The story behind one hit wonders
Added 2023-10-06 06:00:03 +0000 UTCHappy Friday! Similar to our Timbaland episode, I wanted to do another music-woven-in episode - this time all about one hit wonder songs, and the stories behind them. In this episode we cover:
- The Click Five - Just The Girl
- Fountains of Wayne - Stacy's Mom
- Tal Bachman- She’s So High
- Vanilla Ice - Ice, Ice Baby
- Metro Station - Shake It
- Chris Isaak - Wicked Game
- Right Said Fred - I’m Too Sexy
- Sir Mix A Lot - Baby Got Back
- Haddaway - What Is Love
- Aqua - Barbie Girl
- The Cardigans - Lovefool
- Meredith Brooks - Bitch
- The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony
- Semisonic - Closing Time
- Blu Cantrell - Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops!)
Comments
the way i listen to Just The Girl weekly only 3 min in listening and this is my fave ep so far
Alexis DeLucia
2023-10-25 18:54:15 +0000 UTCI just cannot relate to your Olivia rodrigo opinion Shannon 🤣 I like her fine but she has more songs than anyone that I’m like uhhhhhhhh I’ve heard this before…
Deirdre Cronin
2023-10-15 00:35:30 +0000 UTCYou better believe my Barbies were expert scissorsers
schulmanatrix
2023-10-14 23:45:16 +0000 UTCUnfortunately I love the masked singer
schulmanatrix
2023-10-14 23:20:17 +0000 UTCI was going to say, Chris Isaak is sooo not a one hit wonder
schulmanatrix
2023-10-14 22:50:05 +0000 UTCAnother please!!! loved this episode, brought back so many memories like cmon THE CLICK FIVE?! lmao the thing with one-hit-wonders is you’ll really only hear their songs in passing from time to time because most of their names aren’t easily remembered/known. Reading through the comments a lot of ppl may not consider some ppl to be one-hit-wonders, but perhaps to the general public they are. Kinda interesting to think about how music tastes can be so specific and niche!! Anyways thanks for reminding me to push someone in the pool at school reunion lmao
Miranda
2023-10-13 03:13:09 +0000 UTCWhen I was a kid I thought the entire Aqua album was about Barbies and would listen to it when I played with mine lmao
Karly Crawford
2023-10-12 20:13:06 +0000 UTCThe first time I heard lovefool was also a college acapella group it was my middle school art teacher’s daughters group and she would play the cd in class all the time
shanna mehrdad
2023-10-11 22:01:09 +0000 UTCFYI Chris Isaak’s Christmas album is literally the BEST Christmas album of all time imo. Y’all absolutely have to listen to it this season 🫶🫶🫶
Bridget Leslie
2023-10-10 03:28:10 +0000 UTCShannon pls do an ep on the Beckhams!!
Eva
2023-10-09 19:04:11 +0000 UTCCould you say Stars Are Blind by THE Paris Hilton is a one hit wonder?
El Flo
2023-10-09 10:25:56 +0000 UTCAdam Schlesinger also wrote the songs for Crazy Ex Girlfriend with Rachel Bloom! And he died of Covid in 2020
LizardKing
2023-10-08 19:15:52 +0000 UTCDoses & Mimosas by Cherub is my fav 1 hit wonder it is SO good 😭
Chrissy
2023-10-07 21:24:19 +0000 UTCnj want a Spotify playlist of these
Jessica
2023-10-07 20:42:35 +0000 UTCSame though, Kelsey and Seventeen Forever were major bops for me
peerie
2023-10-07 17:50:13 +0000 UTCI can’t be the only one that thinks of new girl with she’s so high 🤣 I do love that song though
RJ
2023-10-07 02:58:58 +0000 UTCunfortunately shake it is not a one hit wonder to me because i looooved that whole album growing up. i thought it was so wild that trace cyrus & mason musso were in a band together while their siblings were on a hit disney show! not to mention trace cyrus dating brenda song. the lyrics on that album are really creepy if you give it a good listen tho. so many of the songs are like, “you’re so young we shouldn’t be doing this.” 🤢
ali
2023-10-07 02:43:22 +0000 UTCokay but i love pop princess by the click five 😭❤️
ali
2023-10-07 02:27:58 +0000 UTCEdit to add: middle aged women everywhere will be wishing scorn upon you for saying Chris Isaacs was a one hit wonder 🤣 one of his other hits Bad Things is the theme song of True Blood and it absolutely slaps.
Shelby
2023-10-07 01:21:28 +0000 UTCGotye has so, so many other hits as well! I’m Australian so I’m guessing his other music didn’t make it to the US like it did here. His breakout hit is called “Heart’s a Mess” and is worth a listen.
