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Favourite songs from 1985
The starter of the 1984 thread mentioned this year as being just as great. I agree.
Kirsty McColl - A New England The Waterboys - The Whole of the Moon The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary The Cure - Close to Me Marillion - Kayleigh Aha - Take on me Simple Minds - Alive and Kicking Duran Duran - A View To A Kill Heart - What About Love Erasure - Who Needs Love Like That Arthur Simms - It's Only Mystery Oingo Boingo - Weird Science Sandra - Maria Magdalena Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World Supertramp - Cannonball The Style Council - Wall's Come Tumbling Down The Smiths - How Soon Is Now? New Order Love Vigilantes Propaganda - Duel Echo & The Bunnymen - Bring On The Dancing Horses Dire Straits - Money For Nothing OMD - Secret The Pogues - Sally MacLennane Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill Eurythmics - There Must Be an Angel Madonna - Material Girl Whitney Houston - How Will I Know Corey Hart - Never Surrender Howard Jones - Things Can Only Get Better Bryan Ferry – Slave To Love Mike & The Mechanics - All I Need Is A Miracle Jimmy Nail - Love don't live here any more Huey Lewis and the News - The Power of Love David Grant/Jackie Graham - Could it be I'm Falling in Love? Lionel Richie - Say you, Say me Stevie Wonder - Part Time Lover Bonnie Tyler - Holding Out For A Hero |
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Whitney Houston - Saving All My Love For You
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Madonna - Into The Groove
1985 was the start of my 25 year love affair with A-Ha
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Savage - Don't Cry Tonight
After Midnight - Disco Light Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls Paul Hardcastle - 19 Foreigner - I Wanna Know What Love Is Don Henley - The Boys of Summer And the ones I particularly like that have already been mentioned: Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World Madonna - Into The Groove A-ha - Take on Me |
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Madonna's -ENTIRE Like A Virgin album! love the songs on it so much, immortal and immaculate era! Material Girl,Dress you Up and Into The Groove...immortal songs!
Eurythmics-Must Be An Angel (Playing With My HEart) Kate Bush-ENTIRE Hounds Of Love album! love Cloubusting! Wham!-Everything That She Wants Huey Lewis And The News- The Power Of Love (Back To The Future!) Phil Collins-Sussudio Pet Shop Boys-West End Girls Tina Turner-Private Dancer/We Don't Need Another Hero Queen-One Vision amazing year of music!
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How Soon is Now
The Boy with the Thorn in his side |
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Loose Ends - Hangin' On A String
Tears For Fears - Head Over Heels Belouis Some - Imagination Prefab Sprout - When Love Breaks Down (whole Steve McQueen album in fact!) Talking Heads - Road To Nowhere Philip Bailey - Walking On The Chinese Wall Go West - We Close Our Eyes Godley & Creme - Cry D-Train - You're The One For Me (Paul Hardcastle remix) |
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Saxon - Rock N' Roll Gypsy.
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Red Box - Lean On Me.
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Scritti Politti - Absolute
Scritti Politti - Wood Beez |
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Another year where there was so much good stuff it's difficult to know where to begin. I think '80s music started to go a bit downhill after this year though.
I have been getting a bit obsessed with Absolute by Scritti Politti lately, I keep listening to it over and over. The Word Girl's always been my favourite by them but I'm almost starting to prefer Absolute. Head Over Heels is probably my favourite Tears For Fears song though I like so many of theirs. Of course Madonna, her song Angel came out this year and it's one of my favourites by her. Very underrated. I adore Kate Bush and Running Up That Hill is the song that got me into her. Haven't been mentioned yet: The Sun Always Shines On TV - A-Ha (prefer it to Take On Me myself) Level 42 - Something About You Art Of Noise - Moments In Love Philip Bailey & Phil Collins - Easy Lover Rah Band - Clouds Across The Moon (guilty pleasure) |
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The Jesus & Mary Chain - Just Like Honey
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Oh God, '85, the memories... I got caught up in the frenzy over the Take On Me song and video, and subsequently became hooked on the charts and all things pop music, even though I was only 6. Retrospectively it's my all-time favourite year on the compilations front; with Now 6, Hits 3 and Out Now 2 still being absolute crackers, with few duds between them, that continue to be played to death on cassette
