Top 20 Cheesiest One Hit Wonders of the 1980s

[@WatchMojo]

Which of these cheesy one-hit wonders do you still listen to today? Let us know in the comments. Check out our featured song: "Blackbird" by Spells And Curses! kzbin.info/www/bejne/eHXVYY2mjq91bcU

[@midnite_rambler]

That featured song is really, really bad. Y'all need to get better feature songs.

[@duncan3998]

The only cheesiest thing here is Mojo's taste for music

[@yosoyringodesanantonio8405]

Devo Whip it And the rest of them

[@cherchikatilo3032]

Men W/Hats- Safety Dance & She’s A Maniac

[@nohandle1028]

I still listen to almost all of them!

[@gorgophontes]

Nena may have never been heard from again in the US, but in Germany (and other European countries) she's had a long and successful career.

[@maxshea1829]

She's a successful actor there too.

[@HickSquatch]

Yes indeed!! I enjoy her music more now. She is still a wonderful performer and a beautiful Lady. Her music has just gotten better!!

[@devinhyde1139]

didn't she write a children's book as well?

[@violindylan]

Unfortunately, she has also become a big supporter of the anti-vaxxers and conspiracy believers

[@JetPackDino]

That's lovely! I don't know why, but it makes me happy to hear it

[@keemie4040]

As a baby born in the late 70's growing up in the 80's I would say that that was the best time for music. Music was really and the pure talent can't be matched ever!!!

[@Ras137]

Everyone: "The time I grew in up had the BEST music, unlike these no talent hacks of today."

[@frasermackenzie7275]

I too was a 70's baby, but for me 80's music was too squeaky clean, AM radio friendly garbage. For me it was the 90's dance club/techo/trance and the hard dirty grunge that spoke with me.

[@catherinewilliams9680]

As a Nixon baby, I remember in one year, acts from the 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s all had top 40 hits. That no longer happens anymore. When was the last time a Cover hit the top 10

[@aclstudios]

@@catherinewilliams9680 Nobody wants covers anymore (although a lot of songs use heavy samples).

[@DebiG1057]

I was born in the 50's and believe me, the 60's and 70's were much better.

[@anthonyhind1308]

I Melt With You is hardly "cheesy".Still sounds great.

[@caracticusthirdaisi2986]

"Hands Across the Sea" is also a great song.

[@anthonyhind1308]

@@caracticusthirdaisi2986 it is indeed.I still have Ricochet Days on vinyl.

[@rikkilleen3169]

"I Melt With You" The best cheese is melted.

[@donnakubiski5572]

I think being in the soundtrack for the movie "Valley Girl" helped it along also which is something they didn't mention.

[@vanapirarayne738]

Until you realize they are just talking about a couple "coming" together. 😂😂😂. Makes the Hershey commercials seem weird now.

[@tmr9069]

I'm so glad I was an 80's kid! This list brought back a ton of memories. Especially remembering running home from the school bus, turning on MTV to watch the daily top 10 videos. Back when MTV actually played music videos!

[@paulienuti8031]

I’m a 90s a kid but I Love 80s Music

[@camecex]

80's were the best decade for music

[@jimb.7523]

@@paulienuti8031 Same here. My dad had a VHS of some music videos he recorded off MTV and VH-1 - thus began my love affair with 80s music.

[@marialemos1495]

I agree!

[@martinmalcolm2747]

You mean to say MTV use to play songs wow mind blown 🤯

[@coolnegative]

Many of these are neither cheesy nor "wonders." Many of these are true classics and well written songs as evidenced by their staying power.

[@maxshea1829]

Like a bridge over cheesy wonders, I will lay me down.

[@coolnegative]

@@maxshea1829 🤣🤣Luv it!🖤

[@EM-fd8xe]

I agree. This channel has a lot of nerve calling anything else cheesy. Who even uses the word "cheesy" anymore.

[@coolnegative]

@@EM-fd8xe ehhh, I was in some kinda mood that day. I prefer to leave positive feedback. Enough negativity in the world. Appreciate your comment! Glad to know I have some allies out there!👍😁

[@MrWebby93]

@@EM-fd8xe keep in mind that this is the same channel that made a "Top 10 Cheeses" list.

