100 Greatest One-Hit Wonders of the ’80s

VH1 counted down the 100 Greatest One-Hit Wonders of the '80s – everything from new wave to hip-hop, novelty hits by Yello and Bruce Willis, and pop classics by Rockwell and Toni Basil.

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"You're A Friend Of Mine" – Clarence Clemons (and Jackson Browne)

Album: Hero

Year: 1985

"Rock On" – Michael Damian

Album: Where Do We Go From Here

Year: 1989

"Pac-Man Fever" – Buckner & Garcia

Album: Pac-Man Fever

Year: 1981

"Baby I Love Your Way / Freebird" – Will To Power

Album: Will to Power

Year: 1988

"Tuff Enuff" – The Fabulous Thunderbirds

Album: Tuff Enuff

Year: 1986

"Beds are Burning" – Midnight Oil

Album: Diesel and Dust

Year: 1987

"Lean On Me" – Club Nouveau

Album: Life, Love & Pain

Year: 1987

"The Ballad of Jayne" – L.A. Guns

Album: Cocked & Loaded

Year: 1989

"Far From Over" – Frank Stallone

Album: Staying Alive: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Year: 1983

"Friends And Lovers" – Gloria Loring & Carl Anderson

Album: Carl Anderson and Gloria Loring

Year: 1986

"Love Plus One" – Haircut 100

Album: Pelican West

Year: 1982

"Rappin' Rodney" – Rodney Dangerfield

Album: Rappin' Rodney

Year: 1982

"Wouldn't it Be Good" – Nik Kershaw

Album: Human Racing

Year: 1984

"Edge Of A Broken Heart" – Vixen

Album: Vixen

Year: 1988

"Forget Me Nots" – Patrice Rushen

Album: Straight From the Heart

Year: 1982

"Tomorrow People" – Ziggy Marley And The Melody Makers

Album: Conscious People

Year: 1988

"Under The Milky Way" – The Church

Album: Starfish

Year: 1988

"Boom Boom Boom Let’s Go Back to My Room" – Paul Lekakis

Album: Tattoo It

Year: 1987

"Lunatic Fringe" – Red Rider

Album: As Far As Siam

Year: 1981

"Johnny Are You Queer?" – Josie Cotton

Album: Convertible Music

Year: 1982

"Party All The Time" – Eddie Murphy

Album: How Could It Be

Year: 1985

"Black Velvet" – Alannah Myles

Album: Alannah Myles

Year: 1989

"Fantasy" – Aldo Nova

Album: Aldo Nova

Year: 1981

"Tenderness" – General Public

Album: All the Rage

Year: 1984

"Supersonic" – J.J. Fad

Album: Supersonic

Year: 1988

"Key Largo" – Bertie Higgins

Album: Just Another Day in Paradise

Year: 1982

"What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy)" – Information Society

Album: Information Society

Year: 1988

"19?" – Paul Hardcastle

Album: Paul Hardcastle

Year: 1985

"Breakout" – Swing Out Sister

Album: It's Better to Travel

Year: 1986

"All I Need" – Jack Wagner

Album: All I Need

Year: 1984

"Axel F" – Harold Faltermeyer

Album: Beverly Hills Cop: Music From the Motion Picture Soundtrack

Year: 1985

"Heart And Soul" – T'Pau

Album: Bridge of Spies

Year: 1987

"Major Tom" – Peter Schilling

Album: Error In the System

Year: 1983

"Toy Soldiers" – Martika

Album: Martika

Year: 1989

"Angel Eyes" – The Jeff Healey Band

Album: See the Light

Year: 1989

"I Don't Like Mondays" – The Boomtown Rats

Album: The Fine Art of Surfacing

Year: 1979

"Steal Away" – Robbie Dupree

Album: Robbie Dupree

Year: 1980

"The Rain" – Oran "Juice" Jones

Album: Juice

Year: 1986

"Dear God" – XTC

Album: Skylarking

Year: 1987

"Da Butt" – E.U.

Album: School Daze: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Year: 1988

