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@@TimmyTickle considering Todd has been in two of my videos and we were on the same site years ago and we follow each other online, I'm sure he can find me. Hes nice.
The 90s and 2000s produced a surprisingly among of hits that you don't know by name unless you've tracked it down later but hearing instantly makes you go "oh, that's what they song is called"
@@garygagnon4637 funny when ya hear certain people say oh that minr and the wifes song ya think of some ol sappy song but our generation love songs if ya wanna call some of them that had edge and kind of a dark alternative rock side too them lol compared too say our parents
Blind Melon is and always has been one of the most underappreciated bands of the 90s. They deserved to be known for so much more than just No Rain. Both their self titled album and the follow up Soup are fantastic as hell, if but for two different reasons. Very much worth checking them both out.
Oh, I wasn't expecting Meredith Brooks on this list. My music teacher in high school was her roommate before she got big and her manager after her career took off. She and Meredith are still friends to this day even though my teacher decided that a quiet life in the mountains suited her better. Also I agree, she's a great guitarist.
They were EVERYWHERE growing up! You just don't realise how big they were in the CCM scene. They were a solid band but never really shrugged off that label/start so just leant into it, turning into "music your mum likes".
Shawn mullins - lullaby Len - Steal my sunshine Aqua - Barbie Girl New Radicals - you get what you give Joan osborne - one of us Lit - My own worst enemy. Hanson - mmmbop
@C J A Natalie had other hits of that 1st album. Wrong Impression of her second album charted high internartionally, later she had a #1 album in UK I think
I remember I had heard that song before and didn't know the name and Local H made a surprise appearance in Chicago when I saw Metallica and A7X. Not a lot of people there remembered the band but everyone got hyped as shit when they played bound for the floor.
If you decide to do another list like this, you need to include “In The Meantime” by Spacehog. Not only a one hit wonder but a fantastic song with a catchy chorus, excellent bass line, and infectious groove. The band itself is also super fascinating.
Too bad his fan base is a lot of kids. Some 13 year old took all the songs he covered on “one hit wonderland” and put them in a list called “old doesnt always equal good” 🤦🏼♀️😒
@@NPGLAMB Well, the kid isn't necessarily wrong with that title (there's plenty of old shit that not even nostalgia can fix) but ALL of the OHW's Todd's covered?? O.O
For the record, Toadies is an awesome band to this day and their last couple albums were really good. Saw them live 2 years ago and they put on a GREAT show.
Toadies are a lot bigger in Texas. Their debut had a lot of great song. They broke up and got back together in the mid 2000s. Also Butthole Suffers were another good Texas band.
Toadies are a “local” band in Dallas (they’re from Fort Worth which is next to Dallas). A lot of people out here, a lot of parents mostly, still love them and their whole discography.
Yeah at first I was thinking Toadies had a number of songs that played quite frequently on the radio in the 90's but perhaps it was more a Texas thing. I grew up in Houston so heard a few songs on radio an was a fan.
They had a couple big hits, actually, lump was a pretty big hint, their cover of video killed the radio star Cleveland rocks and I think the song volcano might have been a hit not all big but hits but hits
I was a radio personality in the 90's. A small fun fact about Sex & Candy is that it received so much air play because of it's short time. It tended to be the go-to song to help keep your clock straight, especially toward the top of the hour. This is one reason why it got so much play, and also why so much of it was at like 2-3min till the top of the hour. Anyway great video, I've subscribed.
The 90’s were the best decade for songs by that one band. Some I did not see in the comments but may have missed. Tracy Bonham - Mother Mother Tripping Daisy - got a girl K’s Choice - not an addict Urban Dance Squad - Deeper Shade of Soul Gravity Kills - guilty Semisonic - Closing Time Poe - Angry Johnny Letters to Cleo - Here and Now Luscious Jackson - Naked Eye Urge Overkill - girl you’ll be a woman song and positive Bleeding
Saw Gravity Kills open for the Sex Pistols (!) on the Pistols’ Filthy Lucre tour . They were one of the few “industrial” type bands I actually liked . Great live show .
Chumbawumba didn't have another hit because they didn't want another hit-they did their sell-out album and basically went, "screw you, we do what we want." Out of all of those, "Possum Kingdom" was the only one I have no clear memory of (it sounds familiar, though); almost every single one of these, I started singing along to once I caught the name. The one I'm surprised I didn't see was "You get what you give" by the New Radicals.
I don't know if it's true but I heard that chumbawamba hit and album was made to raise money for some kinda social justice cause. They accomplished their mission and went back to the underground. I don't know if it's true but I heard it many times.
"Live Through This" by Mighty Joe Plum, "Stars" by Hum, "Novocaine for the Soul" by the Eels, "Guilty" by Gravity Kills, "Got You (Where I Want You)" by The Flys, "Dizz Knee Land" by Dada, "Bad Reputation" by Freedy Johnston, and "Natural One" by Folk Implosion.
Every song by the Toadies is awesome. They had quite a number of other songs on movie soundtracks too. I'm from Toadie country, so I hear a bunch of their songs played on the radio all the time.
@Michael Harris Notice that I specifically said mainstream CCM music, I’m sure there’s some good stuff that doesn’t get radio exposure, but we haven’t had good CCM music that’s actually popular since Switchfoot and Relient K were big
Funny thing is, the first song I heard from The Toadies was "Backslider" that was being played on the local rock station every 45 minutes at least. After really digging that song (one of the first songs I learned to play on guitar as I was taking lessons at the time it came out and asked my teacher if he could teach it to me. He was psyched after having students asking for the same stuff all the time) my friends and I all became obsessed with "Possum Kingdom!" I bought the CD and loved it. Still do. Check out the song "Tyler," now... do it!
