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Coffee Break: One-Hit Wonders

by Jill Riley and Nilufer Arsala

September 25, 2025

Kajagoogoo in a recording studio's control room with producers Nick Rhodes (he of Duran Duran) and Colin Thurston.
Kajagoogoo in a recording studio's control room with producers Nick Rhodes (he of Duran Duran) and Colin Thurston.Brian Rasic/Getty Images

Sometimes there are musical jewels that stick with you through the years. And sometimes, those songs might be the ones that end up being an artist’s claim to fame.

Thursday is One Hit Wonder Day! The special day honors the artists and songs who once ruled the charts, and gives us a chance to play some of our favorite songs. Let’s make a playlist full of guilty musical pleasures.

So for today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what one-hit wonders would you like to hear?


Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.

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Songs Played
The Wonders- That Thing You Do!
The Knickerbockers- Lies
Tracy Bonham- Mother Mother
Harvey Danger- Flagpole Sitta
The Foundations- Build Me Up Buttercup
Deee-Lite- Groove Is In The Heart
Lipps Inc- Funkytown
Kajagoogoo- Too Shy