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 😂

Say Hello, Wave Goodbye - Soft Cell
Fade To Grey - Visage
It’s My Life - Talk Talk
Big Area - Then Jericho
Gloria - Laura Branigan
Somewhere In My Heart - Aztec Camera
You Little Thief - Feargal Sharkey
Happy Ever After - Julia Fordham
Mandinka - Sinead O’Connor
Don’t Call Me Baby - Voice of the Beehive
Sad Eyes - Bruce Springsteen
Red Light Spells Danger - Billy Ocean
Louise - Human League

I could go on. I love the 80s!

Night Owls - Gerry Rafferty
Story of the Blues - The Mighty WAH!
The Closest Thing To Heaven - The Kane Gang

I wrote the lyrics to The Riddle on my bedroom wall when I was a kid 😂

Annie, I'm not your Daddy

I had a Christmas 1989 edition of Cosmo that had the top ten things they wanted for 1990. One of them was The Berlin Wall to come down. This had already started by the time it was published. Another was freeing Nelson Mandela … February 1990

Martha’s Harbour, All About Eve

I Can’t Wait- Nu Shooz
Sinful-Pete Wylie

I was lucky enough to see both tears for fears and deacon Blue last year at the radio 2 concert in the park. Both were great.
I love Oblivious by Aztec camera..