@@xOGxSE7ENx Absolutely! That album has such a unique vibe to it and I always thought they melted together that ZZ Top Texas thing with some of the Pacific Northwest, Wipers sort of style that was really popular at the time. That voice is really it's own thing.
They single handedly got a local alternative station BANNED at work, some older lady complained about the lyrics. The whole “Do you wanna die?” freaked her out especially with most of the younger people singing along…
They had other hits though. So not a one hit wonder depending of your region. Singing in my sleep, secret smile and chemistry are all songs that charted for the band.
They were, but by the most technical of definitions, they don't qualify, because their song never made the Billboard Hot 100. They're in the weird position of being perceived mostly as one-hitters when they don't qualify in the US (see above) or the UK (where Closing Time wasn't even their highest-charting song).
I was on my way to see Blind Melon at Tipitina's when I heard Shannon Hoon died. They were a really talented band, and everyone in the industry that worked with Shannon loved him.
Don’t know if you consider Ben Folds a one hit wonder or not but I love the song Brick. Didn’t really get what the song meant when I was younger but very powerful now that I’m older
That was such a gorgeous song that I got the album back then. The rest of it didn't do much for me. 1997 was a huge musical awakening for me as I was sheltered musically alot growing up. The chumbawamba album, Ben folds, the oasis album from 1997...the coke fueled one...I got so many to find new music. Only one really truly stuck and they're my favorite band to this day....Transistor from 311. The critics and music journalists at the time wanted to make them one of these forgotten one hit wonder bands so bad but they just couldn't do it. Too bad ass.
Thank you for remembering Chumbawamba! Tubthumper has legitimately been my "favorite underrated album" since the '90s! I just last month actually dug out my old physical CD from storage (bought new) to put back in my car. It still completely holds up.
You can say what you want about Flagpole Sitta's lyrics, "been around the world and found that only stupid people are breeding" is one of the greatest one-liners in music history.
Love Shannon Hoon and Blind Melon. Dude is right about their debut album having many good tracks, in fact, I think every track is good. I loved their follow up album, Soup, too. Misunderstood gem. Was fortunate enough to see them live before Hoon passed . Love his work with G&R too.
Toadies Rubberneck is a FANTASTIC album, start to finish. Really a cut above everything else mixing punk with angsty alt rock that holds up even now. The Dishwalla debut album is also surprisingly solid throughout.
Really surprised that 'Cumbersome" by Seven Mary Three didn't get at least an honorable mention. Looks like it did pretty well in the charts, and most people who I play it for seem to remember it. Great song, and that band was a true one hit wonder. Good video though.
Nada Surf was/is a great band. It's a shame they only had one hit and it may've been the worst song on that record. Their first four or five records are all full of classics.
I freaking hate this song lol...it was the first song my guitar teacher made me learn and we argued and argued about it over and over to the point I'll never play it again lol🤣😂🤣😂
I remember “Barely Breathing” from the “muzak” at my first job as a cashier when I was 16. Anytime I hear it I’m reminded of how much I hated that job.
Has anyone mentioned OMC's "How Bizarre"? That's a fun song with the name of the band being tongue in cheek, and a cavalcade of musical influences coming together.
Sean Mullins’ Lullaby was sort of a one-hit wonder. He did follow up with Shimmer off the same album, which got decent radio play, but never as big as Lullaby.
I think 'Inside Out' by Eve 6 should definitely be on this list. Love your videos! I'm a new subscriber and agree with pretty much every opinion you that you have.
These literally bring me back to my childhood. Born in '87, I consider myself lucky to have been able to grow up in such a musically diverse decade. You left out one awesome thing about Jars of Clay: A few years back the lead singer went on a long Twitter tirade calling out Christianity for being anti-LGBT+, and when he got condemned by different Christian publications and "family-values" groups, he doubled down and called them hypocrites! As a member of the LGBT+ community, it brought a tear to my eye and brought a mile-wide grin to my face.
Butthole Surfers are an amazing band and need to be explored much more deeply. I was waiting for Blind Melon, they are so far beyond "No Rain" it is criminal how few people recognize their talent and soul.
Really good video. You picked some of the better One Hit Wonders (although of course there were way more than 10!). I came of age, musically, in '94 so a ton of radio listenin back then. The 90s did have some terrible bandnames, but it was all part of that whole anti-hair metal thing going on. What was marketable in the very early 90s was making yourself as unmarketable as possible. The more of a "weirdo angsty misunderstood loner that eschewed attention" vibe you projected, the more hip you were. This sort of, for lack of a better word, evolved into the mid-90s/late-90s thing where instead of trying to be the anti-hair metal band, you were trying to sort of capture that spirit of unwashed grunge-ness, except washed and cleaned up a bit. So "The Toadies" makes perfect sense in that context. As does Dishwalla (which might have some deeper meaning behind it, but by that point the consumers were so used to unpleasant band names that they didn't care. It was all part of the "magic" of music on the radio The other big evolution from grunge to alternative was that the playing got better. While most of the grunge bands were decent musicians to very good (Pearl Jam to Alice In Chains), grunge is still thought of as Nirvana. Kurt Cobain was the 90's John Lennon; I've met very few people in my musical journey that are conduits for the music gods like Lennon and Cobain were. But I have met some. Some people, they just ooze songwriting talent. But most people don't and that's where most bands failed, ie they thought they could get success without practising their craft. But I digress. Sometimes trends are driven by an over-correction of the preceding zeitgeist which look really weird in hindsight
A few friends and I caught a show they were doing at this crappy bar. Of course they performed Sex & Candy, they even said 'lets get all the sexy ladies up here'. As I'm sure you can already guess that was a few not so sexy 30+ year olds trying to grind and do their best impressions of sexy. It was pretty cringe, like cringe overdose. After the show I actually felt pretty awful, they had so much potential and now they only had bar gigs to show for it all.