[@LordChristoff]

20. I want candy - Bow Bow Wow 19. 867-5309/Jenny - Tommy Tutone 18. The future's so bright, I've got to wear shades - Timbuk 3 17. Betty Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes 16. Too Shy - Kajagoogoo 15. I melt with you - Modern English 14. Tarzan boy - Baltimora 13. I know what boys like - The waitresses 12. The safety dance - Men without hats 11. Pac-Man Fever - Buckner + Garcia 10. Maniac - Michael Sembello 9. Puttin on the Ritz - Taco 8. She blinded me with science - Thomas Dolby 7. Funky Town - Lipps Inc. 6. You spin me (like a record) - Dead or Alive 5. 99 Luftballons - Nena 4. Come on Eileen - Dexy's Runners 3. (I just) died in your arms - Cutting Crew 2. It's raining men - Weather Girls 1. Micky - Tony Basil

[@raymondweaver8526]

I'm Turning Japanese

[@martyklestadt6766]

@RT-106 Music Some of these may not have technically been one-hit wonders, but for the ones that had other hits, these songs outshined their other(s) (on the charts) by a mile.

[@GrinderCB]

"Puttin' On The Ritz" was already being used a lot in movies and TV at the time. Gene Wilder and the Peter Boyle did the song in "Young Frankenstein" in the 70's

[@Vesper1205]

Yes! When he does the dance number with the monster. 🤣

[@maxshea1829]

@@Vesper1205 Puttin' on the riiiiiiitz!

[@juliemcarthur3004]

Love pac man fever

[@justapeacefulmanwhosbornin7291]

“You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)” is still one of my 75 most favorite songs in 1980s.

[@BobbySacamano]

We get it

[@trinaq]

Likewise, it's ridiculously corny, but that's all part of its charm!

[@chasehedges6775]

Great song

[@JamieAubrey]

Any time i hear this song I have that one image in my head

[@caracticusthirdaisi2986]

Give a listen to the "Dead or Alive" compilation "Evolution" and you'll see that You Spin Me Round is only one of their good songs, there are a couple dozen really great songs in their catalogue.

[@weirdalfan1980]

The cheesiest one-hit wonders of the 80s are still better than today's music.

[@julie.1081]

Totally! Fer sure!!!

[@VideosandMemories-qi4mq]

The worst songs from the 80s are better than the biggest hits of today, if you ask me...

[@christinestevenson4304]

sheet, we now sound like our parents!

[@JayNoodles]

Every generation thinks their music is better than the current generations music.

[@lenevee4925]

These songs are more catchy than cheesy! I remember coming home from elementary school and watching these videos on MTV. I still sing "too shy" and " come on Eileen" when I'm feeling happy.

[@VicGeorge2K6]

Martha Wash of the Weather Girls would later lend her vocals to C & C Music Factory's songs like "Everybody Dance Now".

[@maxshea1829]

Of course, whoever was in charge of the video replaced her with an anorexic model lip-syncing. 🙄

[@PHSDM104]

Also, "Everybody Everybody" and "Strike It Up" by Black Box. All of those songs had a slimmer model lipsyncing in the videos.

[@Leatherargento]

Oh, wow! I didn't know that that was the same person!

[@HenryFernandoMartinezCopete]

I don’t know, but some of these are great tunes, they bring great memories to many of us! It’s a good thing that “cheesy” is just a subjective perception, not a fact…

[@AmericanEnglishman]

Come On, Eileen is a banger and far from cheesy

[@martyklestadt6766]

Still my third-favorite song ever!

[@victorhernandez8723]

Cheesy does not necessarily mean bad.

[@martyklestadt6766]

@@victorhernandez8723 Nope, you're right. It just means over-the-top.

[@luv2sail66]

Love this song to this day.

[@JetPackDino]

The video. The overalls. Pure cheese. Although to be fair if we were to judge all the 80's songs by their VIDEOS, then, yes, okay, 99% of songs from the 80's would be considered cheesy, so maybe I'll just have a cup of coffee and reconsider my life.

