Best One Hit Wonders in the World Ever [IMPORT]

Track Listings
1. 99 Red Balloons - Nena
2. I'll Be Ther For You - The Rembrandts
3. Breakfast At Tiffany's - Deep Blue Something
4. (I Just) Died In Your Arms - Cutting Crew
5. You're The Voice - John Arnham
6. Venus - Shocking Blue
7. Harlem Shuffle - Bob And Earl
8. Spirit In The Sky - Norman Greenbaum
9. Fire - The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown
10. Something In The Air - Thunderclap Newman
11. Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm - Crash Test Dummies
12. Drinking In La - Bran Van 3000
13. Runaway Train - Soul Asylum
14. Mary's Prayer - Danny Wilson
15. Can You Dig It - The Mock Turtles
16. Your Woman - White Town
17. Imagination - Belouis Some
18. How Long - Ace
19. Private Number - Judy Clay And William Bell
20. All By Myself - Eric Carmen
21. Lovin' You - Minnie Riperton
22. Uptown Top Ranking - Althia And Donna
23. Pop Muzik - M
24. Mah Na Mah Na - Piero Umiliani
25. Don't Worry Be Happy - Boby McFerrin
26. Da, Da, Da, (I Don't Love, You Don't Love Me, Ha, Ha) - Trio
27. Macarena - Los Bel Rio
28. Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) - Edison Lightouse
29. Break My Stride - Matthew Wilder
30. Tarzan Boy - Baltimora
31. It's Raining Men - The Weather Girls
32. Mambo No.5 (A Little Bit Of...) - Lou Basil
33. The One And Only - Chesney Hawkes
34. Mickey - Tony Basil
35. The Safety Dance - Men Without Hats
36. Nut Rocker - B Bumble & The Stingers
37. My Sharona - The Knack
38. I Eat Cannibals - Toto Coelo
39. Groove Is In The Heart - Deee-lite
40. Would I Lie To You - Charles And Eddie
41. Eloise - Barry Ryan
42. Softly Whispering I Love You - The Congregation
43. Jesamine - The Casuals
44. Rhythm Of The Rain - The Cascades

Piero Umiliani Deluxe Edition
Composer(s):
Piero Umiliani

Released in:
2006
Country:
Italy

Cinevox Gold Tracks CD MDF 608

Country
Italy
Format
CD
Release Date
May-2006
UPN
8-004644-002583

3 Folds digipack with 8 pages color booklet.

Also contains music from:

5 Bambole Per La Luna D'Agosto
Arcangelo, L'
Due Mafiosi Contro Al Capone
Due Mafiosi Contro Goldginger
Due Marines E Un Generale
Fidanzamento, Il
Isole Dell'Amore, Le
Blonde K�der F�r Den M�rder
Requiem Per Un Agente Segreto
Roy Colt E Winchester Jack
Svezia, Inferno E Paradiso

Track listing

1. Mah na mah na
from "Svezia, Inferno E Paradiso"
2. Due mafiosi contro goldinger (titoli)
from "Due mafiosi contro goldinger"
3. L'arcangelo (suite) *
from "L'arcangelo"
4. Due mafiosi contro al capone (titoli)
from "Due mafiosi contro al capone"
5. 5 bambole per la luna d'agosto (finale)
from "5 bambole per la luna d'agosto"
6. Don't ever let me go (inst.new edit) *
from "Requiem Per Un Agente Segreto"
7. Un posto per un addio
from "Blonde K�der F�r Den M�rder"
8. 5 bambole per la luna d'agosto (titoli)
from "5 bambole per la luna d'agosto"
9. Bob and Hellen (new edit) *
from "Blonde K�der F�r Den M�rder"
10. Il fidanzamento (suite) **
from "Il fidanzamento"
11. Roy colt & winchester jack (titoli)
from "Roy colt & winchester jack"
12. Vele al vento
from "Le sole Dell'Amore"
13. Roy colt & winchester jack (finale)
from "Roy colt & winchester jack"
14. Crystal
from "Blonde K�der F�r Den M�rder"
15. Danza primitiva
from "5 bambole per la luna d'agosto"
16. Tamour� (titoli)
from "Le sole Dell'Amore"
17. Danza citar free
from "5 bambole per la luna d'agosto"
18. I due marines
from "Due Marines E Un Generale" / (*) previously unreleased / (**) First CD reissue

