Billy Joel - "Hey Girl"

"Hey Girl" was one of the few '90s songs from Billy Joel that didn't make me reach to change the radio station.  Originally written by Carole King, Freddie Scott made the song a hit in 1963 and Donny Osmond did the same in 1972.  The Righteous Brothers, The Temptations, and George Benson are just a few of the others to also record the tune.

Hall & Oates - "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling"

Hall & Oates discovered the Adult Contemporary Secret Hit Formula in 1979 when they covered the Righteous Brothers classic "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling."  The result: the duo scored their biggest hit since "Rich Girl".

Benny Mardones - "Into the Night"

Benny Mardones scored a rare feat that just a handful of artists have managed: his one and only hit, "Into the Night" charted in 1980 and then again in 1989.  There is a shortlist of songs to accomplish this and inclusion on a movie's soundtrack is usually the reason.  The Contours "Do You Love Me" charted in 1962 and again in 1988 thanks to Dirty Dancing.  The same applies to the Righteous Brothers 1965 hit "Unchained Melody" that saw a second life in 1990 thanks to Ghost.  In Benny's case, a "where are they now" feature on a radio station gave "Into the Night" a second wind prompting Benny to re-record the song in 1989.  By then, the girl he referenced in the lyrics to "Into the Night" was 26 years old.