Shelby
2023-10-07 01:19:24 +0000 UTCBlu cantrell was not a 1 hit wonder, she was a 2 hit wonder
Bippity Boop
2023-10-06 23:28:37 +0000 UTCAbsolutely adore your music eps Shannon! I’m Australian but the same age as you and seem to have similar music tastes. She’s So High by Tal Bachman is one of my faves as well. Would really love to hear more music focused episodes in future 💕
Shelby
2023-10-06 23:26:44 +0000 UTCAlso worth noting, the entire Aquarium album HITS - especially Dr Jones! Maybe that’s mostly because it’s the first cd I ever owned 😅
Paige
2023-10-06 23:26:22 +0000 UTCI think the songs seventeen forever and Kelsey are the best songs from Metro Station’s album as opposed to shake it
Paige
2023-10-06 22:51:00 +0000 UTCPlease share your BPD playlist I desperately need it
Cat
2023-10-06 22:28:11 +0000 UTCME TOO!!! I genuinely love Fountains of Wayne
emomaggie
2023-10-06 22:12:19 +0000 UTCKelli told me to tell you that Hinder has 3 hits, Lips of an angel, get stoned and better than me 😅
Kahlee Alexandra
2023-10-06 21:28:47 +0000 UTCYou should do euro trash girl as a secondary song by Cracker (low being the primary song) !!
Lucy
2023-10-06 21:16:20 +0000 UTCI grew up listening to this crazy cd I kid you not I found on the side of the road all scratched up and it has the spoof of ice ice baby which is rice rice baby and baby got back which was baby got jack, and some crazy Elmo shooting Barney track and then this other one that was Burt and Ernie smoking weed
CalmDownDanielle
2023-10-06 19:00:28 +0000 UTCYou’re not weird for thinking that about Barbie. She’s based off of a German doll and character who is a callgirl lol
Mickey
2023-10-06 18:33:52 +0000 UTCCall Me Maybe by Carly Rae Jepsen is a great one hit wonder but…her music is so good! She definitely shouldn’t be considered a one hit wonder since her albums have a ton of great songs. Justice for Carly Rae Jepsen
Mary
2023-10-06 16:45:49 +0000 UTCOkay but Welcome Interstate Managers is my favorite album of all time highly recommend
Marina Dabaghian
2023-10-06 15:48:50 +0000 UTCI like the topic but the music audio clips are much louder than the podcast. The audio for this podcast is just much lower than most so I have to turn it up much higher than I would. Maybe I’m just going deaf lol
Melissa
2023-10-06 15:34:39 +0000 UTCThere's no one hit wonders anymore they all get turned into stars that are heavily backed by the music industry
Monica
2023-10-06 15:04:53 +0000 UTCSleeper songs - Miley Cyrus - never be me Noah Cyrus - stand still ( not that any of that album really took) Noah Kahan - orange juice and of we were vampires
Zoe Reinus
2023-10-06 13:45:31 +0000 UTCOmg please make a spotify playlist with all of these
Nikki Pressley
2023-10-06 13:23:01 +0000 UTCThe lead singer of Fountains of Wayne, Adam, was the cousin of actor Jon Bernthal. He died of Covid at 52 😔
Meg Hall
2023-10-06 13:17:59 +0000 UTCBitter Sweet Symphony in Cruel Intention 🤤
Erin
2023-10-06 13:14:51 +0000 UTCYou said jefferee star and that makes me want a shannan perspective on all the beauty guru/ Shane Dawson shit that happened
Monica
2023-10-06 12:56:33 +0000 UTCOmg that haddaway song altered by brain chemistry
Erin
2023-10-06 12:56:24 +0000 UTCBaby Got Back was fucking groundbreaking tbh
Erin
2023-10-06 12:47:29 +0000 UTCperfect by selena gomez is the ULTIMATE sleeper song, i will not be taking any questions about it at this time !!!
al
2023-10-06 12:46:27 +0000 UTCYes agreed!!
Kasandra
2023-10-06 12:08:19 +0000 UTCI love these episodes and jamming out to songs I love but kind of forgot about!
Kasandra
2023-10-06 12:08:03 +0000 UTCI was so obsessed with the Click 5 in high school. Do you remember Check yes juliet? I think it was a different band but it had a similar vibe.
Parva
2023-10-06 11:20:57 +0000 UTCYou have to make a spotify playlist with the songs of this episode!!!! 😱
Michelle Silva
2023-10-06 11:17:59 +0000 UTC“Somebody that I used to know” by Gotye is the ULTIMATE one hit wonder if you’re gona do another episode
Bronagh
2023-10-06 10:33:29 +0000 UTCBittersweet Symphony always makes me feel like the main character at the end of a 90s/early 00s teen movie. And that’s what I’ve always wanted to be.
Corinne Huntley
2023-10-06 10:07:32 +0000 UTCVh1 top 40 one hit wonders of the 90s is an excellent watch if you can ever find it online! Steal my sunshine was on the list, the artists said being a one hit wonder was the best they were so chill with it lol
Petal
2023-10-06 10:02:13 +0000 UTCAss all the way.
Corinne Huntley
2023-10-06 09:43:12 +0000 UTCWe need a Spotify playlist 🙌🏼💕
Yana Tretyakova
2023-10-06 08:29:10 +0000 UTCOmg also- the whole album that bittersweet symphony on is sooo emotional and amazing- the drugs don’t work is my favvvv
Imogen Watson
2023-10-06 07:00:00 +0000 UTCCan confirm she’s so high was soooo popular in Australia and I think it it one of my favorite songs too!!I thought the singer was Australian until right now😂
Imogen Watson
2023-10-06 06:18:55 +0000 UTCJustice for My Favourite Game by The Cardigans 😂
Erin T
2023-10-06 06:02:55 +0000 UTC
