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

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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 (fifteen years ago)

55. Paul Hardcastle - 19

― MarkoP, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:54 (fifteen years ago)

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 (fifteen years ago)

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 (fifteen years ago)

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

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

― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:55 (fifteen years ago)

Excellent one!

― Johnny Fever, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:55 (fifteen years ago)

59. Nocera - Summertime, Summertime

― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:56 (fifteen years ago)

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 (fifteen years ago)

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 (fifteen years ago)

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 (fifteen years ago)

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 (fifteen years ago)

62. John Waite, "MIssing You"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4HY1vc4c38

― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:58 (fifteen years ago)

63. Boy Meets Girl - Waiting for a Star to Fall

― MarkoP, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:59 (fifteen years ago)

hahahahaha I was just humming that to myself

― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Monday, 2 May 2011 21:59 (fifteen years ago)

64. Swing Out Sister - Breakout

― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Monday, 2 May 2011 22:00 (fifteen years ago)

I love "Waiting for a Star"

― Johnny Fever, Monday, 2 May 2011 22:00 (fifteen years ago)

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 (fifteen years ago)

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 (fifteen years ago)

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 (fifteen years ago)

YES YES YES YES YES YES

― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Monday, 2 May 2011 22:02 (fifteen years ago)

67. Opus - Live Is Life

― MarkoP, Monday, 2 May 2011 22:02 (fifteen years ago)

68. Laid Back - "White Horse"

― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Monday, 2 May 2011 22:04 (fifteen years ago)

I don't know that Opus song at all.

― Johnny Fever, Monday, 2 May 2011 22:04 (fifteen years ago)

69. Kim Wilde - Keep My Hanging On

― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 2 May 2011 22:05 (fifteen years ago)

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 (fifteen years ago)

re: Kim Wilde..."Kids in America" definitely put her on the map a few years beforehand.

― Johnny Fever, Monday, 2 May 2011 22:06 (fifteen years ago)

70. Taco - Puttin on the Ritz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_W5QnO5UGk

― Johnny Fever, Monday, 2 May 2011 22:07 (fifteen years ago)

71. Katrina and the Waves - Walkin on Sunshine

― MarkoP, Monday, 2 May 2011 22:07 (fifteen years ago)

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 (fifteen years ago)

ah, yeah, Kids In America. I associate that song with Kids Incorporated for some reason.

― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 2 May 2011 22:09 (fifteen years ago)

72. Pigbag - Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNDccgakPvo

― MarkoP, Monday, 2 May 2011 22:10 (fifteen years ago)

I wish Bananarama had never released "Venus" so I could put "Cruel Summer" on this list.

― Johnny Fever, Monday, 2 May 2011 22:10 (fifteen years ago)

73. Noel - Silent Morning

― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 2 May 2011 22:11 (fifteen years ago)

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 (fifteen years ago)

75. Dino - Summergirls

(mining the Freestlye genre now)

― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 2 May 2011 22:13 (fifteen years ago)

I'd never heard Silent Morning before, but wau I love it.

― Johnny Fever, Monday, 2 May 2011 22:14 (fifteen years ago)

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 (fifteen years ago)

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 (fifteen years ago)

77. Double - The Captain of Her Heart

― MarkoP, Monday, 2 May 2011 22:16 (fifteen years ago)

― Johnny Fever, Monday, 2 May 2011 22:16 (fifteen years ago)

yesss

― standing on the shoulders of pissants (ledge), Monday, 2 May 2011 22:17 (fifteen years ago)

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 (fifteen years ago)

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 (fifteen years ago)

UGH:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8SdzwoIcwo

― EZ Snappin, Monday, 2 May 2011 22:20 (fifteen years ago)

79. Gregory Abbott - Shake You Down

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc8wmLul3uw

― Johnny Fever, Monday, 2 May 2011 22:22 (fifteen years ago)

xp: lol, itt etc 79. Gregory Abbot - Shake You Down