Yes, I still hear both songs on the radio from time to time-but I thought Goodbye to You was the Go-gos. But it was not! Set straight by the comments section!
Because you only remember the parts you liked about it. Nostalgia is powerful, but the expression "looking back through rose tinted glasses" is very true.
Daily worry about nuclear war, acne, alcoholic unemployed Dad, bullying at school, country wide economic hardship due to Thatcherism. A few catchy tunes isn't enough to make me want to go back.
Is this where I confess I used to get the piano guys mixed up too?? If any of you ever run into Billy Joel or Elton John, keep that to yourself!! Lolol!
Goodbye To You, The Warrior, Hands Tied, and Beat Of A Heart all hits from Scandal. And all songs I still love. IMO you left out the best one hit wonder of the 80's..Mickey by Toni Basil.
Soft Cell's "Tainted Love" was so popular with these dark clubs. Smoke machines, strobe lights, smell of poppers and amyl nitrate in the air. Too many drinks. Restrooms with signs that said "only one person at a time".......nights i can't remember much. Great times.
Simple Minds also had hits with "All The Things She Said" and "Alive And Kicking" and whomever writes these one hit wonder articles didn't do their homework.
Simple Minds is not a one hit wonder. Hits through out 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985. One of the best albums of the decade. Waterfront, Promised You a Miracle, Alive and Kicking.. Someone Somewhere in Summer time. Many tracks for the era.
I just noticed that there is an english version of "Der Kommissar". The original german version was the first top hit of Falco. Many other top-hits followed, I think "Amadeus" was an international hit.
I agree with you, because Find another fool was my favorite due to it's melodic instrumental rhythms. Their third hit was Take me to heart. So they are not a one hit wonder.
Way, way back, 2 guys came into my Radio Shack in Seattle--asked me if they could play a demo from a Portland band called "Seafood Mama". I shrugged & said 'go for it'. The song was "Harden My Heart". Guess they didn't like the band's name, huh?@@massimocometti6529
Side note on Scandal . The drummer at the time of The Warrior Thommy Price would go on to play drums for Billy Idol (Rebel Yell) then the long time drummer for Joan Jett starting with ( I Hate Myself For Loving You)
"(Don't you) Forget about me" was NOT included in the Once Upon a Time album. It was released as a 12" single separately and was composed for The Breakfast Club soundtrack.
The city I live in has an off shoot suburb called Fairlawn , Ohio. The number by TT had to be retired from our area because of his song. It is STILL on the "do not assign" list to this day and no one is allowed to use it , EVER !
Don't know about other countries but Cutting Crew had 3 hits here in the US. "I Just Died in Your Arms Tonight", "I've Been in Love Before" and "One For The Mockingbird".
I enjoyed the trip down memory lane and it was informative but Cutting Crew, Vixen, and Simple Minds weren't one-hit wonders. Vixen actually had a decent amount of success and they don't get nearly enough credit.
No way you could call Simple Minds one hit wonders... they had a huge number of hits, Belfast Child, Promised you a miracle, alive and kicking, love song, See the lights, glittering prize, and Waterfront.
I second that!! I got to see them when they opened for Bryan Adams (I think 🤔). About all I can remember is that it snowed (live in the South so most of us remembers when it does 😂) & I ended up going to a concert; in a truck that had big tires with a friend & one of her friends that use to race dirt bikes waayyy back in the mid-late 70s. (So us 2 girls & a dude cool enough to take us because of the snow.) Concert was great couldn’t hear for a week!! Back in the day when tickets were like $10 max!! Oh, I miss those days 😢 ✌🏻
was gonna say they had at least two hits, Goodbye to You being the other one i could think of, plus she had a song with Don Henley that i can't remember the name of.
What I hate, besides that they were included in a "One Hit Wonder" video, was that the a-hole who made it completely left Jan's name out of the band members. She was the one that started the group!!! If anyone deserves to be named, it is Jan Kuehnemund. Or did he just take the coward's way out because he couldn't pronounce her last name?!
Cutting Crew was not a one hit wonder: they also had a hit with the song I've Been In Love Before which peaked at #9 on the US Billboard 100 back in 1986.
Most people in the U.S. would consider a single that cracked the Top Forty a "hit." Quarterflash had three Top Forty hits in the U.S. Simple Minds had four Top Forty hits. Cutting Crew had three. I'd rethink some of this list.
