Liste ≡ One Hit Wonder
180 Beste One Hit Wonder seit 1955
One Hit Wonder geraten leider oft in Vergessenheit. Zur Erinnerung gibt’s diese Liste.
Um die vielen One Hit Wonder der Musikgeschichte in Erinnerung zu behalten, haben wir diese Liste erstellt. Sie finden darin die besten und erfolgreichsten 180 One Hit Wonder Songs aller Zeiten von 1955 bis 2014.
Eines dürfen wir dabei aber nicht vergessen: Für viele Musiker, Bands, Sänger oder Sängerinnen ist ihr One Hit Wonder ein trauriger Erfolg, da sie ihn niemals wiederholen konnten. Dennoch haben sie sich mit nur einem einzigen großen Hit unsterblich gemacht. Einige davon haben womöglich sogar die Welt ein wenig verändert. Denken wir beispielsweise an Scott McKenzies „San Francisco“, der heute noch („be sure, to wear some flowers in your hair“) für das Gefühl der 68er-Flower-Power-Generation steht.
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| Jahr | Größte One Hit Wonder | Von | Genre |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | Blue Suede Shoes | Carl Perkins (USA) | Rock ’n‘ Roll, Rockabilly |
| 1959 | Take Five | Dave Brubeck Quartet (USA) | Jazz |
| 1960 | Money (That’s What I Want) | Barrett Strong (USA) | Rock ’n‘ Roll |
| 1961 | Stand by Me | Ben E. King (USA) | Blues, R&B, Soundtrack |
| 1962 | Green Onions | Booker T. & the M. G.’s (USA) | Soul, R&B |
| 1962 | Hey Baby | Bruce Channel (USA) | Rock ’n‘ Roll |
| 1962 | The Loco-Motion | Little Eva (USA) | Soul |
| 1962 | Do You Love Me? | The Contours (USA) | Soul |
| 1963 | Wipe Out | The Surfaris (USA) | Surf-Rock ’n‘ Roll |
| 1963 | Be My Baby | The Ronettes (Girlgroup aus USA) | Pop |
| 1963 | Louie, Louie | The Kingsmen (USA) | Rock |
| 1963 | Denise | Randy & The Rainbows (USA) | Pop |
| 1966 | Snoopy vs. The Red Baron | Royal Guardsmen (USA) | Pop |
| 1967 | San Francisco | Scott McKenzie (USA) | Pop |
| 1967 | For What It’s Worth | Buffalo Springfield (USA, CAN) | Country-Rock |
| 1967 | Pata Pata | Miriam Makeba alias Mama Africa (SFA) | Reggae, Weltmusik |
| 1967 | Nights in White Satin | The Moody Blues (GB) | Blues, Progressive Rock |
| 1968 | Honey | Bobby Goldsboro (USA) | Pop |
| 1968 | Fire | The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown (GB) | Psychedelic Rock |
| 1969 | Spirit in the Sky | Norman Greenbaum (USA) | Pop |
| 1969 | Sugar, Sugar | The Archies (USA) | Pop |
| 1969 | Venus | Shocking Blue (NL) | Rock |
| 1969 | Something in the Air |
Thunderclap Newman (GB) | Rock |
| 1969 | Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye | Steam (USA) | Pop |
| 1969 | In The Year 2525 | Zager and Evans (USA) | Folk-Rock, Pop |
| 1969 | Streets of London | Ralph McTell (GB) | Folk, Songwriter |
| 1970 | Mississippi Queen | Mountain (USA) | Hard-Rock |
| 1970 | I Hear You Knocking | Dave Edmunds (GB, WLS) | Rock |
| 1970 | Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) | Edison Lighthouse (GB) | Pop |
| 1970 | In The Summertime | Mungo Jerry (GB) | Rock, Blues |
| 1970 | All Right Now | Free (GB) | Rock |
| 1970 | War | Edwin Starr (USA) | Disco, Funk |
| 1971 | Mr. Big Stuff | Jean Knight (USA) | Soul, R&B |
| 1971 | Theme from „Shaft“ | Isaac Hayes (USA) | Soul, Soundtrack |
| 1971 | Hiroshima | Wishful Thinking (GB) | Rock |
| 1971 | Mamy Blue |
Pop Tops (E) | Pop |
