You can have Sound , come Home, Say something and the Andre Gray tribute ‘born of frustration’ as big songs to add to that list.
I'm going to give my two cents as a neutral and say that I would only ever have got 'Sit Down', and I think unless you were an at least relative fan who was consciously alive at the time (which I was not) that second set from Stevie is mildly fantastical in suggesting that further group of four as 'big songs' that anything other than a minority of people could name off the top of their head
8 top 20 hits and 14 top 30 hits. Plenty to remember. “She’s a star” (edit - mentioned above I now see) was another of the more memorable hits along with “Tomorrow” and “Destiny Calling”. Many great songs.
The argument seems to be over the definition of one hit wonder. If it is an artist who has literally had one single achieve any level of success, then that clearly doesn't apply to James. If it is an artist who is overwhelmingly best known for one song, then that arguably does apply. My inclination is the former, so I think it's unfair to call them one hit wonders. More importantly, what does Ilias Chair think about this?
A song has always been designated a 'hit' if it sold enough copies to get into what used to be called 'The Hit Parade', which is now mostly called 'The Charts'. This is a pretty straightforward technical definition. Keighley, I think, has already suggested that a massive hit that most people can identify could be termed a 'classic' or 'blockbuster' or some such. As for a song with which an artist is overwhelmingly and almost exclusively identified, then that could be termed their 'signature' song. Some artists have so many hits which can be termed as 'classics' that they probably do not have a 'signature' song as such; but would people view Bohemian Rhapsody being Queen's 'signature' tune despite all the apparent 'classics' they recorded subsequently? Does Chair like Queen, or has he got more taste?
Can we replace arguments in future about Troy, with an argument about James instead. Much more fun. I would say EMF are a one-hit wonder personally... James no. now to await the slew of EMF fans.
Knew that but didn't realise that Freak Power, that almost one-hit wonder (had another #29 hit) was also him....
He actually had a mini-revival in my uni's area when I was doing my degree. A student brought "The One and Only" to the student nightclub one night for its "Big Cheese" event, and the place went absolutely nuts. It started getting played a lot on the other nightclubs in the area, then one of the club's booked him for a live event. I've give the man props - some arse threw a pint glass at him and it caught him square on the mouth. He just ignored it and kept performing. He got booked again by one of the student colleges for the end of year extravaganza, too. Crazy to think it all came from one person bringing a single in for a DJ to play at a nightclub.
3 Top 10 hits. Personally I think a one hit wonder is, quite literally, an artist who had one big hit and no more. Here are two: I'd also consider this, although there was one further Top 40 hit (number 33). But it's such a great song it is worth posting anyway...
See, i would have more time for considering them as 1HWs but of course, All Together Now was their other hit. I get annoyed with Americans who consider The Verve to be 1HWs because Bitter Sweet Symphony was a hit over there (I think because of Cruel Intentions).
Nope. She had some slow ballad I can remember, but then I watch ToTP on BBC 4 every friday and it's just gone through 1989.
I wonder who chaired the meeting discussing this signing? If it goes well we might be sitting pretty.
King Harvest for Dancing in the Moonlight? Covered a couple of decades later by Toploader, who are themselves dangerously OHW-adjacent with the cover being by far their most popular song.
I think it didn't make it into the charts in the UK, but don't quote me on that. Details are hazy now!
