What is the best 80s song ever?

[Richard M]

Allow us to get a little nostaglic for a moment...

What, in your opinion, is the best 80s song ever - something which defines that decade and brings the memories flooding back.
I may be "only" 25 but I'm old enough to remember tuning into Bruno Brookes to listen to the latest Belinda Carlisle track on Radio 1.

Think 1/2 pennies, the Sun for 10p, Porsche 911s, credit cards, radios with LCD displays and Minder.

Here's some to start you off:
Toto - Africa
Foreigner - Waiting for a girl like you
Paula Abdul - Straight up
Billy Idol - You spin me right round
Bon Jovi - Living on a prayer
(Top Gun movie) - Take my breathe away
Air Supply - I just died in your arms tonight
Bonnie Tyler - Total eclipse of the heart
Belinda Carlisle - Heaven is a place on earth
Kate Bush - Running up that hill
Thin Lizzy - Whiskey in the jar

Any more?

Heaven 17 - Temptation

[Marge]

Originally Posted by Richard M

Billy Idol - You spin me right round

I'm sure it was someone else Was it Dead or Alive

For me Duran Duran are the 80's

[andygrif]

OMG...where would I start?

Men Without Hats - Safety Dance
Human League - Don't You Want Me
Belouis Some - Imagination
Art Of Noise - Close (To The Edit)
Sparks - This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us
Yello - The Race
Fleetwood Mac - Big Love
Big Audio Dynamite - E=MC2
Soft Cell - Tainted Love
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
Falco - Rock Me Amadeus
Duran Duran - Reflex

I could go on...and on...and on....

it will be something by Ian Dury, for me

or Santana - of course

Originally Posted by Debsy42

I'm sure it was someone else Was it Dead or Alive

For me Duran Duran are the 80's

Yup, Dead or Alive did do it not Billy Idol

[Richard M]

Oops...

[Paul M]

Visage - Fade to Grey
Buggles - Video killed the radio star
Blondie - Atomic
Pet Shop Boys - Always on my mind
New Order - Blue Monday



BTW andygrif, Sparks was the 1970's.

[Marge]

Originally Posted by Richard M

Oops...

Bless em, these young uns

White Lines - Grandmaster Flash and Melly Mel played on a ghetto blaster that was the size of a family suitcase

[Richard M]

[Matt D]

Originally Posted by Richard M

(Top Gun movie) - Take my breathe away

By "Berlin", in case you can't remember the group.

Originally Posted by andygrif

Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart

A classic!

The 1979 Peel Session is excellent.

Originally Posted by Debsy42

Bless em, these young uns

White Lines - Grandmaster Flash and Melly Mel played on a ghetto blaster that was the size of a family suitcase

whatever I am

Associates - Party Fears Two
I cant Wait - Nu Shooz

Originally Posted by homealone

whatever I am

Grandmaster Flash?

[Silent Wings]

Guns n Roses - Sweet child of mine