10 Unforgettable 80s One-Hit Wonder Songs: I Know You Remember These!

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  • @lovelyhawaiigal
    @lovelyhawaiigal 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    I just have to share this about Katrina and the Waves. She was an Air Force “brat” and was singing Pat Benatar covers in a group called, “Mama’s Cooking” at the NCO club in RAF Lakenheath in 1981. My husband was stationed there in the Air Force and was also a drummer. We met her and talked to her about her experiences. Then, in 1985, when I was very pregnant, John and I were thinking about names and kept hearing Walking on Sunshine and decided Katrina was the perfect name for our daughter! Still makes me smile every time I hear that song!

    • @pdmullgirl
      @pdmullgirl 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Neat story. Thanks for sharing!
      ❤️💜💚

  • @lorirobbins6815
    @lorirobbins6815 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Rockwell sang Somebody Watching Me. I still hear alot on the radio.

  • @RinJERKS
    @RinJERKS 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +64

    Nice list but a-Ha did have a second hit: "The Sun Always Shines on TV"

    • @terrystud99
      @terrystud99 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      Don't forget "Cry Wolf".

    • @lasten75
      @lasten75 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      A-ha had many hits. Also the living daylights, stay on these roads, hunting high and low and others.

    • @HungarianDerrickRose
      @HungarianDerrickRose 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@lasten75 Yeah, wanted to write something similar - your typical well educated "content creator". Did his research and everything.

    • @TooSkinnyKenny
      @TooSkinnyKenny 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      that song's flying synths make it special to me.

    • @supertuber120
      @supertuber120 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      "Take On Me" and "The Sun Always Shines On TV" are the only songs of theirs that made the top 40 here in the US. Haven't heard of most of the other songs mentioned in the comments above. It's really interesting how a song can be a massive hit in one country and completely flop in another.

  • @zelgemini24
    @zelgemini24 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    I love 80s music❤❤❤

  • @janaecatt2407
    @janaecatt2407 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It is crazy how in a lot of these videos that are looking back in time people get disrespectful of the artist that they’re looking back at calling them one hit wonders when they had more than one hit. I’m guessing people decided the one hit or only heard the one hit, but it doesn’t mean that that’s the only song that was a hit or even that it was their only song - so disrespectful.

  • @Panos-Veria
    @Panos-Veria 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Fun fact: I don't know about a OHW in the US but a-ha is for 40 years a musical wonder

  • @KevinSills
    @KevinSills 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I was in my 20's in the 80's, many of these songs I owned on 45 records. What a trip down memory lane this video was. Thank you so much for putting this together, much appreciated!

    • @JefferyMullen-h2u
      @JefferyMullen-h2u 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You might want to explain what a 45 is and the insert you place in the middle so you can play it on your record player .
      Just saying

  • @batsonelectronics
    @batsonelectronics 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    Limahl didn't leave the band, they fired him before too shy came out. He had the hit song for the " Never ending Story" movie after he left. No One thought "turning Japanese" had anything to do with the Japanese culture.

  • @johnbecker3292
    @johnbecker3292 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Live 80s music

  • @MickeyBrewerton
    @MickeyBrewerton 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    The sun always shines o T V. ,Geno!

  • @johnleak8396
    @johnleak8396 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    Quiet Riot had another popular hit, Metal Health. Although my personal favorite iare Slick Black Cadillac and Loves a Bitch.

  • @henriettechristensen2135
    @henriettechristensen2135 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Just because it's a One Hit Wonder in the USA doesn't mean it's a One Hit Wonder in Europe e.g.

    • @supertuber120
      @supertuber120 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Absolutely. For example A-Ha was very big in Europe despite being a flash in the pan in the US. But I think with this particular video he was focusing on the US.

  • @banshee6k
    @banshee6k 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    How the narrator casually glances over and/or omits Neverending Story which could also be called a one hit wonder and HUGE hit from the 80's...

