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* [[Soft Cell]] – "[[Tainted Love#Soft Cell version (1981)|Tainted Love]]" (1981){{sfn|Jancik|1998|p=414}}{{sfn|Melis|2016|p=10}}{{sfn|Rasheeda|2013}} |
* [[Soft Cell]] – "[[Tainted Love#Soft Cell version (1981)|Tainted Love]]" (1981){{sfn|Jancik|1998|p=414}}{{sfn|Melis|2016|p=10}}{{sfn|Rasheeda|2013}} |
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* [[Bertie Higgins]] – "[[Key Largo (song)|Key Largo]]" (1981){{sfn|Jancik|1998|p=411}}{{sfn|Mann|2003|p=53}} |
* [[Bertie Higgins]] – "[[Key Largo (song)|Key Largo]]" (1981){{sfn|Jancik|1998|p=411}}{{sfn|Mann|2003|p=53}} |
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* [[Quarterflash]] - "[[Harden My Heart]]" (1981){{sfn|Rahsheeda|2013}}<ref>https://spinditty.com/playlists/Pop-Rock-and-Country-One-Hit-Wonders-of-the-1980s</ref> |
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* [[Buckner and Garcia]] - "[[Pac-Man Fever (song)|Pac-Man Fever]]" (1981){{sfn|Rahsheeda|2013}}<ref>https://spinditty.com/playlists/Pop-Rock-and-Country-One-Hit-Wonders-of-the-1980s</ref> |
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* [[Tom Tom Club]] - "[[Genius of Love]]" (1981){{sfn|Rahsheeda|2013}}<ref>http://dailyvault.com/toc.php5?review=5928</ref> |
* [[Tom Tom Club]] - "[[Genius of Love]]" (1981){{sfn|Rahsheeda|2013}}<ref>http://dailyvault.com/toc.php5?review=5928</ref> |
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* [[Thomas Dolby]] – "[[She Blinded Me with Science]]" (1982){{sfn|Mann|2003|p=85}}{{sfn|Rahsheeda|2013}} |
* [[Thomas Dolby]] – "[[She Blinded Me with Science]]" (1982){{sfn|Mann|2003|p=85}}{{sfn|Rahsheeda|2013}} |
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* [[Toni Basil]] – "[[Mickey (song)|Mickey]]" (1982){{sfn|Jancik|1998|p=416}}{{sfn|Melis|2016|p=1}}{{sfn|Rasheeda|2013}} |
* [[Toni Basil]] – "[[Mickey (song)|Mickey]]" (1982){{sfn|Jancik|1998|p=416}}{{sfn|Melis|2016|p=1}}{{sfn|Rasheeda|2013}} |
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* [[Eddy Grant]] - "[[Electric Avenue (song)|Electric Avenue]]" (1982)<ref>https://www.thegreat80s.com/Song-List-80s-One-Hit-Wonders.html</ref>{{sfn|Rahsheeda|2013}} |
* [[Eddy Grant]] - "[[Electric Avenue (song)|Electric Avenue]]" (1982)<ref>https://www.thegreat80s.com/Song-List-80s-One-Hit-Wonders.html</ref>{{sfn|Rahsheeda|2013}} |
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* [[Frankie Goes to Hollywood]] - "[[Relax (song)|Relax]]" (1983){{sfn|Rahsheeda|2013}}<ref>https://spinditty.com/playlists/Pop-Rock-and-Country-One-Hit-Wonders-of-the-1980s</ref> |
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* [[Michael Sembello]] – "[[Maniac (Michael Sembello song)|Maniac]]" (1983){{sfn|Melis|2016|p=2}}{{sfn|Rahsheeda|2013}} |
* [[Michael Sembello]] – "[[Maniac (Michael Sembello song)|Maniac]]" (1983){{sfn|Melis|2016|p=2}}{{sfn|Rahsheeda|2013}} |
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* [[The Weather Girls]] – "[[It's Raining Men]]" (1983){{sfn|Rahsheeda|2013}}<ref name="Proclaimers"/> |
* [[The Weather Girls]] – "[[It's Raining Men]]" (1983){{sfn|Rahsheeda|2013}}<ref name="Proclaimers"/> |
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* [[Jump 'n the Saddle Band]] – "[[The Curly Shuffle]]" (1984){{sfn|Jancik|1998|p=425}}{{sfn|Mann|2003|p=95}} |
