ABC's "Be Near Me". Maybe the most 80's sounding song of all time. Also, the break and guitar solo in "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" makes me feel like I'm about to have the best day ever.
A fine selection. 12" of Tower Of London dub and the ABCMegamix has been in my crate for decades. I nominate *Out of Touch* by Hall and Oates for the _None More Eighties_ single title. It is simply impossible to be more 80's than that song was.
@@mackermaldrill2656 .. It just puts me in a good mood immediately.. I’ll listen to it at least 5 times.. kinda like caffeine with a energy shot for me.
Anything by The Cure: “In Between Days,” “Close to Me,” “Boys Don’t Cry”, and of course “Just Like Heaven”-one of the best songs ever. Also, Duran Duran’s “Save a Prayer.” And so many hauntingly beautiful INXS songs I don’t hear often enough…
I've been a fan of The Cure since I was a child (Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me was the first album I bought) and they were the last band I saw live before the pandemic, so you won't hear any disagreement from me! ;)
Totally agree with "Something About You". I've been listening to this almost every time I'm in the car for the last 35 years & I have never gotten sick of it. It is perfection.
He talked about it in a great episode. It was a reveal where he set it up nicely. I had a popular extended video of it the blockers eventually got around to. It's on Vimeo.
"Voices Carry" from 'Til Tuesday was a song that I didn't remember from the 80's and then heard it on the radio in the 2000's and thought, "that's a damn good song" so I looked it up and couldn't believe that was from 1985. Would love to hear that more in TV/film.
K And that’s not true I just heard a podcast from Nick of the band talking about how it’s been used in dance songs and still has a huge life he makes money with.
Agreed! A lot of people I know never heard of it despite it being used and such. I personally love that song and actually cry most of the time when I hear it :)
‘The promise you made’ by Cock Robin ‘Its My Life’ by Talk Talk ‘Save a Prayer’ by Duran Duran ‘Electric Blue’ by Icehouse ‘All of my Heart’ by ABC just some of my favourite 80s tunes 🙏☘️☘️☘️
Level 42's "Something about you" has always bring me back to them no matter how much older I get, no matter how much I think my music preferences have changed. That song will always be in my heart and my head. ❤
In college I was working at the student run station - we went FIVE CUTS DEEP on that Nik Kershaw album, "The River." Heavy rotation for almost an entire year.
Here's a rare one: "Don't Disturb This Groove" by Th System. The next is "The Perfect Way" by Scritti Politti (spelling) . Those are two under appreciatr radio charting songs from the 80's that included music videos.
"Lady In Red" is actually in my list of least favorites. The lyrics are beautiful, but the rest... I might grow to like it, though. My teen has learned the songs in my list and plays them for me often 🤦🏻♀️😂
Since nobody bothered to list them… 5. Pebbles - Mercedes Boy 4. Glass Tiger - Don't Forget Me When I'm Gone 3. Dan Hartman - I Can Dream About You 2. Pointer Sisters - Automatic 1. General Public - Tenderness You're welcome. 🙂 PS (in response to the some-23 replies): If I made a mistake transcribing this list, it's because the video is a bit hard to follow. Please offer specific corrections and I'll review the video and edit my list. By the way… *_I DIDN'T CHOOSE THIS LIST. IN FACT, I WOULDN'TVE CHOSEN ANY OF THESE SONGS._* I was just taking notes for my own comparative reference and thought I'd share it to save people the trouble. You're Welcome ! 🙂
Good list but I would argue general public’s tenderness hasn’t been a forgotten song. Was in the Clueless (mid 90’s) and Just Go With It (2011 I believe) soundtracks. Solid list though.
“Under the Milky Way” by the church.still to this day it transport me to another place and time.dreamy lyrics and music you get lost throughout the song.
@@michaeltaylors2456 Not any kind of a "Cure ripoff". If you're talking about Lovesong, that was released a year after UTMW. If you're talking about the overall Church sound, they very much had their own thing.
@@michaeltaylors2456 yes if you listen to any other song by the Church so not the Cure. I love both bands and there is a very distant sound difference.
Chris Petrillo: Red Rider also did Light in the Tunnel (prelude)/Human Race.. A lot of people forget this one from 1983. Wind Him Up goes well with On the Loose.. I always listen to those back to back.. Both are excellent tunes. The rest of your list also looks excellent.
It was a favorite me and my dad loved listening...this and "Nightshift" along with nearly all Phil Collins. Good memories....miss my dad he passed in 2014 from cancer.❤
Of course.....Jim Steinman was a genius!! Such a great movie and the music..........just, wow! Such a rare thing for a movie like that to be rooted in reality but transcends to mythical proportions in feeling fairytale-esque. Blessings!
I’m a big Icehouse fan, but most of their stuff I like was not that well known on US radio in the 80’s. “The Kingdom” “No Promises”, “Great Southern Land”, and “Paradise” are some of my all-time favorites along with “Icehouse”.
