15 Greatest One Hit Wonders in Rock + Metal

A one hit wonder breaks the Top 40(ish) of the mainstream chart only once, with their career generally overshadowed by that one track. Are are 15 legit one hit wonders who totally ruled.

[Vladi]

This is like the playlist of every "alternative" FM radio station ever.

[dezthescentlessapprentice]

I imagine being a one hit wonder is worse than never getting recognized, because you have to deal with living in your own shadow and knowing that you peaked only once, that you lucked out and couldn’t capitalize on it

[Sabucooo]

Alien ant farm: kind of sad that their only big hit was a cover

[KyuubiJustin]

So you're telling me Ram Jam's "Black Betty" is not considered a one-hit wonder?

[benguitardrums]

When your one hit wonder is a cover...

[sinisternightmare]

I'd like to add:

Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag

[happy_fecker]

Definition of One Hit Wonders from Wikipedia: "A one-hit wonder is any entity that achieves mainstream popularity, often for only one piece of work, and becomes known among the general public solely for that momentary success." This doesn't mean they didn't have other hits or weren't great bands. This only means that if you go up to 50 random people, most of them will only know one song from these bands.

[jameshohn]

I'm almost certain that Weird Al covered most of this list

[screamingtrees]

Blind melon is not a one hit wonder, change is also a top song of theirs but their album soup is amazing. One of the most interesting albums I’ve ever heard.

[Duenas]

The songs everyone knows from bands nobodys heard of

[deanlangley]

Drowning Pool had “Tear Away” as well as “Bodies” so I wouldn’t call them a one hit wonder

[liamwallace]

I think Slayer was a one hit wonder with the song master of puppets, honestly only true fans have even heard madhouse from the album symphony of destruction

[nicholasdecarlo]

We all need to accept that Stacey’s mom is a national treasure

[tyrillknight]

This sounds like the playlist that most radio stations use

[elias]

No way drowning pool is "one hit wonder", sinner is a great album and was certified platinun.

[aphexmaxim]

Not gonna lie I’ve never heard most of these songs

[FALpwn]

I don't think Drowning Pool should count as a one hit wonder.

[prkchop_xprs]

Ok, but Iron Butterfly has the most epic 1 hit wonder. 18 minutes is awesome

[edoardopulcini]

Most of those sound alike, this sort of "pop-punk-hard rock-early 2000s" sound or the "I really like Eddie Vedder and I want to sing like him" sound

[kevinheath]

Blind Melon Soup was a truly great rock record