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BadCoverVersion

03-18-2003, 03:30 PM

I luuuuuurve 'em.

Which one do you dig???

Okay, I'm using AMERICAN and BRITISH one hitter's, so a couple of these may have scored one or two other TINY hits...but even so, they faded off into obscurity pretty friggin' quick.

Just have a VOTE.

Grebdron

03-18-2003, 04:04 PM

I LOVE the German version of 99 Luftballoons.

But how about Come on Eileen? Dexy's midnight Runners.

SubMethod

03-18-2003, 04:07 PM

I voted for 99 Luftballoons too. It's my favorite 80's song. Come On Eileen was a good one too.

Annie Hall

03-18-2003, 04:09 PM

I'm with Submethod and Grebdron...99 Red Balloons rules all.

charliebobo

03-18-2003, 04:13 PM

Yep, 99 Red balloons is the best

Honorable mention: White Town - Your woman

BadCoverVersion

03-18-2003, 04:21 PM

Dexy's Midnight Runners had bloody TONNES of hits in the UK mate...I've gone for ONE-HIT WONDERS that suit both the limey's and you Yank's...and EVERY other bloke and their mother hopefully.

I'm being diplomatic...I'm a real giver at heart.

Oooooh, Dexy's were massive here.

Come On Eileen - No.1
Geno - No.1
Jackie Wilson Said - No.5
There There My Dear - No.7
Because Of You - No.13
Show Me - No.16
Let's Get This Straight - No.17

And LOADS more besides.

Greb, you are a philistine mate...don't believe all you see on friggin' VH1, they forget about us Brits when it comes to the polls...tossers...;)

Anyway, I've gone with good old Minnie Riperton.

La la la la la...
La la la la la...
La la la la la-ah...la la la la-ah-ah...
Doo roo doo roo doo-oo...

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!

BadCoverVersion

03-18-2003, 04:23 PM

Originally posted by charliebobo
Honorable mention: White Town - Your woman

Shit, I still love that song.

There is something truly special about that tune, and I can't put my finger on it...

I'm gonna whack the cassette on now.

VERY good pick Bobo!!!

Annie Hall

03-18-2003, 04:30 PM

Originally posted by BadCoverVersion
Anyway, I've gone with good old Minnie Riperton.

La la la la la...
La la la la la...
La la la la la-ah...la la la la-ah-ah...
Doo roo doo roo doo-oo...

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!

I hate those goddamn birds chirping in the background! :p

bowieee

03-18-2003, 05:08 PM

99 luft balloons.

electriclite

03-18-2003, 05:08 PM

Well let's not forget the great one hit wonder: Jimi Hendrix.

Only one hit in the U.S. I believe, and it was his cover of "All Along the Watchtower".

Also :

Four Non-Blondes "What's Going On?"

Imani Coppola "Legend of a Cowgirl"

Skeelo "I Wish"

POLYDISTORTION

03-18-2003, 05:32 PM

1 - Under The Milky Way - The Church #24
2 - Never Ending Story - Limalh #17
3 - Life In A Nothern Town - The Dream Academy #7
4 - What About Me - Moving Pictures #29
5 - Mary's Prayer - Danny Wilson #23
6 - The Crying Game - Boy George #15
7 - Cry - Godley & Creme #16
8 - Sleeping Satellite - Tasmin Archer #32
9 - Major Tom (Coming Home) - Peter Schilling #14
10 - The Promise - When In Rome #11

These Are Only U.S. Charts.

Grebdron

03-18-2003, 05:58 PM

Originally posted by BadCoverVersion
Greb, you are a philistine mate...don't believe all you see on friggin' VH1, they forget about us Brits when it comes to the polls...tossers...;)

What, you Brits make music, too? Multi-talented, you are.;)

The Postmaster General

03-18-2003, 06:08 PM

In The Year 2525 - Man that song is weird. i always thought it was 10 years after who did that.

BadCoverVersion

03-18-2003, 06:09 PM

Originally posted by POLYDISTORTION
The Crying Game - Boy George #15

I wouldn't call Georgey Boy a one hit wonder...suffice to say he didn't have hundreds of hits outside of Culture Club...but he didn't bomb.

