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Asker of questions
What 1 Hit Wonder Has Gotten the Most Mileage Off One Song? 6/8/2012 1:50PM Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
My pick, Billy Ray Cyrus for "Achy, Breaky Heart" got him a TV series and the siring of Miley.

Chris Brown seemed to get a lot of press and a Grammy although he hasn't had a hit since Rihanna.... (rimshot).
Fluffy
RE: What 1 Hit Wonder Has Gotten the Most Mileage Off One Song? 6/8/2012 2:05PM - in reply to Asker of questions Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Jimmy Buffet for Margaritaville
jaswk
RE: What 1 Hit Wonder Has Gotten the Most Mileage Off One Song? 6/8/2012 2:23PM - in reply to Fluffy Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Fluffy wrote:
Jimmy Buffet for Margaritaville


Jimmy Buffet has gotten a lot out of Margaritaville, but I don't consider him a one hit wonder. I'm not a huge fan, but Buffet has a huge catalog of songs and has been touring successfully for years. I think Buffet would still be successful without Margaritaville (although no where near as successful). He also has had some other very popular songs, "Cheeseburger in Paradise", "Son of a Son of a Sailor" and "Livingston Saturday Night" just to name a few.

Buffet is no The Knack and Margaritaville is no My Sharona.
*
RE: What 1 Hit Wonder Has Gotten the Most Mileage Off One Song? 6/8/2012 2:23PM - in reply to Asker of questions Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Easy
The Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 miles)

They would walk 500 miles and they would walk 500 more just to be the men who walked 1,000 miles to fall down at your door.

With the chorus repeated they get like 8,000 miles per song.
Multiply that by the number of times it has been on the radio or on TV and that is a whole lot of mileage off of one song.
havefun
RE: What 1 Hit Wonder Has Gotten the Most Mileage Off One Song? 6/8/2012 2:25PM - in reply to * Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
that ^
Salad Barb
RE: What 1 Hit Wonder Has Gotten the Most Mileage Off One Song? 6/8/2012 2:29PM - in reply to havefun Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Meatloaf - Bat Out of Hell also got some good mileage. I mean, from hell and all..
_hit wonder
RE: What 1 Hit Wonder Has Gotten the Most Mileage Off One Song? 6/8/2012 2:40PM - in reply to Salad Barb Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
but he wasn't a one hit wonder
formulaic
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Delilah DiCrescenzo
InWyo
RE: What 1 Hit Wonder Has Gotten the Most Mileage Off One Song? 6/8/2012 2:46PM - in reply to * Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
* wrote:

Easy
The Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 miles)

They would walk 500 miles and they would walk 500 more just to be the men who walked 1,000 miles to fall down at your door.

With the chorus repeated they get like 8,000 miles per song.
Multiply that by the number of times it has been on the radio or on TV and that is a whole lot of mileage off of one song.


+1
Lyndon LaRouche
RE: What 1 Hit Wonder Has Gotten the Most Mileage Off One Song? 6/8/2012 2:47PM - in reply to Asker of questions Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
The Knack - My Sharona
The Romantics - What I Like About You
Tahoe47
RE: What 1 Hit Wonder Has Gotten the Most Mileage Off One Song? 6/8/2012 2:48PM - in reply to formulaic Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Definitely in the Top 3...

Gary Glitter - Rock and Roll (The Hey Song)
Mr. Obvious
RE: What 1 Hit Wonder Has Gotten the Most Mileage Off One Song? 6/8/2012 2:49PM - in reply to Tahoe47 Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Dexy's Midnight Runners
bingo jim
RE: What 1 Hit Wonder Has Gotten the Most Mileage Off One Song? 6/8/2012 2:52PM - in reply to Tahoe47 Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Tahoe47 wrote:

Definitely in the Top 3...

Gary Glitter - Rock and Roll (The Hey Song)


Glitter had 11 consecutive top ten singles in the UK and is not perceived as a one-hit wonder over here.

he is, of course, perceived as a complete and utter nonce...
Mr. Obvious
RE: What 1 Hit Wonder Has Gotten the Most Mileage Off One Song? 6/8/2012 2:54PM - in reply to Lyndon LaRouche Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Lyndon LaRouche wrote:

The Romantics - What I Like About You


Not a one hit wonder:

Talking in Your Sleep
One in a Million.
nikeman
RE: What 1 Hit Wonder Has Gotten the Most Mileage Off One Song? 6/8/2012 3:00PM - in reply to Mr. Obvious Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Tommy Tutone 867-5309 (Jenny)
random a hole
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Survivor ---Eye of the Tiger
Ballsacker
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The Village People - YMCA
Right Said, Fred
RE: What 1 Hit Wonder Has Gotten the Most Mileage Off One Song? 6/8/2012 3:02PM - in reply to nikeman Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
I'm too sexy for this thread.
Jeffster!!!
RE: What 1 Hit Wonder Has Gotten the Most Mileage Off One Song? 6/8/2012 3:03PM - in reply to Asker of questions Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Aha "take on me"

Vanilla Ice "Ice Ice Baby"
Mr. Obvious
RE: What 1 Hit Wonder Has Gotten the Most Mileage Off One Song? 6/8/2012 3:03PM - in reply to Lyndon LaRouche Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Lyndon LaRouche wrote:

The Knack - My Sharona


Good Girls Don't reached #11 on the charts.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zc3KXwd8ZWQ
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