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