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Only so muchArtists and tapes Succeed in climbing the top of the tables with songs that the whole country is stuck in the head. So, to have a second or third shot is all the more rare. For eachMadonnaor rolled stones, there are musicians likeNorman GreenbaumAnd groups such as Dexys Midnight Runners who froze the graphics and hardly heard about again. Yes, we are talking about these unfamiliar unique wonders.

But simply because they have never managed to achieve the success of their greatest successes a second time, it does not make their less legendary songs. In our humble opinions, unique wonders are also worthy of celebration. Thus, in honor of these artists who captured the lightning in a bottle, we went back to the end of the 1950s until the early 2000s to find the best wonders at once of all time. We defend you not to buzz with the songs that brought them their fleeting 15 minutes of renown.

This single catchy is only three words - and they are all "tequila". Of course, the lyrics are not particularly Romanesque, but the song has always brought the massive success of the fields in the late 50s. After all, "Tequila"Is easy to learn and impossible to forget. He landed at the spot # 5 onBillboard Top 50 singles of 1958. The fields have tried to resume this glory with an old song entitled "Too from Tequila" in 1960. Unfortunately, it has nothing to go up to theNo. 30 on theBillboardHot 100.

While the fans of Diehard Disney andThe children of the 90s know this song ofThe Lion King, well before taking Timon and Pumbaa, there was the 1961 version of the token. TheThe song was a blanket From the Zulu song of 1939 "Mbube". Although there have been countless iterations of "The Lion sleeps tonight"Since then, the Doo-Wop Track of the Tokens was the first to bring the songat the top of the graphs. And while they continued to make music in the 1960s and 70s, none of their other songs could come to match the success of their jungle classic.

If you are a child of the 1960s, you associate this sweet little-ditty withBruce Canal, who co-writes and recorded this track at the beginning of the decade. In 1962 he climbed to theat the top of theBillboardHot boardwhere he grouped supreme for three weeks. But if you are a child from the 1980s, "Hey! Babe"Probably makes you think ofDirty dancing, in particular the emblematic scene in whichJohnny and Baby practice their routine on a newspaper. Of course, he may have been the only big shot, but at least it was summoned for decades.

This serious smash testifies to the amount of people in the 1960s on a song with a crazy choreography. With the added theme of Halloween andBobby "Boris" PickettSpot-on the impersonation ofBoris Karloff(Aka Frankenstein's Monster), "Monster Mash"Was a cheriffyFORMULA FOR SUCCESS, so fleeting. Pickett tried to find a graph hit again with the Christmas song of 1962 "Holiday from Monster's Holiday" and 1963 ", but they did not reach the success of his original monster hit.

In 1963, the song of the SuroRis "Annihilate"Culminated at n ° 2on theBillboard Hot board. Even if you do not recognize this song by title or the name of the group who sings it, you certainly know it by its introduction - the sound of a breaking surfboard and a maniac laugh - and its emblematic solo drum, courtesy ofRon Wilson. Everyone from the beach boys to the animalThe muppetsCovered this legendary surf track, which was the first and last big shot of this band based in California.

The song "96 tears"Is a surprisingly eye-catching blow on too many tears. This brought the brand Garage Rock Band Mark and the mysters some fleeting success in the mid-1960s, but it was not enough to keep them in the queue for the next decade. We can You imagine that the interrogator mark at the beginning of their name helped maintain relevance.

This song was on all the paintings of the 1960s. Not only does it landon theBillboardHot board When he was originally published in 1966, but she returned to the top 50 in 1969 when he was reissued both as one and albumBig J. J. Jackson. The bad news? Jackson did not see a lot of graph action after that. But, to quote the singer himself, "I'm fine (okay, girl). "

In 1969, a fictitious cartoon rock band managed to win the first place on aBillboard Hot board-And kept it for a month! It was so shocking success, it is not surprising that the Archies were not able to duplicate it. The group, of course, has become courtesy ofThe archie show, an adaptation of an animated television of the archie cartoon, which was created in 1968. Although they published some songs during the race of the show, their most success from afar "Sugar sugar," on whichToni wine andRon DanteSinging singing singing.

