List of 1990s one-hit wonders in the United States

This is a list of musical artists whose one hit came out in the 1990s.

The list contains recording artists who reached the Top 40 of the U.S. pop chart (the Billboard Hot 100) with just one single. Note some artists are not considered one-hit wonders despite having only one hit single; these are shown in italics. "A" indicates an airplay hit (when a physical single was not released).

Years

1990

Song	Performer	Peak Date	Peak
"Just a Friend"	Biz Markie	March 17, 1990	9
"C'mon and Get My Love"	D-Mob	March 17, 1990	10
"No Myth"	Michael Penn	March 24, 1990	13
"You're the Only Woman"	Brat Pack	March 31, 1990	36
"Don't Wanna Fall in Love"	Jane Child	April 14, 1990	2
"IF U Were Mine"	U-Krew	April 14, 1990	24
"Nothing Compares 2 U"	Sinead O'Connor	April 21, 1990	1
"Whole Wide World"	A'me Lorain	April 28, 1990	9
"I Wanna Be Rich"	Calloway	May 5, 1990	2
"House of Pain"	Faster Pussycat	May 12, 1990	28
"Getting Away With It"	Electronic	May 19, 1990	38
"Turtle Power!"	Partners in Kryme	June 2, 1990	13
"Ooh La La (I Can't Get Over You)"	Perfect Gentlemen	June 2, 1990	10
"I'll See You in My Dreams"	Giant	June 9, 1990	20
"Always and Forever"	Whistle	June 9, 1990	35
"The Ballad of Jayne"	The L.A. Guns	June 30, 1990	33
"Sittin' in the Lap of Luxary"	Louie Louie	July 7, 1990	19
"Notice Me"	Nikki	July 7, 1990	21
"Mentirosa"	Mellow Man Ace	July 21, 1990	14
"Bad of the Heart"	George Lamond	July 21, 1990	25
"Pure"	The Lightning Seeds	July 28, 1990	31
"Girls Nite Out"	Tyler Collins	August 4, 1990	6
"The Girl I Used to Know"	Brother Beyond	August 25, 1990	27
"Tic-Tac-Toe"	Kyper	September 1, 1990	14
"Epic"	Faith No More	September 8, 1990	9
"Tell Me Something"	Indecent Obsession	September 15, 1990	31
"Dirty Cash (Money Talks)"	The Adventures of Stevie V	September 29, 1990	25
"Knockin' Boots"	Candyman	November 10, 1990	9
"Joey"	Concrete Blonde	November 10, 1990	19
"Groove Is in the Heart"	Deee-Lite	November 17, 1990	4
"Hippychick"	Soho	November 24, 1990	14
"Wiggle It"	2 in a Room	December 15, 1990	15

