What is your favorite 1 hit wonder from the 70's?


Many on Audiogon agree the 1970's was the best decade for popular music. Whether it was the quality of songwriting or the diversity of music. The decade also produced many unforgettable 1 hit wonders. My personal favorite is Afternoon Delight by Starland Vocal Band, what's yours?
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"Feelings" - Morris Alpert, a Brazilian. The words are banal but there is a certain melancoly yearning in the song I couldn't put my finger on when I first heard it. Then there was that slight accent of Alpert, didn't know at the time he was Brazilian. Certainly not everyone's cup of tea (why do I feel that is an understatement?) but probably the most performed song by different artists of any pop song of the 70's and that has to count for something although I'm not exactly sure what other than mointo carros for Mr. Alpert.
I agree, "Afternoon Delight" would be right up there with "Feelings" by Morris Alpert. It has that melancholy feel found throughout Brazilian music that I didn't have a clue about until I married a Brazilian woman and really discovered after the many visits over the years. Alpert was a Brazilian who never made it in Brazil, the irony is how Brazilians really have an affinity for popular American music but NOT Alpert. It isn't the words of "Feelings" but the music, decidedly NOT American pop music but something so different than what I had heard up to that time.