The 100 Best One-Hit Wonder Songs (Consequence of Sound, 2016)

Info: «... we all know what the real definition of a one-hit wonder is, right? For us, it’s an act who reached their peak popularity with a high-charting hit and then saw that popularity wane and never return once their song ran its course. They’re an artist, band, or group who we’ll forever identify with one song» (from Consequence of Sound)

Source: Consequence of Sound
Date of publication: 21st September 2016
Spotify playlist latest update: 10th February 2017
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Full list

Strikethrough songs (4/100) are not available on Spotify. Some songs may be not available in all countries.

1. Modern English - I Melt With You
2. The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight
3. Natalie Imbruglia - Torn
4. Five Stairsteps - O -O -H Child
5. A -Ha - Take On Me
6. The Contours - Do You Love Me
7. Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta
8. Nena - 99 Luftballons
9. The Church - Under The Milky Way
10. Haddaway - What Is Love
11. Nazareth - Love Hurts
12. Doris Troy - Just One Look
13. Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen
14. Free - Alright Now
15. Macy Gray - I Try
16. Spacehog - In The Meantime
17. Eddie Holman - Hey There Lonely Girl
18. Godley & Creme - Cry
19. The Human Beinz - Nobody But Me
20. Soft Cell - Tainted Love
21. Concrete Blonde - Joey
22. Bruce Channel - Hey! Baby!
23. Steam - Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye
24. Blind Melon - No Rain
25. When In Rome - The Promise
26. Biz Markie - Just A Friend
27. The Exciters - Tell Him
28. Cheryl Lynn - Got To Be Real
29. Edie Brickell & New Bohemians - What I Am
30. Young MC - Bust A Move
31. J. Frank Wilson And The Caveliers - Last Kiss
32. Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag
33. Billy Paul - Me And Mrs. Jones
34. Marcy Playground - Sex And Candy
35. Real Life - Send Me An Angel
36. The Monotones - Who Wrote The Book Of Love?
37. Dionne Farris - I Know
38. Marcie Blane - Bobby's Girl
39. Flock Of Seagulls - I Ran (So Far Away)
40. Phantom Planet - California
41. Jean Knight - Mr. Big Stuff
42. Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)
43. The Ad Libs - The Boy From New York City
44. King Missile - Detachable Penis
45. Thunderclap Newman - Something In The Air
46. Mountain - Mississippi Queen
47. The Ides Of March - Vehicle
48. The Divynls - I Touch Myself
49. Love And Rockets - So Alive
50. Semisonic - Closing Time
51. The Casinos - Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye
52. Meredith Brooks - Bitch
53. Tommy Tutone - 867 -5309/Jenny
54. King Harvest - Dancing In The Moonlight
55. Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight
56. Kajagoogoo - Too Shy
57. Ten Years After - I'd Love To Change The World
58. 4 Non Blondes - What's Up?
59. Sneaker Pimps - 6 Underground
60. Norman Greenbaum - Spirit In The Sky
61. Duncan Sheik - Barely Breathing
62. Peter Schilling - Major Tom (Coming Home)
63. Edison Lighthouse - Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)
64. ? & The Mysterians - 96 Tears
65. Corona - The Rhythm Of The Night
66. The Capitols - Cool Jerk
67. Bill Medley/Jennifer Warnes - I've Had The Time Of My Life
68. Primitive Radio Gods - Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand
69. The Vapors - Turning Japanese
70. Kriss Kross - Jump
71. The Youngbloods - Get Together
72. Toadies - Possum Kingdom
73. Barrett Strong - Money (That's What I Want)
74. The Flys - Got You Where I Want You
75. Big Country - In A Big Country
76. Lipps Inc. - Funkytown
77. Robert Knight - Everlasting Love
78. Anita Ward - Ring My Bell
79. Bobby Day - Rockin Robin
80. Bow Wow Wow - I Want Candy
81. Everything But The Girl - Missing
82. The Vines - Get Free
83. Republica - Ready To Go
84. Wall Of Voodoo - Mexican Radio
85. The Darkness - I Believe In A Thing Called Love
86. Pilot - Magic
87. Luscious Jackson - Naked Eye
88. The Cascades - Rhythm Of The Rain
89. Mark Morrison - Return Of The Mack
90. Shocking Blue - Venus
91. Grover Washington Jr. - Just The Two Of Us
92. Billie Meyers - Kiss The Rain
93. Ronald & Ruby - Lollipop
94. Len - Steal My Sunshine
95. Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music
96. White Town - Your Woman
97. The Surfaris - Wipe Out
98. Michael Sembello - Maniac
99. EMF - Unbelievable
100. Europe - The Final Countdown

