One Hit Wonders of the '80s

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Re: One Hit Wonders of the '80s

Postby Pseudo » Thu May 22, 2008 2:52 pm

Turkeywizz wrote:32 Bobby McFerrin Dont Worry Be happy
49 Powerstation Some like it hot??
68 Rockwell T James
81 Voice of the Beehive


32, 68, 81 correct

49 no, but the artist in question played bass for the Power Station. The song was on the 9 1/2 Weeks soundtrack.
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Re: One Hit Wonders of the '80s

Postby Hazbeen » Thu May 22, 2008 2:57 pm

44. Sabrina - Boys, Boys, Boys (Summertime love) :D
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Re: One Hit Wonders of the '80s

Postby Turkeywizz » Thu May 22, 2008 3:55 pm

49 Arcadia Election Day??...according to FC
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Re: One Hit Wonders of the '80s

Postby Pseudo » Thu May 22, 2008 4:31 pm

Hazbeen wrote:44. Sabrina - Boys, Boys, Boys (Summertime love) :D


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Re: One Hit Wonders of the '80s

Postby Pseudo » Thu May 22, 2008 4:32 pm

Turkeywizz wrote:49 Arcadia Election Day??...according to FC


No, but that's the answer to a different lyric!

49 was a solo Duran Duran member.
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Re: One Hit Wonders of the '80s

Postby Leaping Lindner » Fri May 23, 2008 9:35 am

17 - Jon Astley "Jane's getting serious". The clue was a BIG help! :wink:
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Re: One Hit Wonders of the '80s

Postby Pseudo » Mon May 26, 2008 12:21 pm

ANSWERS

1. Nearly died, mortified, nearly lost control.
% Shoop Shoop Diddy Wop Comma Comma Wang Dang - Monte Video and the Cassettes

2. Youve been through the fires of hell and I know you've got the ashes to prove it.
% Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through - Jim Steinman

3. It's like having a dream Where nobody has a heart.
% Into the Night - Benny Mardones

4. Prepare yourself, you know it's a must.
% Spirit In The Sky - Doctor & The Medics

5. None of them received a hero's welcome.
% Nineteen - Paul Hardcastle

6. 'Coz I never felt this way before, like a dog always begging for more.
% Just Got Lucky - Joboxers

7. I close my eyes for a second and pretend it's me you want.
% Every Time You Walk In The Room - Paul Carrack

8. Misery loves company but she will never foot the bill.
% I Don't Mind At All - Bourgeois Tagg

9. His name is Ted. Can you believe that?
% I Wanna Be A Cowboy - Boys Don't Cry

10. Life is too short to play silly games. I tell myself I won't do that again.
% Perfect - Fairground Attraction

11. Sounded sad upon the radio, he moved a million hearts in mono.
% Come On Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners

12. We play along while rushing cross the forest. Monkey business on a sunny afternoon.
% Tarzan Boy - Baltimora

13. Mercury Dan back in Vietnam, I'm a hot retard, Marquis de Sade!
% Shiny Shiny - Haysi Fantayzee

14. A circumstance in your naked dream, your affection is not what it seems
% Obsession - Animotion

15. I started to fall and suddenly woke
% Hole In My Shoe - Neil

16. My brothers doing fast on my mothers TV, says she watches to much is just not healthy
% The Message - Grand Master Flash and the Furious Five

17. So I'm pretending I'm not caught in between the devil and the deep blue sea
% Jane's Getting Serious - Jon Astley

18. We obey no-one. We are the superior beings.
% Doctorin' The TARDIS - The Timelords

19. 'coz me say listen to the drummer, me say listen to the bass
% Pass The Dutchie - Musical Youth

20. Suddenly I'm up on top of the world, it should've been somebody else.
% Believe It Or Not - Joey Scarbury

21. No sex, no drugs, no wine, no women
% Turning Japanese - The Vapors

22. There's a world outside your window and it's a world of dread and fear
% Do They Know It's Christmas? - Band Aid

23. I need your loving like the sunshine
% Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime - The Korgis

24. Well I'm just a music man, Melody so far my best friend
% Words - F.R. David

25. You're my guy, just what the doctor ordered. So sweet, you make my mouth water.
% I Want Candy - Bow Wow Wow

26. In you I've found a story I want to keep hearing. In you I see all colours not just black or white.
% Love and Pride - King

