80s Song Compilation

Which songs would you put on an 80s compilation?

 

Don’t You Forget About Me, Simple Minds

 

Miro Miroe - Nights Of Arabia
Cetu Javu - Situations
Simple Minds - New Gold Dream
Celebrate The Nun - My Jealousy
Tin Tin - Kiss Me (Kevorkian Remix)
CCCP - American Soviets (Cameron Paul Remix)

 

Kim Wilde House of Salome
Duran Duran Union of the Snake
Siouxsie and the Banshees Dazzle
Culture Club Miss Me Blind
Nik Kershaw The Riddle
Divinyls Sleeping Beauty

 

All of 'em!

 

China Crisis - Black Man Ray
Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - Lost Weekend
Aztec Camera - Oblivious
The Cure - Primary
Grace Jones - Slave To The Rhythm
Orange Juice - Rip It Up

 

"Moth To A Flame" .... fantastic 1985 song from Olivia Newton-John, largely unknown .....



guitar solo by Steve Lukather
co-written by Steve Kipner, who did the same with "Physical" (one of the biggest hits of the 80s).

 

Westworld-Sonic Boom Boy
Voice of the Beehive-I Say Nothing
APB-When I Feel This Way
Ups and Downs-The Living Kind
Shona Lang-Soviet Snow
Husker Du-Could You Be the One?

 

Major props man...APB!

 

Disorder
Transmission
Love will tear us apart
Isolation
She's lost control
Atmosphere
Ceremony
Temptation
Blue Monday
The Perfect Kiss
Regret
True Faith
Crystal
Krafty
17 Seconds
A Forest
The Figurehead
A Strange Day
All Cats Are Grey
Faith

 

Haha, Thanks! Glad I'm not the only one who remembers them!

 

Everybody Wants To Rule The World - Tears For Fears
Do You Believe In Love - Huey Lewis & The News
Hold Me Now - Thompson Twins
Just Like Heaven - The Cure
True - Spandau Ballet
Borderline - Madonna
Somebody's Baby - Jackson Browne
How Will I Know - Whitney Houston
Higher Love - Steve Winwood
Your Love - The Outfield
If You Were Here - Thompson Twins
Your Wildest Dreams - The Moody Blues
Alive and Kicking - Simple Minds
And She Was - Talking Heads
Don't Get Me Wrong - The Pretenders

 

Debbie Gibson - Electric Youth
Slayer - Raining Blood

That should do it.

EDIT: No, wait.

Monsoon - Ever so Lonely. (Duh!)

 

And you? it's your thread, mate.

 

Stuff like this...

Descendents - I'm Not A Loser
Social Distortion - Lude Boy
Black Flag - Jealous Again
Subhumans - Subvert City
Negative Approach - Ready To Fight
Minor Threat - I Don't Wanna Hear It
Die Kreuzen - I'm Tired
Bad Brains - Re-Ignition
G.B.H. - Time Bomb
Husker Du - Standing By The Sea
Flipper - Get Away
Dead Kennedys - Let's Lynch The Landlord
Agent Orange - Bloodstains
The Faction - Dark Room
Minutemen - Viet Nam
X- Suck Suck
Middle Class - Out Of My Hands
Urinals - Go Away Girl
Minutemen - Viet Nam
Wipers - Over The Edge
Adolescents - Kids Of The Black Hole
JFA - We Know You Suck
Aggression - Don't Be Mistaken
Jerry's Kids - I Don't Belong
Necros - I Hate My School

 

Mine is going to have a few Kylie Minogue songs.

Spandau Ballet - True
Spandau Ballet - Gold
Bananarama - Venus
Bananarama - Robert De Niro's waiting
Belinda Carlisle - Heaven is a place on earth
Bucks Fizz - Making your mind up
Kylie Minogue - The Locomotion
Kylie Minogue - I should be so lucky
Kylie Minogue - Got to be certain
Kylie Minogue - I wouldn't change a thing
Kylie Minogue - Je ne said pas pourquoi
Kylie & Jason - Especially for you
Jason Donovan - Too many broken hearts
Phil Collins - Against all odds
Tiffany - I think we're alone now

 

Devo - Whip It

 

Air Supply Greatest Hits, No Jacket Required, Appetite For Destruction and a lot of Chicago, Poison, Outfield, Cheap Trick, etc.

Thanks for the tips on the singles, folks. Some of those I've forgotten about or don't remember.

 

WAAAYYY TO MANY TO LIST HERE...

But maybe I will post some anyway.

Jane’s Getting Serious - Jon Astley

 

Tempus Fugit - Yes
Snortin Whisky - Pat Travers
The Sprit of Radio - Rush
Humble Stance - Saga
Tube Snake Boogie - ZZ Top
Eminence Front - The Who
Take Me Away - Blue Oyster Cult
Big Generator - Yes
Middle Man - Living Colour
Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe - Themes
Big Block - Jeff Beck

 

A-ha - I’ve Been Losing You

 

Tom Tom Club - Wordy Rappinghood:

 

Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run) - Billy Ocean

 

Hmmm

Pop
New Order - Thieves Like Us
OMD - Joan of Arc
Howard Jones - New Song
Depeche Mode - People are People
Heaven 17 - Temptation
Duran duran - careless memories
Spandau ballet - chant no. 1
Pseudo echo - listening
Kate Bush - Babooshka
Tubeway Army - are friends electric?
Ultravox - reap the wild wind
Models - I hear motion
Sniths - how soon is now

Rock
John Mellencamp - Thundering Hearts
Springsteen - no surrender
Bob seger - roll me away
Cold Chisel- you've got nothing I want
Dire straits - industrial disease
Midnight oil - power and the passion
Hunters and collectors - dog
Queen/bowie - under pressure
Tom petty - nightwatchman
Divinyls - boys in town
Billy idol - white wedding

Hard rock/metal
Iron maiden - aces high
Ozzy Osborne- mr crowley
Judas Priest- freewheel burning
Kiss - creatures of the night
Def leppard- Billy's got a gun
Aerosmith rag doll
The Angels- look the other way
Acdc - for those about to rock
Black sabbath - sign of the southern cross
Metallica- master of puppets

Probably missing heaps, just a rip off the top of my head

 

Lots of great songs here for a nice 80s compilation.
Don't agree with everybody but that's the 80s for you.
Whatever you do just make sure the first song is ' Tainted Love ' because if you're thinking of hosting an 80s night party this will get everybody grinding on the dance floor.