NME's 50 Druggiest Albums Ever

Good morning, everybody. Today, we're doing drugs. Or, better, we're going to listen to the 50 druggiest albums ever, according to weekly magazine NME: from Doors to Fleetwood Mac, from David Bowie to Neil Young, from Oasis to Libertines, from Snoop Doggy Dog to Cypress Hill, from Happy Mondays to Primal Scream. In two different doses: mammoth or lite. Enjoy... carefully. :o)

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THE PLAYLIST
(43 albums out of 50, 86%)

50 The Libertines – The Libertines
49 Oasis – Be Here Now
48 MGMT – Oracular Spectacular
47 Sex Pistols – Never Mind The Bollocks
46 Dr Dre – The Chronic
45 Klaxons – Surfing The Void
44 The Doors – The Doors
43 Brian Jonestown Massacre – Methodrone
42 Missy Elliott – Miss E…So Addictive
41 Guns ‘N’ Roses – Appetite For Destruction
40 Royal Trux – Twin Infinitives
39 Tricky – Maxinquaye
38 Jane’s Addiction – Ritual De Lo Habitual
37 The Birthday Party – Junk Yard
36 Pavement – Wowee Zowee
35 13th Floor Elevators – Easter Everywhere
34 Black Sabbath – Master of Reality
33 Neil Young – On the Beach
32 Babyshambles – Down In Albion
31 Bardo Pond – Bufo Alvarius
30 The Chemical Brothers – Exit Planet Dust
29 Fleetwood Mac – Tusk
28 Snoop Doggy Dogg – Doggystyle
27 Lou Reed – Metal Machine Music
26 Butthole Surfers – Locust Abortion Technician
25 Jefferson Airplane – Surrealistic Pillow
24 Ol’ Dirty Bastard – Nigga Please
23 Spacemen 3 – Taking Drugs To Make Music To Take Drugs To
22 Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers – L.A.M.F
21 David Bowie – Station To Station
20 Factory Floor – Untitled
19 Happy Mondays – Yes Please!
18 My Bloody Valentine – Loveless
17 Elton John – Madman Across The Water
16 Suede – Dog Man Star
15 The Stooges – Raw Power
14 Spiritualized – Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
13 The Jesus and Mary Chain – Psychocandy
12 Cypress Hill – Black Sunday
11 Marilyn Manson – Antichrist Superstar
10 Pink Floyd – The Piper At The Gates of Dawn
09 The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Are You Experienced?
08 Lil Wayne – Tha Carter III
07 Miles Davis – Kind of Blue
06 The Beatles – Revolver
05 Nirvana – In Utero
04 Sly and the Family Stone – There’s A Riot Goin’ On
03 The Velvet Underground – White Light/White Heat
02 The Rolling Stones – Exile on Main St
01 Primal Scream – Screamadelica

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*just one track from lovely but a little disturbing Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music.

Previously from the desk of NME:
51 Greatest Debut Albums of the Last 51 Years
Best 75 Tracks and Albums of 2010
50 Best New Bands of 2010
50 Awesome Music Movies
100 Tracks of the Decade (2000-2009)

Vanity Fair's New York Fashion Week playlist

Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated.

Definitely, this is not an ordinary Spotirama playlist. Forget Pitchfork. Forget Rolling Stone. Forget Last.fm. Forget and dispute the rock undisputed dominance of the world. Tonight, we're going to a fashion show. Vanity Fair published a long playlist connected with the New York Fashion Week (9/16 september). Have you ever wanted to know which music plays in the background, while those androgynous and bizarrely-clothed beauties walk on stage? No? Well... I don't care: here it comes. And don't be scared by the cosmic jarresque welcome. It's only the beginning of a rather varied voyage, with electroindieminimalworldclassicrockremixed nuances. Perfect for your next high-society happy hour. May the posh force be with you.

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THE PLAYLIST
(83 tracks out of 112, 74,1%, about 6 hours)


Alexandre Herchcovitch
Jean Michel Jarre, “Oxygene 1 et 2”
Jean Michel Jarre, “First Rendez-Vous”
Jean Michel Jarre, “Fourth Rendez-Vous”

Altuzarra
Gonzales, “I am Europe” (Claude VonStroke Dub Mix)
Nouveau Yorican, “Jack It” (Drop the Lime Remix)
LCD Soundsystem, “I Can Change” (Tiga Remix)

Band of Outsiders
Thomas Newman, selections from the scores of American Beauty, Angels in America, Erin Brokovich, Little Children and Road to Perdition
Clint Mansell, selections from Requiem for a Dream
Arvo Part, “Spiegel im Spiegel”

BCBG
DM Stith, “Be My Baby”
Angus and Julia Stone, “Big Jet Plane”
George Demure, “The Vampire Waltz”