  • @richard-leeriley8583
    @richard-leeriley8583 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What about this song Video Killed the Radio Star? This song was done by The Buggles. Can you give a background on this song sometime?

    • @iamsoverybored878
      @iamsoverybored878 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Todd in the Shadows covered that song in his One Hit Wonderland TH-cam series.

  • @craigparse1439
    @craigparse1439 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    "When I'm with you" by Sheriff. 1982.
    Deep cut for some.

  • @alicecoulter8103
    @alicecoulter8103 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Timbuk 3 ~ "Future's So Bright" (I gotta wear shades)

  • @TooSkinnyKenny
    @TooSkinnyKenny 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    "Digging Your Scene" The Blow Monkeys and "Perfect Way" Scritti Politti are my favorite one hit wonders if both were released in the 80s.

    • @ArcaTubism
      @ArcaTubism 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Blow Monkeys has several other decent sized hits, I think I even had a tape or cd of a compilation of singles that had a number of recognisable songs. Scritti Politti, kind of similar. I'll admit those two you mention are probably their biggest hits though. Both bands had quite a lot of good stuff from my memory.

  • @mnmaddict37532
    @mnmaddict37532 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Tony Basil is now 80 years old. Unbelievable!

    • @lucken13
      @lucken13 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      She was very popular with my school class, which we graduated in 81!!!! 😍

  • @accavanos
    @accavanos 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    One hit wonders means one hit. Quiet riot had 2 and ruled the metal scene for multiple years

  • @tammylynnbeatricedoyle4500
    @tammylynnbeatricedoyle4500 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Enjoyed my trip down memory lane 😀

  • @shuggiemcg1
    @shuggiemcg1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Erm A-Ha had a string of hits and are still going today!

  • @dwaynecunningham2164
    @dwaynecunningham2164 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I wouldn't worry about Dexy's Midnight Runners. I don't think you've heard the last of them.

  • @davidhabert
    @davidhabert 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    It's interesting that you said that Katrina and the Waves disbanded during the late 90s, because there is another fun fact you may not know. They appeared and won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1997 with their song *"Love Shine A light."* That was the last time that the United Kingdom won that contest.

    • @Mistysmudge1
      @Mistysmudge1 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      She was on her own not as the band

  • @Shad0hawK
    @Shad0hawK 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Quiet Riot had several hits. Two of their biggest hits "cum on feel the noise" and they also covered "mama were all crazy now" note for note covers of the orginals by Slade, both released in 1973.

  • @MichaelIvy-oi3nx
    @MichaelIvy-oi3nx 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    Maybe I am just being a stickler, but as far as Quiet Riot goes what about Bang Your Head (Metal Health)

  • @tambrasatoe1994
    @tambrasatoe1994 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Wake Me Up Before You Go Go. --Wham

  • @Shopmyst
    @Shopmyst 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The music from the 1960s was the best, nothing comes close to it.

  • @Bibguide
    @Bibguide 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Awesome 👍

  • @user-ku6eo7fe1p
    @user-ku6eo7fe1p 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    How about When I'm With You by Sheriff? Became smash #1 hit several years after the band broke up.

  • @jasongibson3496
    @jasongibson3496 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I am sorry have to disagree with you sir, but you forgot to include two songs that were one hit wonders as well. Artist: Swinging Sister Song: Break Out and Artist: Baltimora Song: Tarzan Boy. These two songs were more popular than I am turning Japanese in the 1980s and also the two songs I mentioned get played more on 80s on 8 on Sirus XM than some of the songs you have listed. Oh, well to each his own, I guess.

    • @brucethrasher8551
      @brucethrasher8551 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Swing Out Sister, not Swinging Sister...loved them!