1991

Song	Performer	Peak Date	Peak
"On the Way Up"	Elisa Fiorillo	January 5, 1991	27
"Angel Baby"	Angelica	January 11, 1992	29
"Candy"	Iggy Pop	February 2, 1991	28
"Wicked Game"	Chris Isaak	March 2, 1991	6
"Deeper Shade of Soul"	Urban Dance Squad	March 2, 1991	21
"Get Here"	Oleta Adams	March 23, 1991	5
"My Side of the Bed"	Susanna Hoffs	March 23, 1991	30
"Together Forever"	Lisette Melendez	April 6, 1991	35
"How to Dance"	The Bingoboys featuring Princessa	April 13, 1991	25
"Temple of Love"	Harriet	April 13, 1991	39
"Rico Suave"	Gerardo	April 13, 1991	7
"I've Been Thinking About You"	Londonbeat	April 13, 1991	1
"With You"	Tony Terry	April 27, 1991	14
"Save Some Love"	Keedy	May 11, 1991	15
"It's a Shame (My Sister)"	Monie Love	May 11, 1991	26
"I Touch Myself"	Divinyls	May 18, 1991	4
"You Don't Have to Go Home Tonight"	The Triplets	May 18, 1991	14
"My Heart Is Failing Me"	Riff	May 25, 1991	25
"People Are Still Having Sex"	LaTour	May 25, 1991	35
"Silent Lucidity"	Queensrÿche	June 1, 1991	9
"Written All Over Your Face"	The Rude Boys	June 8, 1991	16
"All The Way From Memphis"	Contraband	June 15, 1991	12
"Does Anybody Really Fall In Love Anymore?"	Kane Roberts	June 22, 1991	38
"Walking in Memphis"	Marc Cohn	July 6, 1991	13
"How Can I Ease the Pain"	Lisa Fischer	July 6, 1991	11
"I'll Never Let You Go (Angel Eyes)"	Steelheart	July 6, 1991	23
"You Can't Play With My Yo Yo"	Yo Yo	July 6, 1991	36
"Lily Was Here"	David A. Stewart introducing Candy Dulfer	July 13, 1991	11
"Kissing You"	Keith Washington	May 25, 1991	40
"Temptation"	Corina	August 10, 1991	6
"Love on a Rooftop"	Desmond Child	August 17, 1991	40
"Pop Goes the Weasel"	3rd Bass	August 31, 1991	29
"Got a Love For You"	Jomanda	August 31, 1991	40
"The Truth"	Tami Show	September 28, 1991	28
"Kiss Them for Me"	Siouxsie and the Banshees	October 19, 1991	23
"Power Windows"	Billy Falcon	October 19, 1991	35
"The One and Only"	Chesney Hawkes	November 2, 1991	10
"Just Want to Hold You"	Jasmine Guy	November 2, 1991	34
"My Heart Belongs to You"	Russ Irwin	November 9, 1991	38
"Rush"	Big Audio Dynamite II	November 16, 1991	32
"I Wonder Why"	Curtis Stigers	November 23, 1991	9

1992

Song	Performer	Peak Date	Peak
"In My Dreams"	The Party	January 25, 1992	34
"I've Got a Lot to Learn About Love"	The Storm	February 1, 1992	26
"Too Blind to See It"	Kym Sims	February 1, 1992	38
"I'm Too Sexy"	Right Said Fred (R*S*F)	February 8, 1992	1
"On a Sunday Afternoon"	A Lighter Shade of Brown	February 8, 1992	39
"Move Any Mountain (Progen 91)"	The Shamen	February 29, 1992	38
"Until Your Love Comes Back Around"	RTZ	March 14, 1992	26
"Oochie Coochie"	M.C. Brains	March 21, 1992	21
"Everything Changes"	Kathy Troccoli	April 25, 1992	14
"Take Time"	Chris Walker	May 9, 1992	29
"You Think You Know Her"	Cause and Effect	May 16, 1992	38
"Live and Learn"	Joe Public	May 25, 1992	4
"Nu Nu"	Lidell Townsell and M.T.F.	May 25, 1992	26
"Baby Got Back"	Sir Mix-a-Lot	July 4, 1992	1
"Achy Breaky Heart"	Billy Ray Cyrus	July 8, 1992	4
"Everybody's Free (To Feel Good)"	Rozalla	August 1, 1992	37
"Life Is a Highway"	Tom Cochrane	August 22, 1992	6
"Back to the Hotel"	N2Deep	August 22, 1992	14
"Stay"	Shakespears Sister	September 19, 1992	4
"Divine Thing"	The Soup Dragons	October 3, 1992	35
"Jump Around"	House of Pain	October 10, 1992	3
"Constant Craving"	k.d. lang	October 10, 1992	38
"Please Don't Go"	K.W.S.	October 17, 1992	6
"How Do You Talk to an Angel"	The Heights	November 4, 1992	1
"Would I Lie To You?"	Charles and Eddie	November 4, 1992	13
"Someone to Hold"	Trey Lorenz	November 21, 1992	19
"Love Is on the Way"	Saigon Kick	December 12, 1992	12
"Rump Shaker"	Wreckx-N-Effect	December 26, 1992	2

