Owen Paul
OJ's taking you back to the 80s, as it's 40 years since Owen Paul released My Favourite Waste of Time, with songs from Jimmy the Hoover and Evelyn 'Champagne' King.
OJ's taking you back to the 80s, as it's 40 years since Owen Paul released My Favourite Waste of Time. You can hear a bit of OJ's chat with Owen when he spoke to him almost 5 years ago.
Also in this episode is a track that parodies Paul Hardcastle's 19 from The Commentators, a band who enlisted the help of Culture Club's Steve Levine called Jimmy The Hoover, and a cover of Do The Hucklebuck from Coast To Coast.
How many One Hit Wonders do you remember from over the years? The songs from artists who were huge in the charts... but only managed it once!
Want to hear your favourite One Hit Wonder on the show? Email OJ@bbc.co.uk. To listen on most smart speakers, just 'ask BBC Sounds to play One Hit Wonders with OJ Borg'.
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Music Played
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Simon Harris
Bass (How Low Can You Go)
- Essential 80's - That's What I Like.
- 15.
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Jimmy the Hoover
Tantalise (Wo Wo Ee Yeh Yeh)
- Innervision Records.
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Eugene Wilde
Gotta Get You Home Tonight
- Soul Brothers (Various Artists).
- Warner Strategic Marketi.
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Commentators
N-N-Nineteen Not Out
- Oval.
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Karel Fialka
Hey Matthew
- IRS Records 1979-1994 (Various).
- IRS.
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Owen Paul
My Favourite Waste Of Time
- Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
- Sony Tv/Columbia.
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Evelyn “Champagne” King
Love Come Down
- Essential Works Of Evelyn Champagne K.
- RCA.
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Coast to Coast
(Do) The Hucklebuck
- Music Of The Year: 1981 (Various).
- Spectrum.
Broadcast
- Today02:30BBC Radio 2
Radio 2's Ultimate One Hit Wonders Quiz
How many do you remember?
