List of one-hit wonders in the United States

A one-hit wonder is a musical artist who is successful with one hit song, but without a comparable subsequent hit.[1] The term may also be applied to an artist who is remembered for only one hit despite other successes.[2][3] This list contains artists known primarily for one hit song in the United States, who are described as one-hit wonders by the media.

Criteria

Music reviewers and journalists sometimes describe a musical artist as a one-hit wonder, based on their professional assessment of chart success, sales figures, and fame.

For the purpose of his book The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, music journalist Wayne Jancik defines a one-hit wonder as "an act that has won a position on Billboard's national, pop, Top 40 just once." In his definition of an "act", Jancik distinguishes between a solo performer and any group he or she may have performed in (thus, for example, Roger Daltrey's "Without Your Love" is counted despite Daltrey's numerous hits as frontman for the Who), and a number of musicians appear multiple times, either with multiple bands or as a member of a band and as a solo artist. (Eponymous bands are generally not separated; thus Charlie Daniels is not counted as a one-hit wonder for "Uneasy Rider" and the hits of the Charlie Daniels Band are credited to him.)

Fred Bronson, a journalist and former writer for Billboard magazine, in his book Billboard's Hottest Hot 100 Hits, uses the criterion that an artist is ineligible to be categorized as a "one-hit wonder" if they have a second song listed on the Billboard Hot 100.[4]

In both cases, the Billboard Hot 100 was used as an objective standard for one-hit wonder status, since Billboard magazine published the books.

Disc jockey and music writer Brent Mann points out how some artists have been called a "one-hit wonder" despite having other charting singles; in these cases, one signature song so overshadows the rest of the artist's discography that only that song remains familiar to later audiences. As an example, English-born singer Albert Hammond enjoyed success with "It Never Rains in Southern California" (1972) rising to number 5 in the US, but his follow-up single, "I'm a Train" was dismissed by Mann as "totally forgotten" even though it charted at number 31 in 1974.[2] In another case, Scottish rockers Simple Minds followed their big hit "Don't You (Forget About Me)" (appearing in the opening and closing scenes of the film The Breakfast Club) with "Alive and Kicking" which peaked at number 3 in the US, "Sanctify Yourself" which peaked at number 14 in the US, and "All the Things She Said" which peaked at number 28 in the US, yet the band is remembered primarily for the first song.[5]

On the other hand, some artists with long, successful careers have been identified as one-hit wonders by virtue of having reached the Top 40 of the Hot 100 only once. Consequence of Sound editor Matt Melis lists Beck ("Loser") and the Grateful Dead ("Touch of Grey") as "technically" being one-hit wonders despite their large bodies of work.[3] Entertainment Weekly mentions prolific artist Frank Zappa as a one-hit wonder because his only Top 40 hit was "Valley Girl" in 1982.[6]

Chris Molanphy says that an artist can only be seen as a "one hit wonder" if they have never had a second Billboard top 10 hit, if any subsequent top 40 singles were released within six months of their first big hit, and if the artist has not had three or more top 10 or Platinum albums.[7][8]

Multiple appearances

British musician Tony Burrows sang the lead vocal on five one-hit wonders: Edison Lighthouse's "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" (February 1970); White Plains' "My Baby Loves Lovin'" (March 1970); the Pipkins' "Gimme Dat Ding" (April 1970); the First Class' "Beach Baby" (July 1974); and "United We Stand" (1970) by the first incarnation of the Brotherhood of Man.[9][10]

Joey Levine, American session singer best known for his prolific work in the bubblegum pop and commercial jingle genera, who had recorded hits for the Ohio Express ("Yummy Yummy Yummy"), also sang hits for the Third Rail, the Kasenetz-Katz Singing Orchestral Circus ("Quick Joey Small") and Reunion ("Life Is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)").[11]

British singer Limahl sang lead vocal on two US one-hit wonder songs; the first, "Too Shy" in 1983, came during his tenure as the frontman for the group Kajagoogoo. The next year, he had another hit single as a solo artist with "The NeverEnding Story", the title track to the film The NeverEnding Story.[12] The latter song charted at number 17 in May 1985.

List of one-hit wonders in the US

Each artist listed here has been identified by at least two publications as being a one-hit wonder in the U.S. Some artists listed here have reached the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 more than once. The year indicates when the song charted or peaked.

