Artists (& songs) that became One Hit Wonders in Hellas.
Basic criterion: The airplay they received & the success they achieved in Hellenic radio stations.
Various 80s & 90s pop songs
1) Various 80s
US # 1, CA # 1, UK # 6, NO # 1, DE # 18, BE # 22, NL # 26, AU # 20, NZ # 6
U.S.A. (Florida)
City Lights - WILLIAM PITT (1986)
CH # 14, BE # 14, DE # 15, AT # 16, NL # 19, FR # 47
"Funny Girl" (BE # 25, DE # 64)
France & USA
Did not chart in Europe.
Brazil
Don't Wanna Fall In Love - JANE CHILD (single, 1990 / LP Jane Child, 1989)
US # 2, UK # 22, CA # 4,NL # 52
Canada
Hey Matthew - KAREL FIALKA (1987)
UK # 9, CH # 13, DE # 15
Only UK hit: The Eyes Have It (# 52)
Czech Republic & Scotland
US # 38, UK # 35, NL # 83
U.S.A.
I Remember Holding You - BOYS CLUB (LP Boys Club, 1988)
US # 8, CA # 14
U.S.A. & Tonga
Jive Talkin' - BOOGIE BOX HIGH feat. GEORGE MICHAEL (single, 1987 / LP Outrageous, 1989)
UK # 7, NL # 4, BE # 7, AU # 82, NZ # 38
Cyprus & U.K.
Im Nin' Alu (Paid In Full mix) - OFRA HAZA (1988)
DE # 1, CH # 1, NO # 1, SE # 2, AT # 2, FR # 6, BE # 14, NL # 29, UK # 15, EUROPEAN # 1
"Galbi" (AT # 19, DE # 20, CH # 21)
Israel
UK # 17, BE # 28, NL # 45, AU # 50
U.S.A.
Love Is Contagious - TAJA SEVELLE (1987)
UK # 7, NL # 20, US # 62
U.S.A.
Mia Bocca - JILL JONES (1987)
IT # 6
U.S.A. & Italy
My Favourite Waste Of Time - OWEN PAUL (1986)
UK # 3, BE # 8, NL # 8, CH # 19, AT # 20, DE # 21, AU # 23
U.K. (Scotland)
Noi, Ragazzi Di Oggi Noi - LUIS MIGUEL (1985)
IT # 1, BE # 37
Mexico & Puerto Rico
Only Crying - KEITH MARSHALL (1981)
UK # 12, BE # 1, CH # 3, DE # 5, AT # 8, NL # 10, IT # 15, NZ # 24
His 1982 single "I Think I'm In Love" received respectable airplay in Thessaloniki's Radio Stations but could not be considered a hit.
U.K.
Paradise - PHOEBE CATES (1982)
IT # 1
U.S.A. (New York)
Reality - RICHARD SANDERSON (1980)
DE # 1, FR # 1, IT # 1, CH # 1, AT # 1, BE # 16
U.K. (Scotland)
Remember - SHIMI TAVORI (single, 1985 / LP Remember, 1984)
Did not chart in Europe.
Israel
Shaddap You Face - JOE DOLCE MUSIC THEATRE (1981)
UK # 1, DE # 1, AT # 1, CH # 1, BE # 1, NO # 2, NL # 4, SE # 5, DK # 5, US # 53, CA # 2, AU # 1, NZ # 1
"If You Want To Be Happy" was a minor hit in Central Europe & Oceania (AT # 7, DE # 38, NZ # 33)
U.S.A. & Italy
She's Like The Wind - PATRICK SWAYZE feat. WENDY FRASER (1987)
US # 3, UK # 17, FR # 7, BE # 5, NO # 7, SE # 8, NL # 13, DE # 14, AT # 15
U.S.A.
Some Folks - STREET BOYS (1982)
AT # 4 (1987)
U.K. (England) based in France
Sugar Don't Bite - SAM HARRIS (1984)
US # 36
U.S.A.
Suicide Is Painless - THE MASH (1970 & 1980)
UK # 1, IE # 1, NL # 3, AU # 52
U.S.A.
The Lion Sleeps Tonight - TIGHT FIT (1982)
UK # 1, IE # 1, BE # 1, NL # 1, DK # 1, DE # 3, CH # 8, SE # 17, EUROPEAN # 1, AU # 11, NZ # 3
U.K. (England)
Various 90s
After Dark - TITO & TARANTULA (OST From Dusk Till Dawn, 1996)
DE # 74
U.S.A. & Mexico
Baby, I Love Your Way - BIG MOUNTAIN (OST Reality Bites, 1994)
US # 6, UK # 2, ES # 1, SE # 1, CH # 2, AT # 4, NL # 4, NO # 6, BE # 7, FR # 7, DE # 9, EUROPEAN # 1, AU # 4, NZ # 12
U.S.A. (San Diego, California)
Butterfly - SYLVIA POWELL (single, 1997)
U.K. (London, England)
Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen) - BAZ LUHRMANN feat. QUINDON TARVER (single, 1997 & 1999)
UK # 1, IE # 1, NO # 8, SE # 15, NL # 26, BE 31, CH # 36, DE # 44, US # 45, AU # 65
Late Quindon Tarver sings in the second version the part: "Brother & sister..." (link on his Name)
Australia & U.S.A.
Fade Into You - MAZZY STAR (1994)
US # 44, UK # 48, CA # 83, AU # 72
U.S.A. (Santa Monica, California)
Fallen - LAUREN WOOD (OST Pretty Woman, 1990)
Did not chart in Europe.
U.S.A.
UK # 7 (in 1998)
UK (London)
How Bizarre - OMC (15 Dec 1995)
AU # 1, NZ # 1, CA # 1, AT # 1, DE # 2, SE # 4, UK # 5, NL # 11, NO # 11, BE # 14, FR # 16, EUROPEAN # 5
New Zealand
Independent Love Song - SCARLET (1994)
UK # 12, IE # 10, CH # 23, SE # 25, DE # 50
U.K. (Hull)
'74 - '75 - THE CONNELLS (1993, charted in 1995)
SE # 1, NO # 1, BE # 2, CH # 3, FR # 4, AT # 6, DE # 7, NL # 10, UK # 14, EUROPEAN # 8
U.S.A. (North Carolina)
Sleeping Satellite - TASMIN ARCHER (1992)
UK # 1, IE # 1, SE # 4, CH # 5, FR # 6, NL # 8, AT # 11, DE # 12, BE # 12, EUROPEAN # 7, US # 32, AU # 14, NZ # 12
U.K. (England)
The Color Of The Night - LAUREN CHRISTY (1994)
US # 107, CA # 90
U.K. (England)
There's Nothing Like This - OMAR (1990)
UK # 14, DE # 27, SE # 34, FR # 35, NL # 55
U.K. (Canterbury)
Where's Your Love Been - HELIOCENTRIC WORLD (1994)
U.K.
Would I Lie To You - CHARLES & EDDIE (1992)
UK # 1, US # 13, CA # 3, DE # 1, AT # 1, BE # 1, FR # 2, NL # 2, CH # 2, SE # 3, NO # 3, IT # 10, EUROPEAN # 2, AU # 3, NZ # 1
U.S.A.
Your Woman - WHITE TOWN (1997)
UK # 1, ES # 1, IS # 1, FI # 4, FR # 5, BE # 7, SE # 10, CH # 19, AT # 23, DE # 24, EUROPEAN # 11, US # 23, AU # 2, NZ # 5
India & U.K.
