To ask those born in the late 70’s to share their favourite song please

[GazingAndGrazing]

For my playlist.

I’d like running/gym songs, sad songs, wedding songs, BBQ Ones and raving around the living room ones please;

Waterfall - stone roses
Life of Riley - lightening seeds
Thank you - Alanis Morisette
Anything by REM, but probably Man on the Moon The dance music was AMAZING in the mid 90s -
I luv U baby - the original
U sure do - Strike
Not over yet - Grace
Sweet Harmony - Liquid... I could go on.

Has anyone mentioned saturday Night, by Whitfield? that brings back a few 20/20 fuelled memories....

The source ft candi staton you got the love
Wham club Tropicana
Oasis live forever
Bros I owe you nothing

Things can only get better- D:Ream

And all the other songs already mentioned 😁

Sweet Dreams - Eurythmics
Take on me - A-Ha
Tainted Love - Soft Cell
99 Luftballons - Nena

@SomeHalfHumanCreatureThing

Or Underworld, Born Slippy.

Absolute favourite!

The Specials - Ghost Town
Agadoo- Black Lace (for fun!!)
Sweet Child O Mine - Guns N Roses
The Beach - New Order
Fat Bottomed Girls - Queen
Open Up - Leftfield
Galaxy Song - Monty Python

Although oddly enough my personal favourites are grunge and underground electronic music. Those ones popped out of my memory!

Taylor Dayne - Tell it to My Heart (and also Prove Your Love)
Desireless - Voyage Voyage
Bananarama - I Want You Back
Kim Wilde - You Came
T’Pau - Valentine
Voice of the Beehive - Don’t Call Me Baby (and I Walk the Earth)
Heart - These Dreams
All About Eve - Martha’s Harbour
Swimming with Sharks - Careless Love
Brenda Russell - Piano in the Dark
Will to Power - Baby I Love Your Way
Paula Abdul - Straight Up
Then Jericho - Big Area (and Sugar Box)
Roachford - Cuddly Toy
Marc Almond and Gene Pitney - Something’s Gotten Hold of My Heart
Danny Wilson - Mary’s Prayer
Aztec Camera - Somewhere in My Heart
Debbie Gibson - Foolish Beat
Tiffany - Could’ve Been

I could go on all day, but hopefully this is a good mix and includes a few you might have forgotten/never known.

Brimful of Asha
Going For Gold - Shed Seven
Sit Down - James
Truly Madly Deeply - Savage Garden
Barbie Girl!
Mysterious Girl
Killing Me Softly
How Bizarre
Blu (DA BE DO)
Purple Rain
Man in the Mirror
Smile - Supernaturals
Red Red Wine
Young At Heart
Everybody Wants To Rule The World
Easy Like A Sunday Morning
I Hate Everything About You
For America
Ride On Time
Summer of 69
Break Out
Two Princes
You Get What You Give
Mr Vain
La Bamba

King of Rock n Roll - Prefab Sprout

Heartache- Pepsi & Shirley
Reet Petite
Bat Out of Hell
We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off
La Isla Bonita
The Most Beautiful Girl In The World
Take My Breath Away
Shake A Tail Feather
Respect
Looking For Linda
Walking In Memphis
If I Could Turn Back Time
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
It's Raining Men
All Out Of Love
Gold
I'm So Excited

Should I Stay or Should I Go?
The Joker
The Sun Always Shines on TV
All Right Now - Free
Sultans of Swing
Out of Space
We Didn't Start The Fire
We Built This City
I Knew You Were Waiting
Ain't No Mountain High Enough
Something Inside So Strong
Perfect - Fairground Attraction
Lean On Me
Take Another Little Piece of my Heart
Down To Earth - Curiosity Killed The Cat
Africa - Toto
Through the Barricades
Don't Leave Me This Way - The Communards
Under The Bridge - RHCP
Sexual Healing - Marvin Gaye
On the Wings of Love
Strong Enough - Sheryl Crowe
Walking On Broken Glass

Together in Electric Dreams

Ooh - and Proud Mary! So sorry for hogging the thread, OP. Have loved thinking back to various times in my life :-)

Black - wonderful life
James - getting away with it
U2 - Who’s going to ride your wild horses
James Farnham - the voice
Guns n Roses - November Rain
Bruce Springsteen - Dancing in the dark
Tears for fears - Bad Mans Song
Fleetwood Mac - Go your own way

500 Miles - The Proclaimers

Ride On Time
Insanity
Freed From Desire

Love Shack

Fake Plastic Trees by Radiohead
Pictures Of You by The Cure
True Faith by New Order
Enjoy The Silence by Depeche Mode
Life On Mars and Rebel Rebel by David Bowie
Animal Nitrate by Suede
Step Into My World by Hurricane #1
April Skies by The Jesus and Mary Chain
Left To My Own Devices and Always On My Mind by Pet Shop Boys
This Is How It Feels by Inspiral Carpets
Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You) by Flock of Seagulls

MmmBop!

Tubthumping - Chumbawamba
Sit Down - James
One Week - Barenaked Ladies
The Day We Caught The Train - Ocean Colour Scene