Happy National One Hit Wonder Day!

"Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz)" (galileo-humpkins) 09/25/2018 at 12:35 • Filed to: None

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In honor of this momentous occasion I shall share with you a one hit wonder that is special to me because I love Benny & Joon and because I walked down the aisle to a string quartet version of this song at my wedding. So, without further adieu, The Proclaimers I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)

Now, share some of the best (or worst) one hit wonders!

vicali > Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) 09/25/2018 at 12:54

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farscythe - makin da cawfee! > Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) 09/25/2018 at 13:18

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not sure if this one counts... but im submitting it anyway

promoted by the color red > Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) 09/25/2018 at 13:22

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DipodomysDeserti > Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) 09/25/2018 at 13:32

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Come get your nostaligic ‘90s guitar riffs!

Welp, now I have Weezer playing on my Spotify. Looks like I’ll be listening to late ‘90s early ‘00s jams all day, thinking about making out in cars.

Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) > DipodomysDeserti 09/25/2018 at 13:36

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Fantastic!

Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) > promoted by the color red 09/25/2018 at 13:37

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Excellent choice.

Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 09/25/2018 at 13:37

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Uh...I’ll allow it.

Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) > vicali 09/25/2018 at 13:38

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Well done.

WilliamsSW > Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) 09/25/2018 at 13:42

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Last spring my fantasy football league held a bracket-style one hit wonder contest. I think we had 32 entries (but later figured out that we missed a few great ones, and included a couple of bands that had 2 or more hits). Anyways, here was the winner (I’m 50 and one of the *younger* guys in this league, FYI).

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) 09/25/2018 at 13:49

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just membered

lone_liberal > Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) 09/25/2018 at 14:07

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Benny and Joon was filmed in my city, which isn’t exactly a movie making mecca, so it’s a nice reminder of how it looked back in the day. Same with Vision Quest.

Anyway, back to one hit wonders! Let’s go with what is not only a one-hit wonder but also one of those times that a cover is better known than the original.

Where have all the lightweights gone? > Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) 09/25/2018 at 14:27

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user314 > Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) 09/25/2018 at 14:34

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Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) > user314 09/25/2018 at 15:20

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All nice choices for the occasion.

Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) > Where have all the lightweights gone? 09/25/2018 at 15:22

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Oh man, I had forgotten about this song.

Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) > lone_liberal 09/25/2018 at 15:23

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Is Spokane all that different nowadays?

Adding a little twist, I like it.

Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 09/25/2018 at 15:24

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Not gonna lie, I still like that guy’s voice.

Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) > WilliamsSW 09/25/2018 at 15:25

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This is a truly iconic one hit wonder. Well chosen. Also - you didn’t happen to be driving through an alley by Mercedes Benz Chicago like a week or so ago, did you?

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) 09/25/2018 at 15:27

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same same.... surprised they were just a one hit tbh

lone_liberal > Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) 09/25/2018 at 15:28

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It depends where you are. If you compare downtown to the scene from Vision Quest where Matthew Modine is running through it, it’s very different. If you look at more low income areas like where Benny’s garage was then it’s not that different.

WilliamsSW > Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) 09/25/2018 at 15:31

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The “final 4" was Dobie Gray, Mountain (Mississippi Queen), Soft Cell (Tainted Love) and Ten Years After (I’d Love to Change the World).

I seem to have lost the email with all 32 songs in it. A few (including Ten Years After) are highly debatable on whether they’re really one hit wonders.

Here’s another one that just missed the finals:

Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) > WilliamsSW 09/25/2018 at 15:39

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Another solid contender. I guess that’s the thing, isn’t it, there are a lot of one hit wonders that probably came close to being 2+ hit wonders - just depends on your level of fandom and where the song(s) may have charted.

Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 09/25/2018 at 15:43

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You know what, in thinking about it, I am as well.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) 09/26/2018 at 07:58

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Chumbawumba - Tubthumping.

Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) > pip bip - choose Corrour 09/26/2018 at 11:22

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I had, happily, forgotten about that song until now.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) 09/28/2018 at 17:16

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When I was a child I was looking for this song in my folk’s records and accidentally playing Billy Joel instead. Not quite the same...