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One Hit Wonderland is where ToddInTheShadows takes a look at "one-hit wonders" of the past. In each review, specific segments include "Before the hit" (covering the artist's history before the hit), "The big hit" (a short review of the hit itself); "The failed follow-up" (for when it all went wrong for the artist); "Did they ever do anything else?" (originally "Did they have any other noteworthy songs?", to look at what else the artist has done); and "Did they deserve better?" (Todd's final say on the matter). Just as in Todd's Pop Song Reviews, Todd is enshrouded in shadow to enhance his mystery. In the beginning of every episode, he is seen playing his piano, which he has been playing for many years; and is usually playing the song that is featured in the review. The shadows conceal who he is as he could be just about anyone from a government spy to a humble church official.
In 2015, Todd opened a tier on his Patreon page that allowed four fans who paid $40 or more per video to request bands to do episodes on OHW for. These bands are Eiffel 65 (Blue (Da Ba Dee)), John Parr (St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)), Hanson (MMMBop), and The Vapors (Turning Japanese; changed from James Blunt, which itself was changed from Rage Against the Machine).
Episodes
Episode Number | Episode Title | Description | Date Released |
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1 | "Take On Me" - a-ha | Todd's new one-hit wonder retrospective series. Come, check out these Norse gods' only work before they disappeared in a day or twooooooo... | April 7th, 2012 |
2 | "Baby Got Back" - Sir Mix-a-Lot | He was long, and strong, and down to get the friction on... but was there more to Sir Mix-a-Lot than his love of big butts? | April 29th, 2012 |
3 | "Kung Fu Fighting" - Carl Douglas | In 1974, everybody was kung fu fighting, but what ever happened to Carl Douglas, the man in the silly karate outfit behind the song? | May 29th, 2012 |
4 | "Come On Eileen" - Dexy's Midnight Runners | Come found out who Dexy is and why he or she had people running at midnight! | July 28th, 2012 |
5 | "Rico Suave" - Gerardo | RRRRRRRRRRRRRICO... SUAAAAAAAVE | August 23rd, 2012 |
6 | "Achy Breaky Heart" - Billy Ray Cyrus | The man behind the mullet. Beware: Vintage country cheese ahead | September 11th, 2012 |
7 | "The Safety Dance" - Men Without Hats | They said we could dance if we wanted to, but that they wouldn't be friends with us if we didn't. Who were these men without hats? | September 28th, 2012 |
8 | "Play That Funky Music" - Wild Cherry | In 1976, Wild Cherry stood up for the funkiness of white boys everywhere, but what ever happened to them? | October 25th, 2012 |
9 | "Monster Mash" - Bobby "Boris" Pickett | What ever DID happen to the Transylvania Twist? | October 30th, 2012 |
10 | "Tubthumping" - Chumbawamba | They got knocked down. Did they ever get back up again? | November 28th, 2012 |
11 | "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" - Elmo & Patsy | Grandma got run over by a reviewer. | December 19th, 2012 |
12 | "Party All the Time" - Eddie Murphy | Before Norbit, before Pluto Nash, before Daddy Day Care, Eddie Murphy was embarrassing himself with his music, and it was less than o-tay. | February 27th, 2013 |
13 | "Closing Time" - Semisonic | Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end. But what ever happened to Semisonic, the band who dropped some timeless wisdom on us? | March 30th, 2013 |
14 | "Me and Mrs. Jones" - Billy Paul | Todd gets soulful with a look at this heartbreaking soul classic, and how its singer Billy Paul got completely hosed by his record label. | April 10th, 2013 |
15 | "It's Raining Men" - The Weather Girls | The Weather Girls would like to inform you that there is some good news in the ongoing man-drought afflicting our single women. | May 10th, 2013 |
16 | "Cotton Eye Joe" - Rednex | Where did you come from, Rednex, and where did you go? | May 29th, 2013 |
17 | "Unbelievable" - EMF | They're unbelievable, OH!! ...or were they? | June 17th, 2013 |
18 | "I Ran (So Far Away)" - A Flock of Seagulls | WARNING : Category 5 Eighties Hair approaching | July 22nd, 2013 |
19 | "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" - The Proclaimers | Ayyy wooed woak five hundrrrred maiyls and ayyyyyyyy wooed woak five hundrrred moawr... | July 28th, 2013 |
20 | "To Be With You" - Mr. Big | Hair metal's last glorious day in the sun. | August 20th, 2013 |
21 | "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" - Iron Butterfly | Wait a minute... this sounds like rock and/or roll. | September 8th, 2013 |
22 | "Who Let the Dogs Out" - Baha Men | It's time to answer the age-old question. | September 28th, 2013 |
23 | "Somebody's Watching Me" - Rockwell | Rockwell felt like somebody was watching him, but they weren't watching him for very long. | October 22nd, 2013 |
24 | "Smooth Criminal" - Alien Ant Farm | Alien Ant Farm's career could have gone a whole lot smoother. | November 10th, 2013 |
25 | "You Light Up My Life" - Debby Boone | YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUU...LIGHT UP MY LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIFE... | November 28th, 2013 |
26 | "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" - Dead or Alive | Like a record, baby. | December 22nd, 2013 |
27 | "Walking in Memphis" - Marc Cohn | I'm goin' to Graceland. | February 7th, 2014 |
28 | "How Bizarre" - OMC | How bizarre! How bizarre, how bizarre, how bizarre! Now get that out of your head... | February 28th, 2014 |
29 | "Float On" - The Floaters | All right, all ready?
