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  • ranking some of the most notorious one hit wonders of all time, from Right Said Fred to Addison Rae.
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  • @damonkirchmeier8478
    @damonkirchmeier8478 Рік тому +938

    I understand you didn’t want to include Gotye because you forgot to make a tier above S but that doesn’t make it hurt any less

    • @wuspatterwukd9104
      @wuspatterwukd9104 Рік тому +77

      I guess she doesn’t know him anymore🤷

    • @etonTEC
      @etonTEC Рік тому +15

      @@wuspatterwukd9104 just I person that has been forgotten….

    • @jim4million
      @jim4million Рік тому +18

      @@etonTEC now he's just somebody that must've slipped her mind...

    • @judahunderwood8433
      @judahunderwood8433 Рік тому +23

      Now he’s just somebody that she used to know stuff about

    • @gnalkhere
      @gnalkhere Рік тому +12

      She forgor

  • @randomavenger3048
    @randomavenger3048 Рік тому +159

    One-hit wonders are really important for music. They make the mainstream way more diverse then would be without them.

    • @winterzealot
      @winterzealot Рік тому +14

      I never considered that. Thank you for fertilizing my brain.

  • @andrasparag302
    @andrasparag302 Рік тому +419

    One of my favorite artists is Gotye, whose career ended because of being boxed as a one-hit wonder, which he is. However, his music is fucking amazing, he's a genius, and he literally won the best alternative album Grammy at same year as Somebody That I Used To Know, well deserved, AGAINST Björk and Fiona Apple. But I guess it just boils down to the good old stereotype of mainstream vs alternative.

    • @KateBrunotts
      @KateBrunotts Рік тому +1

      !!!! Such a good song and artist

    • @r3n837
      @r3n837 Рік тому +6

      gotye being known as just the somebody that i used to know dude is such a fucking blood boiling thing he's genuinely one of my favorite artists ever and i feel like he deserves so much more

    • @Apathist1408
      @Apathist1408 Рік тому

      I mean he never has said his career has ended or that gotta has ended

    • @spencer1531
      @spencer1531 Рік тому +1

      @@r3n837 It's weird because that song is so damn good you would think people would want to listen to the rest of his stuff too

  • @pinkfedoras
    @pinkfedoras Рік тому +100

    that silento thumbnail hooked me up so fast

  • @coscorrodrift
    @coscorrodrift Рік тому +277

    "that song truly goes down in history as one of the songs ever" wow words have never been spoke

  • @troopy4957
    @troopy4957 Рік тому +75

    putting silento (violent cousin murderer) next to Bryce Hall (shitty influencer man) just makes complete sense for some reason

  • @redringrico999
    @redringrico999 Рік тому +177

    kreayshawn had a kid and quit drugs and now does some antiracist activism!!! we love her growth. also her websites look dope

    • @darkgn0ll587
      @darkgn0ll587 Рік тому +14

      she also has some more recent music (not as good but I'm listen because I'm a huge fan of hers hehe)!

    • @mechadonia
      @mechadonia Рік тому +16

      She’s also a dj now and Pretty active in the rave scene

    • @captaincaspian42
      @captaincaspian42 Рік тому +3

      Omg I love kreay!!

  • @lilac1041
    @lilac1041 Рік тому +123

    fun fact chumbawamba was actually a left wing commune/collective. One of their albums is called anarchy. Also one of their songs pre tubthumping was about hating emi records and then they got signed to emi as soon as they got their hit bc nobody looked at their discography

    • @robo567
      @robo567 Рік тому +2

      i got into them because of mic the snare’s video on them. they genuinely have a great and diverse discography.

  • @alittleguy6490
    @alittleguy6490 Рік тому +39

    I did not need to know Bryce Hall has a mustache. my life is in shambles now.

