Top 20 80s One Hit Wonders You Forgot Were AWESOME

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Who's up for a musical blast from the past?! For this list, we’ll be ranking the best one-hit wonders from the 1980s that may have slipped your mind. Our countdown includes Animotion, Eddie Murphy, Dexys Midnight Runners, Martika, Tommy Tutone, and more! Who’s your favorite one-hit wonder from the eighties? Let us know in the comments!
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  • @WatchMojo
    @WatchMojo Жыл бұрын

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  • @devingiles6597

    @devingiles6597

    Жыл бұрын

    Shannon - Let the Music Play

  • @jamiestauffer3700

    @jamiestauffer3700

    Жыл бұрын

    Toni Basil- Mickey

  • @johnnyfountainS

    @johnnyfountainS

    Жыл бұрын

    Tiffany has more than one hit. So Nena. Nena is German like me.;

  • @LennyLeonard

    @LennyLeonard

    Жыл бұрын

    Asking about my favorite 80s song is like asking a parent to pick their favorite child.

  • @thomasmurphy3021

    @thomasmurphy3021

    Жыл бұрын

    I believe Patrick Swayze did die a long time ago.

  • @hayleymariemills
    @hayleymariemills Жыл бұрын

    I SO wish that MTV had a dedicated 80's channel where they do nothing but play all of these videos like it used to be. Nothing will ever be better for me than this iconic 80's genre.

  • @Bo_D_Hansen

    @Bo_D_Hansen

    Жыл бұрын

    In Europe and Scandinavia, for example, we have MTV 80's only with 1980's music videos 24 hours a day without a single advertisement and we also have MTV 90's and MTV 00's

  • @whitevamp1051

    @whitevamp1051

    Жыл бұрын

    Saturday night head bangers ball. Miss those days.

  • @benvan-ness1030

    @benvan-ness1030

    Жыл бұрын

    They do when I had DirecTV I found one but I am on the dish and I can't find it

  • @nicolemarie6720

    @nicolemarie6720

    Жыл бұрын

    Agreed. MTV needs to be music again & not reality TV.

  • @benvan-ness1030

    @benvan-ness1030

    Жыл бұрын

    @@nicolemarie6720 said that all along I don't get it

  • @donaldwilson2620
    @donaldwilson2620 Жыл бұрын

    One honorable mention that I still love listening to is "Voices Carry" by Til Tuesday. Aimee Mann's voice is amazing.

  • @Donegal62

    @Donegal62

    11 ай бұрын

    Outstanding song.

  • @jtmoore662

    @jtmoore662

    11 ай бұрын

    She sings back up on Rush's song, Time Stand Still

  • @SithCelia

    @SithCelia

    11 ай бұрын

    @@jtmoore662 That's her? Right on! Both tunes are excellent.

  • @kenlee5705

    @kenlee5705

    11 ай бұрын

    One of my all time favorite songs

  • @Musicalfan69420

    @Musicalfan69420

    11 ай бұрын

    Yes I love that song

  • @rosario508
    @rosario508 Жыл бұрын

    I find it amazing that you failed to mention that One Night in Bangkok was written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus from Abba

  • @manchesterunitedno7

    @manchesterunitedno7

    Жыл бұрын

    The lyrics also a tongue-in-cheek allusion on Thailand certain notorious reputation. Which is surprisingly already well known even back then.

  • @resireg

    @resireg

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@manchesterunitedno7 Benny Andersson is the modern Bach

  • @JamieStuff

    @JamieStuff

    11 ай бұрын

    The musical "Chess", where the song comes from, is really quite good. If you get a chance to see the 2008 performance with Josh Groban, it is well worth the time.

  • @katherineheasley6196

    @katherineheasley6196

    10 ай бұрын

    Also, Murray Head's brother is Anthony Stewart Head, aka Giles from "Buffy, the Vampire Slayer."

  • @Winnipegger

    @Winnipegger

    2 ай бұрын

    I was going to say the same thing! I was waiting for it and was like...what?

  • @ken12603
    @ken12603 Жыл бұрын

    The top one comes from the No-Hit Wonders as Modern English's "I Melt With You" failed to get to the Top 40 yet is one of the most played songs from the 80's today.

  • @georgieboy9101
    @georgieboy9101 Жыл бұрын

    Oh my God, how could they forget Mickey by Toni Basil|? That was so infectious. Love teh 80's! First loves, first adventures and the future ahead.

  • @miztre83

    @miztre83

    9 ай бұрын

    Probably because it's not forgotten!

  • @chiarac3833

    @chiarac3833

    5 ай бұрын

    Let me guess... GenX, right? The 80s were our decade.

  • @garyhope2

    @garyhope2

    2 ай бұрын

    Love, love, love Toni Basil.

  • @francinejones2524

    @francinejones2524

    Ай бұрын

    Yup!

  • @TopCat2021
    @TopCat2021 Жыл бұрын

    Seeing Taco perform "Putting on the Ritz" always reminded me of Tim Curry.

  • @lisagibson2975

    @lisagibson2975

    Жыл бұрын

    The song reminds me of an old German song called "Das Nachtgespenst" by Kurt Gerron only upbeaty.

  • @julianlinsel4346

    @julianlinsel4346

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes definitely can see a Tim curry influence

  • @gaffneyrailroading1982

    @gaffneyrailroading1982

    Жыл бұрын

    Ha. Glad to see I wasn't the only one who thought that.

