Hardcore troubadour 12,592 Posted October 21, 2020 12 minutes ago, edjr said: The Hooters were better. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
posty 2,296 Posted October 21, 2020 "Say it isn't so" didn't even chart... The Outfield had four other songs that were in the top 40... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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posty 2,296 Posted October 21, 2020 TOP 100 ONE HIT WONDERS Compiled by record sales, radio airplay and over 1,000 radio station listener’s surveys of all known Rock, Pop, AC and Top 40 genres from 1955 to present. https://top40weekly.com/the-top-100-one-hit-wonders/ 01. It’s Raining Men –•– The Weather Girls 02. Macarena –•– Los Del Rio 03. Relax –•– Frankie Goes to Hollywood 04. In A Big Country –•– Big Country 05. 96 Tears –•– ? & the Mysterians 06. Take On Me –•– A-Ha 07. Spirit In The Sky –•– Norman Greenbaum 08. Whip It –•– Devo 09. Harper Valley PTA –•– Jeannie C. Riley 10. I’m Too Sexy –•– Right Said Fred 11. Turning Japanese –•– The Vapors 12. Tainted Love –•– Soft Cell 13. A Girl Like You –•– Edwyn Collins 14. Achy Breaky Heart –•– Billy Ray Cyrus 15. On Feel The Noize –•– Quiet Riot 16. The Hustle –•– Van McCoy 17. I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) –•– The Proclaimers 18. Don’t Worry, Be Happy –•– Bobby McFerrin 19. Future’s So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades –•– Timbuk 3 20. Hot Child In The City –•– Nick Gilder 21. We’re Not Gonna Take It –•– Twisted Sister 22. Smokin’ In The Boy’s Room –•– Brownsville Station 23. Rock And Roll (Part 2) –•– Gary Glitter 24. What Is Love –•– Haddaway 25. Turn The Beat Around –•– Vicki Sue Robinson 26. I Touch Myself –•– Divinyls 27. More, More, More –•– Andrea True Connection 28. True –•– Spandau Ballet 29. Rock Me Amadeus –•– Falco 30. Pop Musik –•– M 31. Me And Mrs. Jones –•– Billy Paul 32. 867-5309 (Jenny) –•– Tommy Tutone 33. Lovefool –•– The Cardigans 34. Cars –•– Gary Numan 35. Puttin’ On The Ritz –•– Taco 36. Makin’ It –•– David Naughton 37. She Blinded Me With Science –•– Thomas Dolby 38. How Do You Talk To An Angel –•– The Heights 39. Lovin’ You –•– Minnie Riperton 40. It Takes Two –•– Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock 41. Seasons In The Sun –•– Terry Jacks 42. Baby Got Back –•– Sir Mix-A-Lot 43. Hot Hot Hot –•– Buster Poindexter 44. Got To Be Real –•– Cheryl Lynn 45. Too Shy –•– Kajagoogoo 46. Kung Fu Fighting –•– Carl Douglas 47. Afternoon Delight –•– Starland Vocal Band 48. Stumblin’ In –•– Suzi Quatro & Chris Norman 49. Bust A Move –•– Young M.C. 50. B!tch –•– Meredith Brooks 51. Play That Funky Music –•– Wild Cherry 52. Round And Round –•– Ratt 53. Pass The Dutchie –•– Musical Youth 54. Shaddup Your Face –•– Joe Dolce 55. I Know What Boys Like –•– The Waitresses 56. I Melt With You –•– Modern English 57. Bitter Sweet Symphony –•– The Verve 58. Tub Thumping –•– Chumbawumba 59. Electric Avenue –•– Eddy Grant 60. Don’t Give Up On Us –•– David Soul 61. Don’t Leave Me This Way –•– Thelma Houston 62. Come On Eileen –•– Dexys Midnight Runners 63. Nothing Compares 2 U –•– Sinead O’Connor 64. The Safety Dance –•– Men Without Hats 65. Somebody’s Watching Me –•– Rockwell 66. Don’t Wanna Fall In Love –•– Jane Child 67. Mickey –•– Toni Basil 68. Heart And Soul –•– T’Pau 69. What I Am –•– Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians 70. You Gotta Be –•– Des’ree 71. What’s Up –•– 4 Non Blondes 72. Whoomp! (There It Is) –•– Tag Team 73. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida –•– Iron Butterfly 74. You Light Up My Life –•– Debby Boone 75. Rebirth Of Slick (Cool Like Dat) –•– Digable Planets 76. Mambo #5 (A Little Bit Of…) –•– Lou Bega 77. I Want Candy –•– Bow Wow Wow 78. Jump Around –•– House of Pain 79. No Rain –•– Blind Melon 80. Ice Ice Baby –•– Vanilla Ice 81. You Get What You Give –•– New Radicals 82. Epic –•– Faith No More 83. Unbelieveable –•– EMF 84. Just A Friend –•– Biz Markie 85. Groove Is In The Heart –•– Deee-Lite 86. In My House –•– Mary Jane Girls 87. The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia –•– Vicki Lawrence 88. 