One Hit Wonders That Should Be Long Gone By Now
I was recently reading an article by about the greatest one hit wonders, and I thought to myself, why? Not why am I reading this, although that crossed my mind too. But why do these songs still exist? Why are these songs considered great? And are they really one hit wonders or is it some side project another band’s lead singer is doing in disguise.
I mean, has anyone ever actually seen Don Cherry from Eagle Eye Cherry and Chris Cornell in the same room at the same time? Exactly.
One Hit Wonders: The Real Fabric Of Our Lives
The one hit wonder. We hear of them all the time. On the radio, on our own playlists, or in some dumb TikTok video everyone had putting up pics of when they were “Teenage Dirtbags.”
One hit wonders are a part of the fabric of any civilized society. And some uncivilized as well, thanks to Tubthumping by Chumbawamba. Ok, that song is more about political unrest, according to udiscovermusic.com. So it’s got like a deeper meaning and stuff. But man, it sucks.
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Anyways, according to Britannica.com, the real meaning of one hit wonder is a performer or group who is successful for a very short period. And for some one hit wonders, “successful” doesn’t even begin to describe it. Thethings.com broke down the one hit wonders who are still making money off their one decent show of talent.
Tony Basil’s “Mickey” has made her 12 million bucks (she should use some of that cash on a dentist). Vanilla Ice has pulled a cool $12 million as well for “Ice Ice Baby.” Aha’s “Take On Me” may be one of the worst songs to ever exist. But has made the singer of that band a whopping $60 million.
I mean, I’m just a little bit disappointed in society for this. For real, who’s downloading that garbage? And garbage it is, mostly. I mean what happened to the one hit wonder curse? The phenomenon of an artist hitting mega success right away and then vanishing. Ala Timmy T “One More Try” (You’re welcome).
The only thing that truly vanished with this dude is the money he made — and his dignity. Although I’d argue the dignity was never there.
But again, I ask “why?”
I mean weren’t they supposed to be cursed and then vanish with their crappy little song? But nope, here they are assaulting us with “The Macarena.” Does the one hit wonder curse even really exist? Well, with YouTube and Social Media keeping these songs alive, I’m going to go with it never truly existed.
So I guess in the end, all I have to say is whoomp… there it is.