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Song of the Day - September 25th is officially National One Hit Wonder Day -
and each year this begs the eternal question of what is the “greatest” one hit wonder…
I never really waver from my choice - “Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye” is, for me, the greatest ever one hit wonder.
Written by Paul Leka, Gary DeCarlo and Dale Frashuer, it was delivered by the group called Steam, or Steem, in 1969. The songwriting trio had been a doo-wop group in Connecticut, but disbanded and moved to New York City to be producers for Fontana Records.
The executives liked their singing and their repertoire so much, they indulged them to record everything they had.
They resurrected this song “Kiss Him Goodbye” from their old doo-wop stuff, and recorded this single, with DiCarlo on lead vocal, in less than an hour. They felt it needed to be longer, and so they wrote more as they recorded - adding in the Na Na’s and Hey,Hey’s, and adding an old previously recorded drum track from another session.
I think of this recording session as the stars aligning somehow especially specially. Sometimes it is the unsuspected bit of seeming nothing-special-ness that becomes magically something very very special.
The single hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart the first week of December 1969, riding out the 60’s on that jammed chart. And at the point, the single has reached multi-platinum status, having sold nearly 7 million copies.
It has been used in countless movies, and TV shows, commercials, and is played at sporting events, as what they call a “taunt chant” … which, in the same spirit, has been sung on the floor of Congress, at least twice famously, to illustrate that those voting on a certain bill would soon lose their seats for their votes.
At least for me, this song never ages, and never doesn’t stop me in my tracks, to sing along and just shake me out of any blue spot…”
Now… just for fun, whats your favorite One Hit Wonder? … see my list below of some worthy nominees…
a list of great one hit wonders —
- Fontella Bass’ “Rescue Me” - whose birthday is also today - released today in 1965
- Question Mark & The Mysterians’ “96 Tears”
- Aha’s “take On Me”
- Norman Greenbaum’s “Spirit in the Sky”
- Scott McKenzie’s “San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair)”
- Sinead O'Conor’s “Nothing Compares To U”
- The Tokens’ “The Lion Sleeps Tonight”
- Unit 4 & 2’s “Concrete and Clay”
- Bruce Channel’s Hey Baby"
- J J Jackson’s “But It’s Alright”
- The Kingsmen’s “Louie Louie”
- The Champs “Tequila”
- Billy Paul’s “Me and Mrs. Jones”
- Soft Cell’s “Tainted Love”
- Wild Cherry’s “Play That Funky Music”
- Katrina and the Waves’ “Walking on Sunshine”
…. what other ones… ? !…?
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Ed ecco il secondo post dedicato a Steemit.
Giorno 2 del Diary Game, buona lettura!
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#steem #diarygame #blog #web3 #p1k4ppa10 (presso Reggio di Calabria)
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Salam dari kami Steemians
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Baterías ACDELCO Línea Dorada PREMIUM con 18 meses de Garantía y 5 años de vida útil…
Aplica para los siguientes vehículos:
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What Is STEEM Coin? [Complete Guide On Block-Chain Model]
What Is STEEM Coin? [Complete Guide On Block-Chain Model]
Market valuation for virtual currency has risen dramatically in the last few months and now amounts to $365 billion. Many cryptocurrencies became prominent as the market developed, including Steem.
What, therefore, is it about Steem that has become so famous? Our Steem guide offers a comprehensive explanation of cryptocurrency.
What Is STEEM?
It is a communal blockchain, a publicly available…
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Been meaning to draw me OCs Steem n Revv as humans!
Theyre my oldest OCs to date that I still use -w-
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Today’s disabled character of the day is Steem from Legend of Zelda, who is a wheelchair user
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#getreel with #thecryptopimp 😎 What does #steem, #tron, #appics and #cardano all have in common? Check it out😁
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Free #steem advertising #bitcoin #btc
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#steem is #q #qanon #bitcoin #ascension #diamond #jewlery @qualitycontrolmusic #qvc #qc #qchain #hive hive.blog
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