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Arc Angels?

Although they had Too Many Ways To Fall in addition to Living In A Dream.

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If Austin had a supergroup, it was Arc Angels

Burdizzo said:

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From the 80s - The Hooters (And We Danced, Holy Moses)

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Per Wikipedia, And We Danced wasn't even their highest charting song.

Burdizzo said:

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maroon barchetta said:

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Arc Angels?

Although they had Too Many Ways To Fall in addition to Living In A Dream.

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If Austin had a supergroup, it was Arc Angels

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I liked Storyville better.

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Were The Zombies mentioned in jest? They've had multiple big hits.

My contribution: The Heights - How Do You Talk to An Angel

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I often wonder what kind of genius would have stemmed from a second season.

The cardigans
"lovefool" from the album First Band on the Moon

I'm gonna try again...

Dead Eye Dick - New Age Girl

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The cardigans
"lovefool" from the album First Band on the Moon

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from their third album.

62strat said:

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The cardigans
"lovefool" from the album First Band on the Moon

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from their third album.

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yeah but no one knows the other albums.

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Ragoo said:

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The cardigans
"lovefool" from the album First Band on the Moon

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from their third album.

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yeah but no one knows the other albums.

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The whole point of the thread was bands/musicians that only made one album, and that album produced one hit.

Okay

New Radicals

Edit: already mentioned in the thread

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Ragoo said:

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The cardigans
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from their third album.

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yeah but no one knows the other albums.

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but everyone should know what I'm asking, as it's quite simple.

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Ragoo said:

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The cardigans
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from their third album.

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yeah but no one knows the other albums.

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but everyone should know what I'm asking, as it's quite simple.

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to be honest I thought your OP meant one banger type album with a one hit and then nothing else of note. It's almost impossible that a band, unless they dissolved, had just a single album release.

Take Silverchair for example. They released 5 albums but no one really cares or remembers any of them but Frogstomp.

Or Blur

9 albums but Song 2 on their 5th and self titled album is the only song anyone knows.

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Or Blur

9 albums but Song 2 on their 5th and self titled album is the only song anyone knows.

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Everyone one hit wonder is only going to be known for one album. Otherwise, they wouldn't be a one hit wonder.

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The cardigans
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from their third album.

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yeah but no one knows the other albums.

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but everyone should know what I'm asking, as it's quite simple.

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It's almost impossible that a band, unless they dissolved, had just a single album release.

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Where did I say that a band dissolving doesn't count? That is likely the ONLY reason why a band makes this list.
The La's seems to be an outlier.. they were together initially for 9 years, with a short reformation a few years later, and a few more reformations since the 90s, all with 2 original members.. yet they made just ONE album, and undoubtedly had just one really big hit.

To quote my original post

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Most 'one hit wonders' surely go on to chase that next hit, so this 1 album 1 hit is surely pretty elusive.

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It is almost impossible, which is why out of 4 pages and maybe 5 dozen suggestions, I think we're only on maybe a dozen or so that fit the criteria.. so that's what I'm asking texags to dig in to try and find. There are probably several one hit wonder threads, and that is nothing new, but this one is decidedly different.

How big a hit, and how many hits is always debatable, but to even be in the discussion there needs to be just ONE album, which is pretty cut and dry, and was lost on many posters.

4 non blondes, new radicals and the La's, the 3 that I started the thread with.

Other suggestions that can be in the discussion since they only have ONE album
david and david
when in rome
sly fox
OMC
Arc Angels
derek and the dominos
Jeff buckley
blind faith
Lauryn Hill
Mad Season/Temple of the dog
The postal service
Sons of Sylvia

I have never heard of several of these, or the songs mentioned, but at least they only have one album.

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The cardigans
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from their third album.

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yeah but no one knows the other albums.

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The whole point of the thread was bands/musicians that only made one album, and that album produced one hit.

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Or Blur

9 albums but Song 2 on their 5th and self titled album is the only song anyone knows.

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Everyone one hit wonder is only going to be known for one album. Otherwise, they wouldn't be a one hit wonder.

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Thank you for doing God's work.

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The cardigans
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but everyone should know what I'm asking, as it's quite simple.

