IMPORTANT NOTE: ‘Hits’ to be defined as charting on the Billboard Hot100 chart, and within the top 40. (See Rick Astley clause for further conditions to be counted in that area)
Jimi Hendrix Clause
"Sure, they only had one song that cracked the Hot 100 (/Airplay), but by the same metric, Jimi Hendrix or Frank Zappa would be one-hit wonders. And usually, the term signifies not just limited chart success, but also relevance and influence” - "Float On" Review (Bolded, red artists are artists Todd has somehow covered)
* Shirley Bassey (“Goldfinger”, #8, Mar 27 1965)
* Love (“7 and 7 Is”, #33, Sep 24 1966)
* Cannonball Adderley (“Mercy, Mercy, Mercy”, #11, Feb 25 1967)
* Buffalo Springfield (“For What It’s Worth”, #7, Mar 25 1967)
* Van Morrison (“Brown Eyed Girl” #10, Sep 30 1967, “Come Running”, #39, Apr 25 1970, “Domino,”, #9, Jan 2 1971, “Blue Money”, #23, Apr 3 1971 and “Wild Night”, #28, Dec 4 1971)
* Jimi Hendrix, of course (with his group The Jimi Hendrix Experience) (“All Along the Watchtower”, #20, Oct 19 1968)
* Janis Joplin (“Me and Bobby McGee”, #1, Mar 20 1971)
* T. Rex (“Bang a Gong (Get it On)”, #10, Mar 4 1972)
* Uriah Heep (“Easy Livin’”, #39, Sep 23 1972)
* Arlo Guthrie (“The City of New Orleans”, #18, Oct 28, 1972)
* Emerson Lake & Palmer (“From the Beginning”, #39, Oct 28 1972)
* Lou Reed (“Walk on the Wild Side”, #16, Apr 28 1973)
* Merle Haggard (“If We Make It Through December”, #28, Jan 19 1974)
* Mike Oldfield (“Tubular Bells”, #3, Mar 30 1974)
* Kraftwerk (“Autobahn”, #25, May 3 1975)
* Roxy Music (“Love is the Drug”, #30, Mar 20 1976)
* Thin Lizzy (“The Boys are Back in Town”, #12, Jul 24 1976)
* Ted Nugent (“Cat Scratch Fever”, #30, Oct 8 1977)
* Warren Zevon (“Werewolves of London”, #21, May 13 1978)
* Patti Smith Group (“Because the Night”, #13, Jun 24 1978)
* Devo (“Whip It”, #14, Nov 15 1980)
* Emmylou Harris (“Mister Sandman, #37, April 25 1981)
* Vangelis (“Chariots of Fire – Titles”, #1, May 8 1982)
* Rainbow (“Stone Cold”, #40, June 19 1982)
* Frank Zappa (“Valley Girl”, #32, Sep 11 1982)
* Rush (“New World Man”, #21, Oct 30 1982)
* Kate Bush (“Running Up That Hill, #30, Nov 30 1985, #3, )
* Grateful Dead (“Touch of Grey”, #9, Sep 26 1987)
* Eric B & Rakim (“Friends”, #9, August 26 1989)
* De La Soul (“Me Myself and I”, #34, Jul 22 1989)
* The B-52’s (“Love Shack”, #3, Nov 18 1989, “Roam” at #3, Mar 10 1990, “Deadbeat Club” at #30, Jun 2 1990, “Good Stuff” at #28, Aug 1 1992, “(Meet) The Flintstones” at #33, Jun 11 1994)
* Faith No More (“Epic”, #9, Sep 8 1990)
* Iggy Pop (“Candy” (duet with Kate Pierson), #28, Feb 2 1991)
* Siouxsie and the Banshees (“Kiss Them for Me”, #23, Oct 19 1991)
* Ozzy Osbourne (“Mama, I’m Coming Home”, #28, Apr 18 1992)
* Digable Planets (“Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)”, #15, Mar 6 1993)
* Cypress Hill (“Insane in the Brain”, #19, Sep 25 1993)
* Big Daddy Kane (“Very Special”, #31, Oct 16 1993)
* Queen Latifah (“U.N.I.T.Y.”, #23, Jan 29 1994)
* Beck (“Loser”, #10, April 30 1994)
* The Offspring (Come Out and Play” , #38, Aug 6 1994) [Airplay]
* Public Enemy (“Give It Up”, #33, Aug 20 1994)
* Take That (“Back for Good”, #7, Nov 11 1995)
* Cake (“The Distance”, #35, 1996) [Airplay]
* Oasis (“Wonderwall”, #8, Mar 9 1996)
* Butthole Surfers (“Pepper”, #26, Jul 27 1996) [Airplay]
