TOP 50 ONE-HIT WONDERS OF THE '80s

1. After the Fire - Der Kommissar (US #5, no other US top 40 hit)
2. Al B. Sure! - Nite and Day (US #7, no other US top 40 hit)
3. Aneka - Japanese Boy (UK #1, no other UK top 40 hit)
4. Angry Anderson - Suddenly (UK #3, no other UK top 40 hit)
5. Baltimora - Tarzan Boy (UK #3 & US #13, no other top 40 hit in both countries)
6. Bandolero - Paris Latino (Top 10 in France, Italy & Switzerland, no other top 40 hit in those countries)
7. Benny Mardones - Into the Night (US #11, no other US top 40 hit)
8. Bobby McFerrin - Don't Worry Be Happy (US #1 & UK #2, no other top 40 hit in both countries)
9. Boy Meets Girl - Waiting for a Star to Fall (UK #9, no other UK top 40 hit)
10. Buckner and Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (US #9, no other US top 40 hit)
11. Desireless - Voyage Voyage (UK #5, no other UK top 40 hit)
12. Devo - Whip It (US #14, no other US top 40 hit)
13. Diesel - Sausalito Summernight (US #25, no other US top 100 hit)
14. Double - The Captain of Her Heart (UK #8 & US #16, no other top 40 hit in both countries)
15. The Dream Academy - Life in a Northern Town (UK #15, no other UK top 40 hit)
16. Edie Brickell & New Bohemians - What I Am (US #7, no other US top 40 hit)
17. Fiction Factory - (Feels Like ) Heaven (UK #6, no other UK top 40 hit)
18. FR David - Words (UK #2, no other UK top 40 hit)
19. Frank Stallone - Far from Over (US #10, no other US top 40 hit)
20. Gregory Abbott - Shake You Down (US #1, UK #6, no other US & UK top 40 hit)
21. Jack Wagner - All I Need (US #2, no other US top 40 hit)
22. Joe Dolce - Shaddap You Face (UK #1, no other UK top 40 hit)
23. Joey Scarbury - Theme from 'Greatest American Hero' (Believe It or Not) (US #2, no other US top 40 hit)
24. Kaoma - Lambada (UK #4, no other UK top 40 hit)
25. The Korgis - Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime (US #18, no other top 40 hit)
26. Lipps Inc. - Funkytown (US #1, UK #2, no other US & UK top 40 hit)
27. M|A|R|R|S - Pump Up the Volume (UK #1 & US #13, no other top 40 hit in both countries)
28. Matthew Wilder - Break My Stride (UK #4, no other UK top 40 hit)
29. Michael Sembello - Maniac (US #1, no other US top 30 hit)
30. Murray Head - One Night in Bangkok (US #3, no other US top 40 hit in the 80s)
31. Ollie & Jerry - Breakin’.. There’s No Stoppin’ Us (US & UK top 10, no other top 40 hit in both countries)
32. Opus - Live Is Life (UK #6, no other UK top 40 hit)
33. Oran "Juice" Jones - The Rain (US & UK top 10, no other top 40 hit in both countries)
34. The Other Ones - Holiday (US #29, no other US top 100 hit)
35. Owen Paul - My Favourite Waste of Time (UK #3, no other UK top 40 hit)
36. Patrick Swayze & Wendy Fraser - She's Like the Wind (US #3, no other US top 40 hit)
37. Rock Steady Crew - (Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew (UK #6, no other UK top 40 hit)
38. Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me (UK #6, no other UK top 40 hit)
39. Rocky Burnette - Tired of Toein' the Line (US #8, no other US top 40 hit)
40. Ryan Paris - Dolce Vita (UK #5, no other UK top 40 hit)
41. Sheriff - When I'm with You (US #1, no other US top 40 hit)
42. Stacey Q - Two of Hearts (US #3, no other US top 30 hit)
43. Stan Ridgway - Camouflage (UK #4, no other UK top 40 hit)
44. Taco - Puttin' on the Ritz (US #4, no other US top 40 hit)
45. Timex Social Club - Rumors (US #8, no other US top 40 hit)
46. Tommy Tutone - 867-5309/Jenny (US #4, no other US top 30 hit)
47. Toni Basil - Mickey (US #1, UK #2, no other US & UK top 40 hit)
48. Trans-X - Living on Video (UK #9, no other UK top 40 hit)
49. The Vapors - Turning Japanese (UK #3, no other UK top 40 hit)
50. When in Rome - The Promise (US #11, no other US top 40 hit)

The list is in alphabetical order.
Song snippets are kept short due to copyright reasons.