"I Can't Wait" – Nu Shooz

Album: Poolside

Year: 1986

"Your Love" – The Outfield

Album: Play Deep

Year: 1985

"Heartbeat" – Don Johnson

Album: Heartbeat

Year: 1986

"We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off" – Jermaine Stewart

Album: Frantic Romance

Year: 1986

"Voices Carry" – Til Tuesday

Album: Voices Carry

Year: 1985

"Just Got Paid" – Johnny Kemp

Album: Secrets of Flying

Year: 1988

"Lady in Red" – Chris DeBurgh

Album: Into the Light

Year: 1986

"Puttin' On the Ritz" – Taco

Album: After Eight

Year: 1983

"In My House" – Mary Jane Girls

Album: Only Four You

Year: 1985

"Der Kommissar" – After the Fire

Album: ATF

Year: 1982

"Buffalo Stance" – Neneh Cherry

Album: Raw Like Sushi

Year: 1988

"Easy Lover" – Philip Bailey and Phil Collins

Album: Chinese Wall

Year: 1984

"Oh Yeah" – Yello

Album: Stella

Year: 1985

"Catch Me I'm Falling" – Pretty Poison

Album: Catch Me I'm Falling

Year: 1987

"Keep Your Hands To Yourself" – The Georgia Satellites

Album: Georgia Satellites

Year: 1986

"C'est La Vie" – Robbie Nevil

Album: Robbie Nevil

Year: 1986

"Mexican Radio" – Wall of Voodoo

Album: Call of the West

Year: 1983

"Let the Music Play" – Shannon

Album: Let the Music Play

Year: 1983

"The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades" – Timbuk 3

Album: Greetings from Timbuk 3

Year: 1986

"At This Moment" – Billy Vera

Album: Billy and the Beaters

Year: 1981

"Video Killed the Radio Star" – The Buggles

Album: The Age of Plastic

Year: 1979

"Break My Stride" – Matthew Wilder

Album: I Don’t Speak the Language

Year: 1983

"Respect Yourself" – Bruce Willis

Album: The Return of Bruno

Year: 1987

"Funkytown" – Lipps, Inc.

Album: Mouth to Mouth

Year: 1980

"It's Raining Men" – The Weather Girls

Album: Success

Year: 1982

"Genius of Love" – Tom Tom Club

Album: Tom Tom Club

Year: 1981

"I Know What Boys Like" – The Waitresses

Album: Wasn't Tomorrow Wonderful?

Year: 1982

"Missing You" – John Waite

Album: No Brakes

Year: 1984

"Harden My Heart" – Quarterflash

Album: Quarterflash

Year: 1981

"Don't Worry, Be Happy" – Bobby McFerrin

Album: Don't Worry, Be Happy

Year: 1988

"Turning Japanese" – The Vapors

Album: New Clear Days

Year: 1980

"Our House" – Madness

Album: The Rise & Fall

Year: 1982

"St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)" – John Parr

Album: St. Elmo's Fire: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Year: 1985

"Two of Hearts" – Stacey Q

Album: Better Than Heaven

Year: 1986

"I Just Died In Your Arms" – Cutting Crew

Album: Broadcast

Year: 1986

"Pass the Dutchie" – Musical Youth

Album: The Youth of Today

Year: 1982

"What I Am" – Edie Brickell & New Bohemians

Album: Shooting Rubberbands At the Stars

Year: 1988

"Electric Avenue" – Eddy Grant

Album: Killer On the Rampage

Year: 1982

"Maniac" – Michael Sembello

Album: Bossa Nova Hotel

Year: 1983

"We're Not Gonna Take It" – Twisted Sister

Album: Stay Hungry

Year: 1984

"Somebody's Watching Me" – Rockwell

Album: Somebody's Watching Me

Year: 1984

"You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" – Dead or Alive

Album: Youthquake

Year: 1985

"It Takes Two" – Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock

Album: It Takes Two

Year: 1988

"The Safety Dance" – Men Without Hats

Album: Rhythm of Youth

Year: 1983

"99 Luftballons" – Nena

Album: Nena

Year: 1983

"Whip It" – Devo

Album: Freedom of Choice

Year: 1980

"In A Big Country" – Big Country

Album: The Crossing

Year: 1983

"She Blinded Me With Science" – Thomas Dolby

Album: The Golden Age of Wireless

Year: 1982

"Obsession" – Animotion

Album: Animotion

Year: 1984

"Relax" – Frankie Goes to Hollywood

Album: Welcome to the Pleasuredome

Year: 1983

"Too Shy" – Kajagoogoo

Album: White Feathers

Year: 1983

"I Want Candy" – Bow Wow Wow

Album: Last of the Mohicans

Year: 1982

"I Melt With You" – Modern English

Album: After the Snow

Year: 1982

"Mickey" – Toni Basil

Album: Word of Mouth

Year: 1982

"Tainted Love" – Soft Cell

Album: Non-stop Erotic Cabaret

Year: 1982

"867-5309 / Jenny" – Tommy Tutone

Album: Tommy Tutone 2

Year: 1981

"Take On Me" – A-Ha

Album: Hunting High and Low

Year: 1985

"I Ran (So Far Away)" – A Flock of Seagulls

Album: A Flock of Seagulls

Year: 1982

"Come on Eileen" – Dexy's Midnight Runners

Album: Too-Rye Ay

Year: 1982