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

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

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

^ Colonel Abrams was a one hit wonder in the UK iirc, awesome song this

Kon Kan - "I Beg Your Pardon"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se-QYEgAU8E

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

― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP)

Just checked and you're right... have no idea why I thought it was big in the day. I remember the video got played on Mtv frequently but that was certainly in the post-80s era.

Also Chris Isaak is surely a 1 hit wonder and "wicked game" was technically released in 1989 but it became a hit until 1990/1991 so I guess we can count that one out too...

aw, boo

Kon Kan - "I Beg Your Pardon"

oh yes -- the best New Order rip ever.

will powers : kissing with confidence

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp-4o0IodsE

or did they have another hit ?

Sa-Fire-"Thinking of You"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd5XgFvKfnk&feature=related
Not a fave, but def induces some memory waves

Londonbeat - "I've Been Thinking About You"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Y-suQWFOfg

I don't think it charted as high as Say it Say it, but IMO Mind over Matter (From the "Summer School" movie soundtrack) was EG Daily's best single. Might have been a decent hit here in Canada as I do remember hearing it quite a lot. Song is a freakin' time machine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cN7AS40CLg&feature=related

Q Feel's Orbital Bebop didn't chart much either I guess, though I really want to post it

Boris Badenough-"Hey Rocky"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJ3-5aoyoh8
Would only realize years later that it was my first exposure to Trax.