Went to see them in a small club in NYC circa 1990 when black motorcycle jackets with zippers and buttons and a pocket especially for cigarettes. Club got hot and sweaty with everyone dancing around. Everyone with a new jacket had purple arms from the dye. 😂
Soundblaster cards in PCs allowed some of us to digitize the better preserved cassettes to MP3; the Columbia House CD memberships solved that problem in the 90's
Patty Smyth later married tennis player John McEnroe. I think she is the only hard enough to keep him in line. LOL Call to Heaven (cover of Les Morts Dansant) and Downtown Train are my favorites.
I think Simple Minds deserves to be a two hit wonder band. Alive & Kicking wasn’t as big of a hit as Don’t You Forget About Me ofcourse but it was big enough to push the band out of the one hit wonder category just like Vixen with both Edge of A Broken Heart and Cryin.
Alive and kickin went to number 2 which makes it a hit too. 20 plus top 20 albums on the uk album chart with 5 number one albums and 60 million album sales
Sanctify yourself was top twenty, alive and kicking top ten, all the things she said top 20, don’t you forget about me of course top 3, promised you a miracle top 40. Really weak on the uploader to do this without checking.
“I just died in your arms, tonight “ was played at my senior prom. Always brings back great memories. I remember all of these songs. 😂. Great job and video.
What does just died in your arms tonight mean? orgasm The words "I just died in your arms tonight" allegedly came to Van Eede while he was having sex with his girlfriend, the French phrase la petite mort, or "the little death", being a metaphor for orgasm.
Regarding Vixen, in 2012 the classic lineup (Jan Kuehnemund, Roxy Petrucci, Janet Gardner and Share Pederson) were planning a reunion and before the announcement could be made in January 2013, founding member and lead guitarist Jan Kuehnemund was diagnosed with cancer. The band delayed the announcement so Jan could get treatment and recover. Sadly it didn't happen, and she passed away from the cancer in October of 2013. The surviving three (with Gina Stile on guitar) decided to carry on with Vixen in honor of Jan. Simple Minds initially didn't want to record Don't You Forget About Me since they didn't write the song.
Vixen was by far a major rock force to be reckoned with. Super playing, songs, and vocals. Their first album knocked it out of the park. Your idea of one-hit wonders is questionable at best and subjective at worst.
If you're a fan of a band, you'd know several of a band's songs even though no one else cares. So that band wouldn't be a one hit wonder to you. But no one else knows about any other songs so yes such bands were one hit wonders.
Quarter Flash played at my high school. It looked like they were going to flop. No one was standing in front of the stage until I dragged my GF out to watch them. Shortly there after the floor filled with kids and we all had a great time. I was truly surprised they never became a huge hit. They were pretty damn good for the time.
❤❤❤ I do too. I think you're confusing Janet Gardner and Jan Kuehnamenn- Jan died of breast cancer in 2013, and Janet Gardner is a Dental hygienist......I love them too😅
@@user-ty2xv6xw8j I know who Janet Gardner is she was on my walls as a teen...and I knew it was breast cancer....I don't remember hearing of the other one
Started college in 1978. 1980s included my college graduation and completing my army ROTC and receiving my officers' commission, getting sent to Fort Harrison where i met the love of my life. But it wasnt meant to be. But the songs take me back.
These are actually considered “oldies” now. When I was in my teens, in the 80’s, the music my parents grew up to, the 40’s & 50’s, was on the oldies station. I’m in my 40’s now, like they were then and the 70’s and 80’s are on the oldies channel. Wow!!!!!
Tommy Tutone: "Angel Say No" hit #38 before "867-5309" in the US (and "Cheap Date" got airplay). Quarterflash: "Goodbye To You" hit #16. Scandal: Had several hits, highest beside this one being "Hands Tied" and "Beat Of A Heart" both reaching #41, though my favorite was "Goodbye To You" (#65). Simple Minds: "Alive And Kicking" hit #2 so do NOT call Jim Kerr a one-hit wonder!! Soft Cell: Lots of hits elsewhere than the States, but if you're only counting America... Thomas Dolby: Lots of hits in the UK, and in the States hit #62 with "Hyperactive" in the States, plus "Europa and the Pirate Twins" got to #67. So the question is not "do you remember these songs that still get airplay?" but "do you remember their other songs?"
