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Every decade hasPopular songs That, in spite of their ubiquity, do not put the artists behind them in the great superstars. And the 1980s that did not feel like he was particularly full ofsingers, bands and groups that had just a huge success. Thanks to MTV, for the first time, these One-Hit Wonders were singing at us in our lounges. Clips It's easier than ever to fall in love with voice and face behind a new hit, even if we have forgotten on them quite. But for an ephemeral moment, in the middle of all the fixative and the neon, they were our obsessions in total. Frankie Goes to Hollywood in Tommy Tutone, here are the 20 biggest One-Hit Wonders of the 1980s. And to learn more about the decade that has brought us great successes and even more hair, here's20 things every year 80 remember children.

Thisnew wave classic Encore most of the 80s teenagers feel like they gather the courage to ask someone to dance at Spring Fling College. AllChild of the 80s Who does not recognize that they wanted to fall in love while listening to this song is either lying or dead inside. In addition, it has the best solo to hum in the history of recorded music. So, thank you, modern English. Thank you.

How many other One-Hit wonders of the 80s start with a Celtic-style violin? (None. The answer is nothing.) The only thing that makes us sad "Come on EileenIs the fact that the group leader singer,Kevin Rowland, Is no longer interested in singing. As he explains in an interviewIrish times, He really hates going to shows andSee groups play their old hits. "I'm very careful not to live in the past," he said. "[It's] just all about people to relive their memories. "Uh, yeah, and what's wrong with that exactly? Come on, Kevin! And for the bands of the most famous songs do not want to do more, consult the17 blows popular musicians hate play live.

Yes, we love to Flock of Seagulls andtheir hypnotic success-Presque as much as we love theClassic "Hair Cup of the 80s singerMike score Back puts on the day. It was a work of art made of hairspray, a majestic waterfall two tufts stick on each side, like the wings of an eagle. It was ridiculous, but hypnotizing, like a Sculpture of Picasso. And speaking of unforgettable backs, "It's the hairstyle "it" the year you were born.

In the 80s, A new remarkable video of music spreads immediately as a trail of powder. And the boy say that the video for "Take on me"Was a doozy would be a euphemism. Who knew online drawings could tell a story effectively? This masterpiece still makes all CGI technology modern films and videos seem out of point and useless.

Oh Mickey, he's so beautiful - he's so beautiful, he explodes our minds in the 1980s. And you know what makes our minds skip? Knowing that "Mickey" is actually a recovery from a song 1979 called "KittyAbout a girl named you will have guessed-Kitty.Toni Basil Has not changed much for her "coverage of the 80s, other than the name and sex of the main character. We were quite surprised after listening to the two songs, but we still prefer taking Basil, if only because it's the version that was played inthe video We have seen over and over and over and over again on MTV. And on a similar note, here is25 strips of huge "80 years you have totally forgotten existed.

Eddie Murphy is one of the greatest humorists who have ever experienced. But as a singer ... Well, it's hard not to laugh at his attempt to be a pop star in good faith. Yes, he has a great voice of singing, and of course, he hasRick James To produce and write his a hit Billboard, but see Murphy take himself so seriously partying all the time with his daughter was confused for any "child of the 80s. And speaking of the 1980s, icons, consultThe largest male icon every year since your birth.

There is not one child in the 80s who did not try to call the number867-5309 Just to see if a girl named Jenny picked up. As it is, it's a real number with a real person at the other end, but unfortunately, this person is not a girl named Jenny.

As a student at Brown University with a phone number 867-5309 complaintIn an interview 1999"He's so boring. It is the worst number of people in the world. But a New Yorker with the phone number had a different approach: theyOffered to sell it In 2004 for $ 8,000.

Thomas Dolby Once admitted in an interview that "she blinded me with science" is probably aboutThe most frivolous song that I have ever written. "Apparently, he apparently proposed it only for him to make a video on" a house for disturbed scientists ". Frankly, we must accept thatThe crazy video accompanying the melodyFilled with really crazy scientists, was worth making creative compromises that he took Mr. Dolby to get there. And for more hits, check these20 songs that you totally misunderstood, explained.

