Boardsies Greatest One Hit Wonder Song - Live Thread

Kolido

R1 Match 25

Charles and Eddy - Would I Lie To You
Released 1993
Peaked US 13/UK 1

VS

Randy van Warmer - Just When I Needed You Most
Released 1979
Peaked US 4/UK 8

R1 Match 26

Jennifer Rush - The Power Of Love
Released 1985
Peaked US 57/UK 1

VS

The New Radicals - You Get What You Give
Released 1998
Peaked US 36/UK 5

sKeith

let the sun shine in, cause its such a great track.

Omackeral

Would I Lie To You - Reminds me of Reeling in the Years.

Power of Love - Despite being the 3rd best song with that name behind Huey Lewis and the News and Frankie Goes To Hollywood, it still beats that other ''edgy teen'' sh*te. Lord I hate that

Sheridan81

Charles & Eddy-Would I Lie To You

Cool vocals, groovy track.

New Radicals-You Get What You Give

Upbeat, optimistic classic, not a boring ballad.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Match 25
Would I Lie To You because it's super smooth, and that other song is so boring I couldn't listen to more than 30 seconds of it.

Match 26
You Get What You Give because it's an absolute tune, even though their other song Someday We'll Know is an even better song, despite being less well known.

Don't know the Randy Vanwarmer one so will pass.

Will go for You Get What You Give for the second one, I remember it being in the charts so it has a nostalgia feel, plus it's a cool tune (the video is pretty dreadful though)

Necro

Don't take money

Don't take fame

Don't need no Necro to vote on this train

Except I will!

That's the Power of Love

Undecided on the first one yet

Horse outside. The lyrics were a thing of beauty.

It’s like that. Dance Off!!!!

Look into my eyes can’t you see there open wide would I lie to you baby would I lie to youuuuuu. That’s my choice.


Not too pushed on either of the others but Jennifer rush one is damn awful so by default, the other one.

Declan A Walsh

R1 Match 26

Jennifer Rush - The Power Of Love

VS

The New Radicals - You Get What You Give

Simple for me. I hate the first song and really like the second one. So my vote goes to You Get What You Give. I can't stand either of the tunes in Match 25 so I won't vote on either!

Tammy!

Finding it hard to choose any of these. None of them are standing out to me

Squall Leonhart

You pitted two of my suggestions against each other... Dammit.


Randy van Warmer.. Just love it, poor Charles and Eddy, love that song too, but RVW is my vote


New Radicals

Zaph

Tammy! wrote: »

Finding it hard to choose any of these. None of them are standing out to me

Yeah, there hasn't been anything in any of the last half dozen or so matches that I actually like.

Mam of 4

Mark Owen , cos feck the Rubber Bandits .

Run DMC , fecking live that song , great pick whoever chose it !!

Tammy!

I'll go for Charles and Eddie because I don't know the other one. Listened to around 5 secs of it and it sounds a bit drippy.

The Power of Love because the lift has more impact than the shopping centre.

Tomw86

Match 24:

Rubberbandits & Run DMC

Match 25:

Charles & Eddy & New Radicals

Only discovering this thread now but its incredible.

Tomw86

Also, how do I make recommendations for this??

Tomw86

Tomw86 wrote: »

Also, how do I make recommendations for this??

They were sent in over the last couple of weeks. I forgot to send any too.

Hope chumbawumba was nominated.

sKeith

Tomw86 wrote: »

Also, how do I make recommendations for this??

Recommendations were made here, https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2058028863 but are now closed.

Or you could go onto the main forum games page and enter one of the walrus ssssss (plural)

Necro

Strawberry Milkshake wrote:

Hope chumbawumba was nominated.

I've got that covered Strawbs

Tomw86

Cheers - well I'll keep an eye, great thread and vote on the latest ones.

Spook_ie

Kolido

Mark Owen-Clementine 3
Vs
Rubber bandits - horse outside 6

5th dimension - let the sunshine in 4
Vs
Run DMC v Jason Nevin - It's Like That 6

Charles and Eddy - Would I Lie To You 6
Vs
Randy van Warmer - Just When I Needed You Most 1

Jennifer Rush - The Power Of Love 2
Vs
The New Radicals - You Get What You Give 6

Kolido

4 matches together now to speed this round up

Kolido

R1 Match 27


Damien Rice - Cannonball

Released 2002

Peaked US NA/UK 9


VS


Kansas-Dust In The Wind

Released 1978

Peaked US 6/UK NA

R1 Match 28


Glorious - Andreas Johnson

Released 1999

Peaked US NA/UK 4


VS


House Of Pain - Jump Around

Released 1992

Peaked US 3/UK 8

R1 Match 29


Toni Basil - Mickey

Released 1981

Peaked US 1/UK 2


VS


Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star

Released 1979

Peaked US 40/UK 1

R1 Match 30


Republica – Ready To Go

Released 1996

Peaked US NA/UK 7


VS


Tatu - All The Things She Said

Released 2002

Peaked US 20/UK 1

quickbeam

Oh Buggles - great tune, good shout out to whoever nominated.

Necro

Votes are for....

Kolido wrote:

House Of Pain - Jump Around

Cos jumping around has never been as fun.

Kolido wrote:

Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star

Cos internet killed the video star

And

Kolido wrote:

Tatu - All The Things She Said

Hot Russians in school uniforms making out ferociously. Beats pretty much anything tbh.


No preference on the first tbh.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Match 27
Dust In The Wind because even though I think Carry On My Wayward Son is a better Kansas song, and Cannonball holds a special place in my heart, Dust In The Wind is just one of those haunting songs that I love.

Match 28
Glorious because I can't believe I forgot to nominate it myself... It's a song I've always loved.

Match 29
Video Killed The Radio Star as I feel it's the stronger of the two songs, even though both are fairly harmless in the grand scheme.

Match 30
Ready To Go because it's a class tune and a long time favourite of mine, but I wish both songs could go through - I had considered both of these for my own nominations.

#27 - Vote Cannonball, though not as good as The Breeders song of the same name.

#28 - Vote Glorious, it's a nice track. I suspect House of Pain will walk it though.

#29 - Vote Mickey, because Video Killed the Radio Star just annoys me these days (I used to enjoy it but no longer)

#30 - Vote Ready To Go, it's another great track I thought of after I'd made my submissions. Plus the Russian lesbians were fake!