Es ist an der Zeit, mein mehrjähriges Prokrastinationsprojekt bzw. meine Nerd-Diplomarbeit zum Abschluss zu bringen. Lange genug konnte ich das alles noch irgendwie als „Arbeit am nächsten Roman“ tarnen, der im Sommer 1985 spielen wird – aber der ist nun fertig und ich habe keine Ausrede mehr. Hier also meine ultimative 80s-Playlist mit 888 ausgewählten Songs aus Pop, Rap, Rock, Alternative, Reggea, dazu einige eher unbekannte Funde, aber auch cheesy Liebeslider und Smash Hits. Im Gegensatz zu der Liste vom Frühjahr, die sich auf New Wave beschränkte*, habe ich jetzt auch immer wieder Titel draufgetan, die ich selbst nicht liebe, die aber einfach sein müssen. Die 80s als Ganzes waren eben immer auch eine Bad Taste-Party, diesen Kampf kann man nicht gewinnen, aber ich habe versucht, so viele gute Lieder wie möglich reinzuschmuggeln.
Schaut man sich die Videos an, finden sich natürlich etliche Klassiker wie von a-ha, aber auch einige Kuriositäten („Safety Dance“ und “King of Rock ‘N’ Roll“, wtf?). Mein geheimer Favorit ist jedoch „Dancing In The Street“ von Mick Jagger und David Bowie. Das Video ist so großartig bescheuert, dass ich es hier teilen muss. Wer schon immer mal sehen wollte, wie zwei absolute Weltstars wie Teenager herumspacken, die sich zu Hause unbeachtet fühlen – hier ist der Link.
Ich hoffe jedenfalls, euch gefällt die Auswahl. Es gab wie immer einige Härtefälle (The Hoff!), dazu auch Enttäuschungen, weil ich Songs von u.a. Exile und Blondie beim Check wieder rausnehmen wusste, bei denen ich vorher geschworen hätte, sie wären in den 80ern veröffentlicht worden.
Viel Spaß beim Hören!
(Disclaimer: Das Amerika, das in diesen Videos meistens dargestellt wird, entspricht nicht der Wirklichkeit…)
Tracklist:
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN – Dancing in The Dark
TEARS FOR FEARS – Everybody Wants to Rule The World
A-HA – Take On Me
KIM CARNES – Bette Davis Eyes
THE CURE – Boys Don’t Cry
DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES – You Make My Dreams Come True
SIMPLE MINDS – Don’t You (Forget About Me)
BLONDIE – Call Me
BRONSKI BEAT – Smalltown Boy
INXS – Need You Tonight
DEPECHE MODE – Just Can’t Get Enough
BILLY IDOL – White Wedding
A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS – I Ran (So Far Away)
U2 – I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
THE CLASH – Should I Stay Or Should I Go
JOURNEY – Don’t Stop Believin’
CYNDI LAUPER – Time After Time
REO SPEEDWAGON – Can’t Fight This Feeling
DEVO – Whip It
BIG COUNTRY – In A Big Country
ICEHOUSE – Electric Blue
THE POLICE – Every Breath You Take
QUEEN & DAVID BOWIE – Under Pressure
ORCHESTRAL MANOUEVRES IN THE DARK – Enola Gay
DIRE STRAITS – Money For Nothing
FLEETWOOD MAC – Everywhere
MADNESS – Our House
WHITNEY HOUSTON – I Wanna Dance With Somebody
MICHAEL SEMBELLO – Maniac
JERMAINE JACKSON & PIA ZADORA – When The Rain Begins To Fall
PRINCE – Kiss
DON HENLEY – Boys Of Summer
DEF LEPPARD – Hysteria
VAN HALEN – Jump
BON JOVI – Runaway
BOB DYLAN – Everything Is Broken
KURTIS BLOW – The Breaks
AFTER THE FIRE – Der Kommissar
NEW ORDER – Blue Monday ‘88
TALKING HEADS – Psycho Killer
MODERN ENGLISH – I Melt With You
THE CARS – Drive
ROXETTE – It Must Have Been Love
MADONNA – Like A Prayer
ERASURE – A Little Respect
JOHN PARR – St. Elmo’s Fire
THE HUMAN LEAGUE – Don’t You Want Me
ROCKWELL – Somebody’s Watching
KISS – Lick It Up
MÖTLEY CRÜE – Home Sweet Home
VIOLENT FEMMES – Blister In The Sun
HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS – Workin For A Livin
TOTO – Africa
BILLY JOEL – We Didn’t Start The Fire
THE SMITHS – This Charming Man
THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN – Just Like Honey
PAUL SIMON – You Can Call Me All
ROBERT PALMER – Johnny and Mary
MURRAY HEAD – One Night In Bangkok
RUN DMC & AEROSMITH – Walk This Way
WANG CHUNG – Dance Hall Days
PETER GABRIEL – In Your Eyes
THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS – Love My Way
PRETENDERS – Brass In Pocket
JOY DIVISION – Love Will Tear Us Apart
PET SHOP BOYS – West End Girls
THE STYLE COUNCIL – Shout To The Top
AL CORLEY – Square Rooms
EURYTHMICS – Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
BRYAN ADAMS – Summer of ‘69
STEVE WINWOOD – Valerie
THE BANGLES – Walk Like An Egyptian
MEN AT WORK – Down Under
QUEEN – Another One Bites The Dust
FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS – She Drives Me Crazy
TEARS FOR FEARS – Mad World
COREY HART – Sunglasses At Night
EDDIE MONEY – Take Me Home Tonight
THE SAMPLES – Could It Be Another Chance
ORCHESTRAL MANOUEVRES IN THE DARK – Maid Of Orleans
ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN – Lips Like Sugar
BEASTIE BOYS – Fight For Your Right
R.E.M. – It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
NIK KERSHAW – Wouldn’t It Be Good
THE REPLACEMENTS – Here Comes a Regular
STING – If You Love Somebody Set Them Free
OINGO BOINGO – Stay
ULTRAVOX – Dancing With Tears In My Eyes
MICHAEL JACKSON – Beat It
MIDNIGHT OIL – Beds Are Burning
THE STRANGLERS – Always The Sun
PAUL HAIG – Something Good
PATRICK SWAYZE – She’s Like The Wind
DEXYS MIDNIGHT RUNNERS – Come On Eileen
THE CURE – Just Like Heaven
IGGY POP – Real Wild Child (Wild One)
THE PROCLAIMERS – I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)
THE CARS – Magic
STARSHIP – We Built This City
KATRINA & THE WAVES – Walking On Sunshine
GLENN FREY – The Heat Is On
THE POINTER SISTERS – Jump
BANANARAMA – Venus
TALK TALK – It’s My Life
BILLY IDOL – Dancing With Myself
TINA TURNER – The Best
*ROBIN BECK – Save Up All Your Tears
JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEART – Bad Reputation
GUNS & ROSES – Sweet Child O’ Mine
ASIA – Heat Of The Moment
TOM PETTY – Free Fallin’
PHILIP BAILEY – Easy Lover
RICK SPRINGFIELD – Jessie’s Girl
JOHN MELLENCAMP – R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A.
DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES – Rich Girl
SAGA – On The Loose
SPANDAU BALETT – Gold
THE SAFETY DANCE – Men Without Hats
THE SUGARHILL GANG – Rapper’s Delight
DAVID BOWIE – Let’s Dance
FLEETWOOD MAC – Little Lies
THE ALARM – Rescue Me
ZZ TOP – Gimme All Your Lovin’
THE OUTFIELD – Your Love
‘TIL TUESDAY – Voices Carry
XTC – Making Plans For Nigel
A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS – Space Age Love Song
ELTON JOHN – I’m Still Standing
THOMPSON TWINS – Hold Me Now
ORCHESTRAL MANOUEVRES IN THE DARK – If You Leave
DURAN DURAN – Girls On Film
BRYAN ADAMS – Run To You
BERLIN – Take My Breath Away
GEORGE HARRISON – Got My Mind Set On You
BILLY OCEAN – Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car
THE POLICE – So Lonely
THE LA’S – There She Goes
THE BANGLES – Hazy Shade Of Winter
BLACK – Wonderful Life
DEPECHE MODE – Personal Jesus
AIR SUPPLY – All Out Of Love
ALANNAH MYLES – Black Velvet
BRUCE HORNSBY – The Way It Is
THE WEATHER GIRLS – It’s Raining Men
AEROSMITH – Dude (Looks Like A Lady)
AC/DC – You Shock Me All Night Long
HAROLD FALTERMEYER – Axel F
FALCO – Rock Me Amadeus
BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS – Could You Be Loved
CULTURE CLUB – Do You Really Want To Hurt Me
RUSS BALLARD – Voices
JOHN FARNHAM – You’re The Voice
BONNIE TYLER – Total Eclipse Of The Heart
GALAXIE 500 – Tugboat
FLESH FOR LULU – I Go Crazy
FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD – Relax
AUTOGRAPH – Turn Up The Radio
RAY PARKER JR. – Ghostbusters
AZTEC CAMERA – Somewhere In My Heart
BIG AUDIO DYNAMITE – E=MC2
CHRIS ISAAK – Wicked Game
PHIL COLLINS – In The Air Tonight
THE JACKSONS – Can You Feel It
MADONNA – Like A Virgin
BRYAN FERRY – Slave To Love
COCK ROBIN – Just Around The Corner
SURVIVOR – Burning Heart
SCORPIONS – Rock You Like A Hurricane
BLUE ÖYSTER CULT – (Don’t Fear) The Reaper
CHER – If I Could Turn Back Time
JOHN LENNON – Woman
ROXETTE – Listen To Your Heart
DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES – Maneater
HOWARD JONES – Things Can Only Get Better
GARY NUMAN – Films
THE BEAT – Save It For Later
SIMPLE MINDS – Speed Your Love To Me
TOTO – Rosanna
PRINCE – Purple Rain
TRACY CHAPMAN – Fast Car
BILL MEDLEY & JENNIFER WARNES – (I’ve Had) The Time Of My Live
TAYLOR DAYNE – Tell It To My Heart
POCO – Call It Love
GENESIS – That’s All
FICTION FACTORY – (Feels Like) Heaven
ICEHOUSE – Hey, Little Girl
A-HA – Train Of Thought
DIRE STRAITS – Walk Of Life
KOOL & THE GANG – Fresh
STEVE MILLER BAND – Abracadabra
BOBBY BROWN – My Prerogative
QUEEN – The Invisible Man
NENA – 99 Red Balloons
KIM WILDE – Kids In America
RICK SPRINGFIELD – Human Touch
ALPHAVILLE – Forever Young
U2 – Where The Streets Have No Name
JOE COCKER – Unchain My Heart
NEW ORDER – Age Of Consent
INXS – To Look At You
RE-FLEX – The Politics Of Dancing
DIANA ROSS – Upside Down
ERIC CARMEN – Hungry Eyes
STEVIE WONDER – I Just Called To Say I Love You
GEORGE BENSON – Give Me The Night
FOUR TOPS – Loco In Acapulco
HUEY LEWIS & THE NEW – Hip To Be Square
DAVID LEE ROTH – Just Like Paradise
DEF LEPPARD – Animal
BONNIE TYLER – Holding Out For A Hero
THE ICICLE WORKS – Birds Fly (Whisper To A Scream)
MADNESS – It Must Be Love
EURYTHMICS – Here Comes The Rain Again
THE SMITHS – What Difference Does It Make?