@@extantiaThey were and are still big in Australia, one of the few bands that can still play live, cleanly and accurately. Went to one of there gigs 12 months ago, out door concert on the river in rural Australia, bought the crowd to a crescendo. Was fantastic!!!
Stu eey I love hearing that! Thank you for sharing. “Measure for Measure” is still one of my all time favorite albums. I’m very keen on Iva Davies’ vocal and songwriting skills as well as Guy Pratt’s bass playing on that album.
Love all your picks, but that song Wild Wild West was just horrible!!!! LOL I don't know why but it always made my stomach turn lol. Along with that song Walk The Dinosaur. HATED IT lol. Where there any songs in the 80s that totally drove you crazy? Not just disliked, but drove you mad? lol
The Firm was a great superband.Egos left at the door & had a good time? Imagine if they release them jam sessions or playing each other's bands song's? Or on tour? Imagine Playing Stairway to Heaven w/o Plant?
Don’t Cry was an awesome song with a great video that was equal parts Indiana Jones mixed with some made for TV horror/drama about a bewitching beauty that led each of the band members to their doom. Classic! Also, “The Smile Has Left Your Eyes,” both the song and video give me chills to this day every time I encounter them. Great songs from a Great Album, from a Great Band!
Right on Track by The Breakfast Club Silent Running by Mike and the Mechanics Broken Wings by Mr. Mister West End Girls by Pet Shop Boys The Sun Always Shines on TV by Ah Ha Running Up That Hill by Kate Bush My Top 5
5Rounds Rapid The extended version with “Where Did Our Love Go” right? That version is great. As an aside, listen to the extended version of “Numbers” by Soft Cell.
Robert Michalscheck, great song! Almost anything Crowded house is great! And anything Split Enz ( the band that the crowdies came out of.) especially Message to my girl.
Also an '83 graduate, and I am still amazed at the music that still holds up today (The Fixx, early INXS, The Human League, Duran Duran, Billy Squier, etc, etc, etc.). It was a magical time that I go back to every time I hear an early '80's song that I remember listening to those many years ago.
Love this song! It popped into my head randomly a few weeks ago, and I started singing with the lyrics I could remember. Great video, too. Thanks for mentioning it. So good!
my husband´s boss is German and the other day hubby was listening to that song at work , his boss stormed in to say he bought the single in his teens and loves it
I'm pretty sure that I have one of those "Songs of the 80's" CDs with "Pop Muzik" on it. Conversely, I would've sworn that "Mary Jane's Last Dance" was an 80's song, but it didn't come out until a few years into the 90's.
“Things Can Only Get Better” by Howard Jones, and “Wouldn’t it be Good” by Nik Kershaw. I know there’s a ton more I know I’m not thinking of right now.
It's used in the scene in "Donnie Darko" where Jake Gyllenhaal is riding his bike. th-cam.com/video/76IkuYLoJkE/w-d-xo.html "Head over Heels" by Tears for Fears, "Love will Tear us Apart" by Joy Division also used prominently. :)
"Amore" and the original version of "All you Zombies" were brilliant. The independently released album "Amore" was raw and passionate. Sadly Columbia Records destroyed their sound by trying to fit a square peg into the round hole of American pop radio.
@@othercharr I have that on vinyl. I remember it being "ok" but I should go back and listen to it again. I love all their albums except "Time Stands still" which was just mediocre.
Yaz - Only You. So I don’t remember a lot of 80s songs... unless I heard them later, but I stumbled on this song and it surprised me. It holds up. The synths are super interesting. I sent it to my friend, who was born in like 89 and asked him what he thought about it. He was blown away when he found out how old it is.
I agree! It's hard to imagine Icehouse isn't bigger in the U.S. In addition to Crazy & Electric Blue- Touch the Fire, Heartbreak Kid, Man of Colors, Angel Street, Mr Big, Paradise, the Flame, Cross the Border, the Kingdom, My Obsession, Girl in the Moon, Sunrise, Regular Boys, Spanish Gold, Great Southern Land, Street Cafe & Hey Little Girl are all very good & give great variety. Cheers!
“I Can Dream About You” was “Our” song. I was dating someone and we couldn’t always be together, but she said whenever she heard this song it made her think of me, and she’d listen to it before she went to bed every night. Great stuff as always!
Great call on Level 42, an amazing gem! A couple that come to my mind: The Tubes - She"s a Beauty (great riff), Human League - Human(super catchy) & Laura Branigan - Self Control (steamy & sultry).
I love this album (Back on the Streets) and the next one (King Cool) by Donnie Iris. From the latter, another great choice is the song "Love is Like a Rock" ("Love can rock you/Never stop you, "etc).
@@jacob9399 For the longest time, I got the lyrics to that wrong. I thought he was saying 'Throw off your metal chains' instead of 'mental chains'. But I love that whole album.
Anybody remember “Don’t Answer Me” by The Alan Parsons Project and the video they did for the song.Also have to love The Pet Shop Boys, (West End Girls ) the long version.
the Watchful and Harmonious Subscriber That’s why I chose this song for the uniqueness and creativity of the video and how great the song was, it’s great to see others who feel the same way.
