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VH1's Greatest One-Hit Wonders of the 1980s

You guys, this is insane. Imagine thinking Midnight Oil is a one-hit wonder? Ah, well, it's all good fun.
Which one is criminally underrated to you? (I'm going with #78)
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Band
Song
1
Dexy's Midnight Runners
Come on Eileen
2
A Flock of Seagulls
I Ran (So Far Away)
3
A-Ha
Take on Me
4
Tommy Tutone
876-5309 / Jenny
5
Soft Cell
Tainted Love
6
Toni Basil
Mickey
7
Modern English
I Melt With You
8
Bow Wow Wow
I Want Candy
9
Kajagoogoo
Too Shy
10
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Relax
11
Gary Numan
Cars
12
Animotion
Obsession
13
Thomas Dolby
She Blinded Me With Science
14
Big Country
In a Big Country
15
Devo
Whip It
16
Nena
99 Luftballons
17
Men Without Hats
The Safety Dance
18
Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock
It Takes Two
19
Dead or Alive
You Spin Me Round
20
Rockwell
Somebody's Watching Me
21
Twisted Sister
We're Not Gonna Take It
22
Michael Sembello
Maniac
23
Eddy Grant
Electric Avenue
24
Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
What I Am
25
Musical Youth
Pass the Dutchie
26
Cutting Crew
(I Just) Died in Your Arms
27
Stacey Q
Two of Hearts
28
John Parr
St. Elmo's Fire
29
Madness
Our House
30
The Vapors
Turning Japanese
31
Bobby McFerrin
Don't Worry Be Happy
32
Quarterflash
Harden My Heart
33
John Waite
Missing You
34
The Waitresses
I Know What Boys Like
35
Tom Tom Club
Genius of Love
36
The Weather Girls
It's Raining Men
37
Lipps, Inc.
Funkytown
38
Bruce Willis
Respect Yourself
39
Matthew Wilder
Break My Stride
40
The Buggles
Video Killed the Radio Star
41
Billy Vera & The Beaters
At This Moment
42
Timbuk 3
The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades
43
Shannon
Let the Music Play
44
Wall of Voodoo
Mexican Radio
45
Robbie Nevil
C'est La Vie
46
The Georgia Satellites
Keep Your Hands to Yourself
47
Pretty Poison
Catch Me I'm Falling
48
Yello
Oh, Yeah
49
Philip Bailey & Phil Collins
Easy Lover
50
Neneh Cherry
Buffalo Stance
51
After the Fire
Der Kommissar
52
Mary Jane Girls
In My House
53
Taco
Puttin' On the Ritz
54
Chris de Burgh
The Lady in Red
55
Johnny Kemp
Just Got Paid
56
'Til Tuesday
Voices Carry
57
Jermaine Stewart
We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off
58
Don Johnson
Heartbeat
59
The Outfield
Your Love
60
Nu Shooz
I Can't Wait
61
E.U.
Da Butt
62
XTC
Dear God
63
Oran "Juice" Jones
The Rain
64
Robbie Dupree
Steal Away
65
The Boomtown Rats
I Don't Like Mondays
66
The Jeff Healy Band
Angel Eyes
67
Martika
Toy Soldiers
68
Peter Schilling
Major Tom
69
T'Pau
Heart and Soul
70
Harold Faltermeyer
Axel F
71
Jack Wagner
All I Need
72
Swing Out Sister
Breakout
73
Paul Hardcastle
19
74
Information Society
What's on Your Mind
75
Bertie Higgins
Key Largo
76
J.J. Fad
Supersonic
77
General Public
Tenderness
78
Aldo Nova
Fantasy
79
Alannah Myles
Black Velvet
80
Eddie Murphy
Party All the Time
81
Josie Cotton
Johnny Are You Queer?
82
Red Rider
Lunatic Fringe
83
Paul Lekakis
Boom Boom Let's Go Back to My Room
84
The Church
Under the Milky Way
85
Ziggy Marley
Tomorrow People
86
Patrice Rushen
Forget Me Nots
87
Vixen
Edge of a Broken Heart
88
Nik Kershaw
Wouldn't it Be Good
89
Rodney Dangerfield
Rappin' Rodney
90
Haircut 100
Love Plus One
91
Gloria Loring & Carl Anderson
Friends & Lovers
92
Frank Stallone
Far From Over
93
L.A. Guns
The Ballad of Jayne
94
Club Nouveau
Lean on Me
95
Midnight Oil
Beds Are Burning
96
The Fabulous Thunderbirds
Tuff Enuff
97
Will to Power
Baby I Love Your Way/Freebird
98
Buckner & Garcia
Pac-Man Fever
99
Michael Damian
Rock On
100
Clarence Clemons & Jackson Browne
You're a Friend of Mine
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1 Comments
FurSeal
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Level 78
May 15, 2026
I know so many of the songs, but I didn't know most of the artists (I was too young in the 80s). I should have just tried naming songs instead of trying to match the artists.

Also - Midnight Oil is definitely not a one-hit wonder here in Australia, so I agree with you there!

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