(For April Fools Day, it starts with him playing and talking about "Float On" by Modest Mouse) |
March 31st, 2014 |
30 | "Ghetto Supastar" - Pras | Ghetto superstar, that is what he definitely wasn't. | April 17th, 2014 |
31 | "Absolutely (Story of a Girl)" - Nine Days | Admit it, the first line of this song instantly started playing in your head, didn't it? | May 9th, 2014 |
32 | "Groove Is in the Heart" - Deee-Lite | WEEOOOOOOOOoooooOOOOOOOOO pop! snap snap snap one two three PBLBLBLBL | May 29th, 2014 |
33 | "Just a Friend" - Biz Markie | YOU YOU GOT WHAT I NEEEEEEEEEEEED BUT YOU SAY HE'S JUST A FRIEND | June 20th, 2014 |
34 | "Informer" - Snow | In-foooooooooooor-mah! YanosaydiggadosaynoIgoblaaaaam a licky licky boom down! | July 22nd, 2014 |
35 | "Hooked on a Feeling" - Blue Swede | Ooga chaka ooga chaka ooga ooga ooga chaka. | August 17th, 2014 |
36 | "Maniac" - Michael Sembello | Just a steel-town girl on a Saturday night, looking for Todd in the Shadows' Halloween episode! | October 30th, 2014 |
37 | "Lullaby" - Shawn Mullins | Everything's gonna be all right, as long as your expectations for your career aren't too high. | November 30th, 2014 |
38 | "Word Up" - Cameo | Got a weird thing to show you so tell all the boys and girls. | March 3rd, 2015 |
39 | "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" - Eiffel 65 | I’m blue da ba dee da ba die da ba dee da ba die da ba dee da ba die da ba dee da ba die da ba dee da ba die da ba dee da ba die da ba dee da ba die da ba dee da ba die da ba dee da ba die da ba dee da ba die da ba dee da ba die da ba dee da ba die | March 31st, 2015 |
40 | "St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)" - John Parr | Who the heck is St. Elmo anyway? | May 12th, 2015 |
41 | "MMMBop" - Hanson | mmmbopdubadopbopdubopdoobydopbopdubopmmmbopdopdooooo Yeah? Yeah. | August 2nd, 2015 |
42 | "Turning Japanese" - The Vapors | Is this song about what you think it is? I really don't think so... | December 15th, 2015 |
43 | "Butterfly" - Crazy Town | Sugar! Baby! *Note: Released on CA on January 3rd, 2016. | October 20th, 2015 (YT) (October 19th on Vimeo) |
44 | "Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band" - Meco | An elegant dance song for a more civilized age.
Note: Starting with this episode of any Todd in the Shadows series, his piano faces the right for the first time since 2011. |
December 16th, 2015 (on YT) |
45 | "Mickey" - Toni Basil | OH MICKEY YOU'RE SO FINE, YOU'RE SO FINE YOU BLOW MY MIND, HEY MICKEY, HEY MICKEY | February 19th, 2016 |
46 | "Eve of Destruction" - Barry McGuire | You just don't get enough pop songs about the complete and total annihilation of the human race, you know? | April 2nd, 2016 |
47 | "Ridin'" - Chamillionaire | They see me reviewin', they hatin'... | May 3rd, 2016 |
48 | "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" - The Darkness | Hello The Darkness, my old friend... | June 2nd, 2016 |
49 | "Living in a Box" - Living in a Box | Spoilers: It's about living in a box. | July 3rd, 2016 |
50 | "I Love You Always Forever" - Donna Lewis | Always. FOREVER. | August 2nd, 2016 |
51 | "I Touch Myself" - The Divinyls | I don't want anybody else... | September 1st, 2016 |
52 | "Mexican Radio" - Wall of Voodoo | I wish I was in Tijuana, eating barbecued iguana... | October 3rd, 2016 |
53 | "One Tin Soldier" - Coven | It's the return of the One Hit Wonder Spooktacular! | October 30th, 2016 |
54 | "Flood" - Jars of Clay | Oh, Christ. Literally. | November 25th, 2016 |
55 | "Beds Are Burning" - Midnight Oil | Presenting the band Midnight Oil, the '80s rockers who taught us all about Australian social issues. Once. | December 3rd, 2016 |
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