80s Music

I realized recently that what we remember musically from the 1980s is not at all universal. The cheese, the glam, the big hair might have been universal, but even if the same singer were popular in Europe and the US they probably released different songs to great acclaim. I started wanting to compile a playlist of all those songs that my poor husband missed out on… well, ok, actually it’s because I want to hear them again!

• Chris de Burgh – Lady in red
• Night Ranger – Sister christian
• Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes – I’ve had the time of my life
• Patrick Swayze – She’s Like the Wind
• 4 Non Blonds – What’s going on?
• A Ha – Take on me
• Aerosmith – Angel, Dude looks like a lady, Janie’s got a gun
• Air Supply – Makin’ Love Out Of Nothing At All
• Bananarama – Cruel Summer
• Bangles – Manic Monday, Eternal Flame, Walk like an Egyptian
• Belinda Carlisle – Circle in the Sand
• Berlin – Take my breath away
• Billy Idol – Mony mony
• Billy Joel – Dancing With Myself, Longest Time ** maybe a different song
• Billy Ocean – When the going gets tough
• Blondie – Heart of Glass ??? maybe a different song
• Bon Jovi – You give love a bad name
• Bonnie Tyler – Total eclipse of the heart
• Boy George – Karma cameleon
• Brian Adams – Heaven
• Bruce Springstein – Glory Days, I’m on Fire
• Corey Hart – Never Surrender
• Cutting Crew – I just died in your arms tonight, I’ve been in love before
• Cyndi Lauper – True Colors, Girls just wanna have fun, She bop
• D.J. Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince – Parents Just Don’t Understand
• David Bowie – Modern Love, Dancing in the street
• Def Leppard – Love Bites, Pour some sugar on me, Photograph
• Deniece Williams – Let’s Hear it for the Boy
• Dire Straits – Money for Nothing, Sultans of swing
• Duran Duran – Hungry like a wolf, The Reflex
• Eddie Money – Take Me Home Tonight
• Elton John – I Guess That’s Why They Call It The Blues
• Eric Carmen – Hungry Eyes
• Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This
• Falco – Rock me amaeus
• Foreigner –
• Head, Murray – One night in Bangkok
• Genisis – Land of confusion
• George Michael – Careless Whisper, Faith, I want your sex
• Gun’s N’ Roses – Patience, Welcome to the Jungle
• Hall & Oates – Private Eyes
• Huey Lewis and the News – Power Of Love
• Indigo Girls – Closer to Fine
• INXS – Never Tear Us Apart
• Irene Cara – What A Feeling
• J. Geils Band – Love Stinks
• Jackson Browne – Somebody’s Baby
• Joan Jett – I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll
• John Cougar Mellencamp – Jack and Diane
• John Parr – Man in Motion (St. Elmo’s Fire)
• John Waite – Missing you*
• Journey – Separate Ways
• Katrina and the Waves – Walking on Sunshine
• Kenny Loggins – Footloose
• Laura Branigan – Gloria
• Level 42 – Something about you
• Lionel Richie – All night long
• Lipps, Inc. – Funkytown
• Loverboy – Working For The Weekend
• Madonna – La Isla Bonita, Lucky Star*, Papa don’t preach, Crazy for you
• Men at work – Down Under
• Men Without Hats – Safety Dance
• Michael Jackson – Billie Jean
• Mr Mister – Broken Wings, Kyrie
• Modern English – I’ll Melt with you
• Mötley Crüe – Smokin’ in the Boys’ Room
• Naked Eyes – Always Something There To Remind Me
• Nena – 99 Luftballoons
• Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – If You Leave
• Pat Benatar – Hit Me With Your Best Shot, Love is a battlefield
• Paul McCartney – No More Lonely Nights
• Paula Abdul – Straight Up
• Pet Shop Boys – West End Boys, Always on my mind
• Peter Cetera – Glory of Love
• Peter Gabriel – Sledge Hammer, In your eyes
• Peter Schilling – Major Tom (coming home)
• Phil Collins – Another day in paradise, In the air tonight
• Pink Floyd – Another brick in the wall
• Poison – Fallen Angel
• Prince – Raspberry Beret, Let’s Go Crazy, Little Red Corvette, 1999, Purple Rain, When doves cry
• Queen –
• Ray Parker Jr. – Ghostbusters
• Red Hot Chilli Peppers –
• REM – Losing my religion, everybody hurts, Nightswimming, Stand
• REO Speedwagon – Can’t Fight This Feeling
• Richard Marx – Right Here Waiting For You
• Rick Springfield – Jessie’s Girl
• Robert Palmer – Some guys have all the luck, say you will, bad case of lovin’ you (Doctor, Doctor), I didn’t mean to turn you on, Simply Irrisistible, Addicted to Love
• Run DMC / Aerosmith – Walk this way
• Scandal – The Warrior*
• Sheena Easton – Strut **to verify
• Simple Minds – Don’t You, Forget About Me
• Soft Cell – Tainted Love
• Starship – We Built This City
• Steve Miller – Abracadabra
• Stevie Nicks –
• Stevie Wonder – I Just Called To Say I Love You
• Sting –
• Survivor – Eye of the Tiger
• Susan Vega – My name is Luka, Tom’s Diner
• Talking Heads – Once In a Lifetime
• Tears for Fears – Mothers talk, Shout
• The B52s – Love Shack
• The Cars – Drive
• The Clash – Rock The Casbah
• The Cure – Boys don’t cry
• The Knack – My Sharona
• The Pointer Sisters – Jump
• The Police – So lonely, do do do da da da, Every Breath you take (I’ll be watching you)
• The Romantics – Talking In Your Sleep
• Tiffanie – Could’ve Been, I think we’re Alone now.
• Tim Petty – Don’t do me like that???, Don’t Come Around Here No More
• Tina Turner – What’s love got to do with it, Better be good to me, Private dancer
• Tone-Loc – Wild Thing
• Toto – Africa
• Tracy Chapman – Talkin’ about a revolution
• U2 – One, With or Without you, Bloody Sunday
• UB40 – Red Red Wine (my mom hated this song)
• USA for Africa – We are the World
• Van Halen – Jump
• Violent Femmes – Blister in the sun, Add it up, kiss off
• Weird Al Yankovic – Eat It
• Wham! – Wake me up before you Go-Go, I’m never gonna dance again, Everything she wants, Freedom,
• Yes – Owner of a Lonely Heart
• ZZ Top – Legs

And more to come…

I might take more from this cool list…

Wow, definitely going to need to prune some from this page dedicated to 80’s music — tomorrow though, it is late.