  • @christopherdieudonne

    @christopherdieudonne

    Жыл бұрын

    @@lisagibson2975 Your post made me look up "Das Nachtgespenst" and wow, you're right. This song sounds VERY similar to ""Putting on the Ritz." I wonder if the writers of "Putting on the Ritz" were influenced by the German song.

  • @donnabreedlove6862

    @donnabreedlove6862

    Жыл бұрын

    The video does remind me of Tim Curry. The song, however, always reminds me of Young Frankenstein😅

  • @mr.decencykeepinitreal6348
    @mr.decencykeepinitreal6348 Жыл бұрын

    “Two of Hearts” became one of my 80 most favorite ‘80s songs.

  • @darenstroud6254
    @darenstroud6254 Жыл бұрын

    I can't believe Safety Dance is not on this list.

  • @Potrimpo

    @Potrimpo

    Жыл бұрын

    I can only guess it's one hit wonders you forgot were awesome, not one hit wonders everyone knows are still awesome today like The Safety Dance.

  • @Mystress1980

    @Mystress1980

    Жыл бұрын

    Pop Goes the World kinda stands just as high as Safety Dance, so that may be why.

  • @darenstroud6254

    @darenstroud6254

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Mystress1980 I remember that song. Always had fun when it came on. By 3rd Base. But I believe that song came out in the 90's.

  • @FortisKnight

    @FortisKnight

    Жыл бұрын

    Truer words are seldom spoken

  • @SithCelia

    @SithCelia

    11 ай бұрын

    @@Potrimpo As far as I'm concerned, of all the fantastic music to come out of the '80s, "Safety Dance" is one of my main songs for the soundtrack of that decade.

  • @Roaddawg240
    @Roaddawg240 Жыл бұрын

    Bruce Willis - Respect Yourself, Jack Wagner - All I Need, Michael Sembello -Maniac, and 'Til Tuesday - Voices Carry were also great songs

  • @christopherdieudonne

    @christopherdieudonne

    Жыл бұрын

    I love "Voices Carry". One of my all time faves. Til Tuesday"s follow up "Looking Over My Shoulder" was pretty good also. Unfortunately it didn't make as much splash as "Voices Carry".

  • @jasongibbins6484

    @jasongibbins6484

    Жыл бұрын

    Bruce Willis also covered Under the boardwalk so he doesn’t classify as a one hit wonder

  • @jamespohl-md2eq

    @jamespohl-md2eq

    11 ай бұрын

    @@jasongibbins6484This is about the billboard top 100. Charting at 59 isn’t a hit.

  • @Turanga1i1a
    @Turanga1i1a Жыл бұрын

    Yes, Nena's 99 Luftballons needed a place on this list. Still a good list with my nostalgic memories. A one hit wonder that happens to be one of my all time favorites, but has fallen off the map is Chilliwack's My Girl.

  • @Kiara_Kat

    @Kiara_Kat

    11 ай бұрын

    Neither Nena or Chilliwack are one hit wonders, they had more than one hit song. That’s why they’re not on the list.

  • @Musicalfan69420

    @Musicalfan69420

    11 ай бұрын

    I know I love that song nena is cool

  • @richardtrude7562

    @richardtrude7562

    9 ай бұрын

    Nena is still performing today and still has a voice that makes you want to learn German.

  • @howlingbreeze7078

    @howlingbreeze7078

    3 ай бұрын

    but only the original in German the English one literately makes no sense

  • @tonytygrrHI

    @tonytygrrHI

    3 ай бұрын

    I remember Rick Moranis, Eugene Levy and John Candy singing "She's Gone" on SCTV! Recess Monkeys!!

  • @randymcmullen538
    @randymcmullen538 Жыл бұрын

    Just the diversity of popular music in the 80’s was awesome… older, younger, cheesy one hit wonders, hair bands, etc… every person had a chance to make great music no matter what they looked like… the 80’s were the last decade that was that open, with variety, with just plain great music…

  • @benvan-ness1030

    @benvan-ness1030

    Жыл бұрын

    I know really. Miss that today radio wants to play all song writers who is 15 to 21 mostly and they aren't as good.

  • @cindywells9119

    @cindywells9119

    Жыл бұрын

    As someone who lived through the 80s, the one qualifier was that it couldn’t be disco, at least not overtly. There was such a huge backlash to that, as it had been so overly popular during the late 70s to the point of running that into the ground (I still remember the chants of “Disco sucks!”). However, there were a lot of highly creative musicians who managed to include elements of disco, but make it just enough different from the more formulaic versions that they got away with it. As I was born in 1970, all of my preteen and teenage years were then, and I think the songs that you listen to and love during that period of life tend to stick with you the longest because of the memories associated with them. But I can’t argue against it being an excellent period for music overall.

  • @ZbergFan

    @ZbergFan

    11 ай бұрын

    Best decade of music ever and I’ll die on this hill

  • @cindywells9119
    @cindywells9119 Жыл бұрын

    An excellent one that was missed was “Waiting for a Star to Fall” by Boy Meets Girl (1988), which I think qualifies as a one-hit wonder.

  • @MickeyKnox

    @MickeyKnox

    Жыл бұрын

    great song

  • @httr94

    @httr94

    Жыл бұрын

    Absolutely should've been on this list

  • @whenfatkillsfat803

    @whenfatkillsfat803

    Жыл бұрын

    Speaking of 1988, Piano in the Dark by Brenda Russell.

  • @soultraveler394

    @soultraveler394

    Жыл бұрын

    Yesss! Was going to comment that until I saw yours. 🌠

  • @CodeBleu724

    @CodeBleu724

    Жыл бұрын

    Love that song. Good call Cindy.