PUBLIC IMAGE LTD. – Rise
PHILIP BAILEY – Walking On The Chinese Wall
GEORGE MICHAEL – Faith
THE GO-BETWEENS – Bye Bye Pride
MICHAEL BEEN AKA THE CALL – I Still Believe
GLASS TIGER – Diamond Sun
BELINDA CARLISLE – Heaven Is A Place On Earth
STEVIE NICKS – Talk To Me
ORCHESTRAL MANOUEVRES IN THE DARK – Electricity
RUSH – The Spirit Of Radio
GEORGE THOROGOOD & THE DESTROYERS – Bad To The Bone
JOURNEY – Any Way You Want It
VAN HALEN – Why Can’t This Be Love
OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN – Twist Of Fate
ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA – Hold On Tight
LEVEL 42 – Lessons In Love
QUEEN – I Want To Break Free
BILLY SQUIER – Everybody Wants You
NICK KAMEN – Turn It Up
LIONEL RICHIE – Dancing On The Ceiling
PAT BENATAR – Love Is A Battlefield
KATE BUSH – Running Up That Hill
THE TRIFFIDS – A Trick Of Light
SIMPLE MINDS – New Gold Dream
EDDY GRANT – Electric Avenue
INXS – New Sensation
THE STRANGLERS – Golden Brown
ROXY MUSIC – More Than This
TINA TURNER – What’s Love Got To Do With It
CYNDI LAUPER – All Through The Night
U2 – I Will Follow
ZZ TOP – Legs
BILLY IDOL – Rebell Yell
MICHAEL JACKSON – Thriller
PRINCE – Dirty Mind
JAMES BROWN – Living In America
FALCO – Macho Macho
HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS – Heart And Soul
SOFT CELL – Tainted Love
PETER SCHILLING – Major Tom – Coming Home
TOMMY TUTONE – 867-5309 / Jenny
ROMEO VOID – A Girl In Trouble
JOHN PARR – Restless Heart
PAUL YOUNG – Every Time You Go Away
GROVER WASHINGTON JR – Just The Two Of Us
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN – One Step Up
CYNDI LAUPER – Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
MISSING PERSONS – Destination Unknown
INTAFERON – Get Out Of London
KILLING JOKE – Eighties
OINGO BOINGO – Weird Science
BILLY IDOL – Flesh For Fantasy
THE TEMPTATIONS – Treat Her Like A Lady
MALCOLM MCDONALD – No Lookin’ Back
THE PONTER SISTERS – I’m So Excited
THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT – Don’t Answer Me
U2 – With Or Without You
CHRIS DE BURGH – Lady In Red
PHIL COLLINS – You Can’t Hurry Love
JOHNNY HATES JAZZ – Shattered Dreams
DESIRELESS – Voyage Voyage
SPLIT ENTZ – I Got You
THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS – Heaven
ERASURE – Sometimes
TEARS FOR FEARS – Shout
KC & THE SUNSHINE BAND – Give It Up
CULTURE CLUB – Karma Chameleon
MATTHEW WILDER – Break My Stride
WHITESNAKE – Here I Go Again
FLESH FOR LULI – Slide
TRACY CHAPMAN – Talkin’ Bout A Revolution
FLEETWOOD MAC – Gypsy
THE BANGLES – Manic Monday
ROD STEWART – Young Turks
FOREIGNER – I Want To Know What Love Is
STING & ERIC CLAPTON – It’s Probably Me
RICHARD MARX – Right Here Waiting
JOEY COCKER & JENNIFER WARNES – Up Where We Belong
LAURA BRANIGAN – Self Control
ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN – The Killing Moon
WHEN IN ROME – The Promise (Studio 1987 Version)
BLANCMANGE – Why Don’t They Leave Things Alone?
