Chords for Top 10 Cheesiest One-Hit Wonders of the 1980s

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Who says cheesy has to be bad?
Welcome to WatchMojo.com and today we're counting down our picks for the top 10 cheesiest
one hit wonders of the 1980s.
For this list, we've chosen acts [A#] that were strongly [Fm] identified with one extremely cheesy
and successful song during the [C#] 1980s. _ _ _
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[G#] We're not limiting things to acts that literally only had one hit single throughout their entire
careers, but [D#] we're picking acts that are most known today [G] for a chosen song.
Also, no singing actors.
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Number 10.
[F] Baltimore, Harzan Boyd.
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If you've ever been to an [F] 80s retro night or tried Cool Mint Listerine, you've heard this [E] song.
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[A] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ [F] With its message about living free and Harzan's familiar [C] refrain as its [Dm] chorus, it's catchier
than a cold.
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[F] _ _ That's why it was a smash for the [C] Italian-Irish band.
[Dm] However, Baltimore couldn't manage [A#] another hit and so [C] they disbanded.
[F] Too bad, too.
There are so many fictional characters to sing about.
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_ _ Number 9.
[Cm] Taco, [B] Puttin' on [Em] the Ritz.
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[C] were all ready to [Em] mock the band name Taco.
Then we found out it's actually one dude and that's his [C] name.
[Em] Puttin' on the Ritz is a Fred Astaire cover and Taco put his stamp on it.
[A] If [N] by stamp you mean utterly 80s synth-pop vibe. _ _
_ _ Is it us or is this song creepy?
Regardless, it was a hit and [A] Taco followed it up [D] with… another less successful [G] cover. _ _ _ _
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Thomas Dolby, She Blinded Me With Science.
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_ _ It's about [D] a mad scientist who falls in love with his lab assistant.
Plus, [E] it's got a stuffy British guy, tons of catchy hooks and lots of synthesizer.
Well, it was the 80s.
[G] _ Dolby's fellow Brits might recognize a few of his other [D#] songs, but across the pond this
[Bm] was his only [E] track to crack the top 40.
You can't argue that this song's cheesy.
[D] Why?
Because science.
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_ [F#m] Number 7.
Cutting Crew, I [Bm] Just Died In Your Arms.
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_ [F#m] Only _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ [G] an 80s synth [Bm]-pop power ballad has [A] this much passion.
Speaking of passion, [F] apparently the French used the [G] phrase a little death as a metaphor _ for…
Ahem, _ climaxing, and that's what this [F#] song's about.
Go [G] figure. _
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[E] _ _ But _ _ _ oddly, this number one didn't cause nearly as much controversy as other [G] tunes
on our list.
However, unfortunately for Cutting Crew, after this song they suffered a little death of their own.
And not in a good way.
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_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] Number _ _ _ [C] 6.
_ Devo, Whip It.
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[E] _ _ [D] _ _ _ Any song with a whip crack sound is, by definition, cheesy.
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[E] Even so, [G] Devo's new wave [A] smash caused a stir [D] due to its ambiguous lyrics.
[A] While the band claims [D] it's about overcoming adversity, some people think it's about,
well, whipping it.
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Or sucking on a whipped cream can. _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [D] Either way, with their one smash, Devo proved songs don't need to make sense to crack charts. _
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[C#] _ 5.
[D#] The Weather Girls, It's Raining Men. _
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Finally, a [C#] song where women objectify men.
[G#] Too bad it was written by [N] two dudes, one of whom was Paul Schaeffer.
That is absolutely true.
Anyway, settling any questions about The Weather Girls rep as a novelty act, the weather-related
puns and sound effects are brought to [F] life in a gloriously low-budget video. _ _ _ _
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Cheesy _ or not, these ladies churned out a number one that became [Fm] an anthem in strip
clubs, [C#] gay bars, [D#] and everywhere in between.
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Number 4.
Lips, Inc.? Funkytown.
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_ _ _ _ _ This disco holdover is considered one of the genre's last hits, and we can't think of a
song with a more blatant [G] 70s-80s vibe. _
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_ _ _ Written about New York, [F]
Funkytown spent [C] four weeks at the [G] top of the Billboard [C] Hot 100
in the spring of 1980.
Six years later, it hit charts again when remade by Pseudo Echo to sound even more [E] 80s. _
_ _ _ _ Question, are Funkytown and Electric Avenue near [A] each other? _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ Number [Bm] 3.
Frankie Goes to Hollywood?
[Em] Relax. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ Nothing _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] sells records faster than a scandal.
When Frankie strutted onto the [Bm] scene, the BBC was happy to oblige by banning the song,
almost [Em] for the duration of its chart stay, because of homoerotic and sadomasochistic
imagery in the video, [E] and blatantly sexual language.
lyrics in the song.
_ _ _ [Em] However, all that did was sell tons of Frankie Says [Bm] Relax t-shirts and secure the band's
place as a one [F#]-hit wonder.
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Number _ _ [C#m] _ 2.
Bobby McFerrin, Don't Worry, Be Happy. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A#] _ [G#m] _ If you remember the late [C#m] 80s, you know this song prompted a catchphrase, [E] became an inescapable
phenomenon and won tons-o-Grammys.
That's cause people were blown away by its [C] upbeat [G#m] message and the fact that the [G] song
uses no instruments.
That's right, that's [C#m] only McFerrin's voice and whistling on the track. _ _ _ _
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In fact, this was the [B] first acapella song to hit number one, so McFerrin's optimistic
philosophy must work. _
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Tony Bazzle, Mickey.
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_ _ _ _ _ Instead of being sung by a [A] pep squad, this novelty [C] smash was brought to us by [N] Tony Bazzle,
who seemingly came out of nowhere to play the cheerleading motif for [B] all its worth.
[A] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ But Bazzle was [A#] already a [B] dancer-slash-choreographer [A]-slash-actor, with an impressive resume that included a
[C#] part in Easy Rider. _
_ _ [F] So don't feel too bad, [Bm] she also created one of the most [E] earwormy songs ever and [A#] became
[E] the quintessential one-hit [A] wonder. _ _ _ _ _ _
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Do you [A#] agree with our list?
Which song is your favorite one-hit wonder of the 1980s?
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