While I’m an admittedly huge fan of Netflix, I don’t have the same love for the TV. I only watch a small set of recorded shows, and I rarely sit and mindlessly flip through channels.

Because #1GF! was out and I was too tired to think on Friday night I found myself planted on the couch, remote in hand. I devoured all the programming that I could on G4 before beginning an absent-minded flipping spree that quickly landed me on VH1’s Top 100 One Hit Wonders as hosted by William Shatner.

After wasting four hours, I realized why I don’t watch TV. I also made a plan to sit down on Saturday and watch a couple of the episodes that I missed. If you’ve ever watched any of VH1’s similarly formatted series (such as I love the 80’s, I love the 90’s), you know how difficult they are to break away from.

The worst part wasn’t the six or eight hours that I dedicated to the series. No, the worst part was the additional eight hours that my list-driven, musically addicted brain spent checking every American one hit wonder since 1970 that I could find against Lala’s available music to create a one hit wonder radio station. I was going to do the 50’s and 60’s but I completely ran out of steam.

Thankfully, since I created My Cowbell Station, Lala radio has added a skip button. I make no guarantee about the quality of one hit wonders, but I will say that the station spans almost 40 years and contains both stuff that you will want to remember (such as De La Soul, Urban Dance Squad, Carl Douglas*, Tommy Tutone) and stuff you just want to forget (like Queensryche, A-Ha).

Click to tune into my One Hit Wonders Station at Lala.

Enjoy!

*Everybody was Kung Fu Fighting. Those cats were fast as lightening.

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