61 One-Hit Wonders
As a result of a request from the audience, we produced a set of One-Hit Wonders, always a risky category as you can end up mired in novelty songs, which are generally uninspiring out of their context. However, not only did we manage to assemble a good set of tracks, we had a large audience as well, with up to fifteen in the cavern and a top number of 33 listeners – the first time I can recall where we had more listeners outside the cavern than on the plaza. We also had a new recruit to the team, Root Beer, who shared announcements with us.
The preshow was all Mal’s doing, and a right good mixture it was too
| Let There Be Drums | Sandy Nelson | Single | 1962 |
| Thomas The Rhymer | Steeleye Span & Maddy Prior | A Rare Collection 1972-1996 | 1999 |
| Lights and Thunder | White Lion | Mane Attraction | 1991 |
| Play Something Sweet (Brickyard Blues) | Three Dog Night | Hard Labor | 1976 |
| That’s The Way That It Is | Uriah Heep | The Best Of…Part 2 | 1998 |
| Would the Christians Wait Five Minutes? The Lions Are Having a Draw | Man | Man | 1970 |
The show itself had more tracks than usual, as one-hit wonders are generally of the 3-minute single format, so we ended up with 30 tracks. Actually we ran over time a bit, but nobody complained, not even the neighbours.
| Relax | Frankie Goes To Hollywood | Welcome to the Pleasuredome | 1984 |
| The Rockford Files | Mike Post | 100 Greatest TV Themes | 1995 |
| Fire | The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown | The Crazy World of Arthur Brown | 1968 |
| Float On | Floaters | Floaters | 1977 |
| My Sharona | The Knack | Get The Knack | 1979 |
| Take On Me | A-Ha | Hunting High and Low | 1985 |
| Woodstock | Matthews’ Southern Comfort | Later That Same Year | 1970 |
| Echo Beach | Martha and the Muffins | Metro Music | 1980 |
| Tainted Love | Soft Cell | Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret | 1981 |
| Standing in the Road | Blackfoot Sue | Nothing to Hide | 1973 |
| She Blinded Me With Science | Thomas Dolby | single | 1982 |
| Blinded by the Light | Manfred Mann’s Earth Band | The Roaring Silence | 1976 |
| The Future’s So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades | Timbuk3 | Greetings From Timbuk3 | 1983 |
| Safety dance | Men Without Hats | Rhythm of Youth | 1983 |
| Doctorin’ The Tardis (7″ Edit) | The Timelords | single | 1988 |
| Cotton Eye Joe | Rednex | Sex & Violins | 1994 |
| Mickey | Toni Basil | Word of Mouth | 1981 |
| Resurrection Shuffle | Ashton, Gardner & Dyke | single | 1971 |
| Nut Rocker | B. Bumble & The Stingers | single | 1962 |
| Muleskinner Blues | The Fendermen | Muleskinner Blues | 1960 |
| Je t’aime … moi non plus | Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg | Single | 1969 |
| In The Summertime | Mungo Jerry | single | 1970 |
| Walking on Sunshine | Katrina & The Waves | Walking on Sunshine | 1983 |
| It’s Raining Men | The Weather Girls | Success | 1983 |
| Ca plane pour moi | Plastic Bertrand | single | 1977 |
| I’m Gonna Be | The Proclaimers | Sunshine on Leith | 1988 |
| Stuck In The Middle With You | Stealers Wheel | Stealers Wheel | 1972 |
| Come On Eileen | Dexy’s Midnight Runners | Too-Rye-Ay | 1982 |
| Down Under | Men At Work | Business as Usual | 1981 |
| Sunshine Reggae | Laid Back | Keep Smiling | 1983 |
The postshow had another Man track – I think Mal may be heading towards a Man show
| C’mon | Man | Be Good to Yourself at Least Once a Day | 1972 |
| Drums A Go-Go | Sandy Nelson | Single | 1965 |
| Hanging By a Moment | Life House | No Name Face | 2000 |
| Great Day | Paul McCartney | Flaming Pie | 1997 |