[@mr.decencykeepinitreal6348]

“You Spin Me Round (Like a Record).” One of my 225+ most favorite songs of all time. 😁

[@feldspar3858]

Says you. 🤮

[@Ozzie2191]

I'm disappointed they didn't use the Paul Rudd version!

[@devinhyde1139]

The Waitresses have a Christmas song called "Christmas Wrapping" that still gets airplay every season....I think it might be as big as "I Know What Boys Like"

[@RonnieBarzel]

Yeah. In his “One-Hit Wonderland” episode on The Waitresses, KZbinr Todd in the Shadows calls them a band not with one hit but two half-hits.

[@nancyf7919]

I love that song.

[@Sephiroth766]

What's weird is that I hear the Christmas song far more nowadays yet "I know what boys like" is their biggest hit in terms of the charts which is why they are considered one hit wonder/

[@junkiegutterpunk]

Thank you!!! I came to the comments to mention this. The Waitresses hit 62 in the US with "I Know What Boys Like" and "Christmas Wrapping" has been in and out of the charts around Christmas a few times.

[@GVike]

Fun fact: the sax player has been playing with Psychedelic Furs for years, and the bassist played with the B-52's at one point.

[@bdchiaccio]

Of course Limahl charted again when he went solo with Neverending Story which became a big sleeper hit in the US.

[@spannerturnerMWO]

Most people don't know that he was kicked out of the band shortly after "Too Shy" became a hit, which is what prompted him to go solo.

[@luv2sail66]

I have a number of these songs in my music library. Lots of fond memories I still enjoy to this day.

[@semper440]

Imo "99 Luftballons" feels zero cheesy

[@robertvaneersel3741]

Furthermore it is not an international one hit wonder. Nena also scored a hit together with Kim Wilde, a re-release of their hit Irgendwie Irgendwo Irgendwann (Anyplace, Anywhere, Anytime).

[@GrinderCB]

I grew up in the 80's so lots of these songs bring back memories. Tommy Tutone played a lot in SoCal where I grew up and his band played at a lot of places there. The song actually caused the music industry (or someone) to ban the use of phone numbers in song lyrics. Lots of people with that number had to change it because they were getting crank calls from kids asking if Jenny was there.

[@maxshea1829]

Those seven digits still draw "Where's Jenny?" calls to this day!

[@cocoaorange1]

That had to be a headache!

[@BigAl1976]

Pac-Man Fever is still a personal favorite after all these years. I got into playing Pac-Man back when I was a lad of 5 in 1981 - I was taking a break from roller skating with my mom and my sister at a roller skating place in San Diego (Dad was deployed overseas with the Navy at the time), Mom gave me a quarter, I played a game of Pac-Man...the rest is history. Still a gamer after 40 years.

[@krisandersen8695]

Other than "Pac-Man Fever" and "Mickey", I love all of these songs, and I listen to most of them on a fairly regular basis. And, yes, I remember watching all of them on MTV.

[@susanrobinson910]

Ahh, the 80s…when MTV actually played music videos 😂

[@arielle8010]

I PRAY THAT MTV GOES BACK TO MUSIC VIDEOS, AND STOPS THE STUPID SHOWS FOREVER!!!!!!

[@garypamatat3167]

Wrong MTV IS STILL PLAYING MUSIC VIDEOS THERE IS MTV U, MTV LIVE AND MTV CLASSIC THEY ARE PLAYING MUSIC VIDEOS RIGHT ON IN 2024. OVER IN THE UK THERE ARE MORE MTV STATIONS MTV CLUB, MTV HITS, MTV BASE MTV CLASSIC

[@melissateague3936]

Funky Town was the very first 45 single I ever bought at Peaches record store. My mother said she would treat us kids each to one single of our choice and that is the one I picked. I was only 7!

[@robertvaneersel3741]

The video is actually taken from a Dutch tv programma who used dancers. The original video can be found somewhere else on KZbin.