  • @mikelittle5250
    @mikelittle5250 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    "Turn up the radio" by Autograph fits this bill. I disagree with the Quiet Riot statement. Maybe the charts said so, But to me, "Metal Health" was a better song than "Cum on feel the noize"

  • @brian7193
    @brian7193 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Boy meets girl waiting for a star to fall
    Big sound authority this house is where your live stands
    Nicole a little peace
    Joe dolce shudupa your face
    Mathew wilder break my stride
    Jane weidlin rush hour
    Peter cetera glory of love
    The maisonettes heartache avenue
    When in the rome the promise
    Charlene ive never been to me
    Rockwell somebodys watching me
    Bobby mcferrin dont worry be happy
    Haysie fantasie cotton eye joe
    Fiction factory feels like heaven
    Mari wilson just what i always wanted

  • @je23508
    @je23508 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love the fun facts

  • @PiratePrincessYuki
    @PiratePrincessYuki 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Quiet Riot actually had two hits. Come On Feel the Noise and Bang Your Head (Metal Health).

    • @andyaccount
      @andyaccount 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      In the UK these two songs were a double A Side and were definitely one hit wonders. I know this list is actually referring to the US though

  • @mariovaccarella6854
    @mariovaccarella6854 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I can't believe that The Night Chicago Died, by Paperlace isn't on this list. Also, Debbie Boone's You Light Of My Life, especially, surprisingly, it's, as I'm told, The Biggest Hit of The 1970s. Let me know what you think

    • @MetFan37
      @MetFan37 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      This is an EIGHTIES list. Go smoke some more weed and keep your hands off the keyboard.

  • @susanking9033
    @susanking9033 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    They had to block that number from ever being given to anyone due to this song

  • @MrGeirPaulsen
    @MrGeirPaulsen 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +68

    A-ha is NOT a OHW!

    • @mormand5003
      @mormand5003 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      In the US they are considered a one-hit wonder. You know most American's don't realize the rest of the world exists lol

    • @Prof_Jeff
      @Prof_Jeff 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Americans DO realize there are other parts of the world. However, OHW status is based (in any official and objective manner) on performance on Billboard's Hot 100 and Top 40 charts in the U.S. (the caveat here is many people make these lists subjectively: "Nobody I know can remeber any other hit by this act, so they must be a OHW.") If performance on the charts around the world were taken into account, there would be no such thing as a OHW: an act that truly had just one hit in the U.S. most likely had multiple hits elsewhere (U.K., Germany, Sweden, Japan, and Australia are typical).

    • @dickmercado1297
      @dickmercado1297 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      youre right the sun always shines on tv and crying in the rain are also a hit

    • @AnnuGupta-xi8tg
      @AnnuGupta-xi8tg 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Feitschyessfft​@@mormand5003

    • @AnnuGupta-xi8tg
      @AnnuGupta-xi8tg 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

  • @scotthughes2914
    @scotthughes2914 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Having a hit not as big as the other doesn't equal a one hit wonder, if it did we would have untold thousands.

    • @lookfeelbehealthy6320
      @lookfeelbehealthy6320 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Exactly. And the fact that they said that Quiet Riot was a one-hit wonder means they know nothing about music. They had an entire album that was successful.

    • @Me-qp8vz
      @Me-qp8vz 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@lookfeelbehealthy6320 Damn I can only think of one of their songs.

    • @dhenderson1810
      @dhenderson1810 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@lookfeelbehealthy6320It doesn't mean that they only ever recorded one song.
      It is one HIT, meaning they are known for one song.
      Fans know more songs but most only know that song.

    • @lookfeelbehealthy6320
      @lookfeelbehealthy6320 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@dhenderson1810 You just proved my point. If fans know more songs, then, by definition, they're not just a one hit wonder. Lol

    • @dhenderson1810
      @dhenderson1810 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@lookfeelbehealthy6320 One HIT, not just one song.
      Fans might know their obscure hits, but only one charted high internationally.
      A hit is if it makes top 20.

