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What was the one hit by artist Matthew Wilder?
"Break My Stride''
"Live and Learn"
"Out of Touch"
"Obsession"
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The song "Missing You" was the one hit of what artist in the Eighties?
Rich McCoy
John Waite
Jazz June
Pancake
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The band Quarterflash produced what single hit in the Eighties?
"Harden My Heart"
"Video Killed the Radio Star"
"I Just Died In Your Arms"
"Queen Bee"
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Dexys Midnight Runners produced what one mega-hit in the Eighties?
"St. Elmo's Fire"
"Tarzan Boy"
"Come on Eileen"
"Whip It"
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Toni Basil's one hit in the Eighties was which of the following songs?
"Dominic"
"Ritchie"
"Walt Whitman"
"Mickey"
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"Lady In Red" was the one hit of what artist in the Eighties?
Malcolm Price
Chris De Burgh
Walt Numan
"North Wind" McCreary
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What was the one hit by the band L.A. Guns in the Eighties?
"Megan's Verse"
"A Tune for Robin"
"Song of Deborha"
"Ballad of Jayne"
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Tommy Tutone made a massive hit with what song which is the phone number of a girl named Jenny?
7377822
3380921
9307861
8675309
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The song "I Melt with You" was the one hit of what band?
Modern English
Quarterflash
King Nothing
A-Ha
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A Flock of Seagulls produced what one hit in the Eighties?
"Burnin' for You"
"St. Elmo's Fire"
"Weather Report"
"I Ran"
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What was the one big hit by the band Animotion in the Eighties?
"Come on Eileen"
"Take on Me"
"Obsession"
"I Ran"
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What band made the one hit "Beds Are Burning" in the Eighties?
Men Without Hats
The Matthew Wilder Band
A-Ha
Midnight Oil
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The mega hit "Take on Me" was released by what Eighties band?
A-Ha
Dexys Midnight Runners
Midnight Oil
Trenton Men
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What absurdist band in the Eighties made their one hit "Whip It"?
Dead or Alive
A Flock of Seagulls
Devo
Men Without Hats
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What was the one hit of the group Soft Cell in the Eighties?
"Harden My Heart"
"I Melt with You"
"You Spin me Round"
"Tainted Love"
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The German song "99 Luftballons" was the one world-wide hit for what singer?
Aina
Nena
Bianca
Eva
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What artist released the one hit "Somebody's Watching Me"?
Rockwell
Campbell
Anderson
Flintridge
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What was the one hit song by the group Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians?
"What I Am"
"Who You Are"
"Why They Look"
"When It Was"
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Michael Sembello made what single hit in the Eighties?
"Maniac"
"Madman"
"Lunatic"
"Psycho Killer"
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What was the one hit by the group The Vapors?
"Turning Chinese"
"Turning Japanese"
"Turning Vietnamese"
"Turning Mongolian"
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What group made the hit song "Video Killed the Radio Star"?
Sex Pistols
The Pet Shop Boys
The Buggles
Dead or Alive
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What musical group recorded the hit song "It's Raining Men"?
Weather Report
The Weather Girls
Barometer Tension
Weather or not
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What was the one hit song by John Parr which was also used as the theme for a John Hughes movie of the same title?
"St. Elmo's Fire"
"Pretty in Pink"
"The Breakfast Club"
"Home Alone"
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Frankie Goes to Hollywood released what one hit in the Eighties?
"Psycho Killer"
"Hold Me Now"
"Work it Out"
"Relax"
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What artist made the one hit "She Blinded Me with Science" in the Eighties?
Leon Trenton
Michael Fontino
Wendell Craig Boyd
Thomas Dolby
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What was the one big hit of Men Without Hats in the Eighties?
"The Safety Dance"
"I Just Died in Your Arms"
"You Spin me Round"
"Killing Me Softly"
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What song as the one big hit for Eddy Grant in the Eighties?
"Starfall Boogie"
"Red Red Wine"
"Touchdown"
"Electric Avenue"
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"I Just Died in Your Arms" was the one hit by what band in the Eighties?
Cutting Crew
A Flock of Seagulls
A-Ha
Spin Doctors
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Lipps Inc. produced what one hit in the Eighties?
"Sweet Emotion"
"Island Dream"
"Electric Avenue"
"Funkytown"
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What was the one hit of the group Dead or Alive in the Eighties?
"Tonight it's You"
"Heart of Glass"
"You Spin Me Round"
"Welcome Wagon"
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