Scandal might have been a main stream 1 hit wonder but they were big in the Philly/NY area. They had a big local hit with Goodbye to You. They also used to do commercials for a soda company called Frank's which was legendary in this area. Fun Fact: Jon Bon Jovi was a member of Scandal for a spell.
aha! take me to heart was the other song I could never remember the title for; I remembered it also had "heart" in it but haven't heard the song in quite a while; it had an almost identical beat to harden my heart
Thank you so much for not doing like so many other 1 Hit wonder Videos and Putting Rick Springfield in the List. He just turned 74 and has a brand new album out called AUTOMATIC AND IT ROCK'S 👍
I just Died In Your Arms Tonight was one song my wife & I could agree on back then. But we've never seen eye to eye on music since we met at 12/13 years old. As for KIX, I still listen to them fairly regularly. I think I listened to Vixen last about 3 years ago. I know the lead guitarist passed away & I know they had a reunion with the original line up like 10 to 15 years ago. My memory is a bit foggy.
Vixen's classic lineup was planning another reunion in 2012 and planned to announce it in early 2013. It never happened, because the lead guitarist (Jan Kuehnemund) was diagnosed with the cancer that ended her life.
I dug ALL these songs!! One-hit, or not: THEY WERE AWESOME!! Thanks for sharing! ❤
You got it buddy!😊
What about 1988 "What's on your mind"????? It should be here. ruclips.net/video/4wO0wS7N9pI/видео.html
I'm not sure if Simple Minds qualifies as a one hit wonder, Alive and Kicking and Sanctify Yourself were both top 20 songs in the US.
I agree, they don't qualify.
That single WAS NOT on their massive Once Upon a Time album.....on purpose! A stand-alone single.
@@markwilliamson4834 Doesn't matter. A hit is a hit and no doubt that Simple Minds is NOT a one hit wonder.
I couldn’t stand simple minds but they certainly weren’t one big wonders, unfortunately 😅
I totally agree. They also got air play with “Promised you a miracle “ and “Speed your love to me”.
Why does NOBODY who makes 'one hit wonders' lists understand the meaning of the word "ONE"???!
I made my own Top 50, and totally understand!
ruclips.net/p/PLs3bUd7xULag42VgZVSKuAufA4wCG05Zx
So glad to see by the comments here, I'm not the only one who sees this! One means One!
You don't make sense 😮
@@rubendiaz3482they make perfect sense wtf lol
I see that every single. On another channel that features similar features, some fool actually said that Toto is a one hit wonder.🙄🤦♀️
Simple minds: Alive and kicking, kicked ass on the charts and radio play.
Tommy Tutones is the reason we now have caller ID.
😂😂😂😂
Lol! Who says nothin good came outta the 80's....
Goodbye to you by Scandal was remembered just as well as The Warrior
I was just about to say this in the comments!
Yes, I still hear both songs on the radio from time to time-but I thought Goodbye to You was the Go-gos. But it was not! Set straight by the comments section!
Also "Love Has Got A Line on You"
Just going to say the same, and I love Goodbye to You but just sorta like Warrior. GTY was classic Scandal
And was a much better song.
Goodbye To You was an amazing song by Scandal and should be considered a hit.
Beat of a Heart was also hit.
I agree since it reached #5 on Billboards Album Rock Playlist.
What about Love has got a line on you?
@@videobenny3Was that a Scandal song, or a Patti Smyth solo song?
Goodbye to you made the Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1984
God I miss the 80's...
Because you only remember the parts you liked about it. Nostalgia is powerful, but the expression "looking back through rose tinted glasses" is very true.
This should be re titled,
a bunch of great bands that had at least one awesome song but don’t forget about the rest…
I'm surprised Motley Crue isn't on his list.
Cutting Crew had another hit, "I've Been in Love Before".
Never heard it
Let's not forget One For The Mockingbird. That was actually one of my favs by them.
@@davidaverbach4105 yes, I forgot about that one!
@@kevinmcc3147
I’ve heard it a ton of times.
WANTED time machine to take be back to the 1980s
I have an extra flux capacitor I’ll donate if I can go with you. I hope it’s a one way trip.
