{"id":794750,"date":"2026-05-14T01:45:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T01:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/794750\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T01:45:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T01:45:15","slug":"3-one-hit-wonders-from-1983-that-still-hit-hard-today-even-though-no-one-listens-to-new-wave-anymore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/794750\/","title":{"rendered":"3 One-Hit Wonders From 1983 That Still Hit Hard Today, Even Though No One Listens to New Wave Anymore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New wave, in its purest form, is more of a retro flavor sliced and diced into modern music than a mainstream genre. Such is the way of the musical world. Still, even as trends evolve and styles go in and out of fashion, some tracks remain consistently catchy as standalone cuts.<\/p>\n<p>Take, for example, these three one-hit wonders from 1983 that still hit hard, even if no one\u2019s really listening to new wave anymore.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cI Melt With You\u201d by Modern English<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Every generation needs an angsty love song, and Modern English\u2019s 1983 one-hit wonder, <a href=\"https:\/\/americansongwriter.com\/the-apocalyptic-meaning-behind-i-melt-with-you-by-modern-english\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cI Melt With You\u201d<\/a>, certainly did the trick that year. Vocalist Robbie Grey would later say the song came about out of his fears of nuclear war, which was an understandable mindset in the thick of the Cold War.<\/p>\n<p>As society continues to evolve and things change (and, conversely, stay the same), \u201cI Melt With You\u201d continues to be a romantic, tongue-in-cheek anthem for everyone brave enough to fall in love, given the circumstances.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cShe Blinded Me With Science\u201d by Thomas Dolby<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thomas Dolby\u2019s 1983 hit, <a href=\"https:\/\/americansongwriter.com\/the-meaning-behind-she-blinded-me-with-science-by-thomas-dolby-and-how-foreigner-indirectly-played-a-role-in-it\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cShe Blinded Me With Science\u201d<\/a>, is an especially campy offering from a decade famous for its campiness. From its synth-heavy instrumental arrangement to the repeated interjections of \u201cscience!\u201d make the song a classic if for no other reason than it sounds like nothing else.<\/p>\n<p>Like many one-hit wonders, Dolby began to sour on the song that gave him such notable success. Despite having charted for other tracks, \u201cShe Blinded Me With Science\u201d is the most ubiquitous of the new wave artist\u2019s songs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cThe Safety Dance\u201d by Men Without Hats<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Men Without Hats released their protest against anti-pogoing rules at nightclubs, <a href=\"https:\/\/americansongwriter.com\/this-one-hit-wonder-from-1983-was-inspired-by-a-need-to-feel-safe\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cThe Safety Dance\u201d<\/a>, in 1983. And ever since, people have been asserting the fact that \u201cif your friends don\u2019t dance, then they ain\u2019t no friends of mine.\u201d The new wave one-hit wonder is as catchy as it is indignant, which might be what keeps it feeling so timeless despite its clear 80s cues.<\/p>\n<p>New wave might not be the most popular genre these days, but songs like \u201cThe Safety Dance\u201d continue to embody what that particular style entails. The once-global hit and Men Without Hats\u2019 one-hit wonder captures a specific decade\u2019s vibe without feeling totally inaccessible today.<\/p>\n<p>Photo by Paul Natkin\/Getty Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New wave, in its purest form, is more of a retro flavor sliced and diced into modern music&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":794751,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[42586,171,975,42099,20561,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-794750","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-1980s","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-music","11":"tag-new-wave","12":"tag-one-hit-wonders","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116570405370549599","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=794750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794750\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/794751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=794750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=794750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=794750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}