Can you name the acts that had two US top 10 singles... and never made the top 40 again?

Can you name the acts that had two US top 10 singles...
and never made the top 40 again?

Enter an artist in the box below
Correctly named artists will show up in the table below
Answers do not have to be guessed in order
This game was contributed by Sporcle user: rockgolf
Source: Billboard Hot 100
Artists must have lead credit, and had two top ten hits on the Billboard Hot 100 but no other tracks that made the top 40.

You have 12 minutes to guess after you click the button below.

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First Hit (#HP - Year)	Artist	Second Hit (#HP - Year)
Handy Man (#2-1960)		Good Timin' (#3-1960)
Blue Moon (#1-1961)		Heartaches (#7-1961)
Tossin' And Turnin' (#1-1961)		One Track Mind (#9-1961)
What The World Needs Now Is Love (#7-1965)		Put A Little Love In Your Heart (#4-1969)
Tell It Like It Is (#2-1967)		Everybody Plays The Fool (#8-1991)
Somebody To Love (#5-1967)		White Rabbit (#8-1967)
Gimme Some Lovin' (#7-1967)		I'm A Man (#10-1967)
My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me) (#9-1969)		Walk Away From Love (#9-1976)
Green-Eyed Lady (#3-1970)		Don't Call Us, We'll Call You (#9-1975)
Amos Moses (#8-1971)		When You're Hot, You're Hot (#9-1971)
Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get (#9-1971)		In The Rain (#5-1972)
Hooked On A Feeling (#1-1974)		Never My Love (#7-1974)
Fly, Robin, Fly (#1-1975)		Get Up And Boogie (That's Right) (#2-1976)
Never Can Say Goodbye (#9-1975)		I Will Survive (#1-1979)
I'm Not In Love (#2-1975)		The Things We Do For Love (#5-1977)
Right Back Where We Started From (#2-1976)		Lead Me On (#5-1979)
Boogie Oogie Oogie (#1-1978)		Sukiyaki (#3-1981)
Sometimes When We Touch (#3-1978)		Can't We Try (#6-1987)
Midnight Blue (#5-1987)		Just Between You And Me (#6-1990)
Don't Dream It's Over (#2-1987)		Something So Strong (#7-1987)
Wait (#8-1988)		When The Children Cry (#3-1989)
Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley (#1-1988)		I'm Not In Love (#7-1991)
Fast Car (#6-1988)		Give Me One Reason (#3-1996)

First Hit (#HP - Year)	Artist	Second Hit (#HP - Year)
Wild Thing (#2-1989)		Funky Cold Medina (#3-1989)
18 And Life (#4-1989)		I Remember You (#6-1990)
Buffalo Stance (#3-1989)		Kisses On The Wind (#8-1989)
Ice Ice Baby (#1-1990)		Play That Funky Music (#4-1991)
Love Song (#10-1990)		Signs (#8-1991)
Right Here, Right Now (#2-1991)		Real, Real, Real (#4-1991)
Iesha (#9-1991)		Playground (#10-1991)
Sadeness (#5-1991)		Return To Innocence (#4-1994)
Hold You Tight (#3-1991)		Piece Of My Heart (#7-1991)
More Than Words (#1-1991)		Hole Hearted (#4-1991)
Good Vibrations (#1-1991)		Wildside (#10-1991)
Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover (#5-1992)		As I Lay Me Down (#6-1995)
Everything About You (#9-1992)		Cats In The Cradle (#6-1993)
Last Night (#9-1996)		Hard To Say I'm Sorry (#8-1997)
Show Me Love (#7-1997)		Do You Know (What It Takes) (#7-1997)
808 (#8-1999)		Bring It All To Me (#5-2000)
Summer Girls (#3-1999)		Girl On TV (#10-1999)
I Need To Know (#3-1999)		You Sang To Me (#2-2000)
Incomplete (#1-2000)		Thong Song (#3-2000)
All Or Nothing (#3-2001)		Liquid Dreams (#10-2001)
Follow Me (#5-2001)		Drift Away (#9-2003)
Flying Without Wings (#2-2003)		Sorry 2004 (#9-2004)

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	enough:	Sep 30th, 2009 at 09:30 GMT	19 points
	Sorry 2004 might be one of the worst songs I've ever heard. How it made the top ten I'll never understand

	Tahnan:	Sep 30th, 2009 at 09:31 GMT	9 points
	The jump from 1978 to 1987 is very frustrating for those of us whose formative years were 1980-1986.

	capncokenojoke:	Sep 30th, 2009 at 09:32 GMT	13 points
	this is twice as good as one hit wonders

	JohnJF:	Sep 30th, 2009 at 09:32 GMT	0 points
	Whether it's Amos Moses, I'm Not in Love, Funky Cold Medina, or I Need to Know; Sporcle just listed a flew of songs I'm embarrassed to like and now feel the need to listen to.