I Wanna Go! 1982!
Can I go too?
@FlyinZX10R ❤❤❤❤❤😂
Daily worry about nuclear war, acne, alcoholic unemployed Dad, bullying at school, country wide economic hardship due to Thatcherism. A few catchy tunes isn't enough to make me want to go back.
I called that phone number in 1983. It was either a fax machine, or a modem.
I think at one point we all did that!!😅😅😅
The 80s had the BEST OF THE BEST for music... Hands up to agree! Best decade EVER!!!
I'm an old 80s club goer. My favorite decade. But, the 70s was just as good musically.
Dick Clark helped bring music to the masses. The legend.
“Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars.” Is that right? Or was that Rick Dees? 🤷🏻♂️😂
@@FilosophicalPharmerCasey Kasem.
@@robk9685 Thanks, Rob! 👍🏼
@@FilosophicalPharmerNo that was Casey Kasem
Is this where I confess I used to get the piano guys mixed up too?? If any of you ever run into Billy Joel or Elton John, keep that to yourself!! Lolol!
Goodbye To You, The Warrior, Hands Tied, and Beat Of A Heart all hits from Scandal. And all songs I still love. IMO you left out the best one hit wonder of the 80's..Mickey by Toni Basil.
Definitely....Mickey was ranked as the #1 all time one hit wonder of the 80s
Could you believe how good Toni looked at the age of 38, and still fit in her HS cheerleaders uniform, in 1982.
@@robertbroughton1443 39, actually and yes, she looked damned good. She still looked good at 70 LOL. Beautiful woman.
From Billboard, "Cryin'" was a bigger hit for Vixen than "Edge of a Broken Heart"
Soft Cell's "Tainted Love" was so popular with these dark clubs. Smoke machines, strobe lights, smell of poppers and amyl nitrate in the air. Too many drinks. Restrooms with signs that said "only one person at a time".......nights i can't remember much. Great times.
God! I miss that!
"Sex Dwarf"
Quarterflash also had Find Another Fool
Nightshift
Take Me To Heart
"Take Another Picture"
One hit wonder or not, if you're a kid/teen during the 80's, you'll never forget their songs. They're ingrained into your soul.
80's teen here, so true, fond memories. Time is a thief.
Facts 💯
I miss the 80's so much .
So do I
Patty Smyth: let's not forget "Goodbye To You."
Simple Minds alive & kicking was a huge hit. Also Cutting Crew had "I've been in love before"
Simple Minds also had hits with "All The Things She Said" and "Alive And Kicking" and whomever writes these one hit wonder articles didn't do their homework.
Cutting Crews album Broadcast was a gorgeous album. "I've been in love before", was only the tip of the iceberg.
My fav hit song by Simple Minds was "All The Things She Said"
Vixen had "Edge of a Broken Heart", "Cryin", "How Much Love", and I think "Love is a Killer" that made the Billboard charts.
They also did "I Don't Fuck Fogies For Free."
I think that Vixen was a very under appreciated band. I loved them.
Bon Jovi did a version f Edge of a Broken Heart.
Edge was written by Richard Marx and Fee Waybill (The Tubes).
Kix were local guys where I grew up. They just rescently played their farewell concert
It was awesome!
❤😢 I saw it on YT Waste Some time with Jason Green.
A lot of these bands are NOT one hit wonders. And “Late singer” Patty Smyth is still alive and well.
i think he said lead singer not late singer.
They did also have the hit "Goodbye to you" so not exactly a one hit wonder.
She's alive and well she married to some dude named McEnroe. 😎
Both Vixen and Kix had more than one hit in the 80s. Vixen also had Cryin' and Kix had Blow MY Fuse. Among others for both bands.
And was fortunate enough to get to see both of them..
Saw Kix with Krokus AND Judas Priest.....
Simple Minds is not a one hit wonder. Hits through out 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985. One of the best albums of the decade. Waterfront, Promised You a Miracle, Alive and Kicking.. Someone Somewhere in Summer time. Many tracks for the era.
Thank you!!!!
Sparkle in the Rain and Once Upon A Time were amazing albums!
Agreed
“Kix, kid tested, mother approved.” 😂 way too funny, especially having seen them perform. My mother wouldn’t have approved.
