Wednesday is a good day for....Really Bad One Hit Wonders!

[NRaleighLiberal]

Cringe-worthy when they came out....well, worse now? I'll get us started with three that really made me ill.....

[sarge43]

1. I think I can top those

[Amerigo Vespucci]

18. Don Kirshner's revenge...

...he got so sick of The Monkees giving him crap about wanting to record their own music that he put together a band that coudn't fight back because they were CARTOONS.

[sarge43]

21. But why oh why inflict them on the rest of us!? That was just mean. n/t

[progressoid]

2. Oh Gawd I hated "Billy Don't be a Hero"

Almost as much as I hated "The Night Chicago Died" - Paper Lac

The radio stations played them every half an hour.

[OriginalGeek]

3. Seasons in the Sun!

I can't even bring myself to youtube it....

[NRaleighLiberal]

11. Allow me!

[OriginalGeek]

17. You have an incredibly strong constitution!

I admire your fortitude!

[RZM]

19. Here's Nirvana playing it live as a joke

Band members all switched instruments.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

4. See the tree? How BIG it's grown!

I love the DU one hit wonder threads, but every time...without fail...my immediate reaction is "Bobby Goldsboro, Honey."

You get the DOUBLE BONUS of a song that unquestionably bites, sung by a man sportin' a major league HAIR HELMET.

Enjoy...or NOT.

[gratuitous]

14. And hold on THERE

Bobby G. also had "hits" (some might argue it's the same song) with "Summer (The First Time)" and "Watching Scotty Grow." Listening to all three back-to-back is not recommended, as the diabetic coma that will ensue is a real nasty one.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

16. I'd be willing to bet that "Watching Scotty Grow" actually STUNTED Scotty's growth.

I'd forgotten that one.

Deliberately.

[KamaAina]

5. Charlene -- "I've Never Been To Me"

[KamaAina]

6. Bay City Rollers weren't a one-hit wonder

even on this side of the pond.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_City_Rollers#History

A second North American hit came with "Money Honey", written by Faulkner and Wood, which hit #9 in the US. In Canada, it fared better, following its predecessor to the top and giving them their second #1 in the RPM national singles chart on 13 March 1976. The North America/Japan release album Rock n' Roll Love Letter jumped from #25 to the top position in a single week in Canada, deposing their own Bay City Rollers album at #1 on the national chart on 27 March 1976, but only managed to achieve the #31 spot on the U.S. Billboard chart.

[NRaleighLiberal]

9. I guess it was revisionist history/wishful thinking!

[gratuitous]

7. Hold on there, kitty cat!

Gilbert O'Sullivan was not a one hit wonder, nor were the Bay City Rollers. Those of us who survived the 70s remember "Get Down" and "Clair" from Gilbert O., as well as "I Only Wanna Be With You" and "Bye Bye Baby" from the Rollers.

Simply insisting on accuracy. Carry on.

[NRaleighLiberal]

10. Ugh. yes, I do sadly recall those. Clair was particularly barf inducing.

[ohiosmith]

8. Macarena Los Del Rio

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[KamaAina]

12. AND Los Del Mar!

[NRaleighLiberal]

13. Wait - there's more!

and...

[hifiguy]

15. "Billy Don't be a Hero"

"Seasons in the Sun" and "The Night Chicago Died" are all so unimaginably ghastly that one cannot select between them. It's like trying to pick the craziest freeper and can't be done by anyone who cherishes their sanity.

And the only reason I'm not nominating Bobby Goldsboro's equally horrendous "Honey" is that he had more than one hit.

[RZM]

20. Here's a few more

Rick Dees, 'Disco Duck' - Actually kind of funny now that I think about it

Soulja Boy, 'Crank That Soulja Boy' - Think he's had a couple very minor hits since. Kind of a semi-one hit wonder

Baha Men, 'Who Let the Dogs Out' - Very annoying