There is a bloke I work with that always sets the radio on what you might call a classics station. No worries, right?

However, I caught this one hit wonder the other day, and it turned into an ear worm. I wonder how many of you have experienced the same thing, and which ones you like…. or dislike for that matter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5l2sGHVERk

Lovely earworm fodder.
It’s Raining Men by The Weather Girls

gimme dat ding.

chirpy chirpy cheep cheep.

They’re Coming To Take Me Away, Ha​-​Haaa!

Link

AussieDJ said:

They’re Coming To Take Me Away, Ha​-​Haaa!

Link

That was a fun record. The B-side was “!aaaH-aH, yawA eM ekaT oT gnimoC er’yehT”, the A-side track played in reverse. There were two sequels, the first by Josephine XV (Bryna Raeburn, a member of the CBS Mystery Theatre cast,) “I’m Happy They Took You Away, Ha-Haaa!”; the second was Napoleon XIV (Jerry Samuels again), “They’re Coming To Get Me Again, Ha-Haaa!”

btm said:

AussieDJ said:

They’re Coming To Take Me Away, Ha​-​Haaa!

Link

That was a fun record. The B-side was “!aaaH-aH, yawA eM ekaT oT gnimoC er’yehT”, the A-side track played in reverse. There were two sequels, the first by Josephine XV (Bryna Raeburn, a member of the CBS Mystery Theatre cast,) “I’m Happy They Took You Away, Ha-Haaa!”; the second was Napoleon XIV (Jerry Samuels again), “They’re Coming To Get Me Again, Ha-Haaa!”

In poking around … or, should that have been pecking around? … I was reminded of another one-hit wonder:

Psycho Chicken, by The Fools

Link

Technically not a one-hit wonder, but their follow-up single release didn’t do much – at least not in Australia, as far as I can find out.

I doubt it was a hit or much of a wonder but I keep hearing a song in my head. I believe the title may be ‘Penelope Play’. I also believe it was an Australian band.

roughbarked said:

I doubt it was a hit or much of a wonder but I keep hearing a song in my head. I believe the title may be ‘Penelope Play’. I also believe it was an Australian band.

Can you remember any other lyrics? Or roughly what year?

dv said:

roughbarked said:

I doubt it was a hit or much of a wonder but I keep hearing a song in my head. I believe the title may be ‘Penelope Play’. I also believe it was an Australian band.

Can you remember any other lyrics? Or roughly what year?

Late sixties. Like 67/68
Come and play Penelope,
in the fields and gardens.

Now I did have a weird mix collection of popular singles and odd releases.
I do remember having a sampler from various advertisement jingles and maybe a Hoadley’s Battle of the bands sample record. For some reason I am leaning towards a band like The Flying Circus or others like that.

roughbarked said:

dv said:

roughbarked said:

I doubt it was a hit or much of a wonder but I keep hearing a song in my head. I believe the title may be ‘Penelope Play’. I also believe it was an Australian band.

Can you remember any other lyrics? Or roughly what year?

Late sixties. Like 67/68
Come and play Penelope,
in the fields and gardens.

Now I did have a weird mix collection of popular singles and odd releases.
I do remember having a sampler from various advertisement jingles and maybe a Hoadley’s Battle of the bands sample record. For some reason I am leaning towards a band like The Flying Circus or others like that.

Dear Prudence, won’t you come out to play?

roughbarked said:

dv said:

roughbarked said:

I doubt it was a hit or much of a wonder but I keep hearing a song in my head. I believe the title may be ‘Penelope Play’. I also believe it was an Australian band.

Can you remember any other lyrics? Or roughly what year?

Late sixties. Like 67/68
Come and play Penelope,
in the fields and gardens.

Now I did have a weird mix collection of popular singles and odd releases.
I do remember having a sampler from various advertisement jingles and maybe a Hoadley’s Battle of the bands sample record. For some reason I am leaning towards a band like The Flying Circus or others like that.

Well I’m not familiar with the song but good luck

Peak Warming Man said:

roughbarked said:

dv said:

Can you remember any other lyrics? Or roughly what year?

