Top 40 Hitdossier One Hit Wonders

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

CD 1
CD 2
CD 3
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Arms of Mary
Sutherland Brothers & Quiver2:37
2Love & Pride
producer:
Richard James Burgess
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use! pre-Aug 2004 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Inc.) (in 1984)
recording of:
Love & Pride
writer:
Paul King (British-Irish singer/musician/VJ) and Mick Roberts
publisher:
EMI Songs Ltd. and King Songs
King43:22
3Promise Me
recording of:
Promise Me
lyricist and composer:
Beverley Craven
Beverley Craven3:34
4Don’t Worry, Be Happy!
music videos:
Don’t Worry, Be Happy by Bobby McFerrin
recording of:
Don’t Worry, Be Happy (in 1988)
lyricist and composer:
Bobby McFerrin
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd.
Bobby McFerrin3.553:54
5The Lady in Red
producer:
Paul Hardiman
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
A&M Records, Ltd. (in 1986)
recording of:
The Lady in Red (in 1986)
lyricist and composer:
Chris de Burgh (British-Irish singer-songwriter and instrumentalist)
publisher:
Hornall Brothers Music (limited company) and Rondor Music (London) Ltd. (in 1986)
Chris de Burgh3.654:16
6Runaway Train
recorded at:
Beacon Theatre in Upper West Side, New York, New York, United States (in 1993-02)
live recording of:
Runaway Train (in 1993-02)
lyricist and composer:
Dave Pirner
Soul Asylum4:21
7Streets of LondonRalph McTell4:08
8Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
Crash Test Dummies3:51
9The Lion Sleeps Tonight
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Jive Records (may or may not be the company behind the Jive imprint; not for release label use!) (in 1982)
music videos:
The Lion Sleeps Tonight by Tight Fit
cover recording of:
The Lion Sleeps Tonight
lyricist:
George David Weiss (in 1961)
writer:
Luigi Creatore, Hugo Peretti and Albert Stanton (pseudonym for Al Brackman)
composer:
Solomon Linda
publisher:
Abilene Music Inc. and Luigi Creatore Music (ASCAP)
is based on:
Mbube
is based on:
Wimoweh
version of:
Wimoweh
part of:
The Lion King (2019 film soundtrack)
part of:
The Lion King (stage musical)
Tight Fit3:14
10FireThe Crazy World of Arthur Brown42:55
11Let Me Love You
recording of:
Let Me Love You
writer:
Shaffer Chimere Smith and Scott Storch (producer)
Mario3.354:12
12Play That Funky Music
recording of:
Play That Funky Music
lyricist and composer:
Robert W. Parissi
publisher:
Bema Music (publisher), RWP Music, Sweet City Records Inc. and Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
Wild Cherry3:05
13She’s So High
Kurt Nilsen4:09
14Deep Water
recording of:
Deep Water
lyricist and composer:
Alexander Young (a.k.a. George Alexander)
Grapefruit2:13
15Standing on the Inside
recording of:
Standing on the Inside
lyricist and composer:
Neil Sedaka
Full House3:27
16Nobody Knows
recording of:
Nobody Knows
writer:
Don Dubosé and Joseph Richards (Joe Rich)
The Tony Rich Project4:21
17Wonderchild
Christian Walz33:28
18You’re a Lady
Peter Skellern4:19
19Too Close
recording of:
Too Close
writer:
Raphael Brown, Robert Ford, Jr. (hip hop writer and producer), Keir Gist (Keir Lamont Gist, Naughty by Nature’s DJ), Kurtis Walker, Larry Smith (US hip hop producer), Darren Lighty, Denzil Miller, J.B. Moore (producer, composer) and Robert L. Huggar (US R&B artist Robert Lavelle Huggar)
Next54:08
20Teenage Dirtbag
engineer and producer:
Philip A. Jimenenz and Wheatus
mixer:
David Thoener
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 2000)
part of:
Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 427)
recording of:
Teenage Dirtbag
lyricist and composer:
Brendan B. Brown (Wheatus singer/guitarist)
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (1989-07-24–present) (in 2000) and Montauk Mantis Productions (in 2000)
Wheatus3.44:03
21Oh Happy Day
recording of:
Oh Happy Day (Hawkins' 1967 gospel arrangement) (in 1968)
lyricist:
Philip Doddridge
composer:
Edward Francis Rimbault (in 1854)
arranger:
Edwin Hawkins (in 1967)
publisher:
Edwin R Hawkins Music Co, EMI U Catalog Inc. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and EMI United Partnership Ltd.
arrangement of:
Oh Happy Day
version of:
O Happy Day, That Fixed My Choice (mid‐19th century version, with new melody and a chorus by Rimbault)
Edwin Hawkins Singers5:05
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