One-Hit Wonders: An Oblique History of Popular Music
- Editor: Hill, Sarah
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Contents
- List of Illustrations List of Contributors Acknowledgements The Chart of the Book Introduction Sarah Hill
- 1. Buchanan & Goodman, 'The Flying Saucer' (1956) Paul Carr
- 2. The Kingsmen, 'Louie Louie' (1963) Samuel Murray
- 3. ? and the Mysterians, '96 Tears' (1966) Adam Behr
- 4. The Easybeats, 'Friday on My Mind' (1966) Dai Griffiths
- 5. Norman Greenbaum, 'Spirit in the Sky' (1969) Philip Auslander
- 6. The Archies, 'Sugar Sugar' (1969) Jon Stewart
- 7. Serge Gainsbourg, 'Je t'aime (moi non plus)' (1969) Philippe Gonin
- 8. Blue Swede, 'Hooked On a Feeling' (1971) Sarah Hill, with Bengt Palmers
- 9. Wild Cherry, 'Play That Funky Music' (1976) Robert Fink
- 10. Althea and Donna, 'Uptown Top Ranking' (1977) Paul Long
- 11. Plastic Bertrand, 'Ca Plane Pour Moi' (1977) Patrick McGuinness
- 12. Nick Gilder, 'Hot Child in the City' (1978) Richard Parfitt
- 13. The Vapors, 'Turning Japanese' (1980) Abigail Gardner
- 14. Aneka, 'Japanese Boy' (1981) Richard Elliott
- 15. Toni Basil, 'Mickey' (1981) Tim Anderson
- 16. Trio, 'Da Da Da' (1981) Tim Quirk
- 17. Nena, '99 Luftballons' (1982) Melanie Schiller
- 18. The Grateful Dead, 'Touch of Grey' (1987) Tom Irvine
- 19. A View from the Ground: Being a One-Hit Wonder Mike Jones
- 20. A View from the Desk: Product Management Sarah Hill, talking with a guy in a suit
- 21. Shakespear's Sister, 'Stay' (1992) Aine Mangaoang
- 22. OMC, 'How Bizarre' (1996) Geoff Stahl
- 23. Butthole Surfers, 'Pepper' (1996) Gina Arnold
- 24. Chumbawamba, 'Tubthumping' (1998) Matt Grimes
- 25. Meredith Brooks, 'Bitch' (1997) Asya Draganova
- 26. New Radicals, 'You Get What You Give' (1998) Jon Gower
- 27. Las Ketchup, 'Asereje' (2002) Eulalia Febrer Coll
- 28. Gotye, 'Somebody That I Used to Know' (2011) Ellis Jones Bibliography Index