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Subject: Two Hit Wonders of the 80s
Written By: whistledog on 12/31/06 at 5:13 pm
"A two-hit wonder is an artist, unlike a one-hit wonder, that has two major hit singles before fading into obscurity". They aren't usually defined by country, but they should be as some artists are more successful in diffrent countries.
Here's a bunch of Two Hit Wonders that were popular in Canada ...
Amazulu - Montego Bay / Don't You Just Know It
Big Bam Boo http://www.geocities.com/godeltsihw/canada.PNG - Shooting From My Heart / If You Could See Me Now
Blow Monkeys - Digging Your Scene / It Doesn't Have to Be This Way
Body Elecric http://www.geocities.com/godeltsihw/canada.PNG - Do You Think They Can Tell? / Strangers in Love
Boys Brigade http://www.geocities.com/godeltsihw/canada.PNG - Passion of Love / Melody
Charlene - I've Never Been to Me / Used to Be <w/ Stevie Wonder>
Darkroom http://www.geocities.com/godeltsihw/canada.PNG - In Dim Light / San Paku
Indio http://www.geocities.com/godeltsihw/canada.PNG - Hard Sun / Save For the Memory
Jato http://www.geocities.com/godeltsihw/canada.PNG - She's Got / Lake of Fire
Jenson Interceptor http://www.geocities.com/godeltsihw/canada.PNG - Tiny Thing / Heavenly Angels
Johanssen http://www.geocities.com/godeltsihw/canada.PNG - Walkin A Fine Line / Here We Go Again
Laid Back - White Horse / Sunshine Reggae
Lipps Inc - Funkytown / How Long
Matt Bianco - Whose Side Are You On? / Yeh Yeh
Musical Youth - Pass the Dutchie / She's Trouble
Myles Goodwyn http://www.geocities.com/godeltsihw/canada.PNG - Do You Know What I Mean <w/ Lee Aaron> / My Girl
Nick Lowe - Cruel to Be Kind / Stick it Where the Sun Don't Shine
Opus - Live is Life / Up and Down
Roger Hodgson - Had A Dream / You Make Me Love You
Sheriff http://www.geocities.com/godeltsihw/canada.PNG - You Remind Me / When I'm With You
Surrender http://www.geocities.com/godeltsihw/canada.PNG - It's All Been Done Before / Start Again
T'Pau - Heart and Soul / China in Your Hand
Taco - Puttin on the Ritz / Singin in the Rain
Trans X http://www.geocities.com/godeltsihw/canada.PNG - Vivre Sur Video (Living on Video) / Message on the Radio
Truth - Exception of Love / Weapons of Love
Tu http://www.geocities.com/godeltsihw/canada.PNG - Stay With Me / The Language of Love
Vikki Moss http://www.geocities.com/godeltsihw/canada.PNG - Never Say Die <w/ Tim Feehan> / If I Turn You Away
Subject: Re: Two Hit Wonders of the 80s
Written By: DJ Midas on 01/01/07 at 3:05 pm
Only one that comes to mind right now is
Rockwell ("Somebody's Watching Me", "Obscene Phone Caller")
Subject: Re: Two Hit Wonders of the 80s
Written By: MaxwellSmart on 01/01/07 at 11:03 pm
Cool list, Whistledog!
Some of those red ones were more failed follow-ups than hits, IMO.
Not to nit pick, but "Cruel to be Kind" was a hit in 1979. I suppose you could carry it over into 1980.
Laid Back's "Keep Smiling" is worth seeking out. It's one of the cheesiest records ever made!
Several times I have nominated Charlene's "I've Never Been To Me" as the worst song ever. Haven't changed my mind!
Don't forget:
EBN-OZN: A-E-I-O-U Sometimes Y/Bag Lady (I Wonder)
Limahl: Neverending Story/Only For Love
Shriekback:* Hand on My Heart/Get Down Tonight
Planet P Project: Why Me?/Static on the Radio
Wall of Voodoo: Mexican Radio/Call of the West**
*not quite fair as band achieved indie rock/college radio stardom without Top 40 success.
**The other Wall of Voodoo hit could be "The Far Side of Crazy," however, TFSOC was recorded after the "Mexican Radio" line-up broke up when Stan Ridgeway left.