THE CURE – Close To Me
GEORGE MICHAEL & ARETHA FRANKLIN – I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)
JOHN WAITE – Missing You
THE OCEAN BLUE – Ballerina Out Of Control
THE BANGLES – Eternal Flame
MR. MISTER – Kyrie
RICK JAMES – Super Freak
WANG CHUNG – Fire In The Twilight
KENNY LOGGINS – Danger Zone
OINGO BOINGO – No One Lives Forever
SOULSISTER – The Way To Your Heart
PET SHOP BOYS – It’s A Sin
THE BUGGLES – Video Killed The Radio Star
HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS – The Power Of Love
SURVIVOR – Eye Of The Tiger
MICHAEL JACKSON – Billie Jean
THE SUGARHILL GANG – Apache
BEASTIE BOYS – Hey Ladies
TALKING HEADS – This Must Be The Place (Naïve Melody)
THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT – Eye In The Sky
Q LAZZARUS – Goodbye Horses
PHIL OAKEY & GIORGIO MORODER – Together In Electric Dreams
TRAVELLING WILBURYS – End Of The Line
PAUL MCCARTNEY – Coming Up
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN – Born In The U.S.A.
THE STYLE COUNCIL – Walls Come Tumbling Down
THE POLICE – Can’t Stand Losing You
DAVID BOWIE – China Girl
COMMODORES – Nightshift
TEARS FOR FEARS – Break It Down Again
TOM OCHRANE & RED RIDER – Boy Inside The Man
WOMACK & WOMACK – Teardrops
SADE – Smooth Operator
RICK ASTLEY – Never Gonna Give You Up
WHITNEY HOUSTON – How Will I Know
CLIMIE FISHER – Love Changes Evereything
BLUE ROSES – Don’t You Know
SPANDAU BALLET – True
BON JOVI – Livin’ On A Prayer
ROXETTE – The Look
MEN AT WORK – Who Can It Be Now?
DEAD OR ALIVE – You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)
YELLO – Oh Yeah
VANILLA ICE – Ice Ice Baby
TONE-LOC – Wild Thing
RUN DMC – It’s Tricky
DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES – Out Of Touch
THE OUTFIELD – All The Love
THE CARS – Tonight She Comes
ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA – Here Is The News
NEW ORDER – Temptation
GRAUZONE – Eisbär
SIMPLE MINDS – Alive And Kicking
MIAMI SOUND MACHINE – Conga
MADONNA – Burning Up
EDDIE MURPHY – Party All The Time
ROBERT PALMER – Addicted To Love
JOE COCKER – You Can Leave Your Hat On
PETER GABRIEL – Sledgehammer
FRA LIPPO LIPPI – Shouldn’t Have To Be Like That
REO SPEEDWAGON – Keep On Loving You
IRENE CARA – Flashdance … What A Feeling
DURAN DURAN – Hungry Like The Wolf
STEPHEN DUFFY – I Love You
THE WILD SWANS – Whirlpool Heart
FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS – Johnny Come Home
LIPPS INC. – Funkytown
TALKING HEADS – Road To Nowhere
EURYTHMICS & ARETHA FRANKLIN – Sisters Are Doin’ It For Themselves
THE COMMUNARDS – Don’t Leave Me This Way
TIGHT FIT – The Lion Sleeps Tonight
LIONEL RICHIE – All Night Long
SINEAD O’CONNOR – Mandinka
DOLLY PARTON – 9 To 5
THE CLASH – Rock The Casbah
BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS – Buffalo Soldier
STING – Englishman In New York
TINA TURNER – Steamy Windows
CHAKA KHAN – Ain’t Nobody
STARSHIP – Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now
GENESIS – Invisible Touch
CHRISTOPHER CROSS – Ride Like The Wind
SCOTCH – Take Me Up (Disco Mix)
BANANARAMA – Cruel Summer
WHAM! – Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
BILLY JOEL – Uptown Girl
MARILLION – Kayleigh
SUZANNE VEGA – Luka
DEVO – Beautiful World
THE HOUSE OF LOVE – Shine On
RED ROCKERS – China
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN – I’m On Fire
MATTHEW WILDER – Hey Little Girl
PAUL YOUNG – Come Back And Stay
DEPECHE MODE – Enjoy The Silence
THE FIXX – Red Skies
XTC – Generals And Majors
INDUSTRY – State Of The Nation
KENNY LOGGINS – Footlose
SISTERS OF MERCY – This Corrosion
KROKUS – Long Stick Goes Boom
JUDAS PRIEST- Turbo Lover
PET SHOP BOYS – Always On My Mind
ROY ORBISON – You Got It
DEACON BLUE – Real Gone Kid
MODERN ENGLISH – Ink And Paper
LOVERBOY – Working For The Weekend
THE POLICE – Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
MEN AT WORK – Overkill
BELOUIS SOME – Animal Magic
TEARS FOR FEARS – Sowing The Seeds Of Love
DOLLY PARTON & KENNY ROGERS – Island In The Stream
