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How Many Of These One Hit Wonders From 1980-1981 Do you Remember?

Bobby Caughron December 19, 2023

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Take a trip down memory lane with this list of one-hit wonders on the U.S. charts from the years 1980 and 1981. How many of these did you remember and how many had you forgotten about?

The Vapors-Turning Japanese (1980)

Tommy Tutone-867-5309 (Jenny) (1981)

Toni Basil-Hey Mickey (1981)

The Tom Tom Club-Genius Of Love (1981)

Quarterflash-Harden My Heart (1981)

Red Rider-Lunatic Fringe (1981)

Soft Cell-Tainted Love (1981)

Joey Scarbury-Believe It Or Not (1981)

Grover Washington Jr. Featuring Bill Withers-Just The Two Of Us (1980)

Bertie Higgins-Key Largo (1981)

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Bobby Caughron

Bobby Caughron is a music journalist and Editor-In-Chief for XS ROCK. He began a life-long fan of hard rock and metal music after hearing KISS as a kid. He is still an avid fan of the 80s metal scene and continues to discover and write about new music in all rock genres today.

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