Over 2000 One Hit Wonder Songs!!
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TV & Movie One Hit Wonders
- Artist
- The Heights
- Year
- 1992
- Song
- How Do You Talk to an Angel
- Chart
- 1
The Heights was a ficational group in an American musical drama series aired in late 1992 on Fox Channel. The show was famous for its theme song "How Do You Talk to An Angel", sung by Jamie Walters, which topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1992. Sadly, the show could not gain enough publicity and Fox canceled the series within a week after the song dropped from no.1 spot.
- Artist
- The Proclaimers
- Year
- 1993
- Song
- I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
- Chart
- 3
When Scottish pop duo first released their second album in 1988, they caught no public attention. But 5 years later, when the song "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" was played on the 1993 comedy movie "Benny & Joon", the song suddenly gained popularity and finally became no.3 hit on Billboard chart. The duo tried to use this chance to make a come back, but, so far, they still couldn't make it.
- Artist
- Wet Wet Wet
- Year
- 1994
- Song
- Love Is All Around
- Chart
- 41
Four Weddings & a Funeral is a 1994 rometic comedy film about the relationship between a young man and a lady he met at 4 weddings and 1 funeral. The film became a box-office smash, and its love theme "Love Is All Around" by a Scottish band Wet Wet Wet became no.1 on UK chart as well as no.41 on US Hot 100 chart. It was their only hit before they split up in 1997.
- Artist
- Black Men United
- Year
- 1994
- Song
- U Will Know
- Chart
- 28
Black Men United (B.M.U.) was a one time collaboration of many African-American male R&B, hip-hop, and soul artists, formed in 1994. They only recorded one singles "U Will Know", which is also the soundtrack of 1994 drama film about African-American society 'Jason's Lyric'. The song went to be Top30 hit on Billboard Hot 100 that year. They haven't released anything since.
- Artist
- Raphael Saadiq
- Year
- 1996
- Song
- Ask of You
- Chart
- 19
'Higher Learning' was a 1995 drama film about lives of 3 soon-to-be freshmen at a fictional university. Its soundtrack became a Top40 album and produced 2 hit singles. One of them, "Ask of You" by Raphael Saadiq became a Top20 hit on pop chart that year. Saadiq still an active musician, but still could not create another hit.
- Artist
- The Rembrandts
- Year
- 1995
- Song
- I'll Be There For You
- Chart
- 17
The NBC’s American comedy sitcom ‘Friends’ is undoubtly one of the most successful TV series of all time. Its popularity also made its theme "I'll Be There for You", by an American rock band the Rembrandts, one of the most famous songs in television history. Although it was not the band's only chart hit, it is now the only hit anyone would think of from the band.
- Artist
- Deadeye Dick
- Year
- 1995
- Song
- New Age Girl
- Chart
- 27
'Dumb and Dumber' was a successful comedy film from 1994, starring Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels. It also the only moment of fame for a New Orlenans alternative rock band called Deadeye Dick. Their song "New Age Girl" become a national hit and climbed to no.27 on Billboard chart. But their following album was a flop, and they soon disbanded.
- Artist
- The BoDeans
- Year
- 1996
- Song
- Closer to Free
- Chart
- 16
The BoDeans was a rock band from Milwaukee, Wisconsin formed in 1983. Their giant leap came in 1994, when their song "Closer to Free" was chosen for the new Fox channel series 'Party of Five' and brought their name to large audience. The singles was re-released and wento no.16 on Hot 100 chart in 1996. They split up later that year.
- Artist
- Folk Implosion
- Year
- 1996
- Song
- Natural One
- Chart
- 29
Larry Clark's 1995 film 'Kids' left behind 2 things - first was the controversy over its content, another was the brief notoriety for Folk Implosion. Previously a no-name American indie rock band, they gain their one-time recognition through Kids' soundtrack, "Natural One". This creepy sound song breaked the Top40 area in 1996. They never showed up on the chart again.
- Artist
- The Wonders
- Year
- 1996
- Song
- That Thing You Do!
- Chart
- 41
Tom Hanks' 1996 film 'That Thing You Do!' tried to tell the life of a fictional rock band, The Wonders, that ended up as one-hit wonders. Nobody would suspect that it would actually create one! The film's main song was so popular that a promotion singles, credited under the Wonders themselves, almost get into Top40 zone on Billboard Hot 100 - good enough for a fictional band.
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