The best ever one hit wonder?

[warewolf]

OK - I see your obscure 80's techno pop Colin. In fact I'll raise you an EBN-OZN
Their big hit AEIOU isn't on YT.

More electronica & dance, on the whole. Most of them cover a few more decades than synth-pop ever did.

Sadly, I think I remember AEIOU or something like it.

Here's another one: I thought I posted this up earlier . The Art of Noise with Paranoimia:

[BoristheBiter]

[Big Dave]

[warewolf]

BAck further techno

Yeah that got huge airplay at the time. (edit: hah! number one in Oz: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popcorn_%28instrumental%29)

D'ya remember the filler tracks the ABC played before the 7pm national news? After The Goodies and Dr Who, of course. Had a lot of Mike Oldfield in there, too.

[Genestho]

[Big Dave]

Yeah that got huge airplay at the time. (edit: hah! number one in Oz: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popcorn_%28instrumental%29)

D'ya remember the filler tracks the ABC played before the 7pm national news? After The Goodies and Dr Who, of course. Had a lot of Mike Oldfield in there, too.

GTK.

They used to play a lot of Old Grey Whistle Test Stuff too.



The National Anthem of Goulburn.

[warewolf]

doG. Now you've got me started!

How about the same track being the most significant hit for two different artists?!



and:



And for some 'popcorn' humour (esp. the clip about halfway through):

[scumdog]

Class!

All class...

[Big Dave]

Mary.

[warewolf]

The National Anthem of Goulburn.

Goulburn was well east of me.

[Hitcher]

[Big Dave]

Goulburn was well east of me.

Like I said, 'Wagga Wagga'. Anyway - importantly; not Sydney.

[Virago]

Which was of course a sound-bite rip-off from another one hit wonder - two for the price of one...

[warewolf]

Mary.

Not well received by the critics, despite the popularity. But she's more attractive than Bwyan Fewwy.

Most observers considered 10,000 Maniacs dead in the water following the departure of vocalist Natalie Merchant. Instead of calling it quits, the remaining members hired the jangle-folk duo John & Mary, whose guitarist, John Lombardo, played in one of the original incarnations of the Maniacs. The revamped group's first album, Love Among the Ruins, illustrated that the band could replicate their signature, gently jangly sound without too much effort, but it also illustrated that the group lacked focus without Merchant. Love Among the Ruins is a pleasant listen, but Mary Ramsey's thin voice occasionally grates, the songs are uniformly slight, and the cover of Roxy Music's "More Than This" is an outright embarrassment.

[Big Dave]

Meh, I like rock waif-ettes. I can listen to the Bangles and Kylie just so I can look at 'em.

Natalie did some good stuff with Billy Bragg latterly too.

Adjudicators ruling:

We already counted Roxy Music out earlier in the thread.
2 x different artist has merit - but should be a separate fred.