What`s your favorite 80s one hit wonders?



Dexys midnight runners - "Come on Eileen"



Katrina and the waves - "Walking on sunshine"



Charlene - "I`ve never been to me"
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I got this feeling that you're going to stay
I never knew that it could happen this way
Before I met you I was falling apart
But now at last,I really know that we are...

Two of Hearts,two hearts that beat as one
Two of Hearts,I need you,I need you!
Two of Hearts,two hearts that beat as one
Two of Hearts,come on,come on

Desireless - "Voyage, Voyage"

Oh, and Right Said Fred

1. is from the 90's

2. isn't a one hit wonder.

EmancipationLover said:

Oops...
I`ll replace it, thanks for reminding me

EmancipationLover said:

Oh i love voyage voyage!

i also liked I lost my heart to a starship trooper, forgot the band. Mus6t google it now

Icicle said:

Come On Eileen Is The Best One Hit Wonder of ALL EIGHTIES TIME!!!!

ZeroZero said:

I know, it`s brilliant, even the video is great

Dexys - one hit wonders in the States may be... much bigger over here.

You should check out Geno, Jackie Wilson Said or Searching for the Young Soul Rebels.

All classics.

MattUK said:

I didn`t know that, thanks for the tips
I`ve only heard Van Morrison`s "Jackie Wilson said", and i like his version,
wonder what Dexys` sounds like

Dexys must be on itunes...

The whole "Too Rye Aye" era was just a phase that Dexys/Kevin Rowland went through. Subsequent albums very different and increasingly sporadic but he's an interesting artist alright.

SquirrelMeat said:

hell yea

Stax said:

a DJ played this at the bar when I went last week

Stax said:

love that song!!

Quarterflash actually had three BIG hits, and some minor ones.

Harden My Heart
Find Another Fool -- my favorite
Take Me To Heart

I even saw this band live back in the '80s. Too bad the lead singer had a coke habit and couldn't sing or play the sax that night.

edit: okay, here's my Top 10 fav one-hit wonders from the '80s

1. "Boys in Town" - Divinyls (long before that "other" song anyway)
2. "99 Luft Balloons" - Nena
3. "Mickey" - Tony Basil
4. "Come On Eileen" - Dexy's Midnight Runners
5. "Nobody" - Sylvia (well her only "pop hit")
6. "They Don't Know" - Tracey Ullman
7. "I Know There's Something Going On" - Frida
8. "Fantasy" - Aldo Nova (his only song to be a "hit")
9. "Sugar Free" - Wa Wa Nee (good imitation of the mpls sound)
10. "Running Up That Hill" - Kate Bush (her only BIG hit)

honorable mentions:
"I Know What Boys Like" - The Waitresses
"Pass the Dutchie" - Musical Youth
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Guardian Angel- Masquerade
Dont Worry be happy- Bobby McFerrin
Agadoo- Black Lace
The only way is up Yazz and the Plastic population
Puttin on the Ritz- Taco
I'm only Shooting Love The Time Bandits (Video is very funny)
Doot Doot- Freur
There is always something there 2 remind me- Naked Eyes
The Final Countdown- Europe
Solid- Ashford and Simpson
Oh Sheila- Ready for the world

Theyre all tacky and I love them

tane1976 said:

Nah...Ashford and Simpson were not a one-hit wonder

DavidEye said:

lol dontcha just love kids...

tane1976 said:

It`s such a feel-good song

tane1976 said:

You left out 7 Tears by the Goombay Dance Band (were they really called that?)

tane1976 said:

Hell yeah!! Great to see that song mentioned.

lots of these people have had more than one "hit."

One hit album

ZeroZero said:

Our teenage mental disorders always used to think of that as a very pornographic song.

Oh well...

Alasseon said:

The mind of a teenager...

IAintTheOne said:

It was their only hit as a duo, for those of you who think I am a kid, I know of her 1972 hit Silly wasn't I