The last week or so, we've waxed nostalgic on Sly Fox and Boys Don't Cry, along with Kajagoogoo, The Breakfast Club, Baltimora and The System. Instead of starting a thread for each of them (and others), here's a new catch-all thread.
Let's go nuts!
1. Sly Fox - Let's Go All the Way2. Boys Don't Cry - I Wanna Be A Cowboy3. Kajagoogoo - Too Shy4. Breakfast Club - Right on Track5. Baltimora - Tarzan Boy6. The System - Don't Disturb This Groove
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:12 (twelve years ago) link
7. The Partland Brothers - Soul City
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtcCC_Y24FQ
8. When in Rome - The Promise
― frogbs, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:13 (twelve years ago) link
one hit wonder is used here more as a concept than an actuality, btw. No need for pedantry.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:13 (twelve years ago) link
xp YES love "The Promise"!
9. Scarlett & Black - You Don't Know
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6qPno9wOhw
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:15 (twelve years ago) link
10. Animotion - Obsession
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:15 (twelve years ago) link
a million times YES to Animotion
11. The Icicle Works - "Whisper (To A Scream)"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIxgHu5U1v4
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Monday, 2 May 2011 21:16 (twelve years ago) link
12. Ready For The World - "Oh Sheila"
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:17 (twelve years ago) link
okay I know we said no pedantry and I LOVE "Oh Sheila" but... "Love You Down"?????????
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Monday, 2 May 2011 21:19 (twelve years ago) link
Funny that Ready For The World turned up. I was just looking them up since my iTunes has Don't Disturb This Groove twice. Once listed as The System and once as Ready For The World. Searched for Oh Sheila after visiting the RFTW discogs page and all I have is the Prince version. Gotta head to youtube I guess.
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:21 (twelve years ago) link
I had multiple RFTW albums so I can't really argue.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:21 (twelve years ago) link
Mental As Anything - Live It Up
― Evil Eau (dog latin), Monday, 2 May 2011 21:21 (twelve years ago) link
13. Freur - Doot-Doot
― frogbs, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:23 (twelve years ago) link
Ha! I went away for a few minutes and "Oh Sheila" and "Obsession" were the next two songs I'd planned to post. Thanks for reading my mind, ILM! (Though I guess "Oh Sheila" might be disqualified.)
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:23 (twelve years ago) link
I might be in the distinct minority -- holding this song in any sort of regard -- but:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1EH9vGJ2gI
― Hardcore Bangage (Dan Peterson), Monday, 2 May 2011 21:23 (twelve years ago) link
Wait a minute. This blows my mind. I thought this was Prince the whole time and 'Sheila' = Sheila E. durrr.....zzzzzprttaslznad
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:23 (twelve years ago) link
Matthew Wilder - Break My Stride
― Evil Eau (dog latin), Monday, 2 May 2011 21:23 (twelve years ago) link
lol after my pedantry fit re: RFTW it seems fitting that say:
15. Level 42 - "Something About You"
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Monday, 2 May 2011 21:24 (twelve years ago) link
I never knew who "Whisper (To a Scream)" was by before just now. Thanks DJP!
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:24 (twelve years ago) link
16. General Public - "Tenderness"
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:26 (twelve years ago) link
17. Big Country - "In A Big Country"
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Monday, 2 May 2011 21:26 (twelve years ago) link
Had completely forgotten that "Holiday" song! Obvious touchstone for Alphabeat.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:26 (twelve years ago) link
Gah! This thread is crazy. I just clicked on Level 42 in iTunes, refreshed page and bam!
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:27 (twelve years ago) link
18. Glass Tiger - "Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone)"
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:27 (twelve years ago) link
19. Oran Juice Jones - The Rain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dZW1C3neao
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:28 (twelve years ago) link
Gonna go ahead and add this:
20. Electric Avenue - Eddie Grant
yeah, yeah, i know. but if level 42 counts...
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:28 (twelve years ago) link
lol I messed up that song title, it's "Whisper To A Scream (Birds Fly)"
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Monday, 2 May 2011 21:29 (twelve years ago) link
21. Timex Social Club - Rumours
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:30 (twelve years ago) link
We've already got on cd's worth of "all killer, no filler". Keep them coming.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:30 (twelve years ago) link
yeah it's semi-terrifying to me how much I like every single one of these songs
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Monday, 2 May 2011 21:30 (twelve years ago) link
22. Mai Tai - Body and Soul
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaL0fs1FYcA
― standing on the shoulders of pissants (ledge), Monday, 2 May 2011 21:31 (twelve years ago) link
what, "groove is in the heart" was 1990??
― frogbs, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:31 (twelve years ago) link
23. Matthew Wilder - Break My Stride
(hope i didn't ruin the killer/filler run)
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:31 (twelve years ago) link
that was already listed!
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Monday, 2 May 2011 21:31 (twelve years ago) link
23. Maria Vidal - Body Rock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv79obqPI-Q
― standing on the shoulders of pissants (ledge), Monday, 2 May 2011 21:32 (twelve years ago) link
24. Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Love Missile F1-11
― frogbs, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:32 (twelve years ago) link
25. T'Pau - Heart and Soul
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwrYMWoqg5w
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Monday, 2 May 2011 21:32 (twelve years ago) link
25. Nu Shooz - I Can't Wait
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:32 (twelve years ago) link
doh, 26. Nu Shooz - I Can't Wait
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:33 (twelve years ago) link
"Body and Soul"! haven't thought of that in a dog's age.
How are we on novelty tracks? Cuz "Pac-Man Fever" is awesome.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:33 (twelve years ago) link
lol I'd just put together a T'Pau post.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:33 (twelve years ago) link
27. Wall of Voodoo - Mexican Radio
― frogbs, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:33 (twelve years ago) link
28. ROCK ME AMADEUS!!
itt a bunch of dudes read each others' minds
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Monday, 2 May 2011 21:34 (twelve years ago) link
29. Nena - 99 Luftballons
Did Shannon have other hits besides "Let the Music Play"? Because if not, she deserves to kick off the mix.
30. Shannon - Let the Music Play
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:34 (twelve years ago) link
I only know one song by Joe Jackson so to me he's a one hit wonder so, with that in mind...
31. Joe Jackson - Steppin' Out
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:34 (twelve years ago) link
It's def his biggest US hit of the 80s (may have had some others in the late 70s).
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:35 (twelve years ago) link
he did "Is She Really Going Out With Him?" so he's kind of a two-hit wonder, though that was in the 70's so I guess yeah
― frogbs, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:36 (twelve years ago) link
TS: Red Balloons vs. Luftballons? (better in its native tongue imo)
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:36 (twelve years ago) link
Shannon had "Give Me Tonight" as well
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Monday, 2 May 2011 21:36 (twelve years ago) link
really going deep into the bag here (that bag is labelled 'embarrassing songs you loved when you were 12')
32. Debarge - Rhythm of the Night
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:37 (twelve years ago) link
Oh no Mai Tai had two hits! And 'History' was better than 'Body and Soul'.
― standing on the shoulders of pissants (ledge), Monday, 2 May 2011 21:38 (twelve years ago) link
33. Denice Williams - Let's Hear It For The Boy
subtitle this section, songs from movies I saw with my sister
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:38 (twelve years ago) link
34. Company B - "Fascinated"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-b-6ksMdkrU
― That Dunkster! (absolutely clean glasses), Monday, 2 May 2011 21:39 (twelve years ago) link
On the Debarge tip...
35. El Debarge - Who's Johnny?
(this was the first 45 I ever bought)
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:39 (twelve years ago) link
The vocals on the chorus of "Heart and Soul" are so great.
36. 'Til Tuesday - Voices Carry
― corey, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:39 (twelve years ago) link
37. Taylor Dayne - Tell It To My Heart
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:40 (twelve years ago) link
Taylor Dayne was all over the charts for at least two solid years.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:41 (twelve years ago) link
there's at least a handful of these on Now That's What I Call Music albums 1 thru 16 (uk versions)...
― standing on the shoulders of pissants (ledge), Monday, 2 May 2011 21:41 (twelve years ago) link
Taylor Dane had like 7 top ten hits!
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Monday, 2 May 2011 21:41 (twelve years ago) link
xp, i mean a handful on every one of the 16...
― standing on the shoulders of pissants (ledge), Monday, 2 May 2011 21:42 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, but that's her best song! Ok, nix it if you want. I searched for her on Youtube before posting and I couldn't sing any of the others that showed up.
In that same category, it's a shame Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam had so many good songs during this period.
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:43 (twelve years ago) link
See also: Jody Watley (but i'd put Don't You Want Me on there if it was my mix)
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:44 (twelve years ago) link
38. Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:45 (twelve years ago) link
39. Harold Faltermeyer, Axel F
― standing on the shoulders of pissants (ledge), Monday, 2 May 2011 21:47 (twelve years ago) link
40. Pebbles - Girlfriend
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:47 (twelve years ago) link
41. Donnie Iris, "Ah Leah" ftw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyTu_ZdcBCo
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:48 (twelve years ago) link
42. Jermaine Stewart - We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ID_N7rv-iN8
(this is the most potent earworm ever)
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:48 (twelve years ago) link
43. Q Lazzarus - Goodbye Horses
― corey, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:49 (twelve years ago) link
44. Real Life, "Send Me An Angel"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6zBjYIyz-0
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:49 (twelve years ago) link
Drat. was just about to post htat Jermaine Stewart one.
