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Need forgotten 80s hits for playlist?
I'm trying to find some not-so-known 80s songs that will spark some nostalgia...not crap like Billie Jean or We Are the World...more less known like:
-Sidewalk Talk by Jellybean
-Rumors by Timex Social Club
9 Answers
- 8 years agoFavorite Answer
Genius of Love - Tom Tom Club
Voices Carry - 'Til Tuesday
ABC - The Look of Love
Aldo Nova - Fantasy
The Alan Parsons Project - Eye in the Sky
Amy Grant - Everywhere I Go
The Art of Noise - Close (to the Edit)
Baltimora - Tarzan Boy
Berlin - The Metro
Billy Falcon - Power Windows
The Boogie Boys - A Fly Girl
Bow Wow Wow - I Want Candy
Boys Don't Cry - I Wanna be a Cowboy
Cameo - Word Up
Source(s): Self - cat of the 80's : ) - ?Lv 68 years ago
Missing Persons - Walking in LA
Art Of Noise - Close (To the Edit)
The Parachute Club - At The Feet Of The Moon
Roxette - The Look
Luba - Everytime I See Your Picture
Loudness - Crazy Nights
Scandal - Goodbye To You - The Warrior
Lee Aaron - Metal Queen
Headpins - Turn it Loud
Huey Lewis and the News - I Want a New Drug
Boys Don't Cry - I Wanna Be A Cowboy -
- 8 years ago
Senses Working Overtime - XTC
867-5309 - Tommy Tutone
Sausalito Summernite - Diesel (one of the best one hit wonders of the 1980s)
Pop Music - M
Who Can It Be Now? - Men At Work
Overkill - Men At Work
Down Under - Men At Work
C'mon Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners
Pass The Dutchie - Musical Youth
Tenderness - General Public
Love Plus One - Haircut 100
Money For Nothing - Dire Straits
Girl In Trouble - Romeo Void
Safety Dance - Men Without Hats
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- dman63Lv 78 years ago
I Melt With You - Modern English
Don't Walk Past - Blue Peter (saw them in London, Ontario in 1982)
Killing Moon - Echo and the Bunnymen
Silver - Echo and the Bunnymen
Flying North - Thomas Dolby
Ghostdancing - Simple Minds (saw them in Toronto, Ontario in 1991)
Sanctify Yourself - Simple Minds
Add It Up - Violent Femmes
Bitching Camaro - The Dead Milkmen
Take The Skinheads Bowling - Camper Van Beethoven
You Suck - Consolidated
In Between Days - The Cure
Love Song - The Cure
The Lovecats - The Cure
The Walk - The Cure
Echo Beach - Martha and the Muffins
She Sells Sanctuary - The Cult
Gold - Spandau Ballet
Talk To You Later - The Tubes
Sushi Girl - The Tubes
- HarveyBLv 78 years ago
A few more; I'll try not to repeat songs already listed..
"Kids in America" - Kim Wilde
"We Got the Beat" - The Go-Go's
"Stray Cat Strut" - The Stray Cats
"What I Like About You" - The Romantics
"The Stroke" - Billy Squier
"One Thing Leads to Another" - The Fixx
"Original Sin" - INXS
"Walk Like an Egyptian" - The Bangles
"Harden My Heart" - Quarterflash
"Life in a Northern Town" - Dream Academy
"Rapture" - Blondie
"Small Town Boy" - Bronski Beat
"Working for the Weekend" - Loverboy
"What I Am" - Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
"Der Kommissar" - After the Fire
"You Better You Bet" - The Who
"Only the Lonely" - The Motels
"True" - Spandau Ballet
"Buffalo Stance" - Neneh Cherry
"Shattered Dreams" - Johnny Hates Jazz
I agree with Soviet Canuckistan on..."Sausalito Summernight" - Diesel (my fave 80's one-hit wonder).
- JennyLv 68 years ago
I Ran - A flock of seagulls.
Hyperactive - Thomas Dolby
Who Can it Be Now, Down Under, B Good Johnny - Men at Work
Safety Dance - Men Without Hats.
I Don't Like Mondays - The Boomtown Rats
Athena - The Who
Heart of Glass - Blondie
All sorts of stuff by the Cars, Devo, B52s, REM
- DavidLv 58 years ago
Little Guitars by Van Halen
So Caught Up In You by 38 Special
Nothings Gonna Stop Us Now by Starship
Tainted Love by Soft Cell
I Cant Drive 55 by Sammy Hagar
New World Man by RUSH
Distant Early Warning by RUSH
The Wild & The Young by Quiet Riot
I Want Action by Poison
Let My Love Open The Door by Pete Townsend
Don't Tell Me You Love Me by Night Ranger
When You Close Your Eyes by Night Ranger
Smokin In The Boys Room by Motley Crue
Footloose by Kenny Loggins
Lovin Every Minute Of It by Loverboy
Crazy Crazy Nights by KISS
Parental Guidance by Judas Priest
Some Day Love Will Find You by Journey
R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A. by John Mellencamp
I Hate Myself For Loving You by Joan Jett
Innocence by Harlequin
Once Bitten Twice Shy by Great White
Dont Forget Me (When Im Gone) by Glass Tiger
Money For Nothing by Dire Straits
Just Like Paradise by David Lee Roth
We Didn't Start The Fire by Billy Joel
Poison by Alice Cooper
- 8 years ago
i'll add more as i think of them, but this one keeps replaying in my head over and over - and it was 30 years ago!
BANANARAMA - Cruel Summer
it was never too big but i just loved it, saved my allowance and road my bike to TG&Y and bought the 45! :)
dont forget:
tears for fears
u2!!!!
the eurythrythmics (sp?)
early cindy lauper
pat benatar
joan jett
heart
billy idol
try the lesser known songs of all of the above :)
the whole soundtrack from the breakfast club & related movies!
anthrax - insane in the membrane - late 80s or just at 1990?
older motley crue! shout! shout! shout at the devil! she's got the looks that kill!
duran duran - oh i had the BIGGEST crush! HAHAHA
madonna's lesser known songs but you HAVE to have "like a virgin" or it aint an 80s set!
talking heads! burning down the house
ASIA!!! :)
A-HA!!! take on me!
who do i remember in funky red hats in their video? ??
again, also lesser known songs from the above :)
LMAO @ we are the world - no one back then could stand that song you know.
oh, my head is swirling now! i'ma hit youtube! :)
CURIOUS: WHAT AGE IS THE ASKER?
Source(s): old enough to have been the perfect age in the 80s! the COOLEST generation EVA! well. but the aquanet was overkill. HAHA