Tubthumping is also known because was used as intro of FIFA World Cup 98 on PC/PSX/N64, with images of Footix (the tournament mascot) playing with the ball around places in France. One of the most famous football/soccer related songs ever. Fantastic video, as always!
@@Coyotek4 Yes, 'Promise' peaked at Number 3. 'Here's to the Night' only reached Number 33 on the charts, but was certainly a well-loved song (popular at proms, I think), and is one of those that has enjoyed an enduring 'afterlife', often being heard in television shows and movies. ( Also, both songs were actually from the same album, 2000's _Horrorscope._ )
I loved Possum Kingdom. Every time I hear it I remember riding on the bus to High School and singing it with my friends on the bus at the top of our lungs
@liquidwombat He has a song of the same name, but I assure you that’s not who OP was referring to. The Jesus Jones song was released in 1990 (on September 11th, in fact), and the band most certainly became a quintessential 90s one-hit wonder as a result. The identically-titled Fatboy Slim single was released in 1999, and, apart from the fact that he was (as you pointed out) far from a one-hit wonder, I don’t really think he can be considered a ‘rock’ artist in the first place (that said, I wouldn't exactly classify EMF as 'rock' either, but there you are).
The Last Waltz Awesome! I Shot That! Beside You In Time Metallica: Francais pour une nuit Woodstock Nirvana: Live at Reading 92 Pink Floyd in Pompeii Stop Making Sense PJ20 Lou Reed Berlin Celebration Day Under Great White Northern Lights The Song Remains The Same Concert for George Rammstein Amerika TourFilm Sign O The Times Rolling Stones: Havana Moon Guns, God, and Government The End of The End Red Hot Chili Peppers Live at Slane Live at Finsbury Park Oasis: Supersonic Metallica: Through The Never Iron Maiden: Flight 666 Lemmy Metal: A Headbanger's Journey Heavy Metal in Baghdad A Band Called Death Shut Up and Play The Hits
These are a bit more obscure, but: Stars by Hum Soul City by Southern Culture on the Skids Fred's New Dress by Kicking Harold High by Jimmie's Chicken Shack Soft by Second Coming
Dishwalla also had a song "Haze" which I believe is a song about contemplating suicide and deciding not to go through with it. Growing up, I think my local radio station played it almost as much as they played Counting Blue Cars, maybe because Dishwalla were locals, but I liked it more than Counting Blue Cars and it's the song I remember them for.
Duncan Sheik is generally classified as a ‘pop rock’ artist. Personally, I felt his inclusion was a bit of a stretch as well, but I suppose he’s at least ‘rock-adjacent’.
I put Tubthumper #1 in a top 10 pawnshop/thrift store cd list. So many people ditched that cd after finding out they sounded nothing like that song! You can always find that cd.
Man, thanks for reminding me of my first real job. A music store when I was 18. It is where I was exposed to a lot of this music and the nostalgia factor even hearing songs I like now....I thank you good sir.
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Spacehog's In the Meantime and Flaming Lips "She Don't Use Jelly" and Blessid Union of Souls "Hey Leonardo"
Crash Test Dummies - mmm mmm mmm
Rocked “Bound For The Floor” by Local H
@@TimmyTickle considering Todd has been in two of my videos and we were on the same site years ago and we follow each other online, I'm sure he can find me. Hes nice.
"Bitch" by Merideth Brooks is at the top of my list. I also love "No Rain" by Blind Melon.
Personally I'm a fan of In the Meantime by Spacehog
One of my faves
I love that song
Definitely one of my favorites. It's on my Rock playlist on my phone and comes up often.
Loved that entire album.
I love that song so much
Anyone remember "Three Little Pigs" from Green Jello? That song was everywhere in 1993 for a month.
Oh yeah! One of my favorites!
Oh dude, I do.
A/k/a Green Jelly
I only remember them because their music was featured in a Spiderman game for the Super NES. Maximum Carnage.
Fun fact: Danny Carey from Tool played drums on that song. Maynard James Keenan also did the voice of one of the pigs in the song’s chorus
The song 'Misadventures of Shit Man'.....Epic lol
I’m surprised In The Meantime by Spacehog wasn’t on here
that song is so underrated these days. pity they never had anything else on that level.
Yeah me too
came here to write the same thing. BEST bassline of the 90s.
"Mungo City" has always been one of my favorite 90's tunes
They had "I want to live".
I spent this entire video as follows:
(songs name comes up)
"what?"
(plays clip of song)
"oh, that one"
I was right there with you!
That was the 90's song titles were way out there. Nowadays they are so ridiculously on the nose.
The 90s and 2000s produced a surprisingly among of hits that you don't know by name unless you've tracked it down later but hearing instantly makes you go "oh, that's what they song is called"
I'm surprised you didn't put Closing Time by Semisonic
I keep thinking that they had another song.
@@TheAdarkerglow "Secret Smile", and to a lesser extent "Chemistry"
And singing in my sleep.
Yes most people forget Semisonic had other hits, just nothing as big as Closing Time.
Singing in my Sleep and Secret Smile were on the same album.
The Flys: Got You Where I Want You.
I remember SO MANY dudes in high school bringing their guitars to play this.
Thats was a great tune so 90s Disturbing Behaviour.