	Nolij:	Sep 30th, 2009 at 09:41 GMT	-1 points
	How happy it made me to see Wildside on here must be wrong, but I don't want to be right!

	cottb128:	Sep 30th, 2009 at 09:52 GMT	-3 points
	I almost never nitpick, but Skid Row did in fact have more than 2 famous songs. I know it technically fits into the quiz criteria by not making the top 40, but Youth Gone Wild actually ended up higher on the Rock Charts than I Remember You did (20 to 23). So even though they fit, thats a decent enough hit to not be called a 2-hit wonder.

	mattrd08:	Sep 30th, 2009 at 09:56 GMT	10 points
	I can't believe Jefferson Airplane only had those two hits........ One of my favorite bands....

	plujan:	Sep 30th, 2009 at 09:56 GMT	0 points
	I typed in "Sophie Hawkins" and it wasn't accepted -- is the middle initial really that critical?

	BamaRainbow:	Sep 30th, 2009 at 10:02 GMT	9 points
	One VERY major nitpick: The singer listed with the credits of "Tell It Like It Is" and "Everybody Plays the Fool" had a #2 hit with Linda Ronstadt in 1989 (and just missed the Top 10 with the follow-up to that song).

	BamaRainbow:	Sep 30th, 2009 at 10:08 GMT	6 points
	@mattrd08: By most chart statistics, Jefferson Airplane is folded in with Jefferson Starship. (Interesting trivia about Jefferson Starship: As JS, the group also only had two Top 10 hits--"Miracles" in 1975 and "Count on Me" in 1978. As just plain Starship, the group had 4 Top 10 hits, including 3 #1 songs.)

	wolv82:	Sep 30th, 2009 at 10:08 GMT	-1 points
	I found it weird/frustrating that bands I normally consider to be 2 hit wonders (Golden Earring, .38 Special, etc) didn't fit the criteria. "Not only did we disappoint Marky Mark, we let down the entire Funky Bunch"

	kustard:	Sep 30th, 2009 at 10:10 GMT	-1 points
	When entering "Jones", Jimmy Jones shows up but not Jesus Jones? Hrm.

	desafinado440:	Sep 30th, 2009 at 10:14 GMT	2 points
	Jefferson Airplane does not belong in the same category as Jackie DeShannon or Uncle Kracker (consequently, both Jefferson Airplane and Jackie DeShannon appear on the Forrest Gump soundtrack, and the JeffAir song is "Volunteers")

	BamaRainbow:	Sep 30th, 2009 at 10:26 GMT	1 point
	I'll also note this quiz is just ripe for a sequel. Names like Animotion, Robert John, Sister Sledge, Curtis Mayfield, Nelson, Willie Nelson, Orleans, Ann Wilson (outside of Heart), Eddie Money, KISS.

	TheBiscuit:	Sep 30th, 2009 at 10:37 GMT	2 points
	I think I'm more ashamed of missing Marky Mark with the "Good Vibrations" clue than any other miss in my Sporcling career.

	BamaRainbow:	Sep 30th, 2009 at 10:39 GMT	2 points
	@cottb128: I can sympathize with your comment, but the fact is that this quiz is based on Top 10/Top 40 hits from the Billboard Hot 100. If we consider other charts, A Taste of Honey wouldn't be a "two-hit wonder" since they had 3 Top 10 hits on the R&B/Soul chart (the two listed singles which both hit #1 R&B plus "I'll Try Something New" which peaked at #9). Additionally, from AMG's chart info (which is taken from the Billboard charts), "Youth Gone Wild" only peaked at #27 on the Mainstream Rock chart.

	brianc:	Sep 30th, 2009 at 10:39 GMT	1 point
	Wow those were pretty obscure. And yeah I was surprised by the inclusion of Jefferson Airplane, as detailed more by BamaRainbow

	SMauldin311:	Sep 30th, 2009 at 10:42 GMT	6 points
	couldnt spell Sisco, sysco, cisco to save my live. really surprised that LFO is the 3rd most guessed. They are God awful.

	johnnyd:	Sep 30th, 2009 at 10:45 GMT	-4 points
	tracy chapman can't be a two hit wonder.so many great songs but no radio sucess.a new beginning is one my my greatest love making album of all time

	Rifsun:	Sep 30th, 2009 at 10:48 GMT	7 points
	It's weird that this is somehow more difficult than the one hit wonders quiz

	MetaphysicalMan:	Sep 30th, 2009 at 11:45 GMT	4 points
	Members of "The Funky Bunch" were: Duffle, Ashey Ace, Scottie Gee, "Hector the Booty Inspector", and DJ-T. Quite an assembly of musical talent.

	chillicothe20:	Sep 30th, 2009 at 12:17 GMT	2 points
	LFO was close to a third top-40 hit: Every Other Time (#44). Also, Aaron Neville's duet with Linda Ronstadt "Dont Know Much" hit #2, and another one of their duets hit #11. Solo, he hasnt been nearly as successful.

	Heef:	Sep 30th, 2009 at 12:30 GMT	3 points
	As a Kiwi, I'm disappointed to see one of our Greatest Exports, Crowded House, represented in a quiz that suggests they were two hit wonders. They had many, many other exceptional songs and it seems almost criminal that they are relegated to such a list. I suggest their presence in this showing is never mentioned to NZ Customs if the quiz author intends visiting our country.

