'90s One-Hit Wonders 2
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- The Basics
In the era of the 21st Century TV talent show, fleeting pop fame is available to anyone who braves an audition and impresses the judges, but back in the '90s things were a little less straightforward. Fly-by-night pop hopefuls were actually required to cut a single, send it into the charts, and then watch fame recede in the rear-view mirror of life, like the shrinking silhouette of a motorway service station. Charles & Eddie nailed the old method to perfection with retro-soul standout "Would I Lie to You?" which topped global charts in 1992, while Adamski introduced Seal to the world as the vocalist on "Killer" (1990) . . . and that was pretty much that.
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Name Artist Time Price 1 Would I Lie to You? Charles & Eddie 3:24 £0.99 View In iTunes 2 Killer Adamski 3:47 £0.99 View In iTunes 3 Sleeping Satellite Tasmin Archer 4:34 £0.99 View In iTunes 4 You Don't Love Me (No, No, No) Dawn Penn 4:36 £0.99 View In iTunes 5 Can You Dig It? The Mock Turtles 4:09 £0.99 View In iTunes 6 '74-'75 The Connells 4:38 £0.79 View In iTunes 7 There's Nothing Like This Omar 3:56 £0.99 View In iTunes 8 Here Come The Hotstepper Ini Kamoze 4:02 £0.79 View In iTunes 9 The Whole of the Moon The Waterboys 5:00 £0.99 View In iTunes 10 Bentley's Gonna Sort You Out! Bentley Rhythm Ace 4:55 £0.99 View In iTunes 11 How Bizarre OMC 3:45 £0.99 View In iTunes 12 You're Gorgeous Babybird 3:45 £0.79 View In iTunes 13 Jump Around House of Pain 3:34 £0.99 View In iTunes 14 I Swear All-4-One 4:19 £0.79 View In iTunes 15 Hear the Drummer (Get Wicked) Chad Jackson 6:36 £0.79 View In iTunes 16 Falling Julee Cruise 5:19 £0.79 View In iTunes 17 I Love Your Smile Shanice 3:48 £0.99 View In iTunes 18 Strawberry Fields Forever Candyflip 4:12 £0.79 View In iTunes 19 Wicked Game Chris Isaak 4:46 £0.99 View In iTunes 20 Sex On the Beach T-Spoon 3:44 £0.99 View In iTunes 21 Fascinating Rhythm Bass-O-Matic 4:08 £0.99 View In iTunes 22 Sunshine After the Rain (Two Cowboys Club Edit) [Edited for "90s Club Hits of the 90s"] Berri 3:04 £0.79 View In iTunes 23 I Got 5 on It Luniz 4:13 £0.79 View In iTunes 24 Poison Bell Biv DeVoe 4:22 £0.79 View In iTunes 25 Mona Craig McLachlan & Check 1-2 3:43 £0.79 View In iTunes Total: 25 Songs - Next Steps
Comedy has always been a reliable source of one-hit wonders, and in 1995 northern standup Roy "Chubby" Brown broadened his fanbase by amending the New World/Smokie hit "Living Next Door to Alice" with a well-placed expletive. His version of the tune instigated many a pub singalong, and the same can be said of Monty Python's "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" which originally featured as the closing song in 1979's Life of Brian, but picked up a cult following in the '90s, especially on the football terraces. "Doop" by Dutch production team, Doop, overhauled the charleston in 1994, and closed the gap between pop and torture.
