Sound Screen: One Hit Wonderland - Rednex

Baddam-baddim-baddam-badda-Joe, ah-bee-marrehd-long-time-go. Oh, Rednex, you so crazy.

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Sound Screen: One Hit Wonderland - Whigfield

As an apology for abandoning all four of Sound Screen's readers for a few weeks, I write a double-header of one-hit wonders - which got number ones within weeks of each other in 1994 - to make up for it. First up is 'Saturday Night' by Whigfield.

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Sound Screen: Music Videodrome - Bad Romance (Lady Gaga, 2009)

In one of my favourite Sound Screen articles to date, I discuss how Lady Gaga finally proved herself to her critics by creating the most-viewed video in YouTube history in 2009 with 'Bad Romance'.

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Sound Screen: One Hit Wonderland - Baha Men

Few people made a one-hit wonder as popular as the Baha Men, but even fewer managed to make one more annoying.

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Sound Screen: One Hit Wonderland - Blue Öyster Cult

If you're looking for a staple rock song in One Hit Wonderland, here's your chance to enjoy one of the best with '(Don't Fear) The Reaper'.

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Sound Screen: One Hit Wonderland - Dead or Alive

The year's 1985, the song's taken 17 weeks to get to number one and Pete Burns still looks, well, fine. Take a trip back in time to have a brief celebration of 'You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)'.

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Sound Screen: Music Videodrome - Total Eclipse of the Heart (Bonnie Tyler, 1982)

As one of Russell Mulcahy's most famous videos, 'Total Eclipse of the Heart' was one of the weirdest and somewhat questionable visual accompaniments ever created.

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Sound Screen: One Hit Wonderland - Dawn Penn

'You Don't Love Me (No, No, No)', the reggae hit of 1967, was adapted for a newer audience in 1994 and went on to become the only hit of Dawn Penn's career.

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Sound Screen: One Hit Wonderland - Spin Doctors

A-dooba doop, a doop-dooba-doop a dibba-dibba-dobba-dobba-dobba-dobba-dobba-dobba-dobba.

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Sound Screen: Music Videodrome - Californication (Red Hot Chili Peppers, 2000)

A band long-overlooked on Sound Screen has been the Red Hot Chili Peppers, who impressed the world with their high-tech music video for 'Californication'.

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Sound Screen: One Hit Wonderland - The Knack

The Knack managed to turn a real-life relationship into a best-selling hit, using a catchy guitar riff that is simply unforgettable.

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Sound Screen: Music Videodrome - Come to Daddy (Aphex Twin, 1997)

One of the darkest videos ever directed is the sole focus of Music Videodrome this week, as I look into an accidental hit from Aphex Twin.

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Sound Screen: One Hit Wonderland - Cornershop

Everybody needs a bosom for a pillow, everybody needs a bosom. Everybody needs a bosom for a pillow, everybody needs a bosom, says I.

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Sound Screen: Music Videodrome - Buddy Holly (Weezer, 1994)

It's not often that a music video manages to become an art exhibit. This Spike Jonze-directed video, however, is as good as they get.

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Sound Screen: One Hit Wonderland - Vanilla Ice

'Ice Ice Baby', a song ultimately based on 'Under Pressure' by Queen and David Bowie, was a surprising smash hit and now stands as one of the most famous one-hit wonders of all time.

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Sound Screen: One Hit Wonderland - Lipps, Inc.

As a disco hit and the one-time entrance music for the Islamic Republic of Iran, 'Funkytown' by Lipps, Inc. managed to help keep disco music alive and well before its demise a couple of years later.

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Sound Screen: Music Videodrome - Virtual Insanity (Jamiroquai, 1997)

A Michel Gondry-style approach to filming 'Virtual Insanity' earned Jonathan Glazer his early stripes as a director, well before he'd go on to even greater things.

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Sound Screen: One Hit Wonderland - Bobby "Boris" Pickett

As one of the very first one-hit wonders, 'Monster Mash' still manages to become synonymous with listeners of this generation, even if it is largely terrible.

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Sound Screen: Spotify Sunday - One Hit Wonderland 1-20

To look back over my first 20 outings of One Hit Wonderland (with 37 written to date), I put together a playlist featuring every single one of these smash hits. It';s a labour of love, with links to every song's article.

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Sound Screen: Music Videodrome - Sledgehammer (Peter Gabriel, 1986)

As one of MTV's favourite videos, 'Sledgehammer' proved to be an excellent outing for Peter Gabriel - in fact, it was probably the highlight of his career.

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