Completing VH1's One Hit Wonders of the 80s

[Mileycyrussoulja]

Rock Band needs more 80s, so I felt like keeping track of the top 100 one-hit wonders of the 80s featured on VH1.

This is my first "Completing" thread so excuse me if I make any mistakes.

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(14.5/100, 14.5%)

1 Dexys Midnight Runners: “Come on Eileen” (Save Ferris version, released 10/16/12)
2 A Flock of Seagulls: “I Ran (So Far Away)” (Released 10/9/12)
3 a-ha: “Take On Me” (Released 6/14/11)
4 Tommy Tutone: “867-5309 / Jenny” (Released 4/19/11)
5 Soft Cell: “Tainted Love” (Released 2/12/13)
6 Toni Basil: “Mickey”
7 Modern English: “I Melt With You” (Released 11/20/12)
8 Bow Wow Wow: “I Want Candy”
9 Kajagoogoo: “Too Shy”
10 Frankie Goes to Hollywood: “Relax” (Released 7/12/11)
11 Gary Numan: “Cars”
12 Animotion: “Obsession” (Released 2/11/11)
13 Thomas Dolby: “She Blinded Me With Science”
14 Big Country: “In A Big Country” (Released 10/26/10)
15 Devo: “Whip It” (Released 10/26/10)
16 Nena: “99 Luft Balloons”
17 Men Without Hats: “The Safety Dance”
18 Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock: “It Takes Two”
19 Dead or Alive: “You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)”
20 Rockwell: “Somebody’s Watching Me”
21 Twisted Sister: “We’re Not Gonna Take It”
22 Michael Sembello: “Maniac”
23 Eddy Grant: “Electric Avenue”
24 Edie Brickell & New Bohemians: “What I Am”
25 Musical Youth: “Pass the Dutchie”
26 Cutting Crew: “I Just Died In Your Arms” (Released 8/7/12)
27 Stacey Q: “Two of Hearts”
28 John Parr: “St. Elmos Fire (Man In Motion)” (Released 11/15/12)
29 Madness: “Our House”
30 The Vapors: “Turning Japanese” (Released 7/5/11)
31 Bobby McFerrin: “Don’t Worry Be Happy”
32 Quarterflash: “Harden My Heart”
33 John Waite: “Missing You”
34 The Waitresses: “I Know What Boys Like”
35 Tom Tom Club: “Genius of Love”
36 Weather Girls: “It’s Raining Men”
37 Lipps, Inc.: “Funkytown”
38 Bruce Willis: “Respect Yourself”
39 Matthew Wilder: “Break My Stride”
40 The Buggles: “Video Killed the Radio Star”
41 Billy Vera “At This Moment”
42 Timbuk 3 “The Future’s So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades”
43 Shannon “Let the Music Play”
44 Wall of Voodoo “Mexican Radio”
45 Robbie Nevil “C’est La Vie”
46 Georgia Satellites “Keep Your Hands To Yourself”
47 Pretty Poison “Catch Me I’m Falling”
48 Yello “Oh Yeah”
49 Philip Bailey (w/ Phil Collins) “Easy Lover”
50 Neneh Cherry “Buffalo Stance”
51 After the Fire “Der Kommissar”
52 Mary Jane Girls “In My House”
53 Taco “Puttin’ On the Ritz”
54 Chris DeBurgh “Lady in Red”
55 Johnny Kemp “Just Got Paid”
56 Til Tuesday “Voices Carry”
57 Jermaine Stewart “We Don’t Have to Take Our Clothes Off”
58 Don Johnson “Heartbeat”
59 The Outfield “Your Love”
60 Nu Shooz “I Can’t Wait”
61 E.U.: “Da Butt”
62 XTC: “Dear God”
63 Oran “Juice” Jones: “The Rain”
64 Robbie Dupree: “Steal Away”
65 Boomtown Rats: “I Don’t Like Mondays”
66 The Jeff Healy Band: “Angel Eyes”
67 Martika: “Toy Soldiers”
68 Peter Schilling: “Major Tom”
69 T’Pau: “Heart And Soul”
70 Harold Faltermeyer: “Axel F”
71 Jack Wagner: “All I Need”
72 Swing Out Sister: “Breakout”
73 Paul Hardcastle: “19″
74 Information Society: “What’s On Your Mind (Pure Energy)”
75 Bertie Higgins: “Key Largo”
76 J.J. Fad: “Supersonic”
77 General Public: “Tenderness”
78 Aldo Nova: “Fantasy”
79 Alannah Myles: “Black Velvet”
80 Eddie Murphy: “Party All The Time”
81 Josie Cotton: “Johnny Are You Qu**r?”
82 Red Rider: “Lunatic Fringe”
83 Paul Lekakis: “Boom Boom Boom Let’s Go Back to My Room”
84 The Church: “Under The Milky Way”
85 Ziggy Marley And The Melody Makers: “Tomorrow People”
86 Patrice Rushen: “Forget Me Nots”
87 Vixen: “Edge Of A Broken Heart”
88 Nik Kershaw: “Wouldn’t it Be Good”
89 Rodney Dangerfield: “Rappin’ Rodney”
90 Haircut 100: “Love Plus One”
91 Gloria Loring & Carl Anderson: “Friends And Lovers”
92 Frank Stallone: “Far From Over”
93 L.A. Guns: “The Ballad of Jayne”
94 Club Nouveau: “Lean On Me”
95 Midnight Oil: “Beds are Burning”
96 The Fabulous Thunderbirds: “Tuff Enuff”
97 Will To Power: “Baby I Love Your Way / Freebird" (Lynyrd Skynyrd version, released 10/26/10)
98 Buckner & Garcia: “Pac-Man Fever” (Released 6/22/11)
99 Michael Damian: “Rock On”
100 Clarence Clemons (and Jackson Browne): “You’re A Friend Of Mine”

