10 One-Hit Wonders From 1980 That Still Deserve a Spot in Your Heart

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00:0010 One-Hit Wonders From 1980 That Still Deserve A Spot In Your Heart

00:04Number 10. Video Killed The Radio Star, The Buggles

00:09Trevor Horn and Jeff Downes' One-Hit Wonder became MTV's first ever broadcast in 1981,

00:15symbolizing the coming video revolution.

00:18Built with the Fairlight Sampler, it shaped 80s pop culture and influenced Hornes' later productions,

00:24and Downes' work with Yes!

00:25Number 9. Echo Beach, Martha and the Muffins

00:30Martha and the Muffins' 1980 hit turns workplace boredom into nostalgic escape,

00:35powered by the same drum machine later used in In the Air Tonight.

00:39It reached number 10 in the UK and remains the band's defining unmatched masterpiece.

00:44Number 8. Pop Music, M

00:47British musician Robin Scott's 1979 satire,

00:51Pop Music, Blended Disco, New Wave and Synth Pop, later topping the US charts in 1980.

00:58Number 7. Let Me Love You Tonight, Pure Prairie League

01:02This May 1980 country pop crossover highlighted young Vince Gill's smooth vocals,

01:08pairing gentle harmonies with romantic lyrics and climbing to number 10 on Billboard.

01:12Number 6. Tired of Towing the Line, Rocky Burnett

01:16Johnny Burnett's son kept Rockabilly alive in 1980,

01:20with Rocky's May release reaching number 8 on Billboard and topping the charts in Australia.

01:26Number 5. Pilot of the Airwaves, Charlie Doerr

01:29Doerr's 1980 folk pop song about finding comfort through late-night radio resonated during FM radio's peak,

01:36reaching number 13 on Billboard.

01:38Though she later wrote for major artists like Tina Turner,

01:41this remains her signature tribute to the era when DJs felt like unseen friends.

01:45Number 4. Whip It, Devo

01:48Devo's August Breakthrough cracked number 14.

01:52Minimug riffs and primitive machines forged mechanized pop,

01:55presaging industrial and far outlasting Devo's chart success.

01:59Number 3. Romeo's Tune, Steve Forbert

02:03This January 1980 Heartland track, driven by Forbert's raspy vocals and piano,

02:08reached number 11 and earned him New Dylan comparisons.

02:12Number 2. Hot Rod Hearts, Robbie Dupree

02:16Dupree's Yacht Rock follow-up to Steal Away reached number 15,

02:21capturing polished soft rock transition and enduring escapist nostalgia despite limited later chart success.

02:28Number 1. Funkin' For Jamaica, Tom Brown

02:31August 1980. Jazz funk celebration topped R&B, hit UK number 9.

02:38Tony Smith's vocals and Brown's trumpet inspired extensive hip-hop sampling.

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