― MarkoP, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:50 (twelve years ago) link
I'd heard "Aw Leah" and the name Donnie Iris, but had never put the two together.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:50 (twelve years ago) link
45. Herbie Hancock - Rockit! (obviously HH shouldn't be classified as a one-hit wonder but not only does this track stand in its own, it was his first relevant release in more than a decade)
― frogbs, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:50 (twelve years ago) link
46. Eddie Murphy - "Party all the Time"
I think it's just... we're sort of chronicling awesome flukes here.
speaking of which:
47. Limited Warranty - "Victory Line"
also if we're including a Pebbles song it should be "Mercedes Boy"
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Monday, 2 May 2011 21:51 (twelve years ago) link
48. Men Without Hats - Safety Dance
― MarkoP, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:51 (twelve years ago) link
50. Jan Hammer - Theme from Miami Vice
― MarkoP, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:52 (twelve years ago) link
Err. 49.
then 51. Men at Work - Down Under !!!
― frogbs, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:52 (twelve years ago) link
52. The Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:52 (twelve years ago) link
(this is starting to look like a VH1 show now. I'm trying to dig deeper, but I'm gonna have to put some thought into it.)
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:53 (twelve years ago) link
but before I forget...
53. The Georgia Satellites - Keep Your Hands to Yourself
54. Hair Cut 100, "Love Plus One." Waiting for Vampire Weekend or someone to cover this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7ayawh378Q
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:54 (twelve years ago) link
55. Paul Hardcastle - 19
― MarkoP, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:54 (twelve years ago) link
ok, here's a deep cut that no one should love:
56. "Macho Man" Randy Savage - Speaking From the Heart
― frogbs, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:54 (twelve years ago) link
57. Oingo Boingo - "Weird Science"
yes I know that the definition of "hit" is being stretched there
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Monday, 2 May 2011 21:54 (twelve years ago) link
58. Peter Schilling, "Major Tom (Coming Home)"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEG7OzvSMBA
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:55 (twelve years ago) link
Excellent one!
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:55 (twelve years ago) link
59. Nocera - Summertime, Summertime
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:56 (twelve years ago) link
Weird Science is probably the best-known Oingo Boingo song by people who don't listen to Oingo Boingo, but my pick would've been Private Life.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:56 (twelve years ago) link
60. Kim Carnes, "Betty Davis Eyes" (first hit with a syndrum, I think):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Al9blQOhNw
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:57 (twelve years ago) link
xp: Prefer 'The Different Story' to Major Tom, especially because the video features a white horse and a man playing pan-flute, but you got there first.
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:57 (twelve years ago) link
my real Boingo pick would have been "Nothing Bad Ever Happens" but apparently despite there being a video it was never released as a single
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Monday, 2 May 2011 21:57 (twelve years ago) link
62. John Waite, "MIssing You"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4HY1vc4c38
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:58 (twelve years ago) link
63. Boy Meets Girl - Waiting for a Star to Fall
― MarkoP, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:59 (twelve years ago) link
hahahahaha I was just humming that to myself
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Monday, 2 May 2011 21:59 (twelve years ago) link
64. Swing Out Sister - Breakout
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Monday, 2 May 2011 22:00 (twelve years ago) link
I love "Waiting for a Star"
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 2 May 2011 22:00 (twelve years ago) link
65. Mysterious Art - Das Omen
bit of an obscure german pop hit but i love it and it fits the vibes here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyD8dfyj_Jo
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 2 May 2011 22:01 (twelve years ago) link
for the longest time I thought Everything But The Girl and Boy Meets Girl were the same band
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Monday, 2 May 2011 22:01 (twelve years ago) link
66. Trio - Da Da Da
I guess they probably had more hits in Germany, and this probably wasn't even a hit until years later in the US thanks to a VW ad. I'm retroactively including it, though.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 2 May 2011 22:02 (twelve years ago) link
YES YES YES YES YES YES
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Monday, 2 May 2011 22:02 (twelve years ago) link
67. Opus - Live Is Life
― MarkoP, Monday, 2 May 2011 22:02 (twelve years ago) link
68. Laid Back - "White Horse"
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Monday, 2 May 2011 22:04 (twelve years ago) link
I don't know that Opus song at all.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 2 May 2011 22:04 (twelve years ago) link
69. Kim Wilde - Keep My Hanging On
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 2 May 2011 22:05 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8j2ej5jqQw
for longest time I didn't hear the word "don't" in the lyrics
I thought it was "If you wanna ride/Then ride the white horse"
my parents were... concerned
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Monday, 2 May 2011 22:05 (twelve years ago) link
re: Kim Wilde..."Kids in America" definitely put her on the map a few years beforehand.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 2 May 2011 22:06 (twelve years ago) link
70. Taco - Puttin on the Ritz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_W5QnO5UGk
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 2 May 2011 22:07 (twelve years ago) link
71. Katrina and the Waves - Walkin on Sunshine
― MarkoP, Monday, 2 May 2011 22:07 (twelve years ago) link
by the way, did you know there was a Taylor Swift song called "White Horse"
I am never listening to it so that I can claim it's a cover
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Monday, 2 May 2011 22:09 (twelve years ago) link
ah, yeah, Kids In America. I associate that song with Kids Incorporated for some reason.
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 2 May 2011 22:09 (twelve years ago) link
72. Pigbag - Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbaghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNDccgakPvo
― MarkoP, Monday, 2 May 2011 22:10 (twelve years ago) link
I wish Bananarama had never released "Venus" so I could put "Cruel Summer" on this list.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 2 May 2011 22:10 (twelve years ago) link
73. Noel - Silent Morning
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 2 May 2011 22:11 (twelve years ago) link
Banarama had 10 top tens over here!
74. It Bites - Calling All the Heroes
― standing on the shoulders of pissants (ledge), Monday, 2 May 2011 22:12 (twelve years ago) link
75. Dino - Summergirls
(mining the Freestlye genre now)
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 2 May 2011 22:13 (twelve years ago) link
I'd never heard Silent Morning before, but wau I love it.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 2 May 2011 22:14 (twelve years ago) link
Silent Morning got played next to True Faith a bunch back when I used to ride in the back seat of my parents car.
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 2 May 2011 22:15 (twelve years ago) link
OMG I just realized that "Pump Up the Volume" totally counts here. So...
76. M|A|R|R|S - Pump Up the Volume
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 2 May 2011 22:15 (twelve years ago) link
77. Double - The Captain of Her Heart
― MarkoP, Monday, 2 May 2011 22:16 (twelve years ago) link
<3
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 2 May 2011 22:16 (twelve years ago) link
yesss
― standing on the shoulders of pissants (ledge), Monday, 2 May 2011 22:17 (twelve years ago) link
oh shit! forgot all about that song. there's a recent song that sampled/replayed that opening and now it's going to drive me crazy trying to track it down.
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 2 May 2011 22:19 (twelve years ago) link
Massive xposts , but Men At Work had a handful of hits.
78. Rebbie Jackson - "Centipede"
http://youtu.be/a8SdzwoIcwo
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 2 May 2011 22:19 (twelve years ago) link
UGH:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8SdzwoIcwo
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 2 May 2011 22:20 (twelve years ago) link
79. Gregory Abbott - Shake You Down
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc8wmLul3uw
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 2 May 2011 22:22 (twelve years ago) link
xp: lol, itt etc 79. Gregory Abbot - Shake You Down
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 2 May 2011 22:23 (twelve years ago) link
uncanny
80. Evelyn 'Champagne' King - Love Come Down
― Gavin, Leeds, Monday, 2 May 2011 22:29 (twelve years ago) link
BA DUM DUM...really surprised it took us 80 songs before anyone thought of this
81. Stacey Q - Two of Hearts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aINmJ5ieM6Y
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 2 May 2011 22:29 (twelve years ago) link
82. The Escape Club - Wild Wild West
― staph white pulvules like (Schlafsack), Monday, 2 May 2011 22:30 (twelve years ago) link
also I heard Tarzan Boy recently for the first time in about 20 years, has not aged well at all
has not aged well at all
GTFO
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 2 May 2011 22:31 (twelve years ago) link
Johnny, I played Two of Hearts and thought about posting it but didn't.
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 2 May 2011 22:33 (twelve years ago) link
I want to put
83. Falco - Rock Me Amadeus
but I think that only counts in certain countries (also I have five of his albums so)
― staph white pulvules like (Schlafsack), Monday, 2 May 2011 22:36 (twelve years ago) link
I will be turning this into a CDR700 btw.
xp Rock Me Amadeus already accounted for fwiw
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 2 May 2011 22:36 (twelve years ago) link
Rock Me Amadeus is a weird one too because there are about 40 different mixes/edits to pick from.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 2 May 2011 22:37 (twelve years ago) link
also there's "Vienna Calling" and "Der Kommisar" to consider
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Monday, 2 May 2011 22:39 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vashrNoXTE
― Siegbran, Monday, 2 May 2011 22:43 (twelve years ago) link
ah, I even did a text search for "falco", oh well
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 08:39 (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
This is when the whole one-hit-wonder thing gets murky imo (and why I was hesitant to put Falco (which is annulled now anyway coz frogsbs beat me to it))
― staph white pulvules like (Schlafsack), Monday, 2 May 2011 22:45 (twelve years ago) link
83. The Firm - Star Trekkin'
― staph white pulvules like (Schlafsack), Monday, 2 May 2011 22:46 (twelve years ago) link
84. Stacy Lattisaw - Attack of the Name Game
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvB0rn4SPpg
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 2 May 2011 22:47 (twelve years ago) link
not one hit wonders in other incarnations, but...
85. The Assembly - Never Never
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIJc4Hx3OVc
― standing on the shoulders of pissants (ledge), Monday, 2 May 2011 22:47 (twelve years ago) link
86. Colourfield, Thinking of You
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CL66n6icM2g
― standing on the shoulders of pissants (ledge), Monday, 2 May 2011 22:49 (twelve years ago) link
87. johnny hates jazz - shattered dreams
― http://i56.tinypic.com/xnsu1g.gif (max arrrrrgh), Monday, 2 May 2011 22:50 (twelve years ago) link
not one hit wonders in an other incarnation, but...