1950s

• Lillian Briggs “I Want You to Be My Baby” (1955)[13][14]
• Dale Hawkins - "Susie Q" (1957)[15]
• Mickey & Sylvia – "Love Is Strange" (1957)[16][17]
• The Silhouettes – "Get a Job" (1957)[18][19]
• Ronald & Ruby – "Lollipop" (1958)[20][21]
• Bobby Day – "Rockin' Robin" (1958)[22][23]
• The Monotones – "The Book of Love" (1958)[20][24]
• Laurie London – "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" (1958)[25][26]
• The Jamies – "Summertime, Summertime" (1958)[27][28]
• Frankie Ford – "Sea Cruise" (1959)[29][30]
• The Mystics – “Hushabye” (1959)[31][17]
• Larry Hall – "Sandy" (1959)[32][33]
• The Impalas – "Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home)" (1959)[34][35]

1960s

• Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs – "Stay" (1960)[17][36]
• Bruce Channel – "Hey! Baby" (1961)[37][38]
• Curtis Lee – "Pretty Little Angel Eyes" (1961)[39]
• Don and Juan – "What's Your Name" (1962)[40][41]
• The Contours – "Do You Love Me" (1962)[42][43]
• Bobby Pickett – "Monster Mash" (1962)[44][45]
• Joanie Sommers – "Johnny Get Angry" (1962)[46][47]
• Bent Fabric - "Alley Cat" (1962)[48][49]
• The Cascades – "Rhythm of the Rain" (1962)[50][51]
• The Exciters – "Tell Him" (1962)[38][52]
• Doris Troy – "Just One Look" (1963)[53][54]
• The Chantays – "Pipeline" (1963)[55][56]
• Kyu Sakamoto – "Sukiyaki" (1963)[17][57]
• The Singing Nun – "Dominique" (1963)[58][59]
• The Surfaris – "Wipe Out" (1963)[21][60]
• The Jaynetts – "Sally Go 'Round the Roses" (1963)[61][62][63]
• The Reflections – "(Just Like) Romeo and Juliet" (1964)[64][65]
• Cilla Black – "You're My World" (1964)[58][66]
• Terry Stafford – "Suspicion" (1964)[60][67]
• The Standells – "Dirty Water" (1965)[68][69][70]
• Jonathan King – "Everyone's Gone to the Moon" (1965)[71][72][73]
• The Gentrys – "Keep on Dancing" (1965)[74][75]
• Blues Magoos – "(We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet" (1966)[76][77]
• The Knickerbockers – "Lies" (1966)[68][78]
• The Music Machine – "Talk Talk" (1966)[79][80]
• The Capitols – "Cool Jerk" (1966)[81][82]
• Syndicate of Sound – “Little Girl” (1966)[83][84]
• Deon Jackson – "Love Makes the World Go Round" (1966)[85][86]
• ? and the Mysterians – "96 Tears" (1966)[60][82]
• The Casinos – "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye" (1967)[87][88]
• Keith – "98.6" (1967)[89][90]
• The Easybeats - "Friday on My Mind" (1967)[91][92]
• The American Breed – "Bend Me, Shape Me" (1967)[93][94]
• Buffalo Springfield – "For What It's Worth" (1967)[95][96]
• Johnny Maestro & the Brooklyn Bridge – "Worst That Could Happen" (1968)[58][81]
• John Fred – “Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)” (1968)[97][98]
• The Lemon Pipers – “Green Tambourine” (1968)[99][100]
• Iron Butterfly – ”In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida” (1968)[101][102]
• Human Beinz – "Nobody But Me" (1968)[103][104]
• Mason Williams – ”Classical Gas” (1968)[105][106]
• The Amboy Dukes – ”Journey to the Center of the Mind” (1968)[106]
• The Crazy World of Arthur Brown – ”Fire" (1968)[17][107]
• The Clique – "Sugar On Sunday" (1969)[108][109]
• Thunderclap Newman – "Something in the Air" (1969)[81][110]
• Steam – "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" (1969)[38][81]
• Eddie Holman – "Hey There Lonely Girl" (1969)[104][111]
• Zager and Evans – "In the Year 2525" (1969)[112][113]
• Roy Clark – "Yesterday When I Was Young" (1969)[114][115]
• Crazy Elephant – "Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'" (1969)[116][117]
• The Youngbloods – “Get Together" (1969)[118][119]
• Spiral Starecase – "More Today Than Yesterday" (1969)[58][120]
• The Archies – "Sugar, Sugar" (1969)[5][121]

