Four Weddings & a Funeral is a 1994 rometic comedy film about the relationship between a young man and a lady he met at 4 weddings and 1 funeral. The film became a box-office smash, and its love theme "Love Is All Around" by a Scottish band Wet Wet Wet became no.1 on UK chart as well as no.41 on US Hot 100 chart. It was their only hit before they split up in 1997.
buy this song from:
Artist
Black Men United
Year
1994
Song
U Will Know
Chart
28
Black Men United (B.M.U.) was a one time collaboration of many African-American male R&B, hip-hop, and soul artists, formed in 1994. They only recorded one singles "U Will Know", which is also the soundtrack of 1994 drama film about African-American society 'Jason's Lyric'. The song went to be Top30 hit on Billboard Hot 100 that year. They haven't released anything since.
buy this song from:
Artist
Raphael Saadiq
Year
1995
Song
Ask of You
Chart
19
'Higher Learning' was a 1995 drama film about lives of 3 soon-to-be freshmen at a fictional university. Its soundtrack became a Top40 album and produced 2 hit singles. One of them, "Ask of You" by Raphael Saadiq became a Top20 hit on pop chart that year. Saadiq still an active musician, but still could not create another hit.
buy this song from:
Artist
The Rembrandts
Year
1995
Song
I'll Be There For You
Chart
17
The NBC’s American comedy sitcom ‘Friends’ is undoubtly one of the most successful TV series of all time. Its popularity also made its theme "I'll Be There for You", by an American rock band the Rembrandts, one of the most famous songs in television history. Although it was not the band's only chart hit, it is now the only hit anyone would think of from the band.
buy this song from:
Artist
Deadeye Dick
Year
1995
Song
New Age Girl
Chart
27
'Dumb and Dumber' was a successful comedy film from 1994, starring Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels. It also the only moment of fame for a New Orlenans alternative rock band called Deadeye Dick. Their song "New Age Girl" become a national hit and climbed to no.27 on Billboard chart. But their following album was a flop, and they soon disbanded.
buy this song from:
Artist
The BoDeans
Year
1996
Song
Closer to Free
Chart
16
The BoDeans was a rock band from Milwaukee, Wisconsin formed in 1983. Their giant leap came in 1994, when their song "Closer to Free" was chosen for the new Fox channel series 'Party of Five' and brought their name to large audience. The singles was re-released and wento no.16 on Hot 100 chart in 1996. They split up later that year.
buy this song from:
Artist
Folk Implosion
Year
1996
Song
Natural One
Chart
29
Larry Clark's 1995 film 'Kids' left behind 2 things - first was the controversy over its content, another was the brief notoriety for Folk Implosion. Previously a no-name American indie rock band, they gain their one-time recognition through Kids' soundtrack, "Natural One". This creepy sound song breaked the Top40 area in 1996. They never showed up on the chart again.
buy this song from:
Artist
The Wonders
Year
1996
Song
That Thing You Do!
Chart
41
Tom Hanks' 1996 film 'That Thing You Do!' tried to tell the life of a fictional rock band, The Wonders, that ended up as one-hit wonders. Nobody would suspect that it would actually create one! The film's main song was so popular that a promotion singles, credited under the Wonders themselves, almost get into Top40 zone on Billboard Hot 100 - good enough for a fictional band.
buy this song from:
Artist
Mark Snow
Year
1996
Song
The X-Files Theme
Chart
2 UK
Mark Snow is a British music composer whose score works date back to the late 1970s. In 1993, he was hired to create a theme music for the new TV series, The X-Files. The series became a phonomenon hit, and its theme became extremely popular and hit at no.2 hit in UK. It still remains Snow's most recognizable work to date.
buy this song from:
Artist
LEN
Year
1999
Song
Steal My Sunshine
Chart
9
The 1999 film 'Go' tell a story of a bunch of people who happens to involve in the same drug deal. The film received a positive critics and a fair box-office gross. One of its soundtrack, a laid-back song "Steal My Sunshine" by a Canadian group LEN became a surprise Top10 hit that year. It turns out to be the only hit they ever had.
Collection of your favorite one hit wonders from 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, and 90's. Hard to find one hit wonder, one hit wonderer of the period, The weirdest one hit wonder, two hit wonder, double hit wonder, onehitwondercenter
