Which one hit wonder would you vote as your favorite?

I went with Mickey!!!

I'm sure you are surprised that I was a Spirit Girl in HS.....and we loved that song to work out to and to use for shows! (I know, Cindi calls me a big dork!!!)

I still have my in-school uniform...with the tight sweater and short little skirt!! I just can't find the pantie-covers that match!!

(p.s. I found you Michael!!!:wave: )

Tough choice between Matthew Wilder or Baltimora. I went with Baltimora because it's more fun to dance to when drunk :thumb:

Good question Wonder Twin!!

I voted for Pretty Poison's "Catch Me I'm Falling"! That song just has a great beat and, I have to admit, I like singing along with it. :)

Although I liked Falco's German version better, I liked After the Fire's "Der Kommissar" best out of the songs listed.

Of the songs listed, I selected "Puttin' on the Ritz" by Taco. It was such an odd little single, and it did very well despite that it sounded absolutely nothing like its contemporaries.

However, that track isn't my true all-time favorite one-hit-wonder of the 80's. It's really tough to say what I'd pick; there were so many neat ones put out by groups we never heard from again. Possibly "Brick" by Fake, or "Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight" by Dominatrix.

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I voted for "Mickey" by Toni Basil. For some reason, I love it. It's just an irresistible catchy pop song. :D

Michael, that was a tough decision, I love all those songs! :lol: Except I can't quite place "Tarzan Boy" by Baltimora.

I voted for "The Promise" because it's my favorite right now, but I could have easily said "Mickey" or "Life in a Northern Town."

I'm glad everyone is having fun with the poll!!!:)

My vote went to Mel & Kim's "Respectable". I just love that song! It's got a great dance beat, fun-to-sing-along lyrics and that wonderful 80s-feel to it. Okay, so Mel & Kim had a minor second hit with "Get Fresh at the Weekend", but "Respectable" is the song that really stands out! :cool:


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The Promise is one of my favorites, One-Hit or other wise.

All the others could tie for second. Except for Pretty Poison. It was over-played like many OHW and I never re-liked it.

Der Kommisar: After the Fire.

And I preferred this to Falco's German version. I like to be able to sing along and at least have some idea what I'm singing :p

I voted for Matthew Wilders Break my Stride. It is still a happy little song that makes me smile.

It is funny. I always thought that Showing Out was a bigger hit for Mel & Kim than Respectable was. Maybe it is a geographic difference that they are one hit wonders here. I think they had four or five top 10 hits here in Denmark. I remember That's The Way It Is and Fun, Love and Money.

Originally posted by Westend Girl
It is funny. I always thought that Showing Out was a bigger hit for Mel & Kim than Respectable was. Maybe it is a geographic difference that they are one hit wonders here. I think they had four or five top 10 hits here in Denmark. I remember That's The Way It Is and Fun, Love and Money.

Mel & Kim had a string of hits in New Zealand too. Respectable was probably there biggest one here though.

I went with When In Rome -"The Promise". It brings back memories of a friend that I hung out with back in the day. He loved this song and always played it. He passed away about 7 years ago so now everytime I hear it I think of him. It makes me smile:) :) and think of the good times we had.

I voted for Baltimora-Tarzan Boy. It brings back good club memories for me.

Took 99 red balloons , but had a tough choice between that and Life in a Northern Town. I better go download a couple of them because I'm not familiar with them,

I choose "Mickey" with "Catch Me I'm Falling" being my second favorite.

I went with Tarzan Boy, but I also really like The Promise. About 6 years ago, I went looking for the Baltimora song and couldn't find it ANYWHERE (don't know how I ever got along without the internet).

I voted for Matthew Wilder's "Break My Stride" I always liked that song.

Ain't nothin' gonna breaka my stride
Nobody gonna slow me down oh no
I've got to keep on movin':D

I like 'em all, but I went with 'Catch me I'm Falling' for this one...just love a good up tempo dance jam :dance::lol::D

Hmmmmm, it was a tough choice for me between "Tarzan Boy" and "Catch Me I'm falling" but like Chopper said TaRZAN boy is fun to dance to(though I've never been drunk dancing to it) so Tarzan Boy would have to be my pick.:)

Tarzan Boy! It's really different, and it has a great beat. And I used to love all my friends trying to sing along when they were drunk. :)

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I picked Nena, but it was tough because I really loved "Der Komissar" by After The Fire.

Wow, now all of the songs on the list have at least one vote, except for Dream Academy's "Life in a Northern Town". Ah, c'mon, someone's just got to vote this one as their favorite one hit wonder song of the 80s... ;)


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I chose Catch Me (I'm Falling). :)

Originally posted by Sarg
I voted for Matthew Wilder's "Break My Stride" I always liked that song.

Ain't nothin' gonna breaka my stride
Nobody gonna slow me down oh no
I've got to keep on movin':D

A quality song indeed Sarg, and that is the exact piece of the song that is played over the loudspeakers during the day/night Cricket matches in England when someone makes a big play!

Tarzan boy to me. That song always makes me wanna dance and have fun. It's also a funny song when I'm drunk and at parties.

