Boardsies Greatest One Hit Wonder Song - Live Thread

quickbeam · 19-11-2019 05:29PM

Here's the 8 and who they beat to get here:

Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
Talk Talk - It's My Life
Rubber Bandits - Horse Outside
Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star
Sixpence None The Richer - Kiss Me

Chris Isaak - Wicked Game
The Kingsmen - Louie Louie
Matthew Wilder - Break My Stride
Suzanne Vega - Luka
The New Radicals - You Get What You Give

The Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen in Love
O Town - All Or Nothing
Musical Youth - Pass The Dutchie
Tom Robinson Band - 2‐4‐6‐8 Motorway
Peter Sarstedt - Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)?

Nena - 99 Luftballons
Leonard Cohen - Hallelujah
Cutting Crew - I just Died In Your Arms Tonight
The J. Geils Band - Centerfold
Chumbawamba - Tubthumping

Gerry Raferty - Baker Street
Jose Gonzalez - Heartbeats
Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning
O-Zone - Dragostea Din Tei
The Primitives - Crash

Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear The Reaper
Semisonic - Closing Time
Europe - The Final Countdown
Boy Meets Girl - Waiting For A Star To Fall
Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag

Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance
Nick Cave & Kylie Minogue - Where The Wild Roses Grow
Len - Steal My Sunshine
The Firm - Star Trekkin'
Berlin - Take My Breath Away

Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight
Gerardo - Rico Suave
Big Mountain - Baby I love Your Way
The La's - There She Goes
Divinyls - I Touch Myself

quickbeam · 19-11-2019 05:31PM

Pretzill wrote: »

I didn't realise it was the quarter finals but then I came to this very late...it makes me wonder what was in the initial line-up, for these to be the top 8! No offence to the artists or nominationers (is that a word) Thanks to Kolido these are hard polls to organise. I remember some top 100 poll could have been Radio Nova or Q back in the day (early 80's) that voted Baker Street the greatest hit of the decade (1970's) It's great to see it still hasn't lost its charm.

Is there such a thing as a One Hit Wonder in today's chart parlance? (I'm thinking the likes of Happy - Pharrell Williams and other annoying earworms )

Nice job all. I'm rooting for Safety Dance now because I think of the last 8 it fits the moniker best.

There's a Spotify playlist in the OP if you want to see all 128. Or, here they are:

