Boardsies Greatest One Hit Wonder Song - Live Thread

Tammy! · 13-11-2019 08:43PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Did Westlife cover it? I Would have said it was a Westlife song, but either way it's not good..

I just listened to it now! It's bad and very like them. Whoever voted that should be ashamed.

Doesn't Necro like Westlife??

Necro · 13-11-2019 08:44PM

I didnt nominate it cos I forgot about it.

But I definitely would have!!

Declan A Walsh · 13-11-2019 08:46PM

Zaph wrote: »

Match 13

Ever Fallen in Love. Absolute classic punk track, hard to figure out why they didn't have a load more hits after this one.

Match 14

No opinion

They did have a number of other hits. Five other songs reached the Top 40, but only one - Promises - reached the Top 20, so they qualify for this list.
Just for your information, they were:
Promises - 20
What Do I Get - 37
Love You More - 34
Everybody's Happy Nowadays - 29
Harmony in My Head - 32.
Most of those songs, including some in the bottom 10, got at least one airing on Top of the Pops, the premier charts programme at the time!

TheValeyard · 13-11-2019 08:48PM

Good evening you fine people

Mam of 4 · 13-11-2019 08:55PM

Ever Fallen In Love , as I've never heard of the other one .

Winds Of Change , another blast from the past !

Necro · 13-11-2019 08:56PM

Mam of 4 wrote:

Ever Fallen In Love , as I've never heard of the other one .

I think you'd love it Mam. Listen to it and tell me I'm wrong

13-11-2019 08:59PM

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

1982 Talk Talk (Reissue) Chart 23

I had a look at the original post and I see no sign of the stipulation for no more than 3 hits. I thought a One Hit Wonder is where an act has only one hit in a particular country, e.g. U.K. or U.S.A.

Nomination thread says that no definitive definition of a One Hit Wonder can be found.

One top 40 (or top 75) hit and nothing more is it.

Mam of 4 · 13-11-2019 09:16PM

Necro wrote: »

I think you'd love it Mam. Listen to it and tell me I'm wrong

Sorry Necro , but it's not for me .
I'll listen to it again later , see if I change my thinking

Kolido · 13-11-2019 09:17PM

Currently locked at 4 each, we may have to resolve this one tomorrow

Scorpions - Wind of Change 4
Vs
Touch and Go - Would you? 4

13-11-2019 09:20PM

TheValeyard wrote: »

Good evening you fine people

Wolf!

Necro wrote: »

I think you'd love it Mam. Listen to it and tell me I'm wrong

Narrator: "He was wrong."

13-11-2019 09:22PM

All or Nothing. I got to second base with a girl while that was on.

Would You? For the outrageous saxophone part and the general horniness of it.

tusk · 13-11-2019 09:26PM

Wind of change. That whistle gets me in the feels Everytime

ShaneU · 13-11-2019 09:39PM

Buzzcocks - a classic punk song!

Would you? - theme tune to G-string Divas, enough said.

Kolido · 13-11-2019 09:47PM

The Buzzcocks and Touch and Go move on.

The Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen in Love 6
Vs
O Town - All Or Nothing 1

Scorpions - Wind of Change 5
Vs
Touch and Go - Would you? 6

Kolido · 13-11-2019 09:53PM

R1 Match 15

Tom Robinson Band - 2‐4‐6‐8 Motorway

Released 1977

Peaked US NA/UK 5

VS

Unkle Kracker - Follow Me

Released 2000

Peaked US 5/UK 3

R1 Match 16

The Bluebells - Young at Heart

Released 1984

Peaked US NA/UK 8

VS

Suzanne Vega - Luka

Released 1987

Peaked US 3/UK 23

Mehaffey1 · 13-11-2019 09:55PM

Unkle Kracker as it is unashamedly my go to Karaoke Song.

Suzanne Vega Luka as its a nice song if I remember rightly. Did she not sing Tom's Diner too which is a very well known song?

quickbeam · 13-11-2019 09:55PM

2-4-6-8 because I nominated it and it's catchy.

I also nominated Young at Heart, but I think I actually prefer Luka now that I think of it so will go with that.

13-11-2019 09:57PM

Unkle Kracker because it made me feel warm

Young At Heart for that Bluegrass/Ska vibe

13-11-2019 09:57PM

#15 - Not keen on either of those tbh. Pass.

#16 - I don't think I know Young at Hea...oh God, THAT's what it is? A million votes for Luka, please.

EDIT: ooh, sorry qb.

Tammy! · 13-11-2019 09:59PM

2-4-6-8 cause it's catchy and because I never liked that Follow me song.

I like both of Luka and Young at Heart. Going for Young at Heart though because i did Ip Dip on it.

Squall Leonhart · 13-11-2019 10:00PM

Follow Me by Uncle Kracker, for that smooth twangy acoustic guitar intro, deadly!

Luka by Suzanne Vega. Reminds me of being very young. Anytime I hear the name Luka, which isn't as rare you might think, I think of the song

Sheridan81 · 13-11-2019 10:00PM

Uncle Kracker-Follow Me

The other song is no good.

Suzanne Vega-Luka

The fiddle(?) in the other song is annoying.

quickbeam · 13-11-2019 10:03PM

Deleted User wrote: »

EDIT: ooh, sorry qb.

You're alright Homer. If you've seen my Walrus entries, I'm not exactly on the pulse of the musical taste of most people. Nearly all those that I voted for have been voted off, so, even at this early stage I'm used to it.

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 13-11-2019 10:06PM

Both of these matches were surprisingly tough...

Match 15
2-4-6-8 Motorway because it holds slightly more memories for me than Follow Me, but only by a smidge

Match 16
Genuinely could've gone either way on this one, but gonna go Luka for that haunting chorus.

Necro · 13-11-2019 10:08PM

Uncle Kracker.

Cos everything is gonna be alright.

No opinion on second match tbh

Mam of 4 · 13-11-2019 10:09PM

2-4-6-8 Motorway , class tune QB !!

Luka , great song , imo .

mzungu · 13-11-2019 10:14PM

My votes go to Tom Robinson Band - 2‐4‐6‐8 Motorway as Uncle Cracker would not be my cuppa. In the other I will go with Suzanne Vega - Luka.

Zaph · 13-11-2019 10:21PM

Match 15

2‐4‐6‐8 Motorway, as previously mentioned it's a great catchy somg

Match 16

Young at Heart, only because I dislike the other song so much

13-11-2019 10:21PM

Damn I’m late to the party.

Tom Robinson band. Really great tune

Suzanne Vega - I could sing Luka all day everyday

tusk · 13-11-2019 11:07PM

Skynard and Scorpions out in round one.

I'm sick of you guys! And disappointed. You let me down

Boardsies Greatest One Hit Wonder Song - Live Thread

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