{"id":253349,"date":"2025-10-26T20:45:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T20:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/253349\/"},"modified":"2025-10-26T20:45:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T20:45:08","slug":"3-one-hit-wonders-from-1973-that-will-never-lose-their-spark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/253349\/","title":{"rendered":"3 One-Hit Wonders From 1973 That Will Never Lose Their Spark"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Even if you think you\u2019ve heard every song from the <a href=\"https:\/\/americansongwriter.com\/tag\/1970s\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">1970s<\/a>, a few solitary hits may have slipped past your radar. Though, there\u2019s a good chance you\u2019ve heard the following one-hit wonders from 1973 at least once. They certainly wouldn\u2019t leave your memory after just one listen. And, personally, I think these jams have stood the test of time quite beautifully. Let\u2019s dive in!<\/p>\n<p>            \u201cSmokin\u2019 In The Boys Room\u201d by Brownsville Station<\/p>\n<p>Depending on your age, you might know this song by either M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce\u2019s 1985 glam metal cover or the original Brownsville Station boogie rock classic. In this case, I have to say, you really can\u2019t beat the original. \u201cSmokin\u2019 In The Boys Room\u201d by Brownsville Station dropped in October 1973 and became a fast hit on the charts, reaching No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and the Top 10 in Canada, France, and Australia.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly for Brownsville Station, following up on a big hit isn\u2019t always easy. While they would make it to the Top 40 once more with \u201cKings Of The Party\u201d in 1974, they would never enjoy a Top 30 hit on the Hot 100 again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWildflower\u201d by Skylark<\/p>\n<p>How about some soft rock, blue-eyed soul goodness? \u201cWildflower\u201d is a sweet little song from 1973, performed by the Canadian outfit Skylark. The tune made it to No. 9 on the Hot 100 and topped the Canadian charts as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, Skylark was not meant to be for much longer. They broke up the same year that \u201cWildflower\u201d dropped, and their other two 1973 singles didn\u2019t chart nearly as well as that song did. They never made it to the Hot 100 again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStuck In The Middle With You\u201d by Stealers Wheel<\/p>\n<p>No matter your age or where you\u2019re from, you\u2019ve definitely heard this entry on our list of one-hit wonders from 1973 at least a few times. The melody and lyrics are so distinct and addictive, I\u2019m really not shocked that this pop-rock jam made it to No. 5 on the Hot 100 and No. 8 on the UK Singles chart.<\/p>\n<p>Stealers Wheel, like many one-hit wonders of their era, would only exist for a handful of years. They eventually broke up in 1975, after their follow-up singles failed to crack the Top 20 of the Hot 100. By the time 1975 rolled around, their last few singles didn\u2019t chart at all. What a bummer!<\/p>\n<p>Photo by Alan Messer\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Even if you think you\u2019ve heard every song from the 1970s, a few solitary hits may have slipped&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":253350,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[2616,88,216,34562,2156],"class_list":{"0":"post-253349","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-1970s","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-music","11":"tag-one-hit-wonders","12":"tag-rock-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/253350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}