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Just wondering on what grounds some of these songs are termed one hit wonders... I mean I just removed "A-Ha - Take On Me" because A-Ha were one of the bigger acts of the 80s, with a string of top 10 hits. Kajagoogoo, while being best known for Too Shy, had two other Top 10 hits, and a further top 20 hit. Let alone the top 40. The Guinness Book of Hit Singles would tell us that a one hit wonder has to get to number one. I disagree with that, but would insist that a one hit wonder really has to have had only ONE HIT. Whether that's a top 40 hit or a top 75 hit is open to debate perhaps... But a LOT of these acts had more than one hit. -Nommo

Yes. This list has been spawned from the original list which was in the One-hit wonder page and contained many examples of artists who had many hits in the UK and were one hits wonders in the US and vice versa and/or were no-hit wonders in the US/UK. I just went through the 50s songs to check which were one hit wonders (I would say must have been in the top 10 to qualify). Mintguy 02:35 Dec 4, 2002 (UTC)
Sounds good to me. -Nommo
I think if a band had a top 10 hit and had a few bubling under the top ten it's kinda borderline. What do you think? Mintguy 02:55 Dec 4, 2002 (UTC)
Well... the way I see it, I'd say that a seperate top 40 hit would negate a top 10 hit's OHW status. I mean, if a band gets one record in the top ten and no others in the top 40, that seems to me to work out as a OHW. But a top ten and another in the top 40 doesn't... It means we don't have to worry about a massive amount of records - just a lot of records. More than one record in the top 40 doesn't seem like a OHW to me. -Nommo
Hmmm... It's difficult Billy Ray Curtis got another song (""Could've been me"") to 24, but I doubt if anyone (but a fan) could remember it. It would be a shame to remove him. Channel 4 had a top 10 one hit wonder thing a while ago. I wonder what criteria they used.
Weren't they all number ones? I seem to remember a second Billy Ray Cyrus record coming out. I remember a small amount of associated pain. Though I don't remember the song. Reneé and Renato were in that C4 thing... They had a number 1 and a number 48, so that would fit my criteria. Which seems right. -Nommo

My GBBHS only goes up to 2000. Has Christine Aguilera had any other hits other than "Genie in a bottle"? I haven't been able to find out the chart positions of her other singles. Mintguy 13:33 Dec 4, 2002 (UTC)

Mine only goes to the end of '96. And its a really unpleasant neon orange and green colour. I have to wear sunglasses to look at it. -Nommo
You need "The Great Rock Discography". Splendidly non-NPOV... Re: Christina: Yes more hits, including Dirrty (sic), featuring Redman from Wu Tang Clan -- GWO

Deb I've been adding from the Guiness Book of British Hit Singles not from memory.

can you explain why Chumabawamba's "Tubthumping" has been removed from the list?

ALSO, I'm not sure that Artful Dodger counts as that track was surely as much a hit for Craig David, who, my daughter tells me, has had many more hits...

Cheers quercus robur

Craig David has had *far* too many hits. "Amnesia" was Top 40 (#10, actually) for the Wambas. See http://www.chartwatch.co.uk -- GWO.
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