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Naked Eyes "There's Always Something There To Remind Me" and "Promises, Promises"
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These guys are actually 3-hit wonders.  In 1984 they did a song called "(What) In The Name Of Love"; it was a moderate hit in the U.S.  :D

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There's always going to be something of a problem with threads like this, insofar as what may have been a one/two hit act in one country is not necessarily going to be the same across the board...depends where you're coming from...

For example Haircut 100, Terence Trent D'arby and Go West have all had a string of hits over here...

But well remembered all the same...
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Very good point, Paul!  :)

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What about "Only You?" I thought that did well...

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Billy Ocean

1."Get Outta My Dreams,Get Into My Car"
2.Nights(feel like getting down)

Howard
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He had hits with "Loverboy" and "Caribbean Queen" also. :)

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Greg Kihn Band "Jeopardy" and "The Breakup Song"
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Awesome songs.

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What about "Only You?" I thought that did well...
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It did well on the U.S. club/pop charts. According to the All Music site.
My mistake.  :)

Next time I should research carefully before posting.

I have forgotten about that track.
It was floating around my compilation CDs.
And I actually have their "Upstairs At Eric's" LP.

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Ray Parker Jr.

"The Other Woman"
"Ghostbusters"

Howard
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Ghostbusters..?  Better give that one to Huey Lewis.  HE won the lawsuit!   :-/    ;D

Fine Young Cannibals also had "Suspicious Minds" & "Johnny Come Home" from their self-titled debut album in 1985.

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Ray Parker Jr.

"The Other Woman"
"Ghostbusters"

Howard
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I can think of at least one other Ray Parker Jr. song (A Woman Needs Love).

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Lindsey Buckingham (solo)-Trouble & Go insane

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Holiday Road, also.

Hey, it was in Vacation so it's a hit to me!

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Isn't Wang Chung a two hit wonder??
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Besides "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" and "Dance Hall Days", they also had hits with "Live and Die in LA" and "Let's Go".

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One of the bands that I remember being very one hit wonder was Chillawack. Remember "My Girl"
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Pose this musing about Chilliwack to a Canadian.   ;D

Consider also:

Fly At Night
Something Better
Baby Blue
We Don't Have To Fall In Love
Crazy Talk
There's Something I Like About That
California Girl
Road To Paradise
Arms of Mary
I Believe

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Go West "We Close Our Eyes" and "King Of Wishful Thinking"


I was only thinking about two hit wonders of the United States. Sorry.

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  Actually the earliest hit by Go West was "Call Me" (1985) making them a three hit wonder in the US.

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There's always going to be something of a problem with threads like this, insofar as what may have been a one/two hit act in one country is not necessarily going to be the same across the board...depends where you're coming from...

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Well, even in a given country, I think it's obvious the very definition of "hit" is in the eye(ear) of the beholder.  I've never mentioned it yet but some that some people claim were hits - I will swear on a stack of Bibles I never even heard!  I guess I go by top 40 - and even then it's rough if a song never made it that high on that list for a short time, much less failed to get top 100 for the year.

I still don't know what the @#$@#^ "In a Big Country is"; I NEVER heard it, never heard OF it until this and the YesterdayLand forum - where it shamefully beat out many serious 80s hits as the "#1 80s song"!   ??? >:( ::)

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I still don't know what the @#$@#^ "In a Big Country is"; I NEVER heard it, never heard OF it until this and the YesterdayLand forum - where it shamefully beat out many serious 80s hits as the "#1 80s song"!   ??? >:( ::)
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"In A Big Country" by Big Country hit #17 on both the UK and US charts. Alright, so it's not a terribly high position, but it's still regarded these days as one of the quintessential 80's hits. Maybe you'd know it if you heard it. ;D

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These guys are actually 3-hit wonders.  In 1984 they did a song called "(What) In The Name Of Love"; it was a moderate hit in the U.S.  :D
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Naked Eyes also had a song titles "When The Lights Go Out" that hit the charts in 1983  - made it to #37.

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How about "The Pursuit Of Happiness"  They had a couple of good rocking tunes.  "I'm An Adult Now" comes to mind.

http://home.interlog.com/~charzi/tpoh/

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Was "I'm An Adult Now" even a hit? And if so, wasn't it their only one? I know they had several singles. "She's So Young," "Hard To Laugh," "Cigarette Dangles," among others that I've forgotten.

In an earlier post, you mentioned Chilliwack. I only remember "My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone)" and "Whatcha Gonna Do When I'm Gone?" And since we're on the subject of Canadian "rawk" (as I like to call it), how about these?

Streetheart
Doug And The Slugs
Rough Trade
Honeymoon Suite
etc...

All big in Canada. Not with me though! Ick...:P ;D All you people who live outside of Canada who've never heard of these groups, consider yourself lucky!! :D

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Tina Turner

"Private Dancer"
"What's Love Got To Do With It"?

Howard
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Those are just two of several Tina had in the 80s.  "Hero" (Mad Max) and "Typical Male" are two more.

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Only a few I can think of at the moment

Loverboy "Everybodys Working For The Weekend" and "Hot Girls In Love"

Corey Heart "Sunglasses At Night" and "Never Surrender"

Toto "Rosanna" and "Africa"
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Loverboy had others as well "Turn me Loose", "Notorious" are just a couple.
Corey Hart sang "Boy in the Box" also.  
Did Go West cover "We close our eyes"?  Or is that a different version from Oingo Boingo's which Danny Elfman penned?

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Was "I'm An Adult Now" even a hit? And if so, wasn't it their only one? I know they had several singles.

In an earlier post, you mentioned Chilliwack. And since we're on the subject of Canadian "rawk" (as I like to call it), how about these?

Streetheart
Doug And The Slugs
Rough Trade
Honeymoon Suite
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I guess it depends on what part of the country you are in.  In Calgary they played TPOH constantly, "I'm An Adult Now" and "Hard To Laugh" were played an awful lot.

I like Streetheart, Rough Trade "All Touch", and Honeymoon Suite.  Actually, i'm always surpised how many bands I like turn out to be Canadian artists.  I didn't know Rough Trade was.

As for Chilliwack, I like "My Girl (Gone Gone Gone)" "Secret Information" and "Whatcha Gonna Do".

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Archie Bell And The Drells

"Stratedgy"
"Tighten Up"

Howard
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Aren't we talking about the '80s here?   ???
"Tighten Up" was released in the '60s.  

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Aren't we talking about the '80s here?   ???
"Tighten Up" was released in the '60s.  
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Sorry,I messed up there.My mistake. ;D

Howard