[@steveh8724]

Peaches! Haven't thought about that chain in so many years. What a wonderful place to visit, especially if you'd never been to a large record store. Simply blew my mind back in the day. Too bad I couldn't even afford to buy anything there until I started saving up my lunch money.

[@David_Theisen]

In that video of their performance the audience looked like they did not give a crap for the music!! LOL

[@umberct]

This has been my favorite MoJo experience EVer! Loved all these toons. I feel like I was in my twenties again.

[@justapeacefulmanwhosbornin7291]

Gotta ❤️ the ‘80s. 😁

[@cybelemarie7913]

I consider most or all of these songs to be 80s classics.

[@justapeacefulmanwhosbornin7291]

“Bettie Davis Eyes” is a great song in 1981.

[@trinaq]

Agreed, it's such a catchy song, and despite the cheesiness, still gives me the chills!

[@feldspar3858]

Song is absolute cringe.

[@sarahmueller8973]

I love music from the 80's! I still listen to all of these!

[@IloveNZ6389]

Most of these songs are so good, I still listen to them now....great songs will never get old.

[@jrebecca0195]

Corrections: The Waitresses also had a hit with the song "Christmas Wrapping." Dead or Alive also had a hit with the song "Brand New Lover." Cutting Crew also had a hit with the song "I've Been In Love Before."

[@maxshea1829]

The Waitresses also wrote and performed the theme for "Square Pegs." Short-lived, but much loved sit-com from '82-'83. Sarah Jessica Parker, Jamie Gertz, etc.

[@jrebecca0195]

@@maxshea1829I remember that sitcom but I never watched it. Very cool!

[@ZiggyWalsh]

The Waitresses also performed the theme to the short-lived CBS series "Square Pegs."

[@raymondtitano3819]

Five Honorable Mentions - Charlene's I've Never Been To Me - Bobby McFerrin's Don't Worry, Be Happy - Sheriff's When I'm With You - Murray Head's One Night in Bangkok - Stars on 45 Medley

[@debbieanne7962]

Come on Eileen and 99 Luftballoons are 2 songs I have on my paylist today. Both awesome

[@Mrnovanova]

Those songs are the soundtrack of my youth.😍😍 Loved the video.♥️

[@matthewmcallister9354]

the 80's were a weirdly awesome time all around

[@chasehedges6775]

I think the mid 2000s were awesome, imo. Sadly though, those times are over

[@0zbrian]

@@chasehedges6775 yeah mid 2000s was like the final chapter of 80s-90s style of living, internet killed TV, internet killed going outside at the park with friends, internet killed buying CDs and even video games. I think 2012 for me was when it was all over.

[@chasehedges6775]

@@0zbrian After 2015 ended, it was all over

[@GVike]

Right after punk opened up possibilities and before consolidation of the recording and media industries.

[@darkangel_1978]

The goof where Kajagoogoo was concerned was the band's manager convinced the band, that Limahl was holding them back, and if they dropped him from the band, they would huge. They listened and they were not the huge hit they were told they'd be. Fun fact: Kajagoogoo was discovered by Duran Duran keyboardist Nick Rhodes.

[@big8dog887]

I can't call Dead or Alive a one-hit wonder. "Brand New Lover" was a very big second hit which got a lot of airplay.

[@GVike]

"Spin" made it to 11 and "Lover" to 15...

[@deadcatthinks6725]

Fun fact: for the luft balloons video, the soldiers on the army base where the music video was filmed were not too happy with the subject of the lyrics, so they added a little extra "boom" to the background explosions taking the band by surprise which is why you can see them staggering and holding on to each other in the video.

[@lloydzeroa.k.aforger6990]

Intimidation, a little bit extreme DYA?

[@mudvalve]

All good choices. However, I would like to suggest one as an Honorable Mention. The group Opus came out with a song called “Live is Life”. You have to hear it played along with the original video to grasp the cheesiness. Opus is still creating new music today!

[@GVike]

That was more a hit in Europe

[@MAJIK0909]

Anyone else baffled by the comment/saying referenced in this, "the eyes are the nipples of the face"?!? This was the first time I'd ever heard it and I wish I hadn't. WHO in the world says this?!?

