Cheers

[@Daniel-79]

Where is Surfin’ Bird?

[@DaltonPatrickCStory]

EXACTLY I love The Trashmen! They got a bunch of other great songs!

[@mattsilver2237]

Fun concept, and thanks for the work on this. But perhaps there are mistakes: Buffalo Springfield was a one hit wonder?!

[@Media_Ranker]

Thanks! Well technically yeah, can only go off of singles chart numbers for this and 'For What Its Worth' was their only top 40 song. They didnt release that many though. Cheers

[@melvynwindmon1927]

Wow im surprised so many classics in here that they're careers never took off from those songs

[@gonesjbasta1165]

whrr is seven second yousso ndour feat neneh cheri

[@pokecat6122]

I guess in my mind a one hit wonder is a band that had a #1 hit then drops off the face of the earth when it’s really that that was their only song that charted. Because of my perception, it’s hard for be to think of many of these as one hit wonders because I know they have a bunch of great songs.

[@Media_Ranker]

Yeah there actually isnt enough like that i think, or enough that enough of us know well if you see what i mean. So i had to go with the artists who had one big hit on main singles charts and even then i was a bit flexible with a few of them. Cheers

[@Grandizer8989]

1995/1996 Best two years of Techno/EDM

[@Media_Ranker]

2 great years, ive done one dance video from the 90s but that was all types including eurodance but check that out and see what you think. Thanks for watching

[@TeganCantEven]

Whoa whoa whoa!! Jimmy Eat World aren’t one hit wonders! But very fun video though!! You actually helped me discover who performed some of these songs!

[@Media_Ranker]

To try and be consistent with selection i had to base it off of multiple main singles chart placements for songs, so they are in that sense but i know what you are saying. Thanks!

[@TeganCantEven]

@@Media_Ranker I absolutely get it. Also, subscribed!

[@Media_Ranker]

@@TeganCantEven Appreciate it thanks 👍

[@czars694]

A few acts had multiple hits in the top 40. "The Jolly Green Giant" by the KIngsmen reached #4 on Billboard.

[@echarts3710]

Stardust isn't just a one hit wonder, but actually a one song band of Alan Braxe, Thomas Bangalter (of Daft Punk) and Benjamin Diamond

[@totalradicalness]

This was really nice, just wish it was chronological for a real time travel experience

[@Media_Ranker]

Cheers! Could do that as a separate playlist at some point perhaps, this was about a true ranking order though. Thanks for watching

[@totalradicalness]

@@Media_Ranker awesome, very cool video nonetheless, keep it up

[@demonfromheaven_lml]

Hey there Delilah in 99 is a crime 😶

[@Media_Ranker]

I thought that was one a lot of people disliked, i was always in that group lol but had to include it cause it was a big one of course. Thanks for watching

[@Francis_l4d2]

WOAH BLACK BETTY BAMBALAM

[@alpo6668]

Great list but “walking on Sunshine” Catrina and the Waves?

[@Media_Ranker]

I had walking on sunshine in there initially but they actually had another top 5 song, Katrina And The Waves, in several places in the late 90s too. Cheers

[@Kestrel342]

as well as "Love Shine a Light" which won Eurovision in '97 so also quite popular across most of Europe (though i don't think that one reached the States)​@@Media_Ranker

[@Daniel-79]

I was going to recommend Big Country by Big Country but after some research they appear to have many hits in the UK

[@AleksandarMaric-xq9pg]

Yakida- I saw you dancing and Nu Shooz- I can't wait?!

[@Media_Ranker]

Nu Shooz - I Cant Wait was close, i may have that it their originally actually, cant fully remember what i swapped it out for tbh lol. Cheers

[@inthenearfuture]

Afroman is not over rated

[@eincan1313]

Great list. I would argue John Waite and Foster the People were not hit wonders. Waite had 3 songs within the top 40 on the US charts. Foster the People had two albums that were top 10 with two big hits. I would maybe add Devo, Tommy Tutone, Eddy Grant, Falco and Modern English.

