Help me name that song #2

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Inspired by other thread with hardly any detail.

I’m American. Was in Rome at an Irish pub with karaoke. An 80s pop song came on and all the British and Scottish people I was with knew every word. It was upbeat and I loved it. But I’d never heard it before. We are all the same age so I know all of the English music that was popular in the US in the 80s.

I’ll listen to anything you suggest here and see if that’s it.

James - sit down

James - sit down

Not anywhere near the 80s!

Come on Eileen?

Sit down was originally released 89

Wiki says originally released in 1989 😂😂
To be fair I missed the bit about 80s in the OP!

Just listened to James -Sit Down.
That was not it but I had never heard it so was glad to listen.

The dog got up and danced with me so that means she liked it.

I do know Come on Eileen. I’d say anyone my age that grew up in the US has heard that one.

Pogues ?

The Proclaimers - 500 miles
Black lace - Agadoo

This is very needle in haystack. So you remember anything - a lyric/style/what the singer sounded like?

James - sit down

I imagine OP thinking “I love this song that repeats ‘oh sit down’ a gajillion times, what can it possibly be called??!!”

My first thought was 500 miles by The Proclaimers.

Duran Duran, Ah-ha..?

Very late 80s but 'I'm gonna be (500 miles) by the Proclaimers? That's an everybody sing type song.

The waterboys - Whole of the moon.

The Proclaimers?

x-post with ALongHardWinter!

Take on me

I think the proclaimers were quite big in the US, certainly they had 500 mile or letter to America on a film, could have been Benny and Joon. Dignity by deacon blue OP?

Wake me up before you go-go (Wham) ?

Was it male or female singers?

You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) - Dead or Alive

Take on me?

Rick Astley never gonna give you up?
Culture club Karma chameleon?
Yazz the only way is up?
The jam town called malice?

Tainted Love - Soft Cell
Don't you want me - Human League
Perfect - Fairground Attraction
Gold - Spandau Ballet
China in your hand - Tapau

Tainted Love is an excellent call. Even if It's wrong.

Actually all Catpuke's suggestions are great (except maybe T'Pau).