* [[Jump 'n the Saddle Band]] – "[[The Curly Shuffle]]" (1984){{sfn|Jancik|1998|p=425}}{{sfn|Mann|2003|p=95}} |
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* [[Nena]] – "[[99 Luftballons]]" (1984){{sfn|Jancik|1998|p=426}}{{sfn|Melis|2016|p=11}}{{sfn|Rasheeda|2013}} |
* [[Nena]] – "[[99 Luftballons]]" (1984){{sfn|Jancik|1998|p=426}}{{sfn|Melis|2016|p=11}}{{sfn|Rasheeda|2013}} |
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* [[Jack Wagner]] - "[[All I Need (Jack Wagner song)|All I Need]]" (1984){{sfn|Rahsheeda|2013}}<ref>https://spinditty.com/playlists/Pop-Rock-and-Country-One-Hit-Wonders-of-the-1980s</ref> |
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* [[John Waite]] - "[[Missing You (John Waite song)|Missing You]]" (1984){{sfn|Rahsheeda|2013}}<ref>https://spinditty.com/playlists/Pop-Rock-and-Country-One-Hit-Wonders-of-the-1980s</ref> |
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* [[Rockwell (musician)|Rockwell]] - "[[Somebody's Watching Me]]" (1984){{sfn|Rahsheeda|2013}}<ref>https://spinditty.com/playlists/Pop-Rock-and-Country-One-Hit-Wonders-of-the-1980s</ref> |
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* [[Dead or Alive (band)|Dead or Alive]] – "[[You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)]]" (1984){{sfn|Melis|2016|p=7}}{{sfn|Rahsheeda|2013}} |
* [[Dead or Alive (band)|Dead or Alive]] – "[[You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)]]" (1984){{sfn|Melis|2016|p=7}}{{sfn|Rahsheeda|2013}} |
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* [[Baltimora]] – "[[Tarzan Boy]]" (1985){{sfn|Mann|2003|p=15}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/108359-one-hit-wonder-baltimora-2496057533.html|title=One Hit Wonder: Baltimora|last=Marx|first=Tommy|website=[[PopMatters]]|date=July 17, 2009|accessdate=November 22, 2017}}</ref> |
* [[Baltimora]] – "[[Tarzan Boy]]" (1985){{sfn|Mann|2003|p=15}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/108359-one-hit-wonder-baltimora-2496057533.html|title=One Hit Wonder: Baltimora|last=Marx|first=Tommy|website=[[PopMatters]]|date=July 17, 2009|accessdate=November 22, 2017}}</ref> |
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* [[Yello]] - "[[Oh Yeah (Yello song)|Oh Yeah]]" (1985){{sfn|Rahsheeda|2013}}<ref>https://spinditty.com/playlists/Pop-Rock-and-Country-One-Hit-Wonders-of-the-1980s</ref> |
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* [['Til Tuesday]] – "[[Voices Carry]]" (1985){{sfn|Mann|2003|p=45}}{{sfn|Rahsheeda|2013}} |
* [['Til Tuesday]] – "[[Voices Carry]]" (1985){{sfn|Mann|2003|p=45}}{{sfn|Rahsheeda|2013}} |
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* [[Force MDs]] – "[[Tender Love]]" (1985){{sfn|Jancik|1998|p=439}}{{sfn|Mann|2003|p=35}} |
* [[Force MDs]] – "[[Tender Love]]" (1985){{sfn|Jancik|1998|p=439}}{{sfn|Mann|2003|p=35}} |
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Revision as of 22:43, 27 September 2018
A one-hit wonder is a musical artist who is successful with one hit song, but without a comparable subsequent hit.[1] The term may also be applied to an artist who is remembered for only one hit despite other successes.[2][3] This list contains artists known primarily for one hit song in the United States, who are described as one-hit wonders by the media.