I think its funny that whenever people talk about the song "Tarzan Boy", they always mention the fact that they really enjoy dancing to the song when they are drunk! I guess it just has that beat that makes you want to stagger about!!! :D


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ALL ARE PRETTY GOOD.I REALLY LIKE DREAM ACADEMY'S STUFF BUT OF THE ONES TO CHOOSE FROM HAD TO GO WITH WHEN IN ROME'S "PROMISE YOU" FIRST TIME I HEARD IT WAS ON VACATION IN A DOWNTOWN ATLANTA CLUB .IT WAS CRANKED
AND I WAS DANCING WITH A HOT BLONDE WHO WAS REALLY INTO IT! AH! MEMORIES! THAT'S A GOOD ONE!
ACTUALLY,ALTHOUGH REALLY LIKE 80'S NEW WAVE AS FAR AS ONE HIT WONDERS GO I'M MORE INTO THE MELODIC ROCK ONE HIT WONDERS LIKE VAN STEPHENSON"MODERN DAY DELILAH",TUBES"SHE'S A BEAUTY" ,TOUCH"DON'T YOU KNOW WHAT LOVE IS",GTR"WHEN THE HEART RULES THE MINE"
SHOOTING STAR"LAST CHANCE",CHILLIWACK"MY GIRL(GONE,GONE,GONE) ,STEEL BREEZE"YOU DON'T WANT ME ANYMORE",PRISM"DON'T LET HIM KNOW"SHERRIFF"WHEN I'M WITH YOU" THAT KIND OF STUFF!

THAT WAS FUN!
COOL BREEZE

"OKAY DUDE SINCE THIS IS YOUR FIRST JUMP AFTER YOU JUMP I'LL FOLLOW YOU DOWN...
HUHHH HUH.. THAT'S RIGHT I GOTTA FLY THE PLANE..OH MAN.."

Der Kommissar is my absolute fave!!!!! Yes, I've been known to sing it in the car while I'm driving.

Der Kommissar!
Although 'Safety Dance' - Men Without Hats, is even better!!! :D

I picked der kommissar, its really good and the video is like really weird. after the fires version i have to say is better than falcos. mattew wilders song is really good also and i would probably have voted for safety dance if it was up there.

I chose Dream Academy's "Life In A Northern Town" - for personal reasons. *wry smile* It's both dear and sad to me.

I picked When In Rome's "The Promise", because that's such a sweet song. :)

I'm happy that someone finally picked Dream Academy's "Life In a Northern Town", as it was the only one that hadn't received a vote yet!!! :)

I had to go with Puttin on the Ritz by Taco. I remember watching pop-up video on VH-1 that Taco is actually his real name and not a stage name. I thought that bit of info interesting.

I Promise by When In Rome would come in as a close second.

lol I remember those all :)
I picked Dream Academy.

Anyone remember?

Jungle Love - by The Time
Get it on bang a gone - By The Power Station
Word Up - by Cameo
A couple of my favs

Alles Klar, Herr Kommissar?

Had to go w/ Baltimora. At the time the song was popular, it was a really fun time in my life. I always look at songs from the point of view of where I was at in my life at the time it came out.

My vote went to When In Rome's The Promise. *sigh* What a great song. I can't believe how many people have voted and how close a race it is! Wow!

Wha-What Foxxy?...You didn't vote for Pretty Poison...I thought for sure your vote would go to Pretty Poison...after all our talk of Pretty Poison, I can't understand...why? WHY?! :lol:

99 Luftballons no doubt :)

"Tarzan Boy" by Baltimora because I can still audioize it in my head.
Mel & Kim did not get my vote because I believe "Get Fresh For The Weekend" was their actual first hit, not "Respectable".
Those 2 along with "F.L.M." are my favorites all played in a row! (http://www.cdnow.com/from=sr-181894/cgi-bin/mserver/SID=515359992/pagename=/RP/CDN/FIND/album.html/artistid=MEL+&+KIM/itemid=430059)
Here is last year's upgrade (http://www.cdnow.com/from=sr-181894/cgi-bin/mserver/SID=515359992/pagename=/RP/CDN/FIND/album.html/artistid=MEL+&+KIM/itemid=1471794).

"Tarzan Boy" and "Der Kommisar" are tied, with "The Promise" just one vote behind!!! As always, these poll results are fascinating!
:)

I chose When In Rome, The Promise!

Greenway's vote now makes it a three-way tie!!! Some of these polls are just too close to judge!!! :)

Life in a Northern Town followed by Der Kommisar and then 99 Luftballoons

I voted for The Promise by "When in Rome". That song always warps me back to the late '80s. Infact I was just thinking about this song.

That was such a tough choice!! I went for "The Promise" and seeing the number of votes, it is far more known than i thought! I actually also love "Life in a Northern Town" and "Catch me, I'm falling". I actually like most songs on that list!

And again, here in Austria 2 of these were definatley no one hit wonders. I lost count about how many hits Nena had and Mel&Kim were Top Ten with "Showing Out", "Respectable" and "FLM" as far as i remeber. My Dad always thought they are so cute. :)

I went with "Life in a Northern Town". Many good memories go along with it and hey, I'm from a Northern town!

