A friend claims he cant be stumped on 80s music. Especially on who sang what. I know alot but I havent got him yet. Any help please?
2007-11-01 03:58:27 · 22 answers · asked by cpaul1104 5 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Rock and Pop
99 Red Balloons, Nena
2007-11-01 04:00:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hilary - Drop Your Pants
Tommy Tutone - Angel Say No
Katrina and the Waves - Do You Want Crying?
Oingo Boingo - Just Another Day
BE Taylor Group - Vitamin L
Tane Cain - Temptation (Tane McClure's hair rock album, featured Jonathan Cain, ex-Journey)
Men Without Hats - Antarctica
April Wine - Sign Of The Gypsy Queen
Van Stephenson - Modern Day Delilah
Jon Astley - Put This Love To The Test
Kansas - Fight Fire With Fire
Jon Butcher Axis - Stop!
The Rovers - Wasn't That A Party (same band was The Irish Rovers - Unicorn from the 60's)
Joanna Dean - Kiss This
Billy Squier - Love Is The Hero (long but edited intro to this song done by Freddie Mercury, who co-wrote it)
David and David - Swallowed By The Cracks (both Davids were members of the Tuesday Night Music Club, which broke Sheryl Crow)
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts - Now I Wanna Be Your Dog
Xavion - Eat Your Heart Out (black rock before Living Colour)
Taxxi - Forever (Canadian rock from soundtrack Weird Science)
Crystal Gayle - Half The Way (pop crossover)
Surface - Happy
2007-11-01 11:32:18 · answer #2 · answered by Your Uncle Dodge! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Charlie Dore - Pilot of the Airwaves
Korgis - Everybody's got to learn sometime
Lipps, Inc - Funkytown
Benny Mardones - Into the Night
Gary Numan - Cars
Amy Holland - How Do I Survive
Devo - Whip It
Bow Wow Wow - I want Candy
Toni Bazil - Mickey
Soft Cell - Tainted Love
Buckner and Garcia - Pac-Man Fever
Waitress - I know What Boys Like
Taco - Puttin' on the Ritz
Doctor & the Medics - Spirit in the Sky
Regina - Baby Love
Charlie Sexton - Beat's so Lonely
Swing Out Sister - Breakout
Club Nouveau - Lean on Me
M/A/R/R/S - Pump up the Volume
Bobby McFerrin - Don't Worry Be Happy
Rob Base & D.J. E-Z Rock - It takes Two
NOTE: April Wine, Kansas, Joan Jet and Billy Squire are NOT one hit wonders! Nice try Your_Uncle_Dodge
2007-11-01 14:46:42 · answer #3 · answered by Tesla Girl is Rokken with Dokken 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here's a variety of one hit wonders for you, trying not to repeat any that were already mentioned (Tarzan Boy is one of my favorites, dang it!):
Boom Boom Boom (Let's Go Back to My Room) - Paul Lekakis
I Want to Be a Cowboy - Boys Don't Cry
Perfect Way - Scritti Politti
Turn Up the Radio - Autograph
Jam on It - Newcleus
Pop Muzik - M
Major Tom (Coming Home) - Peter Schilling
Johnny, Are You Queer? - Josie Cotton
Shiny Shiny - Haysi Fantayzee
I Eat Cannibals - Toto Coelo
Let's Go All the Way - Sly Fox
Pass the Dutchie - Musical Youth
Funky Town - Pseudo Echo (cover of the Lipps, Inc song - guess that makes it a one hit wonder twice!)
Politics of Dancing - Re-flex
Turning Japanese - The Vapors
Heart and Soul - T'Pau
You should be able to find most of these songs on Youtube.
2007-11-02 01:35:47 · answer #4 · answered by I Could Be Again 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
These will get him. At least a few.
Alphaville - Big In Japan
Matthew Wilder - Brake My Stride
Mental As Anything - Live It Up
Then Jerico - Big Area
Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me
Eighth Wonder - I'm Not Scared
Angry Anderson - Suddenly
Psychadellic Furs - Pretty In Pink
PhD - I Won't Let You Down
F R David - Words
rock me amadeus-falco
99 red balloons-nena
shes like the wind-patrick swayze
cars-gary numan
tainted love-softcell
2007-11-01 11:04:34 · answer #5 · answered by Fool in the Rain 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Ask him who sang/made the following certified 80s one hit wonders (singer/songmaker in parentheses)...
Come On Eileen (Dexy's Midnight Runners)
Always Look on The Bright Side of Life (Eric Idle, from Monty Python's Life of Brian)
Axel F (Harold Faltermeyer)
The Final Countdown (Europe)
Brother Louie (Modern Talking)
The Captain of Her Heart (Double)
Jealousy (Club Nouveau)
Tarzan Boy (Baltimora)
Shake You Down (Gregory Abbott)
Waiting For A Star To Fall (Boy Meets Girl)
And if he stumps you on all of the above, ask him if he knows who current pop DJ/big beat musician began his career as a bassist for the 80s two hit-wonder The Housemartins ("Build" and "Caravan of Love"?
The answer is Norman Cook (aka Fatboy Slim).
2007-11-01 11:21:20 · answer #6 · answered by AE101Supreme 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Turning Japanese ~ The Vapors
Take On Me ~ Aha
Safety Dance ~ Men Without Hats
Hold Me Now ~ The Thompson Twins
Take My Breath Away ~ Berlin
I Ran ~ A Flock of Seaguls
2007-11-01 11:05:39 · answer #7 · answered by sleepingliv 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rupert Holms (ck spelling) "The Pina Colada Song"
Toni Basil "Mickey"
Elton John and Kiki Dee "Don't Go Breaking My Heart"
Lionel Richie "Dancing on the Ceiling"
Kenny Rogers "Lady"
B52's "Rock Lobster"
2007-11-01 11:14:34 · answer #8 · answered by Phurface 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ask him: Who sang love plus one
What song did Sergio Mendes sing?
Who sang Major Tom?
2007-11-01 11:10:57 · answer #9 · answered by Liberty Belle 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Quiet Riot---Come On Feel The Noize
Twisted Sister---We're Not Gonna Take It ( I don't consider
them a one hit wonder band though.)
2007-11-01 11:10:33 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