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  1. One Hit Wonderland is where ToddInTheShadows takes a look at "one-hit wonders" of the past. In each review, specific segments include "Before the hit" (covering the artist's history before the hit), "The big hit" (a short review of the hit itself); "The failed follow-up" (for when it all went...

    • Brett Milano
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    • Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five: The Message (1982) Grandmaster Flash and his cohorts made a few groundbreaking 12-inches, but this was the only one to enter the US Hot 100 (it made it to No. 65).
    • The Normal: Warm Leatherette/T.V.O.D. (1979) It’s perhaps the weirdest and most memorable synth-pop hit ever, and the only release by The Normal, the musical project by Mute Records owner Daniel Miller.
    • Frankie Ford: Sea Cruise (1959) It boggles the mind that the singer of this New Orleans R&B classic had only one hit. Blame the label which buried a perfect follow-up, “Roberta,” on the B-side.
    • Bram Tchaikovsky: Girl of My Dreams (1979) Despite three terrific albums, the ex-Motors singer/guitarist managed only one hit with this tune, admittedly the greatest song on any of the three.
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    • The Buggles, "Video Killed the Radio Star" English new wave group the Buggles was active for only five years, from 1977 to 1982. Made up of singer and bassist Trevor Horn and keyboardist Geoff Downes, the duo experimented with rapidly changing studio technology.
    • A-ha, "Take On Me" Oddly enough, when a-ha released "Take On Me" as a single in the U.K. in 1984, it flopped, reaching only No. 137. (For what it's worth, it did make it to No. 3 in the band's home country of Norway.)
    • Frankie Goes to Hollywood, "Relax" Decades after its 1983 release, kids in their teens and 20s are still buying T-shirts that read "Frankie Say Relax."
    • Soft Cell, "Tainted Love" British soul singer Gloria Jones originally released “Tainted Love” in 1965. The song wasn't a hit and was largely forgotten until Soft Cell got their hands on it.
  2. One Hit Wonderland: With Todd Nathanson, Brad Jones, William DuFresne, Kali. Todd, that misanthropic pop-song guru masked in the shadows, looks at obscure artists who are only remembered for one hit song.

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    • 2012-04-07
    • Documentary, History, Music
    • Todd Nathanson, Brad Jones, William DuFresne
  3. Apr 8, 2012 · Total Runtime 1d 1h 15m (108 episodes) Country United States. Genres Comedy. Todd takes a closer look at the full career of bands who are mostly known for one hit song and therefore labeled "One Hit Wonders". He examines where they did come from, how that well-known song became and hit and why they failed to follow up.

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  5. Todd discusses the history of Elmo and Patsy, the one-hit wonders behind "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer."