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  • 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