  • @downundarob
    @downundarob 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Dexys Midnight Runners had a second hit with 'Geno'

    • @fionaknights3457
      @fionaknights3457 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      And Jackie Wilson said

    • @MetFan37
      @MetFan37 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@fionaknights3457 Not in the US they didn't.

  • @scottmiller-y3b
    @scottmiller-y3b 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    god i was so glad to be a 80s kid

  • @mediamike693
    @mediamike693 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    +++🎵🎸+++THE 80;S 4 MUSIC WAS GREAT+++I 🐸🦘+++LOVED IT+++MY WEAR ❓❓❓ WAS 1987+++🎶🥁🎤+++

  • @isabeld.paredes4923
    @isabeld.paredes4923 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Walking on sunshine was a huge smash, but in 1985, not '83

    • @lovelyhawaiigal
      @lovelyhawaiigal 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I believe it was originally released in 1983 (maybe in Europe), then re-released in April 1985. It also got a HUGE boost in 89 again in the Look Who’s Talking movie soundtrack of course, and has been in loads of other films and commercials! It’s the song my daughter was named after (Katrina is a great name and it’s a great song!)

  • @stevegallo8483
    @stevegallo8483 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Fun fact on Toni Basil of "Mickey" fame. She was in the 1969 movie Easy Rider.

    • @Bluerose888
      @Bluerose888 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Also in the Movie Head by the Monkees. She was dancing with Davy Jones while he was singing Daddy's Song.

    • @DrewHoffman-y3r
      @DrewHoffman-y3r 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      She also danced in a group with Shabba Doo from Breakin' and Fred "Rerun" Berry from What's Happenin'

  • @ILJ68
    @ILJ68 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I Got You - Split Enz
    Modern Day Delilah - Van Stephenson

  • @Weaver67bl
    @Weaver67bl 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Lead singer of KajaGoGo also did title song for Never-ending Story

    • @Prof_Jeff
      @Prof_Jeff 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      True, but does not remove the act from OHW status. If so, many acts classified as OHW for decades no longer are:
      Stealers Wheel ("Stuck in the Middle") b/c Gerry Rafferty had several solo hits
      Free ("All Right Now") b/c Paul Rodgers went in to form Bad Company
      The First Class ("Beach Baby"), Edison Lighthouse ("Love Grows"), and Brotherhood of Man ("United We Stand") b/c Tony Burrows sang lead on all of these AND had solo hits

    • @supertuber120
      @supertuber120 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Actually that wasn't Kajagoogoo. That was Limahl, the lead singer of Kajagoogoo but without the band. That was just him solo.

  • @drbluzer
    @drbluzer 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    ONE HIT WONDERS OF THE 1980'S
    @0:22 : "TAKE ON ME" : A - HA
    @1:25 : "COME ON EILEEN" : DEXY'S MIDNIGHT RUNNERS
    @2:14 : "867-5309 / JENNY" : TOMMY TUTONE
    @3:38 : "MICKEY" : TONI BASIL
    @4:37 : "TOO SHY" : KAJAGOOGOO
    @5:34 : "I MELT WITH YOU" : MODERN ENGLISH
    @6:45 : "WALKING ON SUNSHINE" : KATRINA AND THE WAVES
    @7:42 : "FUNKY TOWN" : LIPPS INC
    @8:20 : "TURNING JAPANESE" : VAPORS
    @9:03 : "COME ON FEEL THE NOISE" : QUIET RIOT

  • @rescuecaptainbob8564
    @rescuecaptainbob8564 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Quiet Riot was NOT a one hit wonder! They also Had Bang You Head (Mental Health will drive you mad) Then they also had Momma We're all crazy now and others!

  • @janaecatt2407
    @janaecatt2407 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Melt with you was featured in valley girls but valley girls was in the 80s valley girls was not in the 90s

  • @georgecoetzee4470
    @georgecoetzee4470 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wtf AHa .. really.. they had many hit songs 😊

  • @mariovaccarella6854
    @mariovaccarella6854 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Toni Basil's Mickey better be on this list.