Criteria
Music reviewers and journalists sometimes describe a musical artist as a one-hit wonder, based on their professional assessment of chart success, sales figures and fame.
For the purpose of his book The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, music journalist Wayne Jancik defines a one-hit wonder as "an act that has won a position on Billboard's national, pop, Top 40 just once." In his definition of an "act", Jancik distinguishes between a solo performer and any group he or she may have performed in (thus, for example, Roger Daltrey's "Without Your Love" is counted despite Daltrey's numerous hits as frontman for the Who), and a number of musicians appear multiple times, either with multiple bands or as a member of a band and as a solo artist. (Eponymous bands are generally not separated; thus Charlie Daniels is not counted as a one-hit wonder for "Uneasy Rider" and the hits of the Charlie Daniels Band are credited to him.)
Fred Bronson, a journalist and former writer for Billboard magazine, in his book Billboard's Hottest Hot 100 Hits, uses the criterion that an artist is ineligible to be categorized as a "one-hit wonder" if they have a second song listed on the Billboard Hot 100.[4]
In both cases, the Billboard Hot 100 was used as an objective standard for one-hit wonder status, since Billboard magazine published the books.
Disc jockey and music writer Brent Mann points out how some artists have been called a "one-hit wonder" despite having other charting singles. As an example, English-born singer Albert Hammond enjoyed success with "It Never Rains in Southern California" (1972) rising to number 5 in the US, but his follow-up single, "I'm a Train" was dismissed by Mann as "totally forgotten" even though it charted at number 31 in 1974.[2]
On the other hand, some artists with long, successful careers have been identified as one-hit wonders by virtue of having reached the Top 40 of the Hot 100 only once. Consequence of Sound editor Matt Melis lists Beck ("Loser") and the Grateful Dead ("Touch of Grey") as "technically" being one-hit wonders despite their large bodies of work.[3] Entertainment Weekly mentions prolific artist Frank Zappa as a one-hit wonder because his only Top 40 hit was "Valley Girl" in 1982.[5]
Multiple appearances
British musician Tony Burrows sang the lead vocal on five one-hit wonders: Edison Lighthouse's "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" (February 1970); White Plains' "My Baby Loves Lovin'" (March 1970); the Pipkins' "Gimme Dat Ding" (April 1970); "Beach Baby" (July 1974) by the First Class; and "United We Stand" (1970) by the first incarnation of the Brotherhood of Man.[6][7]
British singer Limahl sang lead vocal on two US one-hit wonder songs; the first, "Too Shy" in 1983, came during his tenure as the frontman for the group Kajagoogoo. The next year, he had another hit single as a solo artist with "The NeverEnding Story", the title track to the film The NeverEnding Story.[8] The latter song charted at number 17 in May 1985.
List of one-hit wonders in the US
Each artist listed here has been identified by at least two publications as being a one-hit wonder in the U.S. Some artists listed here have reached the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 more than once.
