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

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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)

<3

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

brotherlovesdub, Monday, 2 May 2011 22:23 (fifteen years ago)

uncanny

brotherlovesdub, Monday, 2 May 2011 22:23 (fifteen years ago)

80. Evelyn 'Champagne' King - Love Come Down

Gavin, Leeds, Monday, 2 May 2011 22:29 (fifteen years ago)

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 (fifteen years ago)

82. The Escape Club - Wild Wild West

staph white pulvules like (Schlafsack), Monday, 2 May 2011 22:30 (fifteen years ago)

also I heard Tarzan Boy recently for the first time in about 20 years, has not aged well at all

staph white pulvules like (Schlafsack), Monday, 2 May 2011 22:30 (fifteen years ago)

has not aged well at all

GTFO

Johnny Fever, Monday, 2 May 2011 22:31 (fifteen years ago)

Johnny, I played Two of Hearts and thought about posting it but didn't.

brotherlovesdub, Monday, 2 May 2011 22:33 (fifteen years ago)

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 (fifteen years ago)

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 (fifteen years ago)

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 (fifteen years ago)

also there's "Vienna Calling" and "Der Kommisar" to consider

Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Monday, 2 May 2011 22:39 (fifteen years ago)

I don't know that Opus song at all.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vashrNoXTE

Siegbran, Monday, 2 May 2011 22:43 (fifteen years ago)

ah, I even did a text search for "falco", oh well

also there's "Vienna Calling" and "Der Kommisar" to consider

― 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 (fifteen years ago)

83. Falco - Rock Me Amadeus

83. The Firm - Star Trekkin'

staph white pulvules like (Schlafsack), Monday, 2 May 2011 22:46 (fifteen years ago)

84. Stacy Lattisaw - Attack of the Name Game

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvB0rn4SPpg

brotherlovesdub, Monday, 2 May 2011 22:47 (fifteen years ago)

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 (fifteen years ago)

not one hit wonders in other incarnations, but...

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 (fifteen years ago)

87. johnny hates jazz - shattered dreams

http://i56.tinypic.com/xnsu1g.gif (max arrrrrgh), Monday, 2 May 2011 22:50 (fifteen years ago)

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 (fifteen years ago)

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 (fifteen years ago)

also I heard Tarzan Boy recently for the first time in about 20 years, has not aged well at all

this is patent nonsense

That Dunkster! (absolutely clean glasses), Monday, 2 May 2011 22:52 (fifteen years ago)

hmmm I wonder....

90. Killing Joke, A Love Like Blood

standing on the shoulders of pissants (ledge), Monday, 2 May 2011 22:54 (fifteen years ago)

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 (fifteen years ago)

93. Landscape, Einstein-A-Go-Go

standing on the shoulders of pissants (ledge), Monday, 2 May 2011 22:57 (fifteen years ago)

94. Mickey - Toni Basil

Darin, Monday, 2 May 2011 22:58 (fifteen years ago)


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