  • @perriwinkleiii5361
    @perriwinkleiii5361 Рік тому +40

    I hope Echosmith is here! Their music is deserving of so much more attention. They made "Cool Kids," if you remember

  • @lordjustinian2913
    @lordjustinian2913 Рік тому +88

    If you are interested in one hit wonders I would highly recommend Todd in the Shadows because he doesn't just review the obvious one hit wonders but ones that are fairly interesting for American people because I knew a few of the One Hit Wonders because they are popular outside of the US, for eg Midnight Oil only had one hit in the US called Beds are Burning, but in Australia they are very popular. With almost every album in the 80's having a hit song chart in the Australian music charts. And then another really interesting one is The Crazy World of Arthur Brown(basically a pioneer of prog rock and shock rock and he is a big influence on rock overall, but his music is certainly definitely more on the experimental side and he has even released an album this year and since the late 60's he has been making his own music). Also a few other notable one hit wonders for the US are Yello(a Swiss electro industrial ambient trio), and Bobby McFerrin(an actual Jazz musician beyond his one hit) and those are just the ones his One Hit Wonderland series introduced me to as a whole but that's mainly because I like the weird artists that only had One Hit because the reason they didn't care about their hit that much and just created their music as normal even after the hit.

    • @Thrak94
      @Thrak94 Рік тому +1

      These two could have an interesting collab video

    • @WinterReflections
      @WinterReflections Рік тому

      @@Thrak94 I don't think Todd has done a collaborative video in years. Lindsay Ellis is the last I remember, and she is no longer on UA-cam.

  • @7pk264
    @7pk264 Рік тому +39

    Hehehe my high school actually had a silento concert and then a year later we see he murdered his cousin and we were all like “oh ok”

  • @canderizzo8261
    @canderizzo8261 Рік тому +15

    I can't believe I finally found someone who also hates Cheerleader

  • @NeapolitanDynamite99
    @NeapolitanDynamite99 Рік тому +22

    I love that you ranked Mr Scruff so highly, he's truly loved here in the UK and he's old school but definitely has some great tunes under his belt that all you youngins should check out!

  • @whoiskwanda
    @whoiskwanda Рік тому +124

    i think another recent one-hit wonder is BENEE, the girl who did SUPALONELY. that song was literally an early quarantine anthem, i hope she’s doing well.

    • @cherryoghaze
      @cherryoghaze Рік тому +32

      BENEE's deep tracks are all super good though! And she just released a certified bop with easylife a couple weeks ago, so I'd say she's doing just fine rn. Seems like she's having a good amount of success and staying true to her own artistic vision

    • @thelambsauce7223
      @thelambsauce7223 Рік тому +6

      @@cherryoghaze Find an Island is fire

    • @figdoint7590
      @figdoint7590 Рік тому

      @@thelambsauce7223 literally!

    • @MichaelTurner856
      @MichaelTurner856 Рік тому +1

      She has the song Glitter to

    • @showponimusic
      @showponimusic Рік тому +10

      over in NZ pretty much all of her tracks make it to the radio, idk what her success is overseas

  • @iamme2226
    @iamme2226 Рік тому +6

    bro the deep fried picture of addison with the heavy breathing my heart literally stopped

  • @frickusernames
    @frickusernames Рік тому +13

    I remember watching a video years ago of one hit wonders, and the Neighborhood was on there with Sweater Weather. I swear though, that song was just their major start, cause all of their music, at least since then, is amazing. I've also had other people in my life love their music too, and Sweater Weather was never even brought up.

    • @Grateful.knits99
      @Grateful.knits99 Рік тому +1

      *handshake*

    • @positivesiennergy
      @positivesiennergy Рік тому

      the nbhd has way more than one hit! that’s crazy. like daddy issues, afraid, r.i.p. to my youth, etc. those are all pretty popular songs iirc

  • @psyoperator2127
    @psyoperator2127 Рік тому +18

    The Fred "My Babysitter's a Vampire" erasure is wrong and you know it 😭

  • @m.f.3347
    @m.f.3347 Рік тому +9

    Chumbawumba are actually anarchists, look up their song "Passenger List for Doomed Flight #1721"

  • @maxgrainger6897
    @maxgrainger6897 Рік тому +14

    So Duck Sauce as a duo are a one hit wonder, but the two members had some solo hits too, being A-Trak and Armand Van Helden. A-Trak did the super popular remix of Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Heads Will Roll, and Armand Van Helden did the classic song U Don't Even Know Me. One hit wonder as a duo, but a few more hits between them.

