Definitive 'primarily known for one song' band?

[Kyriakos]

Speaking of cars (and great riffs)

 

[EgonSpengler]

This video is worth watching, but I figured it fit this thread, too.

 

[Zardnaar]

This was a fluke in more ways than one:

I have that CD.

 

[Zardnaar]

This video is worth watching, but I figured it fit this thread, too.

They had other hits though.

 

[amadeus]

Are you sure you’re not thinking of Men at Work?

 

[Birdjaguar]

Moderator Action: If this thread turns into a general music thread, it will be closed.

 

[Broken_Erika]

Here's a one hit wonder

 

[Kyriakos]

I have that CD.

The song only got to be famous due to a mix up that made it run faster ^^

Here is an infamous one:

 

[Kyriakos]

Emergency.

 

[Darsnan]

Billy Thorpe's Children of the Sun:

 

[Bonyduck Campersang]

This counts

Also

 

[lymond]

This counts

Also

Survivor was def not a one-hit wonder (although I guess that is not exactly the context of this topic)

Billy Thorpe's Children of the Sun:

great song..haven't heard that one in ages

 

[Gori the Grey]

Billy Squier

 

[lymond]

Billy Squier

Squier has 3 or 4 other hits that a like better than Stroke

 

[Gori the Grey]

Sure, a Squier aficianado is going to like "My Kind of Lover," say. But the average Joe only knows "The Stroke."

(I bought the album based on the superhit and have a lingering fondness for other of his songs as well)

 

[lymond]

Best song in the history of mankind: (jk but it is great)

edit: ok..appears this was mentioned before ..coulda sworn I looked through all the posts

 

[Birdjaguar]

The Lafayette's were a Baltimore band and played at my HS graduation dance. This was their hit song with RCA in 1965? They lost their contract with RCA for the F word in the song.

 

[Klaus Hergersheimer]

I personally don't like it, but there's "Come on Eileen" by Dexys Midnight Runners. Probably the most one-hit-wonder song I can think of.

 

[Zardnaar]

Best song in the history of mankind: (jk but it is great)

edit: ok..appears this was mentioned before ..coulda sworn I looked through all the posts

He does reasonably good industrial metal now.

 

[Kyriakos]