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Breeze · 06-19-2019, 07:33 AM

80. Quiet Riot - Cum On Feel the Noize (1983)

Total Points – 543
Charts – 2
Top 40 – 0
Top 20 – 1
Top 10 – 0
Highest Ranking – 15

VH1 lists Quiet Riot at #100 in their 100 Greatest Hard Rock Artists list. The band started by Randy Rhoads formed in 1973, and recorded their first album in ’77, but that album and the second one were only ever released in Japan. The original bassists, Kelly Garni, and the lead singer Kevin DuBrow hated each other…so much so that during the production of the second album, Garni, who had tried to get DuBrow thrown out for years, got drunk, grabbed a gun and planned to drive to the studio and kill the lead singer. Luckily he decided he was too drunk to drive and surprisingly no one else would give him a lift. Ultimately, Garni was kicked out of the band, but Rhodes left not long after to join Ozzy Osbourne’s band. This song, which was the first single off their first US album, is a remake of a Slade tune that was smash hit in the UK in 1973 – in fact the original was such a smash it debuted on the UK Singles Chart in the #1 spot. QR’s version was also a smash, climbing to #5 on the US Hot 100, and the album, Metal Health, was the first Heavy Metal album to reach the top of the Billboard album chart. The band’s follow up single did chart a few months later, and a second Slade remake “Mama, Weer All Crazee Now” off of the second US album got to #51.

79. Harvey Danger – Flagpole Sitta (1998)

Total Points – 542
Charts – 2
Top 40 – 0
Top 20 – 0
Top 10 – 1
Highest Ranking – 7

The band started at the University of Washington, when two journalism students decided it would be fun to start a band. The name came from graffiti on the wall of the school’s newspaper office. In 1993, the duo added a drummer with no experience and another student who had never played music, but it worked, as the band slowly began playing bigger and bigger venues. The band released its first album in 1997 and initially it performed well on college radio and it sold well in their home state and in New York, but by the end of the year it had lost momentum and the band was planning to break up. However, a DJ at KNDD received a copy of the album from the band and he starting playing this single and almost immediately it became the station’s most requested song. Other stations quickly caught on, and the hit was born. The song was meant to be a response to the Seattle music scene of the 90s, and the idea of changing the title to “Sitta” came from Pavement’s song “Fame Throwa” and NWA’s “Straight Outta Compton”.

78. Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (1968)

Total Points – 540
Charts – 2
Top 40 – 0
Top 20 – 1
Top 10 – 0
Highest Ranking – 19

Iron Butterfly has gone through numerous changes through the years, so many changes that there have been 63 different members, not counting the 7 short time substitutes. This song, which did get its name because the vocalist was so drunk he couldn’t speak clearly when trying to say “In the Garden of Eden”, is often considered an influence on heavy metal music and they are often cited as one of the first heavy metal bands. VH1 ranked this the 24th greatest hard rock song of all time. The song, which clocks in at a little over 17 minutes, takes up the entire second side of the album of the same name, and live versions are a little over 19 minutes. Despite the fact the song is that long, the vocals stop at about the 2-minute mark and don’t pick up again until 15:30. Amazingly, the song was also released as a 45 and it ran 2:53…The song peaked at #30 on the US Billboard Hot 100.

77. David Naughton - Makin It (1979)

Total Points – 538
Charts – 2
Top 40 – 1
Top 20 – 0
Top 10 – 0
Highest Ranking – 36

I’m a pepper, he’s a pepper, she’s a pepper, we’re a pepper, wouldn’t you like to be a pepper too…Naughton got his start as the Dr. Pepper guy, a role he played for 4 years. From there he was cast as the lead in the sitcom Makin’ It, and he recorded the theme song, which became a #5 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. He’s a strict definition OHW, but don’t feel too bad for the guy. I’m sure you’ve seen him on TV or in the movies. He was in the Academy Award winning horror film “An American Werewolf in London”, and he’s got over 90 acting credits to his name on IMDB, including roles on JAG, ER, Touch by an Angel, MacGyver, and almost every other major long running series from the last 35 years.

