What are some really good 80's songs for a compilation CD?!
Question: The Romantics - What I Like About You
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Thriller--Michael Jackson
Actually, most of MJ's 80s stuff is pretty rad. ;)
Any Cyndi Lauper song. Especially Girls Just Wanna Have Fuuun!!
Like omigod! Here's a pretty good compilation you can check out:
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Use some Cure, Duran Duran. Next some Motley Crue & Def leppard. I would include some Ozzy as well. Next, ZZ top and Yes. Annie Lennox & Inxs as well.
These groups all a majority of their success in the 80's.
I'm going to steer away (mostly) from the predictable ones, so here's my personal, not cut-and-paste, alternative playlist of good 80s songs.
"Rise" by Public Image Limited
"Killermont Street" by Aztec Camera
"Just What I Needed" by The Cars
"88 Lines About 44 Women" by The Nails
"E = MC2" by Big Audio Dynamite
"She's Leaving" by OMD
"Vive Le Rock" by Adam Ant
"True Faith" by New Order
""Freeze Frame" by J Geils Band
"Ca Plane Pour Moi" by Plastic Bertrand (covered later by Sonic Youth)
"Wishful Thinking" by China Crisis
"Under Pressure" by Queen & David Bowie
"Live It Up" by Mental As Anything
"She Sells Sanctuary" by The Cult
"Jericho" by Simply Red
"Holding Back The Years" by Simply Red
"Better Be Home Soon" by Crowded House
"Hymn to Her" by The Pretenders
"Radio Radio" by Elvis Costello
"New England" by Kristy MacColl
"Senses Working Overtime" by XTC
"Too Much Too Young' by The Specials
"Paradise By The Dashboard Light" by Meatloaf
"Souvenir" by OMD
"Forever Live And Die" by OMD
"Rock Lobster" by The B52s
"I Don't Like Mondays" by The Boomtown Rats
"Stop" by Sam Brown
"Our Lips Are Sealed" by The Go-Go's
"I Melt With You" by Modern English (always wrongly attributed to The Cure or someone else!)
"Alphabet Street" by Prince
"Psycho Killer" by Talking Heads
"Happy When It Rains" by The Jesus & Mary Chain
"As Yet Untitled" by Terence Trent D'Arby
"The Unforgettable Fire" by U2
"Hold On Tight" by ELO
"Life In A Northern Town" by Dream Academy
"About You" by The Jesus & Mary Chain
"It's Tricky" by Run DMC
"Purple Rain" by Prince
"Mary's Prayer" by Danny Wilson
"Turning Japanese" by The Vapors
"Souvenir" by OMD
"Oliver's Army" by Elvis Costello
"Doors Of Your Heart" by The Beat
"The Bitterest Pill" by The Jam
"White Lines" by Grandmaster Flash
When Tomorrow Comes ~ Eurythmics
Addicted to Love ~ Robert Palmer
Everywhere ~ Fleetwood Mac
Big Love ~ Fleetwood Mac
Word Up ~ Cameo
Edge of Seventeen ~ Stevie Nicks
Heaven Is A Place on Earth ~ Belinda Carlisle
Family Man ~ Mike Oldfield
Modern Girl ~ Meat Loaf
Summer of 69 ~ Bryan Adams
Stand and Deliver ~ Adam & The Ants
Rio ~ Duran Duran
These Dreams ~ Heart
Gold ~ Spandau Ballet
Down Under ~ Men At Work
Ghost Town ~ The Specials
Purple Rain ~ Prince
Sweet Child O' Mine ~ Guns N' Roses
She Sells Sanctuary ~ The Cult
Money For Nothing ~ Dire Straits
Livin' On A Prayer ~ Bon Jovi
Poison ~ Alice Cooper
Love in an Elevator ~ Aerosmith
Nowhere Fast ~ Fire Inc.
It's All Coming Back To Me Now ~ Pandora's Box
Holding Out for A Hero ~ Bonnie Tyler
Don't You {Forget About Me} ~ Simple Minds
Danger Zone ~ Kenny Loggins
The Boys of Summer ~ Don Henley
In the Air Tonight ~ Phil Collins
A Kind of Magic ~ Queen