"White Horse" (Laid Back)

Another US one-hit wonder of the 80s who actually had a number of charting songs overseas is the Danish band Laid Back.  They’re best known for their 1983 electro-funk track “White Horse”—a song that initially appears to be an anti-drug PSA, warning listeners not to “ride the white horse” (aka heroin).  Although, in later verses, they endorse cocaine (“white pony”) as a better alternative and give out unsolicited financial advice, à la Leona Helmsley. 
(Hey, it was the 80s, after all.)
In truth, the lyrics are forgettable and inconsequential.  (I'd bet cash money that they had little or no clue what they were singing, anyway.)  It’s the groove that drives this song.  In it’s own quirky way, it’s an homage to James Brown’s concept of “The One,” where the downbeat always falls on the “1” of the measure.  It’s what makes the beat hit you the second you press "play."
It’s also that relentless bassline with that digitized, repeating synth pattern and those strategically placed pitch-bending “whistles” every few measures that make it impossible not to move to this song.
Little factoid: Prince wrote “Erotic City,” the B-side of the 1984 single “Let’s Go Crazy,” after hearing “White Horse.”  If you can find “Erotic City” anywhere on the web (Prince is notorious for blocking his music from online consumption), you’ll notice similarities in the beat and ambient synth sounds.