    • @PLNKYELLOWBLACK
      @PLNKYELLOWBLACK Рік тому +1

      And I mean a-trak has fools gold so he technically has multiple hits from their various artists if you count that

  • @CGray44
    @CGray44 Рік тому +23

    if you're interested in one hit wonders you should check out the UA-cam channel Todd In The Shadows. He has a series going in depth on one hit wonders and their complete careers, it's fantastic content

  • @RandomNirvanaSXE
    @RandomNirvanaSXE Рік тому +17

    Kreayshawn's debut album actually has some songs that are borderline hyperpop!!
    Look up; Go hard, BFF and K234YSON1XZ

  • @lottiematthewsslut
    @lottiematthewsslut Рік тому +2

    jacob sartorius currently looks a half-eaten emo pop tart that gained sentience due to a nuclear apocalypse

  • @iareediot
    @iareediot Рік тому +59

    One day I was exploring the catalogue of Boney M and I realised that Duck Sauce had sampled their song "Barbara Streisand". The ooOoOOoOo actually makes so much sense when you realise it's a disco song. Highly recommend.

    • @LovecraftianGodsKiller
      @LovecraftianGodsKiller Рік тому +2

      Dude Boney M with Rasputin. Such a great one-hit wonder

    • @smithsunleashed
      @smithsunleashed 9 місяців тому

      boney m isnt a one hit wonder wtf are you talking about@@LovecraftianGodsKiller

  • @richlife7476
    @richlife7476 Рік тому +27

    CEO of My Ass is not a one hit wonder, but it should definitely be in S Tier

  • @OatsJenkins
    @OatsJenkins Рік тому +11

    Kalimba goes so hard I will embrace the tuna always 🐟

  • @witchflowers6942
    @witchflowers6942 Рік тому +13

    NO TAINTED LOVE?! *deep breath* it’s okay. Its fine. Maybe you’re just a woke individual who knows Soft Cell weren’t OHWs outside of the the US… But still… They’re the best >:[

  • @kavwangalintini5969
    @kavwangalintini5969 Рік тому +1

    Your hair looks so good!!!

  • @mikaela5607
    @mikaela5607 Рік тому +2

    This was really fun remembering all those songs! I'm not sure if you've already covered this before but the song Somebody I Used to Know is one of my favorite one hit wonders! My old science teacher used to sing it on his guitar all the time instead of teaching class😂 it was great

  • @jaredchandler6442
    @jaredchandler6442 Рік тому +10

    I thank you for acknowledging that AWOLNATION is not a one hit wonder. They are one of my favorite bands ever.

    • @thelambsauce7223
      @thelambsauce7223 Рік тому +4

      how in the fuck is AWOLNATION not a one hit wonder but the fucking STONES are? this shit is so subjective lmfao

    • @MichaelTurner856
      @MichaelTurner856 Рік тому

      @@thelambsauce7223 I think she was being sarcastic about that. I wouldn't doubt the sexism and racism stuff though. As good as they are musicly I would bet at least one of them has done something like that

  • @darkgn0ll587
    @darkgn0ll587 Рік тому +5

    KREAYSHAWN IS NOT A ONEHIT WINDER- I'M A HUGE FAN. Gucci Gucci, Go Hard, Missing Kitty- all of them ICONIC!

  • @Mtv-get-off-thee-air
    @Mtv-get-off-thee-air Рік тому +2

    To the intro: SAMEEEE that’s why I was so confused when I realized vanilla ice has a full album

  • @ollie1312
    @ollie1312 Рік тому +8

    I'm a massive Kreayshawn fan she still puts out bangers she's awesome I listen to Gucci gucci like everyday and bumpin bumpin is so hard and she filmed some of the OG Lil B videos

    • @ollie1312
      @ollie1312 Рік тому

      Also Go Hard was a huge hit in England I heard it on the radio when i was super young only discovered her properly when I got into Black Kray and soundcloud like 2016

    • @captaincaspian42
      @captaincaspian42 Рік тому +1

      I still listen to go hard on my way to work 😭✌

  • @meganchatters9966
    @meganchatters9966 Рік тому +4

    My new favorite one hit wonder is “Chin Up High” by Ame Bibabi. It’s iconic and honestly such a bop

  • @phoebexxlouise
    @phoebexxlouise Рік тому +3

    I love how casual your videos are while also being so perceptive.

