Post a one-hit wonder R&B song

[funky]

Amerie is definitely known for one song. But I can't let go of the fact that she has a beautiful run of flop singles and managed to carve out a steady career of three of four albums before she disappeared. She was quite a moopy favourite for a while.

 

[KC 🦋]

I'm definitely a fan of hers. I love her voice and I think her consequent singles were all pretty solid.

 

[SDF]

Yes I remember a certain section of Moopy being quite taken by Amerie’s third album

 

[Loufoque]

Crush by Amerie was that gurl.

 

[straightorbroken]

Well I was listening to this earlier. It's like the older sister to Aaliyah's more luxurious More Than A Woman.

 

[funky]

I love that song but I hope you’re just posting it as a passing interest and not as a response to this thread title otherwise imma have to upgrade you from a to a

 

[Loufoque]

I mean soon the girls will be posting Jumpin' Jumpin' and Waterfalls in this thread.

 

[Pipo]

Just because some budget Keyshia Cole/Amerie clone has been steadily releasing songs since 1999 to no avail doesn't it mean it can't fit here

 

[win_the_game]

Amerie is definitely known for one song. But I can't let go of the fact that she has a beautiful run of flop singles and managed to carve out a steady career of three of four albums before she disappeared. She was quite a moopy favourite for a while.

Amerie’s debut album was gorgeous. I don’t think she ever topped that for me.

 

[dUbrodošli]

Why did Amerie become Ameriie and then go back?

 

[Whatevar]

Amerie has a terrible voice! Literally screeches on some tracks.

 

[Cerro de Casa]

BROWNSTONE

If you LOVE Me
(SAY it)

 

[Whatevar]

Grapevyne is really good too!

 

[Cerro de Casa]

Grapevyne is really good too!

And I HOPE that you feel MUCH better
Yes I DO

Such a BOP

 

[Madison]

 

[POP!]

Not sure if this was already posted - this was #1 EVERYWHERE (except US where it only went top twenty). The follow up "I Love Them Ho's (Ho-Wop)" ( ) *shockingly* did not make the same impact.

 

[POP!]

I think this only did anything in North America (US #20, #3 at pop radio). I loved it at the time but it's a bit SHIT IN RETROSPECT

 

[Haiku Rewrites]

 

[Haiku Rewrites]

Also, this BRILL READING of the Cyndi Lauper classic.

 

[Haiku Rewrites]

Technically she never really had a big hit as she never reached the top 50 in US Billboard Chart nor did she chart in the UK but I'm using the excuse this was NO 1 IN THE US DANCE CHARTS () to throw this SULTRY CHARMER of a song in!

 

[Haiku Rewrites]

THIS UK NO. 95 SMASH HIT

 

[Ellie]

According to searches Nikka Costa has never actually had a hit of any kind, but she just came up on a playlist for the first time in ages and I'm now trying to find anything recent. Last seen doing a cover album in 2017 and now seems to live in Australia.

Push & Pull is such a great song.

 

[rhythmba-la-la-la-la]

This one instantly sprung to mind.

 

[Whatevar]

GREAT album

 

[mulled vespertine]

 

[mulled vespertine]

Such a sexy song AND ALBUM.

 

[krang]

 

[rhythmba-la-la-la-la]

Ridiculously good album but he just couldn't cope with fame.

 

[Alla]

I found this youtube channel where they're just uploading the story of many r&b artists from the 80s and early 90s (many of them truly one-hit wonders for the general public), I've been watching some of them and found it quite interesting. Maybe @Ellie and others might like this.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpQ7aXmeotUT1k45s77tKTA/videos

 

[Ellie]

I found this youtube channel where they're just uploading the story of many r&b artists from the 80s and early 90s (many of them truly one-hit wonders for the general public), I've been watching some of them and found it quite interesting. Maybe @Ellie and others might like this.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpQ7aXmeotUT1k45s77tKTA/videos

Lovely. Thank you!

 

[Una Kratz Per San Marino]

I hope that despite her attempt to reinvent herself as a serious artisté she is fuming that this is still her only (moderate) success, anywhere

 

[Alla]

 

[Madison]

I hope that despite her attempt to reinvent herself as a serious artisté she is fuming that this is still her only (moderate) success, anywhere

She shouldn’t be. It’s a masterpiece. I think of its lyrics often.

I wonder what her second best song is. I’ve never bothered to find out.

 

[C’est la VoR]

She shouldn’t be. It’s a masterpiece. I think of its lyrics often.

I wonder what her second best song is. I’ve never bothered to find out.

According to Spotify, she doesn't have a second best song, or indeed a second song at all!

 

[Madison]

According to Spotify, she doesn't have a second best song, or indeed a second song at all!

Did you check all eight (?!) of her aliases?

 

[Una Kratz Per San Marino]

She shouldn’t be. It’s a masterpiece. I think of its lyrics often.

I wonder what her second best song is. I’ve never bothered to find out.

Oh I quite agree but you just know she hates it (as an artist who values INTEGRITY and INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY)

 

[Berly]

 

[Alla]

I don't think he ever had a proper hit in Europe but he had a lot in USA and this is not even the biggest one! I like his early singles but then he just started to release generic boring songs one after another until he stopped having any impact.

 

[RS]

I adore this summer of 1996 melodrama.

 

[RS]

Page 1 of this thread is giving me life and it's everything. A serve from Ms. @dUb. This is my end-of-the-week playlist sorted.

Indeed that first page was like stepping into my life at the turn of the century.