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The Connells - '74-'75 (Germany #7, UK #14, no other top 40 hit)
Edwyn Collins - A Girl Like You (UK #4, no other top 30 hit)
Billy Ray Cyrus - Achy Breaky Heart (US #4, no other top 40 hit)
Sir Mix A Lot - Baby Got Back (US #1, no other top 40 hit)
Big Mountain - Baby I Love Your Way (UK #2, US #6, no other top 40 hit)
Emilia - Big Big World (UK #5, no other top 40 hit)
Meredith Brooks - Bitch (US #2, no other top 40 hit)
The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony (US #12, no other top 40 hit)
Alannah Myles - Black Velvet (US #1, UK #2, no other top 30 hit)
Deep Blue Something - Breakfast at Tiffany's (US #5, no other top 40 hit)
Quad City DJs - C'Mon Ride It (The Train) (US #3, no other top 40 hit)
US3 - Cantaloop (US #9, no other top 40 hit)
Jennifer Paige - Crush (US #3, UK #4, no other top 40 hit)
Deee-Lite - Groove Is in the Heart (US #4, no other top 40 hit)
Ini Kamoze - Here Comes The Hotstepper (US #1, UK #4, no other top 40 hit)
OMC - How Bizarre (UK #5, no other top 40 hit)
Luniz - I Got 5 On It (US #8, no other top 40 hit)
Dionne Farris - I Know (US #4, no other top 40 hit)
Donna Lewis - I Love You Always Forever (US #2, no other top 40 hit)
Divinyls - I Touch Myself (US #4, UK #10, no other top 40 hit)
Macy Gray - I Try (US #5, no other top 40 hit)
Skee-Lo - I Wish (US #13, UK #15, no other top 40 hit)
Curtis Stigers - I Wonder Why (US #9, no other top 40 hit)
Snow - Informer (UK #2, no other top 40 hit)
Stiltskin - Inside (UK #1, no other top 30 hit)
Kris Kross - Jump (US #1, UK #2, no other top 10 hit)
House of Pain - Jump Around (US #3, no other top 40 hit)
Tom Cochrane - Life Is a Highway (US #6, no other top 40 hit)
Sixpence Non the Richer - Kiss Me (US #2, no other top 30 hit)
Fools Garden - Lemon Tree (Germany #1, no other top 40 hit)
Shawn Mullins - Lullaby (US #7, UK #9, no other top 40 hit)
Los del Rio - Macarena (US #1, UK #2, no other top 40 hit)
Lou Bega - Mambo No. 5 (UK #1, US #3, no other top 40 hit)
Everything but the Girl - Missing (US #2, no other top 40 hit)
Crash Test Dummies - Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm (US #4, no other top 40 hit)
Merril Bainbridge - Mouth (US #4, no other top 40 hit)
Blind Melon - No Rain (US #20, no other top 40 hit)
Tony Rich Project - Nobody Knows (US #2, UK #4, no other top 40 hit)
Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U (US #1, no other top 40 hit)
Wallflowers - One Headlight (US Airplay #2, no other top 20 hit)
Timmy T - One More Try (US #1, no other top 30 hit)
Joan Osborne - One of Us (US #4, no other top 40 hit)
Mark Morrison - Return of the Mack (US #2, no other top 40 hit)
Wreckx-N-Effect - Rump Shaker (US #2, no other top 40 hit)
Soul Asylum - Runaway Train (UK #7, no other top 20 hit)
Eagle-Eye Cherry - Save Tonight (US #5, no other top 40 hit)
Marcy Playground - Sex and Candy (US #8, no other top 40 hit)
Tal Bachman - She's So High (US #14, no other top 40 hit)
Maria McKee - Show Me Heaven (UK #1, no other top 30 hit)
Tasmin Archer - Sleeping Satellite (France #6, Germany #12, US #32, no other top 40 hit)
Babylon Zoo - Spaceman (Germany #1, Australia #3, no other top 40 hit)
Lisa Loeb - Stay (I Missed You) (UK #6, no other top 40 hit)
Len - Steal My Sunshine (UK #8, US #9, no other top 40 hit)
Shawn Colvin - Sunny Came Home (US #7, no other top 40 hit)
Groove Theory - Tell Me (US #5, no other top 40 hit)
The Verve Pipe - The Freshmen (US #5, no other top 40 hit)
Chesney Hawkes - The One and Only (US #10, no other top 40 hit)
Mr Big - To Be With You (UK #3, Australia #1, Germany #1, no other top 20 hit)
Natalie Imbruglia - Torn (US Airplay #1, Germany #4, no other top 40 hit)
Chumbawamba - Tubthumping (US #6, no other top 40 hit)
Spin Doctors - Two Princes (UK #3, Australia #3, Germany #3, no other top 20 hit)
EMF - Unbelievable (Australia #8, Germany #9, no other top 20 hit)
Marc Cohn - Walking in Memphis (US #13, no other top 40 hit)
Everlast - What It's Like (US #13, no other top 40 hit)
4 Non Blondes - What's Up (UK #2, US #14, no other top 40 hit)
Tag Team - Whoomp (There It Is) (US #2, no other top 40 hit)
Charles and Eddie - Would I Lie to You (UK #1, US #13, no other top 30 hit)
Ten Sharp - You (UK #10, no other top 40 hit)
New Radicals - You Get What You Give (UK #5, no other top 40 hit)
White Town - Your Woman (UK #1, no other top 40 hit)
Olive - You're not Alone
One-hit wonders in the US but not in Europe (= acts that had only one big hit in the US but more than one in Europe):
Aqua - Barbie Girl
Eiffel 65 - Blue (Da Ba Dee)
Rednex - Cotton Eye Joe
Right Said Fred - I'm too Sexy
Cardigans - Lovefool
Captain Hollywood Project - More and More
Culture Beat - Mr. Vain
Shakespear Sister - Stay
Corona - The Rhythm of the Night
Haddaway - What Is Love
"A one-hit wonder is any entity that achieves mainstream popularity, often for only one piece of work, and becomes known among the general public solely for that momentary success. The term is most commonly used in regard to music performers with only one hit single that overshadows their other work."
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