Kajagoogoo were a British new-wave band who arrived in the early 1980s with one slinky, synth-driven smash. "Too Shy", released in 1983 and produced in part by Nick Rhodes of Duran Duran, is a sleek, funky piece of new-wave pop, and it shot to number one in the UK and charted high around the world, fronted by the distinctive singer Limahl.
The band parted ways with Limahl soon after, and although both went on to further moments, nothing matched the reach of that one slick debut hit.
On streaming, "Too Shy" sits near 92 million plays, and its other top entries are alternate versions of the same song. Their next distinct track trails far behind. That sends the ratio above 34, far past our 5.0 line.
By our measure Kajagoogoo are a certified one-hit wonder. Their frontman, Limahl, went on to his own single signature hit, a neat double act of one-hit fame. It is simply that one impossibly catchy, of-its-moment new-wave song became the band's whole story, standing far ahead of everything else they recorded. Its slap-bass groove and whispered hook remain a perfect time capsule of early-80s pop, endlessly revived whenever the decade is celebrated.