SYSK Selects: What Makes a One-hit Wonder?

Stuff You Should Know

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Society & Culture

4.6 • 79.3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2019

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

The term "one-hit wonder" gets thrown around a lot, and - yes - you probably are using it correctly, but Chuck Bryant went to the trouble to really define what makes a one-hit wonder in the article this classic episode is based on. Join him and Josh as they get to the bottom of this disparaging term.

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0:00.0	There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.
0:05.7	That's why we launched The Big Take.
0:08.3	It's a daily podcast from Bloomberg and I Heart Radio that turns down the volume a bit
0:14.0	to give you some space to think.
0:16.4	I'm Wes Kosova.
0:17.7	Each weekday I dig into one important story and talk about why it matters.
0:23.6	Listen to The Big Take on The I Heart Radio App, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.
0:30.9	Hey everybody, Chuck here and it's Saturday and that means that I am hungover.
0:34.8	I'm just kidding.
0:35.9	I feel like a fresh daisy.
0:37.9	And right now I'm going to listen to this one again and I think you should too.
0:41.4	The stuff you should know select this week is called What Makes a One Hit Wonder?
0:45.2	Super super cool stuff about pop culture and music from March 2013.
0:50.3	Enjoy.
0:56.7	Welcome to Stuff You Should Know, a production of I Heart Radio's House Stuff Works.
1:07.0	Hey and welcome to The Podcast.
1:08.8	I'm Josh Clark.
1:10.0	There's Charles W. Chuck Bryant.
1:12.1	Say something.
1:13.1	Yeah.
1:14.1	I didn't even say say something funny.
1:17.6	I just didn't say something.
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