88. Big Audio Dynamite, E=MC^2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHTDkJ-bQqM
― standing on the shoulders of pissants (ledge), Monday, 2 May 2011 22:50 (twelve years ago) link
89. Rock Steady Crew - (Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew
― russ conway's game of life (a passing spacecadet), Monday, 2 May 2011 22:52 (twelve years ago) link
this is patent nonsense
― That Dunkster! (absolutely clean glasses), Monday, 2 May 2011 22:52 (twelve years ago) link
hmmm I wonder....
90. Killing Joke, A Love Like Blood
― standing on the shoulders of pissants (ledge), Monday, 2 May 2011 22:54 (twelve years ago) link
91. Blancmange - Living on the Ceiling (am willing to drop this if moderate UK success is convincing)
92. Limahl - Neverending Story (on a technicality imo)
― staph white pulvules like (Schlafsack), Monday, 2 May 2011 22:55 (twelve years ago) link
93. Landscape, Einstein-A-Go-Go
― standing on the shoulders of pissants (ledge), Monday, 2 May 2011 22:57 (twelve years ago) link
94. Mickey - Toni Basil
― Darin, Monday, 2 May 2011 22:58 (twelve years ago) link
95. I Know There's Something Going On - Frida
― Darin, Monday, 2 May 2011 22:59 (twelve years ago) link
96. They Don't Know - Tracey Ullman
― Darin, Monday, 2 May 2011 23:00 (twelve years ago) link
Streamlined the list, took out questionables
1. Sly Fox - Let's Go All the Way2. Boys Don't Cry - I Wanna Be A Cowboy3. Kajagoogoo - Too Shy4. Breakfast Club - Right on Track5. Baltimora - Tarzan Boy6. The System - Don't Disturb This Groove7. The Partland Brothers - Soul City8. When in Rome - The Promise9. Scarlett & Black - You Don't Know10. Animotion - Obsession11. The Icicle Works - Whisper To A Scream (Birds Fly)12. Mental As Anything - Live It Up13. Freur - Doot-Doot14. The Other Ones - Holiday15. Level 42 - Something About You16. General Public - Tenderness17. Big Country - In a Big Country18. Glass Tiger - Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone)19. Oran Juice Jones - The Rain20. Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue21. Timex Social Club - Rumors22. Mai Tai - Body and Soul23. Matthew Wilder - Break My Stride24. Maria Vidal - Body Rock25. Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Love Missile F1-1126. T'Pau - Heart and Soul27. Nu Shooz - I Can't Wait28. Wall of Voodoo - Mexican Radio29. Nena - 99 Luftballons30. Shannon - Let the Music Play31. Joe Jackson - Steppin' Out32. Debarge - Rhythm of the Night33. Denice Williams - Let's Hear It For The Boy34. Company B - Fascinated35. El Debarge - Who's Johnny?36. 'Til Tuesday - Voices Carry37. Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me38. Harold Faltermeyer - Axel F39. Donnie Iris - Ah Leah40. Jermaine Stewart - We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off41. Q Lazzarus - Goodbye Horses42. Real Life - Send Me an Angel43. Herbie Hancock - Rockit!44. Eddie Murphy - Party All the Time45. Limited Warranty - Victory Line46. Men Without Hats - Safety Dance47. Jan Hammer - Theme from Miami Vice48. The Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star49. The Georgia Satellites - Keep Your Hands to Yourself50. Haircut One Hundred - Love Plus One51. Paul Hardcastle - 1952. "Macho Man" Randy Savage - Speaking From the Heart53. Oingo Boingo - Weird Science54. Peter Schilling - Major Tom (Coming Home)55. Nocera - Summertime, Summertime56. Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes57. John Waite - Missing You58. Boy Meets Girl - Waiting for a Star to Fall59. Swing Out Sister - Breakout60. Mysterious Art - Das Omen61. Trio - Da Da Da62. Opus - Live Is Life63. Laid Back - White Horse64. Taco - Puttin' on the Ritz65. Katrina and The Waves - Walking on Sunshine66. Pigbag - Papa's Got a Brand New Pigbag67. Noel - Silent Morning68. It Bites - Calling All the Heroes69. Dino - Summergirls70. M|A|R|R|S - Pump Up the Volume71. Double - The Captain of Her Heart72. Rebbie Jackson - Centipede73. Gregory Abbott - Shake You Down74. Evelyn 'Champagne' King - Love Come Down75. Stacey Q - Two of Hearts76. The Escape Club - Wild Wild West77. The Firm - Star Trekkin'78. Stacy Lattisaw - Attack of the Name Game79. The Assembly - Never Never80. Colourfield - Thinking of You81. Johnny Hates Jazz - Shattered Dreams82. Rock Steady Crew - (Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew83. Blancmange - Living on the Ceiling84. Limahl - Neverending Story85. Landscape - Einstein A-Go-Go86. Toni Basil - Mickey87. Frida - I Know There's Something Going On88. Tracey Ullman - They Don't Know
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 2 May 2011 23:01 (twelve years ago) link
looks a lot like Rhino's Like Omigod! box.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 2 May 2011 23:02 (twelve years ago) link
Holy shit yes
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Monday, 2 May 2011 23:04 (twelve years ago) link
These two songs and Company B's "Fascinated" were the sound of Miami in summer '87.
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 2 May 2011 23:06 (twelve years ago) link
neu-89. The Takeaways - Sweet and Sour
― staph white pulvules like (Schlafsack), Monday, 2 May 2011 23:07 (twelve years ago) link
Has anyone mentioned Romeo Void's "A Girl in Trouble (Is a Temporary Thing)"?
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 2 May 2011 23:07 (twelve years ago) link
Because some of these were not one hit wonders, let me propose alternates better than their biggest hits:
Level 42 - Lessons in LoveTaylor Dayne - Prove Your LoveEddie Grant - Romancing The Stone
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 2 May 2011 23:08 (twelve years ago) link
xpost Wasn't "Der Kommisar" a hit by a British band covering Falco?
Anyway, musn't overlook this dubious hit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s05jcrJw0as
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 2 May 2011 23:09 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4gZg3-Kvlo
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 2 May 2011 23:09 (twelve years ago) link
SO many bands excluded because they had TWO hits, bastards.
― staph white pulvules like (Schlafsack), Monday, 2 May 2011 23:10 (twelve years ago) link
Falco did it, then ATF (After the Fire) covered it in English. Fair call for a one-hit wonder imo.
― staph white pulvules like (Schlafsack), Monday, 2 May 2011 23:11 (twelve years ago) link
I Wanna Be A Cowbow was listed in first post.
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 2 May 2011 23:12 (twelve years ago) link
I love Hipsway's Honeythief but thought I was the only one!
90. Arcadia - Election Day
― staph white pulvules like (Schlafsack), Monday, 2 May 2011 23:13 (twelve years ago) link
Good one. So is "Goodbye is Forever."
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 2 May 2011 23:14 (twelve years ago) link
Romeo Void TS: Girl In Trouble vs. Never Say Never. This reminds me, I need to get original mixes of both of these songs, the remixes I have are pretty terrible.
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 2 May 2011 23:14 (twelve years ago) link
Speaking of which, Power Station were a three hit wonder, but "Communication" is the best of the lot and would fit splendidly in sequence.
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 2 May 2011 23:15 (twelve years ago) link
Romeo Void TS: Girl In Trouble vs. Never Say Never.
I love both, but the former has a sadness and resignation that I've never forgotten.
91. Dramarama - "Last Cigarette" (though calling it a hit in any sense of the word is pushing it)
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 2 May 2011 23:15 (twelve years ago) link
btw, was "Goodbye Horses" ever actually a hit? I guess were playing w/o many rules here anyway, but that seems like a stretch.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 2 May 2011 23:16 (twelve years ago) link
Naked Eyes: Always Something There To Remind Me vs. Promises Promises
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 2 May 2011 23:17 (twelve years ago) link
92. Tommy Tutone - 867-5309
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 2 May 2011 23:18 (twelve years ago) link
91b. Don Dixon - "Praying Mantis" (another non- hit that shoulda been huge. Feel free to skip them both)
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 2 May 2011 23:18 (twelve years ago) link
93. Crowded House - "Something So Strong" (over "Don't Dream It's Over" -- I said it.)
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 2 May 2011 23:19 (twelve years ago) link
If we're considering Dramarama, wouldn't Anything Anything be the most broadly memorable track?
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 2 May 2011 23:19 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, I just don't like it as much.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 2 May 2011 23:20 (twelve years ago) link
94. "Boom Boom (Let's Go Back to My Room)" - Paul Lekakis
― Euler, Monday, 2 May 2011 23:20 (twelve years ago) link
95. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIxHhmQE2kQ&feature=related
― \(^o\) (/o^)/ (ENBB), Monday, 2 May 2011 23:20 (twelve years ago) link
96. Pretty Poison - Catch Me I'm Falling
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNQUhqFZ3h8
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 2 May 2011 23:21 (twelve years ago) link
^^^ another HUGE Miami freestyle hit. Lekakis is not a gay porn star.
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 2 May 2011 23:21 (twelve years ago) link
re "Boom Boom Boom"
"Boom Boom Boom"! So good.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 2 May 2011 23:22 (twelve years ago) link
^ that reminds me, I need to see Hiding Out. xps to Pretty Poison.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 2 May 2011 23:22 (twelve years ago) link
I lived in FLA at the time of the Lekakis & it was huge; same time as "Barbara's Bedroom" by Whistle but apparently Whistle had a bunch of hits or hits-ish. But "Barbara's Bedroom" is great.
