25 Two-Hit Wonders of the '80s (New Version)

[@somerandomguy_music]

The original video has been blocked worldwide due to copyright infringement, so I decided to make a new version, removing & adding a few artists based on the comments viewers of the original video had made. If you want to support my channel: www.buymeacoffee.com/somerandomguy1

[@grzegorzjanowski8353]

For which song the original video got taken down?

[@somerandomguy_music]

@@grzegorzjanowski8353 The Romantics - Talking in Your Sleep

[@henrythebananaboy]

@@somerandomguy_musichi

[@peterm2776]

I can't understand record companies, I've bought Cds after viewing videos and hearing tracks on KZbin.

[@arturoromero951]

⁠@@somerandomguy_musicWhat happened to Young MC? He is also a two hit wonder since his songs from the 90’s didn’t reach Top 40 in America. Unless you ran out of space which is understandable, I guess.

[@pmafterdark]

Never appreciated being able to live through the 80's as much as I do now.

[@stephanraab3736]

I did, maybe that's why I miss them so badly.

[@martinkuliza]

it's true isn't it mate, As Tom Keifer and Cinderella said YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU GOT, TI'LL IT'S GONE And neither did we at the time, We were just living that life and things were good but from our point of reference... that's how life was supposed to be We were clueless as to what would come 40 years later

[@killerb5726]

I’m with you, it really was a great time.

[@sassykaren7587]

These songs bring back so many great memories for me. The 80’s had such awesome music, and they were some of the best years of my life!!! ❤

[@trinaq]

I always loved Johnny Logan, he's basically the Patron Saint of Eurovision when it comes to my family. He performed twice, and wrote another winning entry!

[@Wolfie713]

Never heard of some of these songs, but now I've got some to make a playlist with. Some of these songs were pure gold, like both from Men Without Hats and the two from Mr. Mister.

[@Kokovanya29]

Умеешь поднять настроение, спасибо🎉.

[@ИванПетров-н6т7к]

Спасибо автору канала за отличные подборки с описанием. Благодаря ему создал для себя огромный плейлист первоклассной музыки 70-х и 80-х.

[@MauAlbarracin2311]

Nací en el '89 pero amo los clásicos 💘❤️‍🔥. GRACIAS. Saludos desde Argentina

[@neutral6941]

80s music is the best.

[@JonathanClarkston-u7u]

FACTS!!

[@TheCaptjamestkirk]

I agree 100%

[@fabb4i2]

So many of them I've never knew they even had a second hit. 😅

[@BenvolioCapulet9]

A lot of these 2nd hits weren’t really hits… Cutting Crew one exception (loved the 2nd song!)

[@ThePoobears]

The 80's was the best era in music and had so many various artists that were so great..

[@RossIsFine]

Eighth Wonder lead singer was also in the movie "Lethal Weapon 2," as Martin Riggs's love interest.

[@simonrook5743]

Patsy Kensit, also in kill cruise with Liz Hurley.

[@TheClairei]

Patsy Kensit is very well known in the UK, she was also married to Liam Gallagher of Oasis and engaged to Jeremy Healey of Haysi Fantaysee (who should have been in this list!!)

[@simonrook5743]

@@TheClairei Don’t forget the Birds Eye frozen peas advert! ‘Pop’.

[@chrisgabbert658]

Truthfully I saw her an clicked on 🤷‍♂️.

[@warriorpoet193]

She was hot AF.

[@DaveMiller2]

Glad I was a teen in the 80s. It was a great time. Sometimes I miss those days.

[@homeaccount5943]

@@DaveMiller2 hell I miss those days every day !

[@reidycruise]

Your not alone you racist bigot 🙂👍

[@reidycruise]

@@homeaccount5943same pal 👍

[@LANGI902]

Oh wow the singer of Eighth Wonder is stunning 🤩

[@TheFireline]

WAS stunning :-)

[@davidjackson2524]

Patsy Kensit? She costarred in Lethal Weapon 2 and a few other films.