	Heef:	Sep 30th, 2009 at 12:32 GMT	4 points
	Kustard - the reason that "Jones" gives you Jimmy Jones and not Jesus Jones is that the Jim was an individual with Jones as his surname. Jesus Jones were a pretty awful British pop/rock group and thus Jones is not their surname.

	Jon_Watson:	Sep 30th, 2009 at 13:31 GMT	-2 points
	yeh crowded house shouldn't be there, im British but even I can see they've had 8 songs released in the US HOT 100. Who's gonna be in it next? Oasis?!!

	LoveShack:	Sep 30th, 2009 at 13:32 GMT	1 point
	Robyn had a huge number one in UK a couple of years back and at least 3 successful follow ups, yet you have her hits listed as 90's hits... and Crowded House I know mostly for Weather With You...

	WCRoentgen:	Sep 30th, 2009 at 14:30 GMT	1 point
	@Heef. I'm American and I have about 8-10 Crowded House songs on my iPod. Great thing about online music download sites, they let old folks like me sample good songs that we'd otherwise never come across! Also, does anyone else think "Sometimes when We Touch" among the most beautiful songs ever written.

	lgg203:	Sep 30th, 2009 at 14:47 GMT	1 point
	Oh God. I got 3 - Sisqo, LFO and O-Town. In my defence...nope...there's no defence for that kind of embarassing knowledge. I hang my head in shame.

	jacintos:	Sep 30th, 2009 at 15:11 GMT	0 points
	proud to say I got every one from 97 on lol

	Panther:	Sep 30th, 2009 at 15:12 GMT	2 points
	Jefferson airplane a two hit wonder :o No way. By the way, crowded house is a three hit wonder ;-) don't forget Weather with you

	LoudmouthLee:	Sep 30th, 2009 at 15:51 GMT	1 point
	Isn't Uncle Cracker back on the charts now? He may be a three hit wonder soon. Yay for another Sporcle category.

	GeordieGordie:	Sep 30th, 2009 at 15:54 GMT	-1 points
	I rate the Dan Hill song alongside Daniel Bedingfield(If you're not the one) and Dr Hook (if not you)as the most romantic and beautiful songs

	springmom:	Sep 30th, 2009 at 16:00 GMT	1 point
	Some of these artists may not have had more top 40 hits, but I'd hardly call them a flash in the pan. Some have been around and very successful for a long time.

	bewareofdow:	Sep 30th, 2009 at 16:01 GMT	-2 points
	Jerry Reed, who had more than 30 top 40 Country singles, was a two hit wonder because he only had two songs cross over to the Pop charts? In addition, The Spencer Davis Group was a U.K. band that had 4 U.K. top 10 and 7 top 40 singles. Fun quiz, but I feel like the criteria need some tweaking.

	jonbrown:	Sep 30th, 2009 at 16:15 GMT	0 points
	@GeordieGordie- I agree, 'If you're not the one' was the song my wife and I danced to at our wedding.

	rockgolf:	Sep 30th, 2009 at 16:18 GMT	1 point
	To address many of the comments so far: - The specific criteria for this list was 2 top ten songs on the Billboard Hot 100 under that name and no other top 40 tracks. To my knowledge, this is a complete list of acts that qualify for this. So, as BamaRainbow indicated, Jefferson Airplane reformed with significantly different membership as Jefferson Starship, but as great as "Miracles" was, it wasn't by Jefferson Airplane. Similarly, Aaron Neville's duets with Linda Ronstadt and work with The Neville Brothers doesn't help with his solo career status. To my knowledge, this is also the only comprehensive list of US two-hit wonders under any criteria. On the net, in books, anywhere. If you know a better or more complete one, please post it here. @plujan: Sorry about Sophie B Hawkins requiring the B. I usually set these quizzes so that last names are sufficient, but never thought about removing initials. Which leads to... @kustard: Jesus Jones is a band, not a person, so I stand by that decision. In fact there's no one by that name in the band. Actually, you could write a whole Sporcle quiz listing bands named after people who were never in it. Any volunteers?

	rockgolf:	Sep 30th, 2009 at 16:18 GMT	3 points
	@BamaRainbow: Dude, you know your stuff! You want a sequel? You got it! It's already available! Two Hit Wonders 2 - one top ten, another top twenty, and no other top 40 songs. http://www.sporcle.com/games/rockgolf/two_hit_wonders_ii @Scott Maudlin: Maybe LFO is so high because they're easy to spell. ;) @John Watson: I love Crowded House too. Have the 2-CD limited edition Greatest Hits (which still doesn't include "Chocolate Cake", grrr!) but the song you mention didn't make the US Top 40. And Oasis had only one top ten hit in America, plus a few airplay hits, including "Champagne Supernova", so they really only qualify as one-hit wonders in the States by this criteria... @panther, etc.: Believe it or not, "Weather With You" never made the US Hot 100.

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	ericwbolin:	Sep 30th, 2009 at 17:25 GMT	2 points
	@Jonathan - What does that even mean? And which country has good taste in music?

	JohnJF:	Sep 30th, 2009 at 17:26 GMT	7 points
	In contrast to the UK, where McFly has had seven #1 hits.