one hit wonders

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Yesterday on the radio I heard back to back 867-5309 by Tommy TwoTone and "Blinded by the light", as performed by Manfred Man. Pam commented on the back to back one hit wonders, and I started to think that since Manfred Man covered Springsteen does that count as a "one hit wonder". I think it doesn't. Since I have a meeting in three minutes, I want to find out what LJ land thinks.


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Only if the cover becomes more associated with the cover band than the original performer, e.g. "Tainted Love." A lot more associate that with Soft Cell than Motown.