![]() These are my favourite chart hits of the year, many invoking some of my very earliest childhood memories. Apologies, there's a lot of them! San Damiano Heart And Soul - Sal Solo Since Yesterday - Strawberry Switchblade I Know Him So Well - Babs & Elaine Atmosphere - Russ Abbot ![]() Solid - Ashford & Simpson Dancing In The Dark - Bruce Springsteen We Belong - Pat Benatar A New England - Kirsty MacColl You Spin Me Round - Dead Or Alive Material Girl - Madonna Every Time You Go Away - Paul Young Wide Boy - Nik Kershaw The Heat Is On - Glenn Frey Clouds Across The Moon - Rah Band Life In A Northern Town - Dream Academy Would I Lie To You - Eurythmics Rhythm Of The Night - DeBarge Don't Fall In Love I Said - Toyah (Minor hit shame, I prefer a lot of the later stuff to the more well-remembered earlier stuff) Walk Like A Man - Divine Obsession - Animotion \o/ Walking On Sunshine - Katrina & The Waves History - Mai Tai (Ghana's finest export!) Duel - Propaganda Crazy For You - Madonna Frankie - Sister Sledge She Sells Sanctuary - The Cult (best #15 of all time!) My Toot Toot - Denise LaSalle ![]() There Must Be Angel - Eurythmics Dancin' In The Key Of Life - Steve Aarington White Wedding - Billy Idol We Don't Need Another Hero - Tina Turner Money For Nothing - Dire Straits Into The Groove - Madonna Don Quixote - Nik Kershaw Holiday - Madonna Raspberry Beret - Prince Excitable - Amazulu \o/ \o/ \o/ Say I'm Your Number One - Princess Drive - Cars I Wonder If I Take You Home - Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam Running Up That Hill - Kate Bush Tarzan Boy - Baltimora Body And Soul - Mai Tai I Can Dream About You - Dan Hartman Don't Mess With Doctor Dream - Thompson Twins Knock On Wood/Light My Fire - Amii Stewart Holding Out For A Hero - Bonnie Tyler Do Not Disturb - Banarama (more minor hit shame, IMO this is banana best) The Power Of Love - Huey Lewis & The News Body Rock - Maria Vidal \o/ \o/ \o/ \o/ \o/ If I Was - Midge Ure Lean On Me - Red Box Trapped - Colonel Abrams \o/ \o/ \o/ \o/ \o/ \o/ \o/ Brand New Friend - Lloyd Cole & The Commotions I'll Be Good - Rene And Angela Rebel Yell - Billy Idol Angel - Madonna The Power Of Love - Jennifer Rush Is It A Dream - The Damned St Elmo's Fire - John Parr Take On Me - Aha Gambler - Madonna Slave To The Rhythm - Grace Jones Yeh Yeh - Matt Bianco Bring On The Dancing Horses - Echo & The Bunnymen The Sweetest Taboo - Sade The Taste Of Your Tears - King (miles better than Love and bloody Pride) Sleeping Bag - ZZ Top King For A Day - Thompson Twins Cloudbusting - Kate Bush A Good Heart - Feargal Sharkey Cities In The Dust - Siouxsie & The Banshees (fell in love with SATB thanks to this one) Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves - Eurythmics/Aretha Franklin One Vision - Queen I'm Your Man - Wham! Saving All My Love For You - Whitney Houston When A Heart Beats - Nik Kershaw We Built This City - Starship (no apologies for this; why the hell is it always on 'worst song' lists???) West End Girls - Pet Shop Boys Dress You Up - Madonna Hit That Perfect Beat - Bronski Beat (used to think they were singing about 'meatballs' )Girlie Girlie - Sophia George Saturday Love - Alexander O'Neal/Cherelle The Sun Always Shines On TV - Aha (great finish to the year) Hopefully some people will garner happy/forgotten memories from that little lot
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Go West - Call Me
Stevie Wonder - Part Time Lover Madonna - Into The Groove Philip Bailey and Phil Collins - Easy Lover Pat Benatar - Love Is A Battlefield (UK release was 1985) UB40 & Chrissie Hynde - I Got You Babe Wham! - Last Christmas I don't have that many favourites. Perhaps songs I like, but 'favourites', I try to keep reserved, hence the word.
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The 80's was great, early part. We had the chart show on telly saturday mornings too, great seeing the new videos.
All my faves have been mentioned apart from maybe... Dancing in the dark - bruce springsteen, my fave 80's song Dancing in the dark - Big daddy (accapella version of brucies song) Survivor - the search is over Gary Moore Phil Lynott - Out in the fields Bucks fizz - Magical/I hear talk Run to you/Summer of 69/Heaven - bryan adams Method of modern love - hall and oates We belong - Pat benatar Tonight she comes - the cars Dont break my heart -ub40 Eaten alive - Diana Ross (jacko song/him on vocals too) Golden boy - Godley and creme Just for money - Paul hardcastle Myzsterious myster jones - Slade |
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Well, I cant resist:
Dress You Up/Into the Groove-Madonna Hangin on a String-Loose Ends Let me be the One/Love Take Over/All Fall Down-Five Star Say Yeah-The Limit 19-Paul Hardcastle Slave to the Rythm-Grace Jones I want your Lovin-Curtis Hairston Single Life-Cameo In My House-Mary Jane Girls Take on Me-Aha Dancing in the Key of Life-Steve Arrington Thinking about your Love-Skipworth and Turner Eye to Eye/This is my Night-Chaka Khan The Word Girl-Scritti Politti Trapped-Colenel Abrams Happy days, great summer, Live Aid! Queen stole the show!Long live Freddie!