  • @sarahhiltontheleadsuite
    @sarahhiltontheleadsuite 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I was waiting for "Saraaaaa, Saraaa"

    • @MichaelIvy-oi3nx
      @MichaelIvy-oi3nx 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Sorry that was Jefferson Starship/Starship/Jefferson Airplane who had many hits.

    • @sarahhiltontheleadsuite
      @sarahhiltontheleadsuite 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@MichaelIvy-oi3nx ahhh true ! Guess it wasn't a one hit wonder haha...Im an 80s baby and I feel like everyone sang me that song at one point or another

  • @Lamby1010
    @Lamby1010 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The one about who let the dogs out was shockingly bad !

  • @juliemcarthur3004
    @juliemcarthur3004 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Love the eightes

  • @erikbrantly4015
    @erikbrantly4015 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Kevin DuBrow died in 2007 not 2001. 52 years old.

    • @supertuber120
      @supertuber120 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I was about to point that out before I read your comment. A couple mistakes here and there but I still enjoyed the video.

  • @lasten75
    @lasten75 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    A-ha is not a one hit wonder group, far from it.

  • @mikecampingforfun5226
    @mikecampingforfun5226 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I still remember these songs and dancing to them in the night clubs

  • @jasonprice5983
    @jasonprice5983 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The power of love hewy lewis

  • @JamesHelton-d2l
    @JamesHelton-d2l 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I think Robert John sad eyes was a one hit wonder

  • @kmfdm303
    @kmfdm303 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Giving Quiet Riot the credit for "Come on Feel the Noise" is pretty funny as it's a cover.

    • @Maidenfan83
      @Maidenfan83 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah and Kevin Dubrow wanted nothing to do with that song as he hated it

    • @supertuber120
      @supertuber120 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He mentioned that it was a cover in the video. This is a one hit wonders video and that's the big hit song that they're best known for even though it wasn't one of their original songs.

  • @mtlnascarfan
    @mtlnascarfan 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Wow.
    You guys don't know jack about 80's songs or groups.
    You also don't understand the meaning of "one hit wonder".

    • @lasten75
      @lasten75 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Agree, it is amateur hour around here.

    • @dhenderson1810
      @dhenderson1810 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They are mainly known for one song.
      It doesn't mean that they only ever recorded one song.
      Okay name me what you consider a true "one hit wonder".

    • @mtlnascarfan
      @mtlnascarfan 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@dhenderson1810 "Come On Eileen" by Dexy's Midnight Runners or "Puttin' On The Ritz" by Taco.
      a-Ha is known for MANY songs throughout the 80's and 90's.

    • @lasten75
      @lasten75 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@dhenderson1810 a one hit wonder is when an artist or group only had one hit on the hitlists. A-ha has had many songs chart all over the world. According to your logic nearly all acts are one hit wonders because most people that are not fans of an act rarely knows more than the hit played on the radio or some playlist. And if an act has a number 1 hit and then 20 songs peak at number 2,5 or 11 they are not a one hit wonder.

    • @Geoff_G
      @Geoff_G 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@dhenderson1810 The definition of OHW is a band that has only one Top 40 hit on the charts.

  • @99bristol
    @99bristol 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Take on me, unplugged version used in Dead pool 2

  • @sweetmonster6631
    @sweetmonster6631 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Outstanding editing and well explained we want 90s one hit wonders

  • @luisrodriguez-mb7cc
    @luisrodriguez-mb7cc 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It was in the US, Aha never the charts in America after Take on me.

  • @neilfraser2349
    @neilfraser2349 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Ouch! Tough crowd. I enjoyed the vid, and welcomed the background info.

  • @FanboyMarkJabroni
    @FanboyMarkJabroni 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Sounds like AI to me… unfortunate, or I might’ve subscribed. Seemed like everything but #1 had a “Fun Fact”, did I miss it?