1993

Song	Performer	Peak Date	Peak
"Flex"	Mad Cobra	January 9, 1993	13
"I Love You Period"	Dan Baird	January 23, 1993	26
"It's Gonna Be a Lovely Day"	The S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M. introducing Michelle Visage	January 23, 1993	34
"I Got a Thang 4 Ya!"	Lo-Key?	February 6, 1993	27
"Here We Go Again"	Portrait	February 13, 1993	12
"That's What Love Can Do"	Boy Krazy	February 27, 1993	18
"Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)"	Digable Planets	March 6, 1993	15
"Informer"	Snow	March 13, 1993	1
"I Got a Man"	Positive K	March 20, 1993	14
"Ditty"	Paperboy	April 24, 1993	10
"So Alone"	Men at Large	April 24, 1993	31
"Love U More"	Sunscreem	April 24, 1993	36
"Nothing My Love Can't Fix"	Joey Lawrence	May 8, 1993	19
"Sleeping Satellite"	Tasmin Archer	June 5, 1993	32
"Three Little Pigs"	Green Jelly	June 12, 1993	17
"More and More"	Captain Hollywood Project	June 26, 1993	17
"Dazzey Duks"	Duice	July 10, 1993	12
"Whoomp! (There It Is)"	Tag Team	July 31, 1993	2
"Something's Goin' On"	U.N.V.	July 31, 1993	29
"Whoot, There It Is"	95 South	August 14, 1993	11
"What's Up"	4 Non Blondes	August 14, 1993	14
"I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)"	The Proclaimers	August 21, 1993	3
"Slam"	Onyx	August 21, 1993	4
"Creep"	Radiohead	September 4, 1993	34
"What is Love"	Haddaway	October 30, 1993	11
"No Rain"	Blind Melon	October 30, 1993	20
"Come Inside"	Intro	October 30, 1993	33
"Better Than You"	Lisa Keith	November 6, 1993	36
"Gangsta Lean"	D.R.S.	November 20, 1993	4
"(I Know I Got) Skillz"	Shaquille O'Neal	November 20, 1993	35
"Come Baby Come"	K7	December 11, 1993	19

1994

Song	Performer	Peak Date	Peak
"Mr. Vain"	Culture Beat	January 22, 1994	17
"Dreams"	Gabrielle	January 22, 1994	26
"U.N.I.T.Y."	Queen Latifah	January 29, 1994	23
"Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)"	Us3	March 5, 1994	9
"Stay"	Eternal	March 12, 1994	19
"Get Ready For This"	2 Unlimited	April 8, 1995	38
"Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm"	Crash Test Dummies	April 16, 1994	4
"Dunkie Butt (Please Please Please)"	12 Gauge	April 16, 1994	28
"Loser"	Beck	April 30, 1994	10
"Born to Roll"	Masta Ace Incorporated	May 7, 1994	23
"Hobo Humpin Slobo Babe"	Whale	May 7, 1994	24 (A)
"Baby, I Love Your Way"	Big Mountain	May 14, 1994	6
"Moving on Up"	M People	June 25, 1994	34
"Back in the Day"	Ahmad	August 6, 1994	26
"Funky Y-2-C"	The Puppies	August 13, 1994	40
"Far Behind"	Candlebox	October 1, 1994	18
"Lucas With the Lid Off"	Lucas	November 5, 1994	29
"U Will Know"	B.M.U. (Black Men United)	November 12, 1994	28
"Here Comes the Hotstepper"	Ini Kamoze	December 17, 1994	1

1995

Song	Performer	Peak Date	Peak
"Short Dick Man"	20 Fingers featuring Gilette	January 7, 1995	14
"New Age Girl"	Deadeye Dick	January 7, 1995	27
"Rhythm of the Night"	Corona	January 28, 1995	11
"I Miss You"	NIIU	February 4, 1995	22
"Sukiyaki"	4 P.M.	February 11, 1995	6
"Mishale"	Andru Donalds	February 11, 1995	38
"You Gotta Be"	Des'ree	March 11, 1995	5
"This Lil' Game We Play"	Subway (featuring 702)	April 15, 1995	15
"Hold On"	Jamie Walters	April 29, 1995	16
"I Know"	Dionne Farris	May 6, 1995	4
"In the House of Stone and Light"	Martin Page	May 13, 1995	14
"Cotton Eye Joe"	Rednex	May 13, 1995	25
"River Of Deceit"	Mad Season	May 13, 1995	2
"Good"	Better Than Ezra	July 8, 1995	30
"I Like"	Kut Klose	June 17, 1995	34
"Total Eclipse of the Heart"	Nicki French	June 24, 1995	2
"He's Mine"	MoKenStef	August 26, 1995	7
"I Got A Girl"	Tripping Daisy	August 26, 1995	6
"I Wish"	Skee-Lo	September 9, 1995	13
"I've Got 5 On It"	Luniz	September 23, 1995	8
"Sugar Hill"	AZ	September 30, 1995	25
"Ice Cream"	Raekwon	October 28, 1995	37
"Tell Me"	Groove Theory	November 4, 1995	5
"A Girl Like You"	Edwyn Collins	November 11, 1995	32
"Back For Good"	Take That	November 11, 1995	7
"Cell Therapy"	Goodie Mob	November 18, 1995	39