Everything I Own and Bow Down Mister didn't fare too badly...and WITH Culture Club you've got an abundance of hits...Victims, Do You Really Want To Hurt Me, Karma Chameleon, Church Of The Poison Mind and a good few more.

PS: Yep Grebbers...we're quite the creative ones when we take of our flat caps and put down the smoking pipes...:)

The Postmaster General

03-18-2003, 06:11 PM

Yeah - I'm goint with OTHER

Jan Hammer - "Miami Vice Theme"

Reigh Kaufman

03-18-2003, 06:26 PM

I am going to go for two not mentioned:

The La's - There She Goes

The Mock Turtles - Can You Dig It?

Lady Summerisle

03-18-2003, 10:55 PM

AHA

Take On Me

The Norweigan 80's hotties singing to synthesizers while I try not to dance.

The Neverending Story- Limahl: still gets me right in the jugular man. Aahhhhaahhhhhhhhhahhh, Neverending story...
Reach the stars fly a fantasyyeeeee...

Those were the days I tells ya.

Jerk Shapiro

03-18-2003, 10:59 PM

Play it, white boy.

Morgana

03-19-2003, 12:45 AM

I voted for Anita Ward's Ring My Bell...eternally sexy tune to dance to on the dance floor.

paul calf

03-19-2003, 10:53 AM

i have voted for other by going for

men without hats-the safety dance

other notable one hitters of mine

world of twist-the storm
the hooters-satallite

POLYDISTORTION

03-19-2003, 11:33 AM

Originally posted by BadCoverVersion
I wouldn't call Georgey Boy a one hit wonder...suffice to say he didn't have hundreds of hits outside of Culture Club...but he didn't bomb.

Everything I Own and Bow Down Mister didn't fare too badly...and WITH Culture Club you've got an abundance of hits...Victims, Do You Really Want To Hurt Me, Karma Chameleon, Church Of The Poison Mind and a good few more.

I Knew Georgie Boy Had A Few Solo Hits In U.K. but still He's a one hit wonder In The States.

BadCoverVersion

03-19-2003, 11:36 AM

Originally posted by POLYDISTORTION
I Knew Georgie Boy Had A Few Solo Hits In U.K. but still He's a one hit wonder In The States.

Bloody Hell...

You learn something new every day.

Hmmm, I've met Boy George actually, he's a pretty decent bloke...

rikimaru187

03-19-2003, 11:37 AM

How about Quiet Riot? They had "Bang Your Head (Metal Health)", and "Cum on feel the Noise" after that they had shit. :D

Annie Hall

03-19-2003, 12:56 PM

Originally posted by paul calf
i have voted for other by going for

men without hats-the safety dance

Yes! The very thought of that song has me jumping through fields...:p

quoth_the_raven

03-19-2003, 01:48 PM

play that funky music :) love that song

oh god, the shame, i admitted to that.

*goes into hiding*

Bullet Tooth Tony

03-19-2003, 02:42 PM

I used to love M/A/R/R/S "Pump Up The Volume" so that gets my vote.

PapaJupe2k

03-19-2003, 03:03 PM

Tough call here, I've narrowed it down to two from the "other" category. The aforementioned "Safety Dance" and "Cars" by Gary Newman. I guess I'll have to go with Cars, because of the cool eighties techno beat.

cky_landspeed

03-19-2003, 04:02 PM

Ummmm....HELLO?!....The Macerana!

Grebdron

03-19-2003, 04:06 PM

Originally posted by cky_landspeed
Ummmm....HELLO?!....The Macerana!

Dammit! I wanted to say that, but couldn't remember the name.

My ex-wife roped me into doing that on our honeymoon in Puerto Vallarta. Long before it became popular up here.

quoth_the_raven

03-19-2003, 04:30 PM

Originally posted by cky_landspeed
Ummmm....HELLO?!....The Macerana!

sheeit. the drunken dancing to this i have done. i am so glad i quit drinking and dancing, and will therefore never be embarrassed by that again.

oh shit...when people see that.... i am so screwed on here :(:D

The Postmaster General

03-19-2003, 04:58 PM

Remember RIGHT SAID FRED?

