Vixen, The Church, Midnight Oil, Aldo Nova – they all found a spot on our list. We counted down the 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 80s, and these guys, plus acts such as Timbuk 3, The Georgia Satellites, and Paul Hardcastle, all made a dent. Check the list below to see where they ranked. Click the links to watch the videos. Head to The Greatest page for more playlists and show information.
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Watch an alphabetical list of the 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 80s
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THE COMPLETE LIST…
1 Dexys Midnight Runners: “Come on Eileen”
2 Flock of Seagulls: “I Ran (So Far Away)”
3 A-Ha: “Take On Me”
4 Tommy Tutone: “867-5309 / Jenny”
5 Soft Cell: “Tainted Love”
6 Toni Basil: “Mickey”
7 Modern English: “I Melt With You”
8 Bow Wow Wow: “I Want Candy”
9 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: “Harden My 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”
51 After the Fire “Der Kommissar”
52 Mary Jane Girls “In My House”
53 Taco “Puttin’ On the Ritz”
54 Chris DeBurgh “Lady in Red”
55 Johnny Kemp “Just Got Paid”
56 Til Tuesday “Voices Carry”
57 Jermaine Stewart “We Don’t Have to Take Our Clothes Off”
58 Don Johnson “Heartbeat”
59 The Outfield “Your Love”
60 Nu Shooz “I Can’t Wait”
61 E.U.: “Da Butt”
62 XTC: “Dear God”
63 Oran “Juice” Jones: “The Rain”
64 Robbie Dupree: “Steal Away”
65 Boomtown Rats: “I Don’t Like Mondays”
66 The Jeff Healy Band: “Angel Eyes”
67 Martika: “Toy Soldiers”
68 Peter Schilling: “Major Tom”
69 T’Pau: “Heart And Soul”
70 Harold Faltermeyer: “Axel F”
71 Jack Wagner: “All I Need”
72 Swing Out Sister: “Breakout”
73 Paul Hardcastle: “19″
74 Information Society: “What’s On Your Mind (Pure Energy)”
75 Bertie Higgins: “Key Largo”
76 J.J. Fad: “Supersonic”
77 General Public: “Tenderness”
78 Aldo Nova: “Fantasy”
79 Alannah Myles: “Black Velvet”
80 Eddie Murphy: “Party All The Time”
81 Josie Cotton: “Johnny Are You Queer?”
82 Red Rider: “Lunatic Fringe”
83 Paul Lekakis: “Boom Boom Boom Let’s Go Back to My Room”
84 The Church: “Under The Milky Way”
85 Ziggy Marley And The Melody Makers: “Tomorrow People”
86 Patrice Rushen: “Forget Me Nots”
87 Vixen: “Edge Of A Broken Heart”
88 Nik Kershaw: “Wouldn’t it Be Good”
89 Rodney Dangerfield: “Rappin’ Rodney”
90 Haircut 100: “Love Plus One”
91 Gloria Loring & Carl Anderson: “Friends And Lovers”
92 Frank Stallone: “Far From Over”
93 L.A. Guns: “The Ballad of Jayne”
94 Club Nouveau: “Lean On Me”
95 Midnight Oil: “Beds are Burning”
96 The Fabulous Thunderbirds: “Tuff Enuff”
97 Will To Power: “Baby I Love Your Way / Freebird”
98 Buckner & Garcia: “Pac-Man Fever”
99 Michael Damian: “Rock On”
100 Clarence Clemons (and Jackson Browne): “You’re A Friend Of Mine”
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what was the name of the O.H.W group and song where the video showed the group dressed up in oversized ‘spinning tops’ outfits singing their song? it came out in the 80′s, was shot with a blue haze. I liked the song but cant remember the song or group
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It is hard to make a top ten in such a great decade. My favorite is devo, but you put them on only 15th place.
Good list overall, but where’s Hipsway’s “The Honeythief”? Sounds fresh and infectiously catchy even today…
Good list overall, but Hipsway’s “The Honeythief” is a gross omission
Two things I don’t understand.
How No. 57 made the list of 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of All Time, but No. 2 didn’t AND how come you mispelled Jeff Healey’s name.
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Dont Dream its Over, by Crowded House didn’t make it? #2 on the US Billboard top 100?
Who put this list together? There are a lot of bands listed here that are definitely not “One-Hit Wonders”, both in the technical sense and in the sense that they released a number of recognizable songs. For example:
- Midnight Oil: “Dead Heart”, “Blue Sky Mine” and other, in addition to “Beds Are Burning”
- The Fabulous Thunderbirds: “Wrap It Up” as well as “Tuff Enuff” (not to mention the overall longevity of that band).
- The Jeff Healy Band: “Confidence Man” as well as “Angel Eyes”
- Cutting Crew: “I’ve Been In Love Before” as well as “I Just Died In Your Arms”
- Men Without Hats: “Pop Goes the World” as well as “The Safety Dance”
- Frankie Goes to Hollywood: “Two Tribes”, “Welcome to the Pleasuredome” as well as “Relax”
- Flock of Seagulls: “Space Age Love Song” as well as “I Ran”
- The Outfield: are you kidding me? “Say It Isn’t So”, “Every Time You Cry”, “All the Love”, “Since You’ve Been Gone”, “Voices of Babylon”, “For You”…
you have to be kidding with outfield being a OHW… they may not have made top 10 with their other songs but I am pretty sure they make the top 100 with about 6 or 7 other songs.. I don’t think that is a One Hit Wonder.
Are you people for real? The Church and Midnight Oil were not one hit wonders and both bands were huge and are fondly remembered in Australia. They had a number of awesome songs that may not have been international hits but were certainly worthy. Grrrr.
Here are a few offerings as replacements for those who should be removed for being One plus a few follow-up hit wonders.
Ebn-Ozn: AEIOU sometimes Y -Replaces Midnight Oil
The Blow Monkeys: Digging Your Scene -Replaces Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Jan Hammer: Miami Vice Theme -Replaces Flock of Seagulls
Johnnie Hates Jazz: Shattered Dreams -Replaces Devo (Peek-a-Boo was my fav)
Reebie Jackson: Centipede -Replaces Quarterflash
Ollie & Jerry: Breakin’… There’s No Stoppin Us -Replaces the Outfield
Kid Creole and the Coconuts: Curiousity (For Tony Ziogas) Replaces XTC
Hopefully this 80′s record store clerk saved some of you from psychotic breaks.
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Dexys, Frankie, Madness, Gary Newman….one hit wonders????
Theres quite a few in the top 30 here that were by no means one hit wonders….ridiculous list sorry…
I could go on….Nik Kershaw had more than 1 hit, as did Soft cell and Kajagoogoo…
You know, probably a third of the bands on here had multiple hits spanning more than one album including the following:.
A-Ha
Big Country
Devo
Men Without Hats
Twisted Sister
Cutting Crew
Madness
The Outfield
Red Rider
Next time get someone that was actually living in the 80′s to make your lists instead of some inexperienced 20-year old.
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MIDNIGHT OIL is serious band and do not have plase in list.
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