― Euler, Monday, 2 May 2011 23:22 (twelve years ago) link
97. Newcleus - Jam on It
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 2 May 2011 23:24 (twelve years ago) link
Lekakis' hit was HUGE a couple of months before "Silent Morning."
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 2 May 2011 23:24 (twelve years ago) link
98. Nolan Thomas - "Yo Little Brother"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8L0H_w9kBx8
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 2 May 2011 23:25 (twelve years ago) link
99. Junior - Mama Used to Say
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwTTGnDcwoA
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 2 May 2011 23:26 (twelve years ago) link
Calling out Crowded House on the basis that no way was that band a one-hit wonder.
― staph white pulvules like (Schlafsack), Monday, 2 May 2011 23:27 (twelve years ago) link
iawtc
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 2 May 2011 23:27 (twelve years ago) link
I mean there can be a fuzzy line between what does and doesn't constitute a one-hit wonder but Crowded House is cut and dried xp
Yeah -- they were a TWO hit wonder in the States.
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 2 May 2011 23:28 (twelve years ago) link
I know they were huge everywhere else in the world except the US.
we're missing all the hard rock/hair metal one hitters.
100. Autograph - "Turn Up The Radio"
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 2 May 2011 23:32 (twelve years ago) link
Was this actually a hit? For some reason, it has a permanent spot on WXRT's (Chicago) playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJou-XIUywQ
― Guy? Guy? It's me, your cousin, Marvin Mann-Dude (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 2 May 2011 23:33 (twelve years ago) link
I've always loved this, but I have no idea if it was a hit, or if they had others.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZbdoCMdZn8
― clemenza, Monday, 2 May 2011 23:34 (twelve years ago) link
SHAME ON ALL OF YOU FOR NOT MENTIONING THIS:
101. Dazz Band - "Let It Whip"
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 2 May 2011 23:35 (twelve years ago) link
102. Robbie Nevil - C'est La Vie
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 2 May 2011 23:36 (twelve years ago) link
"Shake You Down" -- Gregory Abbott"Da Butt" -- EU
I know probably not technical one hit wonders but I'll be surprised if anyone can name > 1 Gregory Abbott song
― deez m'uts (La Lechera), Monday, 2 May 2011 23:36 (twelve years ago) link
i'll see your Dazz Band and raise you one...
103. Deele - Body Talk
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 2 May 2011 23:37 (twelve years ago) link
"Shake You Down" was mentioned upthread.
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 2 May 2011 23:37 (twelve years ago) link
104. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnejLmQGYhg
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 2 May 2011 23:37 (twelve years ago) link
Robbie Nevil's "Wot's It To Ya" is SO much better than "C'est La Vie" though!
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 2 May 2011 23:38 (twelve years ago) link
105. World's Famous Supreme Team - Hey DJI don't know if that was ever really a hit though
― MarkoP, Monday, 2 May 2011 23:38 (twelve years ago) link
I remember that! Off to youtube...
xpost to Alfred
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 2 May 2011 23:39 (twelve years ago) link
106. The Passions - I'm in Love With a German Film Star
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkismiXva3M
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 2 May 2011 23:40 (twelve years ago) link
Icehouse - Electric Blue? I have no idea if these guys had any hits.
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 2 May 2011 23:42 (twelve years ago) link
other than "Crazy," no. But, wow, I love "Electric Blue"'s chorus. Cowritten by John Oates!
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 2 May 2011 23:42 (twelve years ago) link
Crazy was the bigger hit at the time iirc, but Electric Blue is the one more people remember now.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 2 May 2011 23:44 (twelve years ago) link
"Electric Blue" hit the top ten, "Crazy" didn't, but it's possible "Crazy" got more airplay.
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 2 May 2011 23:45 (twelve years ago) link
Did we make a decision on Romeo Void? Never Say Never would be my choice between the two, but I haven't looked at any chart data. (I guess the fact that there's any debate should strike them from contention.)
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 2 May 2011 23:45 (twelve years ago) link
Icehouse had a handful of hits but only here so who cares. Also they were shit.
― staph white pulvules like (Schlafsack), Monday, 2 May 2011 23:50 (twelve years ago) link
107. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmWxUGStTj4
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 2 May 2011 23:57 (twelve years ago) link
108. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-mQyRuHIuA
Good call on The Church!
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 2 May 2011 23:59 (twelve years ago) link
Painful to think of The Church as a ohw, but they probably are as far as the US is concerned.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 00:00 (twelve years ago) link
109. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bOjc70f4p8
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 00:02 (twelve years ago) link
okay look, if you're going to limit what counts as a one-hit wonder to "what counts in the USA only" you need to change the subject line
― staph white pulvules like (Schlafsack), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 00:03 (twelve years ago) link
if Jim Carroll fits, then we should add
110. Nails - 88 Lines about 44 Women
― brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 00:07 (twelve years ago) link
111. Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 00:09 (twelve years ago) link
112. Alison Moyet - Invisible
BTW, distant xpost, my midwest friends often cite Oran Juice Jones' "The Rain" as a regional one hit wonder (east coast) that never made it here, and "Switchin' to Glide" by the Kings as a monster regional hit 'round here that never made it out east. Man, I miss the days of regional hits ...
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 00:10 (twelve years ago) link
113. Soft Cell, "Tainted Love"
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 00:11 (twelve years ago) link
"The Rain" was a top ten pop hit.
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 00:19 (twelve years ago) link
114.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wT6Lv5iBsLM
― SteakNique (®2011 Ulillillia) (Phil D.), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 00:34 (twelve years ago) link
115. Animotion v. 2.0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87vA2hx0je8
― SteakNique (®2011 Ulillillia) (Phil D.), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 00:35 (twelve years ago) link
I actually remember that one! From the My Stepmother is an Alien soundtrack.
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 00:42 (twelve years ago) link
Animotion did "Obsession" too, right? That was the theme song for the MTV style show.
Is Quarterflash "Harden My Heart" on this list yet?
― deez m'uts (La Lechera), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 00:54 (twelve years ago) link
That's one of the pitfalls of ILM being largely US/UK-centric, because bands from outside those two markets who may have had numerous hits (like The Church) in Australia or elsewhere seem like odd picks (and even within the US/UK dynamic, a band like Bananarama was minor in one market and major in another).
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 01:09 (twelve years ago) link
And songs that may have hit in the US or UK and nowhere else at all leave some people scratching their heads.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 01:10 (twelve years ago) link
I'm fine with say an Aus-heavy band being considered a one-hit wonder if it only charted once pretty much everywhere else (I even nominated Falco despite his huge success in Germany & Austria), but there does seem to be some arbitration based solely on US chart success.
― staph white pulvules like (Schlafsack), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 01:15 (twelve years ago) link
My original intent for this was to list songs by bands who have absolutely zero cache today (and may have only existed long enough to release one album or two). Going back to the original 7 songs in the opening post is a good example.
Oingo Boingo or The Church or Kate Bush etc may technically qualify as one hit wonders on one country's metric vs. another's, but these are all bands or artist's which have an impressive body of work despite little Top 40 success.
I'm perfectly fine letting the thread/list develop organically as people visit and add suggestions, though.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 01:23 (twelve years ago) link
Flesh for Lulu "I Go Crazy"?
― \(^o\) (/o^)/ (ENBB), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 01:24 (twelve years ago) link
imo that would count, even though they had 3 (or more?) albums and even another single from that album that was popular ("Postcards From Paradise"). But tbh Flesh For Lulu is a total relic, trapped in the amber of the 80s.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 01:25 (twelve years ago) link
A lot of the ones I'm thinking of have already been mentioned. Can't believe I didn't see this until tonight. Boo!
― \(^o\) (/o^)/ (ENBB), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 01:27 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, that's the spirit of this thread imo and the arbitration worries me a bit (including my own).
― staph white pulvules like (Schlafsack), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 01:28 (twelve years ago) link
Sorry but I have to. "Now isn't that nice, like Miami Vice". lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ppLzUo9O3w
― \(^o\) (/o^)/ (ENBB), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 01:28 (twelve years ago) link
OK what about Wall of Voodoo “Mexican Radio”?
― \(^o\) (/o^)/ (ENBB), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 01:35 (twelve years ago) link
Fuck - n/m someone else suggested that. Gdammit.
― \(^o\) (/o^)/ (ENBB), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 01:37 (twelve years ago) link
The song so nice, it had to be mentioned twice.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 01:41 (twelve years ago) link
On the I.R.S. tip, though...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qrriKcwvlY
(Though wiki is telling me that they released a shitload of records)
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 01:43 (twelve years ago) link
Did The Dream Academy have any other real hits besides Life in a Northern Town?
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 01:45 (twelve years ago) link
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― the entire premise of your tweet is incorrect (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 01:56 (twelve years ago) link
hmmm. well...
http://www.youtube.com/embed/rdHOyrS72jg%22
― the entire premise of your tweet is incorrect (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 01:57 (twelve years ago) link
Just paste the url from your browser.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 01:59 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdHOyrS72jg
don't remember this song at all
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 02:00 (twelve years ago) link
One of the better Bowie clone vocals.
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 02:44 (twelve years ago) link
Aldo Nova - "Fantasy"
― Darin, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 02:49 (twelve years ago) link
The Firm - "Radioactive"
― Darin, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 02:52 (twelve years ago) link
bowie covered one of his songs according to allrovi so i guess that worked out xp
― the entire premise of your tweet is incorrect (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 02:53 (twelve years ago) link
personal fave:
Mary Jane Girls - "In My House"
― Darin, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 02:54 (twelve years ago) link
Yup -- "Criminal World," one of Let's Dance less onerous album tracks.
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 02:54 (twelve years ago) link
and "Switchin' to Glide" by the Kings as a monster regional hit 'round here that never made it out east. Man, I miss the days of regional hits ...