1970s

• Shocking Blue – "Venus" (1970)[122][123]
• The Ides of March – "Vehicle" (1970)[124][125]
• Eric Burdon & War – "Spill the Wine" (1970)[126]
• Mountain – "Mississippi Queen" (1970)[127][128]
• Frijid Pink – "The House of the Rising Sun" (1970)[17][129]
• Norman Greenbaum – "Spirit in the Sky" (1970)[88][130]
• Alive N Kickin' – "Tighter, Tighter" (1970)[131][132]
• Bobby Bloom – "Montego Bay" (1970)[133][134]
• Five Stairsteps – "O-o-h Child" (1970)[43][135]
• Free – "All Right Now" (1970)[104][136]
• The Jaggerz – "The Rapper" (1970)[81][137]
• Edison Lighthouse – "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" (1970)[138][139]
• Brewer & Shipley – "One Toke Over the Line" (1970)[140][141]
• Mungo Jerry – "In the Summertime" (1970)[142][143]
• Tee Set – "Ma Belle Amie" (1970)[144][17]
• Jean Knight – "Mr. Big Stuff" (1971)[145][146]
• Coven – "One Tin Soldier" (1971)[17][109]
• The Buoys – "Timothy" (1971)[17][147]
• Climax – "Precious and Few" (1971)[148][149]
• Billy Paul – "Me and Mrs. Jones" (1972)[24][150]
• Hurricane Smith – "Oh, Babe, What Would You Say?" (1972)[151][17]
• Timmy Thomas – "Why Can't We Live Together" (1972)[152][153]
• Arlo Guthrie – "City of New Orleans" (1972)[154][155]
• Clint Holmes – "Playground in My Mind" (1972)[156][157]
• Looking Glass – "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)" (1972)[158][159]
• King Harvest – "Dancing in the Moonlight" (1972)[88][160]
• T. Rex – "Get It On" (1972)[17][161]
• Dr. John – "Right Place, Wrong Time" (1972)[162][163]
• Apollo 100 – "Joy" (1972)[164][165]
• Vicki Lawrence – “The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia” (1973)[166][167]
• Skylark – "Wildflower" (1973)[168][169]
• Lou Reed - "Walk on the Wild Side" (1973)[17][170]
• B. W. Stevenson – "My Maria" (1973)[171][172]
• Stories – "Brother Louie" (1973)[173][174]
• David Essex – “Rock On” (1974)[175][127]
• Terry Jacks – "Seasons in the Sun" (1974)[176][177]
• Reunion – "Life Is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)" (1974)[178][179]
• The First Class – "Beach Baby" (1974)[81][180]
• Carl Douglas – "Kung Fu Fighting" (1974)[58][181]
• Pilot – "Magic" (1974)[51][182]
• Billy Swan – "I Can Help" (1974)[17][183]
• Jigsaw – “Sky High” (1975)[184][185]
• Ace – "How Long" (1975)[186][187]
• Nazareth – "Love Hurts" (1975)[104][188]
• Pratt & McClain – “Happy Days” (1976)[189][190]
• Keith Carradine – "I'm Easy" (1976)[17][191]
• Elvin Bishop – "Fooled Around and Fell in Love" (1976)[192][191]
• Henry Gross – "Shannon" (1976)[193][194][195]
• Silver – "Wham Bam" (1976)[17][196]
• Larry Groce – "Junk Food Junkie" (1976)[197][198]
• Cyndi Grecco – "Making Our Dreams Come True" (1976)[199][200]
• Rick Dees and His Cast of Idiots – "Disco Duck" (1976)[183][201]
• Wild Cherry – "Play That Funky Music" (1976)[21][202]
• Starland Vocal Band – "Afternoon Delight" (1976)[203][204]
• Cerrone - "Love in C Minor" (1977)[17][205]
• David Soul – "Don't Give Up on Us" (1977)[17][206]
• Ram Jam – “Black Betty” (1977)[207][208]
• Dean Friedman – "Ariel" (1977)[81][209][210]
• Alan O'Day – "Undercover Angel" (1977)[17][211]
• Debby Boone – "You Light Up My Life" (1977)[81][212]
• Paul Nicholas – "Heaven on the 7th Floor" (1977)[213][214]
• Alicia Bridges – "I Love the Nightlife" (1978)[215][216]
• Walter Egan – "Magnet and Steel" (1978)[17][217]
• Cheryl Lynn – "Got to Be Real" (1978)[38][181]
• Patrick Hernandez - "Born to Be Alive" (1979)[218][219]
• Anita Ward – "Ring My Bell" (1979)[23][220]
• Sugarhill Gang – "Rapper's Delight" (1979)[43][58]
• Amii Stewart - "Knock on Wood" (1979)[218][221]
• Sniff 'n' the Tears – "Driver's Seat" (1979)[222][223]
• Nick Lowe – "Cruel to Be Kind" (1979)[218][224]
• The Knack – "My Sharona" (1979)[225][226]
• The Buggles – "Video Killed the Radio Star" (1979)[227][228]
• Tom Johnston – "Savannah Nights" (1979)[229][230]
• Roger Voudouris – "Get Used to It" (1979)[231][232]
• Steve Forbert – "Romeo's Tune" (1979)[233][234][235]
• Randy VanWarmer – "Just When I Needed You Most" (1979)[236][237][218]
• M – "Pop Muzik" (1979)[238][239]
• The Crusaders - "Street Life" (1979)[17][109]
• The Boomtown Rats – "I Don't Like Mondays" (1979)[227][240]
• Gary Numan – "Cars" (1979)[241][242]