[@robtyman4281]

She left the music industry and went into acting....on both the big screen, and small screen. Was even in a British soap for a while (Emmerdale?). She was also married to Jim Kerr (lead singer of Simple Minds), and later Liam Gallagher (former lead singer of Oasis).

[@TheAmarok87]

@@robtyman4281 She was even acting before her music carrer began. As a child she had a minor role in "The Great Gatsby" (1974), a bigger role in the American/Russian co-production "The Blue Bird" (1976) and in the French/Japanese live action movie of the manga "The Rose of Versailles" (1979) she played the younger version of Lady Oscar Francois de Jarjayes.

[@LysThePenguin]

Neil Tennant from the Pet Shop Boys is also a Friend of her. They wrote her Song I´m not scared. 🙂

[@stephanraab3736]

It was the best decade ever. If you think of the music, the movies, the fashion, the Lifestyle. It seemed perfect to me! ❤

[@mcentepede]

Easily the worst fashion sense of all time. Nothing worked. Jeri Curls is the worst hairstyle ever. Madonna looked like a 50 year old hooker from Seattle. Boy George looked like Madonna, Prince looked like Boy George with an eating disorder. Michael Jackson looked normal except for his Jeri Curls, how ironic?

[@WorthTalking2]

TY so much for the content! my day is a bit brighter any time there is a new post on your channel

[@jonosmith4919]

🍻"s SRG Mr Mister welcome to the Real World 🌎 is 1 of my favourite albums ❤️ much ❤ love from Derbyshire England yet again 😂🎧

[@smartanajones4u]

Although i was born in the 70’s, i was so young that i have hardly any recollection of it, so the 80’s definitely defined my recollection of childhood into my teens and this music marked many great unforgettable memories and milestones of it!

[@pennylane8859]

Im so proud to be born on 1963. Our live was a big present !

[@viridisquo]

I want to thank Sidney Youngblood, because thanks to his wonderful song, "if only I Could" from 1989, I discovered the new disco music, approaching all those dance genres (house and then techno) that would come in the 90s. gave the will to live, in a period in which my dear father had passed away.

[@cassiepittman1489]

That was so entertaining and very interesting!:)🥰I absolutely love the 80s💛 thanks some random guy ✌️💖🤩

[@MILUNGAO]

Ratt (Hard Rock/Glam Metal band from USA) was also a two-hits wonder during the 80's with "Round And Round (it peaked at #12 in USA) and "Lay It Down" (it peaked at #40 in the USA).

[@Cerulean0987]

They had more songs than that like Wanted Man, Way Cool Jr., You're in Love, Ect.

[@larryparadis9728]

Ratt is not a one hit wonder not a two hit wonder. They had four consecutive platinum selling albums.

[@MILUNGAO]

@@larryparadis9728 You’re right. I know they’ve had several platinum/multiplatinum albums and many classics in their catalogue, but mainstream masses don’t resonate in terms of album sales, they only see through the prism of songs that have reached the Top 40, not beyond.

[@Gauge.-Warington]

Didn’t ‘Dance’ get up in the charts?

[@vintagethrifter2114]

​@@Gauge.-WaringtonDance got all the way to #59. Way Cool Junior only made it to #75. They only had two top 40 songs. If you only watched Headbanger's Ball, you may have thought that they had more. They had several popular singles that just weren't popular with the mainstream.

[@trinaq]

"St Elmo's Fire" is the most American song ever, though it was sung by a Brit, about a Canadian! 😂

[@ilikeyoutube836]

Man in motion

[@paultreadaway102]

For the Movie also starring the stars of the 80s the Brat Pack

[@gmt921]

And produced by a Canadian

[@guidine7]

when I was young 😔

[@totsaguila8236]

Mr. Mister had 3 hits: 2 no. 1s - Broken Wings & Kyrie. Is it Love charted too. Top 10 if I’m not mistaken.