27. All the gods in the sky way up high see the world spinning round.
% Homosapien - Pete Shelley

28. It doesn't matter where you go or what you do, I want to spend each minute of the day with you
% I Only Want To Be With You - The Tourists

29. Twisting the bones until they snap, I scream but no-one knows.
% Feels Like Heaven - Fiction Factory

30. Pick your habit, we got plenty to go around.
% Welcome To The Boomtown - David & David

31. Presedential party, no-one wants to dance. Looking for a new star to put you in a trance.
% Let's Go All The Way - Sly Fox

32. Ain't got no place to lay your head, somebody came and took your bed.
% Don't Worry Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin

33. From the very very young to the very very old, everybody now say "aye"
% Lean On Me - Red Box

34. Out in the street you don't survive by being weak.
% Breakin' (There's No Stopping Us) - Ollie and Jerry

35. Aww, that's bad. No! That's good!
% Theme from S-Express - S-Express

36. Show no fear for she may fade away. In your hands the birth of a new day.
% Never Ending Story - Limahl

37. My love and I, we work well together, but often we're apart.
% When Love Breaks Down - Prefab Sprout

38. And I said "Honey I'll live with you for the rest of my life"
% Keep Your Hands To Yourself - Georgia Satellites

39. 'coz when you say you will it always means you won't.
% Mickey - Toni Basil

40. I hear you calling to my brain, I need peace, peace of mind.
% Calling Your Name - Marilyn

41. Hiding from your questions, questions you won't ask.
% Living On The Ceiling - Blancmange

42. You keep coming to me, I can dig your dynamite.
% Boom Boom - Paul Lekakis

43. I can see that it won't be long. You grow cold when you keep holding on.
% I Know There's Something Going On - Frida

44. Sunshine's down so come to town, set your body free.
% Boys - Sabrina

45. Starting to collect requested data.
% Major Tom - Pete Schilling

46. She always used to live so secretly, I'd be seen in the avenue sound
% World Shut Your Mouth - Julian Cope

47. To make things right you need someone to hold you tight
% Tainted Love - Soft Cell

48. Right people right time, just the wrong location.
% Theme from Minder - Denis Waterman

49. Do you look the way you wanted to look? Do you feel the way you wanted to feel?
% I Do What I Do - John Taylor

50. Here's looking at you, kid. Missing all the things we did.
% Key Largo - Bertie Higgins

51. Girl, I know I owe you so much, but can't I pay you With just, with just one touch
% IOU - Freeez

52. We can call on people I know in Newcastle, or maybe even Glasgow.
% Driving Away From Home (Jim's Tune) - It's Immaterial

53. Modern medicine falls short of your complaints. Oo, try a little harder.
% Too Shy - Kajagoogoo

54. Hielten sich fuer Captain Kirk, das gab ein grosses Feuerwerk
% 99 Luftballons - Nena

55. It's time to accept resposibility. Freedom is a privilege nobody rides for free.
% Sun City - Artists United Against Apartheid

56. I could move out to the left for a while, I could slide to the right for a while
% Right On Track - The Breakfast Club

57. I've been listening to your show on the radio and you seem like a friend to me.
% Pilot Of The Airwaves - Charlie Dore

58. Where do we go from here? Is it down to the lake I fear?
% Love Plus One - Haircut 100

39. There comes a time when we heed a certain call
% We Are The World - USA for Africa

60. Have you seen the well-to-do up and down Park Avenue?
% Puttin' On The Ritz - Taco

61. I'm a peeping-tom techie with x-ray eyes
% The Future's So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades - Timbuk3