1980s

• Rocky Burnette – "Tired of Toein' the Line" (1980)[243][244]
• Lipps Inc. – "Funkytown" (1980)[23][227]
• Utopia – "Set Me Free" (1980)[17][232]
• S.O.S. Band – "Take Your Time (Do It Right)" (1980)[245][243]
• Robbie Dupree – "Steal Away" (1980)[227][246]
• Martha and The Muffins – "Echo Beach" (1980)[247][248]
• Benny Mardones – "Into the Night" (1980)[249][250]
• Rodney Crowell – "Ashes by Now" (1980)[109][17]
• Devo – "Whip It" (1980)[251][252][227]
• The Vapors – "Turning Japanese" (1980)[227][253][254]
• Terri Gibbs – "Somebody's Knockin'" (1980)[255][17]
• Grover Washington, Jr. – "Just the Two of Us" (1981)[21][256]
• Tommy Tutone – "867-5309/Jenny" (1981)[88][227][257]
• Soft Cell – "Tainted Love" (1981)[104][227][258]
• Bertie Higgins – "Key Largo" (1981)[227][259][260]
• Quarterflash – "Harden My Heart" (1981)[227][261]
• Buckner and Garcia – "Pac-Man Fever" (1981)[227][17]
• Red Rider – "Lunatic Fringe" (1981)[227][262]
• Lee Ritenour – "Is It You" (1981)[263][264]
• Tom Tom Club – "Genius of Love" (1981)[227][265][266]
• Joey Scarbury – "Theme from The Greatest American Hero (Believe It or Not)" (1981)[17][263]
• Toni Basil – "Mickey" (1981)[3][18][227][267]
• Frankie Smith – "Double Dutch Bus" (1981)[18][268]
• After the Fire – "Der Kommisar" (1981)[227][269]
• Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde – "Genius Rap" (1981)[270][271]
• Diesel – "Sausalito Summernight" (1981)[109][17]
• Prism – "Don't Let Him Know" (1982)[17][272]
• Marshall Crenshaw - "Someday, Someway" (1982)[109][273]
• Bob & Doug McKenzie – "Take Off" (1982)[17][274]
• Thomas Dolby – "She Blinded Me with Science" (1982)[227][275]
• Rainbow – "Stone Cold" (1982)[17]
• Patrice Rushen – "Forget Me Nots" (1982)[227][276]
• Modern English – "I Melt with You" (1982)[43][227]
• Dexys Midnight Runners – "Come On Eileen" (1982)[104][227][277]
• Bow Wow Wow – "I Want Candy" (1982)[23][227]
• Karla Bonoff - "Personally" (1982)[258][278]
• Haircut One Hundred – "Love Plus One" (1982)[227][269]
• Men Without Hats – "The Safety Dance" (1982)[227][240]
• Musical Youth – "Pass The Dutchie" (1982)[227][246]
• A Flock of Seagulls – "I Ran (So Far Away)" (1982)[24][227]
• Frank Zappa – "Valley Girl" (1982)[6][279]
• Le Roux – "Nobody Said It Was Easy" (1982)[17][280]
• The Waitresses – "I Know What Boys Like" (1982)[227][247]
• Rush – "New World Man" (1982)[279][281]
• Josie Cotton – "Johnny Are You Queer?" (1982)[227][282]
• Tane Cain – "Holdin' On" (1982)[17][205]
• The Weather Girls – "It's Raining Men" (1982)[227][246]
• Aldo Nova – "Fantasy" (1982)[227][283]
• Eddy Grant – "Electric Avenue" (1982)[284][227]
• Wall of Voodoo – "Mexican Radio" (1983)[51][227]
• Rodney Dangerfield – "Rappin' Rodney" (1983)[227][246]
• Frank Stallone – "Far From Over" (1983)[227][285]
• Spandau Ballet – "True" (1983)[286][287]
• Frankie Goes to Hollywood – "Relax" (1983)[227][246]
• Michael Sembello – "Maniac" (1983)[21][227]
• Toto Coelo – "I Eat Cannibals" (1983)[288][289]
• Fiction Factory – "(Feels Like) Heaven" (1983)[290][291]