Thomas Dolby wrote and produced the soundtrack to Howard The Duck. The music was played by Lea Thompson and Cherry Bomb.
"One of our Submarines"
"Europa"
"Airwaves"
Who said"one hit wonder"?
Vixen was the best female rock band.
Influenced by Heart, the Runaways and Suzi Quatro.
I just noticed that there is an english version of "Der Kommissar". The original german version was the first top hit of Falco. Many other top-hits followed, I think "Amadeus" was an international hit.
Also "Vienna Calling"
I saw Quarterflash back in the summer of 1983 when they opened for Linda Ronstadt. What a show!! And they are far from a one-hit wonder.
I agree with you, because Find another fool was my favorite due to it's melodic instrumental rhythms. Their third hit was Take me to heart. So they are not a one hit wonder.
Definitely NOT a one hit wonder. Three top 20 hits and seven total on the Hot 100.
Also the title song to the movie Nightshift
Liked "Harden my heart", and.......had a huge crush on Rindy...........
Way, way back, 2 guys came into my Radio Shack in Seattle--asked me if they could play a demo from a Portland band called "Seafood Mama". I shrugged & said 'go for it'. The song was "Harden My Heart". Guess they didn't like the band's name, huh?@@massimocometti6529
The 80s were a truly a special time to be young with no causes and no excuses to have fun just the magic of being young
I'm so so glad and happy I grew up late 70s through the80s...
Side note on Scandal . The drummer at the time of The Warrior Thommy Price would go on to play drums for Billy Idol (Rebel Yell) then the long time drummer for Joan Jett starting with ( I Hate Myself For Loving You)
Scandal also had the hit “Goodbye To You.”
And loves got a line on you
"(Don't you) Forget about me" was NOT included in the Once Upon a Time album. It was released as a 12" single separately and was composed for The Breakfast Club soundtrack.
That's right. I have it on cassette. I love alive and kicking. Simple minds didn't like don't you forget about me and didn't put it on the album.
The city I live in has an off shoot suburb called Fairlawn , Ohio. The number by TT had to be retired from our area because of his song. It is STILL on the "do not assign" list to this day and no one is allowed to use it , EVER !
The 80’s were the greatest ❤😢❤😢👍
Whenever I think about the Eighties, a phrase occurs to me "popped collar" and it always makes me chuckle at the foibles of fashion.
KIX should've been way bigger than what they were.
I remember roller skating to some of these songs wow that was a trip to my childhood
Don't know about other countries but Cutting Crew had 3 hits here in the US. "I Just Died in Your Arms Tonight", "I've Been in Love Before" and "One For The Mockingbird".
THE EIGHTY MUSIC ROCKS TOO MY FRIEND 🎸🎸🎸🎸
I enjoyed the trip down memory lane and it was informative but Cutting Crew, Vixen, and Simple Minds weren't one-hit wonders. Vixen actually had a decent amount of success and they don't get nearly enough credit.
Vixen will never get the credit they truly deserved thanks to the arrogance of the industry.
Agreed 👍 Jan Kuhenemann passed away recently from breasr cancer. 😢
Also ,
Gary Newman "Cars"
Devo " Whip It"
No way you could call Simple Minds one hit wonders... they had a huge number of hits, Belfast Child, Promised you a miracle, alive and kicking, love song, See the lights, glittering prize, and Waterfront.
Absolutely! Thank you for putting that out there.
This channel is about the states.
What they did in the Uk is irrelevant. Just as what they did in Japan.
I'm Gen X and 80's music is what I grew up listening to and I remember none of them.
Patty, still to this day, has one of the best voices in music. Neither the band nor her could ever be listed as a one hit wonder…
I second that!! I got to see them when they opened for Bryan Adams (I think 🤔). About all I can remember is that it snowed (live in the South so most of us remembers when it does 😂) & I ended up going to a concert; in a truck that had big tires with a friend & one of her friends that use to race dirt bikes waayyy back in the mid-late 70s. (So us 2 girls & a dude cool enough to take us because of the snow.) Concert was great couldn’t hear for a week!! Back in the day when tickets were like $10 max!! Oh, I miss those days 😢 ✌🏻
was gonna say they had at least two hits, Goodbye to You being the other one i could think of, plus she had a song with Don Henley that i can't remember the name of.