[@pavelow235]

Always enjoy your content, love jamming to your song selection.

[@Mangrove-pd7hx]

The 80s was and is the pinnacle of music. The 80s is when music changed forever. New sounds and new styles of music were being made every day. New Wave, Dance, Freestyle, Pop, Rock, Punk, Jazz, Country, Hip Hop, R&B. House Music, if you youngsters don't know what Freestyle Music and House Music is look it up and prepare to move your feet. No one in the 50s was talking about 40s music and no one in 60s was talking about 50s music. The 60s and 70s had some great music but you do not hear them too much. We are in 2024 and we are still listening and dancing and talking and using them in movies tv shows and commercials. 40 years later 4 decades later 80s music is still as relevant as ever. That is how good our music is. Gen X BABY!

[@rainyd4293]

Only in your dreams 😂

[@Mangrove-pd7hx]

@@rainyd4293 I love how you quote an 80s Debby Gibson song while desperately trying to prove me wrong. Everything I said was true no way around it "Sorry". I guess a generation of Auto Tuning and Sampling 80s music to make todays music just would not understand.

[@homeaccount5943]

It's actually spelled "pinnacle."

[@Mangrove-pd7hx]

@@homeaccount5943 Yeah I do make a mistake sometimes.

[@homeaccount5943]

@@Mangrove-pd7hx no big deal my friend. I just thought you might want somebody to tell you. God bless you!

[@k.chriscaldwell4141]

The 80s: _Lived ‘em. Loved ‘em. Miss ‘em._

[@billp7509]

Best 10 years in world history

[@stephanraab3736]

Me too, I miss 'em every Single day.

[@mcentepede]

Worst Decade of all time. Weird music, weird fashions (Poofy hair and Jeri Curls, a hairstyle where you douse your hair in flammable liquids). Also they sniffed alot of Cokaine

[@ForeignerFan74]

Thanks For Sharing!

[@jdbly5934]

When I saw the tab, my first thought was Cutting Crew...and those 2 songs. Loved them both.

[@FletchBrendanGood]

and One for the Mockingbird

[@ВалерияКичинская]

Returned to childhood Thank you very much

[@mike6.10]

Wow. Typical 80s. Some real awesome music. And who the hell thought that was good. ❤

[@johntrueblue]

Til Tuesday "Aimee Mann" "Voices Carry" i so had the hots for her when i was 20 and to this day ending 2024 still one of my favorite songs of all times.

[@LadyArachnea]

In France, Glenn Medeiros had a 3rd Hit : "Un roman d'amitié" (sang both in French & English) in 1988 duet with the young french Singer Elsa - the song was nr 1 =)

[@somerandomguy_music]

Yes, you're right, it's the only country where he had a third hit.

[@Asukenick]

Didn't he also chart well there with Lonely Won't Leave Me Alone?

[@paultreadaway102]

​@@Asukenickthat's brilliant backup song after Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You

[@Asukenick]

@@paultreadaway102 He is very talented.

[@paultreadaway102]

@@Asukenick yeap scary he was 17 in 87 woe i was having the time of my life talented swag above his years the songs and all the Emotions sending us now

[@clovisedanilo2073]

Linda música parabéns pra você que Deus te abençoe sempre você 👍

[@SpielSatzFail]

It's funny how sometimes the second song is catchier (e.g. Kyrie, Sit and Wait) and even more famous (e.g St. Elmo's Fire).

[@paultreadaway102]

It's like a sequel to a Movie its equal or could be slightly better that with Try Again by Champaign and Find My Love by Fairground Attraction

[@rh8850]

Thanks for nice songs 👌 🍃 🍀 1980

[@Solrac924]

my mind is blown! back in 1989, i loved the song "Cross My Heart". i recall trying to find the artist/song so i can buy the single cassette. finally found it in 2012 but it was by Martika. now today, in 2024, i find it was originally by Eight Wonder & sung by the beauty in Lethal Weapon 2!