Late sixties. Like 67/68
Come and play Penelope,
in the fields and gardens.

Now I did have a weird mix collection of popular singles and odd releases.
I do remember having a sampler from various advertisement jingles and maybe a Hoadley’s Battle of the bands sample record. For some reason I am leaning towards a band like The Flying Circus or others like that.

Dear Prudence, won’t you come out to play?

Not that one.

roughbarked said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Dear Prudence, won’t you come out to play?

Not that one.

Back when we lived in the Bundaberg area, i saw Doug Parkinson play at the local theatre.

Took me right back to the Manzil Room in Kings Cross.

When he opened up on ‘Dear Prudence’, it was like a cool breeze blowing away so much dust and cobwebs.

dv said:

roughbarked said:

dv said:

Can you remember any other lyrics? Or roughly what year?

Late sixties. Like 67/68
Come and play Penelope,
in the fields and gardens.

Now I did have a weird mix collection of popular singles and odd releases.
I do remember having a sampler from various advertisement jingles and maybe a Hoadley’s Battle of the bands sample record. For some reason I am leaning towards a band like The Flying Circus or others like that.

Well I’m not familiar with the song but good luck

All of which causes me to believe that the song was never officially released.

captain_spalding said:

roughbarked said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Dear Prudence, won’t you come out to play?

Not that one.

Back when we lived in the Bundaberg area, i saw Doug Parkinson play at the local theatre.

Took me right back to the Manzil Room in Kings Cross.

When he opened up on ‘Dear Prudence’, it was like a cool breeze blowing away so much dust and cobwebs.

Yes. He did that song so well. In my opine he put others like Joe Cocker, Rod Stewart, Jimmy Barnes in the shade for that genre of singing like they are spitting blood.

roughbarked said:

dv said:

roughbarked said:

Late sixties. Like 67/68
Come and play Penelope,
in the fields and gardens.

Now I did have a weird mix collection of popular singles and odd releases.
I do remember having a sampler from various advertisement jingles and maybe a Hoadley’s Battle of the bands sample record. For some reason I am leaning towards a band like The Flying Circus or others like that.

Well I’m not familiar with the song but good luck

All of which causes me to believe that the song was never officially released.

I think from memory the advertising one was mainly about Coca Cola so I thiink it probably came from the Hoadley’s sampler.

My advice would be to recreate the song as best you can and release it on iTunes and see who sues you.

dv said:

My advice would be to recreate the song as best you can and release it on iTunes and see who sues you.

Heh. The creators are probably all dead or living with dementia.

roughbarked said:

dv said:

My advice would be to recreate the song as best you can and release it on iTunes and see who sues you.

Heh. The creators are probably all dead or living with dementia.

The main problem was that I left the sutcase of singles behind when I moved out of home and my sister took them to her boyfriends then her boyfriends mother gave the lot to St Vincents and years after I left home and was Project officer for CYSS that a young unemployed person came in and began playing singles on the stereo we had. I said they sound like the stuff I had and it turned out that he had got the suitcase and whatever was left in it, still with my artwork and lettering all over the case and the singles from St. Vincents. I really doubt any of it still exists.

https://youtu.be/dkkuIDD068E?si=rvyEh4fsGEAdhEMw

Penelope Play

dv said:

https://youtu.be/dkkuIDD068E?si=rvyEh4fsGEAdhEMw

Penelope Play

263 views!

Must be good.

dv said:

https://youtu.be/dkkuIDD068E?si=rvyEh4fsGEAdhEMw

Penelope Play

That’s it. I never could find it from my google searches but that is the Wright of Waye, it all comes back. Thank ye good sir.

The Rev Dodgson said:

dv said:

https://youtu.be/dkkuIDD068E?si=rvyEh4fsGEAdhEMw

Penelope Play

263 views!

Must be good.

No, it’s a fucking earworm.