@@TheLeebo1962 Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough. It's literally in the video.
My favorite episode of Bands Reunited was the Vixen episode. It’s been almost 10 years since Jan died.
I saw this too, on VH1 ...I love them ❤ It's hard to believe it has already been that long since Jan passed away. I think she was 50?
What I hate, besides that they were included in a "One Hit Wonder" video, was that the a-hole who made it completely left Jan's name out of the band members. She was the one that started the group!!! If anyone deserves to be named, it is Jan Kuehnemund. Or did he just take the coward's way out because he couldn't pronounce her last name?!
Jan was a beautiful lady, my 80s dream girl!
@@Frankcastlepunisher74 she had that HUGE mane of curly blonde hair!
Cutting Crew was not a one hit wonder: they also had a hit with the song I've Been In Love Before which peaked at #9 on the US Billboard 100 back in 1986.
Right, NOT a one hit wonder. Two top 30 and six total on the Hot 100.
@@brindfan
Broadcast was an excellent album.
Still one of my favorite albums.
Thank you for letting others know about the cutting crew. I think people in general confuse 1hit wonders with number 1 hits.
@@plopez627yes, some people do! One guy was arguing with me so much that I had to mute him. 🙄
Just listened to, “Warrior” the other day. Still a fav.
Marc Almond made some fantastic solo albums. So talented.
Just saw tommy Tutone, opened for Rick Springfield. He was awesome.
I think you need to do more research because Vixen has had many hits in the 80s. Cryin, Rev it up, how much love and many others
Most people in the U.S. would consider a single that cracked the Top Forty a "hit." Quarterflash had three Top Forty hits in the U.S. Simple Minds had four Top Forty hits. Cutting Crew had three. I'd rethink some of this list.
The 80s was my coming-of-age decade. Remembering these songs isn't hard! 😀
Mine too 💕🎶💕
It's always nice to hear from someone from an era when morals, values, loyalty, appreciation, and respect actually meant something!
@@dvongrad most definitely ❤️
I think every generation feels that way. Now we are the older generation.
High school and college in the 80’s
Yeah, Vixen was not a one hit wonder. Those girls are awesome.
Kix is a fantastic live band. I’ve seen them four times and they never disappoint.
And definitely have more than one hit.
Went to see them in a small club in NYC circa 1990 when black motorcycle jackets with zippers and buttons and a pocket especially for cigarettes. Club got hot and sweaty with everyone dancing around. Everyone with a new jacket had purple arms from the dye. 😂
Sadly they just announced they were breaking up.
They're retiring! Just played their last show!- Sadly Steve Whiteman is having voice issues...
@@user-ty2xv6xw8j oh man. That sucks. Thanks for the info
I wished I still had my 80's mixed tapes!!!!!!
I still have mine
@@laurabailey1054 still have my mixtape but it’s all heavy metal from the 80s😂
Soundblaster cards in PCs allowed some of us to digitize the better preserved cassettes to MP3; the Columbia House CD memberships solved that problem in the 90's
Don't You Forget About Me, incompasses the 80s
Deon estrus HEAVEN HELP ME!! Best song ever!!
But Scandal had a 2nd, GREAT hit with "Goodbye To You"!!!
Kix had a couple more songs that were in the top 40. Blow my fuse and cold blooded
No they didn’t. Billboard hot 100 ain’t the rock charts.
I have zero memory of that group.
"Don't Close Your Eyes" is Kix's only Hot 100 pop hit. BMF and Cold Blood weren't even U.S. album rock hits.
They had heavy rotation on Metal Mania.....they are a great band. 👍
Patty Smyth later married tennis player John McEnroe. I think she is the only hard enough to keep him in line. LOL
Call to Heaven (cover of Les Morts Dansant) and Downtown Train are my favorites.
I think Simple Minds deserves to be a two hit wonder band. Alive & Kicking wasn’t as big of a hit as Don’t You Forget About Me ofcourse but it was big enough to push the band out of the one hit wonder category just like Vixen with both Edge of A Broken Heart and Cryin.
Alive and kickin went to number 2 which makes it a hit too. 20 plus top 20 albums on the uk album chart with 5 number one albums and 60 million album sales
Sanctify yourself was top twenty, alive and kicking top ten, all the things she said top 20, don’t you forget about me of course top 3, promised you a miracle top 40. Really weak on the uploader to do this without checking.
