THE THUNDRED: The 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of All Time (#100 - #81)

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Chris DeMakes

Music, Music History, Music Commentary, Music Interviews

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🗓️ 28 May 2026

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Over on One Hit Thunder (sister podcast of Chris DeMakes A Podcast), Matt and Chris compiled the Top 10 lists of listeners to arrive at the list of the 100 greatest one hit wonders of all time. You can hear ALL of the episodes over on the One Hit Thunder feed, but to give you a taste, this is #100 through #81 of the countdown. You can subscribe to One Hit Thunder wherever you get your pods, but here are a few links… One Hit Thunder on Apple One Hit Thunder on Spotify Chris DeMakes A Podcast is brought to you by DistroKid, the ultimate partner for taking your music to the next level. Get 30% off your first YEAR with DistroKid by signing up at ⁠http://distrokid.com/vip/demakes For bonus episode of The After Party podcast, an extensive back catalog of past After Party episodes, early ad-free releases of new episodes of Chris DeMakes A Podcast, full video versions of episodes, and MUCH more, head to the Patreon at ⁠http://www.ChrisDeMakes.com Follow Chris DeMakes A Podcast on Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/chrisdemakesapodcast/⁠ Join the Chris DeMakes A Podcast community on Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/groups/2643961642526928/⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, Krista Makes a podcast producer, Chris Fafalius here.
0:11.0	I know there are some of you who also listen to the show that I host, One Hit Thunder,
0:16.1	but in the event that you don't, on One Hit Thunder, we do these countdowns called the Thundred, where we compile
0:22.4	all the top 10 lists of our listeners to create a list of the 100 greatest of something. In the
0:28.9	past, we did a 100 greatest albums of all time, and just recently, we did the 100 greatest
0:34.6	one hit wonders of all time. I thought I dropped the first episode here in this feed.
0:39.4	If you enjoy it, you can hear the rest of the countdown over on the one hit thunder feed.
0:45.0	But this one is numbers 100 through 81 of the greatest one hit wonders of all time,
0:50.0	as determined by our listeners.
0:52.9	I hope you enjoy it.
0:55.8	One hit is all you need to make the money guaranteed,
1:01.4	and you can live off royalties forever.
1:07.0	And it makes me wonder,
1:09.7	is it just a wonder?
1:12.6	Or is it one hit thunder?
1:21.7	So here we are, Matt.
1:24.1	It's an exciting day.
1:25.6	We're starting our second Thundred countdown. Our first one was Albums,
1:31.3	the all-time albums list. But now I said to you, man, why did we start with albums? Why didn't we
1:36.8	start with the 100 greatest one-hit wonders of all time? I can answer you the question for why we
1:43.9	started with albums. I'm not sure if you
1:45.3	remember. Okay. The Thundered was born after we reacted to all 100 of the Apple Music 100
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