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nBG5o6oZJE[/youtube]

MorriconeRocks
August 27, 2008

-From "SVEZIA, INFERNO E PARADISO" (Italy, 1968) -"SWEDEN, HEAVEN AND HELL" (English) -"SUEDE, ENFER ET PARADIS" (France) -"SCHWEDEN -HOLLE ODER PARADIES?" (West Germany) "Piero Umiliani's classic...
-From "SVEZIA, INFERNO E PARADISO" (Italy, 1968)
-"SWEDEN, HEAVEN AND HELL" (English)
-"SUEDE, ENFER ET PARADIS" (France)
-"SCHWEDEN -HOLLE ODER PARADIES?" (West Germany)

"Piero Umiliani's classic soundtrack to "SVEZIA, INFERNO E PARADISO" (Sweden, Heaven and Hell), directed by Luigi Scattini - the cult mondo movie from 1968 that purported to be a serious documentary about life in Sweden, but instead goes the way of the exploitation mondo shockumentary and concentrates on showing scenes of wife swapping, porno movies, lesbian nightclubs, biker gangs, Walpurgis Night celebrations and examining Sweden's drug, drinking and high suicide problems...

"Contains the great/silly track "Mah Na' Mah Na'" that was covered by the Muppets, becoming a classic in its own right!" -moviegrooves.com

This song is sung by the great Alessandro Alessandroni; he also did the surf guitar and whistling for all the 'spaghetti westerns', including "THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY", as well as leading the choir, Il Cantori Moderni (The Modern Singers).

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFXLhIrykL4[/youtube]

CalimeroCalimeri
September 17, 2007

La sequenza di "Mah-nà Mah-nà".

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuNkkqGZ3lw[/youtube]

championshipwalk
September 16, 2007

Vídeo de la canción Mah Na Mah Na del autor italiano Piero Umiliani, popularizada por los Muppets, Plaza Sésamo y soundtrack de la película "Svezia, inferno e paradiso".

Svezia,Inferno E Paradiso - Import
Piero Umiliani

Audio CD (September 1, 2003)
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Easy Tempo

Track Listings
1. You Tried To Warn Me
2. Le Ragazze dell’Arcipelago
3. Stoccolma My Dear
4. Mah Na’ Mah Na’
5. Essere Donna
6. Notte di Mezza Estate
7. Sequenza Psichedelica
8. Violenza
9. Fotomodelle
10. La Signora Cameriera
11. Solitudine
12. Free in Minore
13. Piano Bossa November
14. Stoccolma My Dear
15. Notte di Mezza Estate
16. Solitudine
17. Nel Cosmo
18. Topless Party
19. Solitudine
20. Eva Svedese
21. Hippies #1
22. Solitudine
23. Hippies #2
24. L’Iomo Intergrato
25. Samba Nah Na’
26. Organo e Chitarroni
27. Beer, Vermouth e Gin
28. Sleep Now Little One

Product Description
This soundtrack for the so-called „documentary" on the decay of morals in Sweden from 1968 is a long lost jewel of Easy Listening. Properly released for the first time ever it brings us 28 cute little songs called „Photo Models", „Topless Party" or „Beer , Vermouth & Gin" - plus the superhit „Mah Na’ Mah Na’" (as known from „Sesame Street" and many TV-ads). Oh yes - and the soundtrack also features Mr.Gato Barbieri on sax.

I know it's on this CD in the Archives (maybe on something else too). This also includes the original "Music Box Dancer" which is fairly HTF on CD.



