One Hit Wonders Of The 80's

It turns out that some of my favorite songs from the 1980's were done by artists that are considered "One Hit Wonders".  Below is a list of one hit wonders from the 80's.  Anything surprise you?  I was shocked to see, for instance, that Psychedelic Furs only had one hit- and it wasn't "Love My Way", which never hit the Top 40.  Everyone knows that Kajagoogoo had only one hit (but it was one awesome hit though) but who also knew Love And Rockets underperformed?

Song	Performer	Peak Date	Peak Position
Released In: 1980
"Yes I'm Ready"	Teri DeSario	3/1/80	2
"With You I'm Born Again"	Billy Preston and Syreeta	4/19/80	4
"Set Me Free"	Utopia	4/19/80	27
"Only a Lonely Heart Sees"	Felix Cavaliere	4/19/80	36
"Pilot of the Airwaves"	Charlie Dore	5/3/80	13
"The Seduction (Love Theme from American Gigolo)"	James Last Band	5/24/80	28
"Funkytown"	Lipps Inc.	5/31/80	1
"Gee Whiz"	Bernadette Peters	5/31/80	31
"Cars"	Gary Numan	6/7/80	9
"Wondering Where the Lions Are"	Bruce Cockburn	6/7/80	21
"New Romance (It's a Mystery)"	Spider	6/7/80	39
"Ashes By Now"	Rodney Crowell	7/5/80	37
"King of the Hill"	Rick Pinette and Oak	7/19/80	36
"A Lover's Holiday"	Change	7/19/80	40
"Tired of Toein' the Line"	Rocky Burnette	7/26/80	8
"Stand By Me"	Mickey Gilley	8/2/80	22
"Take Your Time (Do It Right) Part 1"	The S.O.S. Band	8/16/80	3
"Take a Little Rhythm"	Ali Thomson	8/23/80	15
"Into the Night"	Benny Mardones	9/6/80	11
"One in a Million You"	Larry Graham	9/20/80	9
"Lookin' For Love"	Johnny Lee	9/20/80	5
"How Do I Survive"	Amy Holland	10/11/80	22
"Who'll Be the Fool Tonight"	The Larsen-Feiten Band	10/11/80	29
"Whip It"	Devo	11/15/80	14
"I'm Happy That Love Has Found You"	Jimmy Hall	11/22/80	27
"If You Should Sail"	Nielsen/Pearson	11/22/80	38
"Without Your Love"	Roger Daltrey	11/29/80	20
"Turning Japanese"	The Vapors	11/29/80	36
"I Believe in You"	Don Williams	12/20/80	24
"Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime"	The Korgis	12/27/80	18
1981
"Killin' Time"	Fred Knoblock and Susan Anton	2/7/81	28
"Giving It Up For Your Love"	Delbert McClinton	2/21/81	8
"Together"	Tierra	2/21/81	18
"Precious to Me"	Phil Seymour	3/28/81	22
"Don't Stop the Music"	Yarbrough and Peoples	4/11/81	19
"Somebody's Knockin'"	Terri Gibbs	4/25/81	13
"Mister Sandman"	Emmylou Harris	4/25/81	37
"Just the Two of Us"	Grover Washington, Jr.	5/2/81	2
"Love You Like I Never Loved Before"	John O'Banion	5/16/81	24
"I Love 'Em Every One"	T.G. Sheppard	5/16/81	37
"Just So Lonely"	Get Wet	5/30/81	39
"Say What"	Jesse Winchester	6/13/81	32
"What Are We Doin' In Love"	Dottie West	6/27/81	14
"Is It You"	Lee Ritenour	6/27/81	15
"Stronger Than Before"	Carole Bayer Sager	7/11/81	30
"Seven Year Ache"	Rosanne Cash	7/18/81	22
"Sweet Baby"	Stanley Clarke/George Duke	8/1/81	19
"Theme from Greatest American Hero (Believe It or Not)"	Joey Scarbury	8/15/81	2
"It's Now or Never"	John Schneider	8/15/81	14
"Double Dutch Bus"	Frankie Smith	8/15/81	30
"Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through"	Jim Steinman	8/15/81	32
"Don't Give It Up"	Robbie Patton	8/22/81	26
"Everlasting Love"	Rachel Sweet	8/22/81	32
