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

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

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)

I will be turning this into a CDR700 btw.

xp Rock Me Amadeus already accounted for fwiw

Rock Me Amadeus is a weird one too because there are about 40 different mixes/edits to pick from.

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

I don't know that Opus song at all.

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

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

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

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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))

83. Falco - Rock Me Amadeus

83. The Firm - Star Trekkin'

84. Stacy Lattisaw - Attack of the Name Game

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

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

85. The Assembly - Never Never

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIJc4Hx3OVc

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

86. Colourfield, Thinking of You

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CL66n6icM2g

87. johnny hates jazz - shattered dreams

not one hit wonders in an other incarnation, but...

88. Big Audio Dynamite, E=MC^2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHTDkJ-bQqM

89. Rock Steady Crew - (Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew

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

this is patent nonsense

hmmm I wonder....

90. Killing Joke, A Love Like Blood

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)

93. Landscape, Einstein-A-Go-Go

94. Mickey - Toni Basil

95. I Know There's Something Going On - Frida

96. They Don't Know - Tracey Ullman

Streamlined the list, took out questionables

1. Sly Fox - Let's Go All the Way
2. Boys Don't Cry - I Wanna Be A Cowboy
3. Kajagoogoo - Too Shy
4. Breakfast Club - Right on Track
5. Baltimora - Tarzan Boy
6. The System - Don't Disturb This Groove
7. The Partland Brothers - Soul City
8. When in Rome - The Promise
9. Scarlett & Black - You Don't Know
10. Animotion - Obsession
11. The Icicle Works - Whisper To A Scream (Birds Fly)
12. Mental As Anything - Live It Up
13. Freur - Doot-Doot
14. The Other Ones - Holiday
15. Level 42 - Something About You
16. General Public - Tenderness
17. Big Country - In a Big Country
18. Glass Tiger - Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone)
19. Oran Juice Jones - The Rain
20. Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue
21. Timex Social Club - Rumors
22. Mai Tai - Body and Soul
23. Matthew Wilder - Break My Stride
24. Maria Vidal - Body Rock
25. Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Love Missile F1-11
26. T'Pau - Heart and Soul
27. Nu Shooz - I Can't Wait
28. Wall of Voodoo - Mexican Radio
29. Nena - 99 Luftballons
30. Shannon - Let the Music Play
31. Joe Jackson - Steppin' Out
32. Debarge - Rhythm of the Night
33. Denice Williams - Let's Hear It For The Boy
34. Company B - Fascinated
35. El Debarge - Who's Johnny?
36. 'Til Tuesday - Voices Carry
37. Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me
38. Harold Faltermeyer - Axel F
39. Donnie Iris - Ah Leah
40. Jermaine Stewart - We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off
41. Q Lazzarus - Goodbye Horses
42. Real Life - Send Me an Angel
43. Herbie Hancock - Rockit!
44. Eddie Murphy - Party All the Time
45. Limited Warranty - Victory Line
46. Men Without Hats - Safety Dance
47. Jan Hammer - Theme from Miami Vice
48. The Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star
49. The Georgia Satellites - Keep Your Hands to Yourself
50. Haircut One Hundred - Love Plus One
51. Paul Hardcastle - 19
52. "Macho Man" Randy Savage - Speaking From the Heart
53. Oingo Boingo - Weird Science
54. Peter Schilling - Major Tom (Coming Home)
55. Nocera - Summertime, Summertime
56. Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes
57. John Waite - Missing You
58. Boy Meets Girl - Waiting for a Star to Fall
59. Swing Out Sister - Breakout
60. Mysterious Art - Das Omen
61. Trio - Da Da Da
62. Opus - Live Is Life
63. Laid Back - White Horse
64. Taco - Puttin' on the Ritz
65. Katrina and The Waves - Walking on Sunshine
66. Pigbag - Papa's Got a Brand New Pigbag
67. Noel - Silent Morning
68. It Bites - Calling All the Heroes
69. Dino - Summergirls
70. M|A|R|R|S - Pump Up the Volume
71. Double - The Captain of Her Heart
72. Rebbie Jackson - Centipede
73. Gregory Abbott - Shake You Down
74. Evelyn 'Champagne' King - Love Come Down
75. Stacey Q - Two of Hearts
76. The Escape Club - Wild Wild West
77. The Firm - Star Trekkin'
78. Stacy Lattisaw - Attack of the Name Game
79. The Assembly - Never Never
80. Colourfield - Thinking of You
81. Johnny Hates Jazz - Shattered Dreams
82. Rock Steady Crew - (Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew
83. Blancmange - Living on the Ceiling
84. Limahl - Neverending Story
85. Landscape - Einstein A-Go-Go
86. Toni Basil - Mickey
87. Frida - I Know There's Something Going On
88. Tracey Ullman - They Don't Know

looks a lot like Rhino's Like Omigod! box.

95. I Know There's Something Going On - Frida

Holy shit yes

Silent Morning got played next to True Faith a bunch back when I used to ride in the back seat of my parents car.

These two songs and Company B's "Fascinated" were the sound of Miami in summer '87.

neu-89. The Takeaways - Sweet and Sour

Has anyone mentioned Romeo Void's "A Girl in Trouble (Is a Temporary Thing)"?

Because some of these were not one hit wonders, let me propose alternates better than their biggest hits:

Level 42 - Lessons in Love
Taylor Dayne - Prove Your Love
Eddie Grant - Romancing The Stone

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4gZg3-Kvlo

SO many bands excluded because they had TWO hits, bastards.

xpost Wasn't "Der Kommisar" a hit by a British band covering Falco?

Falco did it, then ATF (After the Fire) covered it in English. Fair call for a one-hit wonder imo.

I Wanna Be A Cowbow was listed in first post.

I love Hipsway's Honeythief but thought I was the only one!

90. Arcadia - Election Day

Good one. So is "Goodbye is Forever."

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.

Speaking of which, Power Station were a three hit wonder, but "Communication" is the best of the lot and would fit splendidly in sequence.

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)

btw, was "Goodbye Horses" ever actually a hit? I guess were playing w/o many rules here anyway, but that seems like a stretch.

Naked Eyes: Always Something There To Remind Me vs. Promises Promises

92. Tommy Tutone - 867-5309

91b. Don Dixon - "Praying Mantis" (another non- hit that shoulda been huge. Feel free to skip them both)

93. Crowded House - "Something So Strong" (over "Don't Dream It's Over" -- I said it.)

If we're considering Dramarama, wouldn't Anything Anything be the most broadly memorable track?

yeah, I just don't like it as much.

94. "Boom Boom (Let's Go Back to My Room)" - Paul Lekakis