  • @mygreywolf
    @mygreywolf Жыл бұрын

    Who else was surprised that The Buggles "Video Killed the Radio Star" wasn't #1?

  • @timothym2241

    @timothym2241

    11 ай бұрын

    I believe it was pre 80’s.

  • @bobthebear1246

    @bobthebear1246

    Ай бұрын

    That song was recorded and originally released as a single in 1979.

  • @ruthharris9664
    @ruthharris9664 Жыл бұрын

    80s was a great decade for music

  • @hayleymariemills
    @hayleymariemills Жыл бұрын

    The 80's "one hit wonders" are more recognized even today than any other genre of "one hit wonders". And they'll never age badly.

  • @mikekaraoke

    @mikekaraoke

    Жыл бұрын

    Some of these in general are not 1 hit wonders though!

  • @mikekaraoke

    @mikekaraoke

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Discoball_Glitter Exactly, well said!

  • @guessundheit6494

    @guessundheit6494

    Жыл бұрын

    @@mikekaraoke Yanks "think" the world revolves around them, so they ignore long careers in other countries. Martha & The Muffins had many more hits than "Echo Beach".

  • @mikekaraoke

    @mikekaraoke

    Жыл бұрын

    @@guessundheit6494 Actually not all of them do, but I do get your point! Yeah they did, where you from?

  • @guessundheit6494

    @guessundheit6494

    Жыл бұрын

    @@mikekaraoke Canada. Because of US and UK attitudes towards Canadian music and CanCon laws (radio was required to play 33% home grown), other countries didn't give it much airplay. There was plenty of chart topping music at home that was never heard abroad. The Payola$ were huge, but outside the country, the only member you've heard of is Bob Rock - as a producer.

  • @leesashriber5097
    @leesashriber5097 Жыл бұрын

    My decade!!! Best music and decade to be in. Graduated in '86. I remember every one of these hits. After all, it was when MTV actually played music. ❤😉

  • @manueltapia1859

    @manueltapia1859

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes even I was born in 82 still remember these hits were constant running on tv and radio. Miss those days now MTV sucks really

  • @marialemos1495

    @marialemos1495

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@manueltapia1859 couldn't agree with you more!

  • @joshua3282

    @joshua3282

    Жыл бұрын

    My momma graduated in 86 also

  • @gaymer559
    @gaymer559 Жыл бұрын

    Something a lot of people don't know about Martika's Toy Soldier is that she wrote it herself and it was written because her friend was battling a cocaine addiction. Her friend did go on to beat his addiction but that's what the meaning behind those lyrics are. It was also only her third song she wrote and the other 2 were lighthearted songs. This is by far one of my most memorable songs from my childhood.

  • @robertfletcher
    @robertfletcher Жыл бұрын

    They probably need a part 2 of this category. I can think of a few more one-hit wonders that could have easily made this list, such as Jonny Hate's Jazz's "Shattered Dreams", Soft Cell's "Tainted Love", Breath's "Hands to Heaven" (well maybe they were a two-hit wonder), The Dream Academy's "Life in a Northern Town", Berlin's "Take My Breath Away", etc.

  • @ryandonovan5895

    @ryandonovan5895

    11 ай бұрын

    No More Words hit #23 on the Billboard Hot 100 two years before Take My Breath Away came out. Sex (I'm A) and The Metro also charted (40-60 range). Guess it depends on what you consider a "hit"...but Take my Breath hit #1, so definitely their biggest hit :o)

  • @luciekleen3240

    @luciekleen3240

    11 ай бұрын

    Johnny hates Jazz had also a hit with Turn Back The Clock so not a one day wonder hit.

  • @herbschmitt

    @herbschmitt

    11 ай бұрын

    Actually Berlin also did a song called "No More Words"

  • @MezMcG

    @MezMcG

    8 ай бұрын

    Soft Cell weren't one hit wonders. Not in the UK anyway. I see so many UK bands that were never OHW in the UK on these sorts of montages.

  • @markastoforoff7838
    @markastoforoff7838 Жыл бұрын

    "Walking on Sunshine" by Katrina and the Waves, "Life in a Northern Town" by the Dream Academy, and while technically not a one hit wonder because the song hit big in two different languages it's essentially the same song"99 Red Balloons" or "99 Luft Balloons" by Nena.

  • @mikeortiz6008
    @mikeortiz6008 Жыл бұрын

    These 80s songs always make me smile when I still hear them today! If they don't make you smile from the cheesiness then your lying to yourself.

  • @christophersmith3342
    @christophersmith3342 Жыл бұрын

    How did "I Can Dream About You " by Dan Hartman, "Sunglasses at Night " by Corey Hart, and "Somebody's Watching Me" by Rockwell miss the cut?

  • @Kiara_Kat

    @Kiara_Kat

    11 ай бұрын

    Do you need an explanation of what “one hit wonder“ means? In addition to “I Can Dream About You“ (1984), Dan Hartman had two other songs that charted: “Instant Replay” in 1978, and “Relight My Fire” in 1979. Rockwell had six other songs in addition to “Somebody’s Watching Me” that made various charts in the US and in the UK. And Corey Hart? In addition to “Sunglasses at Night“, Corey had NINE other songs that charted. One of them, “Never Surrender” (1985), charted at #3 on Billboard’s Hot 100, 4 positions higher than ‘Sunglasses at Night”, which only reached #7. I’m not going to list his other songs songs that charted, look it up. A “one hit wonder” is exactly that… an artist/band who only had ONE song make the charts, any chart. Clearly Dan Hartman, Rockwell and Corey Hart are NOT one hit wonders.