* Sublime (“What I Got”, #29, Oct 26 1996) [Airplay]
* The Prodigy (“Firestarter”, #30, Mar 22 1997)
* Fiona Apple (“Criminal”, #21, Nov 29 1997)
* Ben Folds Five (“Brick”, #19, 1998) [Airplay]
* Blink-182 (“All the Small Things”, #6, Feb 19 2000)
* S Club 7 (“Never Had a Dream Come True”, #10, May 12 2001)
* Moby (“South Side” (ft. Gwen Stefani), #14, May 26 2001)
* Incubus (“Drive”, #9, Jul 28 2001)
* Jimmy Eat World? (2002)
* Norah Jones (“Don’t Know Why”, #30, Mar 15 2003)
* Korn (“Did My TIme”, #38, Aug 9 2003)
* Seether (“Broken” (ft. Amy Lee), #20, Dec 18 2004)
* System of a Down (“B.Y.O.B.”, #27, Jun 4 2005)
* Gorillaz (“Feel Good Inc”, #14, Aug 20 2005)
* Weezer (“Beverly Hills”, #10, Oct 8 2005)
* AFI (“Miss Murder”, #24, June 24 2006)
* The White Stripes (“Icky Thump”, #26, May 19 2007)
* Amy Winehouse (“Rehab”, #9, Jun 30 2007)
* Shinedown (“Second Chance”, #7, Jun 20 2009)
* Breaking Benjamin (“I Will Not Bow”, #40, Sep 19 2009)
* Muse (“Uprising”, #37, Oct 3 2009)
* Michael Buble (“Haven’t Met You Yet”, #24, Jun 5 2010)
* Florence + the Machine (“Dog Days Are Over”, #21, Oct 2 2010)
* The Neighbourhood?
* N.W.A (“Straight Outta Compton”, #38, Sep 5 2015)
Special Subcase I: Artists here are featured on the song, or belong to groups/collectives that are not one-hit wonders
* Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. (“Theme From Mission: Impossible”, #7, Jun 22 1996) [members of U2, who are not OHWs]
* Slick Rick (featured on Montell Jordan’s song “I Like”, #28, Jul 13 1996) [technical no-hit wonder]
* Q-Tip (“Vivrant Thing”, #26, Oct 23 1999) [member of A Tribe Called Quest, technical no-hit wonder]
* Common (2000) (featured on Erykah Badu’s song “Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip Hop)”, #9, Jan 4 2003) (technical no-hit wonder)
* Bono and The Edge (together with Jay-Z and Rihanna on “Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour)”, #16, Feb 6 2010) [members of U2, who are not OHWs]
* Rivers Cuomo (featured on B.o.B’s song “Magic”, #10, Sep 4 2010) [... whose band is also a OHW]
* Bon Iver (featured on Kanye West’s song “Monster”, #18, Nov 13 2010) [technical no-hit wonder]
* Steven Tyler (“(It) Feels So Good)”, #35, May 28 2011) [lead singer of Aerosmith, who are not OHWs]
* Lily Allen (featured on T-Pain’s song “5 O’Clock” (with Wiz Khalifa as well), #10, Dec 24 2011) [technical no-hit wonder]
* Janelle Monae? (featured on fun.’s song “We Are Young”, #1, Mar 17 2012) [technical no-hit wonder]
* Florence Welch (featured on Calvin Harris’s song “Sweet Nothing”, #10, Feb 16 2013) [... whose band is also a OHW]
Special Subclause II (Pink Floyd clause?): Artists which are technically two-hit wonders [and also barely miss the cut-off point in qualifying for the Rick Astley clause as well]
* Jefferson Airplane (“Somebody to Love”, #5, Jun 17 1967 and “White Rabbit”, #8, Jul 29 1967) (Note: doesn’t count under Astley clause as people generally recognise both songs)
* The Band (“Up On Cripple Creek”^, #25, Jan 3 1970 and “Don’t Do It”, #34, Nov 4 1972)
* Joan Baez (“The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down”, #3, Oct 2 1971 and “Diamonds and Rust”, #35, Nov 15 1975)
* Kris Kirstofferson (“Lovin’ Her Was Easier (Than Anything I’ll Ever Do Again)”, #26, Oct 23 1971 and “Why Me”, #16, Nov 10 1973)