Though it is a good one from the day.

roughbarked said:

dv said:

https://youtu.be/dkkuIDD068E?si=rvyEh4fsGEAdhEMw

Penelope Play

That’s it. I never could find it from my google searches but that is the Wright of Waye, it all comes back. Thank ye good sir.

It has the chord riff of Yummy yummy I’ve got love in my tummy though.. ;(

roughbarked said:

roughbarked said:

dv said:

https://youtu.be/dkkuIDD068E?si=rvyEh4fsGEAdhEMw

Penelope Play

That’s it. I never could find it from my google searches but that is the Wright of Waye, it all comes back. Thank ye good sir.

It has the chord riff of Yummy yummy I’ve got love in my tummy though.. ;(

Also by the Wright of Waye and I believe this was the A side of the above. You can’t do it alone

roughbarked said:

roughbarked said:

dv said:

https://youtu.be/dkkuIDD068E?si=rvyEh4fsGEAdhEMw

Penelope Play

That’s it. I never could find it from my google searches but that is the Wright of Waye, it all comes back. Thank ye good sir.

It has the chord riff of Yummy yummy I’ve got love in my tummy though.. ;(

Just to even things up I had a listen to that one and now have a bad case of earworm too.

roughbarked said:

roughbarked said:

roughbarked said:

That’s it. I never could find it from my google searches but that is the Wright of Waye, it all comes back. Thank ye good sir.

It has the chord riff of Yummy yummy I’ve got love in my tummy though.. ;(

Also by the Wright of Waye and I believe this was the A side of the above. You can’t do it alone

Except it actually says B side on the image.

The Rev Dodgson said:

roughbarked said:

roughbarked said:

That’s it. I never could find it from my google searches but that is the Wright of Waye, it all comes back. Thank ye good sir.

It has the chord riff of Yummy yummy I’ve got love in my tummy though.. ;(

Just to even things up I had a listen to that one and now have a bad case of earworm too.

:( sorry about that…

History of Wright of Waye

roughbarked said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

roughbarked said:

It has the chord riff of Yummy yummy I’ve got love in my tummy though.. ;(

Just to even things up I had a listen to that one and now have a bad case of earworm too.

:( sorry about that…

History of Wright of Waye

And from all of that, the only reason this did appear on the internet is that someone put together a compilation known as A Forest of Gold Tops In The Land of Oz

roughbarked said:

roughbarked said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Just to even things up I had a listen to that one and now have a bad case of earworm too.

:( sorry about that…

History of Wright of Waye

And from all of that, the only reason this did appear on the internet is that someone put together a compilation known as A Forest of Gold Tops In The Land of Oz

1 –James Taylor Move Still I Can Go On 00:00
2 –The Bucket I Can’t Help Thinking Of You 03:03
3 –Wright Of Waye You Can’t Do It Alone 05:33
4 –Wright Of Waye Penelope Play 08:17
5 –Inside Looking Out Morning Sun 10:48
6 –Chris Malcolm Hurt, Love And Fire 13:47
7 –Pastoral Symphony Sunshine Is My Sorrow 16:17
8 –Clapham Junction Emily On A Sunday 18:41
9 –The Imagination We Got Fun 21:37
10 –Playboys Black Sheep R.I.P. 24:16 (Muted)
11 –Inside Looking Out Long Live Sivinanda 27:02
12 –Wright Of Waye Sun God 29:21
13 –Wright Of Waye Dollar Song 32:16
14 –Puppy Belinda 35:01
15 –Puppy Elizabeth St. Bridge 37:22
16 –Peter Best Carousel Of Love 40:50
17 –Oak Apple Day plus The Deadly Pair Moon Shot 42:39
18 –Peter Tilbrook All Mine To Play With 45:18
19 –Bobby And Laurie Every Second Day 48:03
20 –Long Grass Sunshine To Burn 50:46

roughbarked said:

roughbarked said:

roughbarked said:

:( sorry about that…

History of Wright of Waye

And from all of that, the only reason this did appear on the internet is that someone put together a compilation known as A Forest of Gold Tops In The Land of Oz