  • @Random_loaf_of_bread
    @Random_loaf_of_bread Рік тому +1

    OHMYGOD! I've been searching for that kalamba song for YEARS! Me and my friends used to play it on our classrooms smart computer everytime we didn't have a teacher. It was so chaotic and fun!

  • @ksis86
    @ksis86 Рік тому +4

    I consider Natasha Beddingfield and the Ting Tings as one hit wonders even though they both had 2 popular songs lol

  • @Aidan_ODonnell
    @Aidan_ODonnell Рік тому +5

    My go to Just Dance song was “Livin’ La Vida Loca” by Ricky Martin

  • @ashgiri94
    @ashgiri94 Рік тому +4

    Rolling Stones are not one hit wonder they have like a cult following among rock fans

    • @fionncaomanac339
      @fionncaomanac339 Рік тому +1

      they are more like 40 hit wonders plus being considered one of most influential bands of all time

  • @manicpdnora
    @manicpdnora Рік тому +4

    "but... he kinda... killed his cousin" yeah, valid

  • @BiomechaWolf
    @BiomechaWolf Рік тому

    I'm happy to know that you loved that Kalimba song too, we used to play that on the school computers all the time and jam to it lol

  • @PLNKYELLOWBLACK
    @PLNKYELLOWBLACK Рік тому +1

    I hate when people call people with a bigger song than others one hit wonders. Like a great example is Aminé, he has his major hit Caroline but yet he still has platinum and gold plaques for Reel It In, Spice Girl, Red Mercedes, etc. but Caroline is just his most popular song because that’s what blew him up. And people STILL call him a one hit wonder. BRO IS LIKE 15 TIMES PLATINUM

  • @depressiongobrrr9945
    @depressiongobrrr9945 Рік тому +2

    Silento was saying "Silento, Silento" to his cousin.

  • @prodbykaji
    @prodbykaji Рік тому +2

    oh my word kalimba is a classic

  • @pierfrancescocosta6336
    @pierfrancescocosta6336 Рік тому +11

    Nice video! 😅😂
    Other examples could include:
    - Gotye and Kimbra's "Somebody I Used To Know";
    - Milky Chance's "Stolen Dance";
    - The Lumineers' "Hey Ho";
    - The "I'm Mad At Disney" singer (I don't know much about her, though);
    - Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" (still a legendary song);
    - Kyle's "iSpy";
    - The Rasmus' "In The Shadows" (although they made their comeback at the latest Eurovision).

    • @witchflowers6942
      @witchflowers6942 Рік тому +12

      Rick Astley had more hits. One big meme song everyone remembers does not a One Hit Wonder make.

    • @pierfrancescocosta6336
      @pierfrancescocosta6336 Рік тому +1

      @@witchflowers6942 True: I didn't remember other major songs by him at that moment... 😅

    • @AliceFlynn
      @AliceFlynn Рік тому +13

      The Lumineers have a song that's even more famous than Hey Ho tho, Ophelia

    • @witchflowers6942
      @witchflowers6942 Рік тому

      @@AliceFlynn oh yeah i remember that one

    • @peenixtrite
      @peenixtrite Рік тому

      Kyle has another hit (don't wanna fall in love)
      not sure if that takes him out of 1 hit wonder territory but its good to note

  • @salemisjuucy
    @salemisjuucy Рік тому +3

    holy shit my brother used Kalimba in his short comedy videos he forced me to be in in the early 2010s

  • @matthewlogan2007
    @matthewlogan2007 Рік тому

    Amazing video

  • @leocolorie
    @leocolorie Рік тому

    that kalimba reminiscence brought me so many memories back

  • @toricorbett4509
    @toricorbett4509 Рік тому +2

    Rolling Stones had a LOT more than one hit?
    Beast of Burden
    Paint It Black
    Satisfaction
    Can’t You Hear Me Knocking
    Wild Horses
    Start Me Up
    You Can’t Always Get What You Want
    Sympathy for the Devil
    Gimmie Shelter
    and these are all still played regularly to this day and have been featured in MANY movies and video games.

