Tell me your favourite female - sung records from the 1980s, whether or not they were singles or hits.

[WildRosie]

Mine, in no particular order, are:

Thorn In My Side - Eurythmics
They Don't Know - Tracey Ullman
Super Trouper - ABBA
Only You - Yazoo
Sign Of The Times - Belle Stars
Hymn To Her - Pretenders
Is This Love ? - Alison Moyet
Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes
9 to 5 - Dolly Parton
The Greatest Love Of All - Whitney Houston

Great trip down memory lane this thread! Amazing how these songs can transport you back to a time and place.

Frankie - Sister Sledge
Brings me back to summer of 1985 I think, was played at the roller disco my friends and I went to every Sunday that summer! Just watched the video on YouTube for the first time in 30 years - hilarious.

Banarama - Cruel Summer
Tracey Ullman - they don't know (I do love Kirsty's version but she did that in '79)
Kirsty MacColl - New England, Free World
Carly Simon - Why, and also Coming Around Again
Barbra Streisand - Woman in Love
Madonna - Lucky Star and Borderline

I could go on...and on...and on...

Nightclubbing and Pull up to the bumper by Grace Jones.

Cities in Dust - Siouxsie and the banshees. I think it was on Now thats what I call music 6. I played it till the tape wore out!

Also Cruel Summer by Bananarama

And my ultimate ugly crying song - This Woman's Work by Kate Bush.

Rush, Rush - Paula Abdul
Smooth Operator - Sade
The First Time - Robin Beck

We Belong - Pat Benatar
Love is a battlefield - Pat Benatar
I think we're alone now - Tiffany
Crazy for you - Madonna
Borderline - Madonna
You Came - Kim Wilde

I love rock n roll - Joan Jett
The man with the child in his eyes - Kate Bush
Winter kills - Yazoo

[quote Spuriously17windows]@WitchesBritchesPumpkinPants - ha, snap! Somewhere else in the world there were 2 other 10 year old girls doing the same! I would run up the street in the evening to my friends house with the record under my arm, cue hairbrushes[/quote]
Sadly I lost touch with that friend. Are you still friends with your friend? The first time I remember hearing it, we were at on a navy ship at the dockyard. I remember what we were both wearing and running around looking through all the binocular things singing 'the tide is high' (& I don't have that many clear childhood memories). Good times

Its Raining Men - the Weather Girls

and although it was released in 79

Sister Sledge - we are family

and then the ANTHEM of the early 80's

Gloria Gaynor I will Survive

FILL that disco floor

Donimo by Cocteau Twins

@WitchesBritchesPumpkinPants
I hadn’t seen that friend since 1988, we went to separate parts of the world after school and with no social media etc lost touch and our paths just never crossed again, until coincidentally last Christmas we both turned up to a funeral in our home town. We’ve become great friends again, it was like no time had passed the first time we met again.

Back On The Chain Gang, Chrissie Hynde
Gloria, Laura Brannigan

I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor was from 1979. Sorry! Maybe it was re-released in the '80s.

Both Gloria Branigan's two UK top ten hits are excellent. Typically 1980s.

Wild
Oh I know it was released in 79
but by golly we sang it at the discos in the 80s

Love lots of the songs listed so far. Here are another two:

Love Resurrection - Alison Moyet
Duel - Propaganda

Here you go - Spotify playlist

80s Divas

Will You by Hazel O'Connor
On My Radio by the Selector
Promise Me by Beverly Craven (think that's 80s?)
Rhythm Is Gonna Get You by Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine
Alone by Heart

I am setting up an Amazon Playlist tomorrow called Mumsnet 80s Gold!

Alannah myles - black velvet
The Bangles - eternal flame
Chrissy hynde - dont get me wrong
Dionne warwick - thats what friends are for
Jennifer rush - the power of love (and same name frankie goes to hollywood - but not female. But great song)
Roxette - it must have been love / crazy for you
Natalie cole - miss you like crazy
Tiffani - i think we're alone now

Then there is just everything cyndi lauper and madonna.

Also I forgot:
Magic by Olivia Newton John (and Suddenly, but Cliff Richard is on that)

Right by your side - Eurythmics
Sweet Dreams - Eurythmics
Like a Prayer - Madonna
Total eclipse of the heart - Bonnie Tyler

How has no one said Martha's Harbour?! (Or have they???)

Also - Buffalo Stance by Neneh Cherry 👍🏻👍🏻

Christine - siouxsie and the banshees
Don’t talk to me about love - Altered Images
The Moon is blue - Colourbox

@LajesticVantrashell

How has no one said Martha's Harbour?! (Or have they???)

Also - Buffalo Stance by Neneh Cherry 👍🏻👍🏻

I’ve put it on the playlist