# Topic Playlist (Part 3)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [January 26, 2024, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687 "2024-01-26T15:37:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8081 "2026-08-28T05:26:03Z")

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**Songs by Air Supply**

1. Making Love Out of Nothing At All
2. Even The Nights Are Better
3. Two Less Lonely People in the World
4. Sweet Dreams
5. All Out of Love
6. Lost In Love
7. I Can Wait Forever
8. Every Woman in the World
9. The One That You Love
10. Just As I Am

**70s One-hit wonders**

1. Rock On - David Essex (1973)

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**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8082 "2026-08-28T06:59:18Z")

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**70s One-hit wonders**

1. Rock On - David Essex (1973)
2. You Light Up My Life - Debby Boone (1977)

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**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8083 "2026-08-28T08:34:10Z")

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**70s One-hit wonders**

1. Rock On - David Essex (1973)
2. You Light Up My Life - Debby Boone (1977)
3. Slippin’ Away - Max Merritt and The Meteors (1975)

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**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8084 "2026-08-28T11:57:45Z")

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**70s One-hit wonders**

1. Rock On - David Essex (1973)
2. You Light Up My Life - Debby Boone (1977)
3. Slippin’ Away - Max Merritt and The Meteors (1975)
4. The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia - Vicki Lawrence (1973)

Her TV career has made her much more famous than the average one-hit wonder.

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**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8085 "2026-08-28T13:42:49Z")

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**70s One-hit wonders**

1. Rock On - David Essex (1973)
2. You Light Up My Life - Debby Boone (1977)
3. Slippin’ Away - Max Merritt and The Meteors (1975)
4. The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia - Vicki Lawrence (1973)
5. Eres Tú (It’s You) - Mocedades (1974)

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8086 "2026-08-28T15:27:57Z")

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**70s One-hit wonders**

1. Rock On - David Essex (1973)
2. You Light Up My Life - Debby Boone (1977)
3. Slippin’ Away - Max Merritt and The Meteors (1975)
4. The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia - Vicki Lawrence (1973)
5. Eres Tú (It’s You) - Mocedades (1974)
6. Black Betty - Ram Jam (1977)

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8087 "2026-08-28T16:00:27Z")

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**70s One-hit wonders**

1. Rock On - David Essex (1973)
2. You Light Up My Life - Debby Boone (1977)
3. Slippin’ Away - Max Merritt and The Meteors (1975)
4. The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia - Vicki Lawrence (1973)
5. Eres Tú (It’s You) - Mocedades (1974)
6. Black Betty - Ram Jam (1977)
7. Venus - Shocking Blue (1970)

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**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8088 "2026-08-28T23:11:44Z")

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**70s One-hit wonders**

1. Rock On - David Essex (1973)
2. You Light Up My Life - Debby Boone (1977)
3. Slippin’ Away - Max Merritt and The Meteors (1975)
4. The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia - Vicki Lawrence (1973)
5. Eres Tú (It’s You) - Mocedades (1974)
6. Black Betty - Ram Jam (1977)
7. Venus - Shocking Blue (1970)
8. Magic - Pilot (1974)

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**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2026, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8089 "2026-08-29T11:08:05Z")

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**70s One-hit wonders**

1. Rock On - David Essex (1973)
2. You Light Up My Life - Debby Boone (1977)
3. Slippin’ Away - Max Merritt and The Meteors (1975)
4. The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia - Vicki Lawrence (1973)
5. Eres Tú (It’s You) - Mocedades (1974)
6. Black Betty - Ram Jam (1977)
7. Venus - Shocking Blue (1970)
8. Magic - Pilot (1974)
9. Brother Louie - Stories (1973)

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2026, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8090 "2026-08-29T15:44:58Z")

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**70s One-hit wonders**

1. Rock On - David Essex (1973)
2. You Light Up My Life - Debby Boone (1977)
3. Slippin’ Away - Max Merritt and The Meteors (1975)
4. The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia - Vicki Lawrence (1973)
5. Eres Tú (It’s You) - Mocedades (1974)
6. Black Betty - Ram Jam (1977)
7. Venus - Shocking Blue (1970)
8. Magic - Pilot (1974)
9. Brother Louie - Stories (1973)
10. American Pie - Don McLean (1971)

pass

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**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2026, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8091 "2026-08-30T03:46:25Z")