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It's almost impossible that a band, unless they dissolved, had just a single album release.

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Where did I say that a band dissolving doesn't count? That is likely the ONLY reason why a band makes this list.

I literally said

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Most 'one hit wonders' surely go on to chase that next hit, so this 1 album 1 hit is surely pretty elusive.

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It is almost impossible, which is why out of 4 pages and maybe 5 dozen suggestions, I think we're only on maybe a dozen or so that fit the criteria.. so that's what I'm asking texags to dig in to try and find. There are probably several one hit wonder threads, and that is nothing new, but this one is decidedly different.

How big a hit, and how many hits is always debatable, but to even be in the discussion there needs to be just ONE album, which is pretty cut and dry, and was lost on many posters.

4 non blondes, new radicals and the La's, the 3 that I started the thread with.

Other suggestions that can be in the discussion since they only have ONE album
david and david
when in rome
sly fox
OMC
Arc Angels
derek and the dominos
Jeff buckley
blind faith
Lauryn Hill
Mad Season/Temple of the dog
The postal service
Sons of Sylvia

I have never heard of several of these, or the songs mentioned, but at least they only have one album.

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david and david - good one (found this tidbit that was also interesting: They both collaborated with Sheryl Crow on her debut LP, Tuesday Night Music Club)
when in rome - good one
sly fox - good one
OMC - good one
Arc Angels side project/supergroup
derek and the dominos side project/supergroup
Jeff buckley died
blind faith side project/supergroup
Lauryn Hill solo project
Mad Season/Temple of the dog side project/supergroup
The postal service side project/supergroup
Sons of Sylvia don't one hit wonders need a hit?

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david and david - good one (found this tidbit that was also interesting: They both collaborated with Sheryl Crow on her debut LP, Tuesday Night Music Club)
when in rome - good one
sly fox - good one
OMC - good one
Arc Angels side project/supergroup
derek and the dominos side project/supergroup
Jeff buckley died
blind faith side project/supergroup
Lauryn Hill solo project
Mad Season/Temple of the dog side project/supergroup
The postal service side project/supergroup
Sons of Sylvia don't one hit wonders need a hit?

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While I don't agree a solo project/side project/supergroup should be automatically eliminated, I do agree that maybe some of those had multiple hits (or no hits??). Arc Angels I see performed 2 songs on letterman..

Many supergroups/sideprojects/solo projects do multiple albums (chris cornell, phil collins, highwaymen, willburys, velvet revolver, APC, audioslave, etc etc), so them doing only 1 is half of this requirement and should keep them on the list. It's certainly easier for someone with previous success to get the 'hit', but also maybe hard to only have ONE hit. Like debut albums of audioslave, APC, velvet.. multiple hits on those.

Re Jeff Buckley: An artist dying is certainly not a dis-qualifier. That and band breaking up are about the only two reasons why someone ends up on this list.

I would disagree on supergroups/side projects. It's more common for them to have one album than not, so not a big deal. Clapton had a crap ton of hits under a bunch of different bands and labels. Him doing a couple side projects that only had one album isn't really that interesting or strange.

4 Non Blondes breaking up after having a huge hit a then nothing of note recorded is more unique. Another side note. Linda Perry also contributed to Sheryl Crowe's seminal album. Wonder if that was a requirement.

Dying doesn't really disqualify you from the conversation...but explains it quite quickly. Breaking up after a hit album is a strange career choice...which is why it's pretty uncommon.

in any case, doesn't really matter what I think.

Don't think there should be any disqualification for supergroup/side project or dying. There was no such statement in the OP.

It is what it is.

one album, one hit

now a few of those are debatable. depends what you mean by a hit. certainly on some more than one was played on radio stations for example although maybe only one charted. but also which charts? Just the Hot 100/Top 40 or also adult contemporary, rock charts or hip/hop r&B or dance charts?

Jeff Buckley for example only had one song chart upon release in 1994 - Last Goodbye #19 on the Modern Rock chart. 10 years after his death Hallelujah charted #7

Lauryn Hill certainly only had one album and a #1 hit but three songs charted on the Hot 100. She also did a cover/remix/duet with a Bob Marley tune for a tribute album made by Marleys son that charted on the R&B chart.

