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)
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)
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)
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 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 top 40 hit)
27. M|A|R|R|S — Pump Up the Volume (UK #1 & US #13, no other top 40 hit)
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)
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)
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 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.
50 ONE-HIT WONDERS OF THE ’80s