• Re-Flex - "The Politics of Dancing" (1983)[269][17]
• Martin Briley – "The Salt in My Tears" (1983)[17][205]
• Peter Schilling – "Major Tom (Coming Home)" (1983)[82][227]
• Taco – "Puttin' On the Ritz" (1983)[227][292]
• Shannon – "Let the Music Play" (1983)[227][284]
• Big Country – "In a Big Country" (1983)[293][294][227]
• Kajagoogoo – "Too Shy" (1983)[295][88][227]
• Matthew Wilder – "Break My Stride" (1983)[296][227]
• Nena – "99 Luftballons" (1983)[297][43][227]
• Murray Head – "One Night in Bangkok" (1984)[6][298]
• Jump 'n the Saddle Band – "The Curly Shuffle" (1984)[299][300]
• Twisted Sister – "We're Not Gonna Take It" (1984)[227][246]
• John Waite – "Missing You" (1984)[227][290]
• The Icicle Works - "Birds Fly (Whisper to a Scream)" (1984)[101][301]
• Scandal - "The Warrior" (1984)[302][303]
• Nik Kershaw – "Wouldn't It Be Good" (1984)[227][304]
• Rockwell – "Somebody's Watching Me" (1984)[227][246]
• Laid Back – "White Horse" (1984)[17][229]
• Mike Reno – "Almost Paradise" (1984)[305][17]
• Animotion – "Obsession" (1984)[227][246]
• General Public – "Tenderness" (1984)[227][306]
• Jack Wagner – "All I Need" (1984)[227][246]
• Dead or Alive – "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" (1984)[110][227]
• Phillip Bailey – "Easy Lover" (1984)[227][17]
• Talk Talk – "It's My Life" (1984)[307][266]
• Mary Jane Girls – "In My House" (1984)[227][308]
• Face to Face – "10-9-8" (1984)[17][209]
• Autograph – "Turn Up the Radio" (1984)[309][308]
• Baltimora – "Tarzan Boy" (1985)[310][311]
• Robin George - "Heartline" (1985)[312][313]
• Billy Crystal – "You Look Marvelous" (1985)[308][285]
• Yello – "Oh Yeah" (1985)[227][314]
• 'Til Tuesday – "Voices Carry" (1985)[227][315]
• Eddie Murphy – "Party All the Time" (1985)[227][246]
• Harold Faltermeyer – "Axel F" (1985)[227][316]
• Force MDs – "Tender Love" (1985)[317][318]
• Scritti Politti – "Perfect Way" (1985)[319][301]
• Simple Minds – "Don't You (Forget About Me)" (1985)[5][320]
• Godley & Creme – "Cry" (1985)[12][104]
• Paul Hardcastle – "19" (1985)[269][227]
• The Dream Academy – "Life in a Northern Town" (1985)[321][322]
• Clarence Clemons – "You're a Friend of Mine" (1986)[227][17]
• Jermaine Stewart – "We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off" (1986)[227][323]
• Boys Don't Cry – "I Wanna Be a Cowboy" (1986)[269][324]
• Swing Out Sister – "Breakout" (1986)[325][227]
• Nancy Martinez - "For Tonight" (1986)[326][327]
• The Blow Monkeys - "Digging Your Scene" (1986)[328][329]
• Gloria Loring – "Friends and Lovers" (1986)[227][330]
• The Georgia Satellites – "Keep Your Hands to Yourself" (1986)[227][331]
• Don Johnson – "Heartbeat" (1986)[284][227]
• Chris de Burgh – "The Lady in Red" (1986)[227][246]
• The Fabulous Thunderbirds – "Tuff Enuff" (1986)[227][324]
• Device - "Hanging On a Heart Attack" (1986)[109][326]
• Robbie Nevil – "C'est La Vie" (1986)[227][332]
• Timex Social Club – "Rumors" (1986)[263][333]
• Timbuk 3 – "The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades" (1986)[227][334]