1950s
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- Ronald & Ruby – "Lollipop" (1958)[9][10]
- Bobby Day – "Rockin' Robin" (1958)[11][12]
- The Monotones – "The Book of Love" (1958)[9][13]
- Laurie London – "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" (1958)[14][15]
- Frankie Ford – "Sea Cruise" (1959)[16][17]
- Larry Hall – "Sandy" (1959)[18][19]
1960s
- Bruce Channel – "Hey! Baby" (1961)[20][21]
- Don and Juan – "What's Your Name" (1962)[22][23]
- The Contours – "Do You Love Me" (1962)[24][25]
- The Cascades – "Rhythm of the Rain" (1962)[26][27]
- The Exciters – "Tell Him" (1962)[28][21]
- Doris Troy – "Just One Look" (1963)[29][30]
- The Chantays – "Pipeline" (1963)[31][32]
- The Singing Nun – "Dominique" (1963)[33][34]
- The Surfaris – "Wipe Out" (1963)[35][10]
- Jimmy Gilmer And The Fireballs - "Sugar Shack" (1963)[36][37]
- The Reflections – "(Just Like) Romeo and Juliet" (1964)[38][39]
- Cilla Black – "You're My World" (1964)[33][40]
- Terry Stafford – "Suspicion" (1964)[35][41]
- The Standells – "Dirty Water" (1965)[42][43][44]
- Jonathan King – "Everyone's Gone to the Moon" (1965)[45][46][47]
- The Gentrys – "Keep on Dancing" (1965)[48][49]
- The Knickerbockers – "Lies" (1966)[42][50]
- The Music Machine – "Talk Talk" (1966)[51][52]
- The Capitols – "Cool Jerk" (1966)[53][54]
- Deon Jackson – "Love Makes the World Go Round" (1966)[55][56]
- The Casinos – "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye" (1967)[57][58]
- Johnny Maestro & the Brooklyn Bridge – "The Worst That Could Happen" (1968)[53][33]
- Human Beinz – "Nobody But Me" (1968)[59][60]
- Thunderclap Newman – "Something in the Air" (1969)[53][61]
- Steam – "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" (1969)[53][21]
- Eddie Holman – "Hey There Lonely Girl" (1969)[62][60]
- Roy Clark – "Yesterday When I Was Young" (1969)[63][64]
- Spiral Starecase – "More Today Than Yesterday" (1969)[33][65]
1970s
- Norman Greenbaum – "Spirit in the Sky" (1970)[66][58]
- Five Stairsteps – "O-o-h Child" (1970)[67][25]
- Free – "All Right Now" (1970)[68][60]
- The Jaggerz – "The Rapper" (1970)[69][53]
- Edison Lighthouse – "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" (1970)[70][71]
- Brewer & Shipley – "One Toke Over the Line" (1970)[72][73]
- Mungo Jerry – "In the Summertime" (1970)[74][75]
- Billy Paul – "Me and Mrs. Jones" (1972)[13][76]
- Timmy Thomas – "Why Can't We Live Together" (1972)[77][78]
- Arlo Guthrie – "City of New Orleans" (1972)[79][80]
- Clint Holmes – "Playground in My Mind" (1972)[81][82]
- Looking Glass – "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)" (1972)[83][84]
- King Harvest – "Dancing in the Moonlight" (1972)[85][58]
- Terry Jacks – "Seasons in the Sun" (1974)[86][87]
- The First Class – "Beach Baby" (1974)[88][53]
- Carl Douglas – "Kung Fu Fighting" (1974)[89][33]
- Pilot – "Magic" (1974)[90][27]
- Ace – "How Long" (1975)[91][92]
- Nazareth – "Love Hurts" (1975)[93][60]
- Wild Cherry – "Play That Funky Music" (1976)[94][10]
- Starland Vocal Band – "Afternoon Delight" (1976)[95][96]
- Dean Friedman – "Ariel" (1977)[53][97][98]
