To ask your favourite 80s song?

[Wildlady]

Mine is Red Red Wine. UB40

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

But there are so many....

Caravan of Love-The Housemartins. But by god this was a hard question to answer OP!

Come live with me - heaven 17

Also Lotus Eaters ❤️

Far too many to mention....the 80's were my informative musical years!

Definitely includes "Say Hello Wave Goodbye" by Soft Cell though. I saw Marc Almond play live recently and he was amazing - he played that right at the end.

Yay more Mighty Wah! fans. I love that song. Pete Wylie is a legend.

Love loads already mentioned - it was a great decade for music. I think what gets me about it is how many different styles there were, often running concurrently. I mean, you had the back end of punk, new wave, new romantic, goth, indie, hair rock, smooth soul, rap, dance, all in the space of ten years.

Others I love - the killing moon, as already mentioned. Hide and seek - Howard Jones. Party fears two - the associates. Boops here to go - sly and Robbie. And one that never fails to get me dancing - you spin me round by dead or alive.

World leader pretend - R.E.M.

The line ‘This is my mistake, let me make it good’ was directly relevant to a relationship I was in at the time, which I knew was a mistake, and which ended very badly, but which I will never regret, despite all the pain it caused.

cutting crew - I just died in your arms tonight

And another vote for
aha - take on me

But I am going to have a good day gathering all the song titles I have not heard (or just can't remember!) and listen to them again. The best music was the eighties music.

oh and for the maudling moments

dire straits - brothers in arms

Eternal Flame - Bangles

Anything at all by Wham!
And careless whisper by our one and only George. Miss him like mad... such a sore loss

Boys of summer - Don Henley

@TheDogHasEatenIt I always say that to my dh
We won't ever have that era of music again... ever!!! Robbie Williams? Take that, maybe boy zone, destiny's child etc are perhaps the last of those memorable artists who really impacted our lives.
Like where will you get the likes of Bowie, George Michael, queen, Elton ever again??? Makes me so sad to look at the shite they are spouting out now
My dd loves johnny cash and GM... she doesn't even know who little mix are thank fuck and I plan to keep it that way as long as possible!!

So many mentioned previously but Mr Mister Broken Wings brings so much happy memories.

A lot of my favourites have been mentioned already...but adding

So Cold the Night - Communards
The Circus - Erasure
Big in Japan - Alphaville
Opportunities - PSB
Bedsitter - Soft Cell
Avalon - Roxy Music
Ashes to Ashes - David Bowie
Planet Earth - Duran Duran

Any recommendations for great 80s compilations?

Kyrie
St Elmos Fire
The Final Countdown
Summer Rain

Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits
Bothers in arms - Dire Straits
Souvenir - OMD
Everybody wants to rule the world - Tears for Fears
I got you Babe - Chrissie Hynde and UB40
Tainted Love - Soft Cell
Hold Me Now - Thompson Twins
Lessons in Love - Level 42
Addicted Love - Robert Palmer
Karma Chameleon - Culture Club
Don't you forget about me - Simple Minds

yes @kierenthecommunity I forgot Big in Japan and @penguinsandpanda ALL of yours

Electric Avenue - Eddy Grant
Mary's Prayer - Danny Wilson
I Won't Let You Down - PhD
Church Of The Poison Mind - Culture Club (their best song - great Northern Soul feel)
Hunting High And Low - A-ha
Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes
Bridge To Your Heart - Wax

Et cetera....

I was going to suggest the Undertones, Teenage Kicks, but I thought I'd better check the date and was shocked to discover that it was actually released in the 70s. I'm clearly older than I realised. So my contribution is:

Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer

Hold Me Now - Thompson Twins

Poison Arrow - ABC

I think we're alone now - Tiffany
Heaven is a place on Earth / Belinda Carlisle
Joe Le Taxi - Vanessa Paradis

80's tracks were made for belting out with a hairbrush 🙈

Propaganda - Duel

@Lakielady you could have Wednesday Week by the Undertones - released in the summer of 1980.