GreatDarkSpot Absolutely on (Prime Time) and I would also add (Pipeline) to the list, it’s got the electronic sound mixed with strings and great saxophone. Then you have his other album release in 1980 (Turn Of A Friendly Card) that the whole album dealt with gambling addiction, this was a great album as well but the song (Time) was my favorite from this album. Then later in the eighties the group had released ( Eye In The Sky) and we all know what song from this worked out well for the Chicago Bulls.
@@jrberg327 My favorite from TOAFC was actually 'Nothing Left To Lose'. I played that one a ton during my divorce. Perfect song for moving past a bad experience
Sure "Shattered Dreams" could be on this list... because this is a shitty shitty list. Christ. I remember reading Rolling Stone Magazine's review of Johnny Hates Jazz "debut" with the question: "why does Johnny hate jazz?" Because these idiots blow chunks as musicians... the FIELD they are supposedly in... what a STUPID SONG with a sorry ass weak repetitive chorus... blah blah blah "shattered dreams, shattered dreams"... what WHINY BLOWHARD song.
She's my all time favorite artist and this song isn't even my favorite of hers, but I know it was something of a hit in the US and maybe a bit forgotten...Running Up That Hill by Kate Bush.
Cori Hulet ‘Snowflake’, sung as a duet with Kate’s , then, 13 year old son, will break your heart it’s so beautiful! It is on her ‘50 Words For Snow’ album. A pure masterpiece! ❄️
I LOVE Dan Hartman. "I can dream about You" is a 80's classsic. I watched the movie recently to hear it in the soundtrack. What a way to translate a 50's style to the 80's era.
You perfectly described my feeling whenever I listen to "Something About You." That song was rattling around my head from adolescence until my teenage years, just from seeing it on MTV a handful of times. When I finally found it again, it was like a revelation. Just an amazing song.
Thanks for the big up, professor. Proud to have co-written and to be performing this song for the last 34 years. And yes, those are my vocals on the bridge (pre-chorus;-) (Thanks Leon)
Hey Mike it's you... Much love and respect to you ❤️❤️❤️ Can never get over Silence and your brilliant voice! Such a beauty that.. ❤️😘 Damn if someone said It's Over 😉Tears, feel the tears, I can feel the tears.. Running through the years...! My goosebumps moment from the song, each time n every time 😘😘😍 Could never imagine level 42 without your equal brilliance splashed all over in level 42 creations! You and Mark as a team...mannnn just so much happiness! Love you Mike... Thanks for so much of happiness that your music gives me to this date and time!!how I wish if you guys played in India... Mike, An ocean of full of love and respect to you from this fan from India! 💕😍♥️✌️✌️
I was so happy that "Something About You" made the list... then that it was #1... then that someone corrected the Professor about your vocals - and then that YOU COMMENTED ON IT TODAY! [[mindblown]] Level 42 is a part of my life like my blood and my bones... and yes, the whole Level 42 catalogue should be in everything! Timeless!
Stumbled on to a little know (at least by my pears in a french Canadian High school in Gatineau Quebec) BBC production, which was playing on, TVO (TV Ontario, kind of an Ontario Canada version of PBS in the US) of Douglas Adams" Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which is the best adaptation, in my opinion of all the ones that were produced, including the movie. When your song came out, I immediately loved it and then when I found out where the name of the band came from, I loved it and the rest of your songs and the Band all that much more, because we, the band and me, know the ultimate answer to life the Universe and everything
For major label forgotten 80s songs, 2 of the best that immediately come to mind are A Flock of Seagulls "Space Age Love Song" & Peter Godwin "Images of Heaven"
“Piano in the Dark” by Brenda Russell. Gorgeous, sensual, passionate, moody yet also chill. Such a beautiful and very underrated gem from the late 80’s! ❤️🎶🎹
Totally agree with “Something About You”......definitely one of my three favorite 80s songs if not my favorite! It is a perfect song and it grabs me every time I hear it. It give me chills and every time I hear it, it’s like I’m hearing it for the first time. Amazing song!
"Saved by Zero" -- The Fixx "Destination Unknown" -- Missing Persons Transport me right back to one of my first college apartments in Boston in the 80's.
@@Tj-ho2fs I wish I knew. But they're amazing and still going strong. I've seen them live several times (met them a few times as well). Their live shows are SO freaking good.
Martin is such a charismatic front man. Toured the UK last year with a full orchestra and he’s one of the few who can front that sort of lush sound perfectly
I can never forget those tracks, all 3 are awesome. Human League? Anyone? Fascination (my personal favorite, plays in my brain @ least once per day) & Don't You Want Me?
Level 42 was one of my favorite bands in the '80s, and they still are. I love the musicality of their songs. One of my absolute favorites by them is one that never got any airplay, (that I know of), but it's just so smooth. That song is "Dune Tune". Give it a listen.