That's mine and my wife's song. We've been together since 1999 when we were 19 and the song was in the movie disturbing behavior. Ah the good ol days
@@garygagnon4637 funny when ya hear certain people say oh that minr and the wifes song ya think of some ol sappy song but our generation love songs if ya wanna call some of them that had edge and kind of a dark alternative rock side too them lol compared too say our parents
@@superunknown2812 so very true. That's what makes these songs great
Blind Melon is and always has been one of the most underappreciated bands of the 90s. They deserved to be known for so much more than just No Rain. Both their self titled album and the follow up Soup are fantastic as hell, if but for two different reasons. Very much worth checking them both out.
Yeah artistically they are above the one-hit-wonder status, as are Chumbawumba.
So many good songs that never got airplay.
I'm probably one of the few who actually like Change more than No Rain.
Soup is one of my all time favorite albums
Nico is not too bad either.. All things considered.
Oh, I wasn't expecting Meredith Brooks on this list. My music teacher in high school was her roommate before she got big and her manager after her career took off. She and Meredith are still friends to this day even though my teacher decided that a quiet life in the mountains suited her better. Also I agree, she's a great guitarist.
I was surprised to see her on it, too. I remember hearing What Would Happen a lot in the late 90's. But I guess it wasn't actually a hit.
I hated that song in the 90s. It was fucking everywhere.
@@Jcikokalol I don't care for bitch but I really liked her other song what would happen
As someone who grew up listening to almost exclusively Christian radio, I'll probably never get used to Jars of Clay being labeled as a one-hit wonder
They were EVERYWHERE growing up! You just don't realise how big they were in the CCM scene. They were a solid band but never really shrugged off that label/start so just leant into it, turning into "music your mum likes".
Interesting, I was in my early teens when it came out and music was life. However I have zero recollection of them.
Deep blue something - breakfast at Tiffany’s is a great one hit wonder
Shawn mullins - lullaby
Len - Steal my sunshine
Aqua - Barbie Girl
New Radicals - you get what you give
Joan osborne - one of us
Lit - My own worst enemy.
Hanson - mmmbop
I think Aqua and Hanson would be considered pop more than rock.
@@garyhardin6555 well if you can consider chumbawamba rock....
Lit had another hit with "Miserable" and "over my head" from the soundtrack for "Titan A.E." peaked at #22
New Radicals broke up after one song I think
@C J A Natalie had other hits of that 1st album. Wrong Impression of her second album charted high internartionally, later she had a #1 album in UK I think
Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight
Great song I personally enjoy that one quite a bit
that whole album is good really second one wasn't bad but not nearly as strong
That was a good one
Far from a one hit wonder
@@johang1293 I never heard another radio hit. I heard Amnesia from Chumwamba on the radio.
"Bound for the Floor" by Local H
Local h is great
Emily Baker I love them!!!! 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁
Eddie Vedder was a hit though
I remember I had heard that song before and didn't know the name and Local H made a surprise appearance in Chicago when I saw Metallica and A7X. Not a lot of people there remembered the band but everyone got hyped as shit when they played bound for the floor.
Ben Hicks They're a band from the area.
Just my opinion but tal Bachman’s she’s so high was a good 1 hit wonder.
That's actually my theme song for life.
Sure was
Wikipedia calls it “power pop” so I guess it didn’t fit the video n
If you decide to do another list like this, you need to include “In The Meantime” by Spacehog. Not only a one hit wonder but a fantastic song with a catchy chorus, excellent bass line, and infectious groove. The band itself is also super fascinating.
I originally purchased album, off that song alone & STILL listen to "Resident Alien"
Todd in the Shadows seen furiously taking notes.
He's done videos on 4 of these so far
Too bad his fan base is a lot of kids. Some 13 year old took all the songs he covered on “one hit wonderland” and put them in a list called “old doesnt always equal good” 🤦🏼♀️😒
@311 Jazzy *brings out my cricket bat* Point them out to me...I just want to talk to them.
@@NPGLAMB Well, the kid isn't necessarily wrong with that title (there's plenty of old shit that not even nostalgia can fix) but ALL of the OHW's Todd's covered?? O.O
I know for a fact that "Counting Blue Cars" and "Sex and Candy" are on his to-do list.
I’m honestly surprised breakfast at Tiffany’s isn’t on the list
Me too
We've had one, yes, but what about Second Breakfast at Tiffany's?
I've loved that song since I was a kid
I honestly thought it would be on there. Hopefully if there's a part 2 then it will make it on that one.
guess we could have several later editions of the one hit wonders of the 90s
For the record, Toadies is an awesome band to this day and their last couple albums were really good. Saw them live 2 years ago and they put on a GREAT show.
Toadies are a lot bigger in Texas. Their debut had a lot of great song. They broke up and got back together in the mid 2000s. Also Butthole Suffers were another good Texas band.
Mighty Mighty Bosstones - The Impression That I Get
@C J A Same song....
They were actually pretty big in the ska scene before that single
Someday I suppose was pretty big. They’ve got a few others too.
They're considered a classic 3rs wave ska band and were popular in the ska scenr for years after. But nowadays ska isn't very popular.
Aside from being a near legendary band *within the genre* before that album, they had other mainstream hits on that record. Royal oil and rascal king
Jesus Jones Right here, Right Now
Real Real Real
Yas!!!!
I heard he wanted to prove to his class how to create a hit song.
Or EMF-Unbelievable
Toadies are a “local” band in Dallas (they’re from Fort Worth which is next to Dallas). A lot of people out here, a lot of parents mostly, still love them and their whole discography.
I had the album rubberneck when it first came out, personally I like the whole album..
And The Edge used to play other songs by them before it became pretty much a modern pop rock station and then died.
Yeah at first I was thinking Toadies had a number of songs that played quite frequently on the radio in the 90's but perhaps it was more a Texas thing. I grew up in Houston so heard a few songs on radio an was a fan.
