We're trying to come up with an '80s mix for a party we're having. We're thinking bands like Tears for Fears, The Cars, Duran Duran, etc. Just kind of catchy pop rock from the '80s. Any recommendations? Specific songs would be helpful.
We're trying to come up with an '80s mix for a party we're having. We're thinking bands like Tears for Fears, The Cars...
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Duran Duran - My Own Way youtu.be
Duran Duran - Planet Earth youtu.be
The Fixx - One Thing Leads To Another youtu.be
Romeo Void - Never Say Never youtu.be
ABC - Poison Arrow - youtu.be
Adam Ant - Goody Two Shoes youtu.be
the B-52's - Private Idaho youtu.be
Phil Collins - Sussudio youtu.be
The Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian youtu.be
The Outfield - Your Love youtu.be
Tell me what you think thus far.
A Flock of Seagulls - Space Age Love Song
A Flock of Seagulls - I Ran (So Far Away)
David Bowie - Let's Dance
The Human League - Don't You Want Me
Naked Eyes - Always Something There to Remind Me
Soft Cell - Tainted Love
Simple Minds - Don't You Forget About Me
Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Talk Talk - It's My Life
J. Geils Band - Centerfold
Depeche Mode - Master and Servant
Oz - Turn The Cross Upside Down
Der Kommisar - Falco (or After The Fire if you need English)
Nena - 99 Luftballons
Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star (first video broadcast on MTV in 1981)
Psychedelic Furs - Pretty In Pink
Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star
Falco - Der Kommisar
Nena - 99 Luftballons
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax
U2 - New Years Day
Johnny Hates Jazz - Shattered Dreams
Venom - In League With Satan
Possessed - Twisted Minds
nice!
W.A.S.P. - Animal (Fuck Like a Beast)
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but seriously op, the list lookin good?
Romantics - Talking In Your Sleep
Tubes - Sushi Girl
Devo - Whip It
Vapors - Turning Japanese
Level 42 - Sometrhing About You
dammit you pressed my buttons, now I'll be in and out all night
Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue
Madness - House Of Fun
Laid Back - White Horse
Prince - Let's Pretend We're Married (nsfw)
more to come
Joe Jackson - Is She Really Going Out With Him?
Elvis Costello - Oliver's Army
Grandmaster Flash - The Message
>1979
i dont care
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Some more garbage:
Come On Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners
Bobby McFerrin - Don’t Worry, Be Happy
Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes
Murray Head - One Night In Bangkok
Stuff that hasn't been mentioned, is at least somewhat likely to be known, and is kinda catchy / fun.
Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime youtube.com
Rough Trade - High School Confidential youtube.com
Pretenders - Back on the Chain Gang youtube.com
New Order - Blue Monday (short version if you have to but it's shit though) youtube.com
The Smiths - This Charming Man youtube.com
Twisted Sister - We're Not Going To Take It youtube.com
Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine / Paradise City / all other hair metal that's not GNR and therefore shitty but was huge if you were unfortunate enough to grow up in the 80s like I was youtube.com
Maybe some yacht rock for irony's sake like Kenny Loggins or "More Than This" or something. And maybe some cock rock like Danger Zone or whatever.
Bonus round: Big Black - Kerosene
>one night in bangkok
>garbage
Chess the musical is better than 90% of the shit posted on this board
girls just wanna have fuh-uhn
the chameleons - swamp thing
inxs - don't change
The Human League - Keep Feeling Fascination
INXS - New Sensation
Dead or Alive - Brand New Lover
John Parr - St Elmos Fire
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams
AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long
Michael Jackson - Beat It
Beastie Boys - Fight For Your Right
Dead or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)
Wang Chung - Everybody Have Fun Tonight
Jive Bunny - Swing the Mood
Black Lace - Agadoo
The Tweets - The Birdie Song
The Firm - Star Trekkin'
Joe Dolce - Shaddap You Face
toto rosanna
>wang chung
>not dance hall days
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SELF CONTROL BY LAURA BRANIGAN
CARIBBEAN QUEEN BY BILLY OCEAN
Trans X - Living on video
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based and primary school discopilled
Thread needs more Grandmaster Flash...
this classic
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Oh shit, can't believe we all forgot this.
ABC - Be Near Me
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Alphaville - Forever Young
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Alphaville - Jet Set
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a-Ha - Take On Me
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Animotion - Obsession
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Altered Images - I Could Be Happy
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Anything Box - Jubilation
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Berlin - Take My Breath Away
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Big Country - In A Big Country
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Billy Idol - Hot in the City
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Blancmange - Living on the Ceiling
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Blancmange - Feel Me
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Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart
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Book of Love - Modigliani
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The Cars - Shake It Up
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Cetu Javu - Words Without Thoughts
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Cocteau Twins - Sugar Hiccup
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The Comsat Angels - Will You Stay Tonight
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The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary
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The Cure - Just Like Heaven
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Cutting Crew - (I Just) Died In Your Arms
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Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time
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Data - Living Inside Me
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David Bowie - Modern Love
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Dead or Alive - Big Daddy of the Rhythm
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Def Leppard - Hysteria
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REM - Superman
Ultimate 80's
Bonnie Tyler - Holding Out For A Hero
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cont...