"Nicole"	Point Blank	9/5/81	29
"You Could Take My Heart Away"	Silver Condor	9/19/81	32
"Breaking Away"	Balance	9/26/81	22
"General Hospi-Tale"	The Afternoon Delights	10/3/81	33
"Sausalito Summernight"	Diesel	11/21/81	25
"I Want You, I Need You"	Chris Christian	11/21/81	37
1982
"More Than Just the Two of Us"	Sneaker	1/23/82	34
"Hooked on Classics"	Royal Philharmonic Orchestra	1/30/82	10
"All Our Tomorrows"	Eddie Schwartz	2/20/82	28
"Call Me"	Skyy	3/6/82	26
"Don't Let Him Know"	Prism	3/13/82	39
"Pac-Man Fever"	Buckner & Garcia	3/27/82	9
"Take Off"	Bob and Doug McKenzie	3/27/82	16
"Key Largo"	Bertie Higgins	4/17/82	8
"Nobody Said It Was Easy (Lookin' For the Lights)"	Le Roux	4/17/82	18
"Mama Used to Say"	Junior	4/24/82	30
"Genius of Love"	Tom Tom Club	4/24/82	31
"Goin' Down"	Greg Guidry	5/1/82	17
"If I Had My Wish Tonight"	David Lasley	5/1/82	36
"Chariots of Fire - Titles"	Vangelis	5/8/82	1
"I've Never Been to Me"	Charlene	5/22/82	3
"Fantasy"	Aldo Nova	5/29/82	23
"Murphy's Law"	Chéri	6/5/82	39
"Stone Cold"	Rainbow	6/19/82	40
"Forget Me Nots"	Patrice Rushen	7/3/82	23
"Let it Whip"	The Dazz Band	7/17/82	5
"Tainted Love"	Soft Cell	7/17/82	8
"Hooked on Swing"	Larry Elgart and His Manhattan Swing Orchestra	7/24/82	31
"Nice Girls"	Eye to Eye	7/24/82	37
"Personally"	Karla Bonoff	8/7/82	19
"Love Plus One"	Haircut	8/7/82	37
"If the Love Fits Wear It"	Leslie Pearl	8/14/82	28
"And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going"	Jennifer Holliday	8/28/82	22
"Someday, Someway"	Marshall Crenshaw	8/28/82	36
"Valley Girl"	Frank Zappa	9/11/82	32
"Holdin' On"	Tané Cain	9/18/82	37
"New World Man"	Rush	11/6/82	21
"Nobody"	Sylvia	11/20/82	15
"I.G.Y. (What a Beautiful World)"	Donald Fagen	11/27/82	26
"Mickey"	Toni Basil	12/11/82	1
1983
"What About Me"	Moving Pictures	2/12/83	29
"Baby, Come to Me"	Patti Austin	2/19/83	1
"The Clapping Song"	Pia Zadora	2/19/83	36
"Pass the Dutchie"	Musical Youth	2/26/83	10
"On the Loose"	Saga	2/26/83	26
"Burning Heart"	Vandenberg	3/12/83	39
"I Know There's Something Going On"	Frida	3/26/83	13
"Come On Eileen"	Dexys Midnight Runners	4/23/83	1
"Whirly Girl"	Oxo	4/23/83	28
"Der Kommissar"	After the Fire	4/30/83	5
"So Wrong"	Patrick Simmons	5/7/83	30
"She Blinded Me with Science"	Thomas Dolby	5/14/83	5
"I Couldn't Say No"	Robert Ellis Orrall with Carlene Carter	5/21/83	32
"That's Love"	Jim Capaldi	6/18/83	28
"Too Shy"	Kajagoogoo	7/9/83	5
"The Salt in My Tears"	Martin Briley	7/30/83	36
"It's Inevitable"	Charlie	8/13/83	38
"Puttin' on the Ritz"	Taco	9/3/83	4
"Far From Over"	Frank Stallone	10/1/83	10
"Can't Shake Loose"	Agnetha Faltskog	11/5/83	29
"Just Got Lucky"	JoBoxers	11/19/83	36
"In a Big Country"	Big Country	12/3/83	17
"Major Tom (Coming Home)"	Peter Schilling	12/24/83	14
1984
"The Curly Shuffle"	Jump 'N the Saddle Band	1/21/84	15
"Baby I Lied"	Deborah Allen	1/21/84	26
"Let the Music Play"	Shannon	2/25/84	8
"99 Luftballons"	Nena	3/3/84	2
"They Don't Know"	Tracey Ullman	4/28/84	8
"White Horse"	Laid Back	5/12/84	26
"It's My Life"	Talk Talk	5/19/84	31
"My Ever Changing Moods"	The Style Council	6/9/84	29
"Whisper to a Scream (Birds Fly)"	The Icicle Works	6/9/84	37