1996

Song	Performer	Peak Date	Peak
"Breakfast at Tiffany's"	Deep Blue Something	January 20, 1996	5
"Set U Free"	Planet Soul	January 27, 1996	26
"One of Us"	Joan Osborne	February 3, 1996	4
"Natural One"	Folk Implosion	February 3, 1996	29
"Mother"	Tracy Bonham	February 11, 1996	32 (A)
"Missing (Terry Todd Mix)"	Everything but the Girl	February 17, 1996	2
"Anything"	3T	March 2, 1996	15
"Cumbersome"	Seven Mary Three	March 2, 1996	39
"Nobody Knows"	Tony Rich Project	March 23, 1996	2
"5 O'Clock"	Nonchalant	April 27, 1996	27
"In the Meantime"	Spacehog	April 27, 1996	32
"Closer to Free"	The BoDeans	May 4, 1996	16
"Renee"	The Lost Boyz	May 4, 1996	33
"Chains"	Tina Arena	May 4, 1996	38
"Everything Falls Apart"	Dog's Eye View	June 1, 1996	14 (A)
"Tres Delinquentes"	Delinquent Habits	June 29, 1996	35
"Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand"	Primitive Radio Gods	September 14, 1996	10 (A)
"My Boo"	Ghost Town DJ's	October 12, 1996	22
"Insensitive"	Jann Arden	June 1, 1996	12
"Flood"	Jars of Clay	June 8, 1996	37
"Children"	Robert Miles	July 13, 1996	21
"Pepper"	Butthole Surfers	July 27, 1996	26 (A)
"Hay"	Crucial Conflict	July 31, 1996	18
"Popular"	Nada Surf	August 3, 1996	11
"Counting Blue Cars"	Dishwalla	August 17, 1996	15
"C'mon N' Ride It (The Train)"	Quad City DJ's	August 17, 1996	3
"I Love You Always Forever"	Donna Lewis	August 24, 1996	2
"Novocaine for the Soul"	The Eels	November 2, 1996	39 (A)
"Mouth"	Merril Bainbridge	November 23, 1996	4
"Just Between You and Me"	dc Talk	December 7, 1996	29

1997

Song	Performer	Peak Date	Peak
"Ooh Aah..Just a Little Bit"	Gina G	February 1, 1997	12
"I Like It (Like That)"	The Blackout All-Stars	February 15, 1997	25
"Lovefool"	The Cardigans	March 1, 1997	2 (A)
"Let Me Clear My Throat"	DJ Kool	March 29, 1997	30
"Naked Eye"	Luscious Jackson	March 29, 1997	36
"MyBabyDaddy"	B-Rock and the Bizz	May 3, 1997	10
"Your Woman"	White Town	May 3, 1997	23
"Barely Breathing"	Duncan Sheik	May 10, 1997	16
"Da' Dip"	Freak Nasty	May 17, 1997	15
"For You"	Kenny Lattimore	May 31, 1997	33
"The Freshmen"	The Verve Pipe	June 7, 1997	5
"Return of the Mack"	Mark Morrison	June 7, 1997	2
"Butterfly Kisses"	Bob Carlisle	June 21, 1997	10 (A)
"Call Me"	Le Click	June 21, 1997	35
"Butterfly Kisses"	Raybon Brothers	June 28, 1997	22
"Bitch"	Meredith Brooks	July 12, 1997	2
"How Bizarre"	OMC	July 26, 1997	4 (A)
"Sunny Came Home"	Shawn Colvin	July 26, 1997	7
"Take it to the Streets"	Rampage featuring Billy Lawrence	August 16, 1997	34
"All For You"	Sister Hazel	August 30, 1997	11
"Coco Jamboo"	Mr. President	September 6, 1997	21
"On My Own"	Peach Union	October 11, 1997	39
"The Impression That I Get"	The Mighty Mighty Bosstones	October 25, 1997	23 (A)
"Legend of a Cowgirl"	Imani Coppola	October 25, 1997	36
"Tubthumping"	Chumbawamba	November 29, 1997	6
"My Body"	LSG	December 6, 1997	4
"If You Could Only See"	Tonic	December 6, 1997	11 (A)
"Breaking All the Rules"	She Moves	December 13, 1997	32