- Debby Boone – "You Light Up My Life" (1977)[53][99]
- Alicia Bridges – "I Love the Nightlife" (1978)[100][101]
- Cheryl Lynn – "Got to Be Real" (1978)[89][21]
- M – "Pop Muzik" (1979)[102][103]
- Anita Ward – "Ring My Bell" (1979)[104][12]
- Sugarhill Gang – "Rapper's Delight" (1979)[25][33]
- Sniff 'n' the Tears – "Driver's Seat" (1979)[105][106]
1980s
- Devo – "Whip It" (1980)[107][108][109]
- Lipps Inc. – "Funkytown" (1980)[12][110]
- Gary Numan – "Cars" (1980)[111][112]
- The Vapors – "Turning Japanese" (1980)[113][114][109]
- Grover Washington, Jr. – "Just the Two of Us" (1981)[115][10]
- Tommy Tutone – "867-5309/Jenny" (1981)[116][58][109]
- Soft Cell – "Tainted Love" (1981)[117][60][109]
- Bertie Higgins – "Key Largo" (1981)[118][119]
- Quarterflash - "Harden My Heart" (1981)[110][120]
- Buckner and Garcia - "Pac-Man Fever" (1981)[110][121]
- Tom Tom Club - "Genius of Love" (1981)[110][122]
- Thomas Dolby – "She Blinded Me with Science" (1982)[123][110]
- After the Fire – "Der Kommisar" (1982)[124][110]
- Wall of Voodoo – "Mexican Radio" (1982)[27][110]
- Patrice Rushen - "Forget Me Nots" (1982)[110][125]
- Modern English – "I Melt with You" (1982)[25][110]
- Dexys Midnight Runners – "Come On Eileen" (1982)[126][60][109]
- A Flock of Seagulls – "I Ran (So Far Away)" (1982)[13][110]
- Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde – "Genius Rap" (1982)[127][128]
- Madness – "Our House" (1982)[129][110]
- Bow Wow Wow – "I Want Candy" (1982)[12][110]
- Haircut One Hundred – "Love Plus One" (1982)[124][110]
- The Waitresses - "I Know What Boys Like" (1982)[110][130]
- Toni Basil – "Mickey" (1982)[131][3][109]
- Eddy Grant - "Electric Avenue" (1982)[132][110]
- Frankie Goes to Hollywood - "Relax" (1983)[110][133]
- Michael Sembello – "Maniac" (1983)[10][110]
- The Weather Girls – "It's Raining Men" (1983)[110][134]
- Peter Schilling – "Major Tom (Coming Home)" (1983)[54][110]
- Taco – "Puttin' On the Ritz" (1983)[110][135]
- Big Country – "In a Big Country" (1983)[136][137]
- Kajagoogoo – "Too Shy" (1983)[138][58][110]
- Matthew Wilder – "Break My Stride" (1983)[139][110]
- Murray Head – "One Night in Bangkok" (1984)[5][140]
- a-ha – "Take On Me" (1984)[141][25][109]
- Jump 'n the Saddle Band – "The Curly Shuffle" (1984)[142][143]
- Nena – "99 Luftballons" (1984)[144][25][109]
- Jack Wagner - "All I Need" (1984)[110][145]
- John Waite - "Missing You" (1984)[110][146]
- Rockwell - "Somebody's Watching Me" (1984)[110][147]
- Dead or Alive – "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" (1984)[61][110]
- Baltimora – "Tarzan Boy" (1985)[148][149]
- Yello - "Oh Yeah" (1985)[110][150]
- 'Til Tuesday – "Voices Carry" (1985)[151][110]
- Force MDs – "Tender Love" (1985)[152][153]
- Godley & Creme – "Cry" (1985)[8][60]
- Paul Hardcastle – "19" (1985)[124][110]
- Jermaine Stewart – "We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off" (1986)[110][134]
- Swing Out Sister – "Breakout" (1986)[154][110]
- Don Johnson - "Heartbeat" (1986)[155][110]
- Chris DeBurgh - "The Lady in Red" (1986)[110][156]