YES, "The Beat Goes On/Switchin' To Glide" could be heard every 10 minutes on WLS-AM in 1980-81. Probably my most enduring memory of that song is that it was the first non-Beatles/non-Lennon song WLS played after Lennon was killed (which is to say, about five days after Lennon was killed).
― Guy? Guy? It's me, your cousin, Marvin Mann-Dude (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 02:57 (twelve years ago) link
Modern English - "I Melt With You"
― Darin, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 02:57 (twelve years ago) link
rational youth "i want to see the light"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJh11ngyIHQ
best lost synth pop song ever
― ur reading from a season in hell but u don't know what it's abt (missingNO), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 03:27 (twelve years ago) link
The Timelords - "Doctorin' the Tardis"
― Vernon Locke, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 03:56 (twelve years ago) link
You guys!!!
Electric Dreams: Phil Oakey & Giorgio Moroder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9foZ7KVSng
― VegemiteGrrl, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 04:07 (twelve years ago) link
Both of those guys are responsible for numerous hits.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 04:08 (twelve years ago) link
Rocky Burnette - Tired of Toein The Line
I hope I'm not the only person who liked this. The video is kinda crepey now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPBwbdRuKPc
― VegemiteGrrl, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 04:12 (twelve years ago) link
Anyway...hairbands
Vixen: Edge of a Broken Heart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQOmDUnt8Hs
― VegemiteGrrl, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 04:15 (twelve years ago) link
I like that Rocky Burnette song, but I'd never heard it before just now.
Speaking of Rocky...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTRBueh2j6w
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 04:19 (twelve years ago) link
LOL I forgot about that!!!
He looks like the saxophone-on-the-beach guy from the Lost Boys
― VegemiteGrrl, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 04:21 (twelve years ago) link
I dunno if she had more hits in other places, but "Touch Me" is the only thing I remember Samantha Fox for in the US..
However, youtube just reminded me of "Naughty Girls Need Love Too". Oh well.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 04:31 (twelve years ago) link
Murray Head - One Night in Bangkok.
Corey Hart - Sunglasses at Night.
― that's not my post, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 06:36 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4O1A-mmBWw
Total Ceolo - I eat cannibals.
― my opinionation (Hamildan), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 10:40 (twelve years ago) link
Not sure if this was a hit in the US but it got to No. 5 over here (also big across Europe apparently):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weMrzt6W8V8
Ryan Paris - Dolce Vita
― Gavin, Leeds, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 10:49 (twelve years ago) link
Jimmy the Hoover - Tantalise
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kr9h5xBQz3k
― Cluster the boots (Billy Dods), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 11:26 (twelve years ago) link
Aw I was going to open my posts today with "I Eat Cannibals"
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 11:32 (twelve years ago) link
Scritti Politti - Perfect Way
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hs7Jy2y-33A
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 11:48 (twelve years ago) link
Madness that in the US, er, Madness was a one hit wonder. But what a wonderful hit!
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 11:49 (twelve years ago) link
Has Spandau Ballet made an appearance yet?
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 11:52 (twelve years ago) link
I have that Rocky Burnette song on a 45 at home, amazingly enough.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMAGI7zRqj8
― SteakNique (®2011 Ulillillia) (Phil D.), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 12:44 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfttQrCGtyw
― SteakNique (®2011 Ulillillia) (Phil D.), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 12:48 (twelve years ago) link
Let's hope not!
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 12:51 (twelve years ago) link
P. sure this was Rainbow's only Top 40 in the US. (It peaked at 40 lol.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WukfC-6Gpc
― SteakNique (®2011 Ulillillia) (Phil D.), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 12:53 (twelve years ago) link
I know Deep Purple is hardly a one-hit wonder but it blows my mind that this nearly made the Top Ten in the year of Bruce, Madonna and Prince.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZ_kez7WVUU
― SteakNique (®2011 Ulillillia) (Phil D.), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 13:02 (twelve years ago) link
Ollie & Jerry - "There's No Stoppin' Us (Theme from 'Breakin')"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8x5JqZNYpRQ
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 13:23 (twelve years ago) link
Wang Chung - Dance Hall Days
(actually they had another hit or two... this was the only one to make it to ·1 tho...)
― Moka, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 13:56 (twelve years ago) link
I would have sworn "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" was a bigger hit.
Yeah, in the US anyway "Dance Hall Days" hit 16 and "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" hit 2 and "Let's Go" hit 9.
Their best song, "Fire In The Twilight" from "The Breakfast Club" soundtrack, wasn't a hit at all ;_;
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 13:59 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, Fire in the Twilight is great.
― VegemiteGrrl, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 14:09 (twelve years ago) link
― Leopard on the Cheetos Bag (MintIce), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 20:43 (twelve years ago) link
I'd include Benjamin Orr's 'Stay The Night' here but I don't know if that technically counts as a One Hit Wonder because of Orr's vocals on The Cars 'Drive'. Two hit wonder then? Sure.
― Leopard on the Cheetos Bag (MintIce), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 20:46 (twelve years ago) link
I would count it.
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 20:47 (twelve years ago) link
I would too, and it's a better song than "Drive."
There I said it.
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 20:49 (twelve years ago) link
Orr-sung Cars singles that hit the Top 40: "Just What I Needed, "Let's Go," "Why Can't I Have You," "You Are The Girl."
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 20:50 (twelve years ago) link
huh
I don't think I realized until just now that he sang all of my favorite Cars songs
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 20:51 (twelve years ago) link
Ric Ocasek's a one hit wonder too! "Emotion in Motion," remember.
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 20:52 (twelve years ago) link
Oh how come noone has mentioned this one:
Don Henley - Boys of Summer
― Moka, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 20:53 (twelve years ago) link
Because Henley had a lot more hit singles?
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 20:59 (twelve years ago) link
Orange Juice - Rip it Up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESy-Z8vqMrE
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 21:03 (twelve years ago) link
They did release several albums and still have some present-day cache, though.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 21:04 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psT7pKuayYc
― Captain Hyrax (Phil D.), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 22:35 (twelve years ago) link
xxpost I had never that Orange Juice track and it immediately reminded me of Annie's "Me Plus One".
― daavid, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 18:19 (twelve years ago) link
― daavid, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 18:21 (twelve years ago) link
― Captain Hyrax (Phil D.), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 18:29 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRnNpLOhn1Q
― Captain Hyrax (Phil D.), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 18:30 (twelve years ago) link
Love love love this song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-kfmuGHtxo
at what point did we wander away from posting hits
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 18:43 (twelve years ago) link
because I have a shitload of things I would post but they are not hits at all
except for this, this was a hit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzwstJmxbuY&feature=related
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 18:44 (twelve years ago) link
Oh man, Joboxers, had forgotten about that song! (Although I remembered the Trouser Press review starting "Responsible for a brief Dead End Kids fashion fad in Great Britain...")
― Hardcore Bangage (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 18:47 (twelve years ago) link
Daryl Hall's "Dreamtime" is a good choice.
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 18:50 (twelve years ago) link
Eurogliders went to #21 on the Billboard US Mainstream Rock tracks chart, Cock Robin went to #35, and Joboxers went to #36.
― Captain Hyrax (Phil D.), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 18:59 (twelve years ago) link
"I don't remember this son" != "not a hit"
― Captain Hyrax (Phil D.), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 19:00 (twelve years ago) link
I was under the impression we were using high placement on the Hot 100 as criteria, not every ancillary Billboard chart that contains songs we like
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 19:01 (twelve years ago) link
I am not trying to be Judgy McDouchebag, I just didn't think those charts were in play
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 19:04 (twelve years ago) link
The very first song you posted on this thread went all the way to #37 on the Hot 100, so uhhhh . . . xp
― Captain Hyrax (Phil D.), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 19:06 (twelve years ago) link
I consider Top 40 to be high placement, mostly because that's where the countdown starts.
This is basically jumping up and down upon and mooning the "please don't be a pedant" request but the whole conversation/thread started because we were reminiscing about quirky mid-80s Top 40 songs; I was surprised you were posting stuff that never hit the top 40 and mostly asking if the floodgates were open for me to be a pathetic goth.
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 19:09 (twelve years ago) link
(although Gene Loves Jezebel didn't chart as high as I thought they did ;_l)
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 19:11 (twelve years ago) link
Is that an emoticon of, like, Ace Frehley crying?
― Captain Hyrax (Phil D.), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 19:12 (twelve years ago) link
it is now!
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 19:12 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, the original spirit of the thread was to include stuff I actually heard on normal Top 40 radio between the ages of 10 and 14 or so, which is basically how it started out. Now if someone wants to post Joboxers because he or she heard it on the radio as a kid, it's not my place to piss in the punchbowl. It really doesn't have any resonance for me, though.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 19:13 (twelve years ago) link
Wiki for JoBoxers just says it made the American Top 40. I never heard it on the radio, but I saw the video a ton at my local danceteria as a young adult.
― Hardcore Bangage (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 19:18 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sq8VDXlWQk
Had more semi-hits in the UK, but this was the only Top 40 for the US.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 19:24 (twelve years ago) link
oh my God YES
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 19:29 (twelve years ago) link
LOVE that song.