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Why not…

**'80s One-Hit Wonders**

1. Tarzan Boy - Baltimora

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2026, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8092 "2026-08-30T04:00:56Z")

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**'80s One-Hit Wonders**

1. Tarzan Boy - Baltimora
2. One Night in Bangkok - Murray Head

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**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2026, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8093 "2026-08-30T10:01:29Z")

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**'80s One-Hit Wonders**

1. Tarzan Boy - Baltimora
2. One Night in Bangkok - Murray Head
3. Shaddup You Face - Joe Dolce

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2026, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8094 "2026-08-30T12:13:26Z")

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**'80s One-Hit Wonders**

1. Tarzan Boy - Baltimora
2. One Night in Bangkok - Murray Head
3. Shaddup You Face - Joe Dolce
4. It’s Raining Men - the Weather Girls

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**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2026, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8095 "2026-08-30T13:14:43Z")

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**'80s One-Hit Wonders**

1. Tarzan Boy - Baltimora
2. One Night in Bangkok - Murray Head
3. Shaddup You Face - Joe Dolce
4. It’s Raining Men - the Weather Girls
5. 867-5309/Jenny - Tommy Tutone

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**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2026, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8096 "2026-08-30T14:04:10Z")

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**'80s One-Hit Wonders**

1. Tarzan Boy - Baltimora
2. One Night in Bangkok - Murray Head
3. Shaddup You Face - Joe Dolce
4. It’s Raining Men - the Weather Girls
5. 867-5309/Jenny - Tommy Tutone
6. The Safety Dance - Men Without Hats

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2026, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8097 "2026-08-30T15:55:21Z")

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**'80s One-Hit Wonders**

1. Tarzan Boy - Baltimora
2. One Night in Bangkok - Murray Head
3. Shaddup You Face - Joe Dolce
4. It’s Raining Men - the Weather Girls
5. 867-5309/Jenny - Tommy Tutone
6. The Safety Dance - Men Without Hats
7. Mexican Radio - Wall of Voodoo

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**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2026, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8098 "2026-08-30T16:21:13Z")

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**'80s One-Hit Wonders**

1. Tarzan Boy - Baltimora
2. One Night in Bangkok - Murray Head
3. Shaddup You Face - Joe Dolce
4. It’s Raining Men - the Weather Girls
5. 867-5309/Jenny - Tommy Tutone
6. The Safety Dance - Men Without Hats
7. Mexican Radio - Wall of Voodoo
8. Keep Your Hands to Yourself - The Georgia Satellites

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**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2026, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8099 "2026-08-30T17:07:34Z")

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**'80s One-Hit Wonders**

1. Tarzan Boy - Baltimora
2. One Night in Bangkok - Murray Head
3. Shaddup You Face - Joe Dolce
4. It’s Raining Men - the Weather Girls
5. 867-5309/Jenny - Tommy Tutone
6. The Safety Dance - Men Without Hats
7. Mexican Radio - Wall of Voodoo
8. Keep Your Hands to Yourself - The Georgia Satellites
9. She Blinded Me With Science - Thomas Dolby

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2026, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8100 "2026-08-31T20:01:10Z")

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**'80s One-Hit Wonders**

1. Tarzan Boy - Baltimora
2. One Night in Bangkok - Murray Head
3. Shaddup You Face - Joe Dolce
4. It’s Raining Men - the Weather Girls
5. 867-5309/Jenny - Tommy Tutone
6. The Safety Dance - Men Without Hats
7. Mexican Radio - Wall of Voodoo
8. Keep Your Hands to Yourself - The Georgia Satellites
9. She Blinded Me With Science - Thomas Dolby
10. Take on Me - A-ha

Next: **'90s One-Hit Wonders**

1. Macarena - Los Del Rio

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