MADONNA – Material Girl
YES – Owner Of A Lonely Heart
EUROPE – The Final Countdown
QUIET RIOT – Cum On Feel The Noize
ZZ TOP – Sharp Dressed Man
METRO FEATERUNG PETER GODWIN – Alone
THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS – The Ghost In You
THE ESSENCE – The Cat
ICEHOUSE – Uniform
GANG OF FOUR – I Love A Man In A Uniform
ALPHAVILLE – Big In Japan
TRAVELLING WILBURYS – Last Night
PAUL SIMON – Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes
ZUCCHERO – Senza Una Donna
ABBA – The Day Before You Came
MARVIN GAYE – Sexual Healing
UB40 – Red Red Wine
EARTH, WIND & FIRE – Let’s Groove
STEVE WINWOOD – Higher Love
AZTEC CAMERA – Oblivious
THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN – Head On
POISON – Nothin’ But A Good Time
THE ROLLING STONES – Start Me Up
A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS – Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You)
FUN BOY THREE – Our Lips Are Sealed
LOU GRAMM – Just Between You And Me
MENTAL AS ANYTHING – Live It Up
KYLIE MINOGUE – The Lovo-Motion
DENIECE WILLIAMS – Let’s Hear It For The Boy
ROBIN BECK – Save Up All Your Tears*
PRETENDERS – Don’t Get Me Wrong
CUTTING CREW – (I Just) Died In Your Arms
BLANCMANGE – Dancing On The Ceiling
FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD – Two Tribes
THE CHAMELEONS – Up The Down Escalator
ALICE COOPER – Poison
PUKKA ORCHESTRA – Listen To The Radio
THEN JERICO – Big Area
JIMMY SOMERVILLE – You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)
DAZZ BAND – Let It Whip
CROWDED HOUSE – Don’t Dream It’s Over
VISAGE – Fade To Grey
THE PRODUCERS – What’s He Got
TALKING HEADS – Burning Down The House
YAZOO – Situation
THE WATERBOYS – The Whole Of The Moon
BRUCE COCKBURN – If I Had Rocket Launcher
THE BOOMTOWN RATS – I Don’t Like Mondays
THE POINTER SISTERS – Neutron Dance
INDEEP – Last Night A DJ Saved My Life
SALT-N-PEPA – Push It
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS – Higher Ground
AC/DC – Back In Black
DEPECHE MPDE – New Life
BROS – Too Much
THE J. GEILS BAND – Centerfold
THE B-52’S – Love Shack
THE CURE – Inbetween Days
NIK KERSHAW – The Riddle
THE CHURCH – Under The Milky Way
F.R. DAVID – Words
VLADIMIR COSMA & RICHARD ANDERSON – Reality
BOB SEGER – Against The Wind
ROXY MUSIC – Oh Yeah!
BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS – Redemption Song
GEORGE MICHAEL – Careless Whisper
STEVIE WONDER – Part-Time Lover
BEE GEES – You Win Again
TINA TURNER – We Don’t Need Another Hero
DONNA SUMMER – She Works Hard For The Money
SANDRA – Maria Magdalena
JOE JACKSON – Steppin’ Out
TALK TALK – Talk Talk
DEF LEPPARD – Photograph
NIGHT RANGER – The Secret Of My Success
TONE-LOC – Funky Cold Medina
CAMOUFLAGE – Love Is A Shield
REAL LIFE – Send Me An Angel
THE HOOTERS – All You Zombies
THE JAM – Town Called Malice
ORANGE JUICE – I Can’t Help Myself
THE SMITHS – How Soon Is Now?
CAMEO – Word Up
DURAN DURAN – Wild Boys
THE HUMAN LEAGUE – Love Action (I Believe In Love)
THOMPSON TWINS – Doctor! Doctor!
DAVID BOWIE – Modern Love
EURYTHMICS – Would I Lie To You?
ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK – Messages
ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA – Stranger
CONCRETE BLONDE – Joey
TOM PETTY – I Won’t Back Down
THE CARS – Looking For Love
TALKING HEADS – And She Was
KAREL FIALKA – Hey Matthew
TIFFANY – I Think We’re Alone Now
SHAKIN’ STEVENS – You Drive Me Crazy
TEARS FOR FEARS – Head Over Heels
NEW ORDER – True Faith
METRO FEAT. PETER GODWIN – The Promise
MICHAEL JACKSON – Smooth Criminal
INXS – Original Sin
THE REPLACEMENTS – Alex Chilton
HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS – I Want A New Drug
FOREIGNER – Urgent
BONNIE TYLER – It’s A Heartache
CYNDI LAUPER – True Colors
COCK ROBIN – When Your Heart Is Weak
DIRE STRAITS – Brothers In Arms
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN – Hungry Heart
QUEEN – It’s A Hard Life
HEART – Alone
GIANNA NANNINI – Bello E Impossibile
A-HA – The Sun Always Shines On T.V.
