How Do You Explain "One Hit Wonders"?

[KittyWampus]

i mean, how can a group of musicians come up with just ONE great song and suck pretty much otherwise?

[ThoughtCriminal]

1. Sometimes we only get one great idea in a lifetime

Happens in all creative professions. In fact - most of us are lucky if we get one.

[KittyWampus]

5. fair enough

[Kikosexy2]

2. Because it...

was intended that way I guess...but we love One Hit Wonders! The music is usually cheesey guilty pleasures but cool!

[Cannikin]

3. That one song was written by someone else

the rest, they did thereself

[KittyWampus]

9. another good point

[skygazer]

4. I don't know for a fact

but I bet a lot of them are not written by the group so it's a matter of performing one song that happens to hit.

[asthmaticeog]

6. 99.9999999% of groups don't even get one.

Plus, a lot of "One Hit Wonder" bands have plenty of good tunes. It's just that only one of them charted.

[KittyWampus]

7. great observation!

[stlsaxman]

8. Sometimes music leans over and confides in us....

any band that really makes itself available to music should get at least ONE great song.