3 One-Hit Wonders From the 1990s We Hear All the Time in Shopping Malls and Grocery Stores
Grocery stores and shopping malls want their customers to be in the best mood possible when they browse.…
3 One-Hit Wonders From the 1990s I Vividly Remember Listening to on the School Bus
In the 1990s, the school bus could be a wild place. You never knew when a food fight…
3 One-Hit Wonders From the 1980s I’d Stay Home From School To Listen To
Back in the 1980s, there was every reason to stay home from school. Maybe the bully wanted to…
4 Iconic One-Hit Wonders That Were Also Debut Singles
From The Buggles to Wheatus, here are a few one-hit wonder songs that were also debut singles. “Video…
3 One-Hit Wonders From 1976 With Melodies That Still Echo Decades Later
When you dive back into the pop charts of the mid-1970s, you know one thing is going to…
4 Rock Songs That Prove Even One-Hit Wonders Were Better in the 1970s
One-hit wonders often get an unfairly bad rap. Sure, they’re an artist or band’s only commercially successful single…
This One-Hit Wonder Song From 2000 Became a Surprise Anthem for an Entire Generation
The 90s were over, the new millennium was upon us, and we entered into a radically new era…
3 One-Hit Wonders From the 1970s With Super-Amazing Opening Lines
Songwriters know—if you expect your audience to give you a lot of leeway or be patient with your…
3 One-Hit Wonders From 1982 With Melodies That Still Echo Decades Later
A good melody is like a wish. It’s a sonic phrase spoken into existence on the hope that…
3 One-Hit Wonders From 1981 With Melodies That Still Echo Decades Later
Some melodies never die. Human beings have been writing music ever since they discovered they could hum, but…
This 1983 One-Hit Wonder Wasn’t Even Supposed To Be a Song: “We Were Trying To Make Our Friends Laugh”
Generally speaking, mainstream pop music favors the lowest common denominator of musical trends. That’s not to say these…
The Story of the One-Hit Wonder Band That Secretly Influenced the Entire Post-Grunge Movement
I’ve written about Local H often. Maybe I’m biased, considering they’re one of my favorite grunge and post-grunge…