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

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.)

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

55. Paul Hardcastle - 19

ok, here's a deep cut that no one should love:

56. "Macho Man" Randy Savage - Speaking From the Heart

57. Oingo Boingo - "Weird Science"

yes I know that the definition of "hit" is being stretched there

58. Peter Schilling, "Major Tom (Coming Home)"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEG7OzvSMBA

Excellent one!

59. Nocera - Summertime, Summertime

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.

60. Kim Carnes, "Betty Davis Eyes" (first hit with a syndrum, I think):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Al9blQOhNw

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.

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

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."