76. Musical Youth – Pass The Dutchie (1983)

Total Points – 530
Charts – 2
Top 40 – 1
Top 20 – 0
Top 10 – 0
Highest Ranking – 29

The band started when 2 fathers, one of which was a member of the reggae band The Techniques, put their sons together to create a band. Despite the fact the band were all schoolboys they managed to play gigs in British pubs. They released a double single in 1981, which helped get them signed by MCA records. In September of ’83 this song was released as the lead single off of the debut album and it was quickly an international sensation, reaching #1 in 9 countries including the UK. In the US it topped out at #10 on the Hot 100, but it has sold over 5 million copies worldwide. The song, which is a combination of two songs, “Gimme the Music” by U Brown, and “Pass the Kouchie” by Mighty Diamonds. While the song “Pass the Kouchie” is the reference to recreational use of cannabis (kouchie being a pipe) that most people initially believed this song was insinuating. However, the words were changed to dutchie (a slang for a baking pan) in order to remove the drug references. Ironically, following this song dutchie is now slang for a blunt stuffed with marijuana and rolled in a wrapper from a Dutch Masters cigar.

75. Lou Bega – Mambo No. 5 (1999)

Total Points – 530
Charts – 3
Top 40 – 0
Top 20 – 0
Top 10 – 0
Highest Ranking – 52

Bega, a German singer/songwriter, moved to Miami as a teenager, which is when he found inspiration for this song. Bega started out as a rapper, but moving to Florida exposed him to the Latin music, and when he returned to Germany he worked with producers to create his new sound. This song extensively samples Perez Prado’s 1949 instrumental piece of the same name. Bega added lyrics and added some modern beats and grooves, and the combination of 40s bands with modern influences created a worldwide hit. The song charted at #1 in most European countries but in France the song was a super-smash staying at #1 for 20 weeks. Here in the US the song stalled out at #3. Bega did receive a Grammy nomination for this song.

74. The Heights - How Do You Talk to an Angel (1992)

Total Points – 529
Charts – 2
Top 40 – 1
Top 20 – 0
Top 10 – 0
Highest Ranking – 38

The Heights are a fictional band at the centerpiece of a TV show about their life and struggles. The song was a #1 hit on the Hot 100, but there was never a follow up because the series was cancelled exactly 1 week after the song fell from the #1 position. The song did get an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music and Lyrics. The single was sung by the cast member Jamie Walters, which means this probably shouldn’t be included as a OHW because Walters had his own single hit 3 years later with “Hold On”, but Billboard classifies this song as being from the fictional band. So I guess using this logic, Walters can be said to be a OHW twice over.

73. Edwyn Collins - A Girl Like You (1994)

Total Points – 529
Charts – 2
Top 40 – 0
Top 20 – 1
Top 10 – 0
Highest Ranking – 13

Collins started working in music in 1976 as part of a post punk band Orange Juice. He went through several record labels and albums before finally releasing this song in 1994 on his own label. The song had worldwide success reaching the top 10 in several countries. The Scottish artist hit #4 in the UK, and #32 here in the US. The song samples the drum from Len Barry’s single “1-2-3”. Part of the songs popularity was due to its presence in the movie Empire Records. It was also in Charlie’s Angels” Full Throttle.

72. King Harvest – Dancing in the Moonlight (1972)

Total Points – 527
Charts – 2
Top 40 – 1
Top 20 – 0
Top 10 – 0
Highest Ranking – 25

A French-American band consisting of 4 expatriates formed in Paris in 1970. The song was written and originally recorded by Sherman Kelly with his band Boffalongo. It came to the attention of King Harvest when their drummer Wells Kelly introduced his brother Sherman’s song to the rest of the group. They recorded the song in 1970, and it languished on the charts so the band broke up. The song was subsequently picked up in 1972 by Perception Records, the single was re-released and it went on to be a hit, reaching #13 here and #5 in Canada. King Harvest has gone through numerous iterations, but always the original 4 members have been present. In all, the band has recorded 10 albums, the most recent in 2015.

71. Marcy Playground – Sex and Candy (1998)

Total Points – 526
Charts – 2
Top 40 – 1
Top 20 – 0
Top 10 – 0
Highest Ranking – 34

The idea behind this song occurred when the frontman John Wozniak was at Bryn Mawr College visiting his girlfriend and another girl walked in while they were having sex. The intruder uttered the phrase that would go on to become the single’s title. The band’s name comes from Marcy Open Grade School in Minneapolis, an alternative school that Wozniak attended. He decided to use the name because he was inspired by the music of his childhood. This song was not the lead single off their first real studio album, “Poppies” was; this was the second release, and it made it to #8 on the Hot 100. It also sat at #1 on the Billboard Modern Rock Songs chart for 15 weeks. The band had a little more success through the years on the Alt chart, but this was only Hot 100 hit to chart at all.

