Pop music - which one hit wonder group had a number one hit with 'Something in the Air' in 1969?
Something in the Air 163. Thus, the song and the band were forever linked as a one hit wonder. Labelle recorded an emotional cover of it alongside "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" by Gil Scott-Heron for their 1973 album, "Pressure Cookin'". "Something in the Air" by Thunderclap Newman appeared on the soundtracks of several films, such as "The Magic Christian" (1969), which helped the single reach No. 37 in the United States, and "The Strawberry Statement" (1970), which prompted a reissue of the single that "bubbled under" the "Billboard" Hot 100 at No. 120. It later appeared in "Kingpin" (1996), "Almost Famous" (2000),
One-hit wonder One-hit wonder A one-hit wonder is any entity that achieves mainstream popularity, often for only one piece of work, and becomes known among the general public solely for that momentary success. The term is most commonly used in regard to music performers with only one top-40 hit single that overshadows their other work. Sometimes, artists dubbed "one-hit wonders" in a particular country have had great success in other countries. In "The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders," music journalist Wayne Jancik defines a one-hit wonder as "an act that has won a position on [the] national, pop, Top 40 record chart