"Modern Day Delilah"	Van Stephenson	6/30/84	22
"Almost Paradise...Love Theme From Footloose"	Mike Reno and Ann Wilson	7/14/84	7
"10-9-8"	Face to Face	7/21/84	38
"Breakin'...There's No Stopping Us"	Ollie and Jerry	8/4/84	9
"The Warrior"	Scandal	9/22/84	7
"A Girl in Trouble (Is a Temporary Thing)"	Romeo Void	10/27/84	35
"Desert Moon"	Dennis DeYoung	11/10/84	10
"Sugar Don't Bite"	Sam Harris	11/10/84	36
"Girls With Guns"	Tommy Shaw	11/17/84	33
"Centipede"	Rebbie Jackson	12/22/84	24
1985
"All I Need"	Jack Wagner	1/12/85	2
"Do They Know It's Christmas?	Band Aid	1/19/85	13
"Easy Lover"	Philip Bailey & Phil Collins	2/2/85	2
"Call to the Heart"	Giuffria	2/2/85	15
"Operator"	Midnight Star	2/2/85	18
"Tragedy"	John Hunter	2/16/85	39
"Relax"	Frankie Goes to Hollywood	3/16/85	10
"Turn Up the Radio"	Autograph	3/16/85	29
"Radioactive"	The Firm	4/13/85	28
"We Are the World"	USA for Africa	4/13/85	1
"Axel F"	Harold Faltermeyer	6/1/85	3
"Invisible"	Alison Moyet	6/1/85	31
"In My House"	Mary Jane Girls	6/8/85	7
"NeverEnding Story"	Limahl	6/15/85	17
"Wake Up (Next to You)"	Graham Parker and the Shot	6/22/85	39
"19"	Paul Hardcastle	7/20/85	15
"When Your Heart Is Weak"	Cock Robin	8/31/85	35
"Cry"	Godley & Creme	10/5/85	16
"Miami Vice Theme"	Jan Hammer	11/9/85	1
"Love Theme From St. Elmo's Fire"	David Foster	11/16/85	15
"Running Up That Hill (a Deal With God)"	Kate Bush	11/30/85	30
"Object of My Desire"	Starpoint	12/14/85	25
"Perfect Way"	Scritti Politti	12/21/85	11
1986
"You're a Friend of Mine"	Clarence Clemons	1/18/86	18
"Everybody Dance"	Ta Mara and the Seen	1/18/86	24
"Tarzan Boy(From "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III")"	Baltimora	3/1/86	13
"Beat's So Lonely"	Charlie Sexton	3/22/86	17
"No Easy Way Out"	Robert Tepper	3/29/86	22
"Live is Life"	Opus	3/29/86	32
"Let's Go All the Way"	Sly Fox	4/12/86	7
"Tender Love"	Force M.D.'s	4/12/86	13
"I Do What I Do...(Theme for 9 1/2 Weeks)"	John Taylor and Jonathan Elias	4/26/86	23
"Feel It Again"	Honeymoon Suite	5/10/86	34
"I Wanna Be a Cowboy"	Boys Don't Cry	6/21/86	12
"Out of Mind, Out of Sight"	Models	6/21/86	37
"Tuff Enuff"	The Fabulous Thunderbirds	7/12/86	10
"When the Heart Rules the Mind"	GTR	7/12/86	14
"Digging Your Scene"	The Blow Monkeys	8/2/86	14
"Take It Easy"	Andy Taylor	8/2/86	24
"Hanging on a Heart Attack"	Device	8/9/86	35
"Rumors"	Timex Social Club	8/16/86	8
"One Step Closer to You"	Gavin Christopher	8/16/86	22
"Baby Love"	Regina	9/13/86	10
"Captain of Her Heart"	Double	9/13/86	16
"Friends and Lovers"	Gloria Loring and Carl Anderson	9/27/86	2
"Paranoimia"	The Art of Noise with Max Headroom	10/4/86	34
"Heartbeat"	Don Johnson	10/18/86	5
"The Rain"	Oran "Juice" Jones	11/15/86	9
"Emotion in Motion"	Ric Ocasek	11/15/86	15
"Welcome to the Boomtown"	David and David	11/29/86	37
"The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades"	Timbuk	12/27/86	19
"For Tonight"	Nancy Martinez	12/27/86	32
1987
"Shake You Down"	Gregory Abbott	1/17/87	1
"Stay the Night"	Benjamin Orr	2/14/87	24
"Keep Your Hands to Yourself"	The Georgia Satellites	2/21/87	2
"Talk to Me"	Chico DeBarge	2/21/87	21
"Facts of Love"	Jeff Lorber	2/21/87	27
