Its my 40th birthday party next week and I need help to sort out the music - what would be your top 10!

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MIne so far -

Letter from America - Proclaimers
Preacher man
Wings beneath my wings
Heart of glass
rocket man
Perfect day
... then a bit stuck.

unicorn - our best years are still to come - I'm looking forward to a blinding middle age

It's a damn good decade IME. The best one so far!

ooh yes seventeen by the regents is one of mine and lou's faves unicorn!!!

Top Loader - Dancing in the moonlight! Always a good party song!

Oh, but can't you PLEASE have nafferama? Elkie Brooks? The Sound of Bread? Billy Joel? Gerry Rafferty?

Quick as a flash, people Of A Certain Age will start swigging cider and attempting to snog.

You've all been busy...Happy birthday for today, Unicorn!
No-one mentioned Word Up, by Cameo yet?
Aww, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, fab. That takes me back!
See Elvis Costello and the Boss have been mentioned too, how about Rosalita to get that party going?
Heaven 17 - Fascist Groove Thang
Anita Ward - Ring my Bell
Dollar - Shooting Star, for the snoggers
Undertones - Teenage Kicks
Sparks - No 1 Song in Heaven
Teardrop Explodes - Reward
Iggy Pop - The Passenger
Ian Dury & the Blockheads - Hit me with your Rhythm Stick (not to mention the 6th form snigger-fest Wake Up and Make Love To Me)
Culture Club - Do you really want to hurt me
Blancmange - Living on the Ceiling
Magazine - Song from under the floorboards

and you've got to have Ca Plane Pour Moi, that was a classic. It's either Plastic or Sheila B Devotion and her mangling of Singing in the Rain.

How about plenty of Cocteau Twins in your chillout zone, Soapbox? Mixed with a spot of Prefab Sprout and A Certain Ratio?

Walk on the Wild Side - Lou Reed
It's a Sin - Pet Shop Boys
Going Underground - The Jam
Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
Don't you want me - Human League
Je T'aime ... moi non plus - Serge Gainsbourg
Like a Virgin/Papa don't preach - Madonna
I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Whitney Houston)
Ashes to Ashes - David Bowie

And Free Nelson Mandela!

oh, and The Beat: Stand Down Margaret!

just about anything by The Specials and the Jam!

You done too much, much too young!

Rock the Kasbah - Clash
Our House - Madness
Brass in Pocket - The pretenders
Psycho Killer - Talking Heads
Charlotte Ann - Julian Cope
Reward - Teardrop Explodes
Love cats - Cure
The Smiths!
Stand and Deliver - oh I'm so
New Years Day - U2

Enjoy the party