So once upon a time, all you needed to do in order to enjoy a fair amount of fame and fortune was dig up a 20-year old pop song, give it a synth-and-drum makeover and pair it up with a cheesy video. Today’s SOTD sounds a lot different sung by Dionne Warwick, let me tell you. Similarly, I never knew that Naked Eyes’ major hit ‘Always Something There to Remind Me,’ was written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. No wonder Soft Cell didn’t go on to greater things… they weren’t even responsible for the one hit they did have! Soft Cell’s ‘Tainted Love,’ for example, was first recorded as a B-side by Gloria Jones in 1965. Recently I realized that at least a few of the one-hit wonders I’ve always assumed were original composition were in fact covers of old pop standards. 100.I’ve always wondered why one-hit wonders, if they’re capable of writing and recording a song worthy of hit status, aren’t able to keep it up? Do some bands really just have one good song in them? That doesn’t make sense.You Got Lucky – Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers Tonight, I Celebrate My Love – Peabo Bryson and Roberta Flack I’ve Got a Rock ‘N’ Roll Heart – Eric Clapton Your Love Is Driving Me Crazy – Sammy Hagar Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ – Michael Jackson Making Love Out of Nothing At All – Air Supply How Am I Supposed to Live Without You – Laura Branigan Is There Something I Should Know? – Duran Duran The Girl Is Mine – Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney Always Something There to Remind Me – Naked Eyes We’ve Got Tonight – Kenny Rogers and Sheena Easton (Keep Feeling) Fascination – Human League
Up Where We Belong – Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes She Blinded Me With Science – Thomas Dolby I Know There’s Something Going On – Frida She Works Hard for the Money – Donna Summer Shame On the Moon – Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band You and I – Eddie Rabbitt and Crystal Gayle Do You Really Want to Hurt Me – Culture Club Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) – The Eurythmics Baby, Come to Me – Patti Austin and James Ingram Total Eclipse of the Heart – Bonnie Tyler Overall, 1983 was a year marked by a diverse range of popular music, with a blend of different genres enjoying significant success. The year also saw the emergence of rap music, with the release of “Rapper’s Delight” by The Sugarhill Gang, which is considered the first commercially successful rap song. Other R&B acts like Prince, Patti Austin, and Peabo Bryson also had hit songs with “Little Red Corvette”, “Baby, Come to Me”, and “If Ever You’re in My Arms Again” respectively. Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” album was released and became one of the best-selling albums of all time, thanks to hit songs like “Thriller”, “Beat It”, and “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’”. In addition to pop, new wave, and rock, 1983 was also a big year for R&B music. The year also saw the rise of rock bands like The Police, U2, and Journey, whose songs “Every Breath You Take”, “New Year’s Day”, and “Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)” respectively, all became hits. Synth-pop, a subgenre of new wave, also continued to grow in popularity, with bands like Duran Duran, Eurythmics, and Culture Club releasing hit songs such as “Hungry Like the Wolf”, “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)”, and “Karma Chameleon”. Pop music continued to dominate the charts, with Madonna, Michael Jackson, and Lionel Richie all enjoying enormous success with hit songs like “Holiday”, “Billie Jean”, and “All Night Long”. 1983 was a year of diversity in music, with several genres experiencing significant popularity.
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