Tonight's One Hit Wonder Wednesday Spotlights 1980

Tonight on the One Hit Wonder Wednesday Night Shift with Craig Allen, we spotlight 1980.

7 pm: Rocky Burnette - "Tired of Toein' the Line"

Reached #8

"The music video for this song was in many ways ahead of its time, as MTV was still a year away and most American artists weren't even making videos. Burnette is backed in the video by beautiful girls miming various instruments - something Robert Palmer would do years later on his famous videos." Songfacts.com

8 pm: Devo - "Whip It"

Reached #14

The flowerpot hats, the sleeveless black turtlenecks, the whip -- all while being surrounded by cowboys on a dude ranch. That was Devo for you.

9 pm: The S.O.S. Band - "Take Your Time"

Reached #3

SOS Band (Sounds Of Success) released seven albums after this. They never cracked the Top 40 again.

10 pm: The Vapors "Turning Japanese"

Reached #36

While it only made to #36 on the charts, the song has become a signature song for the start of that 80s sound. Many Americans thought this song was about self-pleasure. Not true, not true at all. "Turning Japanese is all the clichés about angst and youth, and turning into something you didn't expect to." - Dave Fenton on VH1 True Spin