Are They A One-Hit Wonder?

Patti Smyth
#2 "Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough"
#33 "No Mistakes"

Despite not hearing "No Mistakes" much anymore, I think these two solo hits are still known enough for her not to be a subjective OHW.

Of course, there's also her hit with Scandal, but I consider that to be a separate entity.
#7 "The Warrior"
#41 "Hands Tied"
#41 "Beat Of A Heart"
 
sadchild said:
Patti Smyth
#2 "Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough"
#33 "No Mistakes"

Despite not hearing "No Mistakes" much anymore, I think these two solo hits are still known enough for her not to be a subjective OHW.

Of course, there's also her hit with Scandal, but I consider that to be a separate entity.
#7 "The Warrior"
#41 "Hands Tied"
#41 "Beat Of A Heart"
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Her 2nd biggest Mainstream Rock hit was Goodbye to You (with Scandal), which hit #65 on Billboard 100, and #5 on Mainstream. If you add those two to her 2 solo hits, that's 4 songs of hers that get rotation on the radio. Call that whatever you want.
 
Brick
#3 "Dazz"
#18 "Dusic"

I know "Dazz" from a few songs where rappers have rapped over a sample of it (most notably Ice Cube on "No Vaseline").



I just listened to a little of "Dusic" ... never heard it. Subjectively a OHW.

I do however see that they did the original "Ain't Gonna Hurt Nobody" (I hadn't heard before today), which was sampled in Kid N Play's song of the same name (I remember from back in the day).
 
sadchild said:
Brick
#3 "Dazz"
#18 "Dusic"

I know "Dazz" from a few songs where rappers have rapped over a sample of it (most notably Ice Cube on "No Vaseline").



I just listened to a little of "Dusic" ... never heard it. Subjectively a OHW.

I do however see that they did the original "Ain't Gonna Hurt Nobody" (I hadn't heard before today), which was sampled in Kid N Play's song of the same name (I remember from back in the day).
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Multihit wonder in the funk and R&B/urban worlds. Popwise, they may not get any play at all.
 
Barenaked Ladies
#1 "One Week"
#15 "Pinch Me"
#44 "It's All Been Done"

Here is another perfect example of how the Hot 100 does not reflect an artist's level of success. Not a OHW subjectively or in any other imaginable way.
 
sadchild said:
Barenaked Ladies
#1 "One Week"
#15 "Pinch Me"
#44 "It's All Been Done"

Here is another perfect example of how the Hot 100 does not reflect an artist's level of success. Not a OHW subjectively or in any other imaginable way.
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Had the show started a few years later, they probably could have gotten a Hot 100 hit from their "Big Bang Theory" theme song.
 
sadchild said:
Barenaked Ladies
#1 "One Week"
#15 "Pinch Me"
#44 "It's All Been Done"

Here is another perfect example of how the Hot 100 does not reflect an artist's level of success. Not a OHW subjectively or in any other imaginable way.
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Wait a minute; what about If I Had a Million Dollars? Probably their most well-known song?
 
sadchild said:
Barenaked Ladies
#1 "One Week"
#15 "Pinch Me"
#44 "It's All Been Done"

Here is another perfect example of how the Hot 100 does not reflect an artist's level of success. Not a OHW subjectively or in any other imaginable way.
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They have a gazzilion hits in Canada.
 
scotchandcigar said:
Wait a minute; what about If I Had a Million Dollars? Probably their most well-known song?
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Best-known? I'm familiar with it but I can't say that I recall hearing it on the radio. Maybe in Canada, but definitely not in the US where "One Week" is a '90s staple.
 
I rarely heard "Million$" back in the 90s on FM, though I did know that one and "Brian Wilson" through friends. It wasn't until "The Old Apartment" in '96 that they became a band known in the mainstream and not just a few people I knew.
 
They became well known in Canada when they were banned from Toronto for their offensive name. The mayor was routinely laughed at after that and they became famous.
 
jbnv said:
Best-known? I'm familiar with it but I can't say that I recall hearing it on the radio. Maybe in Canada, but definitely not in the US where "One Week" is a '90s staple.
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In New England, the adult contemporary stations play a variety of live versions of Million, on a regular basis. They change some words in each. That was an AC staple before One Week even came out. I would imagine it's the same in other parts of the US.
 
scotchandcigar said:
In New England, the adult contemporary stations play a variety of live versions of Million, on a regular basis. They change some words in each. That was an AC staple before One Week even came out. I would imagine it's the same in other parts of the US.
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I can't say that I've heard it on any of the AC stations I've heard in Louisiana.
 
scotchandcigar said:
In New England
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I didn't listen to WRXV 92.5 The River much in the 90s (I was more into the Active Rock stations) but I had it as a preset to check when the harder stations played something I didn't want to hear. I could see them playing it back then - they probably did once in a while.

They even had their own live-in-studio version of it. I think it's the recording where someone tells a story about a lady that yelled at him that day, and mentions "Fruit Roll-ups".

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Various - WXRV Presents: Live From The River Music Hall V.1

View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1998 CD release of "WXRV Presents: Live From The River Music Hall V.1" on Discogs.
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But back in the 90s, I don't remember the song being well-known. Just a few people I knew knew it. Kinda obscure-ish.
 
I first heard it at a college club function circa 1994. Since then, I would argue I've heard it more on my own Spotify play list than I've heard it on the radio. I doubt it shows up on '90s on 9 as even a "lost hit." Maybe it gets played on one of the alternative stations. I have no idea for certain because I don't listen to them.
 
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