* Jethro Tull (“Living in the Past”, #11, Jan 13 1973 and “Bungle in the Jungle”, #12, Jan 11 1975)
* Pink Floyd (“Money”, #13, Jul 28 1973 and “Another Brick in the Wall (Part II), #1, Mar 22 1980)
* Blue Oyster Cult (“(Don’t Fear) The Reaper”, #12, Nov 6 1976 and “Burnin’ For You”, #40, Oct 3 1981)
* The Clash (“Train in Vain (Stand by Me)”, #23, May 24 1980 and “Rock the Casbah”, #8, Jan 22 1983)
* Madness (
* Elvis Costello (“Everyday I Write the Book” (with The Attractions), #36, Oct 22 1983 and “Veronica”, #19, Jun 24 1989)
* Los Lobos (“La Bamba”, #1, Aug 29 1987 and “Come On, Let’s Go”, #21, Nov 7 1987)
* New Order (“True Faith”, #32, Dec 26 1987 and “Regret”, #28, Jul 10 1993)
* Enya (“Orinoco Flow (Sail Away), #24, Apr 15 1989 and “Only Time”, #10, Nov 10 2001)
* The Black Crowes (“She Talks to Angels”, #30 May 11 1991 and “Hard to Handle”, #26, August 17 1991
* Nirvana (“Smells Like Teen Spirit”, #6, Jan 11 1992 and “Come As You Are”, #32, May 2 1992)
* Radiohead (“Creep”, #34, Sep 4 1993 and “Nude”, #37, Apr 19 2008)
* Bush (“Comedown”, #30, Nov 4 1995 and “Glycerine”, #28, Feb 24 1996)
* The Roots (“”, ??? ?? 1997 and “”, ??? ?? 1999)
* Barenaked Ladies (“One Week”, #1, Oct 17 1998 and “Pinch Me”, #15, Nov 25 2000)
* Nine Inch Nails (“The Day the World Went Away”, #17, Aug 7 1999 and “The Hand That Feeds”, #31, Apr 9 2005)
* My Chemical Romance (“Helena (So Long & Goodnight)”, #33, Sep 17 2005 and “Welcome to the Black Parade”, #9, Jan 20 2007)
* Kings of Leon (“Use Somebody”, #4, Sep 12 2009 and “Radioactive”, #37, Oct 2 2010)
Special Subclause III (???):
* Frank Ocean (sole Top 40 non-featured single “Thinkin Bout You”, #32, ?? ??? 2012, featured on Calvin Harris with Migos [neither of whom are one-hit wonders] on “Slide”, #25, ?? ??? 2017)
^ B-side is “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down”, arguably more famous than both its A-Side or the other ‘hit’
Rick Astley Clause
"You know, some acts, they get labeled as one-hit wonders even though they had plenty of successful songs, because they only had one that people really remember. I don't think that counts. I get a lot of requests for Rick Astley for this show, and it will never happen." -"Hooked On A Feeling" Review
(To be counted as having ‘plenty of successful songs’ – must have at least 2 top 10 hits or 3 top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 charts) (Song labeled by peak position rather than date [though artists still listed by date], ‘famous song’/’one hit’ in bold) (Bolded, red artists are artists Todd has somehow covered)
* Gene Chandler (“Duke of Earl” at #1, “Groovy Situation” at #12, “Nothing Can Stop Me” at #18, “Just Be True” at #19, “Bless Our Love” at #39 and “What Now” at #40)
* The Moody Blues
* The Turtles (“Happy Together” at #1, “She’d Rather be with Me” at #3, “You Showed Me” at #6, “Elenore” at #6, “It Ain’t Me Babe” at #8, “You Know What I Mean” at #12, “She’s My Girl” at #14, “You Baby” at #20 and “Let Me Be” at #29)
* Percy Sledge (“When a Man Loves a Woman” at #1, “Take Time to Know Her” at #11, “Warm and Tender Love” at #17, “It Tears Me Up” at #20, “Love Me Tender” at #40)
* Van Morrison (“Domino” at #9, “Brown Eyed Girl” at #10, “Blue Money” at #23, “Wild Night” at #28 and “Come Running” at #39) (Yes, he's in both somehow.)
