Have you ever had a song in your head that you just couldn’t get out? Typically it’s a silly song like ‘Oh Mickey you’re so fine, you’re so fine you blow my mind – oh Mickey, Oh Mickey”. Here are a few of the top ‘One Hit Wonders’ that will stay in your big brain longer than you want..
“Steal Your Sunshine” by LEM in 1999 is the perfect tune for nothing important, yet catchy and fun to hear over and over and over and over…
“Macarena” by Los del Rio is the perfect one hit wonder in that it came out of left field, was performed by unknowns, and disappeared as quickly as it arrived The video was pretty good we’ll give them that.
Gnarles Barkley had a terrific tune called “Crazy” that enjoyed it’s 15 minutes of fame, as did Daniel Powter’s “Bad Day” was a one hit wonder, but made iconic by the TV show “American Idol’ in the early days. You might say it obtained more fame from Idol than airplay.
“You’re Beautiful” by James Blunt is the song that gets you really excited to hear more from this new artist, only to be kept waiting for years.