1998

Song	Performer	Peak Date	Peak
"Heaven"	Nu Flavor	January 31, 1998	27
"32 Flavors"	Alana Davis	January 31, 1998	37
"I Don't Ever Want to See You Again"	Uncle Sam	February 7, 1998	6
"Kiss the Rain"	Billie Myers	February 21, 1998	15
"Brick"	Ben Folds Five	February 28, 1998	19 (A)
"Swing My Way"	KP and Envyi	March 14, 1998	6
"Are You Jimmy Ray?"	Jimmy Ray	March 14, 1998	13
"The Mummer's Dance"	Loreena McKennitt	March 21, 1998	18
"Deja Vu (Uptown Baby)"	Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz	March 28, 1998	9
"Bitter Sweet Symphony"	The Verve	April 4, 1998	12
"Romeo and Juliet"	Sylke-E. Fine featuring Chill	April 18, 1998	6
"Sex and Candy"	Marcy Playground	April 18, 1998	8
"Shorty (You Keep Playin' With My Mind)"	Imajin featuring Keith Murray	July 11, 1998	25
"When the Lights Go Out"	Five	August 1, 1998	10
"Cleopatra's Theme"	Cleopatra	August 1, 1998	26
"Closing Time"	Semisonic	August 8, 1998	11 (A)
"Still Not A Player"	Big Punisher	August 15, 1998	24
"Flagpole Sitta"	Harvey Danger	August 22, 1998	38 (A)
"She's So High"	Tal Bachman	August 28, 1998	14
"Crush"	Jennifer Paige	September 5, 1998	3
"Daydreamin'"	Tatyana Ali	September 12, 1998	6
"Splackavellie"	Pressha	September 19, 1998	27
"Hooch"	Everything	November 7, 1998	34 (A)
"Lately"	Divine	November 20, 1998	1
"Got You (Where I Want You)"	The Flys	December 19, 1998	5

1999

Song	Performer	Peak Date	Peak
"Lullaby"	Shawn Mullins	January 16, 1999	7
"Save Tonight"	Eagle-Eye Cherry	January 23, 1999	5
"You Get What You Give"	New Radicals	January 30, 1999	36
"You"	Jesse Powell	March 6, 1999	10
"Stay the Same"	Joey McIntyre	April 10, 1999	10
"C'est La Vie"	B*Witched	April 17, 1999	9
"We Like To Party!"	Vengaboys	April 17, 1999	26
"Give It To You"	Jordan Knight	May 15, 1999	10
"What It's Like"	Everlast	May 15, 1999	13
"Praise You"	Fatboy Slim	May 22, 1999	36
"No Pigeons"	Sporty Thievz	July 3, 1999	12
"A Night to Remember"	Joe Diffie	August 7, 1999	38
"Better Days (and the bottom drops out)"	Citizen King	August 21, 1999	25
"Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit Off..)"	Lou Bega	November 13, 1999	3
"Steal My Sunshine"	Len	November 13, 1999	30
"Get Gone"	Ideal	November 20, 1999	13
"15 Minutes"	Marc Nelson	December 18, 1999	27

References

Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 hits. ISBN 0823074994.