    • @TheJunmengo
      @TheJunmengo Рік тому

      i don't think you get this channel my dude

  • @kotacaelum9428
    @kotacaelum9428 Рік тому

    fun fact: my dad got his leg broken during that “i get knocked down, but i get up again” song. they were opening for a band he was seeing and he was on the edge of a mosh

  • @supervegetariangeek
    @supervegetariangeek Рік тому

    I remember that song coming pre-loaded on my mom's desktop. I would go on her computer just to play that song. I think I used it in some school video projects

  • @skylarmae02
    @skylarmae02 Рік тому +1

    i saw walk the moon live one time and they were really great, i love a lot of their music & wish shut up and dance didn’t make people want to vomit when they hear the band name

  • @victorialove7844
    @victorialove7844 Рік тому +1

    You should do a "ranking my followers/subscribers favorite songs"

  • @prodbyzaqq
    @prodbyzaqq Рік тому +13

    Dev Lemons da 🐐 no 🧢

  • @renhale2840
    @renhale2840 Рік тому +1

    I agree about Walk the Moon not quite being a 1 hit wonder. I'm so over Shut up and Dance, but I adore Aquaman. I'm a very casual listener, but I enjoy every song of theirs i hear on the radio.
    Also Colorado by Milky Chance is awesome! I saw them on that Wiki list

  • @Apathist1408
    @Apathist1408 Рік тому

    YES THE CLIMB BY HOM IS SO HILARIOUS

  • @sassywasthebestcat
    @sassywasthebestcat Рік тому +1

    Kim makes a song about loosing her diamond earring in the ocean

  • @elithorne7955
    @elithorne7955 Рік тому +1

    Love this channel! Found you from the Hivemind video. However, you are VERY wrong abt Chumbawumba being frat boys. They were big protesters. I recommend checking out Mic the Snare's Deep Discog Dive about them.

  • @seancastriciones551
    @seancastriciones551 Рік тому

    6:02 bruh wtf I literally freaked out. I was wearing my earphones and was on full volume 😭

  • @SatisfyingWhirlpools
    @SatisfyingWhirlpools Рік тому

    Mr Scruff Ninja Tuna Kalimba :D
    Wasn’t this song used on Webkinz somewhere?

  • @gaynebula6439
    @gaynebula6439 Рік тому

    Hi, I love your content! Just a heads up that your voice is very quiet+the music is very loud, which makes it tricky to adjust my volume to the right level. Other than that, brilliant video

  • @MakeupWithSmidge
    @MakeupWithSmidge Рік тому

    The nostalgia I felt when you played Kolimba

  • @dancetx
    @dancetx Рік тому +1

    I think our music tastes are the exact opposites of each other lol. Good video tho!

  • @arishi4054
    @arishi4054 Рік тому +1

    I'm beginning you to get an ad blocker lol

  • @WinterReflections
    @WinterReflections Рік тому +1

    A song being popular on Vine or TikTok, or being in a movie once, doesn't make it a "hit". Whether something was a "hit" is defined by its Billboard chart position. A lot of these songs were by definition never hits.

  • @PiratePete1
    @PiratePete1 Рік тому +1

    Kalimba is the goat song... It was the only song that was allowed on our school computers cause it was pre-loaded and it was THE CHOICE when making videos.
    make a preloaded song tierlist with the U2 songs and kalimba

  • @xaygarza3372
    @xaygarza3372 Рік тому

    I do remember the song on my Windows computer mr scruff- kalimba. I think deleted it cuz I didn't know if it was an actual song 🤣 18:07

  • @tokenghost4536
    @tokenghost4536 Рік тому +1

    I am so glad you hate cheerleader, same. He has another awful song called Hula-hoop. I just can’t stand his enunciation “OhH I ThINK I FOund myself A cheerLEADurrr”

  • @hamiltonkeener9078
    @hamiltonkeener9078 Рік тому +4

    Bryce halls neck is so long lmao

  • @Scarlettaaaa666
    @Scarlettaaaa666 Рік тому

    Very happy to see respect for Mr. Scruff

  • @storyferguson3650
    @storyferguson3650 Рік тому +1

    Love walk the moon! They are so much better than “shut up and dance”

