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

142 replies

WildRosie · 14/11/2020 20:01

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

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OneFootintheRave · 14/11/2020 22:23

Troy - Sinead O Connor

EasilyDepleted · 14/11/2020 22:29

Randy Crawford - One Day I'll Fly Away
Donna Summer - State of Independence
Fern Kinney - Together We Are Beautiful
Odyssey - If You're Looking For A Way Out
Abba - The Winner Takes it All

RhythmoftheEgg · 14/11/2020 22:30

Song to the Siren - This Mortal Coil

Used to play it on repeat to fall asleep

JustanotherTuesday · 14/11/2020 22:36

Voyage Voyage - Desireless
Since Yesterday - Strawberry Switchblade
Borderline - Madonna
New England _ Kirsty MacColl
My Guy - Tracey Ullman

ChaosTrulyReigns · 14/11/2020 22:50

@LunaNorth

Here you go - Spotify playlist

80s Divas

Cheers @LunaNorth Thanks
ChaosTrulyReigns · 14/11/2020 22:51

Was Wilson Phillips the 80s?

The one featured in Bridesmaids?

Darn my menobrain Blush

DonttouchthatLarry · 14/11/2020 22:53

Heart - I Want You So Bad

BestIsWest · 14/11/2020 22:57

Happy Ever After - Julia Fordham as mentioned up thread by a pp. I bloody loved her, bought all her albums and had forgotten all about her.
Going to dig them all out tomorrow.

shiningcuckoo · 14/11/2020 23:06

Anything by Kirsty McColl but Days in particular.

alexdgr8 · 14/11/2020 23:08

anything by Karen Carpenter

NastyBlouse · 14/11/2020 23:13

Black Velvet, Alannah Myles

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 14/11/2020 23:19

Linger by The Cranberries
Hand in my Pocket by Alanis Morrisette
Celebrity Skin by Hole

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 14/11/2020 23:22

Shit, I misread 1990s for 1980s...

Brass in Pocket - The Pretenders
Coming Around Again - Carly Simon
Heart of Glass - Blondie

SinisterBumFacedCat · 14/11/2020 23:23

Rush hour- Jane Wiedlin
Venus - Bananaram

Jellykat · 14/11/2020 23:28

What i am - Edie Brickell
Stop - Sam Brown

Bluefargo · 14/11/2020 23:32

Anything by Sade

calamityjam · 14/11/2020 23:39

Fave song ever
Rhiannon by Fleetwood Mac
Written by Stevie Nicks Halloween Smile

Svalberg · 14/11/2020 23:50

See The Day - D C Lee

FlouncerInDenial · 15/11/2020 00:04

@motorcyclenumptiness

Dear Prudence - Siouxsie and the Banshees
I was going to post that song too!

I also LOVE I don't want a lover by texas

FlouncerInDenial · 15/11/2020 00:05

There's some REALLY bad songs on this thread

And several that aren't 80s.

Bunowen81 · 15/11/2020 00:05

99 Red Balloons by Nena

SwimmingOnEggshells · 15/11/2020 00:05

So many great songs listed. For a slightly different vibe and I'm not sure if they've all been mentioned:

Paula Abdul: straight up
Pebbles: girlfriend
Salt n Peppa: Push It
Sabrina: Boys
Vanessa Paradis: Joe le Taxi

FlouncerInDenial · 15/11/2020 00:07

Ain't nobody - top track!

SwimmingOnEggshells · 15/11/2020 00:12

Kylie: I should be so lucky and the locomotion.

SwimmingOnEggshells · 15/11/2020 00:18

Gloria Estefan :conga

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