Thought I would start this as I like a few hits that never seems to get followed up with similar success, I guess you may have a few too.

My initial offering is this and I love the female vocalist.

 

 

Great 1st choice

 

Edited September 8, 20241 yr by Bebe1980

Going back further in time. Written and produced by the dreadful individual Jonathan King.

 

Edited September 8, 20241 yr by dermott

Only one hit in the UK top 30 just now realised more popular in the US, anyway here it is

 

 

Good thread @strider6004 

Here’s one….

 

 

 

1 hour ago, Scott said:

 

Mmmm. Not sure they qualify as one-hit wonders. Two-hit wonders perhaps. The Beatles didn't release "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" as a single. Marmalade did and topped the UK charts.

 

Stand your half hearted efforts down.  

 

https://youtu.be/it3E6vtExSE?si=QHOUqBqiYCZxftHp

A One Hit Wonder from 1972. ‘Amazing Grace’ by The Pipes and Drums of The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards.

Think it was at No 1 for five weeks!😀

Edited September 8, 20241 yr by erskblue

 

Spice Girls eat your heart out LOL. Toto Coelo from 1982 !

 

17 hours ago, Bebe1980 said:

Great 1st choice

 

One hit wonder? Soap your mouth

 

 

 

Good one here

 

 

11 hours ago, WhiteWall said:

One hit wonder? Soap your mouth

Perhaps we need a thread definition of what constitutes a "hit" because those 3 additional Billy Paul tracks you've mentioned peaked at 30, 26 and 33 in the UK charts LOL.

Having said that, even Me & Mrs Jones only reached #12 in this country so if we are going on UK charts alone, then Billy Paul was effectively a no hit wonder 🙂 

Edited September 9, 20241 yr by Sexyfootball

 

Have had this one stuck in my head recently.

From 1973. As far as I can recall this was a one hit wonder. The tune was used in an advert for Oranjeeboom beer.

5 minutes ago, Boyne said:

From 1973. As far as I can recall this was a one hit wonder. The tune was used in an advert for Oranjeeboom beer.

Really quite spooky. We were talking about this tune on Sunday.

 

We went out to lunch with my sister and her husband and this tune was played by the organist at their we’d on 23 /3/974.

 

The tune itself was  indeed called Eye Level played by the Simon Park Orchestra if you ever get the chance to watch them you tube do so because it actually is not a bad  piece.

ITV remade Van Der Valk recently and not terrible but in the day the original attracted huge viewing figures

15 hours ago, loz said:

Stand your half hearted efforts down.  

 

https://youtu.be/it3E6vtExSE?si=QHOUqBqiYCZxftHp

Good get. 👌

14 hours ago, charierre said:

 

AKA the wonderful but under-appreciated Graham Fellows. His John Shuttleworth character, a masterpiece, turns up regularly on Radio 4 Extra. 

1 hour ago, Sexyfootball said:

Perhaps we need a thread definition of what constitutes a "hit" because those 3 additional Billy Paul tracks you've mentioned peaked at 30, 26 and 33 in the UK charts LOL.

Having said that, even Me & Mrs Jones only reached #12 in this country so if we are going on UK charts alone, then Billy Paul was effectively a no hit wonder 🙂 

Fair point. I've never thought a "one-hit wonder" needed necessarily to have reached No 1. Maybe top 5, whatever. Bottom line: success they enjoyed neither before nor since.

13 hours ago, WhiteWall said:

Good one here

 

Such a pure voice. Mate of John Phillips of the Mamas and Papas who wrote and produced it.