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 19:30 (twelve years ago) link
I'm going to sully this thread with something that really doesn't qualify, because it was no more a hit than any other song he released in the US in the 80s (though it was big in Canada). I just remember loving it whenever it would play on the radio.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zD77kyQYifc
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 19:32 (twelve years ago) link
okay now you are REALLY making me want to post Mel & Kim
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 19:37 (twelve years ago) link
Which single? I looked at Wikipedia and tbh I can't recall any of them by title alone.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 19:52 (twelve years ago) link
"Showin' Out"
it's a big ball of SAW goodness
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 19:54 (twelve years ago) link
S-Express - "Theme from S-Express"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKCW3RJNRIw
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 19:56 (twelve years ago) link
Danny Wilson - "Mary's Prayer"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hqgC3W9GUI
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 19:57 (twelve years ago) link
Just because I'm now obsessively stuck on the pedantry, I checked and Joboxers were #39 on Casey Kasem's "American Top 40" the week of Nov. 5, 1983. If Casey got to say your record's name on the radio, it was a hit AFAIC! And Cock Robin was at #36 the week of Aug. 4, 1985. Eurogliders, not so much, but it's still a great tune.
― Captain Hyrax (Phil D.), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 19:58 (twelve years ago) link
Okay, I remember that Mel & Kim song (barely).
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 19:59 (twelve years ago) link
Black - "Wonderful life"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMXz3TQOS_c
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 20:00 (twelve years ago) link
I remembered the name Danny Wilson (probably because I'd seen the record a lot when flipping through dusty lp bins), but I'd forgotten completely the song they were famous for. That's NICE.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 20:01 (twelve years ago) link
According to my Joel Whitburn Billboard book, "Just Got Lovely" was a top forty hit, yes.
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 20:01 (twelve years ago) link
OMIGOD "Mary's Prayer"! that's a gorgeous one.
Big Pig - "Breakaway"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBCcnazy88U
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 20:02 (twelve years ago) link
I was going to post Breakaway on Monday during the initial burst of activity, but never did. Thanks!
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 20:03 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4KQnM5ogtw
Video is sweetly ridiculous.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 20:04 (twelve years ago) link
i heard blow monkeys, digging your scene, US TOP 40, 14 (Billboard 1987), in safeway yesterday, i'm not posting it because "omg i hated that one."
― the entire premise of your tweet is incorrect (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 20:06 (twelve years ago) link
Jane Child - "Don't Wanna Fall In Love"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWd__w5UWVc
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 20:06 (twelve years ago) link
Digging Your Scene went to #14?
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 20:07 (twelve years ago) link
Hated Jane Child then, hate it now. Also, 1990 right?
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 20:08 (twelve years ago) link
citation dont lie
― the entire premise of your tweet is incorrect (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 20:10 (twelve years ago) link
I thought it came out in 89. I loved it and still do!
Anyway, Jocelyn Brown - "Somebody Else's Guy"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdGNeC2G1AU
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 20:10 (twelve years ago) link
Indeep - "Last Night a DJ Saved My Life"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtfZbj4J71A
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 20:11 (twelve years ago) link
How have I never heard that Jocelyn Brown song before? It's delicious.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 20:13 (twelve years ago) link
It's amazing and sampled by Georeg Micheal in "Too Funky".
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 20:16 (twelve years ago) link
George Michael
Nacht und Nebel - "Ready to dance"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVZD3iPWYuM&feature=related
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 20:18 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/31U3u.jpg
― Moka, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 20:19 (twelve years ago) link
Heaven 17 - "Let Me Go"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJrU9RIurFE
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 20:19 (twelve years ago) link
B-Movie - "Nowhere Girl"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQfC7Ow5GHo
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 20:22 (twelve years ago) link
Boys Town Gang - "Can't take my eyes off of you"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWHZxXuJFzw&feature=related
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 20:25 (twelve years ago) link
Better than Gloria Gaynor.
Cherrelle - "I didn't Mean to Turn You On"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BV1Ft4BQ1o
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 20:27 (twelve years ago) link
Doctor and the Medics - "Spirit in the Sky"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9X2fdGEWOhA
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 20:29 (twelve years ago) link
Cutting Crew - "(I Just) Died In Your Arms Tonight"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ua26qTEK25U
I liked it then, but can't stand it now.
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 20:31 (twelve years ago) link
Madonna wannabe E.G. Daily - "Say It, Say It"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KW2LOaCHhOg&feature=fvwrel
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 20:36 (twelve years ago) link
The Flying Lizards - "Money"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-P2qL3qkzk
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 20:37 (twelve years ago) link
Frankie Smith - "Double Dutch Bus"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mr7QvpHsJBg
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 20:39 (twelve years ago) link
Roni Griffith - "Desire"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRMN4IDJomQ
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 20:42 (twelve years ago) link
Scandal - "The Warrior"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pT9t5nkZn8I
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 20:43 (twelve years ago) link
Vanity 6 - "Nasty Girl"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvDh1zHLAjU
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 20:46 (twelve years ago) link
Weather Girls - "Its Raining Men"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGLZqDXau98
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 20:48 (twelve years ago) link
ebn-ozn - aeiou sometimes y
― normal_fantasy-unicorns (contenderizer), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 20:50 (twelve years ago) link
Imagination - "Just An Illusion"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Rkr0LUnSVA
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 20:52 (twelve years ago) link
Hey, wait, Scandal had 5 singles in the Hot 100!
― Captain Hyrax (Phil D.), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 20:53 (twelve years ago) link
Forever and ever and ever:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFtLONl4cNc
― grandavis, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 20:58 (twelve years ago) link
Scandal had 5 singles??!! My bad, I'm only familiar with "The Warrior".
And THIS is the good version of the Jocelyn Brown song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWPaCabQrlU&feature=related
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 21:05 (twelve years ago) link
re: Scandal - you've probably heard "Goodbye to You" before, even if you didn't realize who it was by.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 21:52 (twelve years ago) link
Two lesser known Scandal songs that are great:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6LZ7uhzgjs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nryxAPlmdE4
― Captain Hyrax (Phil D.), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 22:13 (twelve years ago) link
Is she still married to McEnroe?
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 22:17 (twelve years ago) link
You're right I heard "Goodbye to you"! I checked and it only hit #65 though. There's been plenty of acts listed here who even had more than one top 10, such as Glass Tiger and Corey Hart. (x-post)
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 22:19 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, I knew that about Glass Tiger and Corey Hart w/o even looking it up, but I was trying to be non-pedantic at the time.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 22:23 (twelve years ago) link
Surprised "Goodbye to You" charted that low, though. I hear it more often now than even "The Warrior".
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 22:24 (twelve years ago) link
Can't believe Corey Hart had nine Top 40 singles on the Billboard Hot 100!
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 22:44 (twelve years ago) link
Wow, I didn't realize it was NINE! I only remembered Sunglasses, Never Surrender and I Can't Help Falling in Love With You.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 22:48 (twelve years ago) link
Nine? Crikey. I only know Sunglasses and Never Surrender.
― VegemiteGrrl, Thursday, 5 May 2011 02:11 (twelve years ago) link
it's a mystery to me how anyone could hate jane child's "don't wanna fall in love"
but i still love u johnny forever
― j lol (surm), Thursday, 5 May 2011 02:13 (twelve years ago) link
You guys don't remember "Boy in the Box"? or "I Am By Your Side"?
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 5 May 2011 02:13 (twelve years ago) link
Another Miami freestyle station favorite, but, alas, not a Top 40 hit. Neither was the sublime "Just An Illusion."
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 5 May 2011 02:14 (twelve years ago) link
deniece williams "let's hear it for the boy"
no idea if she had more hits or not but whatevs
― j lol (surm), Thursday, 5 May 2011 02:15 (twelve years ago) link
I remember the album was called Boy in the Box, but I don't remember the song at all. Nor the other one.
I probably didn't at first, but overexposure at the time didn't help matters. Also, at the same time, I was turning my back on popular music and become a mopey gothy teenager with my mopey gothy teenager friends. Silly now, but important distinction then.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 5 May 2011 02:17 (twelve years ago) link
but Jane Child was totally goth -- lookit the nose ring!
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 5 May 2011 02:17 (twelve years ago) link
that's actually a good point but i get what yer sayin
― j lol (surm), Thursday, 5 May 2011 02:18 (twelve years ago) link
Omg Al, I do remember "I Am By Your Side"...Corey hart knowledge appears to be wedged deep into the sofa cushions of my subconscious
He had a pretty good singing voice...also v crush worthy
― VegemiteGrrl, Thursday, 5 May 2011 02:24 (twelve years ago) link
okay the video is lololol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWlOQgeR-ek&sns=em
― VegemiteGrrl, Thursday, 5 May 2011 02:28 (twelve years ago) link
Canadian Emilio Estevez?
― VegemiteGrrl, Thursday, 5 May 2011 02:29 (twelve years ago) link
Nope, don't remember that at all.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 5 May 2011 02:29 (twelve years ago) link
but it's your new favorite now, right?
― VegemiteGrrl, Thursday, 5 May 2011 02:30 (twelve years ago) link
ALWAYS NEVER SURRENDER
(that reads strangely)
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 5 May 2011 02:31 (twelve years ago) link
Sunglasses is good lolsy fun, though.
never surrender is great, sunglasses is fun for the shouty-pouty part
I found this one too...rings no bells at all. .Eurasian Eyes?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1QOxms_yvI&sns=em
― VegemiteGrrl, Thursday, 5 May 2011 02:34 (twelve years ago) link
Listening to all this Corey Hart stuff is making me think he was kind of an autonomous type in the 80s landscape. The closest parallels would be maybe Springfield (but he was never SERIOUS) and John Waite (but his solo career between Babys and Bad English was really too brief to make a mark). Corey Hart is kind of on his own.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 5 May 2011 02:39 (twelve years ago) link
He was a total pinup boy, which is why, like Springfield, he had time getting cred. But, boy, his attempts at seriousness suuuuucked (Springfield was a better songwriter and musician).
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 5 May 2011 02:41 (twelve years ago) link
*he had a hard time
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 5 May 2011 02:42 (twelve years ago) link
I'm very fond of his last hit, "A Little Love." It actually rocks!