It is quite crazy enough to think that one of the most commonly played songs to sports events came from a single wonder. Steam's "Na na hey hugging him goodbye"Become a huge success in 1969, expensesTwo weeks at the top on theBillboardHot 100. The group has never had another success and then, in 1977, the organist in a White Sox gameplayed song Narguard the visit team and soon, Steam has become part of the history of baseball. (And yes, there are more words than "na na / na / na / hey hey hey / farewell.")

You know "Spirit in the sky, "This song you grew up listening on how Jesus is going to prepare you with the spirit in the sky when you die and they rest relax? Well, it was written and executed byNorman Greenbaum, a Jewish man inspired to write the song not by his faith, but by an appearance of the television of the Country singer GospelWagon.

"I thought," Yes, I could do that "Not knowing anything about Gospel music," Greenbaum saidThe New York Times In 2006, "so I sat down and wrote my own evangelical song. He came easy. I wrote the words in 15 minutes." Unfortunately for Greenbaum, the song was also the only 15 minutes of the reputation of his career saw.

Albert Hammond Might have had a love at first sight on the rain in California, but it was hardly going to Hasts for him as an interpreter in the 70s. The song has culminated at n ° 5on the hot graph, and although he has never managed to repeat the success of "It never rains in the south of California"As a singer, everything was not lost for Hammond: in the 70s, 80s, and 90, he found a massive success as a songwriter. He co-wroteWhitney Houston"A moment in time" and starships "" nothing will stop us now, "with the legendaryDiane Warren.

Of course, we do not tolerate cheating, but it's hard not to be taken in Ms. Jones's story whenBilly PaulCrows on her. The 1972 track spent three weeks at theNo. 1 on theBillboardHot board In 1972, but "Me and Ms. Jones"Was a flash in the pan for Mr. Paul. He never managed to have another shot at the top 10.

Long before this song had a new life of life of the marvel struckGuardians of the galaxy and even before he has acquired popularity in the 1990s thanks toQuentin Tarantino's Dogs tanksThe children of the 70s walked around singing "ooga-chaka ooga-ooga" (no matter what it means). Always, "Hanging on a feeling, "which was a coverage ofB.J. Thomas'Original 1968, is the only stroke of Swedish rock Blue Swede had already had a decade.

Are the words of this magical song on dayebrevs and lazy days in bed were a kind of rhyme or reason? Barely. Yet the driver of the 1974 single rose to No. 5on the hot graphic back in its heyday. In the initial release of the melody, you could not go five feet without hearing someone singing, "Oh ho ho, it's magic!" - Even if they had no idea what, exactly,thiswas. Unfortunately, the pilot was unable to recreate the magic of "Magic"But the one continuous wonder of being presented on TV shows and movies,happy gilmoreto theHerbie: Fully loadedrestart withLindsay Lohan.

It was fate, really, thatbrought this wonder to a torque in existence. In the 1970s, Wild Cherry Rock Band - whose name wasinspired cough drops box-Was performing in a club when someone in the audience shouted "Play funky music, white boy!"The demand rude inspired FrontmanRob Parissi To pen the song, which allowed us to file this boogie since. Sure, it was the only big success of the band, but it was huge: it climbed to the end ofNo. 1 on theBillboardHot 100 in 1976.

Incredibly, this successful songmarvel torque thin lizzyAlmost did not actually on the air. "We initially were not going to" the boys are back in town "on thejailbreakAlbum at all, "GuitaristScott Gorham said in a 2015 interview withclassic Rock. "But then the leadership heard it and said," No, there's something really good about this song. "" Thank goodness for that, because "The boys are back in town"Is that the only really successful song, thin Lizzy has really had really had. (Sorry, boys!)

You will be strongly pressed to find a more melodic song, more elegant or more catchy about an appointment midday that "Delight Afternoon. "And when it's right, my boy, it's just: For this one song, Starland Vocal Band won the best new artist of the year and the best arrangement of VoicesAt the 1976 Grammys. If you do not have a shot, it does not sting too if it's as big as this one.

If video killed the radio star, then what the drones are to blame for the death of their short life career? The group of two men quickly rose to prominence with "Video killed the radio"And its accompanying music video that literally launched MTV in 1981 (this is the famousthe first video played Network) But after that, well, it seems that video killed the video star.

Believe it or not, the "bell" in the song "Call me"Refers to the phone. The song was PGoriginally written for 11 yearsStacy Lattisawas a teenager knocked on friends slapping the phone, but he was giftedAnitawhen Lattisaw signed with another label. Although "ring my bell" made it to the No. 1 spoton the hot 100Ward never managed to follow it with another major blow.

