Official Discussion: DLC Week of 12/30 - Andrew W.K., Hot Chelle Rae, P!nk, and Fun.!

[bonethug0108]

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).

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.

[Bront20]

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.

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).

[grumblevolcano]

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).

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

[SheSaidSheSaid]

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).

Why not say Hendrix then?

[Bront20]

Why not say Hendrix then?

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?

[SheSaidSheSaid]

Okay, g'bye.

[Bront20]

Okay, g'bye.

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

[bonethug0108]

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.

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.

[Bront20]

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.

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.

[NightmareLyre]

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).

Dream Theater had a hit song? I thought Progressive Metal bands couldn't get hits?