  • @herbschmitt

    @herbschmitt

    11 ай бұрын

    Corey Hart also did a song called "Never Surrender" so he's not a one-hit wonder

  • @Musicalfan69420

    @Musicalfan69420

    11 ай бұрын

    I know the last two songs

  • @BabyMonkeyDefender

    @BabyMonkeyDefender

    10 ай бұрын

    Sadness surrounds I can dream about you for me. I became a wife and mother while this song was all over the place. I didn't spend a lot of time listening to much music that didn't have a sesame street tune most of the time 🤭 I Can Dream About You was one of the last songs I loved before I got married. I do remember it was 1994, (I believe), when he passed from cancer. He wasn't a one hit wonder at all. Go look him up, I'm sure you'll find a ton credits to his name, and way more info than I can recall off the top of my head. He had an impressive career with some of the best of the best. Edgar Winter for one. He really was a talented musician/don't writer. If he hadn't gotten sick, I bet he'd still be busy to this day. ☹️

  • @BabyMonkeyDefender

    @BabyMonkeyDefender

    10 ай бұрын

    ​@@Kiara_Kat Do you need an explaination about what show some class and not be a judgy little snob?

  • @angelh1743
    @angelh17433 ай бұрын

    Shannon "Let The Music Play" is still a banger. Went to my cousin's daughter sweet 16 party 2 weeks ago, and this song came on. The teens got on the dance floor. I heard one teen say this song is fire. That made me smile.

  • @Poppaea-Sabina
    @Poppaea-Sabina10 ай бұрын

    Obsession was HUGE in the 80s. It was on every radio station and on MTV twice every hour.

  • @classicerynn8452
    @classicerynn8452 Жыл бұрын

    Martika's "Toy Soldiers" is a classic! ❤️👍🏼 Cutting Crew's songs are classic 80s prom songs ❤️👍🏼

  • @wanderingyoutube

    @wanderingyoutube

    Жыл бұрын

    Cutting Crew's song is hard to cover. Just look at number and quality of them. That makes it more iconic

  • @jasongibbins6484

    @jasongibbins6484

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah but Toy Soldiers is not a one hit wonder, she also had a hit with a song written by Prince’Love, thy will be done’

  • @whenfatkillsfat803

    @whenfatkillsfat803

    Жыл бұрын

    @@jasongibbins6484 Her follow up song suffered from coming out the same time as the San Fran quake, hence the title.

  • @Donegal62

    @Donegal62

    11 ай бұрын

    I always loved "Toy Soldiers." When I actually found out the meaning of the song, I loved it even more.

  • @tonycowin

    @tonycowin

    11 ай бұрын

    Brilliant song but my favourite is Martika's Kitchen.

  • @luciekleen3240
    @luciekleen324011 ай бұрын

    This list brings back so many memories. The 80's had the best music.

  • @vhagerty
    @vhagerty Жыл бұрын

    The reason the 80s has some of the greatest music is because new technology was emerging and artists were experimenting with it. Every genre of music was throwing everything at the wall to see what would stick. That's what made it fun! We were the guinea pigs and it was awesome! 😊

  • @davidponseigo8811
    @davidponseigo8811 Жыл бұрын

    I was a teen and in high school during the 80's and University in the early 90's and married by 1999 and I totally believe they were the best decades for rock and pop music. They were the soundtrack of my life.

  • @manchesterunitedno7
    @manchesterunitedno7 Жыл бұрын

    Shannon's Let The Music Play was arguably the first top ten hit of sub-genre Freestyle. A rising music style born out of the urban dance floor on The East Coast in the 80s.

  • @lexkanyima2195

    @lexkanyima2195

    Жыл бұрын

    A big bang

  • @CodeBleu724

    @CodeBleu724

    Жыл бұрын

    It's highly respected in the Techno/Electro camp as well.

  • @getchakrayon
    @getchakrayon Жыл бұрын

    Damn I miss the 80's! Literally the playlist of my high school years.

  • @garyhope2

    @garyhope2

    2 ай бұрын

    And my almost middle age years. I was still rocking. And not in a rocking chair. LOL

  • @melilondon
    @melilondon Жыл бұрын

    Taylor Dayne "Tell It To My Heart" was and still is my jam!!!

  • @christopherdieudonne

    @christopherdieudonne

    Жыл бұрын

    Oh yeah, "Tell it to My Heart" is an awesome song ! It's so much fun !!

  • @whenfatkillsfat803

    @whenfatkillsfat803

    Жыл бұрын

    Not a one hit wonder and she even hit number one a few years later with Love Will Lead You Back. You're right about the song, though.

  • @Donegal62

    @Donegal62

    11 ай бұрын

    Yep, that's a goodie.

  • @RyanS32

    @RyanS32

    11 ай бұрын

    I LOVE to sing this song at kareoke!!!

  • @garyhope2

    @garyhope2

    2 ай бұрын

    Love, love Love Ms. Dayne.

  • @billfryer5911
    @billfryer5911 Жыл бұрын

    "Come on, Eileen" and "One Night in Bangkok" are #1 and #1A one-hit wonders for me, so I haven't forgotten that they're AWESOME. 😁

  • @TheWarmachine375
    @TheWarmachine375 Жыл бұрын

    80s music are a blast in the past.