Funkytown might not be a real place you can visit, but just to hear the name of the fictional town, takes you back to aTime when disco and leisure suits were all the rage. This song, the first and only hit the band Lipps Inc. ever produced, will always hold a place in our hearts as an ode to nonchalance and freedom of funk music.

If you grew up in the 80s, then you probably memorized "867-5309"Before even memorize your numbers best friend. Heck, you could maybe even tried calling the number several times, only to be disappointed when the famous Jenny has not picked up. I guess she changed his number after all.

Tommy Tutone may have created one of the most famous phone numbers in the history of pop culture, but they have never managed to create another shot after this track flying over theNo. 4 point on theBillboard Hot 100.

Voted the best single wonder of all time byRolling stone"Tinted love" is one of those songs that even people who were not growing in the 80s know by heart. And when you hear that you hear this catchy choir, you can not stop you from helping you. Unfortunately, a gentle cell never fled or escaped with another touched song after "Tainted Love"Land atN ° 8 on the hot chart 100.

"I melt With You"It was the single of 1982 of the Modern English British band. The group may not have had a follow-up apron - toppers, but at least their only and unique struck does not live via endless covers and on all the "best wonders to a hit" of all time. (Here they are at N ° 7 on VH1 "100 wonders the largest of the 80s. ")

You may have assumed that weather girls have seen much more consumer success as a result of their massive 1982.It's raining Men, "But did we have Newwwwwwwwws for you. (Uh huh) Although the female duo could have stayed on theBillboard Hot 100 for 11 weeks with "it rains men", their singles who followed were only niche hits onBillboardDance club music table.

You can not make a list of best successful wonders without mentioning "Come to Eileen. "Exit in 1982, the song thatKevin Rowland said wasinspired by a real relationship 23 weeks oldon theBillboard Hot board And even managed to secure point N ° 1. So, what Dexys, the "successful" midnight track from midnight after that? "The brothers of the Celtic soul", who culminated at No. 86 (hence the status of single marvel).

You can dance if you want to this song, but you probably should not attach yourself to the strip behind it. Although "Safety dance"Was a major shot in the early 80s, men without hat were never able to follow him with an almost as successful song, which finally led them to take a long hiatus. At least the group kisses his look. Wonder status today, although: their official website isSafetyDance.com.

This Single synthpop was the Go-to songGet Groovy in the mid-1980s. What a child of the 80s could forget hisLive pencil sketch music video, which literally has a black and white mystery man who literally went out pages of a comic? As for A-ha music, however? Yes, it's quite oblivable. Nothing has managed to better or even meet the performance of "taking on me", whichculminated at n ° 1 on the 100 hot diagram in 1985.

Katrina and the waves made waves in the mid-1980s when "Walking under the sun"Has been released. Single eye-catching and edifying spent 21 staggering weekson theBillboard Hot board, culminating in n ° 9 in June 1985. After that, the group had a hard time duplicating the success of the graph of "walking on the sun" withSome tracking tracks in the middle of the end of the 1980s.

Although "(I have just died in your arms"did all the way instead 1on the hot graph Back in '87, most people do not really know what the song is about. As the story happens, the title of the song isintended to be a euphemism for an orgasm, as the English translation of the French term for an orgasmThe little death-Is "little death".

And the cutting of the crew has experienced a small death of their own after graphic. Their tracking track ", I have already been in love," found a little success, but was nowhere close to the ubiquity of "(I come from) to be dead in your arms." They should have walked around.

When right, Fred released their singles debut "I am too sexy"In 1991, the group went to a start of the race. The song culminated at No. 1 on theHot board At the beginning of 1992, andBillboard Describes the song like a "ditty carefully fun and goofy". Although "I'm too sexy" saw a massive public success, says Fred had never had massive follow-up at the end of the day, the English group might have beentoo much sexy.

"Memphis was the first place I decided to go in my search for inspiration", musicianMarc Cohn revealed in a first person article forKeyboard In 2017, the result of this trip included tourist visits to Graceland and eating ribs in Rendezvous-Est "MEMPHIS, "The first (and only from Cohn hit foreverDo it in the top 20 on theBillboard Hot board 100. At least he will always have Memphis.