And Possum Kingdom is a park in the Dallas Fort Worth area
Yeah they are pretty huge in Texas, at least in Dallas, Houston, and Lubbock for sure. I literally just them live in Lubbock last year.
How about: Presidents of the United States of America - Peaches.
They had a couple big hits, actually, lump was a pretty big hint, their cover of video killed the radio star Cleveland rocks and I think the song volcano might have been a hit not all big but hits but hits
Wasnt lump a hit
They also had Love Everybody, Mixed up S.O.B., Mach 5
@@cherylannabananna yes yes they did, they are one of the most underrated and influential bands of the 90's
Boll Weevil, Dune Buggy?
I was a radio personality in the 90's. A small fun fact about Sex & Candy is that it received so much air play because of it's short time. It tended to be the go-to song to help keep your clock straight, especially toward the top of the hour. This is one reason why it got so much play, and also why so much of it was at like 2-3min till the top of the hour. Anyway great video, I've subscribed.
There’s allot of great songs on that album though I think this dudes opinion kinda sucked lol
'Here and now' Letters to Cleo
'Ready to go' Republica
'How Bizzare' OMC
The 90’s were the best decade for songs by that one band. Some I did not see in the comments but may have missed.
Tracy Bonham - Mother Mother
Tripping Daisy - got a girl
K’s Choice - not an addict
Urban Dance Squad - Deeper Shade of Soul
Gravity Kills - guilty
Semisonic - Closing Time
Poe - Angry Johnny
Letters to Cleo - Here and Now
Luscious Jackson - Naked Eye
Urge Overkill - girl you’ll be a woman song and positive Bleeding
Meatpuppets, Backwater
Saw Gravity Kills open for the Sex Pistols (!) on the Pistols’ Filthy Lucre tour . They were one of the few “industrial” type bands I actually liked . Great live show .
Urge Overkill were so cool.
Jpblack79 yeah that one too, love Backwater. There was also Dino Jr Feel the pain
Deeper Shade of Soul is so good.
Im shocked Eve 6- Inside Out wasn’t on here, that song was played like crazy in the 90s
They had Here’s to the night and there 3 album was a top 10 billboard seller.
Chumbawumba didn't have another hit because they didn't want another hit-they did their sell-out album and basically went, "screw you, we do what we want." Out of all of those, "Possum Kingdom" was the only one I have no clear memory of (it sounds familiar, though); almost every single one of these, I started singing along to once I caught the name.
The one I'm surprised I didn't see was "You get what you give" by the New Radicals.
Made a full video on New Radicals' album a few years back on my channel. It's my guilty pleasure.
@@RockedNet *Chumbawamba
You get what you give is one of my favorite songs from the 90s.
I don't know if it's true but I heard that chumbawamba hit and album was made to raise money for some kinda social justice cause. They accomplished their mission and went back to the underground. I don't know if it's true but I heard it many times.
I’m shocked you never heard that song by the toadies wow!!!!
"Live Through This" by Mighty Joe Plum, "Stars" by Hum, "Novocaine for the Soul" by the Eels, "Guilty" by Gravity Kills, "Got You (Where I Want You)" by The Flys, "Dizz Knee Land" by Dada, "Bad Reputation" by Freedy Johnston, and "Natural One" by Folk Implosion.
Eels had other hits.
i dont think guilty was alternative/rock, just rock
I love Hum. Suicide Machine, The Pod and I hate it too are other favorites of mine off that album.
Eels had plenty of songs
@@chrisrichardson5641 I need to listen to more Eels for sure. I heard they have more than what I know from the Beautiful Freak LP. I'll check 'em out.
I no longer heckle bands by requesting Lynyrd Skynyrd "Freebird." I now request Chumbawamba "Tubthumping."
🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂 I can just see you standing there lighter in hand!🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂
LMAO!!
Every song by the Toadies is awesome. They had quite a number of other songs on movie soundtracks too. I'm from Toadie country, so I hear a bunch of their songs played on the radio all the time.
Ah, Jars Of Clay, them and later Switchfoot and Relient K, remind me of a time when not all mainstream CCM music was faux inspirational garbage
And dc talk
*STRYPER RULES*
There's still good stuff out there...You just gotta dive a little deeper. The band My Epic is a good place to start.
*PETRA MEANS ‘ROCK’*
@Michael Harris Notice that I specifically said mainstream CCM music, I’m sure there’s some good stuff that doesn’t get radio exposure, but we haven’t had good CCM music that’s actually popular since Switchfoot and Relient K were big
You should talk about Oleander sometime! They are such a gem no one ever talks about them anymore and they have an interesting story
Funny thing is, the first song I heard from The Toadies was "Backslider" that was being played on the local rock station every 45 minutes at least. After really digging that song (one of the first songs I learned to play on guitar as I was taking lessons at the time it came out and asked my teacher if he could teach it to me. He was psyched after having students asking for the same stuff all the time) my friends and I all became obsessed with "Possum Kingdom!" I bought the CD and loved it. Still do. Check out the song "Tyler," now... do it!
Yes, Rubberneck is a great album! I like all their songs
@@xOGxSE7ENx Absolutely! That album has such a unique vibe to it and I always thought they melted together that ZZ Top Texas thing with some of the Pacific Northwest, Wipers sort of style that was really popular at the time. That voice is really it's own thing.
Away was very big as well.
Spacehog - In The Meantime
Probably the most underrated one hit wonder of the 90’s
Rubberneck is a criminally underrated album. It is awesome!
They single handedly got a local alternative station BANNED at work, some older lady complained about the lyrics. The whole “Do you wanna die?” freaked her out especially with most of the younger people singing along…
Closing Time by Semisonic? Anyone? Or was that not 90s? I can’t remember.