Depeche Mode - But Not Tonight
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Devo - Time Out For Fun
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Divinyls - I Touch Myself
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Divinyls - Good Die Young
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Don Henley - Dirty Laundry
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Dollar - Mirror Mirror
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Duran Duran - Planet Earth
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Earth, Wind & Fire - Let's Groove
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Echo & The Bunnymen - Lips Like Sugar
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Eddie Money - Take Me Home Tonight
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Eddie Money - Endless Nights
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Erasure - Star
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Falco - Rock Me Amadeus
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Fashion - Street Player
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Fine Young Cannibals - She Drives Me Crazy
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The Flirts - You & Me
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Flock of Seagulls - Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You)
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Freur - Doot Doot
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Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Relax
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ANYTHING BY GARY NUMAN
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Gene Loves Jezebel - Gorgeous
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ANYTHING BY GIORGIO MORODER
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Hall & Oates - Out of Touch
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Heaven 17 - Let Me Go
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Hipsway - The Honeythief
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Howard Jones - Things Can Only Get Better
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The Human League - Keep Feeling Fascination
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Icehouse - Crazy
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Information Society - What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy)
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INXS - Need You Tonight
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INXS - The One Thing
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James - Born of Frustration
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James Brown - Living In America
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Japan - Gentlemen Take Polaroids
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The Jets - Crush On You
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Joe Jackson - Is She Really Going Out With Him?
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John Carpenter - Pork Chop Express
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John Foxx - Tidal Wave
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Judas Priest - Turbo Lover
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Kaja - Do I
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Kajagoogoo - Too Shy
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Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill
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Kate Bush - The Big Sky
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Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes
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King - Love & Pride
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Klymaxx - The Men All Pause
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Kon Kan - I Beg Your Pardon (I Never Promised You a Rose Garden)
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>maybe the most 80's song ever
Laura Branigan - Self Control
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Lene Lovich - New Toy
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Level 42 - Something About You
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Limahl - Never Ending Story
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The Cure - Close To Me
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obligatory once in a lifetime
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the police - every breath you take
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talk talk - happiness is easy
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and the song Ray stole it from
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and the song Huey stole from
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You can put on Kerosene anytime you want to end the party. It's great.
where's Wham?
Shriekback - Nemesis
Absolute Body Control - Is There An Exit
Bauhaus - In The Flat Field
Cabaret Voltaire - Yashar
Der Plan - Europa-Hymne
Einsturzende Neubauten - Halber Mensch
Fad Gadget - Luxury
Gary Numan - I'm An Agent
Human League - Being Boiled (Travelogue Version)
Iggy Pop - Real Wild Child (Wild One)
Joy Division - Atmosphere
Killing Joke - Eighties
Laibach - Opus Dei
Ministry - The Land Of Rape And Honey
Nine Inch Nails - Sin
Oingo Boingo - Private Life
Pop Will Eat Itself - PWEIZation
Australian Crawl - Reckless
Icicle Works - Whisper To A Scream (Birds Fly)
Echo And The Bunnymen - The Cutter
Ministry - Everyday Is Halloween
Hoodoo Gurus - I Want You Back
The Church - Reptile
Japan - Fall In Love With Me
Radio Birdman - Aloha Steve And Danno
Spandau Ballet - True
Violent Femmes - Gone Daddy Gone
Tones On Tail - Go!
Love & Rockets - All In My Mind
Fine Young Cannibals - Johnny Come Home
The Clash - Train In Vain
Strange Advance - Worlds Away
Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me)
U2 - I Will Follow
Billy Idol - Sweet Sixteen
Men At Work - It's A Mistake
Cutting Crew - (I Just) Died In Your Arms
Squeeze - Pulling Mussels (From The Shell)
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Cities In Dust
Double - The Captain Of Her Heart
The Jam - Start!
The Plimsouls - A Million Miles Away
Howard Jones - No One Is To Blame
Duran Duran - Union Of The Snake
Breakfast Club - Right On Track
The English Beat - Mirror In The Bathroom
Concrete Blonde - Still In Hollywood
Translator - Everywhere That I'm Not
Red Rider - Lunatic Fringe
Wall Of Voodoo - Mexican Radio
Nik Kershaw - Wouldn't It Be Good
Split Enz - I Got You
Big Country - In A Big Country
Modern English - I Melt With You
Public Image - Low Life
The Mission - Wasteland
The Fixx - Stand Or Fall
Wa Wa Nee - Sugar Free
Bourgeois Tagg - I Don't Mind At All
Real Life - Send Me An Angel
Elvis Costello - Accidents Will Happen
The Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays
Gang Of Four - To Hell With Poverty
DFX2 - Emotion
It's Immaterial – Driving Away From Home
Van Halen - Panama
Bow Wow Wow - I Want Candy
Seconded!
Can't believe she was like 44
Don't you forget about me - Simple minds
Tainted love - Soft cell
Take on me - A-ha
Just can't get enough - Depeche mode
Hungry like the wolf - Duran Duran
Bizarre love triangle - New Order
Hold me now - Thompson Twins
It's my life - Talk Talk
Jump - Van Halen
Lessons in love - Level 42
Oh yeah - Yello
Some double ups from other posts, but that's a section of my playlist
Also:
Church - The Unguarded Moment
So freakin' hot! Check out her yt channel, she's been shakin' it since the 60's.
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>Jet Set
has anyone ever told you that you are patrician?
Hope this helps if you're still looking, it's not all 80's but close enough
I made this post and then went to sleep. Woke up to all this. Absolutely incredible. Thanks for all the recommendations, this is going to be a damn good party. Cheers!
No bananarama?????