  • @chasehedges6775

    @chasehedges6775

    Жыл бұрын

    Yep. They still slap

  • @NotThatGuy_YepThatGuy
    @NotThatGuy_YepThatGuy Жыл бұрын

    Having only seen the preview, I can tell you Dexie's Midnight runners has not been forgotten in our household. Our kid under 5 years old loves it

  • @jfitz330

    @jfitz330

    Жыл бұрын

    Also not a one hit wonder. Geno was also a big hit

  • @toomanyjstoomanyrs1705

    @toomanyjstoomanyrs1705

    11 ай бұрын

    I dated a lady who's sister at 18 had the mind of an 8 year old. The 8 year old's name was Eileen. I would sing her the chorus: come on Eileen......

  • @kimberlysimpson3632

    @kimberlysimpson3632

    11 ай бұрын

    My son loves Break My Stride

  • @warriorsfan19
    @warriorsfan19 Жыл бұрын

    I'm surprised that Falco's "Rock Me Amadeus" wasn't on this list. I would've thought it would be Top 10 at least.

  • @lesliegolding7159

    @lesliegolding7159

    Жыл бұрын

    Falco has had other hits including Der Kommissar, Vienna Calling, and Jeanny. Definitely not a one hit wonder.

  • @warriorsfan19

    @warriorsfan19

    Жыл бұрын

    @@lesliegolding7159 This is true. However, they were referring to those that were in the Billboard charts in the US. Falco is mostly remembered for that one song. Ergo, in the US, he would be deemed a one-hit wonder. Side note: He was even listed on 100 Greatest One-Hit Wonders 20 years ago on VH1.

  • @happycheese4u32
    @happycheese4u32 Жыл бұрын

    T'Pau's Heart and Soul still gets a lot of play on my iPod. Even my young kids love it.

  • @stereohype1

    @stereohype1

    Жыл бұрын

    T'Pau may have been a 1 hit wonder in America but they had several huge hits in many other countries...especially with China In Your Hand which was even bigger than Heart and Soul. That being said, I love that your kids dig them. The band are still putting out new music. Check their newer songs on KZread etc like "Run" and "Be Wonderful" and "Guess Who's Sorry Now"

  • @catmom11
    @catmom1111 ай бұрын

    Taco’s performance of “Putting on the Ritz” reminds me of one of my favorite actors, Tim Curry. His eyes and smile does it for me.❤

  • @mikecampingforfun5226
    @mikecampingforfun522611 ай бұрын

    A lot of these songs remind me of me hitting the clubs early to mid-80s. Now I'm a retired old man

  • @mikecampingforfun5226

    @mikecampingforfun5226

    6 ай бұрын

    I'm in the same boat with you.

  • @garyhope2

    @garyhope2

    2 ай бұрын

    Unfortunately I know the feeling.

  • @Cokoshea
    @Cokoshea11 ай бұрын

    I'd include Life in a Northern Town (Dream Academy) and The Promise (When in Rome).

  • @sprintmademe
    @sprintmademe11 ай бұрын

    I completely forgot Eddie Murphy sang Party all the Time. Man I miss the 80's but so glad I grew up in that time period.

  • @kristennelson3190
    @kristennelson319011 ай бұрын

    I love - love, love, Love - "She's Like the Wind". Absolutely gorgeous.☺️

  • @stevenpatrick6806
    @stevenpatrick680611 ай бұрын

    Peter Schilling's Major Tom, Nena's 99 Red Balloons and Voices Carry by Til Tuesday belong in this list.

  • @leonoranicolaysen2784

    @leonoranicolaysen2784

    7 ай бұрын

    99 luftballoons was the most mesmerizing video ever!

  • @beckiwilliams5424
    @beckiwilliams5424 Жыл бұрын

    Under The Milky Way by the Church is still one of my favorite songs.

  • @jmsl_910

    @jmsl_910

    9 ай бұрын

    absolutely!

  • @lyndao320
    @lyndao320 Жыл бұрын

    C'mon "Come on Eileen" should have been number1!! Plus my very favorite one hit wonder of all time "Walking on Sunshine" by Katrina and the Waves should be on the list.

  • @DJParticle
    @DJParticle Жыл бұрын

    Others I would have listed include: Starpoint - “Object of My Desire” (1986) Pseudo Echo - “Funkytown” (1987) Jermaine Stewart - “We Don’t Have To Take Our Clothes Off” (1987) And freakin’ PAC-MAN FEVER!! Buckner & Garcia 1982 Also, years before Fergie, Martika was the first alum from “Kids Incorporated” to make it big. 😊

  • @CodeBleu724

    @CodeBleu724

    Жыл бұрын

    The whole Pac-Man Fever album had a song about a particular arcade game... Do The Donkey Kong Froggy's Lament Goin' Bezerk Centipede Hyperspace ...catchy tunes.

  • @SithCelia

    @SithCelia

    11 ай бұрын

    OMG, "Funkytown" was such a catchy jam that I made sure to have it on one of my mix tapes. I also remember that Jermaine Stewart song from my elementary school days as being something which promoted a more wholesome idea of young love. It's like he was letting us pre-teens know that we didn't have to get sexual if we weren't ready. Such innocent times!

  • @Texaslawhorn

    @Texaslawhorn

    11 ай бұрын

    I loved "Kids Incorporated" as a kid!

  • @ernestlindsey1305

    @ernestlindsey1305

    4 ай бұрын

    Excuse Me !!!! Funkytown (1980) was by Lipps Inc.. The COVER by Pseudo Echo was (1986)

  • @TheWarmachine375
    @TheWarmachine375 Жыл бұрын

    They may be one hit wonders but they're memorable and catchy.

