Since I plum forgot to post a video last week, I'm making today a two-fer Tuesday.
Featured today are bands who are considered one-hit wonders, but these songs/videos were also chart hits for them, making them at least two-hit wonders.
I'm sending this first one out to my sister, to whom I tried to sing/describe this song and received only mild recognition. This is Dead or Alive's "Brand New Lover," from their 1986 album, Mad, Bad & Dangerous To Know. This single hit #15 on the Billboard charts and, considering that the song they're remembered for, "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" only peaked 4 places higher at #11, it's a mystery why so many people forget this song.
Next up is A Flock of Seagulls with "Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)," from their 1983 album, Listen. Not too many people did listen, but this single still managed to hit #26. Not quite the smash that their #9 hit and '80s staple, "I Ran (So Far Away)" was, but hey, it's still Top 40!
Boy, those guys loved parenthetical phrases, eh? Almost as much as they loved hair gel.
Featured today are bands who are considered one-hit wonders, but these songs/videos were also chart hits for them, making them at least two-hit wonders.
I'm sending this first one out to my sister, to whom I tried to sing/describe this song and received only mild recognition. This is Dead or Alive's "Brand New Lover," from their 1986 album, Mad, Bad & Dangerous To Know. This single hit #15 on the Billboard charts and, considering that the song they're remembered for, "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" only peaked 4 places higher at #11, it's a mystery why so many people forget this song.
Next up is A Flock of Seagulls with "Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)," from their 1983 album, Listen. Not too many people did listen, but this single still managed to hit #26. Not quite the smash that their #9 hit and '80s staple, "I Ran (So Far Away)" was, but hey, it's still Top 40!
Boy, those guys loved parenthetical phrases, eh? Almost as much as they loved hair gel.
Comments
He said, "you're kidding."
Knot
It's on my 80s Play list on my iPod that I hate to admit is there.
Now for some fun trivia: The title of Dead or Alive's album Mad Bad and Dangerous to Know is actually a reference to a famous English poet. Who can name the poet without googling it first?
(Ooh, cool word verification: drockedo)