- Paul Lekakis - "Boom Boom (Let's Go Back to My Room)" (1986)[110][157]
- Oran "Juice" Jones – "The Rain" (1986)[110][158]
- Midnight Oil – "Beds Are Burning" (1987)[159][110]
- When in Rome – "The Promise" (1987)[160][21]
- Bruce Willis - "Respect Yourself" (1987)[161][110]
- Patrick Swayze – "She's Like the Wind" (1988)[33][162]
- Johnny Hates Jazz – "Shattered Dreams" (1988)[5][163]
- J.J. Fad – "Supersonic" (1988)[164][110]
- Edie Brickell & New Bohemians – "What I Am" (1988)[165][166][110]
- Bobby McFerrin – "Don't Worry, Be Happy" (1988)[110][134]
- The Church – "Under the Milky Way" (1988)[25][110]
- Jeff Healey – "Angel Eyes" (1989)[167][110]
- Love and Rockets – "So Alive" (1989)[61][5]
- Biz Markie – "Just a Friend" (1989)[168][21]
- Jimmy Harnen - "Where Are You Now?" (1989)[169][170]
1990s
- Sinead O'Connor – "Nothing Compares 2 U" (1990)[33][171]
- Mellow Man Ace – "Mentirosa" (1990)[164][172]
- Candyman – "Knockin' Boots" (1990)[164][173]
- Deee-Lite – "Groove Is in the Heart" (1991)[174][175]
- EMF – "Unbelievable (1991)[176][10]
- Tom Cochrane – "Life Is a Highway" (1992)[177][178]
- Right Said Fred – "I'm Too Sexy" (1992)[179][180]
- Sir Mix-A-Lot – "Baby Got Back" (1992)[181][3]
- Kris Kross – "Jump" (1992)[182][54]
- Billy Ray Cyrus – "Achy Breaky Heart" (1992)[183][134]
- House of Pain – "Jump Around" (1992)[184][168]
- Positive K – "I Got a Man" (1992)[164][173]
- Paperboy – "Ditty" (1993)[164][168]
- Duice – "Dazzey Duks" (1993)[164][168]
- 95 South – "Whoot, There It Is" (1993)[164][168]
- Tag Team – "Whoomp! (There It Is)" (1993)[164][168]
- Blind Melon – "No Rain" (1993)[21][185]
- Haddaway – "What Is Love" (1993)[184][25]
- The Proclaimers – "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" (1993)[186][134]
- 4 Non Blondes – "What's Up?" (1993)[187][58]
- The Breeders – "Cannonball" (1993)[184][185]
- Ahmad – "Back in the Day" (1994)[164][173]
- Ini Kamoze – "Here Comes the Hotstepper" (1994)[168][158]
- Toadies – "Possum Kingdom" (1994)[12][185]
- Skee-Lo – "I Wish" (1995)[164][173]
- Dionne Farris – "I Know" (1995)[188][13]
- Joan Osborne – "One of Us" (1996)[189][190]
- Everything but the Girl – "Missing" (1996)[154][27]
- Nonchalant – "5 O'Clock" (1996)[164][173]
- Dishwalla – "Counting Blue Cars" (1996)[189][191]
- Spacehog – "In the Meantime" (1996)[184][60]
- Crucial Conflict – "Hay" (1996)[164][168]
- Primitive Radio Gods – "Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand" (1996)[184][54]
- The Cardigans – "Lovefool" (1997)[192][193]
- Duncan Sheik – "Barely Breathing" (1997)[194][54]
- White Town – "Your Woman" (1997)[184][10]
- The Verve Pipe – "The Freshmen" (1997)[184][185]
- Tracey Lee – "The Theme (It's Party Time)" (1997)[164][173]
- Aqua – "Barbie Girl" (1997)[192][195]
- Harvey Danger – "Flagpole Sitta" (1997)[25][185]
- Fiona Apple – "Criminal" (1997)[192][33]
- Natalie Imbruglia – "Torn" (1997)[184][25]
- OMC – "How Bizarre" (1997)[184][196]
- Shawn Colvin – "Sunny Came Home" (1997)[99][197]
- Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz – "Deja Vu (Uptown Baby)" (1997)[164][173]
