Thanks DavidEye! You rock

DavidEye said:

I think the correct lyric is...

"You're my Obsession
You're my Obsession
What do you want me to be
To make you sleep with me"

DavidEye said:

ya ya DavidEye...I forgot you knew EVERYTHING!!

Glass Tiger "With don't Get Me Wrong" a song they did with Bryan Adams,Mister Mister had a couple of Hits,The Boys also Hit with "Lucky Charms".Hi-5 "The Way the Kissing Game",She's Playing hard to get".they worked with Teddy Riley.Wrecks&Effect had a Couple of Hits.Eddie Murphy One with "party all the time".Dazz Band with two."Let it Whip" being the Main one.Usa for Africa One Hit&Was it Ever a Hit??Gregory Abbott "Shake You Down" One Major Hit.cool topic.&Much Props to DavidEye for bringing it as always.also much props to Everybody else for mentioning some truly Great Moments from the 80's.Peace

mistermaxxx said:

Actually,The Dazz Band had a string of hits in the 80s,although none of them did as well as 1982's "Let It Whip".Do you remember follow-up singles like...

***"Keep It Live"(On the K.I.L.)"(1982)
***"JoyStick"(1983)
***"Swoop (I'm Yours)" (1983)
***"Let It All Blow"(1984)
***"On The One For Fun"(1984) (my personal fav)

DavidEye said:

I was thinking of Pop Cross-Over with them.Joy Stick was big for a minute. O'Bryan had a few as well.

How come nobody mentioned Dream Academy "Life In A Northern Town" or Hothouse Flowers "Dont Go"? That Glass Tiger song was Dont Forget Me When Im Gone. What about Hayzeee Fabtazee Shiny Shiny? Previous;ly mentioned, Cheri's Murphys Law was the shit. To the Wimmx mobile!

Murray Head, "One Night In Bangkok"

Aaron said:

Anxiously awaiting the new Prince single from his upcoming movie, when this song came on I thought it was it. Same with Rock Me Amadeus.

Did anyone mention "Don't You (Forget About Me)" by Simple Minds? It's from the 1985 movie 'The Breakfast Club',which I love.

June7 said:

LOL...Toto was NOT a one-hit wonder!

Don't you remember their other big hits?

***"Hold The Line"(1978)
***"Georgy Porgy"(1978)
***"I'll Be Over You"(1986)
***"Rosanna"(1982)
***"Africa"(1982)

Brought back 4 review due 2 Moonbeam's thread...

Brother915 said:

quarterflash had another one out on the radio called "take me to heart" - remember that one?

i found the album at goodwill this summer.

who did that song "you are an obsession - you're my obsession..."

and i think nobody mentioned teena marie's "lovergirl" - that was funky.

"Obsession" was by Animotion (mentioned earlier in the thread)... and Teena Marie was far from being a one hit wonder or even a two hit wonder...

Lovergirl
Portuguese in Love
Square Biz
Fire and Desire
etc...

A Night in New York - Elbow Bones & the Racketeers

It's funny to see that bands like Human League and Spandau Ballet are considered one (two) hit wonders while they had several hits in the UK and Europe.

June7 said:

And don't forget these...

"Behind The Groove"(1980)
"I Need Your Lovin"(1980)
"It Must Be Magic"(1981)
"Fix It,Baby"(1983)
"Midnight Magnet"(1983)
"Stop The World"(1984)
"Out On A Limb"(1984)
"Ooh La La La"(1988) (a Number One R&B hit)
"Work It"(1988)
"If I Were A Bell"(1990)


I'm waiting for a definitive Teena Marie collection (2-CD set perhaps?) that contains ALL her hits,including the post-Motown stuff.

Brother915 said:

wasnt Human Produced by Jam and Lewis?

