1980s One-Hit Wonder Lyrics, Part 1 - Random Trivia Answers

• A1) "Whip It" - Devo. "Working in a Coal Mine" received some airplay but just missed cracking the Top 40.
• A2) "Believe It or Not" - Joey Scarbury. Mike Post wrote this catchy theme song from The Greatest American Hero television show (1981-83).
• A3) "Pac-Man Fever" - Buckner & Garcia. This song was the title track of a 1982 album that also honored Frogger, Centipede, Donkey Kong, Asteroids, Defender, Mouse Trap, and Berzerk.
• A4) "Tainted Love" - Soft Cell. Released in the U.S. in 1982, this single set a record with 43 weeks in the Billboard Hot 100.
• A5) "Nobody" - Sylvia. Silvia Kirby's country crossover hit cleverly struck back against the "other woman".
• A6) "Come On Eileen" - Dexy's Midnight Runners. Marie Fahey, sister of Siobhan Fahey, posed as Eileen in the video and on the record jacket.
• A7) "Der Kommissar" - After the Fire. The German words that begin the song are actually "2, 3, 4", not "1, 2, 3".
• A8) "She Blinded Me With Science" - Thomas Dolby. The Englishman was born to a classical Greek archaelogy professor in Cairo, Egypt.
• A9) "Puttin' on the Ritz" - Taco. Taco Ockerse remade Irving Berlin's classic in 1982, reaching #4 on the charts early the next year.
• A10) "Far From Over" - Frank Stallone. Frank composed this song for his more famous brother Sylvester's 1983 movie "Staying Alive".
• A11) "99 Luftballons" - Nena. The 1983 German version actually climbed higher up the charts (#2) than the 1984 English rendition, "99 Red Balloons".
• A12) "They Don't Know" - Tracey Ullman. The actress's brief singing career peaked with this single. She convinced Paul McCartney to make a video cameo because she was working on his Give My Regards to Broad Street at the time.