{"id":265539,"date":"2025-09-30T03:53:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T03:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/265539\/"},"modified":"2025-09-30T03:53:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T03:53:13","slug":"3-one-hit-wonder-songs-from-the-1970s-that-are-impossible-to-cover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/265539\/","title":{"rendered":"3 One-Hit Wonder Songs From the 1970s That Are Impossible To Cover"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One-hit wonder songs were all over the place in the <a href=\"https:\/\/americansongwriter.com\/3-one-hit-wonder-1970s-disco-songs-that-will-get-your-hips-shaking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1970s<\/a>, across genres like disco, rock, new wave, and pop. And a select few of those one-hit wonders are really difficult to cover properly. Some of them are even impossible to cover with quality that matches that of the original. I think the following three songs fit that particular bill.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re a musician, you\u2019re welcome to give these solitary hits a shot. But I doubt anyone, even the finest musicians, can top the original works. They\u2019re just that good!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLovin\u2019 You\u201d by Minnie Riperton<\/p>\n<p>I dare you to try to hit Minnie Riperton\u2019s whistle note in this song. Unless you\u2019re Ariana Grande or Mariah Carey, it\u2019ll probably be impossible. I\u2019m not convinced those two pop stars could do it, either.<\/p>\n<p>Minnie Riperton released so many amazing songs in the 60s and 70s. \u201cLes Fleurs\u201d and \u201cInside My Love\u201d are just a couple of examples. However, \u201cLovin\u2019 You\u201d was her only song to reach the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and it topped that particular chart in 1975.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShort People\u201d by Randy Newman<\/p>\n<p>While this song is simple enough for any musician to cover, nobody would be able to do it like Randy Newman did. His voice is extremely distinct, and that\u2019s what made this song such a hit. Well, that and his excellent storytelling, which showcases the stupidity of prejudice. Regardless, to this day, I\u2019ve never heard another vocalist with the same singing style as Newman. Whether you think his vocals are silly or not, you can\u2019t deny that he is a unique singer.<\/p>\n<p>With so much music under his belt, it\u2019s quite shocking that \u201cShort People\u201d from 1977 was Newman\u2019s only Top 40 hit. That song reached No. 2 on the Hot 100 chart, and the 1982 song \u201cThe Blues\u201d with Paul Simon was the only follow-up to get close at No. 51.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPop Muzik\u201d by M<\/p>\n<p>I can\u2019t think of a more unique song from the tail end of the 70s. You can give this song a shot if you want, but this song\u2019s particular combination of vocals, synthesizers, and instrumentation is not an easy one to duplicate. It\u2019s the product of excellent songwriting, sure, but it\u2019s also the product of very specific equipment available at the time.<\/p>\n<p>One of the finest and most genre-bending one-hit wonder songs of the 1970s, \u201cPop Muzik\u201d hit No. 1 on the Hot 100 chart in 1979. None of M\u2019s follow-up singles made it to that chart.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Photo by Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One-hit wonder songs were all over the place in the 1970s, across genres like disco, rock, new wave,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":265540,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[171,975,42099,20561,4006,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-265539","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-music","10":"tag-new-wave","11":"tag-one-hit-wonders","12":"tag-pop-music","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115291226440732890","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265539"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265539\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}