From Gnarls Barkley to Dexy’s Midnight Runners to Sinéad O’Connor to Fiona Apple, we ranked the 50 greatest one-hit wonders of all time.
Since the dawn of the pop charts in the summer of 1940, there have been artists who only ever tumble into the echelons of those lists. From Gnarls Barkley to Dexy’s Midnight Runners to Sinéad O’Connor, there have been countless—endless—one-hit wonders that have gotten swept up in the always changing, moving and exploding zeitgeist.
This list’s focus is not just on the tracks that shaped the eras they charted during. A primary focus is just how good, catchy and worthwhile each entry is. By enacting that balance, we’ve created a comprehensive list that paints a pretty wide-ranging portrait of the last 60+ years of popular music. Without further ado, here are our picks for the 50 greatest one-hit wonders of all-time. —There are few songs—and I don’t say this lightly—as totally bonkers and off-the-wall as Lou Bega’s “Mambo No.
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