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

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?

Many of these bands had more albums of great music, but they just never reached the commercial success of that one big hit.

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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