The station is using the term "one-hit wonder" the way the always do...to be cutesy. Paula Cole had more than one hit too, but maybe not on the regular singles chart. I stopped after ten of the songs because I was getting annoyed LOL. Usually the "one hit wonder" thing bugs me because it seems to me that they are just minimizing the strength of the song, even if it was their only hit. Dexy's Midnight Runners is my favorite example...in the U.S., "Come on Eileen" was their only hit, but it was one of my personal favorite songs, probably ever. In England, they had many hits! It's very U.S.-centric and, like I said, cutesy. About as deep as an Academy-Awards preshow red-carpet show about who has the prettiest dress on. ;-) I don't know about archives...there are books out there, and I'm sure Billboard has their own archive. They have a website (billboard.com), so maybe there are details there, but they will charge money for access. Andrew ----- Original Message ----- From: Laura Kramer To: You can dance, if you want to. Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2006 5:05 AM Subject: Re: [Men Without Hats] local tv station's "weekend list" ... For me, too. I'm contemplating writing to the TV station & tell them they were wrong. Before I get into too high a dudgeon, anyone know offhand if Billboard keeps an archive online (& how far back it goes)? :-) L --- Andrew <awerling@gmail.com> wrote:
Of course, Men Without Hats wasn't a "one-hit wonder." "Pop Goes the World" made it into the top thirty in the U.S. anyway.
Pet peeve I guess.
Andrew
On 7/22/06, Laura Kramer <cocoanlk@yahoo.com> wrote:
of the top 25 One Hit Wonders... Long Suffering Husband thought it was really funny that MWH/Safety Dance was #25.
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