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Top 10 One Hit Wonders · The Cubby and Christine Morning Show

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  Speaker 1: 106.7 Light FM. It's Cubby and Christine. It's National One
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  Speaker 1: Hit Wonder Day. It is. And I just want to
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  Speaker 1: defend PM Dawn because they are not, I repeat, not
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  Speaker 1: a one hit wonder. They had that hit. They had
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  Speaker 1: a tune called Looking Through Patient Eyes, which sampled Father
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  Speaker 1: Figure by George Michael. That was a big one. And
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  Speaker 1: they had a ballad that was really good called I
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  Speaker 1: Die Without You. And that was from the Boomerang soundtrack,
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  Speaker 1: all early 90s. But, Christine, it is National One-Hit Wonder Day.
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  Speaker 1: Let's talk about some one-hit wonders right now. And we're
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  Speaker 1: going to go back to the.
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  Speaker 2: 80s for this one, right?
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  Speaker 3: They're all from the 80s, Cubby. I mean, this is
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  Speaker 3: right up your alley.
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  Speaker 1: I love one-hit wonders.
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  Speaker 3: I know you do. So these are considered the 10
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  Speaker 3: best one-hit wonders, according to Ranker.com. Coming in at number 10.
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  Speaker 3: You got it.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Play that funky music.
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  Speaker 1: By Wild Cherry.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: A guaranteed dance floor packer if you're doing a wedding reception.
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  Speaker 3: I just want to stay on this show.
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  Speaker 2: I know.
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  Speaker 1: We're only at number 10.
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  Speaker 2: I know.
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  Speaker 1: I know. We're having fun.
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  Speaker 2: I know.
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  Speaker 3: There's not enough time.
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  Speaker 1: Play that funky music.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, all right.
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  Speaker 3: All right, coming in at number nine, 99 Luftballons.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, there are two versions. There are two versions. There are.
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  Speaker 1: They put Luftballons, not red balloons, at number nine. By
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  Speaker 1: the way, my wife, She prefers that version. She lived
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  Speaker 1: in Germany for many years, and she said, even to
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  Speaker 1: this day, they play that song like every hour.
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  Speaker 3: She can also sing along.
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  Speaker 1: And she knows all the words.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, right?
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  Speaker 1: I don't, right?
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  Speaker 2: All right.
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  Speaker 3: That's by Nina.
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  Speaker 1: That's number nine?
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  Speaker 3: Yes. Coming in at number eight, I'm going to be
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  Speaker 3: 500 Miles, The Proclaimers.
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  Speaker 1: Which, actually, people think it's 90s, because it was in
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  Speaker 1: the Benny and June soundtrack.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, yeah, you're right.
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  Speaker 1: In like 91 or 92, but this song came out
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  Speaker 1: in 1988. Oh, yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Hey, I know I'm going to be, I'm going to be.
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  Speaker 3: The man who's giving to you.
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  Speaker 1: All right, that's I Will Walk. It didn't get to
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  Speaker 1: the hook on that one. These are so fun.
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  Speaker 2: I Will Walk.
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  Speaker 1: I know, I know.
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  Speaker 3: I just want to go with all of them. All right,
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  Speaker 3: coming in at number seven, My Sharona.
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  Speaker 1: I Will Walk. This sounds like I recorded it off
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  Speaker 1: the radio.
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  Speaker 2: It does.
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  Speaker 1: It does.
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  Speaker 3: And that was in Reality Bites, like that. So again,
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  Speaker 3: like 90s brought it back. Number six, Video Killed the
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  Speaker 3: Radio Star.
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  Speaker 2: Video killed the radio star. Video killed the radio star.
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  Speaker 2: In my mind and in my car, we can't rewind,
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  Speaker 2: we've gone too far.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, The Buggles, great song.
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  Speaker 3: These are such great songs.
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  Speaker 1: What number are we at now?
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  Speaker 3: Now we're coming in at number five.
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  Speaker 1: Number five.
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  Speaker 3: 8-6-7-5-3-0-9-9. Danny, I got your number. I need to make
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  Speaker 3: you mine.
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  Speaker 1: Tommy Two-Tone. Danny, don't change your number.
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  Speaker 2: 8-6-7-5-3-0-9-9. 8-6-7-5-3-0-9-9.
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  Speaker 1: So my sister, her name is Jenny. And if you
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  Speaker 1: go back to her yearbook from the 80s, she was
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  Speaker 1: a senior in high school. And that song was, like,
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  Speaker 1: huge when she was a senior in high school. Oh, wow.
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  Speaker 1: So her yearbook is filled with signatures saying, I know
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  Speaker 1: where to find you. Eight, six, seven, five. People put
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  Speaker 1: their phone number and put K-I-T, keep in touch. So, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: Tommy Two-Tone at number five.
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  Speaker 3: All right, coming in at number four, Spirit in the Sky.
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  Speaker 1: Remember this song? By Norman Greenbaum. This is, I think
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  Speaker 1: you might recognize it. It's a deep cut, but it's
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  Speaker 1: number four on the One Hit Wonder list.
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  Speaker 2: That's a good question.
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  Speaker 3: Is that going further back? That's going further back than
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  Speaker 3: the 80s?
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  Speaker 1: Is this 80s? I got to double check that.
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  Speaker 3: Or is that 70s?
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  Speaker 1: Okay. All right.
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  Speaker 3: Please make a note of it. We'll look into it.
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  Speaker 1: All right.
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  Speaker 3: Number three. Come on, Eileen.
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  Speaker 1: Dex's Midnight Runners.
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  Speaker 2: And his overalls. Look at that video.
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  Speaker 1: Oshkosh. All right, we have two more one-hit wonders to go.
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  Speaker 1: What are people liking here?
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  Speaker 3: Number two, Tainted Love.
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  Speaker 1: This would be Soft Cell.
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  Speaker 3: Sometimes I feel I've got to run away. I've got
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  Speaker 3: to get away from the pain you drive into.
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  Speaker 1: Great song. So that's number two. Now, according to Ranker.com, Christine,
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  Speaker 1: what is the number one one-hit wonder fave?
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  Speaker 3: Take on me. Uh-huh. Take on me. Possibly.
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  Speaker 1: Possibly. one of the best videos of all time. I
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  Speaker 1: still think it holds up. Now we're all Break out
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  Speaker 1: of that cartoon.
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  Speaker 3: I know. Break out of that cartoon.
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  Speaker 1: We're ready for a best of the 80s weekend and
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  Speaker 1: 90s weekend.
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  Speaker 3: Seriously, you should throw a one-hit wonder party because that
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  Speaker 3: was such a fun playlist.
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  Speaker 1: I know. Great songs. And some of these groups, I'm like,
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  Speaker 1: I can't believe they only had one hit. Yeah. A-Ha
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  Speaker 1: had a couple in Europe, but that was, Take On
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  Speaker 1: Me was by far their biggest here in America. But
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  Speaker 1: that was fun. What's your favorite one-hit wonder? You can
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  Speaker 1: text us.