  • @briandoyle3507
    @briandoyle3507 Жыл бұрын

    Gosh,I miss the 80's!!

  • @ewok40k
    @ewok40k Жыл бұрын

    That's the music of my teen years! Never will I forget!

  • @Bo_D_Hansen
    @Bo_D_Hansen Жыл бұрын

    I have NEVER forgotten these one hit wonders. In fact, I listen to lots of 1980's music to this day because it's much better than that crappy music, which is being made today 1️⃣9️⃣8️⃣0️⃣'s 🎵🎶🎶🎵 forever ❤

  • @macmanmpls
    @macmanmpls Жыл бұрын

    The entire album for Don Johnson's Heartbeat is awesome. Give it a listen. It just flows. This was when an album had 10 tracks (5side a, 5 side b) and it needed to have a concept. One of my favorites even today in 2023.

  • @marigold3208

    @marigold3208

    Жыл бұрын

    Absolutely agree with you! I bought it when it came out and I love it as much today.

  • @alexanderreznikov2682
    @alexanderreznikov2682 Жыл бұрын

    What is it about the Eighties music that always gets my attention?! It's a mystery that I cannot explain. All I can say is every time I see an Eighties music video or hear a song from that period, they "speak" to me, and I feel an instant connection. Again, there are no words to describe it.

  • @sonjavanessa8165

    @sonjavanessa8165

    Жыл бұрын

    I guess that happens to a lot of people... my sister was born in 2002 and my mum always listens to 80s music and now my little sister loves all the songs too 🙃

  • @ladykoiwolfe
    @ladykoiwolfe Жыл бұрын

    So many good songs. And quite a few weird ones too. I loved Black Velvet so much growing up, but I never imagined the singer was Canadian. I always thought it was a southern blues lady. I remember Hush Hush Heart to Heart too. I loved that so much. Jenny got the way numbers in media could be used changed. Too many angry homeowners with that number. But everyone knew it by heart. Two of Hearts was just fun to listen to. It's kind of a shame we didn't give Eddie a real shot, he probably could have given us something much better. Patrick Swayze really did melt out hearts...and then he sang that too... I don't know how we coped. Too Shy is still pretty wonderful. I don't know if we really understood Toy Soldiers at the time, but we definitely did love it. Of course. We had a very definite idea of what "I just died in your arms Tonight" actually meant.

  • @jonstreng7850
    @jonstreng7850 Жыл бұрын

    The one that first came to my mind - I Ran So Far Away - Flock of Seagulls.

  • @Pango5697

    @Pango5697

    11 ай бұрын

    They had another hit. Space Age Love Song which was by far a better song than I Ran.

  • @Toledotourbillion
    @Toledotourbillion Жыл бұрын

    Man the 80's was awesome.❤

  • @chasehedges6775
    @chasehedges6775 Жыл бұрын

    80s music is some of the best music out there, along with 90s and 2000s music

  • @trinaq

    @trinaq

    Жыл бұрын

    Preach, these three decades are the pinnacle of classic music!

  • @jamiestauffer3700

    @jamiestauffer3700

    Жыл бұрын

    Totally agree 👍

  • @blakdrago7202

    @blakdrago7202

    Жыл бұрын

    Facts

  • @iraford5788

    @iraford5788

    Жыл бұрын

    While I agree those are the best decades of music every decade has it's fair share of great and bad music.

  • @joshua3282

    @joshua3282

    Жыл бұрын

    You ain't lying on that

  • @stevegallo8483
    @stevegallo8483 Жыл бұрын

    "Toy Soldiers" is her biggest hit, but Martika is anything but a one hit wonder. Other acts in this list aren't one hit wonders either: Cutting Crew, Quarterflash and Stacey Q all come to mind.

  • @DJParticle

    @DJParticle

    Жыл бұрын

    I know. No one remembers “Take Me To Heart “?

  • @stevegallo8483

    @stevegallo8483

    Жыл бұрын

    @@DJParticle Or "Find Another Fool".

  • @CodeBleu724

    @CodeBleu724

    Жыл бұрын

    "More Than You Know" was Martika's first single. It was a minor hit in 1989 and I remember it well. I was a senior in high school then.

  • @stevegallo8483

    @stevegallo8483

    Жыл бұрын

    @@CodeBleu724 True, and Love...Thy Will Be Done off her second album was a top 10 hit.

  • @kristinburke5849
    @kristinburke5849 Жыл бұрын

    Hey Mickey by Toni Basil should have been on this list.

  • @yolandagarcia-qt1le
    @yolandagarcia-qt1le Жыл бұрын

    Gotta love the 80's! Listen to it all the time! 👌👌👌

  • @canadianbrothercanadianbro1255
    @canadianbrothercanadianbro1255 Жыл бұрын

    Best Decade Ever.

  • @JD-pr2hu
    @JD-pr2hu11 ай бұрын

    I can’t believe Soft Cell’s “Tainted Love” wasn’t on the list!

  • @leonoranicolaysen2784

    @leonoranicolaysen2784

    7 ай бұрын

    Tainted Love was actually the title of a seminar by my psych professor. I still chuckle!