They were too sexy to have another #1 hit.

blankpage

03-19-2003, 05:59 PM

99 Red Balloons....luftballoons.

Whatever you want to call it, it was a great song.

BadCoverVersion

03-19-2003, 06:17 PM

Originally posted by BubbaStrangelove
Remember RIGHT SAID FRED?

They were too sexy to have another #1 hit.

Hey, I used to have a little RSF cassette collection going on...they weren't half bad when I was a teen.

I had Deeply Dippy, Don't Talk Just Kiss and Bumped.

I'm ashamed, yes I am.

quoth_the_raven

03-19-2003, 06:19 PM

Originally posted by BadCoverVersion
Hey, I used to have a little RSF cassette collection going on...they weren't half bad when I was a teen.

I had Deeply Dippy, Don't Talk Just Kiss and Bumped.

I'm ashamed, yes I am.

yeah i was half into them as well. now any kind of punk credientials i had, are right down the crapper now. they flushed and gone swirling.

oh well...

i'm too sexty for my shirt,
too sexy for my shirt
so sexy it hurtsssss

POLYDISTORTION

03-19-2003, 06:35 PM

How Bout Debby Boone's "you Light Up My Life"
That Song Spend 10 Straight Weeks At Num. 1 And Never Had Another Single In The Charts Ever Again.

Another Songs Worth Of Mention:
"Mickey" Toni Basil (#1)
" Loser" Beck (#10)
"How Long" Ace (#3)
"No Rain" Blind Melon (#20)
" Der Kommissar" After The Fire (#5)
"Joey" Concrete Blonde (#19)
"Missing" Everything But The Girl (#2)
"Wicked Game" Chris Issak (#6)
"Shattered Dreams" Johnny Hates Jazz (#2)
"Tarzan Boy" Baltimora (#12)
"Pop Muzik" By M. (#1)

New York,London,Paris,Munich Everybody'S Talkin' Bout Pop Muzik! ..................Pop! Pop! Pop! Pop! Muzik!

Morgana

03-19-2003, 06:38 PM

Originally posted by quoth_the_raven

i'm too sexty for my shirt,
too sexy for my shirt
so sexy it hurtsssss

I'm a model you know what I mean
and I do my little turn on the catwalk
on the catwalk, yeah on the catwalk
I do my little turn on the catwalk

AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH...look what you done, Chrissie! The song is stuck in my head now! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH

Actually, the tune wasn't halfway bad. It was kinda fun. :D

Romero&Juliet

03-19-2003, 06:58 PM

BLIIIIIIIND MELON-No Rain

verrrrrrry cool band..

cky_landspeed

03-19-2003, 07:07 PM

oh yeah, and Tub Thumpin' by Chumba Wumba.

"I get knocked down, but I get up again!"

A.J. Hakari

03-19-2003, 07:11 PM

Other: Tom Tom Club's "Genius of Love." :cool:

Scarface98.9

03-20-2003, 01:10 AM

You simply cannot beat "I Ran" by The Flock of Seagulls :D

charliebobo

03-20-2003, 02:34 AM

What about... Deep Blue Something- Breakfast At Tiffany's?

freakandgeek

03-20-2003, 04:06 AM

Originally posted by Grebdron
Come on Eileen...Dexy's midnight Runners.

i voted for other because my favorite is THIS song:cool:

quoth_the_raven

03-20-2003, 04:43 AM

Originally posted by Morgana
I'm a model you know what I mean
and I do my little turn on the catwalk
on the catwalk, yeah on the catwalk
I do my little turn on the catwalk

AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH...look what you done, Chrissie! The song is stuck in my head now! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH

Actually, the tune wasn't halfway bad. It was kinda fun. :D

RSF are an amazingly fun band. i liked em anyway?

i really am going to have to get u to stop this chrissie thing arent i?:D

Falkor

03-20-2003, 11:39 AM

Jack Wagner - "All I Need". They used to play this song all the time when I was a kid. Now it gets no acknowledgement at all with all that circus competition... makes you wonder whether "alternative" music appeared in the 90's or DISappeared in the 90's.

paul calf

03-20-2003, 01:45 PM