To assert that "Africa" is the best song of the 80's...

[Rebeccaslicker]

"live forever" is the best song of the 90's; "mr bright side" is the best of the 00's and "get lucky" is the best of the 20-teens.

What have you got for second place?!

Now the 90s - Killing Me Softly, Disco 2000, and... Nothing Compares 2 U

Love Africa - although the video is wierd..

Liking Cyndi Lauper again at present.

Hall and Oates - You Make Dreams Come True is THE best song of the 80s.
Closely followed by

Obviously the best song of the 80s was Party Fears Two by the Associates.

I can't remember much music from the 90s. Not sure what I was doing. Chesney Hawkes maybe?

Go West-Don't Look Down
Climie Fisher-Love Changes Everything

@Hamish Are Friends Electric is in the 70’s, (but only just). 1979 to be exact 🙂

50's Great balls of fire.
60's House of the rising sun or I'm A Believer ( non of that beatles shite )
70's Hotel California.
90's Firestarter.
00's Bad Romance.
10's can't think of a single good one.

But...Hungry Like the Wolf!

You're missing a trick.

I give you, ooooooh Vienna.

Or Lifeline - albeit DH is not a lawyer and I do not ride the soul train.

Ollie & Jerry There's no Stopping Us, although the breakdancing gives me a headache.

Shannon - Let the Music Play cos he won't get away (no he won't, we messed up Double Dutch and he's tied up in the corner)

Africa is my alarm clock song on my phone!

So no disagreement from me

Enola Gay - OMD is the best song of the 80s!

Fine choice with Toto....wouldn’t class as my number one. Will have to have a think on that but you can’t beat a bit of “Everyone wants to rule the world” by Tears for Fears 👌

I don't know about best song, that might ha be to go to Safety Dance, but the line about Kilimanjaro rising like Olympus above the Serengeti is hands down the best line in the history of music.

Africa is awesome. AWESOME I tell you. We’re listening to Absolute 80s right now. For me it would have to be something by Kate Bush or as mentioned upthread, Boys of Summer.

Love and Pride by King? You Spin Me Round? (Can you tell what I've been watching?)

Well... We send to have missed Alice Cooper Poison!

I am really not getting the love for 'Africa' at all.

hitcher nice choice! DH met Alan Rankine a while ago.

70's - anything by Fleetwood Mac, Michael Jackson, bee gees, Stevie wonder
80's - anything by prince or Michael Jackson
90's - unfinished symphony - massive attack or let me be your fantasy - baby d
00's - hey ya! - outkast or groove is in the heart - dee lite

Africa definitely in my top ten, but Small town boy always, always my number one.

Love everything by New Order but surely True Faith beats Blue Monday?

Forgot George Michael!

I only really liked Careless Whisper. The Wham! stuff was fun I guess but not really classics.

Bananarama-Cruel Summer
Paul Young-Wherever I lay my Hat

But sparkling - what about the wham rap?! 😂