Red Vince It was 90s.
They had other hits though. So not a one hit wonder depending of your region. Singing in my sleep, secret smile and chemistry are all songs that charted for the band.
They were, but by the most technical of definitions, they don't qualify, because their song never made the Billboard Hot 100. They're in the weird position of being perceived mostly as one-hitters when they don't qualify in the US (see above) or the UK (where Closing Time wasn't even their highest-charting song).
I was on my way to see Blind Melon at Tipitina's when I heard Shannon Hoon died. They were a really talented band, and everyone in the industry that worked with Shannon loved him.
They even opened for the Rolling Stones.
@@paulj6756 I didn't know that! Very cool.
@@brentjohnson5171 1994, Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, PA.
The entire Rubberneck album by Toadies is spectacular!
Judging by the comments, there's enough for 2 or 3 more lists about one-hit 90s wonders.
Half of em aren’t even one hit wonders.
"Sucked Out" by Superdrag is my what I always think of when I think of one hit wonders from when I was on high-school.
Don’t know if you consider Ben Folds a one hit wonder or not but I love the song Brick. Didn’t really get what the song meant when I was younger but very powerful now that I’m older
The song is about when Ben Folds was in high school and his girlfriend had to get an abortion.
That was such a gorgeous song that I got the album back then. The rest of it didn't do much for me. 1997 was a huge musical awakening for me as I was sheltered musically alot growing up. The chumbawamba album, Ben folds, the oasis album from 1997...the coke fueled one...I got so many to find new music. Only one really truly stuck and they're my favorite band to this day....Transistor from 311. The critics and music journalists at the time wanted to make them one of these forgotten one hit wonder bands so bad but they just couldn't do it. Too bad ass.
Thank you for remembering Chumbawamba! Tubthumper has legitimately been my "favorite underrated album" since the '90s! I just last month actually dug out my old physical CD from storage (bought new) to put back in my car. It still completely holds up.
Congrats on being the first person to spell the band's name correctly!!
You can say what you want about Flagpole Sitta's lyrics, "been around the world and found that only stupid people are breeding" is one of the greatest one-liners in music history.
I love this song still!!!! It’s fun to sing!!! The dude who made this video I don’t care for his opinions
Love Shannon Hoon and Blind Melon. Dude is right about their debut album having many good tracks, in fact, I think every track is good. I loved their follow up album, Soup, too. Misunderstood gem. Was fortunate enough to see them live before Hoon passed . Love his work with G&R too.
Lots of nostalgia, really miss this stuff. Hope there's a part 2 cause there's so many more great one hit wonders.
If this video gets enough views I'll do a pt 2 or a One-Hit Wonders from the 2000's.
@@RockedNet looking forward to either one of those videos :)
@@RockedNet brb watching this at least once a day so we get said part 2
Three Little Pigs by Green Jelly is missing......yeah, that was a hit
Little pig, little pig, let me in!!
Dude you made me reminisce about my childhood! Lol
Yo, Wolf face, I'm your worst nightmare. Your ass is mine.
I don’t think that song was a hit
@@joshuadeshaies7266 oh....it was
Toadies Rubberneck is a FANTASTIC album, start to finish. Really a cut above everything else mixing punk with angsty alt rock that holds up even now. The Dishwalla debut album is also surprisingly solid throughout.
Viva la 90's! I love this list. 90's alternative is my favorite! It's crazy that we had enough 1 hit wonders to even make a list
I like how Chumbawumba openly encouraged their fans to steal the CDs from stores.
*Chumbawamba
Really surprised that 'Cumbersome" by Seven Mary Three didn't get at least an honorable mention. Looks like it did pretty well in the charts, and most people who I play it for seem to remember it. Great song, and that band was a true one hit wonder. Good video though.
Their next album has a great song called Lucky, check it out.
@@jeffgibson4985 Rock crown and Honey of generation are nice songs too.
"Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in my Hand," by Primitive Radio Gods
Nada Surf: Popular
Psyched Up Janis: I Died in my Teens
Babylon Zoo: Spaceman
NY Loose: Spit
Mazzy Star: Fade Into You
Popular was definitely a hit. I can still remember the highschool music video
Nada Surf was/is a great band. It's a shame they only had one hit and it may've been the worst song on that record. Their first four or five records are all full of classics.
God Mazzy Star was so good.
Totally bought the cassette single of "Tubthumping" at a Wal-Mart in the middle of Kansas when I was 10 with my paper route money
My favorite 90s one-hit wonder is "What's Up" by 4 Non Blondes. It's such a mellow track.
Linda Perry is actually a pop songwriter now
No but I saw the video where He Man sings it.
I freaking hate this song lol...it was the first song my guitar teacher made me learn and we argued and argued about it over and over to the point I'll never play it again lol🤣😂🤣😂
@@ravensbrokenwings2080 Oof. I'm sorry.
@@PatrickCervantez Thank you ! I still cringe when I hear it played! Lol Linda Perrry married and divorced Sara Gilbert from Rosanna fame.
Plowed by Sponge. Reminds me of The Offspring or Social D a little bit
Amazing, AMAZING song.
They had Wax Ecstatic and Molly (16 Candles Down the Drain), which were both pretty big too. A few other more minor hits too.
"In a world of human wreckage, where I'm lost and I'm found and my feet touch the ground, I'm plowed into the side.......#"
Everything from Rotting Pinata to their fourth album is pure gold.
love it
Stay from Shakespeare's Sister. Great song with a glorious video.
That's a good one
I remember “Barely Breathing” from the “muzak” at my first job as a cashier when I was 16. Anytime I hear it I’m reminded of how much I hated that job.
