80's music...what was your favorite one-hit wonder?

[Archae]

Here's mine.

Taco, "Puttin' On The Ritz."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_W5QnO5UGk&feature=related

[TK421]

1. Not my favorite, but this just came to mind

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrhf_zgtmAg

[TK421]

2. Here's another one, although I think they may have had another well-known song out there

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3DsfGffOdM

[Common Sense Party]

That's not the guy from Shriekback at the beginning, is it?

[TK421]

16. I'm sorry, I don't know who Shriekback is but I'm pretty sure none of these

band members ever made it past that song :-(

[Odin2005]

3. "Who Let The Dogs Out" by Baha Men

[Bluzmann57]

7. Good grief! That was from the 80's?

I am getting old.

[Bennyboy]

13. No way....

It was huge at Pac bell park which didn't open until the 2001 season.

[Archae]

17. "Who Let The Dogs Out" is from 2000.

[Bluzmann57]

24. Ok. I didn't think it was from the 80's

It still sucks though.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

4. Martika's "Toy Soldiers."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvdLovAaYzM

:toast:

[Archae]

5. Here's another:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WT1LXhgXPWs

:headbang:

[Common Sense Party]

11. There's no way Twisted Sister can be considered a "one-hit" wonder.

They had several metal hits.

[Archae]

19. They never hit it off like "We're Not Gonna Take It."

Although their Christmas album is a hoot.

[Common Sense Party]

26. True, nothing was as commercially successful

But even before the "Stay Hungry" album, they had a very popular (in metal circles) single with "You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaehBH7DtR4

And on the same album as We're Not Gonna Take It, they had "I Wanna Rock, which was huge. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRwrg0db_zY

[jobycom]

6. Soft Cell's "Tainted Love," or Dream Academy's "Life in a Northern Town," maybe

[Forkboy]

18. I loved that entire Soft Cell album. The song Sex Dwarf was a fave!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeXQNHkLnt8

[surrealAmerican]

20. I definitely agree about Soft Cell.

That song is everything a cover should be.

[Flaxbee]

21. Life in a Northern Town - boy does that bring back memories.

Wow. High school in the 80s.

[jobycom]

28. yeah, it's got that haunting, nostalgic feel all by itself

then when you couple it with memories, it just cuts into you, doesn't it? :)

I remember listening to it on a life-changing trip to Europe in college, so it brings back a lot of images.

[Luciferous]

47. I love "Life in a Northern Town"- didn't realize it was that old!

I think the first time I heard it was on "King of the Hill"

[Common Sense Party]

8. Several. Glass Tiger comes to mind.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaXVOD7PYj0

Don't Forget Me When I'm Gone

[donheld]

41. Glass Tiger also had a top 10 hit with "Someday"

[Bennyboy]

9. Grateful Dead..>Touch of Grey....

HA HA HA!

[Common Sense Party]

10. Haircut 100 - "Love Plus One"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_msHpEa3_Y&ob=av2e

[driver8]

30. You should check out their album "Pelican West". There are a lot of good songs on it. n/t

[Dr Morbius]

12. Martha and the Muffins.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvqjYxeTODY

Perfectly captures the era.

[TK421]

15. What a fantastic fucking song!!! I haven't heard it in years....

:thumbsup:

[driver8]

29. I used to play Martha and the Muffins all the time when I was a college radio dj.

They changed their name in '83 or '84 to M&M and put out a pretty good album called "Mystery Walk".

This song is from that album:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=os4eWX88OxA

[Common Sense Party]

35. Aha! I always SUSPECTED you were a college DJ.

You know way too many good tunes & artists.

[driver8]

36. Why thank you! I take that as a compliment.

The early eighties are my "area of expertise"!

[Common Sense Party]

39. That's my favorite time period...well early-to-mid 80's

I was in college in '86, '87, listening to the college station, dreaming about being a DJ. Great tunes back then.

[driver8]

45. '81 to '85 for me.

We had an amazing college radio station, and I loved every minute of working there.

Thanks to Facebook, we are having a HUGE station reunion at Homecoming this year. I am going to see a lot of friends I haven't seen in years.

[Bennyboy]

14. Valley Girl..>Frank Zappa!

Oh my God!

[Kat45]

31. It may have been his only "hit" but I wouldn't call a song by prolific songwriter

with years and years of albums out a one-hit wonder. I would define a one-hit wonder as pretty much the only song anyone has ever heard by the artist.

[Bennyboy]

33. I think Frank would find it funny...

Don't you?

[Kat45]

38. You're probably right. n/t

[Tom_Foolery]

22. Martin Briley's "Salt in My Tears"...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bi5Oci3m3M

[Common Sense Party]

42. One of the best songs of the decade.

[Flaxbee]

23. I *love* "One Night in Bangkok"

Love it.

Not sure if it's considered a one-hit wonder, though. Does it qualify? :shrug:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnqj31VPNoE

[carlyhippy]

25. Obsession-Animotion or Your Love-Outfield

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ywzSfb8etc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEwETSWCUSg&feature=related

[Doc_Technical]

27. Flock of Seagulls- I Ran

It has a good beat. It's easy to dance to.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA1O48CrmlU

[kwassa]

32. She Blinded Me With Science

Thomas Dolby.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fI8834iCgo

and because of that .....

The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades

Timbuk3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvIAyxpjEuc

[Maccagirl]

34. Turning Japanese by the Vapors

and others that have already been mentioned.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

37. Big Country, "In a Big Country" (n/t)

[AllenVanAllen]

40. Crazy

by Icehouse from 1987'. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgBei7sYtmM

[Lasher]

43. Hey Mickey!

[Iggo]

44. Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go -- Soft Cell

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srtuQU20QXA

[A Cooper]

46. My Lucky Number is One by Lena Lovich

The spelling might be a bit off.

[cordelia]

48. A fave - Never Ending Story - Limahl

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MccmHwA-c4U

[Capn Sunshine]

49. Motels - Mission of Mercy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyoscBdnIiw

[Tripper11]

50. David & David - Welcome to the Boomtown

I was trying to come up with one, but being a survivor of the excesses of the 80's I can tell you the ol' memory ain't quite what it used to be.
Then, when I got into my truck to go to work, I turned to the 80's staion on XM, not for any other reason other then going through my various favourites on XM dial seeing what strikes me, and low and behold...David & David...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGxCl4ATDHw

[shawmut]

51. Double - "The Captain of Her Heart

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBlx1JffMQ4

[travelingtypist]

52. Nena -- 99 Luftballoons

The Knack -- My Sharona, came out in '79, but was huge through the early 80s.

[Fuzz]

53. Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WB0pEtKAmmk&feature=related

[Fuzz]

54. Gary Numan - Cars

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ldyx3KHOFXw

[Fuzz]

55. Wall of Voodoo - Mexican Radio

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V04IBsz-9Wo

[Fuzz]

56. Aldo Nova - Fantasy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GylirgHFqeQ&p=2F3D6F2EC4A86A0F&playnext=1&index=45

[Fuzz]

57. Thomas Dolby - She Blinded Me With Science

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V83JR2IoI8k

[Fuzz]

58. Musical Youth - Pass the Dutchie

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

[Fuzz]

59. Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers - Tomorrow People

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AM8M-HHSbp0&ob=av2n

[Fuzz]

60. I Melt with You - Modern English

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XG-3XqcXbbE