  • @caseymacmacl7463
    @caseymacmacl7463 Жыл бұрын

    For my fellow Canadians, you missed Mitsou!! Bye Bye Mon Cowboy is legendary! There's also "Walk the Dinosaur" by Was Not Was, "I never promised you a rose garden" by Kon Kan, "The Safety Dance" by Men Without Hats, "I Do What I Do" (theme song to 9 1/2 weeks) which was a solo song by John Taylor of Duran Duran. If you want 2-hit Wonders there's T'Pau with "Heart and Soul" and "China In Your Hands". A compilation of TWO hit wonders would also be cool if you're looking for a new topic.

  • @sovietonion72

    @sovietonion72

    Жыл бұрын

    I call them 2 hit terrors.

  • @timjoad

    @timjoad

    Жыл бұрын

    Men without Hats were a 2 hit wonder. "Pop Goes the World" was nowhere near as big but it DID chart

  • @birgitangermair4483

    @birgitangermair4483

    Жыл бұрын

    Oh yes, "I do what I do" with JT singing ... I always wondered why the hell he did that, this song was so, so bad😃😃😃

  • @henriettechristensen2135

    @henriettechristensen2135

    Жыл бұрын

    I would NEVER consider Was Not Was a one-hit-wonder..... Their version of "Papa was a rollin' stone" is one of the most funky songs on planet Earth.... For starters...

  • @timjoad

    @timjoad

    Жыл бұрын

    @@henriettechristensen2135 thanks. Gonna look that up!

  • @jessicafallen9778
    @jessicafallen9778 Жыл бұрын

    80s was amazing best decade ever

  • @ChibiProwl
    @ChibiProwl Жыл бұрын

    One Night in Bangkok, No Easy Way Out, Tarzan Boy, and Black Velvet are my favorite one hit wonders.

  • @themadwomanskitchen9732
    @themadwomanskitchen973211 ай бұрын

    Thank you for this walk down memory lane, Mojo! The '80's we're my teen years, so I have strong feelings connected to these songs.

  • @boke75
    @boke752 ай бұрын

    Tarzan Boy was a HUGE HUGE hit in Quebec in '86. One radio station played ONLY that song on repeat for 24 hrs !

  • @georgeh6856
    @georgeh685611 ай бұрын

    Some of these were quite obscure. "Maniac" by Michael Sambello and "Life in a Northern Town" by The Dream Academy are two more widely known one-hit wonders from the 1980s.

  • @nathangriffin3873
    @nathangriffin3873 Жыл бұрын

    Sniff and the Tears (Drivers Seat) is still one of my favorite 80's one hit wonders

  • @carlycarmine3858

    @carlycarmine3858

    Жыл бұрын

    That's from the 70s

  • @darktoadone5068
    @darktoadone506811 ай бұрын

    What about 1983, Sunglasses at night by Corey Hart? That was a huge hit that year and all over the radio.

  • @jeffb.6642
    @jeffb.6642 Жыл бұрын

    Dexy's Midnight Runners were so overlooked that the Be Sharps won a Grammy instead

  • @movadopika
    @movadopika Жыл бұрын

    Much better selections than some previous list videos, these were more on the mark, nicely done!

  • @bobstewart8032
    @bobstewart8032 Жыл бұрын

    I always liked Melt With You by Modern English.

  • @christopherdieudonne

    @christopherdieudonne

    Жыл бұрын

    Me too !!

  • @craigradl5929
    @craigradl59292 ай бұрын

    FINALLY! Obsession from Animotion makes one of your lists. I've been waiting for this for ages...

  • @mlkoenen
    @mlkoenen Жыл бұрын

    I was so sure Eddie Grant's "Electric Avenue" would be on here! Not gonna lie, I was disappointed that it wasn't included.

  • @BobGolob
    @BobGolob Жыл бұрын

    Stacey Q, so awesome song.

  • @death5talker45
    @death5talker45 Жыл бұрын

    You missed the Best One Hit Wonder... The Outfield: Your Love..Great Song

  • @threeputtpar6927

    @threeputtpar6927

    Жыл бұрын

    I wouldn't call them one hit wonders, get their compilation CD Big Innings and you'll know at least 6 of the songs that were on the top 100 list

  • @kittensanddaisies5615

    @kittensanddaisies5615

    Жыл бұрын

    I love The Outfield!

  • @Jennifer-rp2sh
    @Jennifer-rp2sh Жыл бұрын

    I haven't forgotten any of these! Three of them I never knew existed, however. And God knows I certainly TRIED to forget Don Johnson's "Heartbeat".

  • @jf6853
    @jf6853 Жыл бұрын

    To this day, I remember buying Tarzan boy on tape at a market (mother paid for it) when released (i was in Spain on holiday as a young boy). Good ole days!

  • @ThatOneGuyWeAllKnow
    @ThatOneGuyWeAllKnow Жыл бұрын

    Out of the 20 songs I have 18 of these on my phone I regularly listen to.

  • @mojo3318

    @mojo3318

    Жыл бұрын

    Nice!

  • @lexkanyima2195

    @lexkanyima2195

    Жыл бұрын

    Awesome

  • @macmanmpls
    @macmanmpls Жыл бұрын

    Alannah Myle's album is another one that great from start to finish. There were some great songs on this list. Cutting Crew's album was another one that was great start to finish. I miss the way albums had a plan back in the day.

  • @cgluck
    @cgluck Жыл бұрын

    Actually, I liked a lot of Quarterflash songs. And in Canada, Alannah Myles has entire greatest hits CD. And the songs are great. And Cutting Crews album was so good too. I almost wore out the album playing it so much.

  • @whenfatkillsfat803

    @whenfatkillsfat803

    Жыл бұрын

    Take Me to Heart was a hit in 1983.