[@gerardoosores7470]

I love "Hair Metal"! It's so 80's!

[@mertonhirsch4734]

The motels, only the lonely and suddenly last summer. 36 members at 2 top 10 hits.

[@rolandet]

Omg, so many great songs😮

[@thecitizen3870]

There is no era like the 80’s when it comes to music.

[@wahrheit3609]

Thank you for the work.

[@benjaminparkinson5255]

Jan hammer songs still gives me chills

[@xsc1000]

And he had another hit in 90s - The Seeds of Live with clip full of computer graphics of that time.

[@c.m.8158]

Damn I miss the 80's so much!

[@jasonengland5402]

The best years of my life 😢

[@chloemoore4199]

I Miss The Songs From The 80's

[@michaelrawson6261]

Ok, the best of these are, I just died, perfect, find my love, st elmos fire, stop the cavalry, separate lives, broken wings, kyrie, I can't wait, if only I could, wild thang,

[@Desire123ification]

Fantastic! (wow) ✨

[@petedonaghyguitar]

Well that brought back some memories.

[@volters9561]

Glen Medeiros - From "Nothing's gonna change my love for you" to "She ain't worth it" within three years lol.

[@dennisd1906]

I was always shocked Glenn Medeiros never got bigger - he had a great voice.

[@seanrhone5306]

So many of those I never heard before, and the 80's was when I was a teen.

[@davidmarshall5596]

Terrific SRG 🎉

[@axepagode33626]

That was the chick from the Lethal Weapon II. (8th Wonder)

[@zombiedodge1426]

Glass Tiger could have qualified for this video (in the US; they had a really good chart run in their native Canada). "Don't Forget Me" and "Someday" were top ten hits, but their subsequent top 40 singles stalled at #31 and #34. I was surprised to find out "Send Me an Angel" was released in 1983. It sounds *way* ahead of its time, and if you'd told me it came out in 1995 I would have believed it.

[@gogoyubari366]

Eighth Wonder was one of the greatest!

[@marcus813]

Will to Power had those 2 hits that were high on the Hot 100, sure, but the group also had 2 other songs that were popular in the clubs in the '80s and I know the group a bit more for those songs.

[@80sEric]

I thought of a few others that meets the criteria, at least with the US charts: Chilliwack- My Girl, I Believe (also had a #41 hit in 1982 with Whatcha Gonna Do) Pretty Poison- Catch Me I'm Falling, Nighttime Jermaine Stewart- We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off, Say It Again Vixen- Edge Of A Broken Heart, Cryin' Icehouse- Crazy, Electric Blue Brenda K. Starr- I Still Believe, What You See Is What You Get Berlin also technically falls into this category with their two Top 40 hits Take My Breath Away and No More Words. I don't believe they should be considered a two hit wonder because The Metro (#58 song from 1983) is the most popular with their fans and is well known from the 1980's.

[@debbieburns3848]

Jermaine Stewart also had the word is out

[@80sEric]

@@debbieburns3848 The Word Is Out peaked at #41. (I should have added that like I did with Chilliwack.) He also just missed the top 40 with "Jody" reaching #42 in 1986.

[@DerletztenormaleMensch]

The head of Mr. Mister, Richard Page was very successful as songwriter, writing for Kenny Loggins, Madonna, Céline Dion, Chaka Khan, Donna Summer, Dionne Warwick, The Pointer Sisters, Meat Loaf, Patti LaBelle, Hall & Oates, Al Jarreau, Leona Lewis...

