One Hit Wednesday

Something I thought might be fun is posting some of the many one hit wonders that came out of the 80s. Based on the Billoard definition of a one hit wonder, whereas an artist registers only one song in the Top 40 portion of the Billboard Hot 100 charts, spanning their entire career. I figure I could do 4 or 5 every Wednesday and we can call it 'One Hit Wednesday'. Sounds good to me so here we go!

Anni-Frid Synni Lyngstad (Frida) was a member of  Abba.
In 1983 she released the single "I Know There's Something Going On" as the lead single from her debut solo album 'Something's Going On'. The song peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 at #13 the week of March 26, 1983. The track topped the charts in 4 countries and was a top 10 hit in several others. It was the only single Frida ever charted. Phil Collins produced the record, played drums and sang backup vocals on the track.

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Karla Bonoff was primarily known as a songwriter rather than a performer, but occassionaly released her own material. In '82 she released her only single to ever hit the Top 40. It was called 'Personally' and reached #19 in August of '82. The track was from her album entitled 'Wild Heart of the Young'.

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Cock Robin was an American band formed in California in '82.
Largely ignored by their home country, Cock Robin found huge success in other countries and had several hits. Stateside though, "When Your Heart Is Weak" was the band's only chart single, where it reached #35 in August of '85.

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Double was a duo formed in Switzerland in 1983. The track "The Captain of Her Heart" was an international hit charting in the top 20 in 11 different countries. Unfortuanately, it was their only charted single in the U.S. It reached #16 in September of '86.

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Wa Wa Nee was an Australian pop band formed in 1985.
They had 4 singles chart in the Australian top 20 from their debut album also called "Wa Wa Nee". However, only one of those tracks, "Sugar Free", charted in the U.S. The song peaked at #35 on the Billboard Hot 100 the week of November 14, 1987.

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