25 Two-Hit Wonders of the '80s (New Version)
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Date: 2024-03-04
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I Love a Rainy Night and Drivin' my Life Away by Eddie Rabbitt.
I Love Rock and Roll and Crimson and Clover by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts.
Longer and Leader of the Band, by Dan Fogelberg.
The Break up Song and Jeopardy by the Greg Khin Band.
Our Lips are Sealed and We got the Beat by the Go Gos.
Never be the Same and Arthur by Chris Cross.
Goodbye to You and The Warrior by Scandal.
Should I Stay or Should I Go and Rock the Casbah by the Clash.
Only the Lonely and Suddenly Last Summer by the Motels.
Eye of the Tiger and High on You by Survivor.
Stone Cold and Street of Dreams by Rainbow.
Cum on Feel the Noise and Bang your Head by Quiet Riot.
Broken Wings and Kyrie by Mr. Mister.
Should've Known Better and Don't Mean Nothing by Richard Marx.
Since You've Been Gone and Your Love by The Outfield.
Manic Monday and Walk like an Egyptian by the Bangles.
Radioactive and Satisfaction Guaranteed by The Firm.
I Remember You and 18 and Life by Skid Row.
Cherry Pie and Uncle Tom's Cabin by Warrant.
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I Love a Rainy Night and Drivin' my Life Away by Eddie Rabbitt.
I Love Rock and Roll and Crimson and Clover by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts.
Longer and Leader of the Band, by Dan Fogelberg.
The Break up Song and Jeopardy by the Greg Khin Band.
Our Lips are Sealed and We got the Beat by the Go Gos.
Never be the Same and Arthur by Chris Cross.
Goodbye to You and The Warrior by Scandal.
Should I Stay or Should I Go and Rock the Casbah by the Clash.
Only the Lonely and Suddenly Last Summer by the Motels.
Eye of the Tiger and High on You by Survivor.
Stone Cold and Street of Dreams by Rainbow.
Cum on Feel the Noise and Bang your Head by Quiet Riot.
Broken Wings and Kyrie by Mr. Mister.
Should've Known Better and Don't Mean Nothing by Richard Marx.
Since You've Been Gone and Your Love by The Outfield.
Manic Monday and Walk like an Egyptian by the Bangles.
Radioactive and Satisfaction Guaranteed by The Firm.
I Remember You and 18 and Life by Skid Row.
Cherry Pie and Uncle Tom's Cabin by Warrant.
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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)
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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)
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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viridisquo4678
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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richardhicks9914
Hard to call a two-hit Wonder on Ritchie Valens since he did die in a plane crash he may have made more. Now some of these are questionable one-hit-wonder more or less two hit wonders.
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Hard to call a two-hit Wonder on Ritchie Valens since he did die in a plane crash he may have made more. Now some of these are questionable one-hit-wonder more or less two hit wonders.
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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,
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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,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Kim Wilde. First hit: Kids In America. Second hit: You Keep Me Hanging On. Johnny Hates Jazz: First hit: Shattered Dreams. Second hit: I Don't Want To Be A Hero.
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Kim Wilde. First hit: Kids In America. Second hit: You Keep Me Hanging On. Johnny Hates Jazz: First hit: Shattered Dreams. Second hit: I Don't Want To Be A Hero.
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joniroxanne96
I swear I thought the second hit for Cutting Crew is One for the Mockingbird.
Glenn M. = George Michael wannabe
St. Elmo's Fire always reminds me of DeadPool.
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I swear I thought the second hit for Cutting Crew is One for the Mockingbird.
Glenn M. = George Michael wannabe
St. Elmo's Fire always reminds me of DeadPool.
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I simply can't agree on this, Johnny Logan had a tonnes of other hits. Mostly in Europe, and also in the 90- till now. And men without hats, had several hits
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I simply can't agree on this, Johnny Logan had a tonnes of other hits. Mostly in Europe, and also in the 90- till now. And men without hats, had several hits
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White Lion ( from Danmark )also had a Big Hit with a remake of the song Radar Love a former Hit by the Dutch Rock Group Golden Earring who also wrote it.
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White Lion ( from Danmark )also had a Big Hit with a remake of the song Radar Love a former Hit by the Dutch Rock Group Golden Earring who also wrote it.
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somersetfan1
How about Bucks Fizz I know they had a long career, but I can only think of 2 major hits. Mind you, I guess you could say the same about T'pau.
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How about Bucks Fizz I know they had a long career, but I can only think of 2 major hits. Mind you, I guess you could say the same about T'pau.
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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!
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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!
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mw4mpr
Slade had only 2 top 40 hits on the US chart EVER and they were in the 80s. Run Runaway was #20 in 1984 and My Oh My made #39 also in 1984.
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Slade had only 2 top 40 hits on the US chart EVER and they were in the 80s. Run Runaway was #20 in 1984 and My Oh My made #39 also in 1984.
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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.
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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.
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Halfrek_FYI
Until this video, I didn’t realize Martika’s Cross My Heart was a cover of Eighth Wonder, who sang the OG.
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Until this video, I didn’t realize Martika’s Cross My Heart was a cover of Eighth Wonder, who sang the OG.
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jonosmith4919
White Lion seen them supporting Motley Crue 1989 Birmingham England with Skid Row what a Gig Brother
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White Lion seen them supporting Motley Crue 1989 Birmingham England with Skid Row what a Gig Brother
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fabb4i2
2: 40 I've already wondered who she's and why I've never heard of hers. Guess I now have my answer lol.
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2: 40 I've already wondered who she's and why I've never heard of hers. Guess I now have my answer lol.
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