| 1972 | Me and Mrs. Jones | Billy Paul (USA) | Soul, Phillysound |
| 1972 | Sylvia’s Mother | Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show (USA) | Pop |
| 1972 | Popcorn | Hot Butter (USA) | Pop, Instrumental |
| 1973 | Brother Louie | Stories (USA) | Pop, Rock |
| 1973 | Drift Away | Dobie Gray (USA) | Pop, Rock |
| 1974 | Hooked On A Feelin | Blue Swede (SWE) | Pop |
| 1974 | Seasons In The Sun | Terry Jacks (CAN) | Pop |
| 1974 | Kung Fu Fighting | Carl Douglas (JAM) | Pop |
| 1974 | Cat’s In The Cradle | Harry Chapin (USA) | Pop |
| 1975 | The Hustle | Van McCoy (USA) | Disco |
| 1975 | Tornerò | I Santo California (IT) | Pop |
| 1976 | Play That Funky Music | Wild Cherry (USA) | Funk, Soul, Rock |
| 1976 | Jeans On | David Dundas (GB) | Pop, Rock |
| 1976 | A Fifth Of Beethoven | Walter Murphy & The Big Apple Band (USA) | Pop |
| 1977 | Black Betty | Ram Jam (USA) | Hard-Rock |
| 1977 | Baby Come Back | Player (USA) | Disco, Soul |
| 1977 | You Light Up My Life | Debby Boone (USA) | Pop, Blues |
| 1977 | If I Can’t Have You | Yvonne Elliman (Hawaii, USA) | Disco |
| 1977 | Lovemachine | Supermax alias Kurt Hauenstein (Wien, AUT) | Electro-Funk |
| 1978 | Kiss You All Over | Exile (USA) | Pop-Rock |
| 1978 | Got To Be Real | Cheryl Lynn (USA) | Soul, Funk, Disco |
| 1978 | Dancing In The City | Marshall Hain (GB) | Pop |
| 1978 | Baker Street | Gerry Rafferty (GB) | Pop, Folk-Rock |
| 1978 | Werewolves of London | Warren Zevon (USA) | Rock, Pop |
| 1979 | Driver’s Seat |
Sniff ’n’ the Tears (GB) | Rock |
| 1979 | Born To Be Alive | Patrick Hernandez (F) | Disco |
| 1979 | Knock On Wood | Amii Stewart (USA) | Rock, Disco |
| 1979 | Video Killed The Radio Star | The Buggles (GB) | Disco, New Wave |
| 1979 | My Sharona | The Knack (USA) | Rock |
| 1979 | Ring My Bell | Anita Ward (USA) | Disco |
| 1979 | Pop Muzik | M alias Robin Scott (GB) | New-Wave, Elektropop |
| 1979 | Money (That’s What I Want) | The Flying Lizards (GB) | Post-Punk |
| 1979 | Cars | Gary Numan (GB) | Elektro-Pop, New-Wave |
| 1979 | I Don’t Like Monday | The Boomtown Rats (IRL) | Rock, New Wave |
| 1979 | Rapper’s Delight | The Sugarhill Gang (USA) | R&B, Rap, Hip-Hop |
| 1979 | Escape (The Piña Colada Song) | Rupert Holmes (USA, GB) | Pop |
| 1980 | Funkytown | Lipps, Inc. (USA) | Disco, Funk |
| 1980 | Ten o’clock postman |
Secret Service (SWE) | Pop, New-Wave |
| 1980 | Train to an Island | Topas (Frankfurt/Main, D) | Rock |
| 1981 | Tainted Love | Soft Cell (GB) | Elektro, New-Wave |
| 1981 | Bette Davis Eyes | Kim Carnes (USA) | Po |
| 1981 | Shaddap You Face | Joe Dolce (USA) | Pop |
| 1982 | Mickey | Toni Basil (USA) | Pop |
| 1982 | It’s Raining Men | The Weather Girls (USA) | Soul, Disco |
| 1982 | Words | F. R. David (F/TUN) | Pop |
| 1982 | Pass the Dutchie | Musical Youth (GB) | Pop, Reggae,Ska, Dub |
| 1982 | Come On Eileen | Dexys Midnight Runners (GB) | Rock, Folk, New Wave |
| 1982 | I Love Rock ’n Roll | Joan Jett & The Blackhearts (USA) | Rock |
| 1982 | Puttin‘ On The Ritz | Taco Ockerse (NL) | Pop |
| 1983 | Living on Video | Trans-X alias Pascal Languirand (CAN) | Synthie Pop |
| 1983 | Only You | The Flying Pickets (GB) | Pop, A-cappella |
| 1983 | The Safety Dance | Men Without Hats (CAN) | Synthie-Pop |
