Favourite underrated/overlooked 80s songs

[Floogal]

Love these songs, even though you can't find them on 80s compilation CDs or they get very rarely played on radio. Mine are:
'chocolate girl ' and 'ship called dignity' by Deacon Blue. I still dont entirely get what they're about though.
'beds are burning ' by midnight oil.
'sign of the times' by Belle stars. Prince version is great too
Sowing the seeds of love

I'm sure I'll remember more 😂

The Go Gos - Our Lips Are Sealed

It All Makes Sense - Terry Hall

Kayleigh - Marrillion

Martha and the muffins- Echo Beach

Love and Pride, King.

This gets played a lot
Inside A Dream - less so, but I think that's a better song.
maybe it was a B side?

Came on to post this! Absolute belter.

On the wings of love by Jeffery Osborne. Reminds me of a holiday in Torquay when I was ten.

La dolce vita
Dreamland

Love this thread, I was a 90s teen but I love 80s as well. I will add
Wild World by Maxi Priest. I know it was originally Cat Stevens but I like both.

Nice version by Jimmy Cliff too.

Me too!

Not sure if you have but you should look into the background of Beds are Burning. The lyrics are very significant.

@Sagealicious About Aboriginal rights. Especially when it's a fun sounding song

Since Yesterday - Strawberry Switchblade
Requiem - The London Boys
Tonight is what it means to be young - Fire Inc

Fiction Factory... Feels like heaven.

Love 'The Promise'.

Also Peter Schilling ''Major Tom', and Kreftwerk, 'The Model'.

Great thread. Time to make a playlist.

Also 'Da Da Da' by Trio..

OMG, Requiem - what a fab song, I’d forgotten about that!

Life in a Northern Town by The Dream Academy.

Anything by The Alarm, but I think the most well known was Rain in the Summertime. Introduced to them by a girl I met on work experience a long time ago (👋 in case Lorraine is reading)

I'm searching for these and have just added Love and Pride to my Apple 80s play list!

S'Express

Absolute Scritti Politti
Catch my fall Billy Idol
Drowning in Berlin The Mobiles
The more you live,the more you love A Flock of Seagulls

Then jerico the motive
Roachford cuddly toy

China in your hands T pau
self control. Laura Brannigan
Vienna. Ultra vox