tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323292824654753446.post8487435796866470584..comments2023-10-03T05:22:29.131-05:00Comments on Christopher Elam's OWARI: Not One Hit Wonders After AllC. Elamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00284263547435956344noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323292824654753446.post-66122851737039272622011-08-26T01:52:26.662-05:002011-08-26T01:52:26.662-05:00My suspicion is that "Action" went as hi...My suspicion is that "Action" went as high as it did because it was the follow-up single to "Fox on the Run", and it benefited from some carryover from that song by radio of the day.C. Elamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00284263547435956344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323292824654753446.post-83252461882814962572011-08-26T01:47:51.035-05:002011-08-26T01:47:51.035-05:00d'oh! Fox on the Run, of course. Action I wou...d'oh! Fox on the Run, of course. Action I would never have guessed.X7https://www.blogger.com/profile/16050119714244967980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323292824654753446.post-19861929803972713192011-08-26T01:46:57.369-05:002011-08-26T01:46:57.369-05:00I'm a little surprised. It goes like this (ch...I'm a little surprised. It goes like this (chronologically):<br /><br />"Little Willy" - #3<br />"Ballroom Blitz" - #5<br />"Fox on the Run" - #5<br />"Action" - #20<br />"Love Is Like Oxygen" - #8<br /><br />Obviously, "Action" is the most obscure of that bunch. And of course, they had way more hits on the U.K. chart.C. Elamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00284263547435956344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323292824654753446.post-64474041551465017552011-08-26T01:41:18.502-05:002011-08-26T01:41:18.502-05:00Little Willy
Ballroom Blitz
Love Is Like Oxygen
.....Little Willy<br />Ballroom Blitz<br />Love Is Like Oxygen<br />.... Wig Wam Bam?<br />.... Teenage Rampage?<br /><br />only the first three I know for sure.X7https://www.blogger.com/profile/16050119714244967980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323292824654753446.post-54293851752899971742011-08-26T01:34:48.651-05:002011-08-26T01:34:48.651-05:00Exactly. This is why I don't consider someone...Exactly. This is why I don't consider someone like Gary Numan one, even though he is on the American charts. And sure, many did! Just because I list someone doesn't necessarily mean I like their music!<br /><br />Although, Sweet falls into the Rick Springfield category. They had <b>FIVE</b>. You can probably name four without much effort; all five if you try.C. Elamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00284263547435956344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323292824654753446.post-45287676175375330762011-08-26T01:30:03.168-05:002011-08-26T01:30:03.168-05:00lots of our one hit wonders are huge elsewhere- Sw...lots of our one hit wonders are huge elsewhere- Sweet, Divinyls, you name it. usually Europe. and do hairbands even have one hit?X7https://www.blogger.com/profile/16050119714244967980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323292824654753446.post-2064491686555184782011-08-26T01:17:32.571-05:002011-08-26T01:17:32.571-05:00I purposefully went deliberately obscure with the ...I purposefully went deliberately obscure with the artists this time, though a couple of the ones you mentioned are good candidates for a follow-up.<br /><br />Oddly enough, Thomas Dolby really DID make the Top 40 only once, though his Hot 100 tally of three is pretty decent. "Hyperactive!" was far more successful in the U.K. than over here.C. Elamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00284263547435956344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323292824654753446.post-8355505632188063902011-08-26T01:11:02.871-05:002011-08-26T01:11:02.871-05:00well, perhaps it should be "One BIG Hit"...well, perhaps it should be "One BIG Hit" wonders? there are tons of them out there like that, where us music connoisseurs can easily point out the follow up hits of ABC, Men Without Hats and Thomas Dolby or the Knack, most people can't.<br /><br />music nerds, us?<br /><br />do more!X7https://www.blogger.com/profile/16050119714244967980noreply@blogger.com