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Parental AdvisoryName Artist Time Price 1 Adiemus Adiemus 3:57 £0.99 View In iTunes 2 Touch Me (feat. Cassandra) Rui Da Silva 3:35 £0.99 View In iTunes 3 Let Me Show You Camisra 3:27 £0.99 View In iTunes 4 Sugar Is Sweeter (Armand Van Helden's Drum 'n' Bass Mix) C.J. Bolland 8:35 £0.79 View In iTunes 5 Be There UNKLE 5:19 £0.99 View In iTunes 6 Would You...? Touch & Go 3:11 £0.99 View In iTunes 7 Windowlicker Aphex Twin 6:08 £0.79 View In iTunes 8 On & On Erykah Badu 3:46 £0.99 View In iTunes 9 ExplicitAlice, Alice (Who The F**k Is Alice?) Roy "Chubby" Brown 3:36 £0.79 View In iTunes 10 Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe Whale 3:59 £0.79 View In iTunes 11 Big Panty Woman Barefoot Man 5:26 £0.79 View In iTunes 12 One Week Barenaked Ladies 2:49 £0.79 View In iTunes 13 Could It Be I'm Falling In Love Worlds Apart 3:44 £0.99 View In iTunes 14 Dirty Cash (Money Talks) [Sold Out Mix {7" Edit}] The Adventures of Stevie V 4:03 £0.79 View In iTunes 15 Bamboogie (Radio Edit) Bamboo 3:31 £0.99 View In iTunes 16 Reach Up (Papa'S Got a Brand New Pig Bag) [Radio Edit] Perfecto Allstarz 3:23 £0.79 View In iTunes 17 X-Files DJ Dado 3:59 £0.79 View In iTunes 18 Renegade Master Wildchild 4:01 £0.99 View In iTunes 19 Doop (Sidney Berlin Ragtime Band) Doop 3:10 £0.79 View In iTunes 20 Everything Starts With an E Ezee Possee 7:51 £0.79 View In iTunes 21 Enjoy Yourself (Radio Edit) A+ 3:38 £0.99 View In iTunes 22 Cream Blank & Jones 7:23 £0.79 View In iTunes 23 Keep On Jumpin' (Lisa Marie Vocal Experience) [Edited for 'Cream Classics'] The Lisa Marie Experience 3:43 £0.79 View In iTunes Total: 23 Songs - Deep Cuts
Many of the one-hit wonders from the '90s were consigned — after the glitter of fame had turned to sawdust — to the dusty record crates of the nation's charity shops; others found their way into health clubs, where they enjoyed a second life soundtracking the collective urge to lose weight. A hooky repetitive beat was, of course, the common denominator here, and you'll find it everywhere from Amos & Jeremy Healy's "Stamp!" to the Three Amigos cardiovascular re-working of "Louie Louie." Urban Hype, meanwhile, gave ravers a blast of childhood nostalgia with "A Trip to Trumpton," and Soho crossed the Smiths with Soul 2 Soul and came up with "Hippychick."
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Parental AdvisoryName Artist Time Price 1 The Love I Lost West End & Sybil 3:25 £0.79 View In iTunes 2 I Wanna Be a Hippy Technohead 3:16 £0.79 View In iTunes 3 Friends Forever Thunderbugs 3:42 £0.99 View In iTunes 4 Under the Water (Radio Version) [feat. Frank'ee] Brother Brown 3:06 £0.79 View In iTunes 5 Such a Good Feeling (Radio Mix) Brothers In Rhythm 3:46 £0.99 View In iTunes 6 Different Strokes Isotonik 6:09 £0.79 View In iTunes 7 Sweet Harmony (Original Mix) Liquid 4:27 £0.99 View In iTunes 8 Snappiness BBG 3:54 £0.99 View In iTunes 9 Love City Groove (feat. Love City Groove) Best Of Beanz 3:59 £0.79 View In iTunes 10 ExplicitThe Impression That I Get The Mighty Mighty Bosstones 3:12 £0.79 View In iTunes 11 Louie Louie The