80's One Hit Wonders Trivia

Name the One Hit Wonders

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Music

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• 80's
• One
• Hit
• Wonders

[MrPete1966]

Typical arrogant bloody attitude of YANKS!! There's more truth than rumour in the gag that you Yanks thought "We Are The World" was about you! A One Hit Wonder is ONLY a one hit wonder if the artist only had the one hit - PERIOD - unless you qualify the list in a way that people know it only takes into account a particular region or regions.

[DUCKDUCK1974]

@MrPete1966

Thanks for your response. To be honest, this is just a simple video I whipped up and sent to some of my friends. (hence the obscure scoring ratings). We threw it onto youtube for kicks... I was really just experimenting with my new iMovie program. I had no idea that anybody would even watch it. My regrets for using North American charts.

Thanks again, and "keep on rocking in the free world." (thought I'd throw in a quote from one of my countrymen. No, I'm not a "Yank").

[LBjim]

Big Country was not a one-hit wonder. They had many world wide hits especially in Europe..

[DUCKDUCK1974]

I'm aware of that, but the fact is they only had one top 40 hit on the North American charts. Therefore.....One Hit Wonder.

[Will090681]

Well I maybe a nerd for getting all of them right, but your an ASS for putting something like this on here to insult people.

[DUCKDUCK1974]

You clearly did not understand that the 'nerd' comment was just a joke - completely sarcastic. Man, nerds have no sense of humor!

[CthulhuForCocoaPuffs]

Whew!

I get to go hang out with Jake.

On a serious note though, I couldn't believe how many I couldn't remember.

[laylacalif]

Of course, if you look at Toni Basil's IMDB entry, you'll see she's somewhat of a Renaissance Woman and her 1 hit "Mickey" is just a tiny slice of what she's done in show biz. imdb.com/name/nm0059844/

[Martylovescats]

Gotta love German women!!! (including me!)

[kritiker14]

??? Nena was certainly not a one hit wonder, she had many more hits in europe and the world!!

[populous2]

@MrPete1966 In the United States, a 'One Hit Wonder' is usually accepted/defined as having only a single song chart in the Billboard Top 40. And while not the best definition, it is the way it is defined here.

[thincow12]

@DUCKDUCK1974 who cares about third world europe. nothing outside of the US really matters.

Cheers good chap!

[steve1million]

Ha! this is great effort Duck Duck.

Not heard 'tarzan boy' for ages!

This post brought a smile to my face,(thanks) which is more than can be said for Mrpete66,who is obviously , ill-educated and pious , with an over the top attack on what is essentially a "bit of a laugh" 80's pop quiz,

Mr pete66 you are sir ,are you not,.... without doubt  guilty of being dreadfully dull.Not all 'yanks' are arrogant, if u had ever travelled further than your local supermarket then u would realise this.

[evertonio]

Rockwell had 2 songs in the US charts. The other was called Obscene Phone Caller bizzarely.