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Originally Posted by bonethug0108

They had other semi successful singles and sold a few albums, but they did have only one hit song. Nothing else even broke into the top 50 save for one song which only got to 30. Once Bitten is their one hit.

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I know that, I'm not saying Great White is gonna get a pack ... all I'm saying is one-hit wonders don't have multiple platinum/gold albums. They're known for "one-hit" (aka 'My Sharona' by The Knack, 'Turning Japanese' by The Vapors).

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Originally Posted by stixman6

I know that, I'm not saying Great White is gonna get a pack ... all I'm saying is one-hit wonders don't have multiple platinum/gold albums. They're known for "one-hit" (aka 'My Sharona' by The Knack, 'Turning Japanese' by The Vapors).

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Rick Astley says hi, and mind you he actually had another number 1 song(unlike Great White) in the US but is still considered a one hit wonder. Most people don't even remember that other song.

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Originally Posted by bonethug0108

Rick Astley says hi, and mind you he actually had another number 1 song(unlike Great White) in the US but is still considered a one hit wonder. Most people don't even remember that other song.

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He's considered a 1 hit wonder by folks who only heard of him on the internet. He had 2 #1 hits, which by definition, makes him more than a 1 hit wonder.

Great White? 1 hit wonder, even if they had other popular songs, they had 1 "hit". You can be a 1 hit wonder and still be pretty successful (See Dream Theater).

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Originally Posted by stixman6

I know that, I'm not saying Great White is gonna get a pack ... all I'm saying is one-hit wonders don't have multiple platinum/gold albums. They're known for "one-hit" (aka 'My Sharona' by The Knack, 'Turning Japanese' by The Vapors).

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Toadies say hi. "Possum Kingdom" is their one hit and Rubberneck was a platinum album.

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Originally Posted by Bront20

Great White? 1 hit wonder, even if they had other popular songs, they had 1 "hit". You can be a 1 hit wonder and still be pretty successful (See Dream Theater).

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Why not say Hendrix then?

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Originally Posted by SheSaidSheSaid

Why not say Hendrix then?

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Because he didn't really have a single hit?

Because the charts were different in the 60s?

Because a lot of his success was posthumous?

Because your mom?

Okay, g'bye.

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Originally Posted by SheSaidSheSaid

Okay, g'bye.

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Hey, I'm only right 98% of the time. Most people just don't notice the other 3%.

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Originally Posted by Bront20

He's considered a 1 hit wonder by folks who only heard of him on the internet. He had 2 #1 hits, which by definition, makes him more than a 1 hit wonder.

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He was just the first example I pulled. And sure in the 80s he had a couple of hits, but today he is a one hit wonder.

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Originally Posted by bonethug0108

He was just the first example I pulled. And sure in the 80s he had a couple of hits, but today he is a one hit wonder.

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No, he still had 2 hits, even if 1 of them has faded into obscurity a bit. ;)

It's been beaten to death on the forums though, that one man's "one hit wonder" isn't always the case for someone else. It depends on what you define as a hit. Certainly, #1 on the US chart qualifies, but what about #2? #5? #22? What about popular songs that didn't chart? You can argue it in so many ways.