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Musical One Hit Wonders from the 1980's

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I have always been a sucker for One Hit Wonders and for some reason the 1980's had a slew of great One Hit Wonders that managed to stay on the charts for weeks. So take a look at my favorite 1980's One Hit Wonders for a trip down memory lane.

Fabulous Links From 1980's One Hit Wonders!

OneHitWonderCentral.com: This is an awesome site to look up all of you favorite one hit wonders from the 1950's to today.
VH1: VH1's One Hit Wonders celebrates those unforgettable one-shot tunes left behind by artists who soared very high, very fast - and then vanished just as quickly.
Music Trivia - One Hit Wonders: Eighties One Hit Wonders.
TuneCharts.com - Rock And Roll Music Charts: Music Charts Retro 1940's 1950's 1960's 1970's 1980's 1990's 2000's 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's & 2000's.
One Hit Wonders of the 1980s: For a chronological listing of UK one hit wonders, you can check out the indices for the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s or the 1990s.

99 Red Balloons and 100 Other All-Time Great One-Hit Wonders

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My Favorite 1980's One Hit Wonders List

Gary Numan - Cars
The Vapors - Turning Japanese
Toni Basil - Mickey
Soft Cell - Tainted Love
Wall of Voodoo - Mexican Radio
Tracey Ullman - They Don't Know
Peter Schilling - Major Tom
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come on Eileen
After the Fire - Der Kommissar
Nena - 99 Luftballons
Big Country - In a Big Country
Baltimora - Tarzan Boy
Modern English - I Melt With You
Midnight Oil - Beds are Burning
When in Rome - The Promise
Kim Carnes - Betty Davis Eyes
'Til Tuesday~ Voices Carry
Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Monday's

My Favorite 1980's One Hit Wonders Videos

Modern English - I Melt With You...My Favorite!

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Rankography May 17, 2012 @ 10:31 pm | delete

Great lens, loved some of these. Still think "In a Big Country" is one of the best rock songs ever written!