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Breeze Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Northern Suburbs of ATL	80. Quiet Riot - Cum On Feel the Noize (1983) Total Points – 543 Charts – 2 Top 40 – 0 Top 20 – 1 Top 10 – 0 Highest Ranking – 15 VH1 lists Quiet Riot at #100 in their 100 Greatest Hard Rock Artists list. The band started by Randy Rhoads formed in 1973, and recorded their first album in ’77, but that album and the second one were only ever released in Japan. The original bassists, Kelly Garni, and the lead singer Kevin DuBrow hated each other…so much so that during the production of the second album, Garni, who had tried to get DuBrow thrown out for years, got drunk, grabbed a gun and planned to drive to the studio and kill the lead singer. Luckily he decided he was too drunk to drive and surprisingly no one else would give him a lift. Ultimately, Garni was kicked out of the band, but Rhodes left not long after to join Ozzy Osbourne’s band. This song, which was the first single off their first US album, is a remake of a Slade tune that was smash hit in the UK in 1973 – in fact the original was such a smash it debuted on the UK Singles Chart in the #1 spot. QR’s version was also a smash, climbing to #5 on the US Hot 100, and the album, Metal Health, was the first Heavy Metal album to reach the top of the Billboard album chart. The band’s follow up single did chart a few months later, and a second Slade remake “Mama, Weer All Crazee Now” off of the second US album got to #51. 79. Harvey Danger – Flagpole Sitta (1998) Total Points – 542 Charts – 2 Top 40 – 0 Top 20 – 0 Top 10 – 1 Highest Ranking – 7 The band started at the University of Washington, when two journalism students decided it would be fun to start a band. The name came from graffiti on the wall of the school’s newspaper office. In 1993, the duo added a drummer with no experience and another student who had never played music, but it worked, as the band slowly began playing bigger and bigger venues. The band released its first album in 1997 and initially it performed well on college radio and it sold well in their home state and in New York, but by the end of the year it had lost momentum and the band was planning to break up. However, a DJ at KNDD received a copy of the album from the band and he starting playing this single and almost immediately it became the station’s most requested song. Other stations quickly caught on, and the hit was born. The song was meant to be a response to the Seattle music scene of the 90s, and the idea of changing the title to “Sitta” came from Pavement’s song “Fame Throwa” and NWA’s “Straight Outta Compton”. 78. Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (1968) Total Points – 540 Charts – 2 Top 40 – 0 Top 20 – 1 Top 10 – 0 Highest Ranking – 19 Iron Butterfly has gone through numerous changes through the years, so many changes that there have been 63 different members, not counting the 7 short time substitutes. This song, which did get its name because the vocalist was so drunk he couldn’t speak clearly when trying to say “In the Garden of Eden”, is often considered an influence on heavy metal music and they are often cited as one of the first heavy metal bands. VH1 ranked this the 24th greatest hard rock song of all time. The song, which clocks in at a little over 17 minutes, takes up the entire second side of the album of the same name, and live versions are a little over 19 minutes. Despite the fact the song is that long, the vocals stop at about the 2-minute mark and don’t pick up again until 15:30. Amazingly, the song was also released as a 45 and it ran 2:53…The song peaked at #30 on the US Billboard Hot 100. 77. David Naughton - Makin It (1979) Total Points – 538 Charts – 2 Top 40 – 1 Top 20 – 0 Top 10 – 0 Highest Ranking – 36 I’m a pepper, he’s a pepper, she’s a pepper, we’re a pepper, wouldn’t you like to be a pepper too…Naughton got his start as the Dr. Pepper guy, a role he played for 4 years. From there he was cast as the lead in the sitcom Makin’ It, and he recorded the theme song, which became a #5 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. He’s a strict definition OHW, but don’t feel too bad for the guy. I’m sure you’ve seen him on TV or in the movies. He was in the Academy Award winning horror film “An American Werewolf in London”, and he’s got over 90 acting credits to his name on IMDB, including roles on JAG, ER, Touch by an Angel, MacGyver, and almost every other major long running series from the last 35 years. 