Picture of Ivan Doroschuk, with clips of interview and performance Todd: All right, considering their brazen disregard for hazardous weather, it's kind of odd that their first hit was all about safety, but.we'll get to how "safe" that dance was in a moment. If you don't, there's a good chance you will freeze to death, which is admittedly a small price to pay to avoid hat hair. Todd (VO): Because, let us not forget, they are from Quebec, and when you live deep in the frozen Canadian tundra, you bundle up and you cover your damn head. Their name is more than just a fashion statement, it's also a declaration of fearless rebellion. Todd (VO): Okay, there is more to it than that. Why did these guys choose to name their band after their lack of hats? Well, turns out Men Without Hats were named that because they didn't like hats. Men Without Hats: We can dance Everybody look at your hands Todd: Or did they?! This is One Hit Wonderland, where we are about to explode your preconceptions about hits, about safety, about dancing. Todd (VO): But anyways, Men Without Hats never really were able to capitalize on their biggest hit and soon became forgotten. Todd (VO): Anyway, shortly after the release of "The Safety Dance," Men Without Hats became Men Without Hits. I cannot be the first person to think of that. Todd: Of course, a few years later, they could've just combined their bands and called themselves Men Without Work. Todd (VO): Yes, Montreal's favorite New Wave band called themselves Men Without Hats, and they were to become the biggest name in Canadian music for a brief moment of time with their only hit, "The Safety Dance." And they are not to be confused with the Australians' Men at Work, who had hits around exactly the same time. Todd: But we're not looking at either of those countries today, but instead turning to our neighbors to the north, the ever proud nation of Ca-nah-da and their biggest contribution to the dynamite early MTV era. Devo is the only really big one I can think of from America. Now, most of the really great synth pop acts- Gary Numan, New Order, Depeche Mode, Ultravox, the Pet Shop Boys-they were all from England. Todd (VO): Yes, today we're going back to 1983- the peak of the synth pop era. Video for "The Safety Dance" Ivan Doroschuk: Say, we can go where we want to
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We are going to free our minds and our scalps, and we can leave your friends behind 'cause your friends wear hats, and if they wear hats, well, they're no friends of mine! HUH! You see this? We're not having any of this.
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Todd: Welcome back to One Hit Wonderland, where we look at the full careers of artists known for only one song, and today we are going hatless. Todd plays "The Safety Dance" on the piano
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