Reel Big Fish
Reel Big Fish
Reel Big Fish
Reel Big Fish
Reel Big Fish
Reel Big Fish
Reel Big Fish
Reel Big Fish
Reel Big Fish
Reel Big Fish
Reel Big Fish
Reel Big Fish
Reel Big Fish
Reel Big Fish
This song opens with the sound of flipping through the radio dials. Through the radio static, you can hear the opening bars and lines from their 1996 hit song “Sell Out,” which is their only single to ever chart.
“One Hit Wonderful” laments the trajectory of the band’s career since then. They’ve...
Fourteen minutes and fifty-nine seconds into our fifteen minutes of fame
When the luck runs out, I won't wonder who's to blame
Because nobody said they had a guaranteed way
To win the hearts of the public who are easily swayed
And just this time last year, I thought we had it made
We were One Hit Wonderful
Livin' the life, playin' the role
We were One Hit Wonderful
Well, it can't last long
They don't love you
They just love that one song
Well, things don't last long in life; that's how it goes
They'll smile and applaud, then turn up their nose
Things will shrink as quickly as they've grown
But it's perfectly normal for us to ask why
The company wasn't untrue, they just didn't try
And a new career is born. It will eventually die
We were One Hit Wonderful
Livin' the life, playin' the role
We were One Hit Wonderful
Well, it can't last long
They don't love you
They just love that one song
That one song...
That one song
So many lovely melodies
So many messages to convey
But they don't care about any of these
"Play that one damn song!" is what they say
We were One Hit Wonderful
Livin' the life, playin' the role
We were One Hit Wonderful
Well, it can't last long
They don't love you
Oh, no!
We were One Hit Wonderful
Livin' the life, playin' the role
We were One Hit Wonderful
Well, it can't last long
They don't love you
They just love that one song
Alex Steininger reports that when he brought up the song “One Hit Wonderful” and asked “if ‘Sell Out’ was the band’s biggest accomplishment and everything else is downhill,” Aaron Barrett responded:
“Sometimes you feel like that. Like your band is around for a long time and you wonder if you’re go...