I melt with you - Modern English Save it for later - English Beat Like to get to know you well - Howard Jones Drive - cars Sunglasses at night - Corey Hart
The Cars get slagged a LOT for most of Heartbeat City, although I love the album, but Drive is renown around the world as an absolute classic. Thank God.
Eurasian Eyes was a great song by Corey Hart, especially the intro part. I remember it being showcased in 9 1/2 weeks. That movie also had a great soundtrack.
Those are all good INXS songs, (they had a ton) but for my money, the song “Don’t Change,” is absolute perfection. Never get tired of hearing it and get pumped up every time I do. The video was fun too.
IMO, their best album was Underneath The Colours. Every song on that is a great listen. It came out waaaay back in 1981, before they became semi-commercialized in the US from 1983 to 1986 and even more so in 1987-1988. Not a huge fan of them after 1990, but they were 👌.
ABC's "Be Near Me". Maybe the most 80's sounding song of all time.
Also, the break and guitar solo in "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" makes me feel like I'm about to have the best day ever.
All of my heart..
The Look of Love... (I’m in 1983 in a disco in my head)😆
Ever had the feeling...
Almost broke in two.
Never had that feeling
Now I do oo oo..
👊🏽
@@SarahBethBreck She's great! She knows the words :)
A fine selection. 12" of Tower Of London dub and the ABCMegamix has been in my crate for decades.
I nominate *Out of Touch* by Hall and Oates for the _None More Eighties_ single title.
It is simply impossible to be more 80's than that song was.
There is nothing else quite like "Something About You" by Level 42. I also love "Lessons in Love".
Both great tunes, but my All Time Favourite Level 42 Tune is 'Leaving Me Now' (1985) which I remember the first time around at the age of six.
Running in the family is also good
Great freakin tune! One of my favs
They have not any bad song.
World Machine
'I Feel For You' by Chaka Khan is my favorite 80s song. It's the best blend of hip hop, funk and pop! The best!!!
Amen!
Ain’t Nobody.. By Chaka Khan ... always puts me in a good mood..
That's a good one.
@@mackermaldrill2656 .. It just puts me in a good mood immediately.. I’ll listen to it at least 5 times.. kinda like caffeine with a energy shot for me.
@@SarahBethBreck It puts me back in time to s specific place. Good for both of us.
“The Promise” by When In Rome is an absolute gem. It’s such a fine pop tune that it makes no sense the band only had that one widely known song.
I was going to post this! Thanks for getting there first.
Thank you for this post! FANTASTIC SONG! Transports me immediately! Added to my 80's playlist!
They used that one in Napoleon Dynamite!
This is one of my favorite songs ever.
Agree 👍
Icicle works: “whisper to a scream”
The cars: “hello again”
Naked eyes: “promises, promises”
Paul young: “every time you go away”
That entire Naked Eyes album is bomb.
Every time you go away-I will always remember the noise and distortion. His video sucked. Pamela and Roseanna by Toto. Drive by The Cars takes me back
All amazing songs!!!
Whisper To A Scream is probably the best forgotten 80s song.
@@geniusswitch Yes, definitely!
Life in a Northern Town - The Dream Academy still sounds beautiful.
Finally, some one said this one! Unique and ethereal.
thanks for this
Love that song .makes me have flashbacks .
That entire album is genius. Not one weak track.
I've never heard the album. I'll have to look it up. I have only the 45 from when I was a kid!
May I add 'Things can Only get Better" by Howard Jones
Did you just copy and paste a comment. How sad.
New Song and No One Is aTo Blame are great Howard Jones songs too
@@PopeyeBjj86 Maybe he didn't see the other comment about the same song. His post isn't the same word for word. How sad that you find it so sad.🙄🙄
I LOVE this song!
The Night You Murdered Love was their best. Superb song! How did they get so good so quickly?
Anything by The Cure: “In Between Days,” “Close to Me,” “Boys Don’t Cry”, and of course “Just Like Heaven”-one of the best songs ever. Also, Duran Duran’s “Save a Prayer.” And so many hauntingly beautiful INXS songs I don’t hear often enough…
Boys don't cry gets quite abit of airplay, not sure about the others
I've been a fan of The Cure since I was a child (Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me was the first album I bought) and they were the last band I saw live before the pandemic, so you won't hear any disagreement from me! ;)
Boys Don't Cry was in the movie "Wedding Singer" :)
Love the chauffeur by Duran Duran
Love Cats.
Totally agree with "Something About You". I've been listening to this almost every time I'm in the car for the last 35 years & I have never gotten sick of it. It is perfection.
"Steppin' Out" Joe Jackson. Goosebumps STILL every time.
Stepping’ Out and Breaking Us In Two both ughhh love ❤️
JOE JACKSON was so amazing and I think he maybe gets overlooked too much.
OMG yes!!
He talked about it in a great episode. It was a reveal where he set it up nicely. I had a popular extended video of it the blockers eventually got around to. It's on Vimeo.
