"Forgotten" 80s songs or hidden gems

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Are there any songs from the 80s that you miss not hearing anymore or that never get played on Radio 2 or other nostalgia type music programmes?

I've put together an 80s quiz and one of them is a music round.Given that there will participants born after 1989, I didn't want to make it too ageist. I have however added International Rescue by Fuzzbox, as the obscure one in the list.

So many good songs already mentioned :)
Broken Land- The Adventures
What Kind of Fool - All About Eve
Tinsel Town in The Rain - The Blue Nile
Happy Man - Thomas Lang
Hands to Heaven- Breathe
Oh Patti - Scritti Politti
Advice for the Young at Heart - Tears for Fears
Digging Your Scene - The Blow Monkeys
Human - The Human League

Oh...and Party Fears Two - The Associates- Billy McKenzie RIP

Just thought of another one - When will you make my telephone ring by deacon blue. I have raintown on vinyl! I loved them even though everyone thought Ricky Ross was a twat!

Oh...and Party Fears Two - The Associates- Billy McKenzie RIP

Aw I loved Billy.

Another wonder song - Stay by The Blue Nile.

Anything at all by Talk Talk.

Yes Scritti Politti, Rip it Up by Orange Juice and Stephen Tintin Duffy singing Kiss Me. Kajagoogoo too!

Altered Images-dont talk to me about love.

Expose - Come Go With Me
Japan - Taking Islands in Africa
Malcolm McClaren - Madam Butterfly
Style Council - Long Hot Summer
Nena - 99 Red Balloons

Basia - New Day For You

Gary Numan and Bill Sharpe - Change your mind.

I thought I was the 80s queen but I had never heard The Promise and now I'm freaking obsessed with it! Thank you!

May I add Feels like Heaven by Fiction Factory, Dance Hall Days by Wang Chung and everyone's fave, Moonlight Shadow by Mike Oldfield.

Fun fact, if you listen to Moonlight Shadow on headphones then in the closing bars you will hear that the singer can't pronounce 'shadow'.

Oh and The Rattler by Goodbye Mr McKenzie. Stunning.

I’m late to the party but here are mine
Hue and Cry - Looking for Linda
Toni Basil - Oh Mickey
Go West - We Close Our Eyes
Living in a box - Living in a Box
Fine Young Cannibals - She Drives me Crazy
T’Pau - Heart and Soul
Roachford - Cuddly Toy
Boy Meets Girl - Waiting for a Star to Fall
Assad - Dont turn around
Imagination - Just an Illusion
Ni Shooz - I Can’t Wait
And the Thornbirds theme tune - loved that!
I miss the 80’s.

Oh and Nana Mouskouri - Only Love from The Mistral’s Daughter but no one I know remembers that!

Visage - Fade To Grey

I know Propaganda's Duel is on here already.

Strawberry Switchblade - Let Her Go
Trio - Da Da Da
Hazell Dean - Whatever I do, Wherever I go
Major Tom - the German version is great

Just popping in again to say I've been listening to so many 80's tracks thanks to this thread. My criteria is a song I don't remember or all time favourite.

Currently listening to Scritti Politti, previously was Haircut 100

The biggest surprise was Frankie Knuckles, Your Love - I had completely forgotten the track and no recollection of the name but absolutely loved it back in the day

Change - Searching OK, not quite 1980's but nearly.

I'll add a few more, mostly from films:

I can dream about you - Dan Hartman
Tonight is what it means to be young - Fires inc
Invincible- Pat Benetar
Beat so lonely - Charlie Sexton

Domino dancing - Pet Shop Boys

F.R. David - Words
Tom Tom Club - Wordyrappinghood
Lotus Eaters - First Picture Of You
Furniture - Brilliant Mind
Nik Kershaw - Wouldn't It Be Good
Lene Lovich - Lucky Number
Rocksteady Crew - Hey You The Rocksteady Crew
Depeche Mode - Words of Silence
Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Round Like A Record
Moby - GO

Sade - Your Love Is King and Smooth Operator

Japan - Ghosts.

Grace Jones - Pull Up To The Bumper

Beastie Boys - Fight For Your Right (To Parteeeeee)