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If you grew up in the 1980s you're quite familiar with the excess number of one hit wonders from the era. And playlists that feature these songs are in abundance anywhere you can find playlists.

I took this list in a slightly different direction. We start with 20 of these flash-in-the-pan bands, but instead of featuring their hit song. We feature their “next best song”. The one that had the best chance of making the charts, but fell short, leaving the band with the moniker “one hit wonder,” for what will most likely be, eternity.

It’s gotta suck to be in a one hit only band, so this list aims to give them all a second chance. Give it a spin and determine for yourself if these acts deserve to be known as more than a “one-hit wonder.”

Second Best Songs Of 80’s One Hit Wonders

1. The Celtic Soul Brothers - Dexys Midnight Runners
2. A Girl In Trouble (Is A Temporary Thing) - Romeo Void
3. Sex Dwarf - Soft Cell
4. The Passenger - Wall of Voodoo
5. Inwards - Big Country
6. Aphrodisiac - Bow Wow Wow
7. Nobody - Toni Basil
8. Wordy Rappinghood - Tom Tom Club
9. No Guilt - The Waitresses
10. Europa And The Pirate Twins - Thomas Dolby
11. Fehler im System - Peter Schilling
12. Hollow Horse (Long Version) - The Icicle Works
13. All I’m Gonna Take - Autograph
14. Reptile - The Church
15. 16 Days - Modern English
16. Blackbird - Bobby McFerrin
17. Feel It Again - Honeymoon Suite
18. Hit The Road Jack - Buster Poindexter
19. Hippy Hippy Shake - Georgia Satellites
20. Satisfaction Guaranteed - The Firm