Although "I will be (500 miles)"Was released in Europe in 1988, it was made popular in the United States by the 1993 filmBenny & Joon, which is when it has been published in the state of state. The track, although a huge success, quickly proclaimed the Scottish duo that sang it, the proclairers, like a marvel at once. Although the Group has experienced additional success in Europe, they have never been able to develop a large part of the rest of the Suite in America.

You may not recognize this song once popular by its title, probably know the group that sings it. However, you will only have to hear the first seconds of thisThumping Worldbeat Rock Hit Before starting instantly singing along. (Good luck to try to continue when the main singerMichael Glabicki Talk-Sings "YouknowwhatTheySayaboutTheyoung" though.) It is presented in tons of films - fromIce Age andLip-And, yes, it's basically the theme song for Enterprise Rent-A-Car. It is also the only rusty root affected to their name. Oh, and fun doing: NASA's engineers have chosen it as "alarm clock"Music on March Rover Shipping in 2003!

If you grew up in New Zealand, it's probably Makin 'you crazy about thinking about the WTO group as a wonder a chance. If you grew up elsewhere in the world, the only song you probably know is "Bizarre, "The single hit of the eponymous album of the kiwi band of the Kiwi band. Nevertheless, we hope that Sister Zina and brother Pele are fine.

Take your classic titleAudrey Hepburn movie, "Breakfast at Tiffany's"Has the single of 1995 been single of something in deep blue. And since the song is the only one produced by the band for already found the mainstream success, it is hardly surprising that the members of the group more and more sick over the years.

"There were definitely times when he had a little frustrating to speak constantly of" breakfast at Tiffany "in every interview or appearance", revealed the group in an interview withBuzz magazine In 2019. "But after all this time, we feel very lucky to be part of something that strikes an agreement with so many people and it is still an explosion to play it with each show. It's still a massive massive and There is nothing better than this. "

What is "tubthumping"? Well, as the former chief singer of ChumbawambaDanbert Nobacon explained to theAv club In 2017, it's "someone gets up on a soap box, before electricity and say everything they meant." What relevance this word has for the international success of the band is not clear - even Nobacon admitted that it is "I do not know why we called this song"Tube"" - And yet, it seems that the appropriate title for one of the most repetitive, the most confusing and frankly,most boring songsexisting. So, what is it on this list of the best unique wonders, you ask? Well, that's the real definition of the term: it is a massive weapon worm that the world knew, but few could tell you that the name of the group that sings, even if their lives depended on it.

The notes of orchestrales that launch "Bitter sweet symphony"are probably rooted in your brain if you realize it or not. This track, the Britpop Group, the Verve, defined the end of the 90s. He climbed to theTop 15 of theBillboardHot 100 In 1998, he was named for several MTV VMMs, and he even won aGrammy head sign. Of course, it was the only blow of the verve - and yes, he led to a battle of credits with the rolled stones - but she lived in covers of everyone fromBeyonceToBizkit Caseand in global wedding ceremonies. And if you are a real 90 year old child, you certainly associate this wonder a shot with theOriginal film band of 1999 forCruel intentions. (Sorry, Kathryn.)

We have to hope that the late 90s is a wonder a shotNatalie Imbruglia Is not cold, shame, nor naked on the floor. The coverage of the Australian singer of the early 1990s of EDNASWAP "Torn up"Organize the world by the storm towards the end of the decade. The song has culminated at n ° 1 on theHot 100 AirPlay graphicWhere he grouped supreme for 11 consecutive weeks and ImpribLia was named for the best new artist, the best pop album and the best voice performance of the pop population.1998 Grammys. But the success of "Torn" has never been transformed into something real for Imbruglia, who did not recreate the magic of his success. She would beWork on a new album Although with no other thanAlbert Hammond, Jr.The main guitarist for the features and son of the four years 1970 a marvel at a hit-Hit, Albert Hammond. Ah, the tangled bands these unique wonders weave!

Although "Closure hour"Is it an Iconian" 90 years, there are few people who can identify it only by his title or group who sings it, Semisonic. It is such a phenomenon, in fact, that in the 2011 ROM-COMFriends with benefits,Mila Kunis' andJustin Timberlake's The character has a race joke on the song being sung by third blind. At the end of the movie, TimberlakeSurprises kunis with a flash crowd Dance to the song and he shouts: "It's" Closing time "by the Semisonic group. It's not a third blind for the eyes, can you believe that?!"