It;s extremely rare to hve exactly one charted hit. Depending on your definition.

The problem is, by the strictest definition of a one hit wonder, there are very few actual one hit wonders. Even people considered one hit wonders had at least one other song chart. Everyone calls Snow a one hit wonder with Informer, but he had a second song break the top 100 on the same album, yet nobody could tell you what that song was.

Right it's more like remembered as a one hit wonder but... oh yeah they had that other song.

Because usually what happens anyway is whatever they release next does also chart just based on the success of the big hit. Radio worked that way back then especially. If someone with a hit put something out then they were playing it and the charts took into account airplay.

"Here's the new hit from insert band name here, their follow-up to that first song everyone remembers!!!"

Or the other thing that happened sometimes is their 3rd, 4th, or 5th single hit big and then people went back and found their earlier songs and those became modest hits and sometimes got re-released and charted.

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The problem is, by the strictest definition of a one hit wonder, there are very few actual one hit wonders. Even people considered one hit wonders had at least one other song chart. Everyone calls Snow a one hit wonder with Informer, but he had a second song break the top 100 on the same album, yet nobody could tell you what that song was.

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I wouldn't consider a song breaking top 100 to be a hit..
I'd at least bring it down to top 20, maybe top 10.

A second single entering in top 100 is probably a ripple effect of the actual big hit.

Toxicity, System of A Down.

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Toxicity, System of A Down.

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Aerials was a bigger hit off of the same album. BYOB off of Mezmerize was a big hit as well.

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Toxicity, System of A Down.

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Aerials was a bigger hit off of the same album. BYOB off of Mezmerize was a big hit as well.

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Other big songs were Sugar, Chop Suey, and BYOB. Multiple albums, multiple hits.

Aerials, Chop Suey, and Toxicity were their biggest hits, and all were on Toxicity. BYOB was on the album after. Spiders the album before. Everything was a massive drop off from Toxicity album, but I will cede my position in light of other albums actually having an ok song.

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Toxicity, System of A Down.

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Aerials was a bigger hit off of the same album. BYOB off of Mezmerize was a big hit as well.

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Other big songs were Sugar, Chop Suey, and BYOB. Multiple albums, multiple hits.

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No way this was a serious suggestion.
If it was the poster is seriously out of touch, as SOAD has 5 albums all of which are platinum or more, 3 of which that went to #1 and 7 consecutive top 10 hits lol.

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Everything was a massive drop off from Toxicity album, but I will cede my position in light of other albums actually having an ok song.

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I mean, they released two albums in 2005, both debuted at #1 in multiple countries, both went platinum, and each had two top 10 hits.
I don't know how that's a 'drop off'. That is impressive as hell. What other artist or band in the last 50 years has released two separate albums in a calendar year that both debut #1 in several countries?

Zager & Evans, In the Year 2525. Hit #1 both here and in England. No other song charted on Billboard. Wikipedia says " Zager and Evans are considered to be an archetypal one-hit wonder. Despite the success of "2525", the follow-up single, "Mr. Turnkey", failed to chart in the US and UK, as did subsequent releases. For many years, the duo was the only act to have a chart-topping hit on both sides of the Atlantic and never have another chart single in Billboard or the UK...."

They did record another album though.

Fun fact- the hit song was recorded in a small studio in Odessa located at 56th and Dixie.

Found another.
Quad city djs - come on ride the train.

Planet Soul. If you were a high school kid in 1995, you probably heard their one hit, Set U Free. They only had one album.

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Zager & Evans, In the Year 2525. Hit #1 both here and in England. No other song charted on Billboard. Wikipedia says " Zager and Evans are considered to be an archetypal one-hit wonder. Despite the success of "2525", the follow-up single, "Mr. Turnkey", failed to chart in the US and UK, as did subsequent releases. For many years, the duo was the only act to have a chart-topping hit on both sides of the Atlantic and never have another chart single in Billboard or the UK...."

They did record another album though.

Fun fact- the hit song was recorded in a small studio in Odessa located at 56th and Dixie.

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I've never heard of them or that song.