[@Scott_Forsell]

I worked in a convenience store in the summer during high school in 1981. The owner put the pop station on the over head. I heard Bette Davis Eye's several thousand times that summer at work.

[@christopherfarris6404]

How could you possibly forget to include I Wanna Be a Cowboy, by Boys Don't Cry? That song has cheese written all over it!

[@art.of.verser]

My favorite karaoke go-to 80s songs: "Come On Eileen" by Dexy's Midnight Runners "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" by Wham! "Lovesong" by The Cure "Whip It" by Devo "The Safety Dance" by Men Without Hats 😁😁😁😁😁

[@theresahaines2647]

Nothing cheesy about these songs. Most of these songs were and are still popular. I hear a lot of 80’s pop music being played by Penn State students. It just goes to show pop music from the 80’s is the best.

[@Charlesb88]

While it's true that the band Nena (99 Luftballons) was a one hit wonder internationally, their lead Nena, of which the band was named after, was very successful as solo artist after the band broke up in the late 80's, especially back home in Germany, selling over over 25 million records in her career to date, making her the most successful German pop singer in chart history.

[@waittillfamewtf2385]

🎇 "What a Feeling" (1983) - Irene Cara

[@kevinriddell2105]

Irene Cara also had a big hit with "Fame"

[@waittillfamewtf2385]

@@kevinriddell2105 genius

[@SaxyLament]

A lot of these didn't sound cheesy to me at all. "Ghostbusters" and "Walk the Dinosaur" are what I would call cheesy.

[@David_Theisen]

I downloaded the Ghostbusters soundtrack on iTunes many years ago!!! LOL

[@margaret91]

Dead Or Alive had MORE than a 1 hit wonder. They also had the song "Brand New Lover" among others.

[@robertbarnum1485]

They might be cheesy, but fun to listen to!!!!

[@OverlordZeroULTIMA]

90's baby here, but I drove my friends *nuts* listening to "Spin Me Right Round" in high school. XD There were times in class where we could work while listening to music (with headphones on!) and that was the only song I played, lol. One time, I was feeling down, and one of them sang it to me, since it was the only song they knew I listened to. I still tear up thinking about that.

[@danielchevapravatdumrong1997]

6:54 It’s awesome that Jungle Boy has been keeping this song alive.

[@feldspar3858]

Not really.

[@Ratt2004]

A whole new generation of fans discovering the song, and singing along to it.

[@kevinlawson1746]

Saturday Morning Cartoons, MTV , Big Hair Bands, Video Games everywhere you went , oh yeah good times.

[@trinaq]

I love "Come on Eileen", it's always been my goto Karaoke song, and the fiddles give it a distinct Irish vibe. I always missed half the lyrics, though! 😂🍀

[@martyklestadt6766]

Lyrics on that one are tough. I still mangle it even after seeing the lyrics before. Of course, in karaoke, with the lyrics right there, it would be tough to miss.

[@rajeerz]

For some other cheesey 80s one-hit wonders, Jump 'n the Saddle Band "The Curly Shuffle," Raquel Welch "This Girls' Back in Town," Billy Crystal "You Look Marvelous," Billy Vera "At This Moment," Paul Lekakis "Boom Boom (Let's Go Back to My Room)," Eddie Murphy "Party All the Time," Chicago Bears Shufflin' Crew "The Super Bowl Shuffle," Bruce Willis "Respect Yourself," and so many more...

[@defineboredom]

Disagree about Cutting Crew. While "(I Just) Died in Your Arms" was their only #1 hit, they followed it up with "I've Been in Love Before" as the second single from the album "Broadcast". "I've Been in Love Before" charted at #9 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and #2 on the US Adult Contemporary chart. This would hardly make them a "One-Hit Wonder" by any standard.

[@donnakubiski5572]

I have two of their albums. I still listen to them to this day.

[@Beargeek616]

Ah the second British Invasion of the 80s. You guys really should do a top 20 list of the British singers and bands in the 80s.

[@dandippel6087]

I have almost every one of those songs on the list on Time Life compilation CDs called Sounds of the 80’s. And most of them are still on my phone. Lol

[@infinitygirlak]

Thanks for that trip through Jr and Sr High School!

