Today is One-Hit Wonder Day, so we're celebrating the rarity of song that hits our ears & makes us LOVE it!! It's kind of like today's version of going viral, right? We've gathered a couple of lists of top ten lists of the greatest one-hit wonders!
VH1's List of "Greatest One-Hit Wonders"
- "Macarena" – Los Del Rio(1996)
- "Tainted Love" – Soft Cell(1982)
- "Come on Eileen" – Dexys Midnight Runners(1982)
- "I'm Too Sexy" – Right Said Fred(1991)
- "Mickey" – Toni Basil(1982)
- "Who Let the Dogs Out?" – Baha Men(2000)
- "Ice Ice Baby" – Vanilla Ice(1990)
- "Take on Me” - A-ha(1985)
- "Rico Suave" – Gerardo(1990)
- "99 Luftballons" – Nena(1984)
Rolling Stone's List of "10 Greatest One-Hit Wonders"
- A-ha – 'Take On Me'
- Dexy's Midnight Runners – 'Come On Eileen'
- Norman Greenbaum – 'Spirit In The Sky'
- Big Country – 'In A Big Country'
- Soft Cell – 'Tainted Love'
- The Knack – 'My Sharona'
- Blind Melon – 'No Rain'
- Chumbawamba – 'Tubthumping'
- ? And The Mysterians – '96 Tears
- The Vapors – 'Turning Japanese'