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 5 May 2011 02:43 (twelve years ago) link
I actually DO remember that one for some reason.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 5 May 2011 02:50 (twelve years ago) link
(watching the video and thinking "JESUS! Is there ANYONE Kenny Aronoff HASN'T drummed for?")
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 5 May 2011 02:52 (twelve years ago) link
Well, that explains why the thing even swings a little...
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 5 May 2011 02:53 (twelve years ago) link
If the Oakey/Moroder collabo and Daryl Hall solo things count, then so do ELP meant Powell instead of Palmer for one album
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYaIlFK5uGQ
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 5 May 2011 02:56 (twelve years ago) link
ELP when it meant...
Pat Wilson - Bop Girl
― staph white pulvules like (Schlafsack), Thursday, 5 May 2011 03:24 (twelve years ago) link
I'm shocked "Just An Illusion" didn't hit the Top 40 in the US. It is such a huge and well-known hit here in Canada (and Europe according to Wiki).
― LeRooLeRoo, Thursday, 5 May 2011 03:38 (twelve years ago) link
I only heard it (Just an Illusion) for the first time last year when someone posted it on facebook. Great great song.
I'm assuming you're talking about the song by Imagination, right?
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 5 May 2011 03:42 (twelve years ago) link
Champaign-"How 'Bout Us"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziQBMIBdB9g
― andrew m., Thursday, 5 May 2011 03:51 (twelve years ago) link
Al B. Sure!-"Nite and Day"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IlHq3n3hy0
― andrew m., Thursday, 5 May 2011 03:55 (twelve years ago) link
MC Miker G & DJ Sven-"Holiday Rap"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LtYaCm5njY
― andrew m., Thursday, 5 May 2011 04:02 (twelve years ago) link
corey hart tries out some falsettohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oajop2DGrA8
― deez m'uts (La Lechera), Thursday, 5 May 2011 12:28 (twelve years ago) link
^^^ I'd the same thought when I saw the movie.
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 5 May 2011 12:39 (twelve years ago) link
I'd forgotten about "Holiday Rap"! lol
― LeRooLeRoo, Thursday, 5 May 2011 13:44 (twelve years ago) link
Another classic that incredibly didn't make the US Top 40, but was a huge hit everywhere elses: Bronski Beat - "Small Town Boy".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xuz94ZIPfJk
― LeRooLeRoo, Thursday, 5 May 2011 13:49 (twelve years ago) link
<3 Jimmy Sommerville
― VegemiteGrrl, Thursday, 5 May 2011 13:53 (twelve years ago) link
speaking of Jimmy Somerville:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifAtvI48R_0
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Thursday, 5 May 2011 13:55 (twelve years ago) link
Can't say that I loved it, but it's pretty funny now:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsTH3w4oeMk&feature=related
― LeRooLeRoo, Thursday, 5 May 2011 14:07 (twelve years ago) link
I'm surprised these two haven't been mentioned yet:
Lipps Inc. - "Funky Town"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izWRKl06XEY&feature=fvsr
The Vapors - "Turning Japanese"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWAwrMFtSvM
― LeRooLeRoo, Thursday, 5 May 2011 14:14 (twelve years ago) link
Cameo only had one big hit, but what a song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZjAantupsA
― LeRooLeRoo, Thursday, 5 May 2011 14:22 (twelve years ago) link
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five - The MessageChris Isaak - Wicked GameQ Lazzarus - Goodbye Horses
― Moka, Thursday, 5 May 2011 14:24 (twelve years ago) link
xp:
"Candy" hit 21 (but yeah, not as massive as "Word Up")
I never include them on these lists because I was introduced to them circa Alligator Woman and always think they had more mainstream hits than they actually did.
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Thursday, 5 May 2011 14:24 (twelve years ago) link
Another great one: Ashford & Simpson - "Solid"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3PoTnkLfxE
― LeRooLeRoo, Thursday, 5 May 2011 14:26 (twelve years ago) link
The Sugarcubes - Birthday
― Moka, Thursday, 5 May 2011 14:28 (twelve years ago) link
Womack & Womack - "Teardrops"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8AOAap6_k4&feature=related
― LeRooLeRoo, Thursday, 5 May 2011 14:29 (twelve years ago) link
I love and adore The Sugarcubes but "Birthday" didn't chart anywhere except for the UK indie chart
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Thursday, 5 May 2011 14:31 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSNWeXGZMcU
^ Colonel Abrams was a one hit wonder in the UK iirc, awesome song this
― immer wieder, ralf & günther (NickB), Thursday, 5 May 2011 14:34 (twelve years ago) link
Kon Kan - "I Beg Your Pardon"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se-QYEgAU8E
― LeRooLeRoo, Thursday, 5 May 2011 14:39 (twelve years ago) link
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP)
Just checked and you're right... have no idea why I thought it was big in the day. I remember the video got played on Mtv frequently but that was certainly in the post-80s era.
― Moka, Thursday, 5 May 2011 14:52 (twelve years ago) link
Also Chris Isaak is surely a 1 hit wonder and "wicked game" was technically released in 1989 but it became a hit until 1990/1991 so I guess we can count that one out too...
― Moka, Thursday, 5 May 2011 14:57 (twelve years ago) link
aw, boo
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Thursday, 5 May 2011 14:59 (twelve years ago) link
oh yes -- the best New Order rip ever.
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 5 May 2011 15:00 (twelve years ago) link
will powers : kissing with confidence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp-4o0IodsE
or did they have another hit ?
― mark e, Thursday, 5 May 2011 15:23 (twelve years ago) link
Sa-Fire-"Thinking of You"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd5XgFvKfnk&feature=relatedNot a fave, but def induces some memory waves
― andrew m., Thursday, 5 May 2011 15:42 (twelve years ago) link
Londonbeat - "I've Been Thinking About You"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Y-suQWFOfg
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Thursday, 5 May 2011 15:43 (twelve years ago) link
I don't think it charted as high as Say it Say it, but IMO Mind over Matter (From the "Summer School" movie soundtrack) was EG Daily's best single. Might have been a decent hit here in Canada as I do remember hearing it quite a lot. Song is a freakin' time machine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cN7AS40CLg&feature=related
Q Feel's Orbital Bebop didn't chart much either I guess, though I really want to post it
― Kim, Thursday, 5 May 2011 15:46 (twelve years ago) link
Boris Badenough-"Hey Rocky"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJ3-5aoyoh8Would only realize years later that it was my first exposure to Trax.
― andrew m., Thursday, 5 May 2011 15:48 (twelve years ago) link
Londonbeat charted in early '91 in the states.
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 5 May 2011 15:50 (twelve years ago) link
;_;
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Thursday, 5 May 2011 15:51 (twelve years ago) link
Dead Milkmen-"Punk Rock Girl"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJYjr-vUKZMSurely many folks' only exposure to Philly's faves
― andrew m., Thursday, 5 May 2011 15:54 (twelve years ago) link
Regina-"Baby Love"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4IwsyBFoS0
― andrew m., Thursday, 5 May 2011 15:57 (twelve years ago) link
bah I can't add "No More Lies" either
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Thursday, 5 May 2011 16:00 (twelve years ago) link
Noel-"Silent Morning"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzA6yO7BO10
― andrew m., Thursday, 5 May 2011 16:05 (twelve years ago) link
Is this only for pop and r & b hits or are alternative and club hits welcome? Mix tape lists would be appreciated.
― Oh look, it's Joe Stalin and his fat ugly minions again.... (u s steel), Thursday, 5 May 2011 16:19 (twelve years ago) link
Feels like I always post the same four predictable songs to these threads:
Lotus Eaters - First Picture of YouSwans Way - Soul TrainFurniture - Brilliant MindThe Mighty Wah! - The Story of the Blues
― immer wieder, ralf & günther (NickB), Thursday, 5 May 2011 16:21 (twelve years ago) link
Liz, I remember "Mind Over Matter" and love it too (and saw the movie in the theatre at the time)! But I don't think it was that much of a hit though.
Alfred, I was going to write the same thing about the Kon Kan song!
― LeRooLeRoo, Thursday, 5 May 2011 16:25 (twelve years ago) link
Brenda Russell-"Piano in the Dark"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNeyF1khFA8
― andrew m., Thursday, 5 May 2011 16:27 (twelve years ago) link
Good call on "Piano in the Dark."
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 5 May 2011 16:29 (twelve years ago) link
Will to Power-"Baby I Love Your Way/Freebird"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5bludP3TVU
― andrew m., Thursday, 5 May 2011 16:32 (twelve years ago) link
That one is GROTESQUE.
To their credit, Will to Power recorded several awesome freestyle hits before and after "Baby I Loved Your Way." Remember "Dreamin'," "Say It's Gonna Rain," and "Fading Away"?
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 5 May 2011 16:41 (twelve years ago) link
Jump 'N the Saddle Band-"The Curly Shuffle"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuTzsi6WT6Q
― andrew m., Thursday, 5 May 2011 16:43 (twelve years ago) link
Re Will to Power, I recall there being an even more grotesque version that tacked "I'm Not in Love" to the front of the medley. Maybe I'm mis-remembering though.
― andrew m., Thursday, 5 May 2011 16:44 (twelve years ago) link
xp: I don't think I like this path we are on
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Thursday, 5 May 2011 16:45 (twelve years ago) link
I recall there being an even more grotesque version that tacked "I'm Not in Love" to the front of the medley
Nope -- that was another hit, and a top ten in '90!
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 5 May 2011 16:46 (twelve years ago) link
I found a large number of these songs on 12" for $1-$3 dollars yesterday. Seattle peeps desperate for One Hit Wonders and the unsuccessful records that followed, hit me up. I'll tell you where they are stashed.