[@raymondweaver8526]

HS/College. Safety Dance always makes me think of a buddy from Rutgers

[@MickeyKnox]

Well, maybe Nena was just a One-Hit-Wonder in the US, but she was huge over here in Germany in the following years with hit after hit after hit

[@PrinzPassionsfrucht]

Right, with a career resurgency in the mid 2000's and a career meltdown in 2020 when it came out that she is an antivaxxer.

[@francoiswouters3738]

Well i am from the Netherlands and she was pretty big here too. I'm still a huge fan.

[@heatherr0420]

And she still putting out hit albums in her native Germany, good stuff if you speak German and want to listen to it

[@GVike]

Same case with A-ha. Heck, Dexys was a TWO HIT wonder in the UK (Geno)

[@RonnieBarzel]

Bow Wow Wow was Malcolm McLaren’s greatest creation. And while Kajagoogoo never reached the heights of “Too Shy” again, lead singer Limahl (acronym of his name Hamill) had a solo Top 20 hit with the theme to “The Never Ending Story.”

[@maxshea1829]

I still love that song, "Never Ending Story." Written by Giorgio Moroder and Keith Forsey. Kajagoogoo was a s big as Duran Duran for six months of 1983. They wanted to be more artsy and progressive than a bubblegum band, but their ambitions exceeded their abiities.

[@donaldwilson2620]

I also heard that Boy George was an early member of Bow Wow Wow. He left right before "I Want Candy" became a cult hit.

[@maxshea1829]

@@donaldwilson2620 He was. Very briefly. Under the name Lieutenant Lush.

[@steveh8724]

that would be an anagram for his name, like 'linear bronze' or 'brazer online' for yours.

[@GrinderCB]

"Future's So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades" wouldn't be the first song whose message was misinterpreted. Springsteen's "Born in the USA" for years was seen as a patriotic anthem. Politicians used it in their election campaigns until someone finally had them read the lyrics.

[@maxshea1829]

YES! Reagan used it for his '84 campaign. I said to myself, "Did they even listen to that song?"

[@affliction1979]

Politicians are not known for being intelligent people

[@Spiderific]

And they still play it to this day at every 4th of July fireworks celebration. Guess that's what happens when you only listen to the chorus lol 🤦🏻‍♀️🤣

[@spannerturnerMWO]

Alphaville's "Forever Young" suffers the same affliction. Kudos to Alphaville and their video's director and producer for showing everyone what the song was really about. My high school used it for graduation, but they made some serious changes to the lyrics...

[@williamthomas3359]

hey where's the superbowl shuffle by Da 1985 Bears????? or Party all the Time by Eddie Murphy. Those two are the very definition of cheesy 80s tunes.

[@davewest7691]

Neither of those were one hit wonders.

[@DirtiestDMusic]

"Rock Me Amadeus" also says hello.

[@WrenFaithBridger]

You want REAL cheese? You should have gone for some of the "deep cuts" from MTV's heyday, like "Mexican Radio" by Wall of Voodoo, "I Ran (So Far Away") by A Flock of Seagulls, "Love Plus One" by Haircut 100, "Turning Japanese" by the Vapors, and "Talk Talk" by Talk Talk. I graduated high school in 1982, so this was my era. As for me, aside of the Weather Girls, the Waitresses, and Bow Wow Wow, I've got all of the others on my Spotify playlist.

[@meganwhitehead1338]

The singer for kajagoogoo also sang Neverending Story

[@sandyworkman3025]

This was fun. Not only hearing some of these for the first time in decades but the hair styles and OMG the clothes, LMAO!

[@JonnyTainment]

I was hoping to see one of my favorite cheesy one-hit wonders on this list: Stacey Q for "Two Of Hearts!"

[@christopherfarris6404]

TOTALLY!!!

[@vandeolkon]

I had that album!

[@donnadressler3766]

I used to sing two pop tarts because that's what it sounded like to me lol.

[@vandeolkon]

@@donnadressler3766 haha!!