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all time favs
1. Talking Heads - Road to nowhere 2. Animotion - Obsession great 3. Princess - Say im your number one 4. Strawberry Switchblade - Since yesterday 5. Phil Collins - Sussudio 6. Wham! - Im your man 7. China Crisis - King in a catholic style (wake up wake up) 8. Mai Tai - History 9. Kim Wilde - Rage to love 10. Madonna - Gambler 11. Foreigner - I want to know what love is 12. Bryan Adams - Run to you 13. Princess - After the love has gone 14. Pat Benatar - Love is a battlefield 15. Arcadia - Election day 16. Billy Idol - Rebel yell 17. Madonna - Into the groove 18. Fine Young Canibals - Johnny come home good 19. Don Henley - Boys of summer 20. Tears for Fears - Head over heels 21. Cult - She sells sanctuary 22. Propoganda - Duel 23. Marillion - Kayliegh 24. King - Love and pride 25. Phil Collins Philip Bailey - Easy lover 26. Kate Bush - Running up that hill 27. Red Box - Lean on me (ah li ayo) 28. A Ha - Take on me 29. The Smiths - how soon is now 30. The Waterboys - The whole of the moon 31. Katrina and the Waves - Walking on sunshine 32. Sheila E - The belle of st mark 33. Madonna - Dress you up 34. Kate Bush - Cloudbusting 35. Opus - Life is live 36. Sade - The sweetest taboo 37. King - The taste of your tears 38. Lloyd Cole and the Commotions - Lost weekend 39. James Ingram Malcome McDonald - Ya mo be there 40. Dead or Alive - You spin me round (like a record) 41. ZZ Top - Legs 42. Frankie Goes to hollywood - Welcome to the pleasuredome 43. Damned - Grimly fiendish 44. Dream Acadamy - Life in a northern town 45. Simple Minds - (Dont you) Forget about me 46. Pet Shop Boys - west end girls 47. Dee C Lee - See the day 48. Madonna - Angel 49. Madonna - Material girl 50. Kirsty MacColl - New england 51. Marillion - Lavender 52. Duran Duran - A view to a kill 53. Paul Hardcastle - Nineteen 54. De Barge - Rhythm of the night 55. Ashford and Simpson - Solid 56. Colonel Abrahams - Trapped 57. Stevie Wonder - Part time lover 58. Billy Idol - White wedding 59. Powerstation - Some like it hot 60. Go west - We close our eyes 61. Baltimora - Tarzan boy 62. Tears for Fears - Everybody wants to rule the world |
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Oh my 1985 a year that holds a lot of beautiful memories for me, I just loved that whole year from start to finish.
Propaganda - Duel (My all time fave) Grace Jones - Slave To The Rhythm (bought the 12") Don Henley - Boys Of Summer Bryan Adams - Run To You/Summer of '69 UB40 w/Chrissie Hynde - I Got You Babe Jennifer Rush - The Power Of Love Madonna - the whole of Like A Virgin album Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill Eurythmics - There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart ) Fergal Sharkey - A Good Heart Princess - Say I'm Your Number One Gary Moore & Phil Lynot - Out In The Fields Phil Collins & Phillip Bailey - Easy Lover Midge Ure - If I Was Foreigner - I Want To Know What Love Is Red Box - Lean on Me Simple Minds - Alive & Kicking DeBarge - Rhythm Of The Night Tina Turner - We Don't Need Another Hero Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms (The whole album) John Parr - St Elmo's Fire 1985 - a fab year for music
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Couldnt stand eurythmics...I walk into an empty roooo-oooo--oooom and suddenly my heart goes boo=oooo=ooooo-oooom there must be an angel.....or phil collins stuff at the time....one more night gimme one more night just one more night.....arghhhhh. Things got worse from 84 onwards with the coming of SAW and remixes/samples especially that sample goes AR YEAHHH all the time.
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Couldnt stand eurythmics...I walk into an empty roooo-oooo--oooom and suddenly my heart goes boo=oooo=ooooo-oooom there must be an angel.....or phil collins stuff at the time....one more night gimme one more night just one more night.....arghhhhh. Things got worse from 84 onwards with the coming of SAW and remixes/samples especially that sample goes AR YEAHHH all the time.
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Wasn't around to remember any of it but here are a few I've picked up over the last few years...
Time/Clap Hands - Tom Waits Just Like Honey - Jesus & Mary Chain Running Up That Hill - Kate Bush How Soon Is Now? - The Smiths Nemesis - Shriekback The Sun Always Shines on TV/Take On Me - A-Ha Aikea Guinea - Cocteau Twins |
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Red Hot Chili Peppers - Jungle Man
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My favourites have all been quoted already. Quote:
Godley & Creme - Cry
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Red Box - Lean On Me.
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Animotion - Obsession
Kate Bush - Running up that hill Quote:
1985 - a fab year for music
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My favourites have all been quoted already.
Agree most strongly with that! I turned sixteen in February '85and have great memories of that year! As far as my personal tastes on music are concerned, the charts began to go to seed from 1986 and '85 was the last hurrah of thorough and consistent high quality in the pop charts.
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Just going off-topic slightly, can you remember what hair style you had in 1985?
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