Not quite accurate, Coolio actually does have more than one songKugelfisch wrote: ↑Sun Oct 02, 2022 1:17 amHe's considered even more of a one hit wonder than Vanilla Ice.
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But not more than one hit. Vanilla Ice does. Coolio is a lesser MC Hammer.McGinnis wrote: ↑Sun Oct 02, 2022 9:17 amNot quite accurate, Coolio actually does have more than one songKugelfisch wrote: ↑Sun Oct 02, 2022 1:17 amHe's considered even more of a one hit wonder than Vanilla Ice.
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No, he had three or four songs that charted and at least one other single that went platinum.
If by 'one-hit wonder' you mean 'only one number one', then I suppose that's accurate. But it's not generally what's meant by 'one-hit wonder'. A lot of popular acts never had a number one hit single.
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News to me. Gangsta's Paradise is the only song of his I've ever heard.
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It's true, but would most people even remember those songs now? I certainly don't. I only remember that one. I had no idea he ripped it off from Stevie Wonder at the time.
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Chart position doesn't have much standing on whether an artist is a one-hit-wonder or not. Vanilla Ice had a few hits in his time, but most people only know him for "Ice Ice Baby" or, if you're a certain type of dork, the Ninja Rap from that Ninja Turtles movie.
On the reverse side of that argument: Jimi Hendrix is a guitar legend with a lot of well-known and memorable songs, but his only real charting hit was his cover of "All Along The Watchtower".
On the reverse side of that argument: Jimi Hendrix is a guitar legend with a lot of well-known and memorable songs, but his only real charting hit was his cover of "All Along The Watchtower".
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Not really. The only other single of his that charted was a cover of 'Play that Funky Music' and the reason for that was that Ice Ice Baby was the b-side to that single. So people bought the 'Play that Funky Music' single because they wanted to hear Ice Ice Baby. Eventually he signed with a new label and they released Ice Ice Baby as its own A-side with some other B-side that nobody cares about (as is typically standard with B-sides)
So yeah, technically Vanilla Ice isn't a one hit wonder either. But, in reality, yeah he is.
Well that goes to my point.Musical Space Cowboy wrote: ↑Sun Oct 02, 2022 3:48 pmOn the reverse side of that argument: Jimi Hendrix is a guitar legend with a lot of well-known and memorable songs, but his only real charting hit was his cover of "All Along The Watchtower".
The Who, Aerosmith, Guns N' Roses, they've all never had a number one hit single.
Well, there's two reasons for thatKugelfisch wrote: ↑Sun Oct 02, 2022 3:37 pmNews to me. Gangsta's Paradise is the only song of his I've ever heard.
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2) Gangsta's Paradise was his only crossover hit.
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Guns n' Roses had Sweet Child o' Mine on number 1 for two weeks.
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Really? Oh, okay then. Still, that's only one number one amongst many singles and they're a hugely successful bandKugelfisch wrote: ↑Sun Oct 02, 2022 7:23 pmGuns n' Roses had Sweet Child o' Mine on number 1 for two weeks.
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Yeah, one would assume they had multiple #1 hits.
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