Top 100 One-Hit Wonders Of All Time! (RANKED)

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[Media_Ranker]

THIS IS THE CRITERIA FOR ONE HIT WONDERS....
- An artist or band (who they are named as for THAT song, regardless of whether a member isnt a one hit wonder) who had only one song that truly did well on MULTIPLE MAIN SINGLES CHARTS...meaning nations and not specific genre charts etc
- I chose not to count an artists ONLY OTHER hit in that sense ^ if that other hit was a cover song. Therefore including them as a one hit wonder.
- An artist having other great music, many albums, still touring etc etc is IRRELEVANT. Its just about what their songs did, and more importantly didn't do, on main singles charts as i said.

Thanks, i know many of you still wont read this lol.

[bandgeekdad]

I don't agree with every entry on this list, but I REALLY love that you gave us the music without the incessant commentary we get with most channels that do "top" lists. Bravo!

[mrfrostwing]

Stardust quite literally made 1 song and said "Ight, Imma head out"

[philipmeckley]

Okay. Strictly speaking, a lot of these weren't actually "one hit wonders, " but a fun compilation nonetheless.

[isaacmartensson]

Foster the people ain't no one hit wonder

[TheRealRMG]

It's important to remember that just because an artist is a one hit wonder doesn't mean they don't have other good music, or that they don't have their share of fans. But if the general public would only recognize one of their songs, that indicates they are a one hit wonder.

[ultragame]

8:54 considering this is the only song they ever released, that means 100% of their songs were hits.

[debbieanne]

In the year 2525, Eve of Destruction, Pass the Dutchie, How Bizzare, Sugar Sugar and Venus by Shocking Blue come to mind

[steffinrobinson]

Some of my favorites include Lovefool by The Cardigans, Flagpole Sitta by Harvey Danger, In The Meantime by Spacehog, and Pepper by The Butthole Surfers

[kojikicklighter]

Some of my favorites: I Melt with You, Bittersweet Symphony, She Blinded Me with Science, Heart and Soul(T'Pau), What is Love(Haddaway), No Rain, The Way(Fastball), Jane's Getting Serious,

[sXewriter]

A lot of these artists had many other hit songs BUT what I valued a lot was that this spanned most of the decades. Great compilation! 👏🏽

[christos]

The FIFA 08 nostalgia I got from Young Folks was just brilliant. Cheers for that mate.

[abeastman]

Quite a few of these are in my playlist rn😂 most will stand the test of time. I will definitely still be vibing to dancing in the moonlight in 40 years.

[reallymysterious]

My Top 25 of your Top 100
25 There she goes
24 Steal my sunshine
23 Your woman
22 Ring my bell
21 Save tonight
20 Rapper's delight
19 What's up
18 Walking in Memphis
17 Feel it still
16 Kernkraft 400
15 How long
14 Missing you
13 Play that funky music
12 Funkytown
11 Wipe out
10 Bad Day
9 San Francisco
8 Baby come back
7 She's like the wind
6 Louie Louie
5 Do you love me
4 For what it's worth
3 Don't worry be happy
2 Slow ride
1 Black Betty

When I first heard Never met a girl like you before I thought it was David Bowie - lol

[anthonyeastaway]

Thank you and I would say at least 70% of them im still listening too today 🙂

[zammerman]

Cool list! A lot of these I forgot about!

[graveyard]

Amazing songs by 1 hit wonders that were forgotten :(

Baltimora - Tarzan Boy
Eddie Murphy - Party All The Time
Timex Social Club - Rumors

And they all from 86 too

[crismaldo]

Is this under a worldwide perspective or American? Los del Rio are very known in Spain, having, at least, another hit "Sevilla tiene un color especial"

[Tom-okrh]

Not sure if he had any other hits but Peter Schilling’s “Major Tom” was a great tune.

[annatomasik]

Save Tonight is my favorite! So happy it was included ❤