"Respect Yourself"	Bruce Willis	3/7/87	5
"Don't Leave Me This Way"	The Communards	3/7/87	40
"As We Lay"	Shirley Murdock	3/28/87	23
"The Honeythief"	Hipsway	4/4/87	19
"Light of Day"	The Barbusters	4/4/87	33
"Smoking Gun"	Robert Cray Band	4/18/87	22
"Ship of Fools (Save Me From Tomorrow)"	World Party	4/25/87	27
"Serious"	Donna Allen	5/9/87	21
"Heartbreak Beat"	The Psychedelic Furs	5/23/87	26
"Right on Track"	Breakfast Club	5/30/87	7
"Fascinated"	Company B	6/13/87	21
"Soul City"	Partland Brothers	6/27/87	27
"The Flames of Paradise"	Jennifer Rush	7/11/87	36
"Don't Disturb This Groove"	The System	7/18/87	4
"Funky Town"	Pseudo Echo	7/18/87	6
"Kiss Him Goodbye"	The Nylons	8/1/87	12
"Heart and Soul"	T'Pau	8/8/87	4
"Living in a Box"	Living in a Box	8/22/87	17
"Lies"	Jonathan Butler	8/29/87	27
"Mary's Prayer"	Danny Wilson	9/5/87	23
"Touch of Grey"	Grateful Dead	9/26/87	9
"Holiday"	The Other Ones	10/17/87	29
"Casanova"	LeVert	10/31/87	5
"Boys Night Out"	Timothy B. Schmit	11/7/87	25
"Sugar Free"	Wa Wa Nee	11/14/87	35
"I Don't Mind At All"	Bourgeois Tagg	12/5/87	38
"Motortown"	Kane Gang	12/19/87	36
1988
"Honestly"	Stryper	1/30/88	23
"Pump Up the Volume"	M/A/R/R/S	2/20/88	13
"She's Like the Wind"	Patrick Swayze (featuring Wendy Fraser)	2/27/88	3
"Fishnet"	Morris Day	4/23/88	23
"Kiss and Tell" (From "Bright Lights, Big City")	Bryan Ferry	4/30/88	31
"You Don't Know"	Scarlett and Black	4/16/88	20
"Ritual"	Dan Reed Network	5/7/88	38
"My Girl"	Suave'	5/14/88	20
"Da'Butt" (From The "School Daze" Soundtrack)	E.U.	5/21/88	35
"Tomorrow People"	Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers	7/9/88	39
"Two Occasions"	The Deele	5/21/88	10
"Strange But True"	Times Two	5/21/88	21
"When We Kiss"	Bardeux	6/4/88	36
"Under the Milky Way"	The Church	6/18/88	24
"Supersonic"	J. J. Fad	6/18/88	30
"Beds Are Burning"	Midnight Oil	7/2/88	17
"Rush Hour"	Jane Wiedlin	7/30/88	9
"Love Changes (Everything)"	Climie Fisher	7/30/88	23
"Sayin' Sorry (Don't Make It Right)"	Denise Lopez	8/20/88	31
"Don't Worry Be Happy" (From "Cocktail")	Bobby McFerrin	9/24/88	1
"It Takes Two"	Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock	10/29/88	36
"Another Lover"	Giant Steps	11/12/88	13
"The Promise"	When in Rome	12/10/88	11
"Not Just Another Girl"	Ivan Neville	12/10/88	26
"Yeah, Yeah, Yeah"	Judson Spence	12/10/88	32
"Thanks For My Child"	Cheryl Pepsii Riley	12/24/88	32
1989
"I Remember Holding You"	Boys Club	1/14/89	8
"When I'm with You"	Sheriff	2/4/89	1
"What I Am"	Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians	3/4/89	7
"Surrender to Me"	Robin Zander	3/11/89	6
"I Beg Your Pardon"	Kon Kan	3/11/89	15
"Heaven Help Me"	Deon Estus	4/29/89	5
"Thinking of You"	Sa-Fire	5/6/89	12
"Iko Iko"	The Belle Stars	5/13/89	14
"Downtown"	One 2 Many	5/20/89	37
"Where Are You Now?"	Jimmy Harnen with Synch	6/10/89	10
"Cuddly Toy (Feel For Me)"	Roachford	6/10/89	25
"Cry"	Waterfront	6/17/89	10
"So Alive"	Love and Rockets	8/5/89	3
"Angel Eyes"	Jeff Healey Band	9/2/89	5
"Talk It Over"	Grayson Hugh	9/9/89	19
"Let Go"	Sharon Bryant	10/14/89	34
"Don't Make Me Over"	Sybil	12/2/89	20
"Don't Close Your Eyes"	Kix	12/16/89	11