The 10 Greatest One-Hit Wonders of All Time

Open whatever music platform you use (hopefully not Spotify) and put on these hits while you learn a bit about their unique backstories.

My prefered way to listen to music. Photo by blocks on Unsplash

I say “hopefully not Spotify,” because if you didn’t know… Spotify is horrible. Horrible for artists, horrible for the future of music, and horrible for the future of humanity (check the founders' investment history if you’re curious as to why).

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As a musician, if you want to support artists, the best place to do that is on Bandcamp, where you can actually buy the artist's music in a transparent way. Artists know what percentage of sales they get (85%), and what percentage goes back to the platform itself (15%).

My extended album cover.

I have an EP on Bandcamp which you’re welcome to check out, and I love playing my own tunes live. However, most of my two-hour set is covers, including a lot of one-hit wonders—To Be With You by Mr. Big, I Need a Dollar by Aloe Blacc, and Let Me Love You by Mario. You can make the argument that none of those artists are true…