Has anyone mentioned OMC's "How Bizarre"? That's a fun song with the name of the band being tongue in cheek, and a cavalcade of musical influences coming together.
Sean Mullins’ Lullaby was sort of a one-hit wonder. He did follow up with Shimmer off the same album, which got decent radio play, but never as big as Lullaby.
I love almost every one of these songs. This video was a nostalgia trip.
I like all of them. I was shocked.
Marcy's playground is lo-fi pop perfection. That's the whole point. it's like a Velvet Underground parody
So, what about K’s Choice “Not an Addict” or the New Radicals “Get what you give”? Or Lisa Loeb?
I thought I was the only person that heard of "Not An Addict". I still love that song to this day.
Matt Lamia I’m kind of a 90’s Alt Rock junkie 😀
I still have "not an addict" downloaded on my phone.
Just heard Not an Addict on Lithium today.
I sang in a band when I was in High School, and we covered "Not an Addict". Good times.
I think 'Inside Out' by Eve 6 should definitely be on this list. Love your videos! I'm a new subscriber and agree with pretty much every opinion you that you have.
These literally bring me back to my childhood. Born in '87, I consider myself lucky to have been able to grow up in such a musically diverse decade.
You left out one awesome thing about Jars of Clay: A few years back the lead singer went on a long Twitter tirade calling out Christianity for being anti-LGBT+, and when he got condemned by different Christian publications and "family-values" groups, he doubled down and called them hypocrites! As a member of the LGBT+ community, it brought a tear to my eye and brought a mile-wide grin to my face.
I'm bi, and I can't for the life of me understand why it would matter to the bible thumpers who I decide to date
I always liked I Got a Girl by Tripping Daisies
Butthole Surfers are an amazing band and need to be explored much more deeply. I was waiting for Blind Melon, they are so far beyond "No Rain" it is criminal how few people recognize their talent and soul.
You wanna hear a good song by Butthole Surfers? Try "Whatever (I Had A Dream Last Night)" it's nothing like "Pepper" but it's quite good
@@linainverse9369 Their cover of Hurdy Gurdy Man or Who Was In My Room Last Night are also great.
Barely Breathing is one of my all time favorite songs. It came at a perfect time where I needed to hear something like that
Really good video. You picked some of the better One Hit Wonders (although of course there were way more than 10!). I came of age, musically, in '94 so a ton of radio listenin back then.
The 90s did have some terrible bandnames, but it was all part of that whole anti-hair metal thing going on. What was marketable in the very early 90s was making yourself as unmarketable as possible. The more of a "weirdo angsty misunderstood loner that eschewed attention" vibe you projected, the more hip you were. This sort of, for lack of a better word, evolved into the mid-90s/late-90s thing where instead of trying to be the anti-hair metal band, you were trying to sort of capture that spirit of unwashed grunge-ness, except washed and cleaned up a bit. So "The Toadies" makes perfect sense in that context. As does Dishwalla (which might have some deeper meaning behind it, but by that point the consumers were so used to unpleasant band names that they didn't care. It was all part of the "magic" of music on the radio
The other big evolution from grunge to alternative was that the playing got better. While most of the grunge bands were decent musicians to very good (Pearl Jam to Alice In Chains), grunge is still thought of as Nirvana. Kurt Cobain was the 90's John Lennon; I've met very few people in my musical journey that are conduits for the music gods like Lennon and Cobain were. But I have met some. Some people, they just ooze songwriting talent. But most people don't and that's where most bands failed, ie they thought they could get success without practising their craft.
But I digress. Sometimes trends are driven by an over-correction of the preceding zeitgeist which look really weird in hindsight
Marcy's Playground's album "Shapeshifter" is great, and had amazing songs.
A few friends and I caught a show they were doing at this crappy bar. Of course they performed Sex & Candy, they even said 'lets get all the sexy ladies up here'. As I'm sure you can already guess that was a few not so sexy 30+ year olds trying to grind and do their best impressions of sexy. It was pretty cringe, like cringe overdose.
After the show I actually felt pretty awful, they had so much potential and now they only had bar gigs to show for it all.
Kinda surprised that Primitive Radio Gods didn't make the list. Side note: Duncan Sheik's debut album is a really good listen.
Blind Melon is the 90s Number 1 Underrated band and I would put their self-titled album up there as one of the flat out best of the decade.
Tubthumping is also known because was used as intro of FIFA World Cup 98 on PC/PSX/N64, with images of Footix (the tournament mascot) playing with the ball around places in France. One of the most famous football/soccer related songs ever.
Fantastic video, as always!
Excellent work, as per usual! Keep kicking ass, bro.
"Inside Out" by Eve 6. Pure 90's.
Did "Promise" off their 2nd album chart? Or "Here's to the Night" off their 3rd album?
@@Coyotek4 - "Here's to the Night" reached #30 (and it was on the same album as "Promise").
They had other hits after that.
@@Coyotek4 Yes, 'Promise' peaked at Number 3. 'Here's to the Night' only reached Number 33 on the charts, but was certainly a well-loved song (popular at proms, I think), and is one of those that has enjoyed an enduring 'afterlife', often being heard in television shows and movies. ( Also, both songs were actually from the same album, 2000's _Horrorscope._ )
@@TarbenXsi Oops, you're right. 3rd album had "Think Twice"; I dunno if that ever charted, though I doubt it.
Sneaker Pimps- 6 underground. BTW Becoming X is such a great album.
Yeah I love that album.
That’s a good shout.
I loved Possum Kingdom. Every time I hear it I remember riding on the bus to High School and singing it with my friends on the bus at the top of our lungs
My dad likes this song and I don't for the life of me know why
They have a song called Tyler about a series of kidnappings in texas. Tyler texas
Came to the channel through Pushing Up Roses; stayed for the awesome lists. Amazed I've never seen this channel before today!