1 –James Taylor Move Still I Can Go On 00:00
2 –The Bucket I Can’t Help Thinking Of You 03:03
3 –Wright Of Waye You Can’t Do It Alone 05:33
4 –Wright Of Waye Penelope Play 08:17
5 –Inside Looking Out Morning Sun 10:48
6 –Chris Malcolm Hurt, Love And Fire 13:47
7 –Pastoral Symphony Sunshine Is My Sorrow 16:17
8 –Clapham Junction Emily On A Sunday 18:41
9 –The Imagination We Got Fun 21:37
10 –Playboys Black Sheep R.I.P. 24:16 (Muted)
11 –Inside Looking Out Long Live Sivinanda 27:02
12 –Wright Of Waye Sun God 29:21
13 –Wright Of Waye Dollar Song 32:16
14 –Puppy Belinda 35:01
15 –Puppy Elizabeth St. Bridge 37:22
16 –Peter Best Carousel Of Love 40:50
17 –Oak Apple Day plus The Deadly Pair Moon Shot 42:39
18 –Peter Tilbrook All Mine To Play With 45:18
19 –Bobby And Laurie Every Second Day 48:03
20 –Long Grass Sunshine To Burn 50:46

and I note; Today, I could have got $300+ for the single.

and it was Hoadley’s Battle of the Sounds rather than bands.

roughbarked said:

dv said:

https://youtu.be/dkkuIDD068E?si=rvyEh4fsGEAdhEMw

Penelope Play

That’s it. I never could find it from my google searches but that is the Wright of Waye, it all comes back. Thank ye good sir.

I live but to serve.

I’ve never heard of this crew, nor of this Richard Wright’s other project. He’s not the famous Richard Wright.

…

though I think calling this a hit would be a stretch and Wright Of Waye seems to have been the more common “zero hit wonder”.

dv said:

roughbarked said:

dv said:

https://youtu.be/dkkuIDD068E?si=rvyEh4fsGEAdhEMw

Penelope Play

That’s it. I never could find it from my google searches but that is the Wright of Waye, it all comes back. Thank ye good sir.

I live but to serve.

I’ve never heard of this crew, nor of this Richard Wright’s other project. He’s not the famous Richard Wright.

I did say it was obscure. ;)

dv said:

…

though I think calling this a hit would be a stretch and Wright Of Waye seems to have been the more common “zero hit wonder”.

Correct. I did also say that it wasn’t a hit.

I’ve never really been a pop culture person.
Musical tatses are in the same vein.

Besides one hit wonders, we also get bands or singers who peak with a certain album.

After that they are still good but can’t recapture the song writing from that album

Cymek said:

Besides one hit wonders, we also get bands or singers who peak with a certain album.

After that they are still good but can’t recapture the song writing from that album

This is a periodic hit wonder?

dv said:

…

though I think calling this a hit would be a stretch and Wright Of Waye seems to have been the more common “zero hit wonder”.

These days Garry MacDonald is looking more and more like Gollum.

Peak Warming Man said:

dv said:

…

though I think calling this a hit would be a stretch and Wright Of Waye seems to have been the more common “zero hit wonder”.

These days Garry MacDonald is looking more and more like Gollum.

and If I was taller and had straighter hair, I could be Gandalf.

Cymek said:

Besides one hit wonders, we also get bands or singers who peak with a certain album.

After that they are still good but can’t recapture the song writing from that album

And the multitude of songs, and bands, that are good but never get “hit” status…

Cymek said:

Besides one hit wonders, we also get bands or singers who peak with a certain album.

After that they are still good but can’t recapture the song writing from that album

Wright of Waye never peaked.

furious said:

Cymek said:

Besides one hit wonders, we also get bands or singers who peak with a certain album.

After that they are still good but can’t recapture the song writing from that album

And the multitude of songs, and bands, that are good but never get “hit” status…

and the songs that never get written and bands that never formed. like tears in the rain.

Peak Warming Man said:

dv said:

…

though I think calling this a hit would be a stretch and Wright Of Waye seems to have been the more common “zero hit wonder”.

