one-hit wonder

Behind The Song

07.03.26

How Bad Weather and a Skipped Concert Paved the Way for This Iconic Soul One-Hit Wonder From 1973

A literal silver lining to a stormcloud.

By Melanie Davis
Behind The Song

06.15.26

This 1964 One-Hit Wonder Predated The Beatles, but the Fab Four Are Why It Remained Popular

By Melanie Davis
The List

05.03.26

3 One-Hit Wonders That Anyone Who Was Young in the 90s Will Remember

By Alex Hopper
The List

04.30.26

3 One-Hit Wonders That Anyone Who Was Young in the 80s Will Remember

By Alex Hopper
Features

04.18.26

This One-Hit Wonder From 1983 Was Inspired by a Need To Feel Safe

By Jacob Uitti
Behind The Song

04.17.26

The 1982 One-Hit Wonder You Probably Missed Was a Protest Song

By Melanie Davis
Behind The Song

04.01.26

This 1976 One-Hit Wonder Almost Never Saw the Light of Day Because of a Depressing Week of Rain

By Melanie Davis
Behind The Song

03.24.26

This 1970 One-Hit Wonder Was Written Specifically to Get Banned, and the Stomach-Turning Story Certainly Delivers

By Melanie Davis
The List

03.24.26

3 One-Hit Wonders From the 1980s that Rock Radio Can’t Let Go Of

By Alex Hopper
Behind The Song

02.24.26

Why Jeannie C. Riley “Hated” Her 1968 One-Hit Wonder (And How She Was Finally Convinced to Record It)

By Melanie Davis
Behind The Song

01.16.26

How a Sick Partygoer (And Maybe Guy Stevens) Inspired This 1967 One-Hit Wonder With the “Greatest Acid Lyric Ever Written”

By Melanie Davis
Behind The Song

01.08.26

How an Emergency Mechanic Helped Create One of the Sappiest One-Hit Wonders of the 1980s

By Melanie Davis