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1->''"I will never understand why it is supposed to be cool to openly mock artists of so-called one-hit wonders; we are talking about people that has brought two and a half of minutes worth of pure Joy into the World, and that is something that 99.99% of us will never manage."''
2-->-- '''[[Creator/PennAndTeller Penn Jillette]]'''
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4->"Hi Johnny Cage from ''Film/MortalKombatTheMovie''. How's that career going? Yeah, not too great it seems."
5-->--'''WebVideo/FilmBrain''', ''Bad Movie Beatdown: Against the Dark''
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7->''Play us a medley of your hit!''
8-->-- Attributed to a number of people, taunting a musician friend
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10->''If you have to be a one-hit wonder, then 'San Francisco' is the one to have.''
11-->--'''Scott [=McKenzie=]'''
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13->''There's not enough money in the world to get me singing "Because We Want To" again.''
14-->--'''Creator/BilliePiper'''
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16->''I'm just a singer who already blew his shot\
17I get along with old-timers because my name's a reminder of a pop song people forgot.''
18-->-- '''Mike Posner''', "I Took a Pill in Ibiza" [[note]] which, ironically, became his second and much bigger hit [[/note]]
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20->Well, a musical act goes to the top of the chart with a catchy tune and meaningless lyrics. Then they throw a big diva tantrum, lose their label, then face obscurity. Before they know it, their song is elevator music. Years later, they have a reunion concert, and after that, they never sing again, and no one remembers them. [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial Not that I would know anything about that]].
21-->-- '''Linda Flynn''', ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'', "Flop Starz"
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23->...I was actually happy that I dragged my lazy skinny fat carcass to yoga class, because during “the core sequence” (yes, it’s as awful as it sounds), the teacher played [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=-zg-MhEXb4c “Everybody’s Free (To Feel Good).”]] My yoga teacher isn’t only a master at yoga, she’s a master at curating musical masterpieces too.
24-->--'''[[http://dlisted.com/2015/03/18/hot-slut-of-the-day-591/ Michael K.]]''', "You know you’re watching a good music video when you ask yourself while watching it, “Is this a real music video or is this Creator/MayaRudolph doing a skit on ''[[Series/SaturdayNightLive SNL]]''?“
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26->Earlier this week, [[Music/SineadOConnor Sinead]] posted a long Facebook message (via Page Six) announcing that you’ll never hear her warble the words ''“I can eat mah dinner in a fancy res-tah-raAaAaAnt”'' ever again because she’s officially done with “Nothing Compares 2 U”. Even though “Nothing Compares 2 U” should be the opener, closer, and mid-show sing-a-long of her set list... I mean, if I were a contestant on ''Series/FamilyFeud'' and talking mustache Steve Harvey asked me to ''“Name a song Sinead O’Connor might sing“'', and “Nothing Compares 2 U” was already on the board, I’m pretty sure [[{{Ragequit}} I’d pack up my things and leave]], because I cannot name a single Sinead O’Connor song besides “Nothing Compares 2 U.”
27-->--'''''[[http://dlisted.com/2015/03/19/dont-ask-sinead-oconnor-to-sing-nothing-compares-2-u-because-shes-done-singing-it/#more-171067 DListed]]''''', "Don’t Ask Sinead O’Connor To Sing “Nothing Compares 2 U”, Because She’s Done Singing It"
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29-> Did the person who invented the phrase one-hit wonder invent any other popular phrases?
30-->-- unknown
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32->"People say you're a One Hit Wonder. Well, [[DoubleEntendre how many]] [[TheStoner hits]] do you need? I live HappilyEverAfter! I'm bigger now then I was 20 years ago! Literally, [[BigFun both ways]]! I just need to do some sit-ups, that's all!"
33-->-- '''Music/{{Afroman}}''', The Story of "Because I Got High"
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35->''Now, look what we brought for you [[Music/{{Metallica}} James]]''\
36''Your favorite disc''\
37''It's Chumbawamba''\
38''Their greatest hits (there's only one)''
39-->-- '''Music/{{Chumbawamba}}'''; "Torturing James Hetfield"
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