99 Luftballons –•– Nena 89. How Bizarre –•– OMC 90. Two Of Hearts –•– Stacey Q 91. Maniac –•– Michael Sembello 92. Barbie Girl –•– Aqua 93. Convoy –•– C.W. McCall 94. Who Let The Dogs Out –•– Baha Men 95. Funkytown –•– Lipps Inc. 96. Rico Suave –•– Gerardo 97. We Don’t Have To Take Our Clothes Off –•– Jermaine Stewart 98. Genius Of Love –•– Tom Tom Club 99. Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm –•– Crash Test Dummies 100. Rapper’s Delight –•– Sugarhill Gang Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edjr 5,547 Posted October 21, 2020 8 minutes ago, posty said: "Say it isn't so" didn't even chart... The Outfield had four other songs that were in the top 40... that makes my premise any different that Josie wasn't a one hit wonder? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edjr 5,547 Posted October 21, 2020 2 minutes ago, posty said: TOP 100 ONE HIT WONDERS Compiled by record sales, radio airplay and over 1,000 radio station listener’s surveys of all known Rock, Pop, AC and Top 40 genres from 1955 to present. https://top40weekly.com/the-top-100-one-hit-wonders/ 01. It’s Raining Men –•– The Weather Girls I miss DJing and being able to play this song when a dude is acting thuper gay on the dance floor. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bert 1,087 Posted October 21, 2020 5 minutes ago, posty said: TOP 100 ONE HIT WONDERS Compiled by record sales, radio airplay and over 1,000 radio station listener’s surveys of all known Rock, Pop, AC and Top 40 genres from 1955 to present. https://top40weekly.com/the-top-100-one-hit-wonders/ 01. It’s Raining Men –•– The Weather Girls 02. Macarena –•– Los Del Rio 03. Relax –•– Frankie Goes to Hollywood 04. In A Big Country –•– Big Country 05. 96 Tears –•– ? & the Mysterians 06. Take On Me –•– A-Ha 07. Spirit In The Sky –•– Norman Greenbaum 08. Whip It –•– Devo 09. Harper Valley PTA –•– Jeannie C. Riley 10. I’m Too Sexy –•– Right Said Fred 11. Turning Japanese –•– The Vapors 12. Tainted Love –•– Soft Cell 13. A Girl Like You –•– Edwyn Collins 14. Achy Breaky Heart –•– Billy Ray Cyrus 15. On Feel The Noize –•– Quiet Riot 16. The Hustle –•– Van McCoy 17. I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) –•– The Proclaimers 18. Don’t Worry, Be Happy –•– Bobby McFerrin 19. Future’s So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades –•– Timbuk 3 20. Hot Child In The City –•– Nick Gilder 21. We’re Not Gonna Take It –•– Twisted Sister 22. Smokin’ In The Boy’s Room –•– Brownsville Station 23. Rock And Roll (Part 2) –•– Gary Glitter 24. What Is Love –•– Haddaway 25. Turn The Beat Around –•– Vicki Sue Robinson 26. I Touch Myself –•– Divinyls 27. More, More, More –•– Andrea True Connection 28. True –•– Spandau Ballet 29. Rock Me Amadeus –•– Falco 30. Pop Musik –•– M 31. Me And Mrs. Jones –•– Billy Paul 32. 867-5309 (Jenny) –•– Tommy Tutone 33. Lovefool –•– The Cardigans 34. Cars –•– Gary Numan 35. Puttin’ On The Ritz –•– Taco 36. Makin’ It –•– David Naughton 37. She Blinded Me With Science –•– Thomas Dolby 38. How Do You Talk To An Angel –•– The Heights 39. Lovin’ You –•– Minnie Riperton 40. It Takes Two –•– Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock 41. Seasons In The Sun –•– Terry Jacks 42. Baby Got Back –•– Sir Mix-A-Lot 43. Hot Hot Hot –•– Buster Poindexter 44. Got To Be Real –•– Cheryl Lynn 45. Too Shy –•– Kajagoogoo 46. Kung Fu Fighting –•– Carl Douglas 47. Afternoon Delight –•– Starland Vocal Band 48. Stumblin’ In –•– Suzi Quatro & Chris Norman 49. Bust A Move –•– Young M.C. 50. B!tch –•– Meredith Brooks 51. Play That Funky Music –•– Wild Cherry 52. Round And Round –•– Ratt 