One-Hit Wonders Quiz - Statistics

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Song Name Artist Release Year Hint % Correct
Ice Ice Baby Vanilla Ice 1990 Vanilla Ice wrote his only number one hit when he was sixteen.
91%
Take On Me a-ha 1984 This catchy love song is perhaps better known for its sketchy animated music video.
87%
Who Let the Dogs Out Baha Men 2000 This enduring party anthem wants to know the identity of whoever released the canids.
83%
Barbie Girl Aqua 1997 This cheery Scandinavian pop tune led to a lawsuit by toy company Mattel.
80%
99 Luftballons Nena 1983 This German-language new wave hit is actually about nuclear war.
70%
Don't Worry, Be Happy Bobby McFerrin 1988 This feel-good smash hit gains its title from an Indian guru's personal mantra.
70%
Video Killed the Radio Star The Buggles 1979 This synth-pop hit heralding the popularity of television was the first music video played on MTV.
70%
Come on Eileen Dexys Midnight Runners 1982 This jaunty tune about escaping a quiet town contains Celtic folk influences.
67%
It's Raining Men The Weather Girls 1982 This disco-inspired hit was originally offered to Donna Summers, who turned it down.
67%
My Sharona The Knack 1979 This love song was allegedly written in just fifteen minutes about the lead singer's girlfriend.
65%
Macarena Los Del Rio 1993 This famously catchy dance hit is actually about a woman cheating on her boyfriend in the military.
63%
Smooth Criminal Alien Ant Farm 2001 This nu-metal track is a rendition of a Michael Jackson hit from 1988.
61%
Whip It Devo 1980 This new wave song, supposedly about American optimism, was one of the most unexpected smash hits of the 1980s.
57%
Teenage Dirtbag Wheatus 2000 This song about unrequited high school love is also a protest against musical censorship.
50%
Somebody That I Used to Know Gotye feat. Kimbra 2011 This duet has a music video consisting of a naked Gotye being painted into a wall.
48%
You're Beautiful James Blunt 2005 This deceptively dark song was inspired by a meeting with Blunt's ex-girlfriend on the subway.
48%
In the Summertime Mungo Jerry 1970 This carefree skiffle hit eventually sold 30 million copies.
43%
Closing Time Semisonic 1998 This enduring rock song is about the transition between two periods of life (or about being born).
39%
Wipe Out Surfaris 1963 This instrumental surf rock hit may be the most recognizable song of the genre.
39%
In the Year 2525 Zager and Evans 1969 This cautionary tale describes humanity's future in one-thousand-year snapshots.
35%
Just a Friend Biz Markie 1989 This rap song is the story of a man trying to uncover his girlfriend's infidelity.
28%
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