  • @latenighter1965
    @latenighter1965 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Industry - State of the Nation

  • @stephenpaxman6180
    @stephenpaxman6180 หลายเดือนก่อน

    there are no more good bands at all today

  • @olischulu
    @olischulu 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I don't even know all of them. There's a difference between US and Europe music taste.

  • @brandonhoad9033
    @brandonhoad9033 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    If I remember right that was the # of the Buffalo police chief's daughter. Or a town near Buffalo maybe

  • @erickort1987
    @erickort1987 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    hold on to 18 -black n blue

  • @danielroach5415
    @danielroach5415 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    no Dr and the medics - spirit in the sky or dead or alive - you spin me round?

    • @andyaccount
      @andyaccount 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Dr and the Medics had minor hits, still hits though with Burn and Waterloo, the Abba song, with Roy Wood. Dead or Alive had at least 5 other top 20 hits in the UK.

    • @blebhan8213
      @blebhan8213 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@andyaccount Brand New Lover was a big hit for Dead Or Alive

  • @svioletsamuel3380
    @svioletsamuel3380 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Baltimora?

  • @arsenjaho8069
    @arsenjaho8069 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    A-Ha had a lot of other hits. By the way , in this video , their lead singer with sunglasses performing live looks like Patrick Swayze.

    • @blebhan8213
      @blebhan8213 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Now Patrick Swayze, that's a one-hit wonder

    • @arsenjaho8069
      @arsenjaho8069 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@blebhan8213 yes, of course. She's like the wind. Beautiful song.

    • @blebhan8213
      @blebhan8213 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@semogsnitramodlareve2dec2024 Michael Sembello had another Top 40 hit called Automatic Man.

  • @djcedric
    @djcedric 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    KIM CARNES

    • @Mistysmudge1
      @Mistysmudge1 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Betty Davis eyes, great song

    • @blebhan8213
      @blebhan8213 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      She had THREE hits prior to Bette Davis Eyes.
      More Love (#10)
      Don't Fall In Love With A Dreamer (#4)
      What About Me (#15)

  • @caryrodda
    @caryrodda 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    I want to like your channel, but unless you improve your quality control with the mismatched photos and titles I'll probably unsubscribe.

    • @mham1330
      @mham1330 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      No body cares of your grievance so go ahead and watch something else.

    • @mink99a
      @mink99a 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I do care

    • @TheAntCollective
      @TheAntCollective 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Once I read your comment, I could not stop seeing all of the mistakes. They are very egregious and should have been easily caught and corrected. It makes me wonder if this was AI generated and never reviewed for quality.

  • @davidchalk8883
    @davidchalk8883 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    How very American - if it's wasn't a hit in the USA it wasn't a hit at all.

    • @michaeltoler4625
      @michaeltoler4625 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      it's called waybackUSA not waybackEurope...in America theyare one hit wonders..how very European of you to assume everything revolves around you

    • @periair8874
      @periair8874 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@michaeltoler4625same goes to the US. They think they are the pinnacle. But in realty they have no knowledge.

    • @Prof_Jeff
      @Prof_Jeff 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@michaeltoler4625 These international viewers post this on all of these OHW videos. I often come along and explain that OHW status is determined (in any objective fashion) by chart performance on the Billboard Hot 100 and Top 40 in the U.S. If worldwide charts were used, there would be no such thing as a OHW (many acts who are OHW by U.S. charts most likely had multiple hits in the U.K., Sweden, Germany, Australia, or Japan).

    • @davidchalk8883
      @davidchalk8883 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Prof_Jeff So to be clear to Americans "One" can be any number because the total number of hits a band or group has doesn't count towards deciding if they are a ONE hit wonder (the clue is in the word FFS). Not exactly an intellegent arguement.m Even for a country that, through a lack of democracy, made Donald Trump president

  • @josephalberta1145
    @josephalberta1145 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Funky town was not sang by a white German model. The real singer was African American.

