20 One Hit Wonders Who Were Lost To Time
Daniel Bonfiglio
Published
03/30/2025
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Every artist dreams of making it big. But what if your moment in the spotlight is nothing more than a single song?
Plenty of artists have been hit with the "one hit wonder" curse, even if that one song defined a generation.
Here are 20 massive one hit wonders lost to time.
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1. Wheatus
“Teenage Dirtbag” - 2000. -
2. Survivor
“Eye of the Tiger” - 1982. -
3. Rick Springfield
“Jessie’s Girl” - 1980. -
4. A-ha
“Take On Me” - 1985. -
5. Katrina And The Waves
“Walking on Sunshine” - 1983. -
6. Mark Morrison
“Return of the Mack” - 1996. -
7. Vanilla Ice
“Ice Ice Baby” - 1990 Better or worse than “Under Pressure?” -
8. Far East Movement
“Like A G6” - 2010. -
9. Plain White T's
“Hey There Delilah” - 2005. -
10. Foster The People
“Pumped Up Kicks” - 2011. The song hit over 1 billion streams on Spotify. -
11. Chumbawamba
“Tubthumping” - 1997. The anarchist punk was successful in their own niche, but likely made this pop song as a parody of the pop industry. -
12. The Buggles
“Video Killed the Radio Star” - 1980. Band member Trevor Horn saw success with other groups, like Yes. -
13. Haddaway
“What Is Love” - 1993. Baby don’t hurt me. -
14. Toploader
“Dancing in the Moonlight” - 2000. Already a hit via Sherman Kelly’s band Boffalongo and King Harvest, this third iteration of the song went multi-platinum in England. -
15. The Knack
“My Sharona” - 1989. -
16. Icona Pop (feat. Charlie XCX)
“I Love It” - 2012. In 2025 you’d be hard pressed to know this isn’t Charlie’s song on her own, such is the difference between the “Brat” artist and Icona Pop. -
17. OMC
“How Bizarre” - 1996. This odd 1996 song was OMC’s biggest hit. How bizarre. -
18. House of Pain
“Jump Around” - 1992. -
19. WALK THE MOON
“Shut Up and Dance” - 2014 -
20. Darude
“Sandstorm” - 2000
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