Me too :-)
"Voices Carry" from 'Til Tuesday was a song that I didn't remember from the 80's and then heard it on the radio in the 2000's and thought, "that's a damn good song" so I looked it up and couldn't believe that was from 1985. Would love to hear that more in TV/film.
Joshua Miller just had that on my work out playlist this morning!
Love "Voices Carry" a song well before it's time...
@@ProfessorofRock Absolutely!
Another great, but little known song by Til Tuesday is 'Coming Up Close'.
@@robertduley5026 Oh, man! That's a good one, too!
“Under The Milky Way” by The Church. Still on my playlist.
Awesome song, awesome.
One of the greatest songs of any era.
My band plays that song.
Hauntingly beautiful.
North, South , Eat, West makes my heart sing.
The greatest 80's song that no one ever talks about...
"Life In a Northern Town" The Dream Acadamy.
K And that’s not true I just heard a podcast from Nick of the band talking about how it’s been used in dance songs and still has a huge life he makes money with.
Agreed! A lot of people I know never heard of it despite it being used and such. I personally love that song and actually cry most of the time when I hear it :)
Loved that song...I bought the 45 as a teenager back in the 80s
Yes. You may like the remake by Sugarland
That song sucks , its shit , garbage , sonic diarrhea,
‘The promise you made’ by Cock Robin
‘Its My Life’ by Talk Talk
‘Save a Prayer’ by Duran Duran
‘Electric Blue’ by Icehouse
‘All of my Heart’ by ABC
just some of my favourite 80s tunes 🙏☘️☘️☘️
ELECTRIC BLUE!!! Yes!!!
Save a prayer is a great song, but my favorite I think is “the chauffeur” by Duran Duran.
Icehouse had some other bangers I forget.
Love ABC
How about "Love, My Way" by the Psychedelic Furs
How about "Heaven" by the furs
Don't forget the ghost in you and pretty in pink!
Literally the best Psychedelic Furs song!
Mark Peterson love that guys voice from Psych furs!
The entire Forever Now album is perfect from start to close
Level 42's "Something about you" has always bring me back to them no matter how much older I get, no matter how much I think my music preferences have changed. That song will always be in my heart and my head. ❤
I agree. A close 2nd, and also highly overrated, for Level 42 is Lessons in Love. This one hits me to the core.
I agree 100%!
Still wear that CD out! Yep, still got CDS.
Sorry, I meant "underrated" lol I love Lessons in Love
Level 42 has some nice amount of great songs. For me probably the best one is "Good man in a storm". Amazing bass line. Micro kid also great, etc.
“Wouldn’t It Be Good” by Nik Kershaw!!!
Love Nik Kershaw! Excellent tune.
In college I was working at the student run station - we went FIVE CUTS DEEP on that Nik Kershaw album, "The River." Heavy rotation for almost an entire year.
I know about that song from Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories...lol.
DEFINITELY!!!
I had a progressive english teacher who played Nik's second album to the class and made us examine the lyrics - brilliant
The TUBES “ Talk to ya Later” & “ She’s a Beauty!!!! Love Fee Waybill..
They performed in the 1980 film
"Xanadu" & did the theme song
from 1981's "Modern Problems".
The riff in Talk to Ya Later was the brain child of Steve Luthaker.
Here's a rare one: "Don't Disturb This Groove" by Th System. The next is "The Perfect Way" by Scritti Politti (spelling) . Those are two under appreciatr radio charting songs from the 80's that included music videos.
Scritti Politti.. had that cassette.. I swear I thought I was the only person who remembered them.
I'm pretty sure I have Don't Disturb This Groove on 45 from when I was a kid. Great song!
Uh I was obsessed with Scritti Politti back in the day!
Big in Japan is another one
Two of my favs
And, anybody remember, “Mexican Radio” by Wall of Voodoo and, “Just Got Lucky” by JoBoxers? And, “I Got You” by Split Enz?
I thought that I was the only one still listening to Mexican radio
Dude, what would the 80's be without Split Enz? It gave us the best band ever.... Crowded House!
Three great songs
I do... What does he say?
Just Got Lucky!!! Brilliant song 💯
Another 80s classic that gets overlooked is "Electric Blue" by Icehouse.
"Crazy" by Icehouse is one of my favorite songs of the decade.
Luke Million Electric Blue cover
th-cam.com/video/Rcqz-CiyQYk/w-d-xo.html
I loathe that song. When I was a kid I used to sing "It's all over you, Electric Spew"
yes!!!
It also is one of the videos with overly enthusiastically smiling drummers that were popular then.
Two of the greatest 80's slow songs that really pluck those emotional chords are "Lady in Red" by Chris de Burgh and "Drive" by The Cars
Over used!