- Marcy Playground – "Sex and Candy" (1998)[184][13]
- Semisonic – "Closing Time" (1998)[198][61]
- New Radicals – "You Get What You Give" (1999)[2][185]
- Eagle-Eye Cherry – "Save Tonight" (1999)[184][58]
- Lit – "My Own Worst Enemy" (1999)[199][200]
- Lou Bega – "Mambo No. 5" (1999)[184][201]
- Sporty Thievz – "No Pigeons" (1999)[164][173]
- Tal Bachman – "She's So High" (1999) [202][203]
- Len – "Steal My Sunshine" (1999)[184][10]
2000s
- Macy Gray – "I Try" (2000)[60][33]
- Hoku – "Another Dumb Blonde" (2000)[195][204]
- Nine Days – "Absolutely (Story of a Girl)" (2000)[205][206]
- BBMak – "Back Here" (2000)[202][207]
- Samantha Mumba – "Gotta Tell You" (2000)[208][209]
- Wheatus – "Teenage Dirtbag" (2000)[13][210]
- Baha Men – "Who Let the Dogs Out?" (2000)[201][211]
- American Hi-Fi – "Flavor of the Weak" (2001)[212][206]
- Eden's Crush – "Get Over Yourself" (2001)[205][213]
- Dream – "He Loves U Not" (2001)[209][213]
- Blu Cantrell – "Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops!)" (2001)[209][214]
- Willa Ford – "I Wanna Be Bad" (2001)[209][215]
- Crazy Town - "Butterfly" (2001) [216][217]
- The Calling – "Wherever You Will Go" (2002)[206][207]
- Truth Hurts – "Addictive" (2002)[208][214]
- Khia – "My Neck, My Back (Lick It)" (2002)[164][218]
- Tweet – "Oops (Oh My)" (2002)[209][202]
- t.A.T.u. – "All The Things She Said" (2003)[213][202]
- Smilez and Southstar – "Tell Me" (2003)[164][205]
- Bone Crusher – "Never Scared" (2003)[164][214]
- The Ataris – "The Boys of Summer" (2003)[219][208]
- The Darkness – "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" (2003)[27][220]
- Fountains of Wayne – "Stacy's Mom" (2003)[221][209]
- Lumidee – "Never Leave You (Uh Oooh, Uh Oooh)" (2003)[208][222]
- Kevin Lyttle – "Turn Me On" (2004)[209][207]
- J-Kwon – "Tipsy" (2004)[164][214]
- Ryan Cabrera – "On the Way Down" (2004)[222][205]
- Yellowcard - "Ocean Avenue" (2004)[223][224]
- Howie Day – "Collide" (2005)[225][226]
- Amerie – "1 Thing" (2005)[208][227]
- The Click Five – "Just the Girl" (2005)[222][205]
- James Blunt – "You're Beautiful" (2006)[222][206]
- D4L – "Laffy Taffy" (2006)[211][228]
- Daniel Powter – "Bad Day" (2006)[201][207]
- Gnarls Barkley – "Crazy" (2006)[33][209]
- Snow Patrol – "Chasing Cars" (2006)[206][229]
- Jibbs – "Chain Hang Low" (2006)[164][230]
- DJ Webstar and Young B. – "Chicken Noodle Soup" (2006)[164][230]
- The Pack – "Vans" (2006)[164][230]
- Huey – "Pop, Lock & Drop It" (2007)[164][231]
- Mims – "This Is Why I'm Hot" (2007)[164][211]
- Rich Boy – "Throw Some D's" (2007)[214][228]
- Hurricane Chris – "A Bay Bay" (2007)[205][232]
- Yael Naim – "New Soul" (2008)[209][233]
- Metro Station – "Shake It" (2008)[209][234]
- Estelle – "American Boy" (2008)[205][206]
- La Roux – "Bulletproof" (2009)[205][206]
2010s
- Cali Swag District – "Teach Me How to Dougie" (2010)[164][228]
- Gotye and Kimbra – "Somebody That I Used to Know" (2011)[222][205]
- Magic! – "Rude" (2013)[205][235]
- Tinashe – "2 On" (2014)[236][237]
- Omi – "Cheerleader" (2015)[238][239]
See also
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