[@paulshallbetter1080]

Ah! Eight-bit sampler goodness! I-i-i-i-i-i-i-need-you...

[@rayceeya8659]

I grew up in the 80s and the Cold War was very present. We tested the air raid sirens every day at 12:00. We had supersonic bombers running exercises over my home town. We expected to die in a white hot flash any day. So I love those old 80s synth songs that talk about the end of the world. Kids today don't know how close it was.

[@AudreyC379]

~My Favorites~ ❤️ Tommy Tutone: Jenny Kim Carnes: Betty Davis Eyes Modern English: I melt With You Lipps inc: Funky Town Nena: 99 Luftballoons: Dexy Midnight Runners and the Emerald Express: Come on Eileen Cutting Crew: (I just) Died in your Arms

[@tmduke55221]

I may have heard this once in a roller rink every time I hear Funky Town it takes me back to the roller rink even though I can't skate anymore.

[@kurtpearson2793]

Song- Big Country Band- Big Country Album -Big Country One Hit

[@BobbySacamano]

Bad Company

[@anthonyhind1308]

The album was called The Crossing,and they had a lot more than one hit in the UK and Ireland

[@kurtpearson2793]

@@anthonyhind1308 Really? Wow! I’ve had it wrong! (For a long time!) 👍 I was a kid when it hit my radio-

[@raymondweaver8526]

Oh yes

[@melissacooper8724]

I've been hearing the songs "Too Shy Shy" and "Safety Dance" playing over the PA system at Wal-Mart repeatedly. It wasn't until now that I finally learned the names of the songs and the artists.

[@hgodvilla00]

Watch Mojo, the band Cutting Crew was not an 80's one hit wonder band in the U.S. according to the charts. They had a second song that was a hit that has the title, 'I've Been In Love Before', that made it to number 9 in the charts.

[@ZoeBlacktail]

"(I just) died in your arms" & "You spin me round( like a record)" was two of the songs I started to get to know after I first started to watch videos on KZbin and become two of my favorite songs after that. And "It´s raining men" was my favorite song before I got to know about youtube; but when I first heard it it was a cover made by Geri Halliwell (my favorite singer from Spice girls) and "Mickey" was also a song I got to know before youtube to but when I first heard it; it was a swedish cover made by Carola. 😃

[@chheinrich8486]

number 6 is my favorite and it will spin me round forever

[@dhsswim11]

#5 I heard the English version of "99 Luftballons" the other day on the radio and thought "Man, this song sucks..." Once I figured out it was the English version, I changed the channel to the original version and felt so much better! xD

[@maxshea1829]

Casey Kasem's American Top 40 played the English version "99 Red Balloons."

[@martyklestadt6766]

@@maxshea1829 I recall them playing both versions (but only one version each week). One time they even played a version that was part English and part German.

[@maxshea1829]

@@martyklestadt6766 It seems the U.S. embraced the German version. I don't know whether people like the English version of Der Kommissar or the German version. ATF v. Falco. After The Fire (The English version) hit #5 on the Hot 100. Falco's version didn't go mainstream in spite of MTV playing his version of Der Kommissar at least once in a while.

[@martyklestadt6766]

@@maxshea1829 I personally preferred After The Fire's English version of Der Kommissar, but Falco's German version is good too.

[@jasminejohnston6393]

Here’s a fact: MTV’s first music video was Video Killed The Radio Star!

[@firstclaw1]

One of my favourites is 99 Luftballons, not even because I am German. By the way, I once experienced the Weather Girls live. These ladies have incredible pipes. When there was a short time without power they sang without microphones on in the club. I didn't notice the difference. haha Great voices. Some singers sound live nothing like the studio album, but these ladies can sing!

[@GVike]

One of them, Martha Wash, sang on a few 90s dance tunes but never got credited or appeared on the videos and that was a huge story then. Black Box and C+C Music Factory put a model in her place. I believe Wash sued C+C...

[@recordman33]

Some of these are not one hit wonders. Kim Carnes had 7 top 40 hits.