Scorpions - Wind of Change
Touch and Go - Would you?
Toni Basil - Mickey
Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star
Mark Owen - Clementine
Rubber Bandits - Horse Outside
Talk Talk - It's My Life
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
Truth Hurts - Addictive
Sixpence None The Richer - Kiss Me
Robin Beck - First Time
Crazytown - Butterfly
Damien Rice - Cannonball
Kansas - Dust In The Wind
Maria McKey - Show Me Heaven
Thunderclap Newman - Something in the Air
Dario G - Sunchyme
Jennifer Paige - Crush
The Bluebells - Young at Heart
Suzanne Vega - Luka
Matthew Wilder - Break My Stride
Flying Pickets - Only You
The Kingsmen - Louie Louie
Chris Isaak - Wicked Game
OMC - How Bizarre
Robbie Nevil - C'est La Vie
Crash Test Dummies - Mmmmmmm
Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
Jennifer Rush - The Power Of Love
The New Radicals - You Get What You Give
Climie Fisher - Love Changes Everything
Glenn Mederios - Nothings Gonna change my love for you
The Calling - Wherever You will Go
Shawn Mullins - Lullaby
Tom Robinson Band - 2‐4‐6‐8 Motorway
Unkle Kracker - Follow Me
The Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen in Love
O Town - All Or Nothing
Musical Youth - Pass The Dutchie
Tal Bachman - She's So High
Peter Sarstedt - Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)?
Macy Gray - I Try
Republica - Ready To Go
Tatu - All The Things She Said
Godley and Creme - Cry
Dee-Lite-Groove Is In The Heart
Furniture - You Must Be Out Of Your Brilliant Mind
The Bluetones - Slight return
The J. Geils Band - Centerfold
The Dream Academy - Life in a Northern Town
LFO - Summer Girls
Sugar Ray - Every Morning
Cutting Crew - I just Died In Your Arms Tonight
The Proclaimers - 500 miles
Nena - 99 Luftballons
Leonard Cohen - Hallelujah
Stone sour - bother
Seether - broken
Glorious - Andreas Johnson
House Of Pain - Jump Around
Chumbawamba - Tubthumping
Yello - oh yeah
Alannah Myles - Black Velvet
Aloe black - I Need A Dollar
The 5th Dimension - Let the Sunshine In
Run DMC v Jason Nevin - It's Like That
Deep Blue Something - Breakfast At Tiffany's
Phil Oakley - Together in Electric Dreams
Chesney Hawkes - You and Only
The Primitives - Crash
Cornershop - Brimful Of Asha
Eiffel 65 - Blue
Snow - Informer
Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning
Gerry Raferty - Baker Street
Jose Gonzalez - Heartbeats
O-Zone - Dragostea Din Tei
Babylon Zoo - Spaceman
A Flock of Seagulls - I Ran
Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama
Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag
Mr President - Coco Jamboo
Meredith Brooks - Bitch
John Parr - St. Elmo's Fire
4 Non-Blondes - What's Up
Charles and Eddy - Would I Lie To You
Randy van Warmer - Just When I Needed You Most
Europe - The Final Countdown
Gary Jules and Michael Andrews - Mad World
Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear The Reaper
Semisonic - Closing Time
Kung Fu fighting - Carl Douglas
Boy Meets Girl - Waiting For A Star To Fall
Swing Out Sister - Breakout
Chaz and Dave - Snooker loopy
Afroman - Because I Got High
The Firm - Star Trekkin'
Gotye - somebody that I used to know
Yes - Owner Of A Lonely Heart
Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance
Nick Cave & Kylie Minogue - Where The Wild Roses Grow
Len - Steal My Sunshine
Anúna and the RTConcert Orchestra - Riverdance
Eddie Cooley & The Dimples - Priscilla
Marcy Playground - Sex And Candy
Berlin - Take My Breath Away
Michael Sembello - Maniac
Hazen Dean - Who's Leaving Who
Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby
The Archies - Sugar Sugar
Los Del Rio - Macarena
Marc Cohn - Walking in Memphis
Lou Bega - Mambo No.5
Bran Van 3000 - Drinking In LA
The La's - There She Goes
Big Mountain - Baby I love Your Way
Five For Fighting - Superman It's Not easy
Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight
Gerardo - Rico Suave
Modern Talking - Brother Louie
Divinyls - I Touch Myself
Eric Idle - Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life
Jane Weidlin - Rush Hour
Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight
Olive - You're Not Alone
Billie Myers - Kiss The Rain
The Vapors - Turning Japanese

Pretzill · 19-11-2019 05:33PM

Aww thanks Quickbeam - it makes more sense to me now

Some there I'm surprised didn't make it further.

19-11-2019 05:49PM

Are we still voting? What round is this? Pick two from the ones Kolido listed above?

quickbeam · 19-11-2019 05:50PM

Waiting on Kol to post the first round of the last 8.

Rikand · 19-11-2019 05:57PM

Only like 2 songs of the last 8.

A lot of my favourites all went in the last round

Zaph · 19-11-2019 06:10PM

2 of my nominations still in the running, and another 3 that I'd be happy if they won. Of the other three, two I'm meh about and I really don't want the third one to win.

Irish Aris · 19-11-2019 06:45PM

I actually wouldn't mind any of the songs winning.
Baker Street and Don't Fear The Reaper aren't really my thing (meaning I wouldn't select to listen at home), but I can understand their value.

Electric Nitwit · 19-11-2019 07:29PM

Zaph wrote: »

2 of my nominations still in the running, and another 3 that I'd be happy if they won. Of the other three, two I'm meh about and I really don't want the third one to win.

Think I'm exactly the same!
Delighted to have two of my nominations (Joy Division and Gerry Raferty) in the quarters

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 19-11-2019 07:35PM

Some thoughts, since my reasoning for some votes were thin as f**k most of today - just glad I was able to participate at all in between filming scenes.

While a lot of my favourites were knocked out along the way, that's not a bad final 8 at all. Think Safety Dance probably got a round too far, but looking back at the songs it was up against in previous rounds (thanks quickbeam), fair enough that it got through to the quarter finals, but it's definitely the weakest of the remaining 8, even if it is an enjoyable song.

