"Into the Night"
#11 (September 6, 1980)
Benny Mardones is an interesting case of a one-hit wonder. He actually hit the top 40 twice - with the same song. So in this case, he's still a one-hit wonder, because he still only has one song.
You probably may be wondering: why it did reach the Top 40 twice anyway? Well, this is how it happened.
In 1989, KZZP, a radio station in Arizona, ran a segment titled "Where Are They Now?" (a question most people are asking about even 90s one hit wonders right now) The most popular question was "Whatever happened to the guy who sang 'Into the Night'?" Scott Shannon, then program director for Pirate Radio in Los Angeles, added "Into the Night" to its playlist. Radio stations across the country followed suit and "Into the Night" was once again a hit.
So now let's go to what I think of the song.
"Into the Night" is definitely in my top 5 of the best one-hit wonder of the 80s. Mardones's bluesy vocals match the mood of the song, and the chorus lifts me up. It's always a pleasure to scan through stations and find "Into the Night".
Apparently Usher did a version of the song. I won't say he butchered it, but I definitely prefer the Benny Mardones version.
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