Boardsies Greatest One Hit Wonder Song - Live Thread

sKeith · 18-11-2019 11:13PM

Chumbawamba - Tubthumping easily caz the other one is shit
Dee-Lite-Groove Is In The Heart: imho, the better of the two.

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 18-11-2019 11:13PM

Glorious - one of my favourites to win the whole thing at the moment.

Groove Is In The Heart - classic earworm, just seeing the words gets the tune stuck in my head.

18-11-2019 11:13PM

#13 - Glorious. Just personal preference. I suspect Tubthumping will make it through as it is the more classic/iconic song, I just find it's a bit of a slog unless I'm in the right place at the right time and in the right mood for it.

#14 - Groove is in the Heart. This is another song that I have to be in the right mood to enjoy, but with all due respect to the late Mr Sarstedt his song is just not my cup of tea.

quickbeam · 18-11-2019 11:15PM

Tubthumping and Where Do You Go To

Both are just better songs IMO.

Ficheall · 18-11-2019 11:16PM

Glorious & Sarstedt - I don't understand the appeal of the other two "songs" at all.

Necro · 18-11-2019 11:19PM

Kolido wrote:

Chumbawamba - Tubthumping

Kolido wrote:

Peter Sarsted - Where do you go to, my lovely

Cos they're better songs, simples.

mzungu · 18-11-2019 11:21PM

Chumbawamba.

Zaph · 18-11-2019 11:25PM

Match 13

Tubthumping - just a great, fun song

Match 14

Where Do You Go To - the lesser of two evils

Squall Leonhart · 18-11-2019 11:29PM

Tub thumping

Where do you go my lovely

Irish Aris · 18-11-2019 11:31PM

Chumbawamba and Deee-Lite from me - both songs getting me on the dancefloor in double time!!

Tell me how · 18-11-2019 11:38PM

R 3 Match 13 - Glorious - Andreas Johnson. Because tubthumping is somewhat entertaining, but, nonetheless, a novelty act.

R 3 Match 14 - Peter Sarsted - Where do you go to, my lovely. Listened to both to help make decision, Peter gets the nod. It's just too good to ignore although Dee Lite would have beaten either of the the contenders in match 13.

Green&Red · 18-11-2019 11:39PM

Tub thumping and where do you to for me

Declan A Walsh · 18-11-2019 11:45PM

I missed a few votes but I am happy with You get What You Give, Don't Fear the Reaper and Ever Fallen in Love.
Now...

R 3 Match 13
Glorious - Andreas Johnson - dramatic song with an interesting sound - My Vote.
Vs
Chumbawamba – Tubthumping - catchy but extremely irritating.

R 3 Match 14
Peter Sarsted - Where do you go to, my lovely - I just find it to be a bit boring.
Vs
Dee-Lite-Groove Is In The Heart - It's just alright. Okay, against my better judgement - My Vote.

huey1975 · 19-11-2019 12:10AM

Tub thumping because it brings me back to the very best of times

Peter Sarsted because I don't like Dee Lite

ardinn · 19-11-2019 05:16AM

tubthump
groove in heart

better songs simply

Tell me how · 19-11-2019 05:23AM

ardinn wrote: »

tubthump
groove in heart

better songs simply

Quantum Erasure · 19-11-2019 05:31AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5oiZHQ6Khw

ardinn · 19-11-2019 06:11AM

Tell me how wrote: »

Kolido · 19-11-2019 08:45AM

Chambawanba and Peter Sarsted are into the last 16

Glorious - Andreas Johnson 4 7 Chumbawamba - Tubthumping
Peter Sarsted - Where do you go to, my lovely 7 3 Dee-Lite-Groove Is In The Heart

Kolido · 19-11-2019 08:46AM

R 3 Match 15

Sixpence None The Richer - Kiss Me

Vs

Maria McKey - Show Me Heaven

R 3 Match 16

Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star

Vs

Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart

19-11-2019 08:50AM

Kiss Me as it's kinda cute and soppy.

Love Will Tear Us Apart as we belt it out at Bohs any time our Center Midfielder Keith Ward slaloms through the opposition but we oh so cleverly change the word "Love" to "Ward" and "Us" to "You". So it goes "Ward....Ward will tear you apart again". Phenomenal.

Necro · 19-11-2019 08:51AM

Kolido wrote:

Sixpence None The Richer - Kiss Me

This is tough but beneath the milky twilight lead me... I'm sold!!

Kiss Me.

Kolido wrote:

Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star

This is less tough as once again I just don't see Joy Division as OHWs.

So the Buggles and their murderous desires towards radio stars get my vote.

Electric Nitwit · 19-11-2019 09:11AM

Show Me Heaven. Close, but there's a bit more heft to it than Kiss Me

Love Will Tear Us Apart. It's just an incredible song. So incredible that even the Bohs can't ruin it

Zaph · 19-11-2019 09:13AM

Match 15

Show Me Heaven. It's shocking that this is Maria McKee's only big hit, she had done great songs.

Match 16

Love Will Tear Us Apart. One of the truly great songs of the 80s.

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 19-11-2019 09:14AM

Show Me Heaven - close choice, but slightly prefer this one

Love Will Tear Us Apart - much better song

19-11-2019 09:16AM

#15 - Both good songs but I'll go for Kiss Me just because it's more my era and so has nostalgia factor advantage.

#16 - Love Will Tear Us Apart. While I accept Necro's point about Joy Division not really fitting the profile a OHW, it's just a far better song than the other one (imo)

Pretzill · 19-11-2019 09:44AM

Show me Heaven is the better or the two for me
And the first song ever to be played on MTV ... Video Killed the Radio Star (because it didn't)

Rikand · 19-11-2019 09:48AM

Kiss me, cause I used to play it at gigs

Pass on the other one. I hate them both

Declan A Walsh · 19-11-2019 09:58AM

Necro wrote: »

This is tough but beneath the milky twilight lead me... I'm sold!!

Kiss Me.

This is less tough as once again I just don't see Joy Division as OHWs.

So the Buggles and their murderous desires towards radio stars get my vote.

A couple of people have said they don't see Joy Division as One Hit Wonders. Neither is Buggles in that case - they had 2 other Top 40 hits: Plastic Age, which reached the Top 20, and Clean Clean!

In fact, ironically, Joy Division would be more One Hit Wonder as Love will Tear reached the Top 20 three different occasions (so one song) and Atmosphere reached #34! That's only two hits as opposed to three hits for Buggles.

Anyway, here's my votes!

R 3 Match 15
Sixpence None The Richer - Kiss Me - Nice tune with nice guitarwork and accordion (could be keyboards) sounds. My vote.
Vs
Maria McKey - Show Me Heaven - Good performance.

R 3 Match 16
Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star - Bit of an iconic tune. However...
Vs
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart - Classic alternative love song. My vote.

Spook_ie · 19-11-2019 10:20AM

R3 16

Video killed the radio star, time for a remix though, maybe " mp3's killed the pop star"?

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