| 1983 | Maniac | Michael Sembello (USA) | Soundtrack (aus Flashdance) |
| 1983 | Last Night a DJ Saved My Life | Indeep (USA) | Funk, Disco, Soul |
| 1983 | Passion | The Flirts (USA) | Synthie-Pop, Italo-Disco |
| 1983 | Too Shy | Kajagoogoo (GB) | Brit-Pop |
| 1984 | High Energy | Evelyn Thomas (USA) | Disco |
| 1984 | You Spin Me Round | Dead or Alive (GB) | Dark-Wave, Gothic Rock, New-Wave |
| 1984 | One Night in Bangkok | Murray Head (GB) | Pop |
| 1984 | Somebody’s Watching Me | Rockwell (USA) | R&B, Disco |
| 1985 | 19 | Paul Hardcastle (GB) | Pop |
| 1985 | Oh Sheila | Ready for the World (USA) | R&B, Disco, Funk |
| 1985 | Party All The Time | Eddie Murphy (USA) | Disco, Funk |
| 1986 | Take My Breath Away | Berlin (USA) | Pop |
| 1986 | The Final Countdown | Europe (SWE) | Hard-Rock |
| 1986 | C’est la Vie | Robbie Nevil (USA) | Pop |
| 1986 | (I Just) Died in Your Arms | Cutting Crew (GB, CAN) | Pop |
| 1986 | The Rain | Oran „Juice“ Jones (USA) | Funk |
| 1987 | Reality | Richard Sanderson (GB) | Pop |
| 1987 | Voyage, Voyage | Desireless (F) | Pop |
| 1987 | (I’ve Had) The Time of My Life | Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes (USA) | Soundtrack (aus Dirty Dancing) |
| 1987 | You’re The Voice | John Farnham (AUS) | Rock |
| 1987 | Pump Up The Volume | M/A/R/R/S (GB) | Elektro-Pop, House |
| 1988 | Don’t Worry, Be Happy! | Bobby McFerrin (USA) | Pop |
| 1988 | Im Nin’alu | Ofra Haza (ISR) | Pop |
| 1988 | Twist in My Sobriety | Tanita Tikaram (GB) | Pop |
| 1988 | Teardrops | Womack & Womack (USA) | Pop |
| 1989 | Black Velvet | Alannah Myles (CAN) | Rock |
| 1989 | Lambada | Kaoma (F/BRA) | Pop |
| 1990 | I Touch Myself | Divinyls (AUS) | Pop-Rock |
| 1990 | Nothing Compares 2 U | Sinéad O’Connor IRL (1966-2023) | Pop |
| 1990 | Unbelievable | EMF (GB) | Rock, Pop |
| 1991 | Gypsy Woman (La Da Dee La Da Da) | Crystal Waters (USA) | Disco, R&B, House |
| 1991 | You | Ten Sharp (NL) | Pop |
| 1991 | The One And Only | Chesney Hawkes (GB) | Pop |
| 1991 | Summer Dreamin’ (Bacardi Feeling) | Kate Yanai (USA) | Reggae |
| 1992 | To Be With You | Mr. Big (USA) | Pop, Rock |
| 1992 | Jump | Kris Kross (USA) | Rap, R&B |
| 1992 | Baby Got Back | Sir Mix-a-lot (USA) | R&B, Hip-Hop |
| 1992 | Would I Lie to You? | Charles & Eddie (USA) | Pop |
| 1993 | What’s Up? | 4 Non Blondes (USA) | Alternative-Rock, Pop |
| 1993 | Whoomp! (There It Is) | Tag Team (USA) | R&B, Hip-Hop |
| 1993 | Runaway Train | Soul Asylum (USA) | Alternative-Rock |
| 1993 | Two Princes | Spin Doctors (USA) | Rock |
| 1993 | I Like to Move It | Reel 2 Real (USA) | R&B, Rap |
| 1993 | Informer | Snow (CAN) | Pop, Reggae |
| 1994 | Black Hole Sun | Soundgarden (USA) | Rock |
| 1994 | Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm | Crash Test Dummies (CAN) | Rock |
| 1994 | Here Comes the Hotstepper | Ini Kamoze (JAM) | Reggae, Funk |
| 1994 | Baby, I Love Your Way | Big Mountain (USA) | R&B, Reggae |
| 1994 | Missing | Everything but the Girl (GB) | Pop |
| 1994 | Saturday Night | Whigfield (DEN) | Pop |
| 1994 | Eins, Zwei, Polizei | Mo-Do (IT) | Techno, Eurodance |
| 1995 | A Girl Like You | Edwyn Collins (SCOT) | Pop, Rock |
| 1995 | I Got 5 On It | Luniz (USA) | R&B, Rap |
| 1995 | How Bizarre | OMC (NZ) | Pop |
| 1995 | Lemon Tree | Fools Garden (Pforzheim, D) | Pop, Rock |