ROB N RAZ – Got To Get
ICE-T – You Played Yourself
DEPECHE MODE – People Are People
HIPSWAY – The Honeythief
LEVEL 42 – Hot Water
PRINCE – When Doves Cry
THE ROMANTICS – Talking In Your Sleep
DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES – Private Eyes
THE LIGHTNING SEEDS – Pure
THE WILD SWANS – Bringing Home The Ashes
THE STRANGLERS – No Mercy
PREFAB SPROUT – King Of Rock ‘N’ Roll
ROSE LAURENS – Africa
RE-FLEX – Keep In Touch
A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS – Who’s That Girl (She’s Got It)
GENESIS – Abacap
GUNS N’ ROSES – Paradise City
TRANSVISION VAMP – I Want Your Love
THE CLASH – Police On My Back
ROXETTE – Dangerous
ROY ORBISON – I Drove All Night
SANDRA – In The Heat Of The Night
THE POLICE – Roxanne
MR. MISTER – Broken Wings
MIDGE URE – If I Was
SHEENA EASTON – Morning Train (Nine To Five)
THE WATERBOYS – A Girl Called Johnny
STATUS QUO – In The Army Now
TANITA TIKARAM – Twist In My Sobriety
THE WAITRESSES – I Know What Boys Like
HERBERT GRÖNEMEYER – Männer
MADONNA – Into The Groove
STEVIE NICKS – Edge Of Seventeen
U2 – Pride (In The Name Of Love)
BARBRA STREISAND – Woman In Love
LIMAHL – Never Ending Story
THE DREAM ACADEMY – The Edge Of Forever
BEAGLE MUSIC – Like Ice In The Sunshine
ROBERT PALMER – Looking For Clues
THE OUTFIELD – Voices Of Babylon
INXS – The One Thing
NICK HEYWARD – When It Started To Begin
PAUL MCCARTNEY FEAT. MICHAEL JACKSON – Say Say Say
LORDS OF THE NEW CHURCH – Dance With Me
JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS – I Love Rock ‘N’ Roll
HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS – The Heart Of Rock & Roll
EURYTHMICS – Love Is A Stranger
BRYAN ADAMS – Heaven
JOHN MELLENCAMP – Cherry Bomb
DIONNE WARWICK – Heartbreaker
CHICAGO – Hard To Say I’m Sorry
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN – Cover Me
THE CULT – She Sells Sanctuary
PRINCE – 1999
MINISTRY – Effigy (I’m Not An)
TALKING HEADS – Life During Wartime
JOY DIVISION – Atmosphere
NEW ORDER – Ceremony
METRO FEAT. PETER GODWIN – Gemini
THE REPLACEMENTS – Androgynous
54-40 – I Go Blind
SIMPLE MINDS – Waterfront
FURY IN THE SLAUGHTERHOUSE – Time To Wonder
GO WEST – We Close Our Eyes
HAIRCUT 100 – Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)
KING – Love & Pride
THE CARS – Shake It Up
MARTHA AND THE MUFFINS – Echo Beach
DEPECHE MODE – Never Let Me Down Again
THE SMITHS – And Rush And Push And The Land Is Ours
PROPAGANDA – Duel
BANANARAMA – Robert De Niro’s Waiting
THE BANGLES – If She Knew What She Wants
FIGURES ON A BEACH – No Stars
OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN – Physical
FEARGAL SHARKEY – A Good Heart
LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM – Go Insane
SHAKIN’ STEVENS – Cry Just A Little Bit
TEXAS – I Don’t Want A Lover
ARETHA FRANKLIN – Freeway Of Love
THE BLUES BROTHERS – Gimme Some Lovin’
FOREIGNER – Juke Box Hero
ABC – Poison Arrow
KOOL MOE DEE – Knowledge Is King
LIVING IN A BOX – Living In A Box
A-HA – Crying In The Rain
DANNY WILSON – Mary’s Prayer
ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK – So In Love
JASON DONOVAN – Sealed With A Kiss
THE HOOTERS – And We Danced
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN – Glory Days
THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS – Heartbeat
FAD GADGET – Collapsing New People
KAREL FIALKA – The Eyes Have It
BLANCMANGE – Blind Vision
MICHAEL JACKSON – Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’
YAZOO – Only You
TEARS FOR FEARS & OLETA ADAMS – Woman In Chains
FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS – Good Thing
KIM WILDE – You Keep Me Hangin On
NEW ORDER – Bizarre Love Triangle
MATHÉMATIQUES MODERNES – Disco Rough
GOLDEN EARRING – Twilight Zone
CHALK CIRCLE – April Fool
TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS – Don’t Come Around Here No More
TERENCE TRENT D’ARBY – Wishing Well
FRA LIPPO LIPPI – Mother’s Little Soldier
HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS – Stuck With You
ROBERT PALMER – Simply Irresistable
MADONNA – Papa Don’t Preach
ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK – We Love You
ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA & OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN – Xanadu
RICK SPRINGFIELD – Don’t Talk To Strangers
GENESIS – Land Of Confusion
ICEHOUSE – Great Southern Land
THE EGYPTIAN LOVER – I Cry (Night After Night)
KITCHEN OF DISTINCTION – The 3rd Time We Opened The Capsule
SIMPLE MINDS – See The Lights
R.E.M. – The One I Love
THE KORGIS – Everybody’s Got To Learn Sometime
TALKING HEADS – Once In A Lifetime
THE SMITHS – Bigmouth Strikes Again
CHINA CRISIS – Working With Fire And Steel
THE CARS – Since You’re Gone
THE CURE – A Forest
VAN HALEN – Dreams
EDDIE MONEY – Think I’m In Love
PRINCE – Automatic (7″ Edit)
EDDY GRANT – Gimme Hope Jo’anna
THE STONE ROSES – Waterfall
ULTRAVOX – Reap The Wild Wind
METRO (FEAT. PETER GODWIN – Making You Up
YELLO – The Race
YOUNG MC – Bust A Move
JOACHIM WITT – Goldener Reiter
THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS – Pretty In Pink
INXS – Just Keep Walking
QUEEN – Radio Ga Ga
TRAVELING WILBURYS – Tweeter And The Monkey Man
JOE “BEAN” ESPOSITO – You’re The Best
CHEAP TRICK – Mighty Wings
ANEKA – Japanese Boy
NEW ORDER – Your Silent Face
THE BLUE NILE – The Downtown Lights
SYDNEY YOUNGBLOOD – If Only I Could
GEORGE HARRISON – When We Was Fab
DEPECHE MODE – I Sometimes Wish I Was Dead
TUBEWAY ARMY – Are ‘Friends’ Electric?