[@Media_Ranker]

Thanks, yeah its difficult but i could only go off main singles charts and even then you cant be completely consistent with it. Eddy Grant and Falco did have other successful songs in that sense. Also depends on region too, some artists are a one hit wonder in one place but not others. Cheers

[@whitebread3872]

I love The Middle by Jimmy Eat World! I had no idea they were a on hit wonder, they’re one of my favorite bands

[@Media_Ranker]

Only in terms of main singles charts, they are a band that have obviously had success with albums and tours for a long time havent they. Cheers

[@greatestever2212]

Sweetness is popular, so 2 hit wonder

[@whitebread3872]

@@greatestever2212 That’s what I was thinking, I feel like I’ve heard Sweetness on the radio more than The Middle recently

[@captnhorrorttv3783]

They're not a one hit wonder... Sweetness Bleed American Work Pain Just to name a few, and they've had multiple Top 40 hits I would've put Barbie Girl by Aqua on there instead

[@gavhall5836]

I recognise about 90% of these so a solid list. Ranking them by how that song is relevant today, like how many covers this song, especially by bigger artists etc being showed in Films and other media. Im pretty sure Michael Jackson sang on of these or for my 40 years of existence he never sang that song in the first place 😂

[@Media_Ranker]

Thanks, for the most part it is just a subjective list for personal taste really. Do you mean 'Somebody's Watching Me'? That is Michael Jackson singing there but he was never an official artist on the track itself. Cheers

[@Jorbo23]

Thank you for not adding aha’s Take On Me (not a one hit wonder), but where is Come On Eileen?? A #1 song from Dexy’s Midnight Runners (who? exactly!)

[@Media_Ranker]

Thanks! Well no they also had other hit songs lol a song called Geno which you might recognize the instrumental part at least and another pretty big one called Jackie Wilson. Check those out 👍

[@Jorbo23]

@@Media_Ranker You are not wrong if this is a worldwide list. I was looking at it from a US perspective where Come On Eileen was their only top 40 hit. Great list though.

[@the.punisher.19]

"Words" F.R. David

[@CrMarius93]

Aqua - Barbie Girl, Mr. President - Cocojambo, Rednex - Cotton Eye Joe, Darude - Sandstorm, Iyeoka - Simply Falling, Kadebostany - Castle in the Snow, Toy-Box - Tarzan and Jane, Meredith Brooks - Bitch, MC Hammer - Can't touch this, Schiller - I feel you, A Fine Frenzy - Almost lover, R.I.O. - Shine On, Eiffel 65 - Blue

[@Media_Ranker]

I had almost all of those when i first made a one hit wonders list quite a while ago now...turns out they all had other hits lol in the sense that they had other songs that charted well on main singles charts in multiple places! Thanks for watching

[@cjjohnson8583]

NEVER LET THIS MF RATE AGAIN 🗣🗣🔥🔥

[@Media_Ranker]

Lol Because of the order or the songs selected or what?

[@user-iu3ri5qs7c]

Also songs by James and Bobby Purify, Blue Swede, Crash Test Dummies, Mason Williams, Marketts, the Casinos, Big Country, Soul Survivors, the Verve.

[@Media_Ranker]

Would have to check a few of those but The Verve, James (assuming you mean the band) & i think Big Country too all had other successful songs so couldnt really be considered one hit wonders. Cheers

[@user-iu3ri5qs7c]

@@Media_Ranker James + Bobby Purify we're a Sam + Dave type R+B soul act in the mid 1960's, who had the hit, "I'm your Puppet". The lyrics could be dated, but the music's still good.

[@jameslewin7000]

You forgot Duncan Shiek-barley breathing and OMC-how bazaar

[@zer0_iz_d34d]

rip Pauly Fuemana

[@pauljmccluskey5532]

Chesney Hawkes had a few follow up singles such as ‘I’m A Man Not A Boy,’ and ‘What’s Wrong With This Picture.’

[@Media_Ranker]

True but neither broke into the top 20 of any major market singles chart. And he is also one who is really known as a one hit wonder i feel. Thanks for watching