[@maestromike91971]

I think my many favorite 80s songs were Life in a Northern Town, Steve Winwood songs, A lot of Aerosmith songs, blinded with science, Jenny,Electric Avenue, Don’t worry was 90. 99 Red Balloons . They did a version in English. Come on Eileen , Life InA Norton Town. I’m surprised it hasn’t been mentioned in this videos about that song ,?

[@anthonymason3854]

You spend right round was fun, upbeat, and very very dancable, so was I want Candy. 🌹🌹🌹💯💯💯🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@JBDude52]

Top 3 (In my opinion): 1. Hey Mickey 2. Come on Eileen 3. Funkytown I was going to put Eileen at number 1 because of how catchy it is, but I just had to give Mickey a chance because everyone has been listening to this song, it's annoying by it's repeats, yet it's still decent to feel good when your down, imagine this being the Walt Disney's mascot's theme song.

[@lunazeppeli8340]

OMG! My senior year our choir did Raining Men for our spring concert and ngl-we REALLY had fun with it!

[@dariax6301]

Perhaps some are these are cheesy but still prefer them over the music of today.

[@martyklestadt6766]

Which of these cheesy one-hit wonders do I still listen to today? ALL OF THEM! But this video showed me the true meaning of some of them that I did not know before.

[@SensationalBanana]

Can't say I listen to any of these, but "It's Raining Men" always makes me smile when I hear it.

[@devinhyde1139]

It was written by David Letterman's sidekick Paul Schaffer....crazy, huh!

[@Katalyste]

"Puttin On The Ritz" reminded me of "Rock Me Amadeus" so I had to listen to that after this list.

[@sntstafford]

My preferences are “Crazy in the Night” and “Pop Goes the World”, thank you very much.

[@ingridcarleton]

This was a fun trip down memory lane.

[@trinaq]

The 80's really had a thing for having cheery sounding songs that had dark lyrics about the Cold War, as "I Melt with You" and "99 Red Balloons" can attest to.

[@chasehedges6775]

Honestly, 80s music and early to mid 2000s music is where it’s at

[@BobbySacamano]

Don't forget about those golden oldies

[@MickeyKnox]

check out "vamos a la playa" by Righeira

[@easybeautybybrandycolorstr2463]

can't forget party like it's 1999 by prince

[@thomasmagnum3588]

Memories light the corners of my mind….I was in college when MTV premiered. We spent so much time watching it in the Student Center, that the Dean had to remove the TV!

[@kelleyk28]

She Blinded Me With Science is my favorite 80s song.

[@seantlewis376]

Good commentary. All these songs are on my background playlist.

[@jeffm9770]

I was in love with the singer of Bow Wow Wow as a teenager in the 80s

[@mr.decencykeepinitreal6348]

Both songs “Mickey” and “Raining Men” are turning 40.

[@coleardle]

Some other 80s one hit wonders - a-ha “Take on Me” Sly Fox “Let’s Go All the Way” Boy George “The Crying Game” Sophie B. Hawkins “Damn (Wish I Was Your Lover)” John Waite “Missing You”

[@monicamason3414]

Please - Men Without Hats is great. "Pop Goes The World" has a goofy video as well (1988?) but sticks in my head as well.

[@crabring]

thanks for the reminder. I added these to my spotify!

[@vapoet]

While in high school, I was working as a busboy at Denny's as Come on Eileen came out. Dexy's Midnight Runners stopped in for a later dinner and we had no idea who they were. They had a tour bus with their name on the side and so the workers all went over to say hello. Went to school on Monday and when I mentioned it, most had no idea who they were. Some had just seen the video on MTV. Only one week later, no one would believe a superstar band like them would stop at a Dennys while on tour.

[@peter298a]

I was pretty hip in the 80s, but I've never heard that Pac-Man song.

[@linda10989]

I dont know about you, but I've also never heard I Know What Boys Like

[@ZiggyWalsh]

Alrught, where is the rock you two were living under? Just kidding.

[@stephenmiller9346]

Wild Wild West by Escape Club . . . utter blasphemy that it didn't make this list lol - I agree with some of the other comments about a few of these songs being out and out classics, plus there is nothing cheesy about songs that address nuclear war.