  • @ayanoandrews7407
    @ayanoandrews7407 Жыл бұрын

    Johnny Hates Jazz - Shattered Dreams: Their only number 1 hit, but by no means the only fantastic tune from this 80s team.

  • @mmsiphonevinyls1027

    @mmsiphonevinyls1027

    10 ай бұрын

    A good call yes. Theyre a bit better remembered in the UK, as I still hear Shattered Dreams and I Don’t Wanna Be A Hero on radio quite a bit.

  • @paulie609
    @paulie60910 ай бұрын

    Great job with the list!

  • @1961OnRock
    @1961OnRock2 ай бұрын

    Many great songs on the list such as Under the Milky Way tonight. Break My Stride makes me want to take an ice pick to my ear drum. Don Johnson & Eddie Murphy's songs are best forgotten.

  • @chrisstorms7511
    @chrisstorms7511 Жыл бұрын

    Party All The Time is still a jam. I listen to it fairly often.

  • @doclewis8927
    @doclewis8927 Жыл бұрын

    Calling Stacey Q's vocals "warm" tells me that whoever wrote the script didn't know what her singing sounded like.

  • @bbrown333

    @bbrown333

    Жыл бұрын

    Right!

  • @hernandomunoz1726
    @hernandomunoz17265 ай бұрын

    Two hits wonders: Dexy's midnight runners (Celtic soul brothers), Stacey Q (We connect), Martika (More than you know), Alannah Myles (Love is)

  • @trinaq
    @trinaq Жыл бұрын

    These songs make me want to power up my Delorean and hightail it back to the 80's! Would anyone else like to come along? 😉🚗♥️

  • @theoriginalThud

    @theoriginalThud

    Жыл бұрын

    Sure! …. But why are things so heavy in the future? Is there a problem with the Earth's gravitational pull?

  • @hayleymariemills

    @hayleymariemills

    Жыл бұрын

    I'll join you! If there's ever a way to travel time, 80's would be my first choice!

  • @noemistephanie93

    @noemistephanie93

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes please

  • @AnonymouslyOpinionated
    @AnonymouslyOpinionated Жыл бұрын

    Eddie Murphy’s song “Put Your Mouth on Me” was not only a top forty hit on the Hot 100, it charted higher on the R & B Chart than “Party All the Time.”

  • @kevinbarnard3502
    @kevinbarnard350211 ай бұрын

    The real reason One Night in Bangkok was so catchy is that it [ and the play Chess] was written by the duo responsible for making '70s disco evolve into '80s pop: Benny Anderssen and Bjorn Ulvaeus--the two "B"s of ABBA.

  • @Igor-di6sy
    @Igor-di6sy11 ай бұрын

    Thank you for putting Taco on this list! It was one of the most popular songs in Eastern Europe when i was growing up:)

  • @taylorwatts9391
    @taylorwatts9391 Жыл бұрын

    After the Fire with the song ‘Der Kommissar’ was one I rediscovered and it was awesome!!!

  • @lesliegolding7159

    @lesliegolding7159

    Жыл бұрын

    Falco did the original in German.

  • @wendyodell356
    @wendyodell356 Жыл бұрын

    I loved this list! Love the music ones. Any years are great. Please do other years, too.

  • @AngeloAmosPhotography
    @AngeloAmosPhotography Жыл бұрын

    Absolutely loved that dose of Nostalgia 😊 Thanks

  • @juliemcarthur3004
    @juliemcarthur30049 ай бұрын

    Miss the eighties

  • @carrieq8911
    @carrieq891110 ай бұрын

    none of these songs have slipped my mind, i grew up with them and they all bring back childhood memories...

  • @jschnabl85
    @jschnabl85 Жыл бұрын

    One criminally underrated one-hit-wonder is 1983’s “Belly of the Whale” by Burning Sensations. That song is laden with Caribbean sounds, sax solos, guitar riffs, and nautical sounds. Another lost hit that still holds up.

  • @shawn1928

    @shawn1928

    Жыл бұрын

    @Jared Schnabl thanks for sharing. had never heard this one before!

  • @shawn1928

    @shawn1928

    Жыл бұрын

    @@jschnabl85 very cool piece of Disney trivia! I'll definitely be checking this band out

  • @jschnabl85

    @jschnabl85

    Жыл бұрын

    @@shawn1928 the sax solo at the end of the song is what sells it. Sax solos, much like VCR’s and heavy cell phones, is something from the 80s that for some reason, don’t exist in music anymore.

  • @shawn1928

    @shawn1928

    Жыл бұрын

    @@jschnabl85 I wholeheartedly agree ☺️

  • @mikenichols3965
    @mikenichols396511 ай бұрын

    How 'bout China by Red Rockers? 😊 Oh, how could I forget Mexican Radio by Wall of Voodoo! Someone in this thread already mentioned the excellent Belly of the Whale by Burning Sensations. And maybe not a big enough hit to make the list: Nowhere Girl by B Movie (the 12" version).

  • @lp-xl9ld
    @lp-xl9ld Жыл бұрын

    Man did this bring back memories

  • @tinaanderson7283
    @tinaanderson728311 ай бұрын

    My childhood in music basically.

  • @lisadolan689
    @lisadolan689 Жыл бұрын

    The CHURCH are an amazing band and are absolutely fantastic live

  • @HariOmRadhaKrishna

    @HariOmRadhaKrishna

    11 ай бұрын

    Of all the bands on this list, I think that The Church is the only one that played live (CA festival) last month.

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