• Stacey Q – "Two of Hearts" (1986)[284][227]
• Cutting Crew – "(I Just) Died in Your Arms" (1986)[227][261]
• Pseudo Echo – "Funkytown" (1986)[335][17]
• The Outfield – "Your Love" (1986)[227][336]
• Oran "Juice" Jones – "The Rain" (1986)[227][337]
• Nu Shooz – "I Can't Wait" (1986)[227][338]
• World Party – "Ship of Fools" (1986)[232][17]
• Double - "Captain of Her Heart" (1986)[306][326]
• Honeymoon Suite - "Feel It Again" (1986)[101][326]
• XTC – "Dear God" (1986)[227][246]
• Midnight Oil – "Beds Are Burning" (1987)[227][339]
• Bruce Willis – "Respect Yourself" (1987)[284][227]
• T'Pau – "Heart and Soul" (1987)[227][240]
• Pretty Poison – "Catch Me (I'm Falling)" (1987)[18][227]
• Living in a Box – "Living in a Box" (1987)[17][340]
• Billy Vera – "At This Moment" (1987)[227][240]
• Paul Lekakis – "Boom Boom (Let's Go Back To My Room)" (1987)[227][246]
• Patrick Swayze – "She's Like the Wind" (1987)[58][341]
• Club Nouveau – "Lean on Me" (1987)[227][342]
• Grateful Dead – "Touch of Grey" (1987)[17][281]
• The Other Ones – "Holiday" (1987)[17]
• J.J. Fad – "Supersonic" (1987)[270][227]
• LeVert - "Casanova" (1987)[343][17]
• Bourgeois Tagg - "I Don't Mind At All" (1987)[344][17]
• When in Rome – "The Promise" (1988)[345][38]
• Johnny Hates Jazz – "Shattered Dreams" (1988)[6][346]
• Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock – "It Takes Two" (1988)[227][246]
• Edie Brickell & New Bohemians – "What I Am" (1988)[347][348][227]
• Will to Power – "Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley" (1988)[227][349]
• Bobby McFerrin – "Don't Worry, Be Happy" (1988)[227][350]
• The La's – "There She Goes" (1988)[5][248]
• Johnny Kemp – "Just Got Paid" (1988)[227][349]
• MARRS – "Pump Up The Volume" (1988)[351][17]
• Information Society – "What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy)" (1988)[227][352]
• E.U. – "Da' Butt" (1988)[227][209]
• Jane Wiedlin – "Rush Hour" (1988)[353][17]
• The Church – "Under the Milky Way" (1988)[43][227]
• Vixen – "Edge of a Broken Heart" (1988)[227][262]
• Ziggy Marley and The Melody Makers – "Tomorrow People" (1988)[227][17]
• Kon Kan – "I Beg Your Pardon (I Never Promised You a Rose Garden)" (1988)[354][353]
• Boys Club – "I Remember Holding You" (1989)[17][355]
• Grayson Hugh - "Talk It Over" (1989)[163][356]
• Enya - "Orinoco Flow" (1989)[357][209]
• Neneh Cherry – "Buffalo Stance" (1989)[227][358]
• Roachford – "Cuddly Toy" (1989)[359][17]
• Jeff Healey – "Angel Eyes" (1989)[360][227]
• L.A. Guns – "The Ballad of Jayne" (1989)[227][262]
• Faster Pussycat – "House of Pain" (1989)[262][309]
• Love and Rockets – "So Alive" (1989)[110][6]
• Martika – "Toy Soldiers" (1989)[227][246]
• Biz Markie – "Just a Friend" (1989)[38][361]
• Michael Damian – "Rock On" (1989)[227][362]
• Jimmy Harnen with Synch – "Where Are You Now?" (1989)[363][364][17]
• Sheriff – "When I'm With You" (1989)[365][366]
• Alannah Myles – "Black Velvet" (1989)[227][367]
• Kix – "Don't Close Your Eyes" (1989)[17][368]

