In the UK a one-hit wonder usually means a group or artist who had a song reach the top 75 on a major UK Chart ( unlike the US ranking system which requires a song reach the top 40 to be considered a hit )…
these one-hit wonders may ( and likely will ) include groups and artists from the US ( and possibly other places ) who had a single song make it into the top 75 on a major UK Chart…
Top 20 One-Hit Wonders in the UK: 1960-1999
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown – Fire
Zager And Evans – In The Year 2525
Lemon Pipers – Green Tambourine
Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg – Je t’aime moi non plus
Scott McKenzie – San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair)
The Lone Ranger – Quantum Jump
Video Killed The Radio Star-The Buggles
Ashton, Gardner & Dyke – Resurrection Shuffle
Spirit In The Sky – Norman Greenbaum
Matthews Southern Comfort – Woodstock
Tommy Tutone – 867 5309 (Jenny)
Weather Girls — I’ts Raining Men
Nick Kamen – I Promised Myself
Edwyn Collins – A Girl Like You
You might want to check out our other one-hit wonder collection lists:
One-Hit Wonders: Popular and Rare
One-Hit Wonders of the 60’s: Popular and Rare
Top Ten One-Hit Wonders of the 90’s
Top Ten One-Hit Wonders of the 80’s
Top Ten One-Hit Wonders of the 70’s
Top Ten One-Hit Wonders of the 60’s
also our number-one hit collections:
Number One Hits in the UK: 1960s
Number One Hits in the UK: 1970s
Number One Hits in the UK: 1980s
Number One Hits in the UK: 1990s
also our hit collections:
100 Greatest Rock Classics: 1960-1999
Rock Classics: Remembering the Classics…songs that never made our other lists
Rock Classics: Remembering the Classics…songs that never made our other lists : Part Two
Rock Classics: that almost never get played anymore
Rock Classics: that almost never get played anymore: Part Two
Rock Classics: that almost never get played anymore: Part Three
Weird and Wacky Rock Classics: sometimes NSFW
( image courtesy of the nytimes.com )
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