Name: Top 10 One Hit Wonders That Got Popular Again
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today we're counting down our picks for the top 10 one hit wonders that managed to have a big resurgence in popularity long after their original release.

Ice Ice Baby Vanilla Ice Though Vanilla Ice struggled to replicate the success of his biggest hit, Ice Ice Baby, that doesn't mean that the song's popularity ever truly waned.

Grabs Ahold of me tightly flow like a harpoon daily and nightly.

As a staple on radio playlists and DJ set lists, it retains its dance floor filling qualities all these years later.

The fact that the song is cited as one of the clearest and most notorious examples of plagiarism in pop music history certainly brought it some infamy.

That infamy definitely kept in a rotation deep into the 2010s and 2020s, both as a case study on the subject of musical ripoffs and as a good old slice of hip hop nostalgia.

Yo man, let's get outta here Word to your mother Ice Ice Baby Tick Cold Number nine You Spin Me round Like a record Dead or Alive Few songs evoke the spirit of the 80s quite like Dead or Alive's.

It melds disco and synth pop together with an unmistakably New wave flavor, and

it was no surprise that it became a massive hit.

It never truly faded into obscurity over the years, but

the fact that singer Pete Burns became a reality TV star in the 2000s didn't hurt.

When rapper Flo Rida heavily interpolated its chorus for his 2009 hit Right Round, it introduced an entirely new generation to the original.

Number 8 pop music M Few songs forecasted the style and tone of the 1980s quite like Em's 1979 smash hit Pop Music.

It contained all of the hallmarks that would define synthesizer driven New wave for the next few years, and

it reached number one in several countries around the world.

Though it was remembered fondly in the following decade, the song received a huge boost when Irish rockers U2 remixed it for the 1997 Pop Mart tour.

The band released their version of the song as a single and used it as an intro for all of their European dates.

It by no means surpassed the initial splash of the original, but

it certainly turned more than a few people's attention its way.

Number 7 Tubthumpin Chumbawamba it's funny how a lot of the most famous songs that become staples at sports events were never actually intended for that purpose.

He drinks a whiskey drink he drinks a broccoli drink he drinks a lager drink he drinks a cider drink.

Seven Nation Army, Sweet Caroline, Smoke on the Water all examples of songs that happen to become synonymous with ratty crowds.

Chumbawamba's Tub Thumpin is another example of this phenomenon.

The song became a way bigger hit than this anarcho band could have ever imagined, earning them global recognition.

The fact that it maintained relevance all these years later was likely just as surprising.

Tubthumpin slowly became a quintessential chant for rowdy partiers all across the world.

Number 6 Save Tonight Eagle Eye Cherry When Swedish musician Eagle Eye Cherry hit the big time with his 1997 classic Save Tonight, little did he know that the song would be as popular as ever.

Decades later, Few songs are as widely covered at open mics as this one.

Plus, with the emergence of YouTube, TikTok and Instagram musicians, you won't need to scroll too far before hearing the latest take on this one.

Save Tonight is arguably even more unavoidable now than it was when it initially came out.

No 90s nostalgia playlist would be complete without this one, right in the thick of the mix.

Number 5 Electric Avenue Eddie Grant There have been reggae artists who cracked the global mainstream with more consistency and even more overall critical acclaim than Eddie Grant.

However, few if any managed to craft a pop song that is quite as much fun as Electric Avenue.

Written in reference to Electric Avenue in London during the 1981 Brixton riot, its success was inevitable, But

was a bit more surprising was its resurgence in 2001, thanks to a remix from Peter Black known as the Ring Bang Remix.

All of a sudden the nearly 20 year old track was back on the radio, reaching number five on the UK singles chart.

Number four Hooked On A Feeling Blue Suede Though it was covered by many other artists, the Mark James penned Hooked On A Feeling soared to the top of the charts in 1974 when it was recorded by Swedish band Blue Suede I Can't Stop this Feeling.

It had a slow crawl to the number one spot after its 1973 release, but

that was nothing compared to the resurgence that followed a full 40 years later.

After featuring on the soundtrack to Guardians of the Galaxy, it was thrust right back into the spotlight.

That soundtrack album was a nostalgia fest that turned many young listeners onto music they would otherwise never hear.

Hooked On A Feeling was undoubtedly the breakout song of the entire collection.

3 Walkin on Sunshine Katrina and the Waves A song like Walking On Sunshine is so catchy and universally appealing that its continuing appeal should have been expected.

It was already a big success when it came out, but

it has since gone on to become one of music's definitive summer songs.

I'm Walking on Sunshine where it's time to feel good.

From its inclusion in modern day Spotify playlists to the legions of companies lining up to use it to advertise products, it has very clearly outgrown the band that originally released it.

In fact, it's difficult to imagine a song that captures pure, uplifting energy more perfectly than this one.

Some songs are just never going to go out of style.

AHA's take on me is a classic example of a track that stands tall on its own merits, but

can also be reinterpreted in any genre effectively.

As part of the long list of endlessly reimagined and reworked songs, Take On Me is still getting makeovers to this day.

Known as a challenging number for vocalists who want to take a shot at its infamous high notes, we've heard slow versions, fast versions, metal versions, jazz versions, and

Even its iconic music video is still blowing people's minds daily, thanks to its accessibility on YouTube.

All these years later, the song remains one of pop's crowning achievements.

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Come on Eileen Dexie's Midnight Runners the folksy sing along nature of Dexie's Midnight Runner signature song, Come On Eileen, just never stopped being fun.

It was a huge seller for the band when it first came out, but

after the turn of the century it arguably became even more unavoidable.

In the 2000s and 2010s, it felt perfectly at home in a sea of indie, folk and alt pop music, making multiple appearances on movie soundtracks.

To this day, the song is guaranteed to be a floor filler at parties, and

its memorable bridge and build up are designed for a joyous congregation of people to sing in unison.

But what's your own personal favorite one hit wonder of all time?