What’s the best 90s one hit wonder song?
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Well it’s not my favorite, but considering it is practically the HORT theme song…
It’s either Harvey Danger, or Oasis. Anyone who says Oasis isn’t a one hit wonder is wrong….or British probably.
Soul Asylum wasn't a one hit wonder.
See with the alternative stuff I feel bad calling them one hit wonders, since bands with one big song still have plenty of listeners to their other stuff.
Song 2 by Blur, Epic by Faith No More, In the Meantime by Spacehog, Feel the Pain by Dinosaur Jr., Bound for the Floor by Local H, etc. They’re all the only Lithium 100 singles from good bands.
Are you considering Wonderwall or Champaign Supernova their one hit? Because everyone knows both songs. And I'd say Live Forever and Dont Look Back in Anger are also well known, to a lesser extent.
Supernova. There are more examples of bands that had a couple hits but still the band is considered to be a one hit wonder. I consider Oasis as one of those bands. They never put together a complete album and are mostly forgettable as a band imo.
#157 Oasis, '(What's the Story) Morning Glory?' (1995) — Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
One of the most important albums of the ‘90s and arguably the most important of the Britpop era. This album solidified the band as a cultural phenomenon building off of the major foundations laid by their record-breaking debut album. If that album, ‘Definitely Maybe (#217), was all about their dream
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This a good one. Definitely a one hit wonder. And I would not be surprised to know that Amish Paradise has more listens all time than Gangstas Paradise. Coolio was pissed as shit that Weird Al parodied his song. I guess Coolio had no rights to the song to stop it…..Weird Al apologized like a gentleman btw.
Could probably throw Popular by Nada Surf in that list too. I love 90’s stuff. So many great songs.
K#157 Oasis, '(What's the Story) Morning Glory?' (1995) — Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
One of the most important albums of the ‘90s and arguably the most important of the Britpop era. This album solidified the band as a cultural phenomenon building off of the major foundations laid by their record-breaking debut album. If that album, ‘Definitely Maybe (#217), was all about their dream
Wonderwall was #8 in the US and they had 6 top 50 radio songs.
And they were even bigger in the UK.
I get what you’re saying, a lot of bands had a second fringe song that charted b/c of their first, but that wasn’t Oasis.
Blind Melon wouldn’t have been a one hit wonder if Shannon wouldn’t have died.
I dare you not to sing along. And we aren't counting any covers they did for movies as hits. This goes on the next Voyager record.
