Boardsies Greatest One Hit Wonder Song - Live Thread

I love that you’ve really got into this competition. You should really enter a walrus that’s played here.

quickbeam

Declan, please relax and just enjoy the contest.

tusk

Kiss me and blue please.

Both songs that bring me back to my younger years.

In fact I have a blue remix that I still listen to to get me pumped.

tusk

Kolido you are a mad man for running this. Fair play! Some serious effort here

Squall Leonhart

Match 43 - Sixpence None The Richer, not great, but the other song is terrible.

Match 44 - Brimful of Asha, just a great song, not as novelty as blue.

Match 45 - Abstain, can't in good conscience vote for either!

Match 46 - Chumbawumba, could listen to it more and not mind, but the Yello song is a classic as well, thanks Ferris Bueller!

Spook_ie

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

Yello - oh yeah
Released 1985
Peaked US 51/UK NA
In relation to Yello, I had a look at the rules for what qualifies for this list.
The act must not have had no more than 3 top 20 singles in the UK or US charts (mainstream charts).
The act must be primarily known for the song entered.
Does the song nominated not have to have been in the Top 20 itself in this context? Also, surely The Race, which reached No. 7 in the UK, would be the song particularly associated with them? Sorry for being pedantic!

Can see where you're coming from, but oddly even though it never charted here I have vague memories of it, maybe it was a disco plays thing rather than radio air plays.

Or more likely I heard this version

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcA4qiyjHc0

Spook_ie

Ha just googled it, no ****in wonder it sounds vaguely familiar

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oh_Yeah_(Yello_song)

Sam Hain

This competition lost all credibility when deep Blue somethings piece of dirt went through at the expense of Together in electric dreams. It just shows the calibre of the individuals voting with the mundane reason of never heard of the other song so i'm voting for the one i know. Some crock of ****e will win this.

Necro

Sam Hain wrote:

This competition lost all credibility when deep Blue somethings piece of dirt went through at the expense of Together in electric dreams. It just shows the calibre of the individuals voting with the mundane reason of never heard of the other song so i'm voting for the one i know. Some crock of ****e will win this.

Jesus, its Friday mate. Who pissed in your cornflakes!

Spook_ie

R1 Match 43


Truth Hurts - Addictive



R1 Match 44


Eiffel 65 - Blue




R1 Match 45

Divinyls - I Touch Myself


R1 Match 46


Chumbawamba - Tubthumping

Took me so long to edit on phone I don't have time for reasons, but 2 of them are nominees from myself

Kolido

Kolido wrote: »

While we wait for these to finish, let move on

Dario G - Sunchyme 5 Vs 1 Jennifer Paige - Crush
Afroman - Because I Got High 1 Vs 4 The Firm - Star Trekkin'
Blue Oyster Cult-Don't Fear The Reaper 6 Vs Semisonic Closing time
Eddie Cooley & The Dimples - Priscilla Vs 3 Marcy Playground-Sex And Candy

Going to call these now.

Dario G - Sunchyme 6 Vs 1 Jennifer Paige - Crush
Afroman - Because I Got High 2 Vs 5 The Firm - Star Trekkin'
Blue Oyster Cult-Don't Fear The Reaper 6 Vs Semisonic Closing time
Eddie Cooley & The Dimples - Priscilla Vs 4 Marcy Playground-Sex And Candy

Spook_ie

Sam Hain wrote: »

This competition lost all credibility when deep Blue somethings piece of dirt went through at the expense of Together in electric dreams. It just shows the calibre of the individuals voting with the mundane reason of never heard of the other song so i'm voting for the one i know. Some crock of ****e will win this.

Isn't that always the way on internet things, at least just think

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEBXuhqVSws

Kolido

Another 4 into round 2

Truth Hurts - Addictive 1 Vs 6 Sixpence None The Richer - Kiss Me
Cornershop - Brimful Of Asha 4 Vs 6 Eiffel 65 - Blue
Modern Talking - Brother Louie Vs 6 Divinyls - I Touch Myself
Chumbawamba - Tubthumping 6 Vs 2 Yello - oh yeah

tusk

Sam Hain wrote: »

This competition lost all credibility when deep Blue somethings piece of dirt went through at the expense of Together in electric dreams. It just shows the calibre of the individuals voting with the mundane reason of never heard of the other song so i'm voting for the one i know. Some crock of ****e will win this.

Welcome to "boardsies choose the best [insert theme here]"

:pac:

sKeith

Sam Hain wrote: »

This competition lost all credibility when deep Blue somethings piece of dirt went through at the expense of Together in electric dreams. It just shows the calibre of the individuals voting with the mundane reason of never heard of the other song so i'm voting for the one i know. Some crock of ****e will win this.