Awesome! Thank you!
ohh i like this, so much great old music. keep it up brother!
The proclaimers 500 miles was a great drinking song
They’ve had other hits. They aren’t one hit wonders
Im so shocked Bound for the floor by local H
wasnt on here lol
Great song. Also liked high-fiving motherfucker off that same album. Obvious why that one never got any air play though
"Right Here, Right Now","Unbelievable","You Get What You Give"
Fatboy Slim is nowhere near on it wonder hell the album and that song came off of had three huge hits
@liquidwombat Who said anything about Fatboy Slim? Those songs are by Jesus Jones, EMF, and New Radicals, respectively.
Bryan Garcia The song “right here right now” is absolutely by Fatboy Slim
@liquidwombat He has a song of the same name, but I assure you that’s not who OP was referring to. The Jesus Jones song was released in 1990 (on September 11th, in fact), and the band most certainly became a quintessential 90s one-hit wonder as a result. The identically-titled Fatboy Slim single was released in 1999, and, apart from the fact that he was (as you pointed out) far from a one-hit wonder, I don’t really think he can be considered a ‘rock’ artist in the first place (that said, I wouldn't exactly classify EMF as 'rock' either, but there you are).
liquidwombat No. it’s Jesus Jones. But Real, Real, Real is another hit of theirs
Counting Blue Cars takes me way back. It was a good year to be a freshman.
Here from Dominic Noble's post. I spent the whole video waiting for Tubthumping. Wild times, man.
Honestly it's pretty awesome Harvey Danger went as far as they did. From what I remember, they were just a UW band that would play for friends.
List suggestion: top 10 rock movies/documentaries
Kansas: Miracles Out of Nowhere is one of my personal favorites.
The Last Waltz
Awesome! I Shot That!
Beside You In Time
Metallica: Francais pour une nuit
Woodstock
Nirvana: Live at Reading 92
Pink Floyd in Pompeii
Stop Making Sense
PJ20
Lou Reed Berlin
Celebration Day
Under Great White Northern Lights
The Song Remains The Same
Concert for George
Rammstein Amerika
TourFilm
Sign O The Times
Rolling Stones: Havana Moon
Guns, God, and Government
The End of The End
Red Hot Chili Peppers Live at Slane
Live at Finsbury Park
Oasis: Supersonic
Metallica: Through The Never
Iron Maiden: Flight 666
Lemmy
Metal: A Headbanger's Journey
Heavy Metal in Baghdad
A Band Called Death
Shut Up and Play The Hits
Liam McNicholas don’t stop your crying it’s a sign o the times
Marcy Playground’s ‘99 record “Shapeshifter” is amazing. Major step up from their previous record with “Sex and Candy” on it. All should check it out.
It’s Saturday, Never, Bye Bye, America… awesome songs
The BH Surfers are national treasures
I’ve listened to pretty much every song they’ve made and I loved it (and yes that includes Weird Revolution)
Marcy Playground’s best song is Poppies
Matt Yoss YES!!!! 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁
Yes
Flagpole Sitta is the spirit of the late 90's, and No Rain has one of my favorite solos of all time.
The whole Blind Melon album has some great guitar work.
The Freshmen by The Verve Pipe has always been one of my favorite 90s songs.
Photograph is the song that comes to my mind when I think of the Verve Pipe.
It’s a gripping story song from a decade (the 1990s) not known for story songs.
Great concert too. Saw them with Tonic in the 90s.
These are a bit more obscure, but:
Stars by Hum
Soul City by Southern Culture on the Skids
Fred's New Dress by Kicking Harold
High by Jimmie's Chicken Shack
Soft by Second Coming
Yes! I remember these songs! Me and my buddy driving around in high school listening to Southern Culture on the Skids!
Hum was a phenomenal band. That song is amazing ❤
I remember "Hum - Stars." Still one of my favs. Loved "Winder" as well.
@@miameramusic Hum were definitely fantastic. Downward is Heavenward is for sure one of my top 10 albums of the 90's.
High by jimmie is one of my all time favorite songs. Good pick!!!
cannonball by the breeders?
also i'm glad you mentioned duncan's broadway career, spring awakening's my favorite broadway show.
I've been to Possum Kingdom Lake. Good tune. Saw Toadies probably 100 times back in the day.
Dishwalla also had a song "Haze" which I believe is a song about contemplating suicide and deciding not to go through with it. Growing up, I think my local radio station played it almost as much as they played Counting Blue Cars, maybe because Dishwalla were locals, but I liked it more than Counting Blue Cars and it's the song I remember them for.
We took for granted that rock music would always be this great.
The verve bittersweet symphony one of my atf
They had a few other hits
I always find it interesting that they made almost no money from that song, because they sampled The Rolling Stones without permission.
In America, maybe.
Ugh
They had “The drugs don’t work” and “Lucky Man”
How about 'All For You' by Sister Hazel? Or 'How Bizarre' by OMC (I think). Or 'Roll To Me' by Del Ami?
OMC isn’t ‘rock’, nor is that particular song by Del Amitri, really.
Neither is Duncan Shiek but he is in the list.
Duncan Sheik is generally classified as a ‘pop rock’ artist. Personally, I felt his inclusion was a bit of a stretch as well, but I suppose he’s at least ‘rock-adjacent’.
I put Tubthumper #1 in a top 10 pawnshop/thrift store cd list. So many people ditched that cd after finding out they sounded nothing like that song! You can always find that cd.
Man, thanks for reminding me of my first real job. A music store when I was 18. It is where I was exposed to a lot of this music and the nostalgia factor even hearing songs I like now....I thank you good sir.