Billy Reid
The Civil Wars, “Barton Hollar”
The Black Keys, “Sinister Kid”
Candi Staton, “Evidence”
The Avett Brothers, “Will You Return”
Galactic, “Bounce Baby”
Little Feat, “Spanish Moon”
Boozoo Chavis, “Baby Please Don’t Go”
Backyard Tire Fire, “Ready or Not”
Herbie Mann ft. Cissy Housten, “Cajun Moon”
Nina Simone, “See Line Woman”
Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs, “Repo Man”
BoomBox, "Shakedown Street"
Jolie Holland, “Mad Tom of Bedlam”
One eskimO, “Kandi”
Phoebe Snow, “Poetry Man”
The City Champs, “The Safecracker”
Nathaniel Mayer, “What’s Your Name”
Cold War Kids, “Saint John”
Barbara Streisand & Krist Kristofferson, “Queen Bee”
Tom Petty, “I Need to Know”
Clarence Carter, “Snatching it Back”
Vetiver, “Sister”
Plantlife, “Time Traveller”
R.L. Burnside, “Skinny Woman”
Wilson Pickett, “Engine Number 9”

DKNY
Pomplamoose, “If You Think You Need Some Lovin”
Yellow Fever, “Ratcatcher”
Oh Land, “Sun of a Gun”
Flight Facilities, “Crave You (Acapella)” mixed with Friendly Fires, “Paris (Aeroplane Remix)”
The Gossip, “Dimestore”

Jason Wu
Vitamin String Quartet, “C’mere”
Les Savy Fav, “Let’s Get Out of Here”
Julian Plenti, “Games for Days”
Interpol, “C’mere”
Julian Plenti, “Unwind”

Lorick
Bobby Blue Bland, “Shoes”
NDF, “Since We Last Met”
Ebo Taylor & The Sweet Beans, “Odofo Nyi Akyiri Biara”
The Mercury Dance Band, “Kai Wawa”
Staff Benda Bilili, “Je t’aime”
Maersk, “Wednesday”
K. Frimpong and his Cubano Fiestas, “Me Yee Pwu Den”
Sabo & Zeb, “Pomba Giro”
Matthew Dear, “I Can’t Feel”
Abel Zenon, “Pas O Soue La”
Pantha Du Prince, “Im Bann”
The Selmanaires, “Vacant Land”
B. Fleischmann, “Breakfast at the Ritz”
De Frank Professionals, “Afe Ato Yen Bio”
Steve Reich, “Drumming, Part 2”

Michael Angel
Oni Ayhun, “OAR003-B”
Hot Chip, “Hand Me Down Your Love”
Matthew Dear, “Deserter”

Ohne Titel
David Bowie, “Soul Love”

Prabal Gurung
The Cure, “A Forest”
The Sugarcubes, “Birthday” (Justin Robertson Club Mix)
Radiohead, “Idioteque”
Bjork, “Hyperballad”
Groove Armada, “I Won’t Kneel” (Bloody Beetroots Remix)

Timo Weiland
Andrew Oldham Orchestra, “The Last Time”
Donovan, “Season of the Witch”
Cymande, “Dove”
The Modern Lovers, “Egyptian Reggae”
Gang of Four, “Paralyzed”
Cult Hero, “I Dig You”
The Magnetic Fields, “Strange Powers”
Talking Heads, “(Nothing But) Flowers”
Tommy James & The Shondells, “Say I Am (What I Am)”
The Zombies, “Walking in the Sun”
Jacqueline Taieb, “7 Heures du Matin”
The Beach Boys, “Pet Sounds”
The Stone Roses, “Fools Gold”
Echo & The Bunnymen, “Bedbugs and Ballyhoo”
The Rolling Stones, “She's a Rainbow”
The Animals, “When I Was Young”
Stereolab, “Lo Boob Oscillator”
The Cure - "Fire in Cairo"
Supergrass, “Alright”
David Bowie, “Heroes”

Vena Cava
Klaus Nomi, “Valentine’s Day”
Klaus Nomi, “Enchante”

Wes Gordon
Amon Tobin, “People Like Frank”
Fugu, “Au Depart”
Phoenix, “Rome”
Telepathe, “Chrome’s On It”
David Bowie, “White Light/White Heat”
Beach Boys, “Good Vibrations”
Razorlight, “Golden Touch”
Architecture in Helsinki, “The Owls Go”
The Faint, “Posed to Death”
Telepathe, “So Fine”
Marina & The Diamonds, “Mowgli’s Road”
The Dandy Warhols, “Get Off”
The Bravery, “Unconditional”
Electric Light Orchestra, “Mr. Blue Sky”


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