* Al Green ()
* Don McLean(“American Pie (Parts I & II)” at #1, “Crying” at #5, “Vincent (Starry, Starry Night)/Castles In The Air” at #12, “Dreidel” at #21, “Since I Don’t Have You” at #23 and “Castles in the Air” at #36)
* Blue Swede (“Hooked On a Feeling” at #1, “Never My Love” at #7)
* The Knack (“My Sharona” at #1, “Good Girls Don’t” at #11 and “Baby Talks Dirty” at #38)
* Rupert Holmes (“Escape (The Pina Colada Song)” at #1, “Him” at #6 and “Answering Machine” at #32)
* Survivor (“Eye of the Tiger” at #1, “Burning Heart” at #2, “The Search is Over” at #4, “High on You” at #8, “Is This Love” at #9, “I Can’t Hold Back” at #13, “American Heartbeat” at #17, “I Can’t Hold Back” at #22 and “Poor Man’s Son” at #33)
* Ray Parker Jr. (“Ghostbusters” at #1, “The Other Woman” at #4, “I Still Can’t Get Over Loving You” at #12, “Jamie” at #14, “Girls Are More Fun” at #34, “Bad Boy” at #35 and “Let Me Go” at #38)
* A Flock of Seagulls (“I Ran (So Far Away)” at #9, “Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)” at #26, “Space Age Love Song” at #30)
* Men At Work (“Down Under” at #1, “Who Can It Be Now?” at #1, “Overkill” at #3, “It’s a Mistake” at #6 and “Dr. Heckyll & Mr. Jive” at #28)
* Spandau Ballet (“True” at #4, “Gold” at #29 and “Only When You leave” at #34)
* Wang Chung (“Everybody Have Fun Tonight” at #2, “Let’s Go!” at #9, “Dance Hall Days at #16, “Hypnotize Me (from “Innerspace”)” at #36 and “Don’t Let Go” at #38)
* Animotion (“Obsession” at #6, “Room to Move” at #9 and “Let Him Go” at #39)
* Simple Minds (“Don’t You (Forget About Me)” at #1, “Alive and Kicking” at #3, “Sanctify Yourself” at #14, “All the Things She Said” at #28 and “See the Lights” at #40)
* Katrina & the Waves (“Walking on Sunshine” at #9, “That’s The Way” at #16 and “Do You Want Crying” at #37)
* Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (“If You Leave” at #4, “Dreaming” at #16, “(Forever) Live and Die” at #19 and “So in Love” at #26)
* Cutting Crew (“(I Just) Died In Your Arms” at #1, “I’ve Been In Love Before” at #9 and “One for the Mockingbird” at #38)
* Rick Astley, of course (“Together Forever” (if you’re over 35) at #1, “Never Gonna Give You Up” (if you’re under 35) at #1, “She Wants to Dance With Me” at #6, “Cry For Help” at #7, “It Would Take A Strong Strong Man” at #10, “Hopelessly” at #28, “Giving Up On Love” at #38)
* Escape Club
* Martika
* Neneh Cherry
* The B-52’s (“Love Shack” at #3, “Roam” at #3, “Good Stuff” at #28, “Deadbeat Club” at #30, “(Meet) The Flintstones” at #33) (Yes, they’re in both somehow.)
* Fine Young Canibals (“Good Thing” at #1, “She Drives Me Crazy” at #1 and “Don’t Look Back” at #11)
* Bad English (“When I See You Smile”)
* Crowded House (“Don’t Dream It’s Over” at #2 and “Something So Strong” at #7)
* C+C Music Factory
* Extreme (“More Than Words” at #1, “Hole Hearted” at #4)
* Mr. Big (“To Be With You” at #1, “Just Take My Heart” at #16 and “Wild World” at #27)
* Coolio (“Gangsta’s Paradise” at #1, “Fantastic Voyage” at #3, “1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin’ New)” at #5, “C U When U Get There (from “Nothing to Lose”)” at #12, “Too Hot” at #24 and “It’s All the Way Live (Now) (from “Eddie”)” at #29)
* Montel Jordan ()
* Hanson (“Mmmbop” at #1, “I Will Come to You” at #9 and “This Time Around” at #20)
* Smash Mouth (“All Star” at #4, “Then the Morning Comes” at #11 and “I’m A Believer” at #25)
* Christina Milian
* Soulja Boy ()
* PSY (“Gangnam Style” at #2, “Gentleman” at #5, “Hangover” (ft. Snoop Dogg) at #26)
* MC Hammer
* The Guess Who
* Stevie B
* Harry Chapin
* Rick Springfield
* .38 Special
* Color Me Badd
* Tommy James
* Vanilla Ice
* Colbie Caillat?
