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1996 Special
Episode 8 of 9
Celebrating the best One Hit Wonders from 1996, including OMC, Babylon Zoo and Donna Lewis.
This week’s show is a 1996 Special, celebrating One Hit Wonders, from 26 years ago!
1996 was the year of Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible, Never Mind The Buzzcocks started on TV, and the most coveted toy was a Buzz Lightyear action figure.
This episode features a song made famous by a jeans advert, a summer holiday dance craze, and too much X-Files.
Want to hear your favourite One Hit Wonder on the show? Email [email protected]
Last on
Wed 14 Dec 202202:30
BBC Radio 2
Music Played
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Babylon Zoo
Spaceman
- Hits Of The 90s.
- Rhino.
- 36.
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Babylon Zoo
Spaceman
- The Boy With The X-Ray Eyes.
- Parlophone UK.
- 2.
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Donna Lewis
I Love You Always Forever
- (CD Single).
- Atlantic.
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Pianoman
Blurred
- Get Ready For This.
- UMOD (Universal Music On Demand).
- 7.
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Pianoman
Blurred
- Get Ready For This.
- UMOD (Universal Music On Demand).
- 7.
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Los del Río
Macarena
- The Best One Hit Wonders In The World.
- Virgin.
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Mark Snow
The X-Files
- Fox Music Publishing Sampler 1987-1997, Disc 2.
- 5.
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DJ Dado
X-Files (Radio Edit)
- X-Files.
- ZYX Music.
- 1.
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Goldbug
Whole Lotta Love
- The Best of Dance 96.
- EMI.
- 7.
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Goldbug
Whole Lotta Love
- Whole Lotta Love.
- Acid Jazz.
- 1.
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Stretch & Vern & Maddog
I'm Alive
- (CD Single).
- FFRR.
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OMC
How Bizarre
- Now 34 (Various Artists).
- Now.
Broadcasts
- Mon 1 Aug 202202:30BBC Radio 2
- Wed 14 Dec 202202:30BBC Radio 2
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