1990s

• Jane Child – "Don't Wanna Fall in Love" (1990)[369][370]
• Sinead O'Connor – "Nothing Compares 2 U" (1990)[58][371]
• Mellow Man Ace – "Mentirosa" (1990)[270][372]
• Vanilla Ice –"Ice Ice Baby" (1990)[373][374]
• Electronic – "Getting Away With It" (1990)[17][209]
• Candyman – "Knockin' Boots" (1990)[270][375]
• Deee-Lite – "Groove Is in the Heart" (1990)[376][377]
• EMF – "Unbelievable" (1990)[378][21]
• Gerardo – "Rico Suave" (1990)[379][380]
• DNA – "Tom's Diner" (1990)[17][381]
• Tom Cochrane – "Life Is a Highway" (1991)[382][383]
• Right Said Fred – "I'm Too Sexy" (1991)[384][385]
• Sir Mix-A-Lot – "Baby Got Back" (1992)[386][3]
• House of Pain – "Jump Around" (1992)[361][387]
• Positive K – "I Got a Man" (1992)[270][375]
• Paperboy – "Ditty" (1992)[270][361]
• Duice – "Dazzey Duks" (1993)[270][361]
• 95 South – "Whoot, There It Is" (1993)[270][361]
• Tag Team – "Whoomp! (There It Is)" (1993)[270][361]
• Robin S. – "Show Me Love" (1993)[388][389]
• Blind Melon – "No Rain" (1993)[38][390]
• Haddaway – "What Is Love" (1993)[43][387]
• The Proclaimers – "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" (1993)[5][391]
• 4 Non Blondes – "What's Up?" (1993)[392][88]
• The Breeders – "Cannonball" (1993)[387][390]
• Corona – "The Rhythm Of The Night" (1993)[393][394]
• Ahmad – "Back in the Day" (1994)[270][375]
• Ini Kamoze – "Here Comes the Hotstepper" (1994)[361][337]
• Toadies – "Possum Kingdom" (1994)[23][390]
• Everything but the Girl – "Missing" (1994)[325][51]
• Deep Blue Something – "Breakfast at Tiffany's" (1995)[395][396]
• Skee-Lo – "I Wish" (1995)[270][375]
• Los Del Rio – "Macarena" (1995)[5][397]
• Dionne Farris – "I Know" (1995)[398][24]
• Joan Osborne – "One of Us" (1995)[399][400]
• Nonchalant – "5 O'Clock" (1996)[270][375]
• Dishwalla – "Counting Blue Cars" (1996)[399][401]
• Spacehog – "In the Meantime" (1996)[104][387]
• Crucial Conflict – "Hay" (1996)[270][361]
• Primitive Radio Gods – "Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand" (1996)[82][387]
• The Cardigans – "Lovefool" (1996)[402][403]
• Duncan Sheik – "Barely Breathing" (1996)[82][404]
• The Verve Pipe – "The Freshmen" (1996)[387][390]
• OMC – "How Bizarre" (1996)[387][405]
• White Town – "Your Woman" (1997)[21][387]
• Tracey Lee – "The Theme (It's Party Time)" (1997)[270][375]
• Aqua – "Barbie Girl" (1997)[402][406]
• Fiona Apple – "Criminal" (1997)[402][58]
• Meredith Brooks – "Bitch" (1997)[5][88]
• Shawn Colvin – "Sunny Came Home" (1997)[212][407]
• Hanson – "MMMBop" (1997)[5][286]
• Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz – "Deja Vu (Uptown Baby)" (1997)[270][375]
• Chumbawamba – "Tubthumping" (1997)[5][225]
• Marcy Playground – "Sex and Candy" (1998)[24][387]
• The Verve – "Bitter Sweet Symphony" (1998)[5][225]
• Harvey Danger – "Flagpole Sitta" (1998)[43][390]
• Semisonic – "Closing Time" (1998)[408][110]
• Natalie Imbruglia – "Torn" (1998)[43][387]
• Eagle-Eye Cherry – "Save Tonight" (1999)[88][387]
• Lit – "My Own Worst Enemy" (1999)[409][410]
• Lou Bega – "Mambo No. 5" (1999)[387][411]
• New Radicals – "You Get What You Give" (1999)[2][390]
• Sporty Thievz – "No Pigeons" (1999)[270][375]
• Tal Bachman – "She's So High" (1999)[412][413]
• Len – "Steal My Sunshine" (1999)[21][387]
• Macy Gray – "I Try" (1999)[58][104]
• BBMak – "Back Here" (1999)[412][414]

