One Hit Wonders in Hellas (Part 05 / 12)

Artists (& songs) that became One Hit Wonders in Hellas.

Basic criterion: The airplay they received & the success they achieved in Hellenic radio stations.

Various 80s & 90s pop songs

1) Various 80s 

Baby I Love Your Way / Free Bird - WILL TO POWER (1988)

US # 1, CA # 1, UK # 6, NO # 1, DE # 18, BE # 22, NL # 26, AU # 20, NZ # 6

U.S.A. (Florida)

City Lights - WILLIAM PITT (1986)

CH # 14, BE # 14, DE # 15, AT # 16, NL # 19, FR # 47

"Funny Girl" (BE # 25, DE # 64)

France & USA

Come With Me - TANIA MARIA (1983)

Did not chart in Europe.

Brazil

Don't Wanna Fall In Love - JANE CHILD (single, 1990 / LP Jane Child, 1989)

US #  2, UK # 22, CA # 4,NL # 52

Canada

Hey Matthew - KAREL FIALKA (1987)

UK # 9, CH # 13, DE # 15

Only UK hit: The Eyes Have It (# 52)

Czech Republic & Scotland

I Don't Mind At All - BOURGEOIS TAGG (1987)

US # 38, UK # 35, NL # 83

U.S.A.

I Remember Holding You - BOYS CLUB (LP Boys Club, 1988)

US # 8, CA # 14

U.S.A. & Tonga

Im Nin' Alu (Paid In Full mix) - OFRA HAZA (1988)

DE # 1, CH # 1, NO # 1, SE # 2, AT # 2, FR # 6, BE # 14, NL # 29, UK # 15, EUROPEAN # 1

"Galbi" (AT # 19, DE # 20, CH # 21)

Israel

Kissing With Confidence - WILL POWERS feat. CARLY SIMON (1983)

UK # 17, BE # 28, NL # 45, AU # 50

U.S.A.

Love Is Contagious - TAJA SEVELLE (1987)

UK # 7, NL # 20, US # 62

U.S.A.

Mia Bocca - JILL JONES (1987)

IT # 6

U.S.A. & Italy

My Favourite Waste Of Time - OWEN PAUL (1986)

UK # 3, BE # 8, NL # 8, CH # 19, AT # 20, DE # 21, AU # 23

U.K. (Scotland)

Noi, Ragazzi Di Oggi Noi - LUIS MIGUEL (1985)

IT # 1, BE # 37

Mexico & Puerto Rico

Only Crying - KEITH MARSHALL (1981)

UK # 12, BE # 1, CH # 3, DE # 5, AT # 8, NL # 10, IT # 15, NZ # 24

His 1982 single "I Think I'm In Love" received respectable airplay in Thessaloniki's Radio Stations but could not be considered a hit.

U.K.

Paradise - PHOEBE CATES (1982)

IT # 1

U.S.A. (New York)

Reality - RICHARD SANDERSON (1980)

DE # 1, FR # 1, IT # 1, CH # 1, AT # 1, BE # 16

U.K. (Scotland)

Remember - SHIMI TAVORI (single, 1985 / LP Remember, 1984)

Did not chart in Europe.

Israel

Shaddap You Face - JOE DOLCE MUSIC THEATRE (1981)

UK # 1, DE # 1, AT # 1, CH # 1, BE # 1, NO # 2, NL # 4, SE # 5, DK # 5, US # 53, CA # 2, AU # 1, NZ # 1

"If You Want To Be Happy" was a minor hit in Central Europe & Oceania (AT # 7, DE # 38, NZ # 33)

U.S.A. & Italy

She's Like The Wind - PATRICK SWAYZE feat. WENDY FRASER (1987)

US # 3, UK # 17, FR # 7, BE # 5, NO # 7, SE # 8, NL # 13, DE # 14, AT # 15

U.S.A.

