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# Many popular British artists like Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Right Said Fred, The Verve, BBMak, James Blunt, All Saints, Billie Piper, and Take That are considered one-hit wonders in the US, although they have many hits in their native UK.

( Clearly, this is a matter of perspective, since while only one Frankie Goes To Hollywood track, " Relax ," hit the U. S. top 40, " Two Tribes " did hit the Hot 100.

) Similarly, American bands such as Lonestar, Styx, Blue Öyster Cult and Isaac Hayes ( whose lone hit in the UK, " Chocolate Salty Balls ," was in the " Chef " persona from South Park ) are one-hit wonders in the UK but not in their respective native countries.

Conversely, other British acts such as Wang Chung, Breathe and Murray Head, as well as the Anglo-Australian duo Air Supply, are one-hit wonders in the UK but not in the US, and the American group 3T, best known in their homeland as being the three sons of Tito Jackson of The Jackson 5, along with other bands such as Blind Melon and Deep Blue Something, are one-hit wonders in the US but not in the UK.

Similarly, M was a one-hit wonder in the U. S. with the 1979 # 1 pop hit " Pop Muzik ," but in the UK, where the original " Pop Muzik " hit # 2, the improbably titled " Moonlight & Muzak " made it to # 33, a re-mix of " Pop Muzik " hit # 15 in 1989 and two other singles (" That's the Way the Money Goes " and " Official Secrets ") charted, albeit missing the UK top 40.

( Sources for M reference: " British Hit Singles ," 8th ed., by Paul Gambaccini, Jonathan Rice and Tim Rice ; NY: Billboard Books ; London: Guinness Publishing / GRR Publications, 1991 ; and the computer program " British Top 40 Hits.

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