List of Figures
Acknowledgements
The Chart of the Book: One-Hit Wonders' Top Hits
Introduction
Sarah Hill, St Peter's College, University of Oxford, UK
1. Buchanan & Goodman, "The Flying Saucer" Parts 1 & 2 (1956)
Paul Carr, University of South Wales, UK
2. The Kingsmen, "Louie Louie" (1963)
Samuel Murray, Middlesex University, UK
3. ? and the Mysterians, "96 Tears"
Adam Behr, Newcastle University, UK
4. The Easybeats, "Friday on My Mind" (1966)
Dai Griffiths, Independent Scholar, Oxford, UK
5. Norman Greenbaum, "Spirit in the Sky" (1969)
Philip Auslander, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
6. The Archies, "Sugar Sugar" (1969)
Jon Stewart, BIMM Institute, Brighton, UK
7. Serge Gainsbourg, "Je t'aime(moi non plus" (1969)
Philippe Gonin, University of Burgundy Franche-Comte, France; trans. Jackie Ortiz
8. Blue Swede, "Hooked On a Feeling" (1974)
Sarah Hill, St. Peter's College, Oxford, UK; with Bengt Palmers
9. Wild Cherry, "Play That Funky Music" (1976)
Robert Fink, UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, USA
10. Althea and Donna, "Uptown Top Ranking" (1977)
Paul Long, Monash University, Australia
11. Plastic Bertrand, "Ca Plane Pour Moi" (1977)
Patrick McGuinness, St. Anne's College, Oxford, UK
12. Nick Gilder, "Hot Child in the City" (1978)
Richard Parfitt, Independent Scholar, Wales, UK
13. The Vapors, "Turning Japanese" (1980)
Abigail Gardner, University of Gloucestershire, UK
14. Aneka, "Japanese Boy" (1981)
Richard Elliott, Newcastle University, UK
15. Toni Basil, "Mickey" (1981)
Tim J. Anderson, Old Dominion University, USA
16. Trio, "Da Da Da" (1981)
Tim Quirk, Singer and Lyricist, USA
17. Nena, "99 Luftballons/99 Red Balloons" (1983)
Melanie Schiller, University of Groningen, Netherlands
18. The Grateful Dead, "Touch of Grey" (1987)
Tom Irvine, University of Southampton, UK
19. A View from the Ground: Latin Quarter, "Radio Africa" (1986)
Michael Jones, Senior Lecturer in Music, University of Liverpool, UK
20. A View from the Desk: Product Management
Sarah Hill, St. Peter's College, Oxford, UK
21. Shakespear's Sister, "Stay"(1992)
Aine Mangaoang, University of Oslo, Norway
22. OMC, "How Bizarre" (1996)
Geoff Stahl, Victoria University of Wellington, Aotearoa/New Zealand
23. The Butthole Surfers, "Pepper" (1996)
Gina Arnold, University of San Francisco, USA
24. Chumbawamba, "Tubthumping" (1997)
Matt Grimes, Birmingham City University, UK
25. Meredith Brooks, "Bitch" (1997)
Asya Draganova, Birmingham City University, UK
26. New Radicals, "You Get What You Give" (1998)
Jon Gower, Independent Scholar, UK
27. Las Ketchup, "Asereje" (2002)
Eulalia Febrer Coll, Conservatori Superior de Musica de les Illes Balears and Universidad Internacional de La Rioja, Spain
28. Gotye ft. Kimbra, "Somebody That I Used to Know" (2011)
Ellis Jones, University of Leeds, UK
List of Contributors
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