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

(although Gene Loves Jezebel didn't chart as high as I thought they did ;_l)

Is that an emoticon of, like, Ace Frehley crying?

it is now!

Yeah, the original spirit of the thread was to include stuff I actually heard on normal Top 40 radio between the ages of 10 and 14 or so, which is basically how it started out. Now if someone wants to post Joboxers because he or she heard it on the radio as a kid, it's not my place to piss in the punchbowl. It really doesn't have any resonance for me, though.

Wiki for JoBoxers just says it made the American Top 40. I never heard it on the radio, but I saw the video a ton at my local danceteria as a young adult.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sq8VDXlWQk

Had more semi-hits in the UK, but this was the only Top 40 for the US.

oh my God YES

LOVE that song.

I'm going to sully this thread with something that really doesn't qualify, because it was no more a hit than any other song he released in the US in the 80s (though it was big in Canada). I just remember loving it whenever it would play on the radio.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zD77kyQYifc

okay now you are REALLY making me want to post Mel & Kim

Which single? I looked at Wikipedia and tbh I can't recall any of them by title alone.

"Showin' Out"

it's a big ball of SAW goodness

S-Express - "Theme from S-Express"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKCW3RJNRIw

Danny Wilson - "Mary's Prayer"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hqgC3W9GUI

Just because I'm now obsessively stuck on the pedantry, I checked and Joboxers were #39 on Casey Kasem's "American Top 40" the week of Nov. 5, 1983. If Casey got to say your record's name on the radio, it was a hit AFAIC! And Cock Robin was at #36 the week of Aug. 4, 1985. Eurogliders, not so much, but it's still a great tune.

Okay, I remember that Mel & Kim song (barely).

Black - "Wonderful life"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMXz3TQOS_c

I remembered the name Danny Wilson (probably because I'd seen the record a lot when flipping through dusty lp bins), but I'd forgotten completely the song they were famous for. That's NICE.

According to my Joel Whitburn Billboard book, "Just Got Lovely" was a top forty hit, yes.

OMIGOD "Mary's Prayer"! that's a gorgeous one.

Big Pig - "Breakaway"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBCcnazy88U

I was going to post Breakaway on Monday during the initial burst of activity, but never did. Thanks!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4KQnM5ogtw

Video is sweetly ridiculous.

i heard blow monkeys, digging your scene, US TOP 40, 14 (Billboard 1987), in safeway yesterday, i'm not posting it because "omg i hated that one."

Jane Child - "Don't Wanna Fall In Love"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWd__w5UWVc

Digging Your Scene went to #14?

Hated Jane Child then, hate it now. Also, 1990 right?

citation dont lie

I thought it came out in 89. I loved it and still do!

Anyway, Jocelyn Brown - "Somebody Else's Guy"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdGNeC2G1AU

Indeep - "Last Night a DJ Saved My Life"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtfZbj4J71A

How have I never heard that Jocelyn Brown song before? It's delicious.

It's amazing and sampled by Georeg Micheal in "Too Funky".

George Michael

Nacht und Nebel - "Ready to dance"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVZD3iPWYuM&feature=related

http://i.imgur.com/31U3u.jpg

Heaven 17 - "Let Me Go"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJrU9RIurFE

B-Movie - "Nowhere Girl"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQfC7Ow5GHo

Boys Town Gang - "Can't take my eyes off of you"

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

Better than Gloria Gaynor.

Cherrelle - "I didn't Mean to Turn You On"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BV1Ft4BQ1o

Doctor and the Medics - "Spirit in the Sky"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9X2fdGEWOhA

Cutting Crew - "(I Just) Died In Your Arms Tonight"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ua26qTEK25U

I liked it then, but can't stand it now.

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KW2LOaCHhOg&feature=fvwrel

The Flying Lizards - "Money"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-P2qL3qkzk

Frankie Smith - "Double Dutch Bus"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mr7QvpHsJBg

Roni Griffith - "Desire"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRMN4IDJomQ

Scandal - "The Warrior"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pT9t5nkZn8I

Vanity 6 - "Nasty Girl"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvDh1zHLAjU

Weather Girls - "Its Raining Men"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGLZqDXau98

ebn-ozn - aeiou sometimes y