53. Pass The Dutchie –•– Musical Youth 54. Shaddup Your Face –•– Joe Dolce 55. I Know What Boys Like –•– The Waitresses 56. I Melt With You –•– Modern English 57. Bitter Sweet Symphony –•– The Verve 58. Tub Thumping –•– Chumbawumba 59. Electric Avenue –•– Eddy Grant 60. Don’t Give Up On Us –•– David Soul 61. Don’t Leave Me This Way –•– Thelma Houston 62. Come On Eileen –•– Dexys Midnight Runners 63. Nothing Compares 2 U –•– Sinead O’Connor 64. The Safety Dance –•– Men Without Hats 65. Somebody’s Watching Me –•– Rockwell 66. Don’t Wanna Fall In Love –•– Jane Child 67. Mickey –•– Toni Basil 68. Heart And Soul –•– T’Pau 69. What I Am –•– Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians 70. You Gotta Be –•– Des’ree 71. What’s Up –•– 4 Non Blondes 72. Whoomp! (There It Is) –•– Tag Team 73. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida –•– Iron Butterfly 74. You Light Up My Life –•– Debby Boone 75. Rebirth Of Slick (Cool Like Dat) –•– Digable Planets 76. Mambo #5 (A Little Bit Of…) –•– Lou Bega 77. I Want Candy –•– Bow Wow Wow 78. Jump Around –•– House of Pain 79. No Rain –•– Blind Melon 80. Ice Ice Baby –•– Vanilla Ice 81. You Get What You Give –•– New Radicals 82. Epic –•– Faith No More 83. Unbelieveable –•– EMF 84. Just A Friend –•– Biz Markie 85. Groove Is In The Heart –•– Deee-Lite 86. In My House –•– Mary Jane Girls 87. The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia –•– Vicki Lawrence 88. 99 Luftballons –•– Nena 89. How Bizarre –•– OMC 90. Two Of Hearts –•– Stacey Q 91. Maniac –•– Michael Sembello 92. Barbie Girl –•– Aqua 93. Convoy –•– C.W. McCall 94. Who Let The Dogs Out –•– Baha Men 95. Funkytown –•– Lipps Inc. 96. Rico Suave –•– Gerardo 97. We Don’t Have To Take Our Clothes Off –•– Jermaine Stewart 98. Genius Of Love –•– Tom Tom Club 99. Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm –•– Crash Test Dummies 100. Rapper’s Delight –•– Sugarhill Gang What a crap list. Quite Riot, Ratt, Twisted Sister Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vuduchile 1,940 Posted October 21, 2020 21 hours ago, Hardcore troubadour said: Come On Eileen. / Thread. Is this the sh!ttiest one-hit wonder song of all time thread? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vuduchile 1,940 Posted October 21, 2020 6 hours ago, The Elevator Killer said: Lunatic Fringe - Red Rider This gets my vote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Big Guy 1,400 Posted October 21, 2020 22 hours ago, RLLD said: Love Hurts ~ Nazareth? they had a few hits.....but yeah that was their greatest one, even though it was a cover. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
easilyscan 553 Posted October 21, 2020 17 hours ago, Mookz said: This one always reminds me of Valley Girl. Deborah Foreman was too cute! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mookz 1,287 Posted October 21, 2020 1 hour ago, posty said: TOP 100 ONE HIT WONDERS Compiled by record sales, radio airplay and over 1,000 radio station listener’s surveys of all known Rock, Pop, AC and Top 40 genres from 1955 to present. https://top40weekly.com/the-top-100-one-hit-wonders/ 01. It’s Raining Men –•– The Weather Girls 02. Macarena –•– Los Del Rio 03. Relax –•– Frankie Goes to Hollywood 04. In A Big Country –•– Big Country 05. 96 Tears –•– ? & the Mysterians 06. Take On Me –•– A-Ha 07. Spirit In The Sky –•– Norman Greenbaum 08. Whip It –•– Devo 09. Harper Valley PTA –•– Jeannie C. Riley 10. I’m Too Sexy –•– Right Said Fred 11. Turning Japanese –•– The Vapors 12. Tainted Love –•– Soft Cell 13. A Girl Like You –•– Edwyn Collins 14. Achy Breaky Heart –•– Billy Ray Cyrus 15. On Feel The Noize –•– Quiet Riot 16. The Hustle –•– Van McCoy 17. I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) –•– The Proclaimers 18. Don’t Worry, Be Happy –•– Bobby McFerrin 19. Future’s So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades –•– Timbuk 3 20. Hot Child In The City –•– Nick Gilder 21. We’re Not Gonna Take It –•– Twisted Sister 22. Smokin’ In The Boy’s Room –•– Brownsville Station 23. Rock And Roll (Part 2) –•– Gary Glitter 24. What Is Love –•– Haddaway 25. Turn The Beat Around –•– Vicki Sue Robinson 26. I Touch Myself –•– Divinyls 27. More, More, More –•– Andrea True Connection 28. True –•– Spandau Ballet 29. Rock Me Amadeus –•– Falco 30. Pop Musik –•– M 31. Me And Mrs. Jones –•– Billy Paul 32. 