TAL BACHMAN "She is so high"It was the song that each boy crossing puberty was used to trying to shine their high school in the late 90s. After all, what compliment is higher than being compared toCleopatra,Jeanne D'Arc,and Aphrodite? Bachman may have helped some pre-teens to ask dates to meet, but henever had another success again.

Sonic may have been huge at the U.k., Where she managed to have three songs in the top 10, but for the Americans she was a wonder a chance, known for her dance track 2000 "It's so good. "It has reachedN ° 8 on theBillboardHot 100But Sonic could not get higher than those United States.

This is the story of a wonder with a cupbeat known as nine days. You may not recognize the group by their name alone, but you definitely know thesong that has honored them For a short time at the beginning of the years Aughts. It was a beautiful ballad of a man who has always been remembered how much he loved his girlfriend when she smiles (even if she could cry a river and drown around the world).

At the beginning of the Aughts, international success of Wheatus "Dirtbag teenageWas the hymn of all the parlias. In fact, his ignited chorus, the Pop-Rock melody, and the told message helped to reach platinum status in several countries, including Australia and the R.U.

Even two decades later, there is still a Pop punk hymn for teens. Because, as a singerBrendan B. Brownnoted in an interview 2012 withTONE DEAF"Every teenager must go through this" being an outsider "thing, at least a little. So, this story is always the same for people, even if it is 30 years after I went through there. AW, Noel really does not know what she is Missin!

Even if you did not really know a girl named Stacy, you definitely still chant (inappropriately, we could add) about her mother if you were a teenager or tween in the 2000s. The only general public struck at Never come from the band based in the New Jersey Fountains of Wayne, "Stacy's momWas nominated for a grammy forBest pop performance by a duet or group with voice. Although he finally lost, we will always have the musical video withRachel Hunterlike Stacy's mother.

Kevin Lyttle Did not experience a lot of consumer success since the release of his first eponymous album in 2004. But do not feel bad for the 2000s stranded: as he revealedSource In 2019, his first and only Grand Single, "Excite me, "Has been an important source of income over the years since its exit, thanks to many covers and samples.

"I have the publication on [theChris Brown Song] "Questions," he explained in the interview. "I also have the publication of Tricks Version codes," Let Me Hold You ", which is bigger than the Chris Brown version. "Guess the success of this marvel a hit was not Lyttle after all.

In the summer of 2004, we could not turn on a radio station or music chain of music without running in Hoobastank of "The reason" However, although the song has done all the way n ° 2 on theBillboard Hot 100 painting"The reason" finally ended up being alone great public success of the group.

"Listen to your heart"Was originally published by the Swedish Pop duo Roxette in 1988, but if you did not know, you are not alone. The track did not really take off until 2005 when DHT Duo Trance Belgous (an acronym for "Trance Dance House") remixed for the children of the 2000s of the club and suddenly, people were-Delire hand he all over. It has become one of the trance songs very little to break theBillboard Hot 100, Where he peaked at N ° 8 in 2005. D.h.t. Published some trance covers, but not so much success as "Listen to your heart. »

If you were a teenager in the 2000s, you were either after a pawning girl who mocked your dreams while you dreamed of his laugh, or youwere this girl. And maybe why The Click Five of "Just the girl"So much when it came out '05: in September of this year, this only the only group that has ever seen everything was at the number successfully 11On the Hot 100 Chart.

Although divorceNick lachey andJessica Simpson given rise to the bitter and brutal end ofNewlyweds: Nick and JessicaHe did not give us a good thing: this breaking anthem, thevideo for whom now presented Lachey's wifeVanessa Lachey. Of course, the former 98 degree leader in the group have seen a ton of success during its days of Boys Band, but to date, it is its sole one as a solo artist to crack theHot 100 Top 10.

When Gym Class Heroes pauses in 2009, like Lachey, singerTravie McCoy decided to pursue a solo career. The most remarkable project coming from this solo business was "billionaire, »2010 unique withBruno Mars thisculminated at n ° 4 on theBillboard Hot 100. Since then, McCoy has been presented on success other track artists likeTaio Cruz"Superior", but it seems like it will take a little more for him to become a billionaire and the earth on the cover ofStrongThe magazine, smiling next toOPRAH WINFREY And the Queen of England. And to learn more about the POP culture of yesteryear, here isThe hottest A-List Celebrity the year you Were Born.