Subject: Re: Two Hit Wonders of the 80s
Written By: snozberries on 01/02/07 at 9:26 am
Only one that comes to mind right now is
Rockwell ("Somebody's Watching Me", "Obscene Phone Caller")
Good one!!!
I was thinking Staci Q "Two of Hearts" & "We Connect"
Both songs are so similar that usually when one is playing; I sing the chorus of the other one. You should try it sometime.......
Subject: Re: Two Hit Wonders of the 80s
Written By: Snoopygirl on 01/08/07 at 7:57 pm
I was gonna suggest Honeymoon Suite but I think they were more than a two hit wonder..
I know they had New Girl Now and Feel it again. But then I think they released Bad Attitude.
Subject: Re: Two Hit Wonders of the 80s
Written By: whistledog on 01/08/07 at 8:24 pm
I was gonna suggest Honeymoon Suite but I think they were more than a two hit wonder..
I know they had New Girl Now and Feel it again. But then I think they released Bad Attitude.
They had 4 US hits: New Girl Now (US #57, 1984), Feel it Again (US #34, 1986), What Does it Take (US #52, 1986), Love Changes Everything (US #91, 1988). They did better in Canada with around 15 or so hits
Subject: Re: Two Hit Wonders of the 80s
Written By: Snoopygirl on 01/08/07 at 8:38 pm
They had 4 US hits: New Girl Now (US #57, 1984), Feel it Again (US #34, 1986), What Does it Take (US #52, 1986), Love Changes Everything (US #91, 1988). They did better in Canada with around 15 or so hits
I guess they disqualify then as a two hit wonder then.
Subject: Re: Two Hit Wonders of the 80s
Written By: whistledog on 01/08/07 at 8:39 pm
I guess they disqualify then as a two hit wonder then.
somewhat yes. Their 4 US chart hits were big on Billboard Rock Radio :)
Subject: Re: Two Hit Wonders of the 80s
Written By: snozberries on 01/09/07 at 1:21 pm
They had 4 US hits: New Girl Now (US #57, 1984), Feel it Again (US #34, 1986), What Does it Take (US #52, 1986), Love Changes Everything (US #91, 1988). They did better in Canada with around 15 or so hits
I've never heard of them.... odd I was in high school when these songs came out maybe they didn't play them in salinas Ca
Subject: Re: Two Hit Wonders of the 80s
Written By: FaultyDog on 01/09/07 at 4:31 pm
"Amazulu - Montego Bay / Don't You Just Know It
Oddly enough, neither of those were hits in The Netherlands - but "Excitable" and "Too Good To Be Forgotten" were (which makes them.... a two hit wonder).
Matt Bianco - Whose Side Are You On? / Yeh Yeh
They had 6 Top 40 hits over here, "More Than I Can Bear" being the biggest (reaching #22).
Musical Youth - Pass the Dutchie / She's Trouble
I don't know "She's Trouble" , but we had "The Youth Of Today" and "Tell Me Why" for follow ups.
Nick Lowe - Cruel to Be Kind / Stick it Where the Sun Don't Shine
His only Dutch Top 40 hit in the 1980s was "Half A Boy And Half A Man".
Roger Hodgson - Had A Dream / You Make Me Love You
"Had A Dream" did make it to Dutch Top 40...but only just! It peaked at #39.
Subject: Re: Two Hit Wonders of the 80s
Written By: whistledog on 01/09/07 at 4:35 pm
His only Dutch Top 40 hit in the 1980s was "Half A Boy And Half A Man".
I am glad that song was a Top 40 hit somewhere. It's quite catchy :)
Subject: Re: Two Hit Wonders of the 80s
Written By: FaultyDog on 01/09/07 at 5:01 pm
I am glad that song was a Top 40 hit somewhere. It's quite catchy :)
Indeed it is. Quite different from his 1970s songs (like "I Love The Sound Of Breaking Glass").
btw: "Half a Boy And Half a Man" hit #6.
Subject: Re: Two Hit Wonders of the 80s
Written By: Wurzlsepp on 01/10/07 at 11:02 am
My offer:
Stephen 'Tintin' Duffy - Kiss me / Icing on the cake
but "I love you" ist my favourite song of him ::)