1. The Third Man Theme - Anton Karas
2. The Crazy Otto (Medley) - Johnny Maddox
3. The Entertainer - Marvin Hamlisch
4. Petite Fleur (Little Flower) - Chris Barber's Jazz Band
5. March From The River Kwai & Colonel Bogey - Mitch Miller
6. Alabama Jubilee (1999 Stereo Recording) - The Ferko String Band
7. Tea For Two Cha Cha - Tommy Dorsey Orchestra
8. Manhattan Spiritual - Reg Owen & His Orchestra
9. (The Graduation Song) Pomp & Circumstance - Adrian Kimberly
10. National City - Joiner, Arkansas Jr. High School Band
11. Midnight In Moscow - Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen
12. Washington Square - The Village Stompers
13. Soft Summer Breeze - Eddie Heywood
14. Forever - The Little Dippers
15. Music Box Dancer - Frank Mills
16. The Dis-Advantages of You - The Brass Ring
17. Percolator (Twist) - Billy Joe & The Checkmates
18. Keem-O-Sabe - The Electric Indian
19. Mah-Na-Mah-Na - Piero Umiliani
20. Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band - Meco

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00001XDL2/?tag=imwan-20

I remember the Best One Hit Wonders..when it first came out but I didn't buy it.
"In The World Ever" that must be a Virgin comp.They usually attach that stupid bit at the end of the title.
There are some good songs on there,but I'd have to skip a few of those-

Don't Worry Be Happy - Boby McFerrin
Macarena - Los Bel Rio
Break My Stride - Matthew Wilder
Mambo No.5 (A Little Bit Of...) - Lou Basil
The One And Only - Chesney Hawkes
Mickey-Tony Basil
It's Raining Men - The Weather Girls

and the worst...
The Safety Dance - Men Without Hats.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcOZ6xFxJqg[/youtube]

I'm going to check out out the Svezia Inferno E Paradiso soundtrack. If it's even a shade like the sleazy loungecore of Vampyros Lesbos or Schulmadchen Report I'll buy it.

I would spare the following from your strike list:

"Break my Stride" - Matthew Wilder. Reminds me of the early '80s and my listening to Radio Luxemburg on my alarm clock radio, with the signal fading in and out.

"Mickey" - Tony Basil. I like cheerleaders.

"It's Raining men" - The Weather Girls. I bought the single of that one, and hallelujah for that.

I don't know any music by Chesney Hawkes.

I never realized "Mah Na Mah Na" went that far back. I always assumed it was a nonsense song made up by the people on Sesame Street. Who knew?

Well, obviously not me.

It pisses me off when I see "one-hit wonder" comps that have artists that aren't one-hit wonders.

2. I'll Be Ther For You - The Rembrandts
"That's Just The Way It Is (Baby)" "Johnny Have You Seen Her"

11. Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm - Crash Test Dummies
"Superman Song"

20. All By Myself - Eric Carmen
"Hungry Eyes" "Make Me Lose Control"

35. The Safety Dance - Men Without Hats
"Pop Goes The World"

You often also see "What I Like About You" by the Romantics, ignoring "Talking In Your Sleep."

30. Tarzan Boy - Baltimora


one of the great One Hit Wonders. I think I have it from a Ninja Turtles soundtrack?

Normally I'd agree, but the comp Googa posted about is a UK collection, and by their criteria, all of these acts qualify as one-hit wonders. Even Eric Carmen had just the one chart hit in the UK.

Of course, there are any number of big UK acts who are considered one-hit wonders in the US, including Madness and Gary Numan.

Yep, on the soundtrack for TMNT III. Oddly enough, it's also on the soundtrack for Chris Farley's Beverly Hills Ninja. What is it about "Tarzan Boy" and ninjas?

It was also used as a commercial for Listerine for many years. I think it was a hit before the Turtles movie but was then reactivated as happens so many times. Baltimora actually had a second, minor hit here in the States. I believe he later died of AIDS.

I still say Sherrif's nauseating "When I'm With You" is the most amazing one hit wonder ever. It was only a minor hit in 1983 (or 1982 I forget reaching something like #63-again I forget). Years after they broke up (some of the guys went on to minor one hit wonder Frozen Ghost), the song was re-released for no reason at all and went to #1 in 1989. Unbelievable.

Gotcha.

But you still see US comps like that!