Happy Music Monday! For those who don't know, each year we do a special March Bracket Event on our site. This year's rules are simple. We've created four brackets ('70s, '80s, '90s and '00s) and picked sixteen one-hit wonders for each one. Each Monday, Wednesday and Friday in March, you'll be able to vote via our Facebook page.
You can also play along at home with your very own bracket full of initials! We used initials because the song/artist combo didn't fit onto one page. You can find out what they all stand for on the master list right here. Use all that information to make your own brackets in advance, and post 'em to the comments of this thread. You might just win a trophy! Seriously! We're gonna give away real trophies at the end of this thing.
We'll be selecting trophy winners in three categories: Most Right Answers, Least Right Answers, and Prettiest Hand-Made Bracket. See? You can be right, or you can be wrong, or you can be talented. You've got until Monday to post your brackets in the comments of this thread for trophy consideration. Or you can just be lazy and play along by voting via our Facebook page every Wednesday and Friday. Follow your heart.
Today's matchups are between the one-hit wonders of the 1980s. Take a look at Kathleen trying to stop Scott from ruining our cool bracket wall and see the full list of contestants.
Need a larger version? Wanna hear 'em? Just scroll down and click the images as our '70s songs go head to head! And don't forget to go vote! after!
1 vs 16 Toni Basil - Mickey vs Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever
8 vs 9 T'Pau - Heart & Soul vs Gregory Abbott - Shake You Down
5 vs 12 Larry Graham - One In A Million You vs Patti Austin & James Ingram - Baby, Come To Me
4 vs 13 Paul Hardcastle - 19 vs Nena - 99 Luftballoons
6 vs 11 Grover Washington Jr. - Just The Two Of Us vs Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen
3 vs 14 Bertie Higgins - Key Largo vs The Icicle Works - Whisper To A Scream (Birds Fly)
7 vs 10 Dazz Band - Let It Whip vs Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock - It Takes Two
2 vs 15 Laid Back - White Horse vs Bobby McFerrin - Don't Worry Be Happy
Good luck to all the '80s one-hit wonders and have fun voting! Oh, and before we go, here are the results of the voting on The '70s:
- The Hustle by Van Mc Coy beats Disco Duck
- Play That Funky Music by Wild Cherry beats Spirit In The Sky
- Hot Child In The City by Nick Gilder beats Chevy Van
- Fooled Around And Fell In Love by Elvin Bishop beats Knock On Wood
- Hold Your Head Up by Argent beats Tubular Bells
- Got To Be Real by Cheryl Lynn beats What You Won't Do For Love
- The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia by Vicki Lawrence beats Float On
- Dancing In The Moonlight by King Harvest beats Magic
Boy, that last one! Scott thought Pilot's Magic would go far, but Kathleen bet on King Harvest to do real well. Just goes to show anything can happen! We'll be back on Monday with a look at five cool '90s/'00s matchups happening next week and back on Wednesday with the '80s results and another round of voting. ROUND ONE CONTINUES ROCKING LIKE A HURRICANE
Let us just remind you: some images come from the corresponding Wikipedia page and are here under fair use. Next stop: The '90s!