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Post by DiBiase is Good on Mar 24, 2022 16:45:38 GMT -5
Don McLean? Then again, American Pie is like 3 hit songs in one. Gloria Gaynor and I Will Survive. Lulu has a couple well known songs. Here, it's just To Sir With Love. In the UK Don McLean has had two number one singles. Neither are American Pie. |
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Post by Natural Born Farmer on Mar 24, 2022 17:59:38 GMT -5
A Flock of Seagulls Everybody remembers “I Ran” It wasn’t until the video for “Space Age Love Song” that we got to see THE HAIRSTYLE that we associate with the lead singer. The song still gets a decent amount of play on classic rock stations. And I still even hear “Wishing” two or three times a year. He definitely had the iconic hairstyle in the I Ran video. Didn't know about Space Age Love Song until the Todd In The Shadows video but that song is a banger. |
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Post by Natural Born Farmer on Mar 24, 2022 18:01:19 GMT -5
Don McLean? Then again, American Pie is like 3 hit songs in one. Vincent was the first thing I heard by him on the local oldies station, and it's still my favorite thing he's done. |
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Mar 24, 2022 19:44:11 GMT -5
Warrant had plenty of solid hits; it's just that "Cherry Pie" ended up as the song that (unfortunately) seems most remembered from them. It's too bad because "Uncle Tom's Cabin" is like... One of the very best hair metal songs ever written but barely anyone remembers it. |
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Post by Nickybojelais on Mar 24, 2022 21:41:45 GMT -5
The Boomtown Rats.
They had 9 top 20 singles, 2 number ones but I bet most people could only name "I don't like Mondays"
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Post by Dave the Dave on Mar 24, 2022 21:48:45 GMT -5
Lit with “My Own Worst Enemy”
It only peaked at 51, so they’re a no hit wonder
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Post by horsemen4ever on Mar 24, 2022 21:52:16 GMT -5
I don't know if this counts, but "Ghostbusters" by Ray Parker Jr., that was a big pop hit, but not an R&B hit. You can hear any other Ray Parker Jr. or Raydo hit on retro R&B stations except for "Ghostbusters."
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Post by DiBiase is Good on Mar 24, 2022 21:52:33 GMT -5
The Boomtown Rats. They had 9 top 20 singles, 2 number ones but I bet most people could only name "I don't like Mondays" Rat Trap is one catchy bastard. If I hear that song and that saxophone hook, I’m humming it for days! |
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Post by Spiderf 4 on Mar 24, 2022 21:56:30 GMT -5
Warrant had plenty of solid hits; it's just that "Cherry Pie" ended up as the song that (unfortunately) seems most remembered from them. It's too bad because "Uncle Tom's Cabin" is like... One of the very best hair metal songs ever written but barely anyone remembers it. Also, the only reason anyone remembers their song "Heaven" is because of those Rock Ballads compilations. |
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Post by Marvelous1LUFC on Mar 24, 2022 22:02:32 GMT -5
Aqua, are known for "Barbie Girl" but "Doctor Jones" and "Turn back time" are very good songs people outside of europe may not have heard
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Post by El Pollo Guerrera on Mar 24, 2022 23:44:24 GMT -5
As a Canadian it always seems absurd to me that "One Week" is the Barenaked Ladies' biggest song. I was raised on Gordon, bitch. "Brian Wilson" is my jam ENID! Anyways, my answer to the original question would be Kansas... everyone knows "Carry On Wayward Son" and little else (maybe "Dust In The Wind" or possibly "Fight Fire With Fire"). |
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Post by Rave on Mar 24, 2022 23:53:29 GMT -5
A-Ha Yeah I know ‘The Living Daylights’ sure. But the only song anyone remembers by them is ‘Take On Me’. Except it didn’t go to number 1 in the U.K. ‘The Sun Always Shines On TV’ did though. And barely anyone remembers that. Considering the massive Downer Ending the video inflicts on 'Take On Me', is it not remembering or choosing not to remember? |
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Mar 25, 2022 0:17:20 GMT -5
Phil Collins has had a ton of hits, but nothing is on the level of "In the Air Tonight".
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Post by thechase on Mar 25, 2022 4:20:03 GMT -5
Definitely Rick Astley; he actually has a handful of number ones in the UK and abroad, but Never Gonna Give You Up is so damn popular that he almost feels like a one-hit wonder. Together Forever is starting to gain a bit of a following, it's meme status is you unlocking the hidden 'good' ending of Rickroll |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2022 6:56:52 GMT -5
ICP never really had any hit songs, but I have yet to meet someone who has never heard Chicken Huntin before.
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Mar 25, 2022 8:16:32 GMT -5
Definitely Rick Astley; he actually has a handful of number ones in the UK and abroad, but Never Gonna Give You Up is so damn popular that he almost feels like a one-hit wonder. Together Forever is starting to gain a bit of a following, it's meme status is you unlocking the hidden 'good' ending of Rickroll Coincidentally it was playing at the supermarket when I picked up a few things this morning. |
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Post by rocket on Mar 25, 2022 8:44:32 GMT -5
Watching I Love the 90's the panelists acted like Collective Soul's only hit was Shine.
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Mar 25, 2022 9:26:35 GMT -5
Watching I Love the 90's the panelists acted like Collective Soul's only hit was Shine. Yeah *whales on guitar* |
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Mar 25, 2022 9:29:47 GMT -5
ICP never really had any hit songs, but I have yet to meet someone who has never heard Chicken Huntin before.  |
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Post by BJ Sturgeon on Mar 25, 2022 9:48:25 GMT -5
To most people Björk is the swan dress and maybe "It's Oh So Quiet". She has pretty much disowned that song ever since.
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