It's a shame Teenage Dirtbag and Crash went up against Don't Fear The Reaper and Baker Street in the last round, because would've been nice to see one or both of those in the quarter finals, but again fair enough, they were knocked out by two absolute classics.

I know a few have said it already, but thanks Kolido for running this tournament - been amazing so far and I'm looking forward to the endgame.

Tell me how · 19-11-2019 07:43PM

Hang on, how did Nick Cave and Kylie Minogue make it in to a One Hit Wonder competition.

Even allowing for the fact that they were a duet.

quickbeam · 19-11-2019 07:47PM

How many Nick Cave and Kylie Minogue duets had hits?

I didn't nominate it, btw, but it's a valid OHW.

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 19-11-2019 07:50PM

Tell me how wrote: »

Hang on, how did Nick Cave and Kylie Minogue make it in to a One Hit Wonder competition.

Even allowing for the fact that they were a duet.

It doesn't matter anymore...

Necro · 19-11-2019 07:51PM

quickbeam wrote:

I didn't nominate it, btw, but it's a valid OHW.

I don't agree, both artists have had huge success, even by the rules the artist has to be mostly known for that song and they are most definitely not.

quickbeam · 19-11-2019 07:58PM

Necro wrote: »

I don't agree, both artists have had huge success, even by the rules the artist has to be mostly known for that song and they are most definitely not.

Well you also think Joy Division is not a OHW even though it only had one hit in the UK or US charts.

Necro · 19-11-2019 08:00PM

quickbeam wrote:

Well you also think Joy Division is not a OHW even though it only had one hit in the UK or US charts.

Are the band known primarily for that song.... that's also a stipulation.

Three albums charting well says not OHW to me.

quickbeam · 19-11-2019 08:03PM

I for one don't know any other of their songs.

Kolido · 19-11-2019 08:08PM

So Eagle eyed cherry completes the quarter finals lineup.

We will kick off the quarters now, first to 9 votes or leader after 1 hour.

Kolido · 19-11-2019 08:09PM

QF Match 1

Blue Oyster Cult-Don't Fear The Reaper

Vs

Chris Isaak - Wicked Game.

QF Match 2

Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight.

Vs

Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart

Necro · 19-11-2019 08:11PM

Kolido wrote:

Blue Oyster Cult-Don't Fear The Reaper

Better song by 500 miles (sorry The Proclaimers)

Kolido wrote:

Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight.

Cos I prefer it and that's all I have to say about that... :P

Ficheall · 19-11-2019 08:13PM

Ah feck.. I've to head out for the evening. Christ knows what muck you'll put through.

Sigh.

Don't Fear the Reaper and.. ugh.. Save Tonight, I guess.

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 19-11-2019 08:22PM

Don't Fear The Reaper - easy choice, one of the greatest songs of all time. Although kudos to Wicked Game for getting this far, it's a great song too.

Save Tonight - I wish that I, that I could stay... Save this song, to fight another round. Potentially could be the overall winner for me if it gets that far.

Tell me how · 19-11-2019 08:23PM

Everything that can be said, has already been said, nothing left to do, but vote.

QF Match 1 - Chris Isaak - Wicked Game.

QF Match 2 - Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight.

Electric Nitwit · 19-11-2019 08:25PM

Blue Oyster Cult - I think I like Wicked Game a lot more than most, but Reaper still beats it, what an intro

Joy Division - proper tune. I like Eagle Eye but it's a little fluffy. And he must be punished for his cover of Sun is Shining

Irish Aris · 19-11-2019 08:30PM

Chris Isaac - because it was in The Wild at Heart Soundtrack, and if David Lynch approves, then. . .

Joy Division - an absolute classic

19-11-2019 08:39PM

Chris Isaak - Vastly superior to cowbell novelty

Eagle Eye Cherry - Ian Curtis monotone becomes wearisome after a few listens

ardinn · 19-11-2019 08:48PM

reaper

cherry

that is all

mzungu · 19-11-2019 08:49PM

My picks are:

Blue Oyster Cult.

Eagle Eye Cherry.

19-11-2019 08:51PM

Q1 Dont fear the reaper

Q2 Love will tear us apart

19-11-2019 08:52PM

Wicked Game because it's so gorgeous and makes my insides do things

Save Tonight because memories and every time I hear it I have to sing along. Love it.

Boardsies Greatest One Hit Wonder Song - Live Thread

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