32 One-Hit Wonders from the 1970s That Will Always Be Stuck in Our Heads

The 1976 disco song “Play That Funky Music” soared to the Billboard Hot 100 shortly after its release, transforming Wild Cherry from a struggling hard rock band to disco legend. Their turnaround was sparked by a heckler’s challenge to embrace the funk. Rob Parissi, Wild Cherry’s frontman, was inspired by a heckler’s taunt to reinvent the band as funk icons. Despite the meteoric rise “Play That Funky Music” gave them, it remained their solitary chart-topping masterpiece.