Two-Hit Wonders: Whitesnake
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'Here I Go Again' (No. 1, 1987)
'Is This Love' (No. 2, 1987)
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Rayat 6-01-2008
Whitesnake?!?!? Who writes this crap, Whitesnake and Coverdale had a huge career that spanned the 70s and 80s into the 90s. He sold more records than most "Major" bands today. Pull your heads out of your arses and realize that there is more to the world than the USA
Pattyat 6-01-2008
Wow!!!!I LOVE WHITESNAKE!
A TOP BAND IN IT'S HEYDAY!!
Kelso Horrorat 6-01-2008
What about "Still Of The Night"?
Robat 6-01-2008
Yeah Kelso,"Still Of The Night" was awsome.
lebaker808at 6-01-2008
What about Slow an' Easy? My favorite tune by Whitesnake and one I STILL hear on the rock station here at least once a month. Good grief, this is STILL one of my favorite bands!
flilguyat 6-01-2008
Hey it's better than 'Get Down Boogie Oogie Oogie'
milehiartistat 6-01-2008
Are you kidding me???? Whitesnake & David Coverdale made your list???? He has had a career that has spanned decades and still going strong. Who ever wrote this obviously knows NOTHING about rock & roll. There is a whole world of music out there and not all of it revolves around the U.S. They are currently on a global tour with Def Leppard.
dave Cat 6-01-2008
Well it was certainly better than "smacking your bitch" and "poppin caps", Sailing ships rocked..
rich sat 6-02-2008
ok, here i go again was orginally a song on the album saints an sinners, Whitesnake were a stadium band LONG before 1987, you guys SERIOUSLY need to do more research.
slide it in, 1984, went 2x platinum in the US,
1987 went 8x platinum
slip of the tongue 1989 went platinum
they sold out WHEREVER they played, and split many times from 87 on therefore you cant even qualify them...do some research!!!
rich sat 6-02-2008
also the 2008 album good to be bad has hit the billboard top 100
not bad for a band 25 years later!!
rich sat 6-02-2008
what you basically say in these "reviews" is people like britney spears go down in history as bigger names in music that whitesnake. Bullcrap!!!
Jamesat 6-05-2008
"To this day no one's quite sure how to account for the massive success of 'Again.'"
Gee, let me see----maybe because it's a GOOD SONG! I don't know who the shortbus is that wrote this ignorant crap, but he or she clearly knows NOTHING about Whitesnake. They've done well for themselves long before 1987, and oh look! THEY HAVE A NEW ALBUM OUT, AND ARE TOURING AGAIN! So much for being extinct! And by the way, Great White are not "extinct" either. Or have you not heard of that unfortunate incident at The Station? Get off of the crappy Top 40 stations that play mostly corporate manufactured audio abortions like Britney Spears, and try checking out some REAL music!
And have you forgotten "Still of the NIght?"
And I agree with Milehiartist. The US does not hold the copyright on good music. I remember seeing the video for the original version of "Here I Go Again" when I was in England, and I thought it was an excellent version, too.
raidrmik67at 6-23-2008
What a load of crap! These guys were huge in the UK before they ever had a hit here. I think Slow and Easy is one of the best rock and roll songs of all time. Before Deep Purple reformed for Perfect Strangers both John Lord and Ian Pace were in Whitesnake for Slide it In and that tour which I saw. The band never featured the same lineup with the exception of Cloverdale on vocals. Many called Cloverdale a Robert Plant "clone".
Cloverdale was the second lead singer for Deep Purple for one album. To call Cloverdale or Whitesnake a "two hit wonder" is an absolute joke. Who are the hacks who write this BS?
Twisted Sister was the biggest two hit wonder whore of the entire 80's and they were both terrible songs.
Eddy Hawkinsat 8-08-2009
David was actually in Deep Purple for several albums, Burn, Stormbringer, Come Taste the Band (with Tommy Bolin on Guitar).
Erinat 7-09-2008
Whitesnake? Come on, they're a great band! They can't be a two-hit wonder...they've had more popular songs then that!
sam75309at 8-02-2008
Is Deep Purple also a 2 hit wonder?
WalkingJukeboxat 8-07-2008
What about Gimme All Your Love
WalkingJukeboxat 8-07-2008
I guess they forget alot of hits they had there was also Gimme All Your Love,Still Of The Night,The Deeper The Love and Fool For Your Loving.
qapla5at 8-14-2008
Well, they missed two of those songs, but the other two failed to make the Top 40.
"Still of the Night" peaked at #79 on the Hot 100 and "Give Me All Your Love" stalled out at #48.
Robertat 8-10-2008
GET A LIFE!! Whitesnake is an awesome band! NOTE: I Didn't say WAS!