Bob Marley Clause
These people have no hits at all, but managed to get famous anyway, or have one song get noteworthy. A few of these people are artists that couldn’t really aim for the Top 40, and are successful on other charts instead. (In brackets will be their closest to a hit they got on the Hot 100)
* Black Sabbath (“Iron Man” at #52, Mar 11 1972)
* Bob Marley, of course (“Roots, Rock, Reggae” (with the Wailers) at #51, Jul 17 1976)
* Ramones (“Rockaway Beach” at #66, Jan 21 1978)
* Judas Priest (“You’ve Got Another Thing Comin’” at #67, Nov 27 1982)
* Megadeth (“Symphony of Destruction” at #71, Dec 5 1992)
* A Tribe Called Quest (“Award Tour” at #47, Jan 15 1994) (Note: member Q-Tip had one charting hit)
* Gang Starr (“Mass Apeeal” at #67, Mar 19 1994)
* Wu-Tang Clan (“C.R.E.A.M.” at #60, Apr 23 1994)
* Blur (“Girls” at #59, Aug 20 1994)
* Slick Rick (“Behind Bars” at #87, Nov 26 1994) (Note: was featured on at least two charting hits)
* PJ Harvey (“Down By The Water” at #48, Apr 8 1995) [Airplay]
* Primus ("Wynona's Big Brown Beaver" at #67, Sep 15 1995) [Airplay]
* Rage Against The Machine (“Guerilla Radio” at #69, Oct 30 1999)
* Robbie Williams (“Angels” at #53, Jan 1 2000)
* Common (“The Light” at #44, Sep 9 2000) (Note: was featured on one charting hit)
* Limp Bizkit (“Rollin” at #65, Dec 9 2000)
* Sum 41 (“Fat Lip” at #66, Sep 8 2001)
* Tool (“Schism” at #67, Sep 8 2001)
* Queens of the Stone Age (“No One Knows” at #51, Mar 1 2003)
* Godsmack ("Straight Out of Line" at #73, Apr 19 2003)
* Jane’s Addiction (“Just Because” at #72, July 26 2003)
* Josh Groban (“You Raise Me Up” at #73, Apr 3 2004)
* Yeah Yeah Yeahs (“Maps” at #87, May 1 2004)
* 311 (“Love Song” at #59, Aug 14 2004)
* Franz Ferdinand (“Take Me Out” at #66, Sep 4 2004)
* The Strokes (“Juicebox” at #98, Oct 22 2005)
* Death Cab For Cutie (“Soul Meets Body” at #60, Dec 31 2005)
* Thirty Seconds to Mars (“The Kill” at #65, Sep 23 2006)
* Modest Mouse (“Dashboard” at #61, Feb 17 2007)
* Lily Allen (“Smile” at #49, Feb 24 2007) (Note: was featured on one charting hit)
* Three Days Grace (“Pain” at #44, Mar 17 2007)
* Björk (“Earth Intruders” at #84, Apr 28 2007)
* MGMT (“Kids” at #91, Mar 21 2009)
* Alice In Chains (“Check My Brain” at #92, Oct 17 2009)
* Avenged Sevenfold (“Nightmare” at #51, Jun 5 2010)
* Arcade Fire (“Reflektor” at #99, Sep 28 2013)
* Arctic Monkeys (“Do I Wanna Know” at #70, Mar 8 2014)
* The 1975 (“Chocolate” at #80, Mar 8 2014)
* Janelle Monae (“Yoga” (ft. Jidenna) at #79, Jul 18 2015) (Note: was featured on one charting hit)
* Little Mix (“Black Magic” at #67, Sep 12 2015)
* Disturbed (“The Sound of SIlence” at #42, Apr 30 2016)
* Leonard Cohen (“Hallelujah at #59, Dec 3 2016)
* Five Finger Death Punch (“Blue on Black” (ft, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Brantley Gilbert & Brian May) at #66, Apr 27 2019)
* Drowning Pool
* Dropkick Murphys (“I’m Shipping Up To Boston” at #101 on Bubbling Under??)
* The Runaways (“” at on the Bubbling Under ??)
* John Cage