867-5309 (Jenny) –•– Tommy Tutone 33. Lovefool –•– The Cardigans 34. Cars –•– Gary Numan 35. Puttin’ On The Ritz –•– Taco 36. Makin’ It –•– David Naughton 37. She Blinded Me With Science –•– Thomas Dolby 38. How Do You Talk To An Angel –•– The Heights 39. Lovin’ You –•– Minnie Riperton 40. It Takes Two –•– Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock 41. Seasons In The Sun –•– Terry Jacks 42. Baby Got Back –•– Sir Mix-A-Lot 43. Hot Hot Hot –•– Buster Poindexter 44. Got To Be Real –•– Cheryl Lynn 45. Too Shy –•– Kajagoogoo 46. Kung Fu Fighting –•– Carl Douglas 47. Afternoon Delight –•– Starland Vocal Band 48. Stumblin’ In –•– Suzi Quatro & Chris Norman 49. Bust A Move –•– Young M.C. 50. B!tch –•– Meredith Brooks 51. Play That Funky Music –•– Wild Cherry 52. Round And Round –•– Ratt 53. Pass The Dutchie –•– Musical Youth 54. Shaddup Your Face –•– Joe Dolce 55. I Know What Boys Like –•– The Waitresses 56. I Melt With You –•– Modern English 57. Bitter Sweet Symphony –•– The Verve 58. Tub Thumping –•– Chumbawumba 59. Electric Avenue –•– Eddy Grant 60. Don’t Give Up On Us –•– David Soul 61. Don’t Leave Me This Way –•– Thelma Houston 62. Come On Eileen –•– Dexys Midnight Runners 63. Nothing Compares 2 U –•– Sinead O’Connor 64. The Safety Dance –•– Men Without Hats 65. Somebody’s Watching Me –•– Rockwell 66. Don’t Wanna Fall In Love –•– Jane Child 67. Mickey –•– Toni Basil 68. Heart And Soul –•– T’Pau 69. What I Am –•– Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians 70. You Gotta Be –•– Des’ree 71. What’s Up –•– 4 Non Blondes 72. Whoomp! (There It Is) –•– Tag Team 73. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida –•– Iron Butterfly 74. You Light Up My Life –•– Debby Boone 75. Rebirth Of Slick (Cool Like Dat) –•– Digable Planets 76. Mambo #5 (A Little Bit Of…) –•– Lou Bega 77. I Want Candy –•– Bow Wow Wow 78. Jump Around –•– House of Pain 79. No Rain –•– Blind Melon 80. Ice Ice Baby –•– Vanilla Ice 81. You Get What You Give –•– New Radicals 82. Epic –•– Faith No More 83. Unbelieveable –•– EMF 84. Just A Friend –•– Biz Markie 85. Groove Is In The Heart –•– Deee-Lite 86. In My House –•– Mary Jane Girls 87. The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia –•– Vicki Lawrence 88. 99 Luftballons –•– Nena 89. How Bizarre –•– OMC 90. Two Of Hearts –•– Stacey Q 91. Maniac –•– Michael Sembello 92. Barbie Girl –•– Aqua 93. Convoy –•– C.W. McCall 94. Who Let The Dogs Out –•– Baha Men 95. Funkytown –•– Lipps Inc. 96. Rico Suave –•– Gerardo 97. We Don’t Have To Take Our Clothes Off –•– Jermaine Stewart 98. Genius Of Love –•– Tom Tom Club 99. Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm –•– Crash Test Dummies 100. Rapper’s Delight –•– Sugarhill Gang I'm still holding out for another big hit from Chumbawumba. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
posty 2,296 Posted October 21, 2020 3 minutes ago, Mookz said: I'm still holding out for another big hit from Chumbawumba. They did have more than one Billboard hit... 1997 "Tubthumping" 2 1998 "Amnesia" 10 "Top of the World (Olé, Olé, Olé)" 21 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cruzer 1,992 Posted October 21, 2020 The Outfield had several great songs - I would never mention them in any 1 hit wonder convo. The 80s were full of them - some of my favorites: Der Kommissar - Afte the Fire Birds Fly - The Icicle Works Love Plus One - Haircut 100 Major Tom - Peter Schlilling Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mookz 1,287 Posted October 21, 2020 4 minutes ago, posty said: They did have more than one Billboard hit... 1997 "Tubthumping" 2 1998 "Amnesia" 10 "Top of the World (Olé, Olé, Olé)" 21 Yeah, that list is kind of wack. Only one hit for Faith No More? Vanilla Ice? Blind Melon? Sinead O'Connor? Falco? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