76. Musical Youth – Pass The Dutchie (1983) Total Points – 530 Charts – 2 Top 40 – 1 Top 20 – 0 Top 10 – 0 Highest Ranking – 29 The band started when 2 fathers, one of which was a member of the reggae band The Techniques, put their sons together to create a band. Despite the fact the band were all schoolboys they managed to play gigs in British pubs. They released a double single in 1981, which helped get them signed by MCA records. In September of ’83 this song was released as the lead single off of the debut album and it was quickly an international sensation, reaching #1 in 9 countries including the UK. In the US it topped out at #10 on the Hot 100, but it has sold over 5 million copies worldwide. The song, which is a combination of two songs, “Gimme the Music” by U Brown, and “Pass the Kouchie” by Mighty Diamonds. While the song “Pass the Kouchie” is the reference to recreational use of cannabis (kouchie being a pipe) that most people initially believed this song was insinuating. However, the words were changed to dutchie (a slang for a baking pan) in order to remove the drug references. Ironically, following this song dutchie is now slang for a blunt stuffed with marijuana and rolled in a wrapper from a Dutch Masters cigar. 75. Lou Bega – Mambo No. 5 (1999) Total Points – 530 Charts – 3 Top 40 – 0 Top 20 – 0 Top 10 – 0 Highest Ranking – 52 Bega, a German singer/songwriter, moved to Miami as a teenager, which is when he found inspiration for this song. Bega started out as a rapper, but moving to Florida exposed him to the Latin music, and when he returned to Germany he worked with producers to create his new sound. This song extensively samples Perez Prado’s 1949 instrumental piece of the same name. Bega added lyrics and added some modern beats and grooves, and the combination of 40s bands with modern influences created a worldwide hit. The song charted at #1 in most European countries but in France the song was a super-smash staying at #1 for 20 weeks. Here in the US the song stalled out at #3. Bega did receive a Grammy nomination for this song. 74. The Heights - How Do You Talk to an Angel (1992) Total Points – 529 Charts – 2 Top 40 – 1 Top 20 – 0 Top 10 – 0 Highest Ranking – 38 The Heights are a fictional band at the centerpiece of a TV show about their life and struggles. The song was a #1 hit on the Hot 100, but there was never a follow up because the series was cancelled exactly 1 week after the song fell from the #1 position. The song did get an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music and Lyrics. The single was sung by the cast member Jamie Walters, which means this probably shouldn’t be included as a OHW because Walters had his own single hit 3 years later with “Hold On”, but Billboard classifies this song as being from the fictional band. So I guess using this logic, Walters can be said to be a OHW twice over. 73. Edwyn Collins - A Girl Like You (1994) Total Points – 529 Charts – 2 Top 40 – 0 Top 20 – 1 Top 10 – 0 Highest Ranking – 13 Collins started working in music in 1976 as part of a post punk band Orange Juice. He went through several record labels and albums before finally releasing this song in 1994 on his own label. The song had worldwide success reaching the top 10 in several countries. The Scottish artist hit #4 in the UK, and #32 here in the US. The song samples the drum from Len Barry’s single “1-2-3”. Part of the songs popularity was due to its presence in the movie Empire Records. It was also in Charlie’s Angels” Full Throttle. 72. King Harvest – Dancing in the Moonlight (1972) Total Points – 527 Charts – 2 Top 40 – 1 Top 20 – 0 Top 10 – 0 Highest Ranking – 25 A French-American band consisting of 4 expatriates formed in Paris in 1970. The song was written and originally recorded by Sherman Kelly with his band Boffalongo. It came to the attention of King Harvest when their drummer Wells Kelly introduced his brother Sherman’s song to the rest of the group. They recorded the song in 1970, and it languished on the charts so the band broke up. The song was subsequently picked up in 1972 by Perception Records, the single was re-released and it went on to be a hit, reaching #13 here and #5 in Canada. King Harvest has gone through numerous iterations, but always the original 4 members have been present. In all, the band has recorded 10 albums, the most recent in 2015. 71. Marcy Playground – Sex and Candy (1998) Total Points – 526 Charts – 2 Top 40 – 1 Top 20 – 0 Top 10 – 0 Highest Ranking – 34 The idea behind this song occurred when the frontman John Wozniak was at Bryn Mawr College visiting his girlfriend and another girl walked in while they were having sex. The intruder uttered the phrase that would go on to become the single’s title. The band’s name comes from Marcy Open Grade School in Minneapolis, an alternative school that Wozniak attended. He decided to use the name because he was inspired by the music of his childhood. This song was not the lead single off their first real studio album, “Poppies” was; this was the second release, and it made it to #8 on the Hot 100. It also sat at #1 on the Billboard Modern Rock Songs chart for 15 weeks. The band had a little more success through the years on the Alt chart, but this was only Hot 100 hit to chart at all.