"99 Luftballons" by Nena (f/Justin Humenik)
Against all odds, a song completely sung in German floated all the way up to #2 on the Billboard charts in 1983, rising above some of the biggest artists of the 80s. Even more surprising, the danceabl...
23 Marras 202240min
"Black Velvet" by Alannah Myles
After two decades of pursuing a music career, a 30 year old Canadian singer named Alannah Myles scored a #1 hit in 1989 with “Black Velvet”. While her success continued for years after in the Great Wh...
16 Marras 202244min
"Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand" by Primitive Radio Gods
We’ve discussed close to 150 one hit wonders on the podcast at this point, but none have had as bizarre of a series of events that led to a hit as Primitive Radio Gods. Producer Matt Kelly considers “...
9 Marras 202236min
"I'll Be There For You" by The Rembrandts (f/Brian Rodrigeuz)
Originally intended to be a theme song and nothing more, “I’ll Be There For You” gave The Rembrandts a Top 20 Billboard hit on the wings of NBC’s juggernaut of a sitcom Friends. The visual that the so...
2 Marras 202253min
"Whoomp! There It Is" by Tag Team
Hey Party People! One Hit Thunder back again. This week, the REAL tag team - myself and my co-host and producer Matt Kelly - jump in the ring with the massive stadium anthem “Whoomp (There It Is)”. Th...
26 Loka 202237min
"Home" by Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros (f/Tessa Markle)
In 2010, a song by a ten-piece hippie folk pop group unexpectedly started appearing in seemingly endless amounts of movies, TV shows, and commercials. This sincere and lively tune caught the ear and h...
19 Loka 202242min
"California" by Phantom Planet (f/Matt "Team Goldie" DiStefano)
Phantom Planet had a modest radio hit with their single “California” in 2002. When a little TV show called The O.C. debuted and used the song as its theme song, however, it skyrocketed the band to sta...
12 Loka 202258min
"We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off" by Jermaine Stewart
Break out the cherry wine and prepare to have your brain stimulated…we’re FINALLY taking a deep dive - or should we say SKINNY DIP - into Jermaine Stewart’s hit 1986 single “We Don’t Have To Take Our ...
5 Loka 202233min
