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Stuff You Should Know

SYSK Selects: What Makes a One-hit Wonder?

Stuff You Should Know

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

4.582.8K Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2019

⏱️ 30 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

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0:04.1

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0:35.2

Hey, everybody, Chuck here, and it's Saturday,

0:37.7

and that means that I am hungover.

0:39.4

I'm just kidding.

0:40.4

I feel like a fresh daisy.

0:42.3

And right now, I'm going to listen to this one again,

0:44.5

and I think you should too.

0:45.9

The stuff you should know select this week

0:47.3

is called What Makes a One Hit Wonder?

0:49.7

Super, super cool stuff about pop culture and music

0:52.4

from March 2013.

1:01.9

Enjoy. Music. super super cool stuff about pop culture and music from March 2013 enjoy welcome to stuff you should know a production of iHeartRadio's How Stuff Works hey and welcome to the podcast.

1:13.4

I'm Josh Clark.

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