What is one of your favourite songs from the 80's?

[BOOTS52PollyPrissyPants]

Mine is Bronski Beat 'Small Town Boy' just love the dance music and the video is class..Still reminds me of a friend from all those years ago...

Duel - what a great song. Simon Mayo used to play it fairly regularly on his Radio 2 drive time show.

Tiffany - All this time
Pet Shop Boys - Rent
UB40 - Red Red Wine
Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse OfThe Heart
Whitney Houston - The Greatest Love Of All
Madonna - Live To Tell
Prince - When Doves Cry
Queen - I Want To Break Free

Flock of Seagulls - Wishing (if I had a photograph of you)
Don Henley - Boys of Summer
Depeche Mode - Stripped

I have an 80s playlist on Spotify but I'll be going back though this thread later to add to it, so many songs I've forgotten about!

But to add my 2 cents..

When love breaks down - Prefab Sprout

And a shout-out to Wishing by A flock of seagulls as previously mentioned...a really underrated band imo!

See I loved ‘I Ran’ by Flock of Seagulls.

Way back when I hid in cupboards.

The Adventures.. Broken Land.
Lick The Tins. Can't Help Falling In Love.

99 red balloons but this is the original German version which is much better IMO and thanks to Scrubs TV program years ago for making me seek out the proper version.
This is her in concert a couple of years ago, think she's about 60 years old but her energy is amazing

I was always fascinated that 'red' was an addition for the English language version so it would scan properly.

I love small town boy and so many others. Also it's my life by talk talk. Going to make an 80's playlist now.

@Antarcticant
Yes it's strange and the English version is also so much simpler (and not in a good way) apparently the band acknowledged they made a massive mistake with the English version and regretted it.

@AlecTrevelyan006
Beautiful thankyou for reminding me.

Only you - Yazoo
True - Spandau Ballet

The Forest the Cure
Anything by Kate Bush
Money Flying Lizards

m.youtube.com/watch?v=dx7vNdAb5e4

Icing on the Cake by Stephen Tin Tin Duffy

That song’s not too shabby either 😉

I like Bis Wir Uns Wiedersehen - not sure if there was an English version of it.

Otherwise I don't think Easy Lover or Never can say goodbye have been mentioned. Also Song for the Broken hearted by Then Jerico (also like Big Area)

Double - The Captain of her Heart
Scritti Politti - The Word Girl

Is this love - White Snake
What is love - Howard Jones
Hands to Heaven - Breathe
Out of touch - Darryl Hall and John Oates
Luka - Suzanne Vega
A View to a Kill - Duran Duran
Anything by Wham. Bless George Michael's soul.
Space age love song - Flock of Seagulls
I can dream about you- Dan Hartman

Joe le taxi by Vanessa Paradis. I had the words from Smash Hits that showed the translation in English. I'm always shouting "embouteillage!" (traffic jam) to the kids in the car! I watched the video recently though and it is cringe!

Recently I heard The Duel by Propaganda. Not the kind of song I cared for in the 80s (I was an indie girl!). But gosh it's good. And has been stuck in my ear since!

Recently I heard The Duel by Propaganda. Not the kind of song I cared for in the 80s (I was an indie girl!). But gosh it's good. And has been stuck in my ear since!

Bridge to your heart - Wax
Another great one

I can still sing Joe or taxi all the way through thanks to smash hits!