[@jovike7203]

Eight Wonder were not a wonder of only 2 hits! In Italy they were very famous before 1988, because they reached top 10 already in 1986 with Stay with me and then in 1987 with Will you remember! They had also 2 more singles in the charts: When the phone stops ringing and Baby baby. Stay with me, their first single, reached even No.1 in the Hit Parade of Rai, the state television. You know in Italy we did not have an official ranking until 1996 but we had three rankings of three specialised magazines, but the one linked to the television state was then the most universally accredited. The date you find today on Wikipedia are from the magazine Musica & Dischi, where Stay with me still reached number 4.

[@somerandomguy_music]

Yes, Italy was the only country where they had more than 2 hits.

[@jovike7203]

@@somerandomguy_musicI have no access to Japanese charts, but already before the European Hit I’m not scared then they were presented in Italian Tv as a band coming off a huge success in that country!

[@stef8073]

@@somerandomguy_music I am Italian and I find it surprising that "Stay with me" has not been successful in the UK. Among the Italian singers is missing Ivana Spagna that entered the charts in the UK with the songs "Call me" and "Every Girl And Boy". (In Italy the second most famous song was "Easy lady")

[@bengtolsson5436]

Exciting to hear where they have been hits. Because I haven't even heard the half of it!

[@themighty6]

Some of these ive never heard of, im from Europe maybe thats why, good video.

[@mikekaraoke]

But I'm from Europe, and in UK we had the top 20 hits in other countries would come up and play the song or some of the music video! Also on sky with MTV-Europe etc...

[@themighty6]

@mikekaraoke I never had sky TV when I was a kid, in the uk we pretty much only played the uk charts.

[@FletchBrendanGood]

Cutting Crew had a third US Top 40 hit, One for the Mockingbird. It hit #38, the first two hit #1 and #9

[@Why_U_Geh]

"Died in your arms" is such a good song that if it were the only song on their entire disco id still think theyre a great band 😂😂

[@mcentepede]

It was okay song. 80's music featured alot of synthesizer and electronic music b4 that style was perfected in the 90's by bands like Technotronick.

[@godsnewsinthenews]

I actually worked with two of the band members of Champaign. Michael and Rena Day left the band and became Christians and became music pastors for a church I was on staff at. Rena Day had the best voice I've ever heard and her range was phenomenal. Michael, unfortunately died of a brain tumor cutting short a very talented life. Where did all this happen? Champaign, Illinois. Now you know where they got the name of the band.

[@TREXOFC]

Nice. Thanks!

[@Kissfan96dr]

0:49 the chick from Lethal Weapon 2

[@fabb4i2]

I'm actuly surprised about the low success of Johnny Logan. 😮

[@smmyers5956]

Most of these I don’t know. Thank God

[@catherine6653]

I ❤ Til Tuesday debut record.

[@RampartPh]

patsy kensit of 8th power 😍 1st time i really took notice of her was when she co-starred w/ mel Gibson in one of those lethal weapon movies.

[@mcentepede]

Lethal Weapon 2 She played Riggs Dutch South African girlfriend

[@MrHeadbanger366]

Most of those, I haven't heard in ages.

[@Peekay9]

Hard to believe John Parr is considered a two hit guy. Felt like he was all over the place.

[@LeyAkino71]

Wait, the singer who sang cross my heart, i think she's in lethal weapon 2?

[@mcentepede]

Correct 💯 percent. Patsy Kensit is a British singer and actress

[@seed_drill7135]

In the UK Slade were one of the most successful singles bands of all time. In the US they only had two songs hit the top 40, Run Runaway and My Oh My.

[@tomservo56954]

And it took Quiet Riot covering one of their songs to get that...

[@seed_drill7135]

@@tomservo56954 Two. Actually, Slade had several things go right for them around then. Ozzy pulled out of the Redding festival and they gave Slade his spot and the killed it. Then the QR success convinced the label to release a mashup of their last two UK albums for the US market and MTV gave them a push as well.

[@SzatanistaDzezowy]

I didn't know almost any of the "second hits". :P

[@bill-fk7tl]

Fun list

[@Agnethatheredhairkid]

Stephanie of Monaco is actually a more than decent singer.

