These one-hit wonders from the 70s were all the rage when they were first released, and each one has a somewhat strange story ...

These new wave icons surprisingly only had one Top 10 international hit: “I Melt With You” from 1982. We get it, though. It’s a wonderful song from a wonderful era of post-punk music.

That said, more often than not throughout music history, we tend to remember them as one-hit wonders. There were plenty of them in the 1970s. Here are the 20 best one-hit wonders of the '70s.

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OJ plays the best One Hit Wonders from 1994.

We could probably make a list of just alternative one-hit wonders from the 2000s. “Ocean Avenue” is certainly not the only one in existence, but it might be the best.

Every music fan knows the phrase “one-hit wonder” — the term that refers to a band or musician who creates one great song and never again repeats the accomplishment. But it turns out ...

As a musician, being dubbed a one-hit-wonder who accidentally created 'one of creepiest songs ever' isn't exactly ideal. Most people would much prefer a row of Grammy awards positioned on their ...

Direct Hit! have released a new song. It is called “ONE ONE ZERO” and is available digitally now. Direct Hit! released their album Crown of Nothing in 2018. Check out the song below.

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