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The 48 worst one-hit wonders of all time

  • Certain songs dominate the charts each year, but the artists don't always endure.
  • Some one-hit wonders show talent and skill, while others are one-off successes.

Every year, some songs become fast hits, but artists can't always replicate that popularity — and they end up becoming one-hit wonders.

And, while there are some really great one-hit wonders, others are just bad. In our opinion, Rebecca Black's "Friday" is annoying, and Baha Men's "Who Let the Dogs Out?" is too repetitive.

However, even a mediocre one-hit wonder can pay the bills.

Vanilla Ice capitalized off the success of "Ice Ice Baby" for years, even without producing a song that reached that level of popularity ever again. He has become a successful host and played himself in many movies. He even had a nine-year reality show called "The Vanilla Ice Project." And according to the National Post, Ice is still making a sizable chunk of change from the song, as well.

Here are 48 of the worst one-hit wonders of all time, in chronological order.

Anjelica Oswald and Libby Torres contributed to an earlier version of this article.

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