  • @coscorrodrift
    @coscorrodrift Рік тому

    i really liked the alesha dixon "dont he wash up dont he clean up no he never cleans up" so relatable tbh. to me it's a one hit wonder

  • @cnomi8447
    @cnomi8447 Рік тому +1

    I love Shut up and Dance 😂

  • @R451Ns
    @R451Ns Рік тому +1

    honestly Mr. Scruff is pretty all around great

  • @candygonemad
    @candygonemad Рік тому

    Woah you unearthed the ninja tuna memories

  • @LowerklassFIlms
    @LowerklassFIlms Рік тому

    you don't understand how long i've been searching for kalimba by Mr. scruff. I could not for the life of me remember his name

  • @qusigh
    @qusigh Рік тому

    the windows 7 classic ninja tuna

  • @paulagarciallorente
    @paulagarciallorente Рік тому +3

    Lev Demons

  • @smellsfishi
    @smellsfishi Рік тому

    kalimba was such a bop!! years later i sampled the drums n made a bop! check out “music takes me up” by mr scruff its amazing

  • @BonerSexGaming
    @BonerSexGaming Рік тому +1

    this is a music channel for people that dont listen to music

  • @xxjestertheclownxx
    @xxjestertheclownxx Рік тому

    i remember kreayshawn from her missing kitty song that blew up on tiktok in like 2020 😭

  • @sharocked
    @sharocked Рік тому +1

    of monsters and men.
    sadly also only known for that one song (hey)

  • @skylarmae02
    @skylarmae02 Рік тому

    ok i definitely had the same thiccity blue dell laptop… and of course it was preloaded with ninja tuna

  • @sourdough969
    @sourdough969 Рік тому +2

    Dev Lemons

  • @aqpleclips
    @aqpleclips Рік тому +1

    I LOVE MR SCRUFF

  • @kikioop
    @kikioop Рік тому +2

    Dev please get an adblocker, it literally makes me want to aacddsffsfaadffff

  • @ooriiaxx
    @ooriiaxx Рік тому

    21:18 the brown noise 💀

  • @MrMcGuinnes
    @MrMcGuinnes Рік тому

    J’kwon is the first guy that pops in my head when you say one hit wonder

  • @laurabarros2787
    @laurabarros2787 Рік тому +1

    how could you forget abt the somebody that i used to know guy.......

  • @stvn___
    @stvn___ Рік тому

    damn no way dev u listen to deep layered brown noise (12 hours) too? amazing taste

  • @smithsunleashed
    @smithsunleashed 9 місяців тому +1

    Okay but seriously saying the rolling stones only has one hit is just so stupid. Have you never listened to them? Its okay if you havent listened to rock much in particular but rolling stones has many hits and not to forget they are a huge point in the early rock days

  • @Broteam123
    @Broteam123 Рік тому +2

    didnt know lemon was a just dance player lets gooooooooooooo

  • @Ninjacado
    @Ninjacado Рік тому

    mr scruff is one of my favorites

  • @ianpurviance
    @ianpurviance Рік тому

    lets do it

  • @adamgluzman1826
    @adamgluzman1826 Рік тому

    dev is my new favorite person

  • @awol.oper8r
    @awol.oper8r Рік тому

    Sympathy for the Devil, Satisfaction, Gimme Shelter... the Stones don't belong on this list. But if they did, Brown Sugar earned them that spot on F tier

  • @skylerk126
    @skylerk126 Рік тому +1

    the thumbnail makes it look like silento’s one hit wonder was him murdering his cousin…

  • @saulgoodman4976
    @saulgoodman4976 Рік тому

    Y’all remember “Too Close” By Alex Clare from that Microsoft commercial.

  • @themackmanmusic
    @themackmanmusic Рік тому

    6:00 scared the shit out of me

  • @analysis726
    @analysis726 Рік тому +2

    dunno why but you seem like the kinda person to start editing your video but forget that you’re editing and just watch the entire recording of yourself while cheering your past self on