Drive.. loved it❤️
"Lady In Red" is actually in my list of least favorites. The lyrics are beautiful, but the rest... I might grow to like it, though. My teen has learned the songs in my list and plays them for me often 🤦🏻♀️😂
Since nobody bothered to list them…
5. Pebbles - Mercedes Boy
4. Glass Tiger - Don't Forget Me When I'm Gone
3. Dan Hartman - I Can Dream About You
2. Pointer Sisters - Automatic
1. General Public - Tenderness
You're welcome. 🙂
PS (in response to the some-23 replies): If I made a mistake transcribing this list, it's because the video is a bit hard to follow. Please offer specific corrections and I'll review the video and edit my list. By the way… *_I DIDN'T CHOOSE THIS LIST. IN FACT, I WOULDN'TVE CHOSEN ANY OF THESE SONGS._* I was just taking notes for my own comparative reference and thought I'd share it to save people the trouble.
You're Welcome ! 🙂
#1 was actually LEVEL42
Good list but I would argue general public’s tenderness hasn’t been a forgotten song. Was in the Clueless (mid 90’s) and Just Go With It (2011 I believe) soundtracks. Solid list though.
Tenderness was the ending song in the movie clueless
@@zatchg1212 I think it was in "weird science" too??
Yes to Dan Hartman and pointer sisters.. hell also glass tiger
“Under the Milky Way” by the church.still to this day it transport me to another place and time.dreamy lyrics and music you get lost throughout the song.
“Cure ripoff but it’s fantastic and I love it” edit , it’s the other way around. I refer to the subtle motif running beneath the main melody.
@@michaeltaylors2456 Not any kind of a "Cure ripoff". If you're talking about Lovesong, that was released a year after UTMW. If you're talking about the overall Church sound, they very much had their own thing.
If I remember well, it was used in a Miami Vice episode
@@michaeltaylors2456 yes if you listen to any other song by the Church so not the Cure. I love both bands and there is a very distant sound difference.
John Powers I’m really referring to the modulated guitar melody lifted from the cures Love Song
Kate Bush Running Hounds of Love album...Running up the Hill, Cloudbusting, Waking the Witch, Hello Earth. The whole album is haunting and amazing!
@Tip Toe Agreed!!!
💯💯💯💯💯
It's a work of genius
@@AndrewSowerby wish Kate would create a new album!
Found this mix of Running up that Hill 11-12 years ago. Maybe you'll like it: th-cam.com/video/PIfE_gAAmEs/w-d-xo.html
Love Level 42. "Something About You" is ageless.
That album is awesome 🔥🔥
Lessons In Love is amazing too!
Yeah.. That Too
Lessons in Love is sooo freakin' good!
LOVE STILL
Lunatic Fringe - Red Rider
She Blinded me with Science - Thomas Dolby
Breakout - Swing Out Sister
Why Me - Planet P
Wind him up - Saga
Chris Petrillo: Red Rider also did Light in the Tunnel (prelude)/Human Race.. A lot of people forget this one from 1983. Wind Him Up goes well with On the Loose.. I always listen to those back to back.. Both are excellent tunes. The rest of your list also looks excellent.
I looove Breakout!
Saga is my favorite band ever. I have traveled from NY TO CANADA TO THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC to see them play!
Promises promises by naked eyes would be another
its featured on Non-stop Pop, a GTA online radio station. I would say it is fairly well heard these days.
"Always Something There to Remind me" and "When the Lights Go out" are two other ones from them that are really good.
I love that song!!!!!
@WORST CHANNEL EVER Indeed! A shame not many people remember INXS. So many great songs like "Bitter Tears"
The story of that song from the band coming soon...
"Something About You" captures everything that is positive about the 80s. What a time to grow up in that decade!
I think "I Can Dream About You" is the quintessential 80's song.
It is pretty good.
Great 80's movie too !
One of my favorite songs from my favorite 80’s year 1984.
Been in radio 42 years and that is one of the handful of songs I never got tired of hearing.
It was a favorite me and my dad loved listening...this and "Nightshift" along with nearly all Phil Collins. Good memories....miss my dad he passed in 2014 from cancer.❤
The ENTIRE “Streets of Fire” soundtrack is amazing!
Agreed! It’s rare to meet anyone who knows the movie, let alone loves the soundtrack! I have it on digital, cd and vinyl formats I love it so much!
Of course.....Jim Steinman was a genius!! Such a great movie and the music..........just, wow! Such a rare thing for a movie like that to be rooted in reality but transcends to mythical proportions in feeling fairytale-esque. Blessings!
Blue Shadow should be a much more well known song! A stunning rock masterpiece.
@@rjasonw74 oh man! How did I forget about that song!?
How about, “Electric Blue,” by Icehouse? Or Someone Somewhere(In Summertime) by Simple Minds. Those are both incredible songs
Patrick King agreed!! Two of my faves
I’m a big Icehouse fan, but most of their stuff I like was not that well known on US radio in the 80’s. “The Kingdom” “No Promises”, “Great Southern Land”, and “Paradise” are some of my all-time favorites along with “Icehouse”.
@@extantiaThey were and are still big in Australia, one of the few bands that can still play live, cleanly and accurately. Went to one of there gigs 12 months ago, out door concert on the river in rural Australia, bought the crowd to a crescendo. Was fantastic!!!
