''One Hit Wonders'' is a
television
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program aired on
Canadian
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music video
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TV station
MuchMusic
Much is a Canadian English language discretionary specialty channel owned by BCE Inc. through its Bell Media subsidiary that airs programming aimed at teenagers and young adults. It is headquartered at 299 Queen Street West in what was o ...
. The show plays videos by artists widely considered
one hit wonder
A one-hit wonder is any entity that achieves mainstream popularity, often for only one piece of work, and becomes known among the general public solely for that momentary success. The term is most commonly used in regard to music performers with ...
s, and also features a set of three hit videos that can be voted for online.
The theme song of ''One Hit Wonders'' is meant to resemble an old-school
video game
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from the 1980s, a reference to once very popular, but now forgotten fads, hence the show's name.
Much (TV channel) original programming
Television series by Bell Media
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