THE FIXX – Secret Seperation
TALKING HEADS – Wild Wild Life
CROWDED HOUSE – Into Temptation
MICHAEL JACKSON – The Way You Make Me Feel
EDIE BRICKELL & NEW BOHEMIANS – What I Am
STYX – Too Much Time On My Hands
TEARS FOR FEARS – Pale Shelter
THOMAS DOLBY – She Blinded Me With Science
BILLY IDOL – Hot In The City
REO SPEEDWAGON – Take It On The Run
XTC – Dear God
THE NAILS – 88 Lines About 44 Women
MÜNCHENER FREIHEIT – Every Time
DOUBLE – The Captain Of Her Heart
MORRISSEY – Everyday Is Like Sunday
MIKE & THE MECHANICS – The Living Years
N.W.A. – Straight Outta Compton
DURAN DURAN – Rio
THE JIM CARROLL BAND – People Who Died
PAT BENATAR – Hit Me With Your Best Shot
GRACE JONES – I’m Not Perfect
LAURA BRANIGAN – Gloria
ALICE COOPER – Clones
MEN AT WORK – It’s A Mistake
ROD STEWART – Some Guys Have All The Luck
HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS – Do You Believe In Love
THE PASADENAS – Tribute (Right On)
ZIGGY MARLEY – Tumblin’ Down
BLONDIE – The Tide Is High
PETER CETERA – The Glory Of Love
DEPECHE MODE – But Not Tonight
INXS – Never Tear Us Apart
THE CARS – Touch And Go
PIXIES – Here Comes Your Man
STAN BUSH – The Touch
KENNY LOGGINS – I’m Alright
BRONSKI BEAT – Hit That Perfect Beat
MANFRED MANN’S EARTH BAND – The Runner
THE POLICE – Don’t Stand So Close To Me
FREDDIE MERCURY – Living On My Own
DAVID BOWIE, GIORGIO MORODER – Cat People (Putting Out Fire)
THE ROMANTICS – What I Like About You
THE CLASH – The Magnificent Seven
TALKING HEADS – Girlfriend Is Better
MR. MISTER – Is It Love
WHITESNAKE – Is This Love
ABBA – The Winner Takes It All
SUPERTRAMP – It’s Raining Again
RICK ASTLEY – Together Forever
U2 – Gloria
PRINCE – Raspberry Beret
ABC – The Look Of Love – Pt. 1
YAZOO – Don’t Go
LIONEL RICHIE – Hello
THE ESSENCE – Endless Lakes
TWISTED SISTER – We’re Not Gonna Take It
CAMOUFLAGE – The Great Commandment
HAIRCUT 100 – Fantastic Day
TONI BASIL – Mickey
ORCHESTRAL MANOUEVRES IN THE DARK – Dreaming
ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN – Bring On The Dancing Horses
THE B-52’S – Channel Z
INXS – Burn For You
RUN DMC – It’s Like That
SHRIEKBACK – My Spine Is The Bass Line
MICHAEL JACKSON – Bad
BILLY IDOL – Eyes Without A Face
PAULA ABDUL – Straight Up
THE SMITHS – Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before
BIG COUNTRY – Fields Of Fire
SPANDAU BALLET – To Cut A Long Story Short
METRO (FEAT. PETER GODWIN) – Middle Of The Night
OINGO BOINGO – Dead Man’s Party
EARTH, WIND & FIRE – Shining Star
LUTHER VANDROSS – Never Too Much
BOBBY MCFERRIN – Don’t Worry Be Happy
STYX – Mr. Roboto
SPARKS – When I’m With You
HOLLY JOHNSON – Love Train
SABRINA – Boys (Summertime Love)
VAN HALEN – You Really Got Me
FAITH NO MORE – Epic
PUBLIC ENEMY – Bring The Noise
MUSICAL YOUTH – Pass The Dutchie
UB40 – Kingston Town
TRACY CHAPMAN – Baby Can I Hold You
BUCKS FIZZ – The Land Of Make Believe
DAVID BOWIE & MICK JAGGER – Dancing In The Streets
Q-FEEL – Dancing in Heaven
DEVO – Girl U Want
THE POLICE – Spirits In The Material World
THE SILENCERS – I Want You
THE CARS – You Are The Girl
PETE SHELLEY – Homosapien
TWISTED SISTER – I Wanna Rock
ULTRAVOX – Hymn
QUEEN – I Want It All
SAMANTHA FOX – Touch Me (I Want You Body)
THE BLUES BROTHERS – Everybody Needs Somebody To Love
INXS – I Send A Message
THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS – Heartbreak Beat
THE THE – This Is The Day
NEW ORDER – Regret
R.E.M. – Fall On Me
PATTI LABELLE – New Attitude
BILLY OCEAN – Carribbean Queen
TIMBUK 3 – The Future’s So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades
THE HOUSE OF LOVE – Christine
DE LA SOUL – Me Myself and I
MAX CARL – The Circle
BON JOVI – You Give Love A Bad Name
PAT BENATAR – We Belong
JAMES – Sit Down
DURAN DURAN – Do You Believe In Shame?