These days Garry MacDonald is looking more and more like Gollum.

Be fair, he’s getting on a bit

Peak Warming Man said:

Cymek said:

Besides one hit wonders, we also get bands or singers who peak with a certain album.

After that they are still good but can’t recapture the song writing from that album

Wright of Waye never peaked.

But boy did they trough

furious said:

Cymek said:

Besides one hit wonders, we also get bands or singers who peak with a certain album.

After that they are still good but can’t recapture the song writing from that album

And the multitude of songs, and bands, that are good but never get “hit” status…

Yes so many of them.

JudgeMental said:

furious said:

Cymek said:

Besides one hit wonders, we also get bands or singers who peak with a certain album.

After that they are still good but can’t recapture the song writing from that album

And the multitude of songs, and bands, that are good but never get “hit” status…

and the songs that never get written and bands that never formed. like tears in the rain.

That as well

furious said:

Cymek said:

Besides one hit wonders, we also get bands or singers who peak with a certain album.

After that they are still good but can’t recapture the song writing from that album

And the multitude of songs, and bands, that are good but never get “hit” status…

Yep. It is all about how much airplay they get.

JudgeMental said:

furious said:

Cymek said:

Besides one hit wonders, we also get bands or singers who peak with a certain album.

After that they are still good but can’t recapture the song writing from that album

And the multitude of songs, and bands, that are good but never get “hit” status…

and the songs that never get written and bands that never formed. like tears in the rain.

Deep man

Peak Warming Man said:

Cymek said:

Besides one hit wonders, we also get bands or singers who peak with a certain album.

After that they are still good but can’t recapture the song writing from that album

Wright of Waye never peaked.

Not on the airwaves no. However, I did get to hear of them in an out of the way place, so I daresay they were more popular in Australia than anywhere else at the time.

100 Greatest One Hit Wonders

sarahs mum said:

100 Greatest One Hit Wonders

I was trying to think of Come On Eileen.

Peak Warming Man said:

sarahs mum said:

100 Greatest One Hit Wonders

I was trying to think of Come On Eileen.

That list is messed up. Devo had a half dozen hit songs. So did Spandau Ballet and the Divinyls. What is this shit?

dv said:

Peak Warming Man said:

sarahs mum said:

100 Greatest One Hit Wonders

I was trying to think of Come On Eileen.

That list is messed up. Devo had a half dozen hit songs. So did Spandau Ballet and the Divinyls. What is this shit?

suzi quatro and sinead o’connor.

dv said:

Peak Warming Man said:

sarahs mum said:

100 Greatest One Hit Wonders

I was trying to think of Come On Eileen.

That list is messed up. Devo had a half dozen hit songs. So did Spandau Ballet and the Divinyls. What is this shit?

suzi quatro and sinead o’connor.

sarahs mum said:

dv said:

Peak Warming Man said:

I was trying to think of Come On Eileen.

That list is messed up. Devo had a half dozen hit songs. So did Spandau Ballet and the Divinyls. What is this shit?

suzi quatro and sinead o’connor.

I just asked the internet if they ever performed together.

It seems not.

The Rev Dodgson said:

sarahs mum said:

dv said:

That list is messed up. Devo had a half dozen hit songs. So did Spandau Ballet and the Divinyls. What is this shit?

suzi quatro and sinead o’connor.

I just asked the internet if they ever performed together.

It seems not.

And from my list of favourite performers, genuine 1 hit wonders (if we are talking Top 20 singles) would be:
Pentangle
Buffy St. Marie (maybe?)

and for zero hit wonders, lots of them, but I’ll go for:
Fairport Convention

Led Zep never had a No 1 hit but…

In 2005, lead singer Robert Plant said releasing singles was more associated with “pop” groups like The Rolling Stones. Led Zeppelin didn’t want to follow that trend because their main statement was the album.

Ian said:

Led Zep never had a No 1 hit but…

In 2005, lead singer Robert Plant said releasing singles was more associated with “pop” groups like The Rolling Stones. Led Zeppelin didn’t want to follow that trend because their main statement was the album.