Some Folks - STREET BOYS (1982)

AT # 4 (1987)

U.K. (England) based in France

Sugar Don't Bite - SAM HARRIS (1984)

US # 36

U.S.A.

Suicide Is Painless - THE MASH (1970 & 1980)

UK # 1, IE # 1, NL # 3, AU # 52

U.S.A.

The Lion Sleeps Tonight - TIGHT FIT (1982)

UK # 1, IE # 1, BE # 1, NL # 1, DK # 1, DE # 3, CH # 8, SE # 17, EUROPEAN # 1, AU # 11, NZ # 3

U.K. (England)

Various 90s

After Dark - TITO & TARANTULA (OST From Dusk Till Dawn, 1996)

DE # 74

U.S.A. & Mexico

Baby, I Love Your Way - BIG MOUNTAIN (OST Reality Bites, 1994)

US # 6, UK # 2, ES # 1, SE # 1, CH # 2, AT # 4, NL # 4, NO # 6, BE # 7, FR # 7, DE # 9, EUROPEAN # 1, AU # 4, NZ # 12

U.S.A. (San Diego, California)

Butterfly - SYLVIA POWELL (single, 1997)

U.K. (London, England)

Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen) - BAZ LUHRMANN feat. QUINDON TARVER (single, 1997 & 1999)

UK # 1, IE # 1, NO # 8, SE # 15, NL # 26, BE 31, CH # 36, DE # 44, US # 45, AU # 65

Late Quindon Tarver sings in the second version the part: "Brother & sister..." (link on his Name)

Australia & U.S.A.

Fade Into You - MAZZY STAR (1994)

US # 44, UK # 48, CA # 83, AU # 72

U.S.A. (Santa Monica, California)

Fallen - LAUREN WOOD (OST Pretty Woman, 1990)

Did not chart in Europe.

U.S.A.

Here's Where The Story Ends - THE SUNDAYS (LP Reading, Writing & Arithmetic, 1990)

UK # 7 (in 1998)

UK (London)

How Bizarre - OMC (15 Dec 1995)

AU # 1, NZ # 1, CA # 1, AT # 1, DE # 2, SE # 4, UK # 5, NL # 11, NO # 11, BE # 14, FR # 16, EUROPEAN # 5

New Zealand

Independent Love Song - SCARLET (1994)

UK # 12, IE # 10, CH # 23, SE # 25, DE # 50

U.K. (Hull)

'74 - '75 - THE CONNELLS (1993, charted in 1995)

SE # 1, NO # 1, BE # 2, CH # 3, FR # 4, AT # 6, DE # 7, NL # 10, UK # 14, EUROPEAN # 8

U.S.A. (North Carolina)

Sleeping Satellite - TASMIN ARCHER (1992)

UK # 1, IE # 1, SE # 4, CH # 5, FR # 6, NL # 8, AT # 11, DE # 12, BE # 12, EUROPEAN # 7, US # 32, AU # 14, NZ # 12

U.K. (England)

The Color Of The Night - LAUREN CHRISTY (1994)

US # 107, CA # 90

U.K. (England)

There's Nothing Like This - OMAR (1990)

UK # 14, DE # 27, SE # 34, FR # 35, NL # 55

U.K. (Canterbury)

Where's Your Love Been - HELIOCENTRIC WORLD (1994)

U.K.

Would I Lie To You - CHARLES & EDDIE (1992)

UK # 1, US # 13, CA # 3, DE # 1, AT # 1, BE # 1, FR # 2, NL # 2, CH # 2, SE # 3, NO # 3, IT # 10, EUROPEAN # 2, AU # 3, NZ # 1

U.S.A.

Your Woman - WHITE TOWN (1997)

UK # 1, ES # 1, IS # 1, FI # 4, FR # 5, BE # 7, SE # 10, CH # 19, AT # 23, DE # 24, EUROPEAN # 11, US # 23, AU # 2, NZ # 5

India & U.K.