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All-Time Fave One-Hit-Wonder

I've got the ultimate one-hit wonder and a great trivia question. It's the only song to ever be a one-hit wonder three different times in three different years, 1980, 1989 and 2019. "Into the Night" first came out in 1980 when it hit No. 11, and then when a deejay noted for playing oldies brought it back in 1989, it charted again, peaking at No. 20. In 2019, it charted once again after a new arrangement made it into a dance record.

Here's Benny Mardones with the creepy, stalkerish "Into the Night."

 
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CYdTracked said:
I thought this group was going to hit it big when this song came out but they literally broke up the band after 1 album. VH1 has this song ranked #11 on their 1 hit wonders of the 90's. Pretty good list of songs on there: VH1’s 40 Greatest One-Hit Wonders of the ’90s | (toponehitwonders.com)



Another 1 hit wonder from the 90's:



Would consider Creed a 1 hit wonder. Scott Stapp being a huge DB basically wrecked any momentum they had once they hit it big

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God bless your soul. That New Radicals song has escaped me and has me taking a time warp back into my early teens
 
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alarson said:
They did well on the alternative charts in the US

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I shouldn't imply Oasis was an unknown in the U.S. -- their albums always did well.

But for some reason the U.S. Billboard charts just did not like them...

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Banging out #1 after #1 in Europe and outside of "Wonderwall" nada in the U.S. is weird.
 
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Bipolarcy said:
I've got the ultimate one-hit wonder and a great trivia question. It's the only song to ever be a one-hit wonder three different times in three different years, 1980, 1989 and 2019. "Into the Night" first came out in 1980 when it hit No. 11, and then when a deejay noted for playing oldies brought it back in 1989, it charted again, peaking at No. 20. In 2019, it charted once again after a new arrangement made it into a dance record.

Here's Benny Mardones with the creepy, stalkerish "Into the Night."

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Sure. Lyrically there are some issues.

But Benny absolutely sings from the soul of his shoes to heaven above closong this out.
 
Sigmapolis said:
I shouldn't imply Oasis was an unknown in the U.S. -- their albums always did well.

But for some reason the U.S. Billboard charts just did not like them...

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Banging out #1 after #1 in Europe and outside of "Wonderwall" nada in the U.S. is weird.
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Yeah, its definitely a bit surprising in both directions.

Like, I saw your post and was like "no way I heard them all the time in the 90s", but back then I would have mostly been listening to the alternative station here (107.5 the dot)
 
Currently going down a 90s rabbit hole. Man, Sugar Ray had some serious bangers.
 
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