Take On Me is the most perfect pop song ever

[Cheesymonster]

Fantastic video too.

I will die on this hill.

The Mighty wah!

For the lovers of Take On Me - hard to improve upon I know - but this version melts me into a little puddle of emotion:

open.spotify.com/track/0znDtTOvnqUdle7dUXkj0v?si=Tsue-6WbQ76VcBb0SaUuaQ

I'm chucking Bryan Adams Summer of '69
In the mix .

Jane Wiedlin Rush Hour. Perfect.

Oblivious, Mighty Wah!, Jane Wiedlin… I’ve found my people!
Brandon Flowers of The Killers says that Rich Girl by Hall and Oates is the most perfectly constructed pop song of all time.

Take On Me is my most hatest song of all time, and the video. I have to either mute it or turn off the tv/radio each time it comes on.

The Safety Dance is one of the best songs ever, and the video.

It's definitely up there. But then, so many beautifully produced 80s songs are.

I love that era of songwriting - any song worth it's salt would have at least a middle eight, a key change, meticulous keyboard solo. And just be fun.

Where's the fun gone? Where?!

I will die next to you on this hill.

hated not hatest

Make some room on that hill, OP. I will die alongside you.
The Safety Dance is AWFUL! 😂 But my brother loved that song and he’s no longer with me so… shit, I sorta have to love it now.
So Good So Right by Imagination is also up there in the magnificent pop song category. Kiss by Prince as well. So many great songs … The Love Cats, Sign Your Name…

@Craftycorvid Dancing Queen , love it.
I went to an 80’s night recently and it was top tune after top tune after top tune. Such a great decade.
They did the Pina colada song and I had forgotten how much I like that one . I love a song with a story running through !
Most perfect pop song though, too hard to say as I would change my mind daily but loving this thread.

Actually you're all wrong. The Communards 'Don't leave me this way' is the best pop song of all time. Period.

Our Lips Are Sealed ( don't mind if it's The GoGos or Fun Boy Three ).
Yes , McAlmont and Butler .

It’s a great song.

But Soft Cell’s Tainted Love is the best pop song of all time.

Followed by Vienna by Ultravox.

God I had such a crush on him when I was about 8, I’d sit right in front of the tv gazing at him in that video
I used to buy Smash hits for all their posters

So many great songs suggested here I'm going to dedicate some time tomorrow to update my Amazon playlist

@hby9628 I have a Spotify playlist of 80s classics. I especially like the ones you don’t hear on the radio so much like Nu Shooz, Yazoo and some of the never played Prefab Sprout hits. Kirsty McColl. And loads of Bananarama 😊

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Great thread @Cheesymonster
also to pp who mentioned Then Jericho (closest thing to a U.K. A-Ha) ‘SugarBox’ was also brilliant

What about The Blow Monkeys, It Doesn’t Have To Be This Way.

Having just come back from an 80s weekender I am qualified to say you're all wrong - it's Dead or Alive 'You Spin Me Round'

Oh Morten 💙

Me too ☺️💛

Popping back because we forgot This Charming Man, Blue Monday and anything by Pet Shop Boys IMHO 😊

@GellerYeller yes anything by Pet Shop Boys! ❤️