Songs for 80s Theme Party

[GodDamnVampire]

Sis in law and I are planning an 80s themed party for NYE.
If you were having an 80s party, what would you like on the playlist?
I want to hear all about your favourite tracks please!

Kids in America
walk like an Egyptian
Manic Monday
white wedding
rebel yell

Last Xmas, I gave you my heart ...

Everything on here and that's just for starters - have fun!

Anything by Wham.

The Smiths
Echo and the Bunnymen
OMD
Joy Division
Siouxsie and The Banshees
The Primitives
Anything by any of them.

You all have great taste!

Wham’s Careless Whisper is on the 3rd list for “closing tracks” - as a throwback to the school discos when they always used this song as a last ditched attempt to get everyone up for a last dance 😄

We used to go to a youth club/disco every Monday night, the last song was always the theme tune from Sons and Daughters 😂

Come on Eileen is a must

Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up
Luther Vandross - Never too Much
Wham - Club Tropicana
ABC - Look of Love
Duran Duran - Rio
Shakin Stevens - this Old House

Too shy- kajagoogoo
Anything by human league
How soon is now- smiths
West end girls- Pet shop Boys
Relax- Frankie GTH
That song that goes 'I come from a land down under..'
Till the sun goes down- level 42
Nasty- Janet Jackson
Back II Life- Soul 2 Soul
Walk like an Egyptian- Bangles
Kids in America- Kim Wilde

Tainted Love - Soft Cell
West End Girls - Pet Shop Boys
Trapped - Colonel Abrams
Temptation - Heaven 17
Don't You Want Me - Human League
Relax - Frankie Foes To Hollywood

Victims - Culture Club as a closing track.

You spin me round - Dead or Alive.

You have to have Europe's The Final Countdown! Especially near the midnight, to welcome in 2026.

Have a great party, @GodDamnVampire.

Some cheesy suggestions…

Weather Girls - It’s Raining Men
Black Lace - Agadoo & Do the Conga
The Gap Band - Oops Upside Your Head
Miami Sound Machine - Dr Beat & Conga
Toni Basil - Mickey
Baltimore - Tarzan Boy
Modern Talking - Geronimo’s Cadillac

Spandau Ballet- True (for smooching).
Haircut 100.
Nik Kershaw
Howard Jones.
ABBA (they were still releasing records in the early 80s).
Adam and the Ants
Cyndi Lauper

@Piemam Thank you, that’s a good shout!

@LittleWeasel The cheesier the better! If you can’t have cheese at an 80s party, when can you eh?

Sis in law just messaged to say don’t forget Bananarama 😂

Some more cheese…
Denise La Salle - My Toot Toot
Indeep - Last Night a DJ saved my life
Tom Tom Club - Wordy Rappinghood & Genius of Love
Grace Jones - Pull up to the bumper

not cheesy but I like it
Martha and the Muffins - Echo Beach

Bananarama venus
Falco. Amadeus
Fuzzbox pink sunshine
Madonna into the groove
Any wham song
Pet shop boys West end girls , domino

Small town Boy - Bronski Beat
A Little Respect - Erasure
Vienna - Ultravox
Don’t Leave me this Way - Communards
Wouldn't it be Good - Nik Kershaw
It’s a Sin - Pet Shop Boys
Enola Gay - OMD
Inbetween Days - The Cure
People are Strange - Echo and the Bunnymen
Africa - Toto
Take on Me - a-Ha
Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac

Kid Creole & the Coconuts - Stool Pigeon
Dazz Band - Let it all Blow
Colonel Abram’s - Trapped
Gwen Guthrie - Ain’t Nothing Going On but the rent
Kool and the Gang - Fresh
Imagination - Just an Illusion
Grandmaster Flash - White Lines Don’t do it

It’s my party and I’ll cry if I want to? Remix 81 version - Hopefully you won’t!
Blondie - Call me
Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall
Visage - Fade to Grey
Ultravox - Vienna
Van Halen - Jump
Irene Cara - Flashdance
Toto - Africa
Guns and Roses - Sweet Child o’ Mine
Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

Kaona - Lambada
Rodolfo - La Colegiala
Gypsy Kings - Bomboleo
Los Lobos - La Bamba

Can I come??

Happy New Year by ABBA was 1980, could be the next song after Auld Lang Syne and welcoming in the new year.

A party section with Black Lace, the birdie song etc.

Kylie and Jason, actually also Suddenly by Angry Anderson.

@ArtesianWater The more the merrier! what would you wear?! 😉
We are really looking forward to this, we haven't had a proper NYE party for some time now, as it's hard to get everyone together so it should be a blast.
The teenage DDs are more excited than us I think, they're already discussing outfits 😅
They're going to get the dads to wear Frankie Relax TShirts