I mean they did release singles though. Whole Lotta Love, Stairway to Heaven, Immigrant song were all pressed as singles.

dv said:

Ian said:

Led Zep never had a No 1 hit but…

In 2005, lead singer Robert Plant said releasing singles was more associated with “pop” groups like The Rolling Stones. Led Zeppelin didn’t want to follow that trend because their main statement was the album.

I mean they did release singles though. Whole Lotta Love, Stairway to Heaven, Immigrant song were all pressed as singles.

Maybe, but none of us afficionados of prog rock would dream of buying them.

Ian said:

Led Zep never had a No 1 hit but…

In 2005, lead singer Robert Plant said releasing singles was more associated with “pop” groups like The Rolling Stones. Led Zeppelin didn’t want to follow that trend because their main statement was the album.

‘Tis true. They were an album band when albums were in like.

dv said:

Ian said:

Led Zep never had a No 1 hit but…

In 2005, lead singer Robert Plant said releasing singles was more associated with “pop” groups like The Rolling Stones. Led Zeppelin didn’t want to follow that trend because their main statement was the album.

I mean they did release singles though. Whole Lotta Love, Stairway to Heaven, Immigrant song were all pressed as singles.

But there were arguments…

The Rev Dodgson said:

dv said:

Ian said:

Led Zep never had a No 1 hit but…

In 2005, lead singer Robert Plant said releasing singles was more associated with “pop” groups like The Rolling Stones. Led Zeppelin didn’t want to follow that trend because their main statement was the album.

I mean they did release singles though. Whole Lotta Love, Stairway to Heaven, Immigrant song were all pressed as singles.

Maybe, but none of us afficionados of prog rock would dream of buying them.

No. I was buying albums at the time. One a week on average, from an $18 paycheck.

Ian said:

dv said:

Ian said:

Led Zep never had a No 1 hit but…

In 2005, lead singer Robert Plant said releasing singles was more associated with “pop” groups like The Rolling Stones. Led Zeppelin didn’t want to follow that trend because their main statement was the album.

I mean they did release singles though. Whole Lotta Love, Stairway to Heaven, Immigrant song were all pressed as singles.

But there were arguments…

That was the Immigrant Song.

Indeed according to wikipedia, Whole Lotta Love was #1 in this country.

dv said:

Indeed according to wikipedia, Whole Lotta Love was #1 in this country.

Well that’s wikipedia for ya!

dv said:

Indeed according to wikipedia, Whole Lotta Love was #1 in this country.

yes.

roughbarked said:

Ian said:

dv said:

I mean they did release singles though. Whole Lotta Love, Stairway to Heaven, Immigrant song were all pressed as singles.

But there were arguments…

That was the Immigrant Song.

There were arrests in Sydney when they opened with that.. if that’s what you mean

Ian said:

roughbarked said:

Ian said:

But there were arguments…

That was the Immigrant Song.

There were arrests in Sydney when they opened with that.. if that’s what you mean

They went over the fence .

roughbarked said:

Ian said:

roughbarked said:

That was the Immigrant Song.

There were arrests in Sydney when they opened with that.. if that’s what you mean

They went over the fence .

We did :)

Ian said:

roughbarked said:

Ian said:

There were arrests in Sydney when they opened with that.. if that’s what you mean

They went over the fence .

We did :)

Well I wasn’t there but my neighbour was a cadet photographer with the SMH at the time and for a time a set of those photos did exist in our neighbourhood.

I’m not sure if this was ever a “hit” outside the JJJ demographic, but amazing unique sounding vocalist, lovely song to fall asleep to…

Cordrazine – ‘Crazy’”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Tog1vV-xCE

Cordrazine are an Australian rock band formed in 1996 in Melbourne. They released a top ten album on the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Albums Chart, From Here to Wherever in April 1998. The album was nominated for Breakthrough Artist – Album at the ARIA Music Awards of 1998; however they disbanded in 1998. They reformed in 2009. -wikipedia