These days, just about anything — or anyone — can break into the pop charts thanks to the internet. Billboard counts streams on YouTube and other platforms, so the dream of being an overnight success is very much alive.That being said, some pretty strange stuff made it into the Top 40 long before the internet. Actors recorded hit novelty songs. TV theme songs became hits.In the 1980s, sampling and electronics opened up new possibilities for novelty songs. A handful of them drifted over from Europe to become sensations in the States. Nostalgia was also in style, as musicians wound back the clock to the 1930s — and even further. There were also some unlikely rock ‘n’ roll feats. We picked a single one-hit wonder from each year of the 1980s. Let’s take a look and listen. Do you remember these big hits?
Source: The 10 weirdest one-hit-wonders of the 1980s