They had successful albums in Australia and the UK prior to "Don't you forget about me"
Thomas Dolby also had a top 20 (US) hit with “Hyperactive!”
I love that song, the late great Scott La Rock appeared in that video.
Song didn’t break top 30. Not dance or main.
Never heard of it
"Hyperactive" missed the U.S. Top 40...let alone the Top 20. MTV's countdowns do NOT count.
U.S. Cashbox does NOT count. #45 on the U.S. Hot 100. Played keys on Foreigner 4.
Crazy by Icehouse in 1987. And also Electric Blue.
I LOVE Icehouse♥️👌🏻.
Vixen was a 3 hit wonder u forgot how much love.
Vixen's first 2 albums we're great!
“I just died in your arms, tonight “ was played at my senior prom. Always brings back great memories.
I remember all of these songs. 😂. Great job and video.
i heard it means an orgasm
What does just died in your arms tonight mean?
orgasm
The words "I just died in your arms tonight" allegedly came to Van Eede while he was having sex with his girlfriend, the French phrase la petite mort, or "the little death", being a metaphor for orgasm.
I’m jealous. We had something off Bon Jovi’s “Slippery When Wet” album 😜😝
Regarding Vixen, in 2012 the classic lineup (Jan Kuehnemund, Roxy Petrucci, Janet Gardner and Share Pederson) were planning a reunion and before the announcement could be made in January 2013, founding member and lead guitarist Jan Kuehnemund was diagnosed with cancer. The band delayed the announcement so Jan could get treatment and recover. Sadly it didn't happen, and she passed away from the cancer in October of 2013. The surviving three (with Gina Stile on guitar) decided to carry on with Vixen in honor of Jan. Simple Minds initially didn't want to record Don't You Forget About Me since they didn't write the song.
Thanks for the info. I'd never heard of them.
Wow- it's been that long!?! They did a reunion show on VHI - Classic
One Hit Wronder or not ( Still love ❤️) them all 👌👍💜🎵🎤🎧👂☝️
Let’s Go Back To The 80’s 😮❤😮❤😮❤😮❤
Vixen was by far a major rock force to be reckoned with. Super playing, songs, and vocals. Their first album knocked it out of the park. Your idea of one-hit wonders is questionable at best and subjective at worst.
No. A hit is a hit. It means on the billboard hot 100.
If you're a fan of a band, you'd know several of a band's songs even though no one else cares. So that band wouldn't be a one hit wonder to you. But no one else knows about any other songs so yes such bands were one hit wonders.
Kix JUST retired, played their last concert ever weeks ago, they ROCKED!🔥💯🙌🤘🏻🤘🏻
Hell, 90's is considered classic rock..😂
Quarter Flash played at my high school. It looked like they were going to flop. No one was standing in front of the stage until I dragged my GF out to watch them. Shortly there after the floor filled with kids and we all had a great time. I was truly surprised they never became a huge hit. They were pretty damn good for the time.
Vixen for sure had more than one hit....I have all their albums.....I LOVED them....rest in peace janet gardner❤
❤❤❤ I do too. I think you're confusing Janet Gardner and Jan Kuehnamenn- Jan died of breast cancer in 2013, and Janet Gardner is a Dental hygienist......I love them too😅
@@user-ty2xv6xw8j I know who Janet Gardner is she was on my walls as a teen...and I knew it was breast cancer....I don't remember hearing of the other one
@@NovemberRain-1975 Jan Kuehmann was their guitar player.
Started college in 1978. 1980s included my college graduation and completing my army ROTC and receiving my officers' commission, getting sent to Fort Harrison where i met the love of my life. But it wasnt meant to be. But the songs take me back.
These are actually considered “oldies” now. When I was in my teens, in the 80’s, the music my parents grew up to, the 40’s & 50’s, was on the oldies station. I’m in my 40’s now, like they were then and the 70’s and 80’s are on the oldies channel. Wow!!!!!
In addition to the 90's. We are getting up there.
Tommy Tutone: "Angel Say No" hit #38 before "867-5309" in the US (and "Cheap Date" got airplay).
Quarterflash: "Goodbye To You" hit #16.
