Are They A One-Hit Wonder?

The Lipps Inc. song was Funkytown. The Pseudo Echo version was Funky Town. The song has been recorded by more than 40 artists including Selena, Starsound, Kidz Bop Kids, the Chipmunks and the Tanqueray Cowboys. (Most versions spell the title as a single word.) Former Missing Persons lead singer Dale Bozzio included the song on her 2007 CD New Wave Sessions:

 
sadchild said:
Yeah the thread is about the artist, not the song. But we could start another thread about songs that have been big hits for multiple bands that have each had no other hits...
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The assumption of OHW is the artist but it is not explicitly stated in the title.
 
Sugarloaf
#3 "Green-Eyed Lady"
#9 "Don't Call Us, We'll Call You"

I definitely don't know that second hit. Subjectively a OHW?
 
Don't Call Us, We'll Call You was on KHJ's Top 30 for eight weeks and peaked at #15. I remember the song quite well but never heard it played as an oldie. Only three other artists have recorded the song: Scott Reeder in 2002, Pink Filth on a 1998 album called Seventeen Bubblegum Classics! and British punk band The Bollock Brothers in 1992:

 
Edwin McCain
#5 "I'll Be"
#37 "I Could Not Ask For More"

I feel like the only one in the world that listens to "I Could Not". The only other song he's known for is "Solitude" (great lyrics!) but it wasn't technically a hit (#72 peak). Subjectively a OHW.
 
sadchild said:
Edwin McCain
#5 "I'll Be"
#37 "I Could Not Ask For More"

I feel like the only one in the world that listens to "I Could Not". The only other song he's known for is "Solitude" (great lyrics!) but it wasn't technically a hit (#72 peak). Subjectively a OHW.
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Around that time, my workplace was playing an Adult Contemporary station, so I'm all too familiar with both songs.
 
I like the tune, and play it once in a while as part of my pop and AC playlists, but have never heard "I Could Not" on the radio, on in a playlist/stream, or ever heard anyone say anything about it ever ... until now. Glad I'm not the only one who's heard it, it's a decent tune and deserves more of an audience of one.
 
LFO
#3 "Summer Girls"
#10 "Girl On TV"

"New Kids On The Block had a bunch of hits..." but these guys didn't. Only two, to be exact.

A while ago I heard "Girl On TV" on 90s on 9. Not only had I never heard it before, I wished was I wasn't hearing it then, and hope to never hear it again! Subjectively a OHW.
 
I know I'm posting these like mad, and it's not quite as interesting as when it started, but ... it's because we're almost to 128 artists and that will mean it qualifies for a big madness!

Soul Asylum
#5 "Runaway Train"
#20 "Misery"

While I think "Misery" isn't well-known (I rarely heard it back then and rarely hear it now), they have a few songs that are big on rock radio that I think the mainstream knows too ("Black Gold", "Without A Trace", "Somebody To Shove"). Not a subjective OHW.
 
sadchild said:
I know I'm posting these like mad, and it's not quite as interesting as when it started, but ... it's because we're almost to 128 artists and that will mean it qualifies for a big madness!

Soul Asylum
#5 "Runaway Train"
#20 "Misery"

While I think "Misery" isn't well-known (I rarely heard it back then and rarely hear it now), they have a few songs that are big on rock radio that I think the mainstream knows too ("Black Gold", "Without A Trace", "Somebody To Shove"). Not a subjective OHW.
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The song I know from them is "Summer of Drugs" from the benefit album "Sweet Relief: A Benefit for Victoria Williams".

They have their own discography page on Wiki. That should disqualify them right off the bat. Several alt hits. They had another Hit 100 hit "Promises Broken" (#63) as well.
 
OHW in the US, not the UK, yes in Canada (only one charting song, peaked a #2), not in Ireland, yes in Sweden (one #1 hit, no other charting singles), not in Belgium, yes in New Zealand...
 
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