It's well known that these best ever games are more about the fun in playing and the outrage we stir up in some random boardsies that stumble upon these threads, than ever believing that they will divine out convincing results.


Sure, Best Horror Movie Ever

The lost boys

Enjoy..

You are the star attraction for this thread atm, we can only hope for more to come in and show their outrage, it's hilarious.

Necro

Yay for my picks WOOO

Kolido

R1 Match 47


Musical Youth - Pass The Dutchie

Released 1982
Peaked US 10/UK 1


VS


Tal Bachman - She's So High

Released 1998
Peaked US 14/UK 30

R1 Match 48


LFO - Summer Girls

Released 1999
Peaked US 3/UK 16


VS


Sugar Ray - Every Morning

Released 1999
Peaked US 3/UK 10

R1 Match 49


O-Zone - Dragostea Din Tei

Released 2003
Peaked US NA/UK 3


VS


Babylon Zoo - Spaceman

Released 1995
Peaked US NA/UK 1

R1 Match 50


A Flock of Seagulls - I Ran

Released 1982
Peaked US 9/UK 43


VS


Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah

Released 2007
Peaked US NA/UK 2

Sam Hain

Necro wrote: »

Jesus, its Friday mate. Who pissed in your cornflakes!

Don't eat cornflakes let alone allow them to be urinated in.

quickbeam

sKeith wrote: »

Sure, Best Horror Movie Ever

The lost boys

Ouch!! Old wound opened.

Necro

Kolido wrote:

Musical Youth - Pass The Dutchie

Another of my pics. Much better than that Afroman sh1te.

Kolido wrote:

LFO - Summer Girls

I like Summer, I like Girls. Seems pretty clear cut.

Kolido wrote:

O-Zone - Dragostea Din Tei

Yay for my pick again the NUMA NUMA song!!

Mai-A-HEEE

Kolido wrote:

Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah

Voting for Buckley and Rikand's love for this song :P

quickbeam

Just wait until we do Best Christmas Movie.

sKeith

Pass The Dutchie and hallelujah get my votes this round. pass the dutchie had a leading role in a recent game of ww, so will remain close to the heart for another while, ah towlie, you make me laugh so much. hallelujah due to it being a good song that transcends the words used within it.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

She's So High - one of my nominations and quintessential '90s.

Summer Girls - neither of these songs really jumped out at me, but Summer Girls is more bearable. However, Girl On TV is a much better LFO song if anyone wants to check out a decent one of theirs.

Spaceman because I always wanted you to go, into Spaceman, intergalactic cry. Choon!!!

I Ran (So Far Away) - another of my nominations and one of my favourite songs of all-time. Of course it'd have to be up against such a heavy hitter.

Declan A Walsh

R1 Match 49
O-Zone - Dragostea Din Tei – don’t know that one, but….
VS
Babylon Zoo – Spaceman – Gets my vote: great song.

R1 Match 50
A Flock of Seagulls - I Ran – Gets my vote.
VS
Jeff Buckley – Hallelujah – It grew on me but I have made my decision!

#47 - No opinion, clever matching of the song titles though.

#48 - Both are awful but I'll vote for Summer Girls because at least it's self-aware and knows that it's awful!

#49 - Spaceman, great nostalgia tune and the other one just annoys me.

#50 - Flock of Seagulls, because I really don't like Jeff Buckley's overwrought, overplayed and vastly overrated cover of what was a great song.

sKeith

quickbeam wrote: »

Just wait until we do Best Christmas Movie.

I would be completely surprised if anything other than one of the first three die hards didn't win that, and the later rounds would just be the sequels up against the original.

Sam Hain

R1 Match 47


Musical Youth - Pass The Dutchie

'Cause me say listen to the drummer, me say listen to the bass
Give me little music make me wind up me waist




R1 Match 48


Sugar Ray - Every Morning

One is piss and the other is vomit, if you were to be covered in one, i'd pick Sugar Ray

R1 Match 49



Babylon Zoo - Spaceman

Because it starts off like its gonna be a great song but alas it fails miserably. So its just because it was on a Levis advert.


R1 Match 50


A Flock of Seagulls - I Ran

Both amazing for different reasons but by the smallest of margins, flock of Seagulls get it because it ws an original composition and not a cover, Hallejuah, a great cover but a cover.

Necro

sKeith wrote:

I would be completely surprised if anything other than one of the first three die hards didn't win that, and the later rounds would just be the sequels up against the original.

You havent seen Mick in full Love Actually campaigning mode yet :pac:

tusk

Numa numa choon.

Rihanna sampled it ffs

Pass the dutchie and she is so high in the one category