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

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

Imagination - "Just An Illusion"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Rkr0LUnSVA

Hey, wait, Scandal had 5 singles in the Hot 100!

Forever and ever and ever:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFtLONl4cNc

Scandal had 5 singles??!! My bad, I'm only familiar with "The Warrior".

And THIS is the good version of the Jocelyn Brown song:

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

re: Scandal - you've probably heard "Goodbye to You" before, even if you didn't realize who it was by.

Two lesser known Scandal songs that are great:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6LZ7uhzgjs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nryxAPlmdE4

Is she still married to McEnroe?

You're right I heard "Goodbye to you"! I checked and it only hit #65 though. There's been plenty of acts listed here who even had more than one top 10, such as Glass Tiger and Corey Hart.
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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"?