The main singer and songwriter of men without hats,Ivan Doroschuk, onceexplained at a Canadian radio station He wrote "the safety dance" after being expelled from a bar to Ottawa "for Pogoing aux B-52." The incident inspired him to go home and write a song on how "it's safe to dance". Interesting, Mr. Doroschuk, because it's hardly what they think when they hear this song. And for more songs with real subtlety, here is20 songs you did not know how to have secret messages.

With regard to anyone in the 80s, it was essentially aMichael Jackson song. Sure he just sang backs up, but he was the voice that people recognized and lovedTrack. PoorRockwell never really had a chance.

ThisHappy '80s tune was the hymn of definitive optimism. Although it may not have been so easy to stop worrying and being happy, with his four-minute hit,Bobby McFerrin made us feel like it was. The whistling really helped.

Yes, Principal SingerAimee Mann's hair in the video for "The voices wear"Was ridiculous and this final scene of Carnegie Hall where she interrupts the opera to start singing is pretty crunchy. But there were few songs in the 80s as satisfying to sing at the same time in your room after some Jerseer at school hadBroken your heart that this one. This is the perfect balance of pity and a just indignation.

Funkytown, at the best of our knowledge, is not a real place that exists on a map. However,This song of the 80s Of course, made a convincing case of the reason she had to become a realgeographic destination. This was the most effective business jingle for a city that no one had had the construction yet.

So-called this song, the first and unique struck by the German artistNedIt is a nuclear paranoia issue of the Second World War in Germany - or more precisely, on how a strip of balloons was once held for a military aircraft and almost caused a total nuclear war. These deeper meanings never really related toThe children of the 80sBut we loved the song anyway!

Whenthis song First hit the graphics, the group insisted that it was really on the "motivation". Even even teenagers were bapped by that, however, and all we could do was to pray that our parentswould not listen too closely to the lyrics. At least those "Frankie says relax"The t-shirts seemed pretty ambiguous.

"Our house, "The song that made cool for American children to love Ska, was quite ironic one of the least rebellious tunes that played on MTV. It's basically domestic happiness, even when things become a little Hairy. Dad can be late for work, mom can be super tired and this sister on the part of your napdes sighed a lot in her sleep - but at the end of the day is our house ... and it's is in the middle of the street. And apparently, it's worth celebrating.

"What am I"The song has finally captured what it looked like a late conversation with a major philosophy in college." What I am is what I am. Are you what you are or what? "Uh ... yes? What is the right answer here? The melody wasunsuccessful offenseeven if we have not always understood what hellEdie Brickell spoke of.

This song is not only one of the graphic graphic tunes of the highest recorded graphics, but it is actually based on a real street! (No shadow at "funkytown") asEddy's gendarmerie revealed in an interview withThe Guardian, "On the way back one night [in London] ... I sawElectric avenue On a street sign, and thought: "What title of fantastic song. 'But that did not just a good title - it's for ajust as good song, with the voice of deep baritone of Grant and an electronic groove to the electronic throat. When he was released in the early 80s, the electric avenue seemed to be a place in the distant future, where everyone is dressed like Flash Gordon and dance is the main form of communication. It sounds great, right?

Synthpop Duo Soft Cell was looking for a "disposable cover song" to save when they settled on the 1964 soul staple "Tainted Love" throughGloria Jones. What they could not have achieved at that time is that they end up doing the greatest and unfortunately, only their career.

Although he was released in 1979, "Video killed the radio"Does the song literally launched MTV in 1981 - its accompanied video was the first to play on the 24-hour music channelalready. While the band of two men who is Buetchless never had another song that even approached to touch the success of the "video killed the star radio", the song remains one of those hits of years 80 that eliminates instant nostalgia. Not to mention, he was tightly prescient: how do they know that the video actually would kill the star of the radio?! And for more returns, here is here20 funny things in the 1980s were totally guilty of doing.