Yesterday was National One Hit Wonder Day (unless you're a member of the Tommy Tutone family, in which case every day is National One Hit Wonder Day). It's getting tougher and tougher to remember every single smash phenomenon (not as catchy) because the Internet finds a new singing sensation seemingly every hour. In fact, the likes of Rebecca Black and Chocolate Rain Guy, I guess, have knocked many "musicians" who actually appeared on THE RADIO in the 2000s out of our memories and into our brains' trash cans. But here are 10 who might be worth remembering, either because they're not half-bad or because they're so bad that they need to be ridiculed again. I didn't include acts like Afroman because everyone remembers Afroman. I hope.
Song: "Gotta Tell You" by Samantha Mumba
As far as overproduced early-2000s pop goes, which includes approximately every song released in the 2000s, "Gotta Tell You" is actually quite good, with Mumba never trying to sing over the admittedly catchy beat.
Song: "Absolutely (Story of a Girl)" by Nine Days
I bought the album this single appeared on, The Maddening Crowd (a Thomas Hardy reference!), because it featured a song called "Bob Dylan," and I love nothing more than Long Island rock bands namedropping Bob Dylan. JK. I bought The Maddening Crowd because "Absolutely (Story of a Girl)" is great and you're wrong if you disagree. Also, I just noticed that the keyboard player dresses like Jesse Pinkman.
Song: "Another Dumb Blonde" by Hoku
I'm not gonna front (2000s talk!): this song is garbage, but even though I haven't listened to it in at least five years, I wordlessly hum the chorus at least once a week, despite not remembering its origin until putting together this post. That's the sign of a pop song doing its work.
Song: "So in Love with Two" by Mikaila
Mikaila was 14 years old when this song came out. That makes me feel weird. She released one more single, then stopped. According to Wikipedia, she is "of French, Spanish and Aztec Indian descent." Good to know.
Song: "Hit 'em Up Style (Oops!)" by Blu Cantrell
Speaking of Wikipedia facts, "At the age of 19 [Blu Cantrell] posed as a nude model for Black Tail. She has defended this by saying: 'I have posed nude in the past and I will in the future, I'm not making porn, porn is when you do a video of sex. Posing nude is not making porn.'"
Song: "Hemorrhage (In My Hands)" by Fuel
This song is only worth remembering because "Memories are just where you laid them/Dragging the waters til the depths give up their dead" is an amazing way to begin a song. It's cryptic! But means nothing! Brilliant!
Song: "Crazy for This Girl" Evan and Jaron
True story: the first time I visited New York City as a teenager, I made my mom take me to MTV Studios in Times Square so that I could watch a live taping of TRL. We couldn't actually be in the audience with Carson, because she was a mom and I was ugly, but I made sure to wear my loudest orange shirt so that I could be spotted outside by the cameras during the exterior shots. Evan and Jaron were the musical guests that day, they played "Crazy for This Girl," and if anyone happened to record that TRL from some cold anonymous day in 2000, I'd really appreciate a copy. I'm the guy in the orange shirt. Thanks.
Song: "Maybe I Deserve" by Tank
Unlike pretty much everyone else on this list, Tank is still around and making music. I hope he still has that same pair of light blue pants.
Song: "Where the Stars and Stripes and the Eagle Fly" by Aaron Tippin
Never forget.
Song: "F*ck It (I Don't Want You Back)" by Eamon
Long before I was aware of "F*ck Da Police," there was "F*ck It (I Don't Want You Back)," which is in the Guinness Book of World Records for the most expletives in a #1 song, with 33. Fantastic karaoke song, FYI.
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That’s some stellar photoshopping on the Aaron Tippin cover.
I didn’t include acts like Afroman because everyone remembers Afroman.
I was going to remember Afroman, but then I … you know the rest.
Aaron Tippin had like a billion country hits, if that counts.
Back when I used to “borrow” music on the Internet, any time I searched any song, Nine Days would come up, but that song was always mislabeled as a Train song, and that just seems right.
Fuel is a one-hit wonder? Wow, I learn something new every day. (Turns off Uproxx, turns up Shimmer)
Also, Bad Day and Innocent. Swap Fuel for Wheatus’ Teenage Dirtbag…
Sunburn was my favorite album for like a week in high school. Maybe 10 days.
Firsdt thing I though when I saw them on this list. They were a great band
Until this moment I thought Live was the band that sang “Hemmohrrage”?!?! Learn something new everyday on uproxx.
‘I have posed nude in the past and I will in the future, I’m not making porn, porn is when you do a video of sex. Posing nude is not making porn.”
You’re absolutely right, kitten. This is art. Now put on the snout and make piggy faces at the camera
Yeah, but like, hit em up style!
I googled looking for nudes (or n00dz for Danger) and a lot of stuff about her being a strung out drug addict came up. Poor lady.
“Fuck It” by Eamon was the first song I ever downloaded on Itunes. Nice piece of trivia there
I only know one of these songs, but we still only have am radio in eastern Canada.
I swear I have never heard half these songs.
I don’t know/think Tank belongs on this list….He’s far from a “One-hit wonder”…”Please Don’t Go” was actually a bigger song than “Maybe I Deserve”.
Is it rong that I don’t know any of this songs?
Blu Cantrell is Baboon-Ass ugly. Who the fuck wanted to see it nude?
Every one of these songs sucks ass. They suck like Josh Kurp in the bathroom of a Village People concert.
I’m only on the Samantha Mumba song and yup, I’ll be listening to all of these.
I’ve never heard “Another Dumb Blonde” before. What the fuck was that? Is Hoku Rebecca Black’s mom?
No, but she’s Don Ho’s daughter, so it’s close.
Most of these songs are complete and utter shite. And I know because I listened to most of them just now. I know. You’re welcome.
This list suffers from a severe lack of “Little Black Backpack”.
+1
don’t expect to get your lack of Black Backpack back
I only remember one of these songs. I haven’t listened to anything current since roughly 1999-2000. Man I’m gonna lonely when I get old and have nothing to talk about with my peers. And yes I still say this music sucks. All of it.
Breathless by the Corrs is still worth remembering. I was in 3rd year college when I first heard that song, I already fell in love with the song.
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Is this considered “’10′s” instead of “2000′s”?
Fuel had three other hits; Shimmer off of their first album, Bad Day off of their second and Falls On Me off of their third. Sayin’.
Can someone help me out with this? I’m looking for a one-hit-wonder from the early 2000s. It was a female singer who played piano. Her name started with an A and was one word – Ansley, Aisli, Anslin, you get the picture. She has a music video which was perpetually played on Vh1, in which she sang while playing the piano, she had pinkish-to-blonde curly hair.