99 Luftbaloons by Nena, as long as it is the German version.

The Kid's American by Matthew Wilder followed Break My Stride into the Billboard charts at US#33. None the less, Break My Stride was a good song.

Did you know Matthew Wilder wrote the song Reflection, which was crappy Christina Aguilera's first hit? Do you still like him now? :laugh:

Tarzan Boy by Baltimora I've always loved that great Italo Classic.

I really had difficulty with this one. There were two on that list I would have picked, but since I could only pick one, I did any many miny moe and it landed on "Break My Stride" by Matthew Wilder. My other choice was "Tarzan Boy" by Baltimora.

I went with Mel & Kim's "Respectable" from This list. Catchy dance tune. I think M&K's "Showing Out" got more airplay in Phoenix at the time of release, but both are great tunes. I pretty much dig anything put out by Stock, Aitken & Waterman.

I choose "Catch Me Now I'm Falling".
:yesnod:

I would dispute certainly that "respectable" is a 1 hit wonder for Mel and Kim. Here in England Mel and Kim are seen as very distinguished icons and somewhat an icon of the 80s. "showing out" was a massive hit of theirs, but also nobody has mentioned "Rockin around the christmas tree", their christmas hit. Have you guys in America heard that? The lyrics are amazin and so funny in places, not only showing Mel and Kim's musical talent but also their awesome sense of humour.

After much deliberation I voted for "99 Luftballons", but again in europe it was not really a one hit wonder. Go to a German speaking country in particular and you will find a massive following for Nena who had many other hits. I just chose "99 Luftballons" because I love the song. It's one of my favourites. I sure hate the English version though because I think the whole sentiment Nena was trying to bring to the song has been lost in translation. The English version is rubbish dont you think?

Anyway, what you guys say to the idea that all the rest of the songs in this poll were one hit wonders (arguably Kommisar wasn't). I reckon the majority of them are but maybe that is just my ignorance. What do you guys reckon?

I had to go with When in Rome as that was our wedding song. If we ever get divorced then it will move to the bottom of the list.

i don't have just one...hehe

Der Kommissar
Mickey" by Toni Basil
Catch Me, I'm Falling
99 Luftballoons

This was way too hard to choose... I finally settled on my choice of:
"99 LuftBalloons" by Nena

I pick "Break My Stride" by Matthew Wilder as my first choice:

But here is what follows from the list:

2. "Tarzan Boy" by Baltimora
3. "The Promise" by When In Rome
4. "Der Kommissar" by After the Fire
5. "99 LuftBalloons" by Nena
6. "Respectable" by Mel & Kim
7. "Puttin' on the Ritz" by Taco
8. "Mickey" by Toni Basil
9. "Catch Me, I'm Falling" by Pretty Poison
10. "Life In a Northern Town" by The Dream Academy

ALL good ones, I dont know, Im just in a poll taking MOOD right now ;)

Well, since you didn't have my most favorite one (Hello, missing "Toy Soldiers"!), I went with my second fave, and that is Life In A Northern Town by the Dream Academy.

I would dispute certainly that "respectable" is a 1 hit wonder for Mel and Kim. Here in England Mel and Kim are seen as very distinguished icons and somewhat an icon of the 80s. "showing out" was a massive hit of theirs, but also nobody has mentioned "Rockin around the christmas tree", their christmas hit. Have you guys in America heard that? The lyrics are amazin and so funny in places, not only showing Mel and Kim's musical talent but also their awesome sense of humour.


'Rockin' around the Christmas tree' by Mel and Kim is actually a parady in aid of the charity 'Comic Relief', and was performed by Mel (Smith) and Kim (Wilde).
It reached number 3 in the UK charts in 1987 and so is very much a Mel and Kim 'one hit wonder' (just a different Duo), although both artists had other releases as Mel Smith was one half of comedy duo 'Smith & Jones', both of which were part of the 'Not the nine O'clock news' team.

I choose Puttin on the ritz. That song was weird and it was odd that it was popular. Just my style :thumb:

I chose, "Life In a Northern Town" only because it gives me the chills when I hear it...in a good way. Close second choice would be When In Rome.

Life in a Northern Town got my vote as I grew up in an Northern Town myself, and so it sparks off lots of childhood memories as well as being a great atmospheric track.
It was a close call though with the 'Nena' track being another favourite of mine. :bouncy:

Of the ones listed I chose Nena's song :)

Break My Stride followed by Catch Me, I'm Falling.

99 Luft Balloons

In 1990, When in Rome had another hit called 'The Sight of Your Tears', which was a great song, but still no match for 'The Promise'

I picked " Der Kommissar ". I also liked 99 LuftBalloons, Mickey, and Catch Me, I'm Falling. :)

I love most of those songs..but I went with "The Promise"...another one of my all time favorite 80's songs.

'Mickey' for me :thumb:

My vote goes to The Dream Acadamy, I like Nena best, but she had a lot of hits in the Netherlands.

mine would have to be "Mickey" on that list.

I voted for Taco on the list......but my favorite would probably have to be "Pop Music" by M.

When in Rome's The Promise for me.