Diggin your scene by the Blow Monkeys

Just Got Lucky - the Jo Boxers

I eat cannibals Total Coehlo

Niceto meet you -Chaz Jankel

Captain Sensible- Captain Sensible
[This message was edited Wed Jan 22 7:49:08 PST 2003 by Finess]

DavidEye said:

Laura Branigan a one hit wonder? You must have forgetten that she is also the person that did the eighties English remake of the Italian classic "Gloria". Not only that but check out her other eighites hits. This was taken from Allmusic.com

"Gloria" went to number 2 on the pop charts and was a number 4 club play single. "Solitare" was 7 on the pop singles. "Lucky One" topped out at 20 pop (10 on the dance charts). "Power Of Love" (the same one Celine Dion did) peaked at 26. "How Am I Supposed To Live Without You" (yes, Michael Bolton did it later) was 12 on the pop charts and 3 on the AC. She had some other cuts that charted in the 40s, 50s and 60s . My favorite of hers was "Shattered Glass" which went as high as 13 on the dance charts but only 48 on the Hot 100 and 27 on the AC survey, but you can never find it on a hits collection. Her last "hit" was a cover of "Dim All The Lights" (1995) which only got to number 37 on the dance singles chart. Needless to say, with 4 Top 20 pop hits, its hard to call her a one hit wonder.

June7 said:

I loved Level 42! I saw them in concert years ago. They had more than three hits... Trust! I even have their greatest hits collection. "Star Child" was slammin'! "Lesson's in Love," "Running in the Family"...

I was just thinking about Robbie Nevil (The Robbie Williams post reminded me of him--guess it's a "Robbie" thing.) Yeah, where's THAT cat, now?

I haven't gone through this entire thread so excuse me if the following has been repeated:

What ever happened to 9.9 ("All of me for all of you")?

To answer a question that was asked a few responses earlier, yes, "Human" by the Human League was produced by Jam & Lewis.

Most of my favorites have already been named:

Kajagoogoo - "Too Shy" (one of my all-time favorites!)
Murray Head - "One Night In Bangkok"
Naked Eyes - "Promises Promises"
Living In A Box - "Living In A Box"
Sophie B. Hawkins - "Damn! I Wish I Was Your Lover"
Jane Child - "I Don't Want To Fall In Love"
Deon Estus - "Heaven Help Me"
Princess - "Say I'm Your Number One"
Joyce Sims - "Step Into My Life" (classic Mantronik production)
Digable Planets - "Rebirth Of Slick" (truly a shame -- they released two classic albums full of potential singles)
Spandau Ballet - "True"

Finess said:

I LOVE THIS SONG!! Has a cool Motown-meets-New Wave vibe to it.

VinnyM27 said:

Oops! My face is red,I stand corrected

todd305 said:

thank u there todd thought i was losin it 4 a sec

Finess said:[quote]

todd305 said:

u forgot " All N All Joyce's whole 1st album was tight

and Digables "Axiom of Creamy Spies and Noize" were club bang'n

DavidEye said:

The thing that stands out about Gregory Abbott is that I remember him way before he recorded "Shake You Down" because he was singer Freda Payne's husband. (Back then he had a mustache too.)

Has anyone mentioned Pretty Poison? ("Catch Me I'm Fallin'") I think they're still making music. I believe they also have a greatest hits! Who knew?

For your infomation, the groupe KajaGooGoo doesn't excist anymore.. but Limahl stil does music!.. He did Neverending story.. 3 solo albums, Dont suppose, colour all my days and Love is blind.. and he just realsed a single called LOVE THAT LASTS FOREVER (dance music..).. and he'd doing a lot of performances in the UK..

99 Red balloons is beautiful, and the Goldfinger version rocks as well
Tainted love is dead funky, and Marlin Manson’s version is dead sexy too.

Hey, the 80’s is coming back,,,FUCKIN GREAT

I forgot to list "Catch Me I'm Falling", by Pretty Poison. I actually own their Greatest Hits CD -- I found it somewhere a while ago for little or nothing, so I bought it...

Have Animotion ("Obession") and/or Nu Shooz ("I Can't Wait") been mentioned?

I believe NS were married to each other. I heard this song often because one of my favorite ballplayers took his at-bats to it.