― brotherlovesdub, Thursday, 5 May 2011 16:47 (twelve years ago) link
Ugh Will To Power late 80s jamz please go away
I really, really hate Londonbeat
― VegemiteGrrl, Thursday, 5 May 2011 20:23 (twelve years ago) link
I thought I hated Londonbeat too, but then I just relistened to it and those guitars are pretty delirious and basically I could listen to them all day.
― immer wieder, ralf & günther (NickB), Thursday, 5 May 2011 20:42 (twelve years ago) link
Matos is absolutely right in arguing that those guitars are pure Congolese rumba/soukous.
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 5 May 2011 20:44 (twelve years ago) link
I can totally hear that now. Also it's not entirely unlike some of the stuff Fine Young Cannibals were doing. Obviously there are the vocal similarities but also those bright fluid guitar sounds over that machine-like backing track.
― immer wieder, ralf & günther (NickB), Thursday, 5 May 2011 21:09 (twelve years ago) link
they were the FYC's backup singers, I think.
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 5 May 2011 21:13 (twelve years ago) link
Oh really? That would obviously explain a few things!
― immer wieder, ralf & günther (NickB), Thursday, 5 May 2011 21:19 (twelve years ago) link
I dunno...theyre too smooth-sounding. Like if there is a smooth jazz equivalent for pop, that is Londonbeat. and that damn song is an earworm of the highest order
― VegemiteGrrl, Thursday, 5 May 2011 22:25 (twelve years ago) link
I want every single one of these songs on my iPod and I want to listen to them non-stop for the next six months.
― Mr. Snrub, Friday, 6 May 2011 03:07 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rbMt2-U7TU
― Mr. Snrub, Friday, 6 May 2011 03:20 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lK5y91US4Zk
― Mr. Snrub, Friday, 6 May 2011 03:22 (twelve years ago) link
Ooh, this one!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN5OgiwprP8
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 6 May 2011 17:46 (twelve years ago) link
I almost forgot that song existed. O.O
― Leopard on the Cheetos Bag (MintIce), Friday, 6 May 2011 23:57 (twelve years ago) link
Danny Wilson- marys prayer
― Crooked Lust (thebingo), Saturday, 7 May 2011 00:04 (twelve years ago) link
Deon estus - heaven help me
― Crooked Lust (thebingo), Saturday, 7 May 2011 00:05 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezFgMfL39c4&feature=youtube_gdata_player
― Crooked Lust (thebingo), Saturday, 7 May 2011 00:10 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g06TP17rSA4&feature=youtube_gdata_player
― Crooked Lust (thebingo), Saturday, 7 May 2011 00:12 (twelve years ago) link
The Immortal Swayzehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVi4PUx8bXk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FBUbv2LUEc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3Ui8_oqc9Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcC5NKmzK54
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgYveDE5BHw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8dCZ_cLAPQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2rYozbfEV4
― Crooked Lust (thebingo), Saturday, 7 May 2011 14:30 (twelve years ago) link
i love the rusty griswald in the womack and womack video.
― Crooked Lust (thebingo), Saturday, 7 May 2011 14:31 (twelve years ago) link
Eric Carmen and Jermaine Jackson (unfortunately) not one hit wonders.
― LeRooLeRoo, Saturday, 7 May 2011 15:06 (twelve years ago) link
Style - Telefonhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72eT7L_3WIw
― Spencer Chow, Sunday, 8 May 2011 01:25 (twelve years ago) link
Holy shit I totally forgot about this song...lol late 80s was such a weird time for music
Grayson Hugh "Talk It Over"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiQofU5nvVM&sns=em
― VegemiteGrrl, Sunday, 8 May 2011 01:42 (twelve years ago) link
Also have we done Baltimora, Tarzan Boy yet? Forgot how much I love that one.
― VegemiteGrrl, Sunday, 8 May 2011 01:46 (twelve years ago) link
lol yes we have, in the first post of this thread /facepalm
― VegemiteGrrl, Sunday, 8 May 2011 01:47 (twelve years ago) link
the "16 years old" part is ew creepy but damn I really love Benny Mardones "Into The Night"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bpOBAwrFVw&sns=em
― VegemiteGrrl, Sunday, 8 May 2011 01:50 (twelve years ago) link
I posted that somewhere upthread, but I just wanted to point out that I love it too. Let's hang out and listen to records, VG!
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 8 May 2011 09:07 (twelve years ago) link
When he slummed as a terrible pop music critic, Leonard Pitts, Jr. used to promote Grayson Hugh as one of the great underrated artists of our time.
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 8 May 2011 12:10 (twelve years ago) link
Ah, here we are:
Hugh's third album Road to Freedom (MCA Records, 1992) was voted "one of the year's top-ten albums" by Billboard Magazine and received rave reviews. Leonard Pitts, Jr. of the Miami Herald said: "Have I heard any newcomer in the last decade who excites me as much as this guy? No."[1]
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 8 May 2011 12:16 (twelve years ago) link
Wow, in the last decade. That's a big call.
― VegemiteGrrl, Sunday, 8 May 2011 17:12 (twelve years ago) link
Is Charlie Sexton mentioned yet?
― Kim, Sunday, 8 May 2011 18:52 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7QPBzAJ_io
― MarkoP, Sunday, 8 May 2011 18:58 (twelve years ago) link
<3 Charlie
― VegemiteGrrl, Sunday, 8 May 2011 19:02 (twelve years ago) link
"Talk It Over" is such a blatant ripoff of "Come and Get Your Love" that I can't believe Redbone didn't sue.
― Mr. Snrub, Monday, 9 May 2011 01:07 (twelve years ago) link
for Charlie i meant Beat's So Lonely of course, but perhaps Impressed charted well too.in any case it has probably the most archetypal video of a certain 80s vibe (that i can't quite quantify otherwise)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOJWVB2sYpo&feature=relmfu
― Kim, Monday, 9 May 2011 16:31 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yahBtp_1jWE
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 9 May 2011 17:19 (twelve years ago) link
Man, you could cut a steak with Sexton's cheekbones.
Also: all his songs have that thud-thud-thud.
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 9 May 2011 17:22 (twelve years ago) link
Stephen "Tin Tin" Duffy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSv3kSK41Oo
― Kim, Monday, 9 May 2011 19:28 (twelve years ago) link
^^^ for JoBoxers - Just Got Lucky, Grayson Hugh - Talk It Over, and The Vapors - Turning Japanese
Alot of new-wavey one-hit-wonders I thought of had their one hit in 1979 so don't count, darn.
― Lee626, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 15:10 (twelve years ago) link
God... Charlie was one of my top 5 pinup guys. Forgot those lips! Damn. He was like a hotter, taller Roland S Howard. Slightly goth :D
― VegemiteGrrl, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 17:45 (twelve years ago) link
Face to Face: "10, 9, 8"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wmp9kxNZwN8
Bouregois Tagg: "I Don't Mind At All"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gUDMeIEMMI
― more horses after the main event (Eazy), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 19:40 (twelve years ago) link
er, Bourgeois
― more horses after the main event (Eazy), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 19:42 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMg2keerNHo
― Captain Hyrax (Phil D.), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 20:08 (twelve years ago) link
Was that a hit in the US? Cause it wasn't even their biggest hit in Canada. That would probably be "It Doesn't Really Matter" or "Crying Over You" or "Situation Critical".
― LeRooLeRoo, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 21:36 (twelve years ago) link
Anyone mention Starpoint's "Object of My Desire"?
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 21:43 (twelve years ago) link
Yep, it cracked the Hot 100 at #82, and that was all she wrote. Growing up in Lake County, OH gave me a lot of exposure to bands from Canada that didn't get much attention here, mostly via radio station CKLW-AM but also there was some music video show that was carried on our cable provider at the time. So I saw/heard plenty of Platinum Blonde, Gowan, Luba, Bruce Cockburn, Blue Rodeo, Doucette, Red Rider, …
― Captain Hyrax (Phil D.), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 21:55 (twelve years ago) link
You all are killing me! Bourgeois Tagg... totally forgotten that band/song, which was excellent.
Luba had at least one minor American hit - "Let It Go" - I was surprised when I found out she was big in Canada.
I have no idea what Joe Jackson is doing on this list. He had lots of hits - "Is She Really Going Out With Him", "Stepping Out", "Breaking Us In Two" (great song, even though it only nicked the charts), "You Can't Get What You Want", "Right And Wrong". Note - I'm not sure of their chart positions, I just know they were frequently played on mainstream radio).
― Lee626, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 22:27 (twelve years ago) link
Burning The Ground posted a great rip of the Boy's Don't Cry - I Wanna Be A Cowboy 12". Interesting information included: track was signed by Paul Oakenfold!
― brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 22:40 (twelve years ago) link
Krush - House Arrest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61rFY4VPADE
― JasonC, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 22:51 (twelve years ago) link
Laurie Anderson - O Superman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzYu88jIDYs
― JasonC, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 23:49 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJsck5oDCuw&feature=BFa&list=AVGxdCwVVULXcwHBF38aFRSW9qKNrDq0tV&index=5
― andrew m., Friday, 10 June 2011 18:59 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlQ8t71r1K4#1 in UK and most of Europe, top 20 in the US. She had a second minor hit in the UK but that's all. Massive in Italy though.
― got a whole lotta gloves (snoball), Friday, 10 June 2011 19:39 (twelve years ago) link
xpost. Wikipedia says After 7 had eleven hit singles in the US.
Need to change the title of this thread to "Band who you don't know had more than one hit/ had lots of hits but not in your country/had many hit albums but just one hit single you remember/ otherwise successful artists who released a one-off single under a pseudonym."
― everything, Friday, 10 June 2011 20:12 (twelve years ago) link