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One-hit wonders

Order by the year each song charted. You place all 60 cards on one timeline, one at a time. You start with three lives, and ten right in a row wins a lost one back.

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How to play the one-hit wonders timeline game

Every card is a song by an act that American listeners remember for one big moment, with the song title up top and the artist below. You sort them by the year the song hit the US charts. One song begins on the line with its year in view. Each new card goes into whichever gap you choose. If you've got it right, the year shows up. If not, the song moves to its real place on the line, and one of your three lives goes with it.

Novelty records, dance crazes, new wave oddities and rap crossovers all show up here, and many will have you singing before you've picked a spot. Imports are the sneaky ones, because plenty were already hits overseas and took their time crossing to America, so the chart year can trail the original release. Radio and movies keep some of these songs alive for decades, which makes them feel newer or older than they are. Trust what was playing when you first heard it.

Want a longer game? On the deck tree you can tick this deck alongside any other one measured in release years and dates, and they shuffle into a single timeline together.

What's in the deck

Here are 28 of the 60 cards you might be dealt, with 32 more in the deck. Their values stay hidden until you place them.

  • Tequila The Champs
  • Monster Mash Bobby Pickett
  • Incense and Peppermints Strawberry Alarm Clock
  • Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye Steam
  • Brandy (You're a Fine Girl) Looking Glass
  • Kung Fu Fighting Carl Douglas
  • Afternoon Delight Starland Vocal Band
  • My Sharona The Knack
  • Pop Muzik M
  • Funkytown Lipps Inc.
  • Mickey Toni Basil
  • 867-5309/Jenny Tommy Tutone
  • Come On Eileen Dexys Midnight Runners
  • Der Kommissar After the Fire
  • Take On Me a-ha
  • You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) Dead or Alive
  • The Lady in Red Chris de Burgh
  • Ice Ice Baby Vanilla Ice
  • Baby Got Back Sir Mix-a-Lot
  • Whoomp! (There It Is) Tag Team
  • Informer Snow
  • Macarena Los del Río
  • Barbie Girl Aqua
  • Mambo No. 5 Lou Bega
  • Who Let the Dogs Out Baha Men
  • Stacy's Mom Fountains of Wayne
  • Hey There Delilah Plain White T's
  • Gangnam Style Psy

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