'Tossing & Turning' - Windjammer
'What I Got is What You Need' - Unique
'Africa' - Toto
'Physical' - Olivia N John
'History' - Mai Tai
'In the Heat of the Night' - Imagination
'Say Yeah' - The Limit
'I.O.U' - Freeze
'You Ain't Really Down' - Status IV
'Tour de France' - Kraftwerk
'Juicy Fruit' - Mtume
'Walking on Sunshine' - Rockers Revenge
'Young Free and Single' - Sunfire
'One Mind Two Hearts' - Paradise
'Mama' - Genesis
'Go De Yaka' - Monyaka

Been looking for that for years but can't find it anywhere.
Great dance track.

These have probably all been mentioned but mine are:
Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now
Jocelyn Brown - Somebody Else's Guy
Gloria Estafan - Bad Boys
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
Sister Sledge - Thinking Of You (not 100% sure if that's 80s though)

There's SO many more but I'm gonna stop now!

Guns N Roses - Sweet Child O Mine

Wonderful Song! The Smiths were the best thing about the eighties.

a-ha : The sun always shines on TV

There's alot of pop rubbish mentioned on this thread, we should just post the first song that comes into our head.

There is only one classic, which regularly rated at the top of John Peel's "Festive 50";

Joy Division's "Atmosphere"

A HA - The sun always shines on TV
Depeche Mode - Shake the Disease, Everything Counts (and many others)
Joy Division - Love will tear us apart
Pet Shop Boys - Opportunities
Eurythmics - Here comes the rain again and Sweet Dreams
New Order - Blue Monday, Love Vigilantes, Bizarre Love Triangle, True Faith...
Smiths - How Soon is now
Talk Talk - It's my life
The Pixies - Debaser
Wire - Kidney Bingos
Art of Noise - Moments in Love
ABC - All of my heart

And a few dance milestones...

808 State - Pacific State
Grandmaster Flash - White Lines and The Message
Afrika Bambataa - Planet Rock
Shannon - Let the Music Play
Joyce Sims - All and all
Meat Beat Manifesto - Radio Babylon

human league 'sound of the crowd'...

The Clash's version of "I Fought The Law", cracking effort, one of the best covers ever!

1980s was a pretty weak decade musically otherwise though....

Atlantic Starr - Always
Steve Earle - Copperhead Road
Pixies - Velouria
Pixies - Debaser
XTC - Making plans for Nigel
Dwight Yoakam - Guitars, Cadillacs
Ofra Haza - Im Nin Alu
Brenda Russell - Piano in the Dark
Madonna - Borderline
Madonna - True Blue
Joy Division - Atmosphere
Pet Shop Boys - Surburbia
Metallica - Harvester of Sorrow
My Bloody Valentine - You Made Me Realise

I've got UKTV Gold on in the background and they've just played "Our House" by madness. Another great track from the 80's.

New Order: Blue Monday-- I'll never be ashamed to admit it.
AHA- Take on me
Talking Heads- Naive Melody
Harold Faltermeyer- Axel F

Too many to choose!!

Its a miracle - Culture Club

We close our eyes/Call me - Go West

True - Spandau Ballet

just an Illusion - Imagination

Thriller - Michael jackson

Sweet freedom - Michael McDonald

I feel for you/Ain't Nobody - Chaka Khan

Time after time - Cyndi lauper

Love resurrection - Alison Moyet

Running in the family - Level 42


Thats just a few i have so many more faves.

Have to agree on Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time

New Order - Blue Monday. Especially the 12" remix. Fantastic stuff.

A-ha - Take on me

The 80's was a lot of pop

most people in there 30's liked the pop and thats what we all remember and have fond memories of.

We don't all agree with everything John Peel said

Do you mean the original 12" 'b' side, The Beach? It's superb!

Other great 80's songs imo are.......

Level 42/ Running in the Family
Talking Heads/Once in a Lifetime
CultureClub/Victims
Dexy's Midnight Runners/Geno
Frankie goes to Hollywood/ Relax
Fleetwood Mac/Big Love
The Jam/Start
Pretenders/Brass in Pocket

no one's seems to have mentioned A Flock Of Seagulls

A Flock Of Seagulls: I Ran (So Far Away)

A Flock Of Seagulls: Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You)

A Flock Of Seagulls:Telecommunication

Frankie Goes To Hollywood: Two Tribes

The Human League: (Keep Feeling) Fascination

Wang Chung: Dance Hall Days

Dead Or Alive: You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)

Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder: Together In Electric Dreams

Cutting Crew: (I Just) Died In Your Arms

Mr Mister: Broken Wings

Foreigner: Waiting For A Girl Like You

The Cars: Drive

Nik Kershaw: The Riddle

Kate Bush: Wow

Pat Banetar: Love Is A Battlefield

Tiffany: I Think We're Alone

Billy Joel: We Didn't Start The Fire

Europe: The Final Countdown

Johnny Hates Jazz: Shattered Dreams

The Four Tops: Loco In Acapulco

Tears For Fears: Sowing The Seeda Of Love, Mad World, Pale Shelter, Everybody Wants To Rule The World.

A-ha: The Living Daylights, Take On Me

INXS: Kiss The Dirt (Falling Down The Mountain)

these are all my favourite eighties songs.

Metallica - Master of Puppets

Smiths - How Soon is now

Actuly there are loads from all genres, but those stick out for me.

Did you see the bands reunited on VH1 for a floock of seagulls fantastic

I could add my own list but it would be very similar to most of the previous posts! My favourite band from the era (and still my favourite even now) is Depeche Mode. I'd heard alot of their stuff previously as my older sis had a great 80's record collection, but then I saw "Never Let Me Down Again" on MTV... I've been a rabid fan ever since. I think the track has an armageddon-like quality to it!

Some more that I loved.

"Sexual Healing" - Marvin Gaye
"Wrapped Around Your Finger" - The Police
"Do it to The Music" - Raw Silk
"Outstanding" - Gap Band
"Body Work" - Hot Streak
"Never Never" - Assembly
"That Was Then This is Now" - ABC
"Lover in You" - Sugar Hill Gang
"Never Give You Up" - Sharon Redd
"Cacharpaya" - Incantation
"Break my Stride" - Matthew Wilder
"Heaven is Waiting" - Dance Society
"Garden Party" - Mezzoforte
"Just What I Always Wanted" - Mary Wilson
"You'll Never Know" - High Gloss
"Just Got Lucky" - Jo Boxers


I think the 80's were my favourite decade.