The Ultimate one hit wonders thread........
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In the 60’s lots of American garage bands wanted to sound like the Beatles and the Stones.
Of the former, it’s hard to get past the Knickerbockers. This amazing song still gets played in grocery stores and many people still think it is the Beatles.
One of the very-best Stones ripoffs was The Chocolate Watchband.
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Only US hit surprisingly
And only other Top 20 hit was 'New Pollution' in the UK
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I now lay the trump card. This cannot be beaten.
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@Catogrande said in The Ultimate one hit wonders thread........:
I now lay the trump card. This cannot be beaten.
Only because Bjork had more than one hit. Her singing ability is on a par with his.
Her and Beck have a sort of weird status amongst music nerds . -
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@Catogrande That certainly got airplay in NZ at the time - about 40 years ago, I'd guess!
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@jegga said in The Ultimate one hit wonders thread........:
@Catogrande said in The Ultimate one hit wonders thread........:
I now lay the trump card. This cannot be beaten.
Only because Bjork had more than one hit. Her singing ability is on a par with his.
Her and Beck have a sort of weird status amongst music nerds .That's like saying you only beat us 'cos you scored more points.
Rules. There are rules.
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This is the Hair-Metal One Hit Wonder that brought Mickey Rourke and Marisa Tomei together in The Wrestler.
Vid stars Milton Berle.
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This was a certified Number One single in the U.S.A.
Topped out at #22 in NZ.
(From memory I believe Hollywood movie releases in the 1970s sometimes took half-a-year from American public release to hit the screens in Auckland, so the lag may explain the discrepancy in charting position.)
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@Salacious-Crumb shit band, but RATT had i think 3 platinum albums and two top 40 tracks.
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Nit-picking, but I’ll concede the point. Their highest charting single post-Round and Round was “Lay It Down” which did indeed hit #40 on Billboard for all of one week. Nothing else from their catalog came anywhere near as high.
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@Salacious-Crumb said in The Ultimate one hit wonders thread........:
Nit-picking, but I’ll concede the point. Their highest charting single post-Round and Round was “Lay It Down” which did indeed hit #40 on Billboard for all of one week. Nothing else from their catalog came anywhere near as high.
there's probably a pretty decent reason for that. I am still astounded they had 3 platinum albums, and one that went close!
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This hit No. 1 in America in 1973. They never made top 40 again. Great song, amazing production.
