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Celebrating the best One Hit Wonders from 1996, including OMC, Babylon Zoo and Donna Lewis.

This week鈥檚 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 OJ@bbc.co.uk

30 minutes

Music Played

  • Babylon Zoo

    Spaceman

    • Hits Of The 90s.
    • Rhino.
    • 36.
  • Babylon Zoo

    Spaceman

    • The Boy With The X-Ray Eyes.
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 2.
  • Donna Lewis

    I Love You Always Forever

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
  • Pianoman

    Blurred

    • Get Ready For This.
    • UMOD (Universal Music On Demand).
    • 7.
  • Pianoman

    Blurred

    • Get Ready For This.
    • UMOD (Universal Music On Demand).
    • 7.
  • Los del R铆o

    Macarena

    • The Best One Hit Wonders In The World.
    • Virgin.
  • Mark Snow

    The X-Files

    • Fox Music Publishing Sampler 1987-1997, Disc 2.
    • 5.
  • DJ Dado

    X-Files (Radio Edit)

    • X-Files.
    • ZYX Music.
    • 1.
  • Goldbug

    Whole Lotta Love

    • The Best of Dance 96.
    • EMI.
    • 7.
  • Goldbug

    Whole Lotta Love

    • Whole Lotta Love.
    • Acid Jazz.
    • 1.
  • Stretch & Vern & Maddog

    I'm Alive

    • (CD Single).
    • FFRR.
  • OMC

    How Bizarre

    • Now 34 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

Broadcasts

  • Mon 1 Aug 2022 02:30
  • Wed 14 Dec 2022 02:30

Radio 2's Ultimate One Hit Wonders Quiz

Radio 2's Ultimate One Hit Wonders Quiz

How many do you remember?