Man, we are seriously lacking in this genre. Some of this stuff would be great for keyboards.

[dog037]

Electric Avenue!

[Mileycyrussoulja]

Electric Avenue!

I agree! Don't forget "Cars", "The Safety Dance", and "I Ran (So Far Away)", those would kick ass on keys. God, we are so lacking in the New Wave genre, I swear.

[Icemage]

Sad to say, but one of my favorite songs on this list, Don't Worry, Be Happy, is the least likely to ever see release in Rock Band because it's entirely a capella. Well, I "suppose" Harmonix could chart the "bass vocals" to bass and the finger snaps to drums, but ... yeah, let's not think about that.

I'd totally buy 95% of the list, though!

[Mileycyrussoulja]

I was actually thinking about that being on Rock Band, lol. Unless Harmonix is going to troll us a la Song of the Century, it's not going to happen.

Glad to hear you'd buy 95% of the list. I would too. I hope we get some more in the future. 8.5 out of 100 is pretty bad, but better than nothing.

[MagicMurderBag7]

Sad to say, but one of my favorite songs on this list, Don't Worry, Be Happy, is the least likely to ever see release in Rock Band because it's entirely a capella. Well, I "suppose" Harmonix could chart the "bass vocals" to bass and the finger snaps to drums, but ... yeah, let's not think about that.

I'd totally buy 95% of the list, though!

Id say Rappin' Rodney is less likely and I would buy that in a heartbeat. No respect.

[CAL022]

Cars, please make it happen! I would so love to play that on keys.

[Mileycyrussoulja]

I would also like to see Your Love, Axel F (even though it's mainly keyboards, but would still be fun), Video Killed The Radio Star, I Want Candy, Puttin' on the Ritz, and Major Tom.

Cars, please make it happen! I would so love to play that on keys.

I know, right? Cars doesn't have guitar, but would definitely be a blast to play on the other instruments.

[GameMaster439]

*waiting for Cipher to say he hasn't heard more than 50% of these songs*

On topic: I would love 85-90% of these songs especially I Ran (So Far Away)

[Shadowdriverv2]

Would love any of these, but the one that stands out most is "Harden My Heart" by Quarterflash and "Der Kommisar" by After the Fire. Both are songs I've been waiting for since the GH days.