One-hit wonders have us to be thankful for. Maybe they had some rabid fans who stuck with them. Most of us did not.
In fact, the label implies we are liked one song. The rest were too...whatever. We had to move on and did not have time to see what else the musical act had to offer.
In the case of some of the wonders, though, they didn't even deserve their one hit. Six such acts follow. (We apologize ahead of time if any of these songs are your favorite ever.)
These 21st century one-hit wonders did not deserve their one popular single
P.O.D. - "Youth of the Nation" (2002)
The issue with this track is the chorus, which sounds creepy and something a youth group might be taught in church. That is meant to mean no offense to the youth group. They didn't write the song; P.O.D. did.
Or maybe that was the point. The band was a Christian metal act, but perhaps that only worsens the song. It's like picking low-hanging fruit without much imagination or understanding of melody. We deserve better, though it's our fault the song was popular.
Hinder - "Lips of an Angel" (2006)
Any time a rock band produces a song easily recorded by a country artist and becomes a hit there, the group should be ashamed. There should be a definite difference in how a rock song sounds, not poppy enough to be a crossover hit or too country.
Plus, the track is ultimately about cheating. A former girlfriend calls late at night, which rightfully upsets the current girlfriend. We shouldn't feel too bad for the narrator. He is simply the bad guy in the scenario.
James Otto - "Just Got Started Lovin' You" (2007)
The title implies everything you need to know—it's cheesy and cliche. The rest of the song follows suit, an easy-listening country ditty with no real emotional weight. This "work" is probably meant to be often heard at wedding receptions.
The lyrics strain for anything above what a fifth-grader might churn out. The words include, "What can I say, I've never felt this way/Girl, you're like a dream come true." Yuck. If you were the girl, you should have left the room, but just before closing the door, said, "You should have tried harder to find words that mattered."
Hot Chelle Rae - "Tonight Tonight" (2011)
This is supposed to be a "rock" song, but comes across as something one might hear from High School Musical. It is overproduced and stop-starting without talent in any part of the singing or instrumentation. How did this track become a hit? Shame on us.
The other problem is that it is so corny, one can imagine a punk band doing a cover, speeding the tune up by a multiple of three, and playing it ironically. Then, the song might have some value, but only as a joke.
Love and Theft - "Angels Eyes" (2011)
You would be wrong if you thought (or were hoping) that this track was a cover of the 1989 Jeff Healy Band tune. And, sadly, unlucky. The Healy song was not a gem, but it was sure better than this drivel.
The lyrics tell us this is a song about a minister's daughter who likes having fun on Saturday before going to church on Sunday. That is a story as old as, well...you know. But the singer sounds as if this is something novel. It isn't, and the track isn't either.
Milky Chance - "Stolen Dance" (2013)
A German indie folk duo with possibly the worst name for a group ever appears to have known that the song would rhyme with their name. If that is true, that might be the most cerebral thing about the track, which isn't very intelligent either.
The duo has claimed that the song took them three years to make. They should have stopped after a week and never picked the tune back up. Also, are those supposed to be handclaps on the track? It sounds more like somewhat walking on a hard floor with suckers on their shoes. It's terrible.