| 1995 | One of Us | Joan Osborne (USA) | Pop |
| 1996 | Return of the Mack | Mark Morrison (GB) | R&B |
| 1996 | I Love You Always Forever | Donna Lewis (WLS) | Pop |
| 1996 | Breakfast at Tiffany’s | Deep Blue Something (USA) | Rock |
| 1996 | Macarena | Los del Rio (E) | Pop, Reggae |
| 1997 | Bitch | Meredith Brooks (USA) | Rock |
| 1997 | Torn | Natalie Imbruglia (AUS-GB) | Rock, Pop |
| 1997 | Save Tonight | Eagle-Eye Cherry (SWE) | Rock, Pop |
| 1997 | Your Woman | White Town (GB) | Synthie-Pop |
| 1998 | Crush | Jennifer Paige (USA) | Pop |
| 1998 | Doo Wop (That Thing) | Lauryn Hill (USA) | Disco, R&B |
| 1999 | Mambo No. 5 | Lou Bega (München, D) | Latin-Pop, Reggae |
| 1999 | What It’s Like | Everlast (USA) | Rock, Pop |
| 2000 | Butterfly | Crazy Town (USA) | Nu-Metal, Crossover |
| 2000 | Groovejet (If This Ain’t Love) | Spiller (IT) | Pop, Disco, Electro |
| 2000 | Gotta Tell You | Samantha Mumba (IRL) | R&B, Pop |
| 2000 | Who Let the Dogs Out | Baha Men (BHS) | R&B, Pop |
| 2000 | Teenage Dirtbag | Wheatus (USA) | Pop, Rock |
| 2001 | Smooth Criminal | Alien Ant Farm (USA) | Rock |
| 2001 | Dance with Me |
Debelah Morgan (USA) | R&B, Pop |
| 2001 | Because I Got High | Afroman (USA) | R&B, Reggae |
| 2001 | Wherever You Will Go | The Calling (USA) | Pop-Rock |
| 2002 | A Thousand Miles | Vanessa Carlton (USA) | Pop |
| 2002 | The Ketchup Song | Las Ketchup (E) | Latin-Pop |
| 2002 | All the Things She Said | t.A.T.u. (Pop-Duo aus RUS) | Pop, Elektropop |
| 2003 | Never Leave You | Lumidee feat. Busta Rhymes & Fabolous (PRI, USA) | R&B, Hip-Hop |
| 2004 | The Reason | Hoobastank (USA) | Rock |
| 2004 | Move Ya Body | Nina Sky (Zwillings-Duo aus USA) | R&B, Dance |
| 2004 | I Don’t Wanna Know |
Mario Winans feat. P. Diddy & Enya (USA) | R&B, Dance |
| 2005 | Bad Day | Daniel Powter (CAN) | Pop |
| 2005 | California | Phantom Planet (USA) | Indie-Rock, Alternative-Rock |
| 2006 | Crazy | Gnarls Barkley (USA) | Pop, Hip-Hop |
| 2009 | Stereo Love | Edward Maya & Vika Jigulina (RUM, MDA) | Pop |
| 2010 | We No Speak Americano | Yolanda Be Cool & DCUP (AUS) | Disco, Electronic |
| 2010 | Barbra Streisand | Duck Sauce (USA, CAN) | Dance |
| 2011 | Somebody That I Used to Know | Gotye (BEL-AUS) | Pop |
| 2011 | Too Close | Alex Clare (GB) | Pop |
| 2011 | We Are Young |
Fun feat. Janelle Monáe (USA) | Indie-Pop |
| 2011 | Sail | Awolnation (USA) | Indie-Rock |
| 2012 | I Love It | Icona Pop feat. Charli XCX (SWE) | Elektro-Pop |
| 2012 | Let Her Go | Passenger (GB) | Pop |
| 2012 | Cheerleader |
Omi (JAM) | Urban-Pop, Reggae |
| 2012 | Gangnam Style |
Psy (KOR) | Rap, K-Pop |
| 2012 | Safe and Sound | Capital Cities (USA) | Indie-Pop, Dance |
| 2013 | Say Something | A Great Big World feat. Christina Aguilera (USA) | Pop |
| 2013 | Take Me to Church | Hozier (IRL) | Folk-Rock |
| 2013 | Am I Wrong | Nico & Vinz (NOR) | Pop |
| 2013 | Rude | MAGIC! (CAN) | Rop, Reggae |
| 2013 | Stolen Dance | Milky Chance (Kassel, D) | Pop, Folktronica, Folk-Rock |
| 2013 | The Fox | Ylvis (NOR) | Elektro, Pop |
| 2014 | Prayer in C | Lilly Wood & The Prick (F) | Folk-Pop |
| 2015 | Ex’s & Oh’s | Elle King (USA) | Rock, Pop |
| 2017 | Despacito | Luis Fonsi feat. Daddy Yankee (PRI) | Latin-Pop |
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