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

Yeah, I knew that about Glass Tiger and Corey Hart w/o even looking it up, but I was trying to be non-pedantic at the time.

Surprised "Goodbye to You" charted that low, though. I hear it more often now than even "The Warrior".

Can't believe Corey Hart had nine Top 40 singles on the Billboard Hot 100!

Wow, I didn't realize it was NINE! I only remembered Sunglasses, Never Surrender and I Can't Help Falling in Love With You.

Nine? Crikey. I only know Sunglasses and Never Surrender.

it's a mystery to me how anyone could hate jane child's "don't wanna fall in love"

but i still love u johnny forever

You guys don't remember "Boy in the Box"? or "I Am By Your Side"?

Madonna wannabe E.G. Daily - "Say It, Say It"

Another Miami freestyle station favorite, but, alas, not a Top 40 hit. Neither was the sublime "Just An Illusion."

deniece williams "let's hear it for the boy"

no idea if she had more hits or not but whatevs

I remember the album was called Boy in the Box, but I don't remember the song at all. Nor the other one.

it's a mystery to me how anyone could hate jane child's "don't wanna fall in love"

I probably didn't at first, but overexposure at the time didn't help matters. Also, at the same time, I was turning my back on popular music and become a mopey gothy teenager with my mopey gothy teenager friends. Silly now, but important distinction then.

but Jane Child was totally goth -- lookit the nose ring!

that's actually a good point but i get what yer sayin

Omg Al, I do remember "I Am By Your Side"...Corey hart knowledge appears to be wedged deep into the sofa cushions of my subconscious

He had a pretty good singing voice...also v crush worthy

okay the video is lololol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWlOQgeR-ek&sns=em

Canadian Emilio Estevez?

Nope, don't remember that at all.

but it's your new favorite now, right?

ALWAYS NEVER SURRENDER

(that reads strangely)

Sunglasses is good lolsy fun, though.

never surrender is great, sunglasses is fun for the shouty-pouty part

I found this one too...rings no bells at all. .Eurasian Eyes?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1QOxms_yvI&sns=em

Listening to all this Corey Hart stuff is making me think he was kind of an autonomous type in the 80s landscape. The closest parallels would be maybe Springfield (but he was never SERIOUS) and John Waite (but his solo career between Babys and Bad English was really too brief to make a mark). Corey Hart is kind of on his own.

He was a total pinup boy, which is why, like Springfield, he had time getting cred. But, boy, his attempts at seriousness suuuuucked (Springfield was a better songwriter and musician).

*he had a hard time

I'm very fond of his last hit, "A Little Love." It actually rocks!

I actually DO remember that one for some reason.

(watching the video and thinking "JESUS! Is there ANYONE Kenny Aronoff HASN'T drummed for?")

Well, that explains why the thing even swings a little...

If the Oakey/Moroder collabo and Daryl Hall solo things count, then so do ELP meant Powell instead of Palmer for one album

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYaIlFK5uGQ

ELP when it meant...

Pat Wilson - Bop Girl

I'm shocked "Just An Illusion" didn't hit the Top 40 in the US. It is such a huge and well-known hit here in Canada (and Europe according to Wiki).

I only heard it (Just an Illusion) for the first time last year when someone posted it on facebook. Great great song.

I'm assuming you're talking about the song by Imagination, right?

Champaign-"How 'Bout Us"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziQBMIBdB9g

Al B. Sure!-"Nite and Day"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IlHq3n3hy0

MC Miker G & DJ Sven-"Holiday Rap"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LtYaCm5njY

corey hart tries out some falsetto
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oajop2DGrA8

^^^ I'd the same thought when I saw the movie.

I'd forgotten about "Holiday Rap"! lol

Another classic that incredibly didn't make the US Top 40, but was a huge hit everywhere elses: Bronski Beat - "Small Town Boy".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xuz94ZIPfJk

<3 Jimmy Sommerville

speaking of Jimmy Somerville:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifAtvI48R_0

Can't say that I loved it, but it's pretty funny now:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsTH3w4oeMk&feature=related

I'm surprised these two haven't been mentioned yet:

Lipps Inc. - "Funky Town"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izWRKl06XEY&feature=fvsr

The Vapors - "Turning Japanese"

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

Cameo only had one big hit, but what a song:

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

Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five - The Message
Chris Isaak - Wicked Game
Q Lazzarus - Goodbye Horses

xp:

"Candy" hit 21 (but yeah, not as massive as "Word Up")

I never include them on these lists because I was introduced to them circa Alligator Woman and always think they had more mainstream hits than they actually did.

Another great one: Ashford & Simpson - "Solid"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3PoTnkLfxE

The Sugarcubes - Birthday

Womack & Womack - "Teardrops"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8AOAap6_k4&feature=related

I love and adore The Sugarcubes but "Birthday" didn't chart anywhere except for the UK indie chart