Lesser Known 80s Songs that You Like

[MuddledMadge]

Inspired by a recent discussion on Reddit.

I am interested in any brilliant 80s songs that you think should be better known.

Thanks in advance for your suggestions.

Prefab Sprout Goodbye Lucille #1
The Housemartins - Build
The Housemartins - the people who grinned themselves to death

Echoing the Red Box love - also For America

Atlantic Starr - always
Cars - Drive
Proclaimers - letter from America
Hothouse flowers - don't go

She Gets Out the Scrapbook… anything and everything by Furniture. I still play them now. So underrated. I was reading through and hoping that someone else would mention them. 😊

Save your love - Renee and Renato
Shuddupa you face - Joe Dolce

I've come to smell the seasons change...

Still one of my favourite songs.

@menopausalmare I forgot about The The

Shame About The Boy - The McGanns

Underpass John Foxx
Japan. Night porter

Words -FR David

Jim Diamond - I should have known better (huge the time, rarely played on radio nowadays)

Big Country - Its a big country

Oblivious by Aztec Camera.

Model - Kraftwork
See You - Depeche Mode
Pale Shelter - Tears for Fears
17 - Regents

Now Wow Wow - Go Wild in the Country

Rene & Renata- save your love 😁
Taylor Dayne- tell it to my heart
Rockwell -somebody’s watching me
Starmaker- kids from fame
Transvision Vamp - baby I don’t care
Voice of the beehive- Don’t call me baby
Primiitives- Crash
Juice Newton - Angel of the morning
Sam Fox- Touch me
Joan Jett- I love rock & roll
Bucks Fizz- Land of make believe
Bardo -One Step further
Belle & the devotions -Love games
Barbra Dickson -January February
Elkins Brooks-Fool if you think it’s over
5 star- System addict

I could go on and on.
You may not hear these but I do. Often!

Prefab Sprout

Loving the love for Aztec Camera here.

And this!

‘Invisible’ by Alison Moyet. I play it a lot these days 😉

Have we had "Live it up" by Mental as Anything?

Thinking of you - the Colourfield. I actually heard it in the supermarket the other day but otherwise it doesn’t get much air time.

17 by the Regents. Fantastic tune, never hear it on the radio
Our lips are sealed - fun boy 3
Build - Housemartins
5 Get overexcited - Housemartins
losing my mind - Lisa Minelli and pet shop boys
What have I done to deserve this - Dusty and pet shop boys
Girlie girlie Sophia George

I could go on...

Billy Joel - We didn't start the fire

Don’t forget me when you’re gone - Glass Tiger. Fabulous song.

Listening to this right now!
I remember this from my days of buying Smash Hits and loving their lyrics pages.

Pink sunshine - fuzzbox

Star maker always makes me feel teary.

Saw them in concert a couple of times and loved their music