2000s

• Hoku – "Another Dumb Blonde" (2000)[406][415]
• Nine Days – "Absolutely (Story of a Girl)" (2000)[416][417]
• Samantha Mumba – "Gotta Tell You" (2000)[418][419]
• Wheatus – "Teenage Dirtbag" (2000)[24][420]
• Baha Men – "Who Let the Dogs Out?" (2000)[411][421]
• Dream – "He Loves U Not" (2000)[419][422]
• SR-71 – "Right Now" (2000)[423][424]
• Crazy Town – "Butterfly" (2001)[425][426]
• American Hi-Fi – "Flavor of the Weak" (2001)[427][417]
• Eden's Crush – "Get Over Yourself" (2001)[416][422]
• Afroman – "Because I Got High" (2001)[5][418]
• Blu Cantrell – "Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops!)" (2001)[419][428]
• Willa Ford – "I Wanna Be Bad" (2001)[419][429]
• The Calling – "Wherever You Will Go" (2001)[414][417]
• Vanessa Carlton – "A Thousand Miles" (2002)[430][431]
• Truth Hurts – "Addictive" (2002)[418][428]
• Khia – "My Neck, My Back (Lick It)" (2002)[270][432]
• Tweet – "Oops (Oh My)" (2002)[412][419]
• Trapt – "Headstrong" (2002)[433][434]
• t.A.T.u. – "All The Things She Said" (2002)[422][412]
• Smilez and Southstar – "Tell Me" (2002)[270][416]
• Bone Crusher – "Never Scared" (2003)[270][428]
• The Ataris – "The Boys of Summer" (2003)[435][418]
• The Darkness – "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" (2003)[51][436]
• Fountains of Wayne – "Stacy's Mom" (2003)[419][437]
• Lumidee – "Never Leave You (Uh Oooh, Uh Oooh)" (2003)[418][438]
• Kevin Lyttle – "Turn Me On" (2003)[414][419]
• J-Kwon – "Tipsy" (2004)[270][428]
• Ryan Cabrera – "On the Way Down" (2004)[438][416]
• Yellowcard – "Ocean Avenue" (2004)[439][440]
• Howie Day – "Collide" (2004)[438][441]
• Amerie – "1 Thing" (2005)[418][442]
• The Click Five – "Just the Girl" (2005)[438][416]
• D4L – "Laffy Taffy" (2005)[421][443]
• Daniel Powter – "Bad Day" (2005)[411][414]
• Snow Patrol – "Chasing Cars" (2006)[417][444]
• Jibbs – "Chain Hang Low" (2006)[270][445]
• DJ Webstar and Young B. – "Chicken Noodle Soup" (2006)[270][445]
• The Pack – "Vans" (2006)[270][445]
• Young Dro – "Shoulder Lean" (2006)[424][445]
• Augustana – "Boston" (2006)[438][446]
• Hellogoodbye – "Here (In Your Arms)" (2006)[17][447]
• Gnarls Barkley – "Crazy" (2006)[417][424]
• Rich Boy – "Throw Some D's" (2006)[428][443]
• Mims – "This Is Why I'm Hot" (2007)[270][421]
• Huey – "Pop, Lock & Drop It" (2007)[270][448]
• Hurricane Chris – "A Bay Bay" (2007)[416][449]
• Yael Naim – "New Soul" (2008)[419][450]
• Flobots – "Handlebars" (2008)[17][451]
• Metro Station – "Shake It" (2008)[419][452]
• Estelle – "American Boy" (2008)[416][417]
• The Veronicas – "Untouched" (2009)[17][453]
• Asher Roth – "I Love College" (2009)[416][424]

2010s

• Orianthi – "According To You" (2010)[17][454]
• Spose — "I'm Awesome" (2010)[17][455]
• La Roux – "Bulletproof" (2010)[416][417][454]
• Jaron and the Long Road to Love – "Pray for You" (2010)[17][456]
• Cali Swag District – "Teach Me How to Dougie" (2010)[270][443][454]
• The Ready Set – "Love Like Woe" (2010)[17][457]
• Yolanda Be Cool and DCUP – "We No Speak Americano" (2010)[17][458]
• Edward Maya and Vika Jigulina – "Stereo Love" (2010)[459][460]
• Willow Smith – "Whip My Hair" (2010)[17][461]
• Duck Sauce – "Barbra Streisand" (2011)[462][463]
• Kreayshawn — "Gucci Gucci" (2011)[454][464]
• Alexandra Stan — "Mr. Saxobeat" (2011)[17][454]
• Gotye ft. Kimbra – "Somebody That I Used to Know" (2012)[438][416][454]
• Karmin — "Brokenhearted" (2012)[17][454]
• Grouplove — "Tongue Tied" (2012)[305][462]
• Alex Clare — "Too Close" (2012)[462][465]
• The Lumineers — "Ho Hey" (2012)[17][466]
• Trinidad James — "All Gold Everything" (2013)[465][467]
• Icona Pop ft. Charli XCX — "I Love It" (2013)[462][465][454]
• Baauer — "Harlem Shake" (2013)[462][465][454]
• Capital Cities — "Safe and Sound" (2013)[462][465][454]
• Ylvis — "The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)" (2013)[462][465][454]
• Passenger — "Let Her Go" (2014)[462][465]
• Nico & Vinz — "Am I Wrong" (2014)[17][465]
• Magic! — "Rude" (2014)[462][465][454]
• ILoveMakonnen ft. Drake — "Tuesday" (2014)[17][467]
• T-Wayne — "Nasty Freestyle" (2015)[17][465]
• Jidenna ft. Roman GianArthur — "Classic Man" (2015)[465][454][468]
• Rachel Platten — "Fight Song" (2015)[462][465][454]
• OMI — "Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn remix)" (2015)[462][465][454]
• Silentó — "Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)" (2015)[465][454]
• Elle King — "Ex's & Oh's" (2015)[465][454]
• Desiigner — "Panda" (2015)[469][470][471]
• Young M.A — "OOOUUU" (2016)[465][472]
• Portugal. The Man — "Feel It Still" (2017)[462][465]

See also

• One-hit wonder
• Lists of one-hit wonders
• #1uv1: The Weekly One-Hit Wonder Party, Las Vegas

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External links

• Wayne Jancik's "One-Hit Wonders" website