Bands that deservered more than "One Hit"

[grumpygirl]

You must excuse my lapse in remembering this is "The World Wide Web" but from Atlanta GA USA these bands only ever had 1 hit on the Radio. Of course I understand how many singles blancmange charted in the UK and that Midnight Oil was huge in Australia but not in the southeastern portion of the states. I spent many many hours during the 80's looking for new and intresting bands from across the pond having to go to the independent record store to acomplish this(didnt have the luxury of internet in the early 80's!). So I lay it out how it was in my part of the world circa 1980's..........

[Bitter Almonds]

<p align="justify">I really liked "Too Shy" when I first heard it and, to this day, I wish they'd have put out more material that sounded like it. Unfortunately, that seems to be the only good riff they pulled off[xx(] I have an import best of compilation and the only songs I listen to are "Too Shy" and "The Neverending Story"[:I]

[SomebodySomewhere]

"Too Shy" was alright, but the one I thought was killer was "Hang on Now" -- one of the few songs they did that had halfway decent lyrics. It was a minor hit in the States (#78 on the Hot 100), but nowhere near as big as it was in the U.K. They only had 2 more singles released in the U.S., both of which deserved to flop.

Q-Feel's "Heroes Never Die" was great. Jive Records should have really pushed that one. It was the highlight of the album.

"I've Been Losing You" was one of a-ha's best tracks. Too bad America had already written them off by the time it came out.

[suttonrecords]

Hmm, this list is completely relative to where you were living back then. Modern English had several hits in the Philippines including the blockbuster "Hands Across the Sea" and "Ink and Paper," and a-ha had a serious chart run after "Take on Me" with "Hunting High and Low," "Train of Thought," etc. To me, where I'm from, I would go with Friends Again, which isn't included there. "State of Art" was huge over there, even crossing over into Top-40 radio stations, but the rest of that brilliant LP, such as "Old Flame," was pretty much oddly neglected. Then again, I heard it was a difficult vinyl to find.

Michael Sutton
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[Frank_Chickens]

[quote][i]Originally posted by SomebodySomewhere[/i]
<br>Blancmange had a half a dozen hits in the UK, but, obviously, grumpygirl has never set foot in England in her life. The inclusion of a-ha, Paul Young, Dexy's Midnight Runners, Kajagoogoo and Frankie Goes to Hollywood makes that abundantly clear. (Never mind that the first two had at least 2 Top 20 hits in the US, as well.) Granted, the selections are clueless no matter which country you're talking about. That's why I wrote in the ballot!
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Well said SS! [8D]

Perhaps next time grumpygirl you should put "Bands that deservered more than "One Hit in the US" or "Bands that deserved more than one hit in Atlanta GA".

DJ Wave: Not on Fiction Factory's second album. Apart from the first and last tracks it was dreadful. A shame as the first album was decent.


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[popreactor]

Europe and USA don't have the same one hit wonders. A-ha for example can't be considered as a one hit wonder in Europe, while they really scored only one hit in USA.

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[Freaky Trigger]

[quote][i]Originally posted by zill[/i]
<br>Maybe I'm missing the point of the question here, but Blancmange, for example, had a bunch of "hits" in the UK. Sure, they should have been bigger in Canada, but how can you get airtime in between all that Parachute Club and Jane Siberry CanCon?

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.... it's fair to say that the list above is fairly US charts-specific, though there are some tracks that were also one-hit wonders here in the UK and probably elsewhere. Murray Head's "One night in Bangkok" springs to mind - "I get my kicks above the waistline!". Heh heh.

Zill, your posting reminded me of a UK 1-hit wonder from your fellow Canucks' Kon Kan which I recall were named after the Canadian content law. Their hit here was the Patsy Klein-sampling "Never Promised You A Rose Garden" but I bought the "Move To Move" album which was fantastico! Must get that on CD at some point. Didn't they have a load of success in the US too?

BR
Freaky Trigger

[SomebodySomewhere]

[quote][i]Originally posted by Freaky Trigger[/i]
<br>Zill, your posting reminded me of a UK 1-hit wonder from your fellow Canucks' Kon Kan which I recall were named after the Canadian content law. Their hit here was the Patsy Klein-sampling "Never Promised You A Rose Garden" but I bought the "Move To Move" album which was fantastico! Must get that on CD at some point. Didn't they have a load of success in the US too?[/quote]

Kon Krap... excuse me, Kon Kan had 2 hits here. "I Beg Your Pardon" (#15 - the "Never Promised You a Rose Garden" track) in early '89, and "Puss n' Boots/These Boots (Are Made for Walkin')" (#58) in late '89. Their album sold poorly. It didn't even chart.

[Frank_Chickens]

I like "Move to Move" although it did rely heavily on Pardon and Harry Houdini. Going on reviews I've seen on-line the second album is supposed to be dreadful.


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[suttonrecords]

And a-ha continue to put out great albums.

As far as the U.S. is concerned, "The Sun Always Shines on T.V." did make the Top-40 charts.

[quote][i]Originally posted by popreactor[/i]
<br>Europe and USA don't have the same one hit wonders. A-ha for example can't be considered as a one hit wonder in Europe, while they really scored only one hit in USA.

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[BigBri]

[quote][i]Originally posted by newwavepop[/i]
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OMD had great stuf and i never heard them get played here until pretty in pink the film came out and if you leave got big but it was kind of too late by then.

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Actually, OMD's "So in Love" hit in the US top 30, and "(Forever) Live and Die" was definitely top 20. But I doubt US top 40 radio was playing either single (maybe the second one). Not that I would know, since I wasn't listening to it.

[DJ Phoenix]

Modern English is a very underrated band, much like A Flock of Seagulls, FGTH, and the like."Someone's Calling", "Life in the Gladhouse", "Tables turning" are excellent jams.

[TheMunDial]

a-ha all the way. They're my favorite band ever, don'tcha know?

And, no, they're NOT "one-hit wonders." "The Sun Always Shines On TV" was a top 20 hit in America, yet people continue to ignore that entirely. And in Europe, well, they're still pretty successful, aren't they, what with "Analogue (All I Want)" being a top 10 hit in the UK this year and everything.



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[DJ Wave]

[quote][i]DJ Wave: Not on Fiction Factory's second album. Apart from the first and last tracks it was dreadful. A shame as the first album was decent.[/quote]

Dreadful? Not to my ears - Fiction Factory's second album in my list of all time favorites..."Time is Right", "Not the Only One", "Standing At The Top Of The World", "Let Me Be A Part" and "No Time" are great tracks. Very Hard to get CD, sells for big $$.

[;)]

[Frank_Chickens]

After seeing your post I decided to give it another listen and my opinion about it has changed, it's all not up to much and smacks of contractual obligation. They should be proud of the fact that it was released on CD, took some doing back then.

Hard to get hold of? I got it from Usenet without any probs, do you want a copy for £25? [:D][;)]


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