[@fabb4i2]

1:58 A very underappreciated voice imo.

[@CrystalClearWith8BE]

Both of Mr. Mister's two-hit wonders topped the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks which are "Broken Wings" and "Kyrie".

[@jonosmith4919]

White Lion seen them supporting Motley Crue 1989 Birmingham England with Skid Row what a Gig Brother 👍

[@jamaalnotjamal8596]

More musicians that passed away 🙏🏽

[@lexkanyima2195]

So tragic

[@michaelcoffey7362]

Cool 🥰

[@Panscrank999]

If I never hear that Fairground Attraction song again it'll be too soon.

[@lvthud]

Let's be honest here, Mr Mister was an experiment, it worked for 3 albums, the 4th, that should have stayed in the archives when they broke up. If Richard Page hadn't been so busy with every other band in the world I think they would have been huge.

[@kevinfoo8031]

Eddie Murphy, what a hoot!

[@dave929]

Fun memories

[@davidjackson2524]

I live in Ireland and I never knew Eddie Murphy was a 2 hit wonder.

[@mcentepede]

He wasn't. This is clickbait thumbnail. Party All The Time was written by Rick James at his most coked up. He was high beyond comprehension. That says it all.

[@Lozzie74]

Some of these were big reaches to be classified as hits

[@BlaBla-jj6sh]

I legit think Sidney Youngblood deserves a comeback hit. Like a summer hit nobody expects but it blows up in the clubs and on the beaches anyway. Maybe he should team up with Tone-Lōc.

[@haveanicedave1551]

In the USA, Cutting Crew reached #38 with One for the mockingbird. It was their second single at the time. And White Lion also had one more song, don't know if it made Top 40, it was Tell me. Good video.

[@dwill7405]

90% of these artists were 1 hit wonders their so-called 2nd hits are only a hit to you .

[@tyger813]

White Lion also had a 3rd hit called "Little Fighter"!!!😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

[@TheCaptjamestkirk]

"Tell Me" was another hit.

[@robtyman4281]

Not surprised to learn that 'Mister Mister', and 'Cutting Crew' each had a string of hits in the US; as opposed to just two hits each, here in the UK. They were both 'tailormade' for the American market, as Americans loved that kind of 'soft rock' music back then.

[@halfbloodprince7840]

Hope you had a great Day. 💞 Love your Videos. 💕 Greetings from Germany. ❣️ ❤️🩷🧡💛💚💙🩵💜🤎🖤🩶🤍

[@echochapman7657]

Los Lobos? Rock and roll Hall of Fame Los Lobos? 12 Grammy awards Los Lobos? WTF are you talking about?

[@user-fm9oe6yk7g]

They have 4 grammy awards….not 12

[@upfrontbear74]

What about for the UK Belouis Some with Imagination & Some People, Pepsi & Shirlie with Heartache & Goodbye Stranger, Robbie Nevil with Cest La Ve & Dominoes, Philip Bailey with Easy Lover & Walking On The Chinese Wall, Ray Parker Jr with Ghostbusters & I Don't Think That Man Should Sleep Alone, Mai Tai with History & Body & Soul, Steve Arrington with Feel So Real & Dancing In The Key Of Life, Cool Notes with In Your Car & Spend The Night, Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam with I Wonder If I Take You Home & Let the Beat Hit 'Em, Red Box with Lean On Me & For America, Ryuichi Sakamoto with Bamboo Houses & Forbidden Colours, Icehouse with Hey Little Girl & Crazy, Audrey Hall with Smile & One Last Dance to name but some, I know my 2 hit wonders (& I have every single one on 7 inch LOL)

[@hgh1727]

Mr Mister, White Lion, Tone Loc and Will to Power the most timeless songs in these lists I guess.

[@martinkuliza]

Eighth Wonder the Chick that was Rig's Girlfriend in Lethal Weapon 2