Scandal: Had several hits, highest beside this one being "Hands Tied" and "Beat Of A Heart" both reaching #41, though my favorite was "Goodbye To You" (#65).
Simple Minds: "Alive And Kicking" hit #2 so do NOT call Jim Kerr a one-hit wonder!!
Soft Cell: Lots of hits elsewhere than the States, but if you're only counting America...
Thomas Dolby: Lots of hits in the UK, and in the States hit #62 with "Hyperactive" in the States, plus "Europa and the Pirate Twins" got to #67.
So the question is not "do you remember these songs that still get airplay?" but "do you remember their other songs?"
Quarterflash had 2 additional Top 20 pop hits in "Find Another Fool" and "Take Me To Heart" - both very forgotten.
Scandal, NOT Quarterflash, recorded "Goodbye To You." The #16 Quarterflash hit you're referring to is actually "Find Another Fool."
Scandal might have been a main stream 1 hit wonder but they were big in the Philly/NY area. They had a big local hit with Goodbye to You. They also used to do commercials for a soda company called Frank's which was legendary in this area. Fun Fact: Jon Bon Jovi was a member of Scandal for a spell.
WE LOVE YOU JON!!!
Cold blood was also a top 20 hit for Kix....
LOL No
"Find Another Fool" and "Take Me To Heart" were also popular Quarterflash songs.
aha! take me to heart was the other song I could never remember the title for; I remembered it also had "heart" in it but haven't heard the song in quite a while; it had an almost identical beat to harden my heart
Some of these groups are more big hit wonders, since they stayed together.
MAN, You Brought back Memories of when I was in My 20's, THANK YOU SO MUCH!
All great songs. Many of these bands had a LOT of great music. Loved every song on ATF’s Der Kommissar album.
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Scandal also had top 40 hits with Goodbye To You and Beat Of A Heart!!
I'm a Proud 80s kid but I've never heard of Vixen!?🤷♂️🤔
They are really good 👍 you should check them out.....maybe you will remember some of the songs. It's worth it. 😅
U must not have liked rock music or lived in a seriously small town
@@bob_greene small town
@@jarellano1014 Try listening to Edge of a Broken Heart, or Cryin'.
Kid had a few hits including Cold Blood!
MTV doesn't count. DCYE is their only Hot 100 pop hit. "Cold Blood" didn't even make the Billboard album rock chart.
dude if i was a one hit wonder and people where still humming my song 40 years later, i would call that a win
Wasn’t Scandal’s Goodbye To You a hit as well? That was a pretty big song for them too
Let’s gooooo!
All these bands got lots of L.A. airplay...film soundtracks and defined a generation💕🎶🎶
I love the 80s music. Pls kindly check your facts. Thank you.
Thank you so much for not doing like so many other 1 Hit wonder Videos and Putting Rick Springfield in the List. He just turned 74 and has a brand new album out called AUTOMATIC AND IT ROCK'S 👍
I also love The Snake King. True Rick chick here.
@@kris10davis72 hello
Survivor is another often mistaken for a one-hit wonder. A Flock Of Seagulls, too.
@@kris10davis72 hello Kris, I have been an RS fan since the summer of 78, love his music lyrics are so amazing.
Tao was a really good album; celebrate youth was my fav. song, but my father's chair was a tear-jerker
I just Died In Your Arms Tonight was one song my wife & I could agree on back then. But we've never seen eye to eye on music since we met at 12/13 years old. As for KIX, I still listen to them fairly regularly. I think I listened to Vixen last about 3 years ago. I know the lead guitarist passed away & I know they had a reunion with the original line up like 10 to 15 years ago. My memory is a bit foggy.
Cutting Crew had a big second hit with "I've Been In Love Before"
@fanofprotopic My wife just asked me how it is possible for me not to remember that song.
Vixen's classic lineup was planning another reunion in 2012 and planned to announce it in early 2013. It never happened, because the lead guitarist (Jan Kuehnemund) was diagnosed with the cancer that ended her life.
if you like the song a lot they have another song I love called "Seedy Films".@@Wintersoldier73
You might want to consider looking up the term "One hit wonder" It means singular or just one
Thomas Dolby had a second hit, hyperactive. It was probably even more famous then.'She blinded me with science.
Scandal was not a one hit wonder. They were great !