Hit Parade: One and Done, Part 1

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🗓️ 18 September 2020

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Hit Parade is back for non-Slate Plus listeners! Upcoming episodes will be split into two parts, released two weeks apart. For the full episode right now, sign up for Slate Plus and you'll also get The Bridge, our Trivia show and deep dive into our subjects. slate.com/hitparadeplus. What makes a one-hit wonder? To artists and pop chart analysts, it isn't just an academic question. On this episode of Hit Parade we explore the history and context of the one-hit wonder. In part 2, we'll propose three rules to determine if an artist can be classified as a one-hit wonder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey there, Hip Parade listeners, as we announced in August, we are thrilled to be bringing our full length
0:06.7	episodes back to non-SLATE Plus listeners. Starting in September, non-plus listeners will hear our episodes in two parts.
0:16.0	What you're about to hear is part one of this episode.
0:20.0	Part two will arrive in your podcast feed at the end of the month.
0:24.4	Would you like to hear this episode all at once, the day it drops?
0:28.8	Sign up for Slate Plus.
0:31.3	It's just $35 for the first year and it supports not only this show but all of
0:37.8	Slate's acclaimed journalism and podcasts. Just go to slate.com slash Hit Parade Plus. You'll get to hear every
0:47.0	hit parade episode in full the day it arrives. Plus, hit parade, The Bridge, are bonus episodes with guest interviews, deeper dives
0:57.5	on our episode topics, and pop chart trivia.
1:01.3	Once again, to join, that's Slate.com slash Hit Parade Plus.
1:06.7	Thanks.
1:07.8	And now, please enjoy part one of this hit parade episode.
1:13.0	Welcome to Hip Parade.
1:20.0	A podcast of pop chart History from Slate magazine about the hits from
1:26.1	Coast to Coast. I'm Chris Malamphi, Chart Analysts, Pop Critic, and writer of Slate's
1:32.0	Why Is This Song Number One series.
1:35.0	On today's show, some of the biggest hits in Billboard Hot 100 history
1:40.8	were tough acts to follow, such as the 80s New Wave Classic you're listening to right now.
1:48.0	British Technopopop Duo Soft Cell, with their cover of the Gloria Jones single Tainted Love. I give you all a you take my tears and that's not
2:07.0	nearly all tainted love
2:10.0	soft cells tainted love
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