Three Amigos 5:04 £0.79 View In iTunes 12 Sensitivity Ralph Tresvant 4:41 £0.79 View In iTunes 13 On a Rope Rocket from the Crypt 2:53 £0.79 View In iTunes 14 I Will Survive (Radio Version) Chantay Savage 4:09 £0.99 View In iTunes 15 Independent Love Song Scarlet 3:54 £0.79 View In iTunes 16 No Fronts Dog Eat Dog 4:36 £0.79 View In iTunes 17 After All The Frank & Walters 3:11 £0.79 View In iTunes 18 7 Ways to Love Cola Boy 4:25 £0.99 View In iTunes 19 Thunderbirds Are Go (Pressure Mix) F A B 3:18 £0.79 View In iTunes 20 Stamp! (Radio Edit) Amos & Jeremy Healy 4:08 £0.99 View In iTunes 21 Always Look On the Bright Side of Life Monty Python 3:35 £0.99 View In iTunes 22 Anasthasia (Out of History Mix) T99 4:35 £0.79 View In iTunes Total: 22 Songs - Complete Set
The '90s witnessed the rise and demise of Britpop, the deification of the superstar DJ, and the continued movement of hip-hop from the margins into the mainstream — and, naturally enough, all those major pop-cultural shifts produced their fair share of one-hit wonders. The Mock Turtles were led by Steve Coogan's brother Martin, and played second fiddle to the main Madchester players, notching up 1991's "Can You Dig It?" as their best-known single; House of Pain cut rap anthem "Jump Around" in 1992, and it remains their biggest and brightest moment (still guaranteed to take any party to the next level); and C.J. Bolland scored a big hit on both sides of the Atlantic with "Sugar Is Sweeter" in 1996 before retreating back behind his mixing equipment.
£61.70 Complete Set
Parental AdvisoryName Artist Time Price 1 Would I Lie to You? Charles & Eddie 3:24 £0.99 View In iTunes 2 Killer Adamski 3:47 £0.99 View In iTunes 3 Sleeping Satellite Tasmin Archer 4:34 £0.99 View In iTunes 4 You Don't Love Me (No, No, No) Dawn Penn 4:36 £0.99 View In iTunes 5 Can You Dig It? The Mock Turtles 4:09 £0.99 View In iTunes 6 '74-'75 The Connells 4:38 £0.79 View In iTunes 7 There's Nothing Like This Omar 3:56 £0.99 View In iTunes 8 Here Come The Hotstepper Ini Kamoze 4:02 £0.79 View In iTunes 9 The Whole of the Moon The Waterboys 5:00 £0.99 View In iTunes 10 Bentley's Gonna Sort You Out! Bentley Rhythm Ace 4:55 £0.99 View In iTunes 11 How Bizarre OMC 3:45 £0.99 View In iTunes 12 You're Gorgeous Babybird 3:45 £0.79 View In iTunes 13 Jump Around House of Pain 3:34 £0.99 View In iTunes 14 I Swear All-4-One 4:19 £0.79 View In iTunes 15 Hear the Drummer (Get Wicked) Chad Jackson 6:36 £0.79 View In iTunes 16 Falling Julee Cruise 5:19 £0.79 View In iTunes 17 I Love Your Smile Shanice 3:48 £0.99 View In iTunes 18 Strawberry Fields Forever Candyflip 4:12 £0.79 View In iTunes 19 Wicked Game Chris Isaak 4:46 £0.99 View In iTunes 20 Sex On the Beach T-Spoon 3:44 £0.99 View In iTunes 21 Fascinating Rhythm Bass-O-Matic 4:08 £0.99 View In iTunes 22 Sunshine After the Rain (Two Cowboys Club Edit) [Edited for "90s Club Hits of the 90s"] Berri 3:04 £0.79 View In iTunes 23 I Got 5 on It Luniz 4:13 £0.79 View In iTunes 24 Poison Bell Biv DeVoe 4:22 £0.79 View In iTunes 25 Mona Craig McLachlan & Check 1-2 3:43 £0.79 View In iTunes 26 Adiemus Adiemus 3:57 £0.99 View In iTunes 27 