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.

Holdin out for a hero Bonnie Tyler?

Kim Wilde - one of her biggest hits was Kids in America
Sheena Easton
Elkie Brooks
Lisa Stansfield
Texas (Sharleen Spiteri lead singer)

Are you sure it was British and not Irish? Saw doctors - I useta love her once? Or Galway girl?

Just listened to Mel and Kim and it’s not that.
It’s was not electronic sounding.
Not Yazz, either.

They weren't dancing like Egyptians were they? :)

Fairground Attraction - Perfect

Makin your mind up bucks fizz? ???

I think we're alone now - Tiffany

The Tide is High - Blondie
The Only Way is Up - Yazz

Quite a lot of these gueses were hits in the USA!
What about Bros? They were huge here but not in America, and Matt Goss's voice is a bit feminine.

Friday I’m In love- the cure?

Heaven is a place on earth, Belinda Carlisle.

What were the crowd doing?

All singing along? Were they dancing? Swaying?

How do you know it was 80s?

Toni Basil Mickey

Walk of Life, Dire Straits (not a female singer, though)

Oo maybe something by Erasure- Jimmy Somerville hits those high notes.

Was it definitely 80s?

Feels like I'm in love?

Something by Bananarama or Saint Etienne?

Jimmy Somerville wasn't Erasure but, yes, 'Don't Leave Me This Way'? - although that's an old song and internationally known.

Temptation - Heaven 17. Has a female vocalist.

More info!

Fast or slow?
Jumping around or swaying?
Poppy or rocky?

Any lyrics at all even one word?

I know you said it sounds 80s but just in case, some 90s ones too!

It must be love - madness
Mr brightside - the killers
Walking on sunshine
I've had the time of my life
Hey Jude
Mamma Mia - ABBA
Celebration - kool and the gang
Macarena
Saturday night - Whigfield
Ain't no party like an a club party

Can you remember if it was a soloist, duet or group/band?
Male or female singers?
Any distinctive instrumentals? Eg harp, saxophone, bagpipes.

I think it was a female soloist.
The crowd was singing and I think kind of swaying. I can’t remember a single word! I do remember it was played after the karaoke, when people were dancing, not during. Don’t recall any special instruments.

Not Tiffany, Blondie, Yazz, Erasure or the Cure. All very familiar. I didn’t know St. Etienne until more recently but def not.
I don’t think Bonnie Tyler because I know her voice and it wasn’t like that.
Could have totally been early-mid 90s, too.

It could have been Irish but didn’t sound it, more English. It was so so good that I was shocked I didn’t know it. I do know many/most of the above.

I asked a guy how he knew it and he said everyone did. So it was very popular in England and not in the US. I kept up pretty well with 80s music that was popular in the US back in the day.

Not Bananarama. This is making me smile! I have two friends that travel to the UK to see many of these bands still whenever they get the chance!

Kim Wilde - Kids in America?