Stu eey I love hearing that! Thank you for sharing. “Measure for Measure” is still one of my all time favorite albums. I’m very keen on Iva Davies’ vocal and songwriting skills as well as Guy Pratt’s bass playing on that album.
Wow ! thanks for reminding me of Icehouse !
Der kommisar, escape club - the wild wild west, sly fox - lets go all the way. The fixx - Red skies.
I agree with those picks!
Love all your picks, but that song Wild Wild West was just horrible!!!! LOL I don't know why but it always made my stomach turn lol. Along with that song Walk The Dinosaur. HATED IT lol. Where there any songs in the 80s that totally drove you crazy? Not just disliked, but drove you mad? lol
@@mrhoffame haha ok, i'll switch it out for another regge-ish song , electric avenue, Eddy Grant's a winner for sure?
Der Kommisar by After the Fire is excellent! I play that whenever I'm writing or reading.
Shit I forgot about Der kommisar and sly foxd
Radioactive by The Firm. Twilight Zone by Golden Earring. The Politics of Dancing by Re-Flex. Vienna by Ultravox. Gotta think of one more...
The Firm was a great superband.Egos left at the door & had a good time? Imagine if they release them jam sessions or playing each other's bands song's? Or on tour? Imagine Playing Stairway to Heaven w/o Plant?
nope...but Satisfaction Guaranteed by the Firm is incredible...
Oooo Twilight Zone. What a gem
"The Promise" - When In Rome
We have the story behind this song coming soon on Professor of Rock VEVO.
I love that song
Then you need to check out Sturgill Simpson’s cover of “The Promise”. Very different and still the same
Wasn't that song used to great effect in "Napoleon Dynamite"? But, yes...excellent call as it's been largely ignored.
I love that song, very underrated
I can dream about you, was my Dad's favorite song. He unfortunately passed away in 1993, so this song holds a special place in my heart ❤
"Heat of the Moment" Asia
It was the #1 song of 1982. I think Asia had the #1 album that year, too. It gets very little airplay now.
One of my favorites along with "Only Time Will Tell"!
Don’t Cry was an awesome song with a great video that was equal parts Indiana Jones mixed with some made for TV horror/drama about a bewitching beauty that led each of the band members to their doom. Classic!
Also, “The Smile Has Left Your Eyes,” both the song and video give me chills to this day every time I encounter them.
Great songs from a Great Album, from a Great Band!
Yep,and "sole survivor".
@@markcossman200 Yeah, I think Only Time Will Tell is one of the most under appreciated songs of the decade
Right on Track by The Breakfast Club
Silent Running by Mike and the Mechanics
Broken Wings by Mr. Mister
West End Girls by Pet Shop Boys
The Sun Always Shines on TV by Ah Ha
Running Up That Hill by Kate Bush
My Top 5
Someone recently remade Running up that hill. I think it was Ava Max. She treated it with respect.
West end girl, and something about you, were both on the air, spring, summer, 1986.
Ooh Silent Running and Broken Wings!!!
Damn, I forgot all about Silent Running. West End Girls is one of those songs I can actually "feel". The intro takes me to another place.
Some trivia, The Breakfast Club wrote the song "Each time you break my heart - Nick Kamen" for Madonna then she gave it to Nick Kamen.
I still love Head Over Heels by Tears for Fears!
Great song. Tears for Fears has live concert footage on youtube. At must see.
The whole album "Songs of the big chair" is beautiful, love it!
That's a masterpiece!
"This is my four leaf clover..." That whole album is fantastic!
Me too, but it received a very nice placement in Donnie Darko.
"I can't wait" - Nu Shooz
Did you listen to the extended version of that one?? Blows the radio edit out of the water.
It was like “Tainted Love”; it wasn’t a huge hit until it was remixed.
5Rounds Rapid The extended version with “Where Did Our Love Go” right? That version is great.
As an aside, listen to the extended version of “Numbers” by Soft Cell.
Manfred Mann Yes. My wife, who hates covers and synthpop, loves that version of Tainted Love.
I freaking love this song
Wow! This Level 42 song has always been one of my favorite songs from the 80s. Nice to know it's appreciated by others.
“Don’t dream its over”crowded house.
Robert Michalscheck This is STILL in my regular rotation! ❤️ it so much!
Just a Texas Girl it was a great song,one that never really gets old.
Better be home soon is another great one by Crowded House
Mikhail Pokrovscky will have to check that one out,thx.
Robert Michalscheck, great song!
Almost anything Crowded house is great!
And anything Split Enz ( the band that the crowdies came out of.) especially Message to my girl.
I love and miss the 80’s. I listen to a radio station that only plays 80’s music. I graduated high school in 1983
Also an '83 graduate, and I am still amazed at the music that still holds up today (The Fixx, early INXS, The Human League, Duran Duran, Billy Squier, etc, etc, etc.). It was a magical time that I go back to every time I hear an early '80's song that I remember listening to those many years ago.