Touch Me (feat. Cassandra) Rui Da Silva 3:35 £0.99 View In iTunes 28 Let Me Show You Camisra 3:27 £0.99 View In iTunes 29 Sugar Is Sweeter (Armand Van Helden's Drum 'n' Bass Mix) C.J. Bolland 8:35 £0.79 View In iTunes 30 Be There UNKLE 5:19 £0.99 View In iTunes 31 Would You...? Touch & Go 3:11 £0.99 View In iTunes 32 Windowlicker Aphex Twin 6:08 £0.79 View In iTunes 33 On & On Erykah Badu 3:46 £0.99 View In iTunes 34 ExplicitAlice, Alice (Who The F**k Is Alice?) Roy "Chubby" Brown 3:36 £0.79 View In iTunes 35 Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe Whale 3:59 £0.79 View In iTunes 36 Big Panty Woman Barefoot Man 5:26 £0.79 View In iTunes 37 One Week Barenaked Ladies 2:49 £0.79 View In iTunes 38 Could It Be I'm Falling In Love Worlds Apart 3:44 £0.99 View In iTunes 39 Dirty Cash (Money Talks) [Sold Out Mix {7" Edit}] The Adventures of Stevie V 4:03 £0.79 View In iTunes 40 Bamboogie (Radio Edit) Bamboo 3:31 £0.99 View In iTunes 41 Reach Up (Papa'S Got a Brand New Pig Bag) [Radio Edit] Perfecto Allstarz 3:23 £0.79 View In iTunes 42 X-Files DJ Dado 3:59 £0.79 View In iTunes 43 Renegade Master Wildchild 4:01 £0.99 View In iTunes 44 Doop (Sidney Berlin Ragtime Band) Doop 3:10 £0.79 View In iTunes 45 Everything Starts With an E Ezee Possee 7:51 £0.79 View In iTunes 46 Enjoy Yourself (Radio Edit) A+ 3:38 £0.99 View In iTunes 47 Cream Blank & Jones 7:23 £0.79 View In iTunes 48 Keep On Jumpin' (Lisa Marie Vocal Experience) [Edited for 'Cream Classics'] The Lisa Marie Experience 3:43 £0.79 View In iTunes 49 The Love I Lost West End & Sybil 3:25 £0.79 View In iTunes 50 I Wanna Be a Hippy Technohead 3:16 £0.79 View In iTunes 51 Friends Forever Thunderbugs 3:42 £0.99 View In iTunes 52 Under the Water (Radio Version) [feat. Frank'ee] Brother Brown 3:06 £0.79 View In iTunes 53 Such a Good Feeling (Radio Mix) Brothers In Rhythm 3:46 £0.99 View In iTunes 54 Different Strokes Isotonik 6:09 £0.79 View In iTunes 55 Sweet Harmony (Original Mix) Liquid 4:27 £0.99 View In iTunes 56 Snappiness BBG 3:54 £0.99 View In iTunes 57 Love City Groove (feat. Love City Groove) Best Of Beanz 3:59 £0.79 View In iTunes 58 ExplicitThe Impression That I Get The Mighty Mighty Bosstones 3:12 £0.79 View In iTunes 59 Louie Louie The Three Amigos 5:04 £0.79 View In iTunes 60 Sensitivity Ralph Tresvant 4:41 £0.79 View In iTunes 61 On a Rope Rocket from the Crypt 2:53 £0.79 View In iTunes 62 I Will Survive (Radio Version) Chantay Savage 4:09 £0.99 View In iTunes 63 Independent Love Song Scarlet 3:54 £0.79 View In iTunes 64 No Fronts Dog Eat Dog 4:36 £0.79 View In iTunes 65 After All The Frank & Walters 3:11 £0.79 View In iTunes 66 7 Ways to Love Cola Boy 4:25 £0.99 View In iTunes 67 Thunderbirds Are Go (Pressure Mix) F A B 3:18 £0.79 View In iTunes 68 Stamp! (Radio Edit) Amos & Jeremy Healy 4:08 £0.99 View In iTunes 69 Always Look On the Bright Side of Life Monty Python 3:35 £0.99 View In iTunes 70 Anasthasia (Out of History Mix) T99 4:35 £0.79 View In iTunes Total: 70 Songs
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One Hit Wonders?
How can Chris Isaak make this list? Or does the compiler live on another planet?
