80s "omg I loved that one" one hit wonders mix tape thread

23. Matthew Wilder - Break My Stride

(hope i didn't ruin the killer/filler run)

that was already listed!

23. Maria Vidal - Body Rock

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv79obqPI-Q

24. Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Love Missile F1-11

25. T'Pau - Heart and Soul

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwrYMWoqg5w

25. Nu Shooz - I Can't Wait

doh, 26. Nu Shooz - I Can't Wait

"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.

lol I'd just put together a T'Pau post.

27. Wall of Voodoo - Mexican Radio

28. ROCK ME AMADEUS!!

itt a bunch of dudes read each others' minds

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

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

It's def his biggest US hit of the 80s (may have had some others in the late 70s).

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

TS: Red Balloons vs. Luftballons? (better in its native tongue imo)

Shannon had "Give Me Tonight" as well

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

Oh no Mai Tai had two hits! And 'History' was better than 'Body and Soul'.

33. Denice Williams - Let's Hear It For The Boy

subtitle this section, songs from movies I saw with my sister

34. Company B - "Fascinated"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-b-6ksMdkrU

On the Debarge tip...

35. El Debarge - Who's Johnny?

(this was the first 45 I ever bought)

The vocals on the chorus of "Heart and Soul" are so great.

36. 'Til Tuesday - Voices Carry

37. Taylor Dayne - Tell It To My Heart

Taylor Dayne was all over the charts for at least two solid years.

there's at least a handful of these on Now That's What I Call Music albums 1 thru 16 (uk versions)...

Taylor Dane had like 7 top ten hits!

xp, i mean a handful on every one of the 16...

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.

See also: Jody Watley (but i'd put Don't You Want Me on there if it was my mix)

38. Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me

39. Harold Faltermeyer, Axel F

40. Pebbles - Girlfriend

41. Donnie Iris, "Ah Leah" ftw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyTu_ZdcBCo

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)

43. Q Lazzarus - Goodbye Horses

44. Real Life, "Send Me An Angel"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6zBjYIyz-0

Drat. was just about to post htat Jermaine Stewart one.

I'd heard "Aw Leah" and the name Donnie Iris, but had never put the two together.

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)

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"

48. Men Without Hats - Safety Dance

50. Jan Hammer - Theme from Miami Vice

Err. 49.

then 51. Men at Work - Down Under !!!

52. The Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star

(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.)

Man, you could cut a steak with Sexton's cheekbones.

Also: all his songs have that thud-thud-thud.

Stephen "Tin Tin" Duffy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSv3kSK41Oo

^^^ 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.

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

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

er, Bourgeois

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMg2keerNHo

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".

Anyone mention Starpoint's "Object of My Desire"?

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, …

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).

Eric Carmen and Jermaine Jackson (unfortunately) not one hit wonders.

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!

Krush - House Arrest

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61rFY4VPADE

Laurie Anderson - O Superman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzYu88jIDYs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJsck5oDCuw&feature=BFa&list=AVGxdCwVVULXcwHBF38aFRSW9qKNrDq0tV&index=5

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.

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."