posty 2,296 Posted October 21, 2020 13 minutes ago, Cruzer said: Der Kommissar - Afte the Fire Interesting that Falco's version reached #72 and then a year later, this remake version reached #5... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
posty 2,296 Posted October 21, 2020 1 hour ago, posty said: Funkytown –•– Lipps Inc. Then later you get Psuedo Echo's version which reached #6 and was their only top 40 US hit... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herbivore 904 Posted October 21, 2020 24 minutes ago, Cruzer said: The Outfield had several great songs - I would never mention them in any 1 hit wonder convo. The 80s were full of them - some of my favorites: Der Kommissar - Afte the Fire Birds Fly - The Icicle Works Love Plus One - Haircut 100 Major Tom - Peter Schlilling was it the Icicle Works that did Whisper to a Scream. eta...ha, looked this up, its the same song, Birds Fly(Whisper to a Scream) Mexican Radio by Wall of Voodoo was my favorite. Detachable was good to, surprisingly that whole album is good. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AmbassadorOfKwan 0 Posted October 21, 2020 Cult of Personality? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
posty 2,296 Posted October 21, 2020 1 minute ago, AmbassadorOfKwan said: Cult of Personality? They had another top 40 hit with "Glamour Boys", but Living Colour was probably ignored because they are black and didn't rap or do R&B... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AmbassadorOfKwan 0 Posted October 21, 2020 2 minutes ago, posty said: They had another top 40 hit with "Glamour Boys", but Living Colour was probably ignored because they are black and didn't rap or do R&B... Yessir I remember that one...catchy but meh. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Elevator Killer 497 Posted October 21, 2020 1 hour ago, AmbassadorOfKwan said: Yessir I remember that one...catchy but meh. They opened for the Rolling Stones back in the day. They rock. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herbivore 904 Posted October 21, 2020 8 minutes ago, The Elevator Killer said: They opened for the Rolling Stones back in the day. They rock. yea, their 1st 2 albums are good Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hardcore troubadour 12,592 Posted October 21, 2020 21 minutes ago, The Elevator Killer said: They opened for the Rolling Stones back in the day. They rock. Saw that Show at Shea Stadium. 1989? The Steel Wheels Tour. The joke was The Steel Wheelchair your. 30 years ago. Still touring. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herbivore 904 Posted October 22, 2020 4 hours ago, The Elevator Killer said: They opened for the Rolling Stones back in the day. They rock. just watched the video for Times Up. Vernon Reid and the bassist go off. Its basically a metal song. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AmbassadorOfKwan 0 Posted October 22, 2020 5 hours ago, The Elevator Killer said: They opened for the Rolling Stones back in the day. They rock. Never said they were bad... just that they are a one...maybe one and a half hit wonder. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DonS 3,063 Posted October 22, 2020 That list reminds me of how much I like "In a Big Country". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DonS 3,063 Posted October 22, 2020 Gary Numan "Cars" is another good one. Here he is performing it with NIN. Trent Reznor rocking the sh1t out of the tambourine. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mookz 1,287 Posted October 22, 2020 1 hour ago, DonS said: Gary Numan "Cars" is another good one. Here he is performing it with NIN. Trent Reznor rocking the sh1t out of the tambourine. While we're at it, here's another pretty good one by Gary Numan. And if it sounds familiar, it may be because it was sampled by another one-hit wonder, Basement Jaxx, something I didn't find out until earlier this year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Elevator Killer 497 Posted October 22, 2020 13 hours ago, Hardcore troubadour said: Saw that Show at Shea Stadium. 1989? The Steel Wheels Tour. The joke was The Steel Wheelchair your. 30 years ago. Still touring. Yes it was the Steel Wheels tour. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Elevator Killer 497 Posted October 22, 2020 8 hours ago, AmbassadorOfKwan said: Never said they were bad... just that they are a one...maybe one and a half hit wonder. I wasn't suggesting you did. LOL. Yeah, they were short lived. Too bad. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HTH 67 Posted October 22, 2020 twisted sister we're not gonna take it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
frank 2,144 Posted October 22, 2020 1 hour ago, HTH said: twisted sister we're not gonna take it You’re gonna burn in Hell. Also this, Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DonS 3,063 Posted October 22, 2020 20 minutes ago, frank said: You’re gonna burn in Hell. Also this, You Sick Mother Focker! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herbivore 904 Posted October 22, 2020 Just now, DonS said: You Sick Mother Focker! you're a S.M.F! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hardcore troubadour 12,592 Posted October 22, 2020 The Monroes- What Do All The People Know. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KayJay1971 238 Posted October 22, 2020 Here is the top 50 from the 80's according to VH1: 01 Dexys Midnight Runners “Come on Eileen” (pictured) 02 Flock of Seagulls “I Ran (So Far Away)” 03 A-Ha “Take On Me” 04 Tommy Tutone “867-5309 / Jenny” 05 Soft Cell “Tainted Love” 06 Toni Basil “Mickey” 07 Modern English “I Melt With You” 08 Bow Wow Wow “I Want Candy” 09 Kajagoogoo “Too Shy” 10 Frankie Goes to Hollywood “Relax” 11 Gary Numan “Cars” 12 Animotion “Obsesssion” 13 Thomas Dolby “She Blinded Me With Science” 14 Big Country “In A Big Country” 15 Devo “Whip It” 16 Nena “99 Luft Balloons” 17 Men Without Hats “The Safety Dance” 18 Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock “It Takes Two” 19 Dead or Alive “You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)” 20 Rockwell “Somebody’s Watching Me 21 Twisted Sister “We’re Not Gonna Take It” 22 Michael Sembello “Maniac” 23 Eddy Grant “Electric Avenue” 24 Edie Brickell & New Bohemians “What I Am” 25 Musical Youth “Pass the Dutchie” 26 Cutting Crew “I Just Died In Your Arms” 27 Stacey Q “Two of Hearts” 28 John Parr “St. Elmos Fire (Man In Motion)” 29 Madness “Our House” 30 The Vapors “Turning Japanese” 31 Bobby McFerrin “Don’t Worry Be Happy” 32 Quarterflash “HardenMy Heart” 33 John Waite “Missing You” 34 The Waitresses “I Know What Boys Like” 35 Tom Tom Club “Genius of Love” 36 Weather Girls “It’s Raining Men” 37 Lipps, Inc. “Funkytown” 38 Bruce Willis “Respect Yourself” 39 Matthew Wilder “Break My Stride” 40 The Buggles “Video Killed the Radio Star” 41 Billy Vera “At This Moment” 42 Timbuk 3 “The Future’s So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades” 43 Shannon “Let the Music Play” 44 Wall of Voodoo “Mexican Radio” 45 Robbie Nevil “C’est La Vie” 46 Georgia Satellites “Keep Your Hands To Yourself” 47 Pretty Poison “Catch Me I’m Falling” 48 Yello “Oh Yeah” 49 Philip Bailey (w/ Phil Collins) “Easy Lover” 50 Neneh Cherry “Buffalo Stance” Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