62. I'd hold on to you 'til the stars no longer wink
% Emotion in Motion - Ric Ocasek

63. The more you live the faster you will die
% Der Kommisar - After The Fire

64. Un homme dans une gare isolee'
% Fade To Grey - Visage

65. There goes my love rocket red
% Love Missile F1-11 - Sigue Sigue Sputnik

66. It's in the papers, it's on your TV news. Oh the application is just a point of view.
% The Politics Of Dancing - Re-Flex

67. This has gotta be the greatest record of the year!
% Pump Up The Volume - MARRS

68. I'm just an average guy with an average life. I work from nive to five, hey hell I pay the price
% Somebody's Watching Me - Rockwell

69. Play the game, you know you can't quit until it's won.
% St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion) - John Parr

70. Wanting him lonely but the people never see, her heart burning that´s the secret that she keeps.
% Beats So Lonely - Charlie Sexton

71. You've seen the difference and it's getting better all the time.
% I Melt With You - Modern English

72. They sat on the stony ground and he took a cigarette out
% Life In A Northern Town - The Dream Academy

73. We can go when we want to, the night is young and so am I.
% Safety Dance - Men Without Hats

74. We're sacred and bound together, to suffer the heatwave, pull off my shirt and pray.
% Election Day - Arcadia

75. I'm like a boy among men, I'd like a permanent friend. I'd like to think that I was just myself again.
% Digging Your Scene - Blow Monkeys

76. What have I done today? Just sat and watched the jets fly over, a car go by.
% I Go Crazy - Flesh For Lulu

77. Old couple walks by, as ugly as sin, but he’s got her and she’s got him
% Never Say Never - Romeo Void

78. He wants me but only part of the time. He wants me if he can keep me in line.
% Voices Carry - 'til Tuesday

79. On a silent summer evening the sky's alive with light.
% Echo Beach - Martha and the Muffins

80. Ich liebst du nicht, du liebst mich nicht.
% Da Da Da - Trio

81. He'll leave you back and blue, he'll rip you right in two, then wake up in the morning and say "who the hell are you?"
% I Say Nothing - Voice of the Beehive

82. You will find somewhere there's a house, and inside that house there's a room
% Voices - Russ Ballard

83. Who would've thought that a boy like me could come to this.
% I Just Died In Your Arms - Cutting Crew (2 hit wonder?)

84. God bless Mother Nature, she's a single woman too.
% It's Raining Men - The Weather Girls

85. He is holding his head like it's gonna explode.
% Only For Sheep - The Bureau

86. She walks so fast she looks so sweet, she makes my heart just skip a beat.
% Candy Girl - New Edition

87. Was it something I'd said or done, that made him pack his bags up and run?
% Japanese Boy - Aneka

88. There's a ring around the sun, and it looks it's goin' back to where it all begun.
% The Screaming Jets - Johnny Warman

89. We're leaving together but still its farewell. And maybe we'll come back to Earth, who can tell?
% The Final Countdown - Europe

90. The road behind was rocky but now you're feeling cocky, you look at me and you see your past.
% Break My Stride - Matthew Wilder

91. We come in peace, shoot to kill
% Star Trekkin' - The Firm

92. Town to keep me movin' Keep me groovin' with some energy.
% Funkytown - Lipps Inc.

93. Hey darling when you look into my eye, please tell me you'll never have to say goodbye.
% I Can't Wait - Nu Shooz

94. You asked me if I'm happy here, no doubt about it.
% I Won't Let You Down - Ph.D.

95. Say you're a winner but man you're just a sinner now.
% The Stroke - Billy Squier

96. Hey baby, you go your way and I´ll go mine. But in the meantime ...
% Move Closer - Phyllis Nelson

97. I'm gonna give you my love tonight and the bell's gonna ring.
% My Favourite Waste Of Time - Owen Paul

98. I hear your name in certain circles, and it always makes me smile.
% Missing You - John Waite

99. A serenade I long to sing you, the reddest rose I always bring you
% Save Your Love - Renee and Renato

100. When you look at me tell me what you see, Do you see no love at all?
% See The Day - D.C. Lee
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