  • @rayanegame9920
    @rayanegame9920 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    AlkANE USE THIS SONG

  • @LauraPutnam-t1g
    @LauraPutnam-t1g 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    3

  • @TheKlbrister
    @TheKlbrister 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    They wouldn’t sell their souls, or worship satan.

  • @LauraPutnam-t1g
    @LauraPutnam-t1g 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    1

  • @parallel23s
    @parallel23s 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    At least here in Brazil A-ha has lots of famous songs. But I know their only hit in US was Take on Me.

  • @UnitedbytheWordMinistries
    @UnitedbytheWordMinistries 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Video Killed the Radio Star by The Buugles???

  • @terrystud99
    @terrystud99 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    867-5309 came out in '82 not '81.

    • @Me-qp8vz
      @Me-qp8vz 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Depends on which country.

    • @je23508
      @je23508 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      867-5309/Jenny" is a song written by Alex Call and Jim Keller and performed by Tommy Tutone that was released on the album Tommy Tutone 2 (1981) through Columbia Records. It peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the Rock Top Tracks chart in April 1982

  • @99bristol
    @99bristol 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ah ha did a 007 theme

  • @darrensmith2734
    @darrensmith2734 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Aha made a album they are not a one it wonder neither is dexys midnight runners 😁😁😁😁😁 they bought a album out as well

  • @OMVilla2927
    @OMVilla2927 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Benny sardines into thr night. Benjrrman Orr stay the night

  • @LauraPutnam-t1g
    @LauraPutnam-t1g 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    2

  • @Retromusicworld2.0
    @Retromusicworld2.0 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The same videos again and again in all channels!And of course what you show in the video is not a 80s One Hit!

  • @billnolte8644
    @billnolte8644 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Like the video, but I have never heard of "Turning Japanese" and Quiet Riot had another hit on the same album, so not exactly a one hit wonder.

    • @pauldesigncomics2625
      @pauldesigncomics2625 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Turning Japanese was definitely a big hit. Many have pointed out that it was a metaphor for masturbation.

  • @philip2010
    @philip2010 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    No way are some of these are a one hit wonder

  • @batsonelectronics
    @batsonelectronics 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I forgot to add. This has to be fake AI shit as the pronunciations of some of the bands was way off.

    • @danielroach5415
      @danielroach5415 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Kajarrrrgoogoo got me! :D

    • @Prof_Jeff
      @Prof_Jeff 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You may be right about AI, but a lot of TH-camrs make mistakes like this to gin up comment traffic on their videos. Just like we're doing...🤦‍♂️

  • @kretslien75
    @kretslien75 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Toni who?

  • @globalmodelsdotbiz8965
    @globalmodelsdotbiz8965 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is so dumb ... is this about one hit wonders? Aha had several hits as 'The Sun Always Shines on TV', Dexys Midnight Runners had ar least one more hit. And so on ... Kajagoogoo had more hits ... they even have a The Best album. Probably will also include Shocking Blue ...

  • @D1zzle777
    @D1zzle777 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Do you not know the meaning of 'one hit wonder'?? You even say in the commentary that A ha released multiple albums🤣🤣🤷‍♂️

  • @philip2010
    @philip2010 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Some of these do not qualify as a one hit wonder they more than one hit

  • @scottlawton4819
    @scottlawton4819 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Why do you keep saying “Fun Fact” - it’s just information… what is a fun fact anyway?

  • @BrianMacDonald-vh4df
    @BrianMacDonald-vh4df 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Play the songs but a bloody monologue to every one? Seriously, is your voice that important?

  • @homeaccount5943
    @homeaccount5943 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    WRONG. Ah-Ha was NOT a one hot wonder ! Do better research, or fix your memory !

  • @jocamp4837
    @jocamp4837 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    one hit wonder video "the band had other hits" "the band enjoyed a few more hits"😕