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From Rockwell to Gotye, revisit the pop one-hit wonders that topped the charts once and never again — catchy hits, wild stories, and where these artists ended up.

There's something almost unfair about the phrase "one-hit wonder." It gets thrown at artists like a consolation prize, a way of saying you had a moment but couldn't sustain it. The label is less a ...

The phone number made famous by Tommy Tutone 's 1982 hit "867-5309/Jenny" is now a cancer helpline. In March 2026, the Cancer ...

These three songs all came out in 1991, remaining among the best one-hit wonders of the early 1990s. Londonbeat’s only No. 1 ...

Video may have killed the radio star, but one-hit wonders dominated the decade. The 1980s revolutionized music in a masterful ...

We're all familiar with the one-hit wonder—that artist who storms onto the music scene with a smash hit, only to disappear as soon as they arrive. Some one-hit wonders continue making music for years, ...

Some songs are easy to listen to. These are three heavy one-hit wonders from the 1990s that sound more like poetry.

Some artists truly only had one good song in them '€” and the rest of the evidence proves it. Join us as we count down the ...

A futuristic hit that reached No. 1 in 1969 has long been regarded as a “perfect” one-hit wonder—and its legacy still resonates decades later.

View post: 1969 Western, Starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford, Was Almost Cast Completely Differently Soft Cell’s 1981 “Tainted Love” was named greatest one-hit wonder for its enduring appeal.

On this day 50 years ago a legendary one-hit wonder reached No. 1 and kept an iconic rock group from a Grammy win.