THE BLUE NILE – Stay
THE PRIMITIVES – Crash
THE POLICE – De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
BOB SEGER – Her Strut
SHRIEKBACK – All Lined Up
SHANNON – Let The Music Play
THE JAM – Going Underground
HAIRCUT 100 – Love Plus One
CACTUS WORLD NEWS – The Bridge
SPARKS – I Wish I Looked A Bit Better
TOM TOM CLUB – Genius Of Work
BILLY IDOL – Mony Mony
JOE JACKSON – It’s Different For Girls
PIXIES – Where Is My Mind?
ORANGE JUICE – Blue Boy
MAX WERNER – Rain In May
SPLIT ENZ – Six Months In A Leaky Boat
THE ROLLING STONES – Mixed Eomotions
THE KINKS – Do It Again
ROY ORBISON – Heartbreak Radio
THE CHURCH – The Reptile
HAPPY MONDAYS – W.F.L.
U2 – The Unforgettable Fire
PAOLO CONTE – Via Con Me
GYPSY KINGS – Volare
THE WATERBOYS – Fisherman’s Blues
BOB DYLAN – Jokerman
DAVID BOWIE – Absolute Beginners
ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA – Calling America
PRINCE – Jungle Love
XTC – Love At First Sight
JOY DIVISION – Digital
STU PHILLIPS – Knight Rider Theme
GRANDMASTER FLASH & THE FURIOUS FIVE – The Message
CHARLIE SEXTON – Beat’s So Lonely
THE ESSENCE – Only For You
SLADE – Run Runaway
THE CURE – A Night Like This
GARY NUMAN – Cars
TALK TALK – Living In Another World
MICHAEL JACKSON – Dirty Diana
WANG CHUNG – Praying To A New God
BOW WOW WOW – I Want Candy
THE CLASH – Somebody Get Murdered
A-HA – The Living Daylights
SQUEEZE – Annie Get Your Gun
THE GODFATHERS – Birth, School, Work, Death
SIMPLE MINDS – Promised You A Miracle
ROBERT HAZARD – Escalator Of Live
AC/DC – Givin The Dog A Bone
HÜSKER DÜ – Pink Turns Blue
THE GREG KIHN BAND – Jeopardy
MODERN TALKING – You’re My Heart, You’re My Soul
ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK – Telegraph
LEE MAJORS – The Unknown Stuntman
JOHNNY CASH; WILLIE NELSON – The Highwayman
JOHN LENNON – Watching The Wheels
STEVIE WONDER – Stay Gold
PAUL YOUNG – Love Of The Common People
DURAN DURAN – A View To Kill
KOOL & THE GANG – Celebration
FUNKY 4 + 1 – That’s The Joint
LOS LOBOS – La Bamba
TRAVELING WILBURYS – Not Alone Any More
LITTLE STEVEN – Out Of The Darkness
FREDDIE MERCURY – The Great Pretender
TERENCE TRENT D’ARBY – Sign Your Name
THE HOUSE OF LOVE – I Don’t Know Why I Love You
R.E.M. – Orange Crush
TEARS FOR FEARS – Change
MEDIUM MEDIUM – Hungry, So Angry
PAUL SIMON – Graceland
BIG COUNTRY – Porrohman
MIDNIGHT OIL – Blue Sky Mine
MISSING PERSONS – Words
VAN HALEN – Panama
THE CARS – Hello Again
PUBLIC IMAGE LTD. – This Is Not A Love Song
QUEEN – Who Wants To Live Forever
THE SMITHS – There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
STEPHEN DUFFY – Kiss Me
BILLY IDOL – Catch My Tail
TACO – Puttin’ On The Ritz
THE MISSION – Butterfly On A Wheel
MARC ALMOND, GENE PITNEY – Something’s Gotten Hold Of My Heart
ABBA – Super Trouper
SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES – The Passenger
SISTER NANCY – Bam Bam
THE MONROES – What Do All The People Know?
THE ROLLING STONES – Dance, Pt 1
GRANDMASTER MELLE MEL & THE FURIOUS FIVE – Step Off
ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK – Talking Loud And Clear
THE STONE ROSES – Fools Gold
MICHAEL JACKSON – Man In The Mirror
PRINCE – Let’s Go Crazy
ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS – New Lace Sleeves
THE POLICE – Synchronicity II
PIXIES – Monkey Gone To Heaven
SPOONS – Nova Heart
THOMPSON TWINS – If You Were Here
U2 – All I Want Is You
INXS – Don’t Change
ROGER HODGSON – Had A Dream
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