One Hit Wonders Of The 80's posted 10/19/2007 7:49:32 AM | 2 kudos what's this?     report abuse

smurrell03

These are songs that were one hit wonders in the 1980's.

I wrote a number of them down, looked up others at a Billboard site, and went to the VH1 website to confirm the dates.

I know I'm probably leaving out numerous good ones, so feel free to add any.

Funkytown---Lipps, Inc.---1980
"Won't you take me to Funkytown"....where exactly is that?

Turning Japanese---The Vapors---1980
I was always told this was a song about masturbation, but I don't know. If it is, then I turn Japanese quite often.

Rapper's Delight---The Sugar Hill Gang---1980
The original rap song.

Whip It---Devo---1980
Those hats were kind of freaky.

Double Dutch Bus---Frankie Smith---1981
Can anybody sing along with this one, all the way through?

Believe It Or Not---Joey Scarbury---1981
Theme song from "The Greatest American Hero"

I Want Candy---Bow Wow Wow---1982

Tainted Love---Soft Cell---1982

Pac-Man Fever---Buckner & Garcia---1982
I admit, I had the album!

I Know What Boys Like---Waitresses---1982
First heard this song on the movie "The Last American Virgin".

Mickey---Toni Basil---1982
She was on "Spelling Bee" recently.

Puttin' On The Ritz---Taco---1983
"Super Duper!"

She Blinded Me With Science---Thomas Dolby---1983

Too Shy---Kajagoogoo---1983

Come On Eileen---Dexy's Midnight Riders---1983

Der Kommissar---After The Fire---1983
I never undertood any of the words in this song, with the exception of "Oh Oh".

99 Luftballons---Nena---1984

Perfect Way---Scritti Politti---1985
I always liked this song.

Rumors---Timex Social Club---1986

I Wanna Be A Cowboy---Boys Don't Cry---1986
"I wanna be a cowboy...and you can be my cowgirl"...basically, that was the entire song...lol

The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades---Timbuk 3---1986

Breakout---Swing Out Sister---1987

Heart And Soul---T'Pau---1987

Hot, Hot, Hot---Buster Poindexter---1987
Actually, this should be thrown out, as Poindexter had a Christmas hit with "Is That You Santa Claus?"

Fascinated---Company B---1987
"I'm fascinated by your love toy". You gotta like that!

Love Changes Everything---Climie Fisher---1988
I'm commented on this song before. One of the ten most underrated songs of all-time.

Pump Up The Volume---M/A/R/R/S---1988

Don't Worry, Be Happy---Bobby McFerrin---1988
He hasn't sung this song in a decade.

Rock On---Michael Damian---1989
Wasn't this guy on "Young & The Restless"? Involved with Cricket, I believe.

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