Class of 84 here
'88 here
No Myth by Michael Penn is a hidden gem I didn't discover until lately.
Love this song! It popped into my head randomly a few weeks ago, and I started singing with the lyrics I could remember. Great video, too. Thanks for mentioning it. So good!
i love that song!
I used to listen to that all the time when I worked at Sam the Record Man. Good times.
Great tune
Oh yeah!
Missing You by John Waite will always have a place in my heart. Also, anything by the Eurythmics. Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart, phenomenal!
John Waite, in general, has a special place in my heart. I am back in time every time I hear the Babys.
@@kellidinit3725 Ditto! One of the best voices in rock.
My favorite 80’s song is Major Tom - Peter Schilling.
Good call. Love a story in a song.
The different story by Schilling too is a great song.
Genau! Nür auf Deutsch!
my husband´s boss is German and the other day hubby was listening to that song at work , his boss stormed in to say he bought the single in his teens and loves it
it was in Atomic Blond lolz
good song though
M-Pop Muzik
Gary Numan-Cars
These were both released in 1979, but were ahead of their time, because they sound so 80’s
Cars is a banger! Listen to it once a week at least.
I'm pretty sure that I have one of those "Songs of the 80's" CDs with "Pop Muzik" on it.
Conversely, I would've sworn that "Mary Jane's Last Dance" was an 80's song, but it didn't come out until a few years into the 90's.
I guess.
@@TheSuburban15 oh Tom Petty song
@@tylerdurden9132solid banger ! I crank it to 11 everytime
“Things Can Only Get Better” by Howard Jones, and “Wouldn’t it be Good” by Nik Kershaw. I know there’s a ton more I know I’m not thinking of right now.
"Wouldn't It Be Good" I discovered a few years ago at a local diner.
Things Can Only Get Better was such a feel good song.
I was going to mention “Wouldn’t it be Good”. Luvit and I don't recall hearing it in any movies.
@@shinigami146 It was actually in "Pretty in Pink", though not heavily featured. It was more in the background.
"The Riddle" by Nik Kershaw deserves more attention than it gets, it's a whole movie of a song.
Aaaaaahhhhhh!!!!!!
DON’T FORGET “WIDE BOY” still have the 45 single!
STELLAR SONG!
I won't let the sun go down on me is a great song.
Such interesting chord progressions
I just went down a Nik Kershaw memory trail... so good
The Killing Moon by Echo and The Bunnymen. I’ve only recently discovered this song and it’s so eerie and amazing.❤️
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Trust me.
It's used in the scene in "Donnie Darko" where Jake Gyllenhaal is riding his bike. th-cam.com/video/76IkuYLoJkE/w-d-xo.html "Head over Heels" by Tears for Fears, "Love will Tear us Apart" by Joy Division also used prominently. :)
It’s amazing!!!
Great song. Great band. So good live.
💯
"And we danced" The Hooters
Love that song and love The Hooters. Very under rated band
The Hooters were the first band I remember hearing a ukelele in.
"Amore" and the original version of "All you Zombies" were brilliant. The independently released album "Amore" was raw and passionate. Sadly Columbia Records destroyed their sound by trying to fit a square peg into the round hole of American pop radio.
@@othercharr I have that on vinyl. I remember it being "ok" but I should go back and listen to it again. I love all their albums except "Time Stands still" which was just mediocre.
And Johnny B from The Hooters. Some of my favorite songs.
Yaz - Only You. So I don’t remember a lot of 80s songs... unless I heard them later, but I stumbled on this song and it surprised me. It holds up. The synths are super interesting. I sent it to my friend, who was born in like 89 and asked him what he thought about it. He was blown away when he found out how old it is.
I actively seek this song out to listen to all the time! As well as other Yaz songs like “Midnight.” The entire Upstairs at Eric’s is great.
I remember seeing this one used in the tv show "The Americans". th-cam.com/video/G3jig86K1QY/w-d-xo.html
"The Night Owl" by the Little River Band
"Only Time Will Tell" by Asia
"Turn Me Loose" by Loverboy
Love Only Time Will Tell
"No Promises" by Icehouse. To this day I still get goosebumps when I listen to it. Was kind of a hit back then, and now is somehow forgotten.
Thank you! Was just going to say this.
Love that whole album
Oh yeah ! And that chord progression in the short bridge is simply amazing .
Icehouse is awesome in general.
I agree! It's hard to imagine Icehouse isn't bigger in the U.S. In addition to Crazy & Electric Blue- Touch the Fire, Heartbreak Kid, Man of Colors, Angel Street, Mr Big, Paradise, the Flame, Cross the Border, the Kingdom, My Obsession, Girl in the Moon, Sunrise, Regular Boys, Spanish Gold, Great Southern Land, Street Cafe & Hey Little Girl are all very good & give great variety. Cheers!
"Town Called Malice" by The Jam, "Fourth of July" by X, "Just Like Heaven" by The Cure
Just Like Heaven is soo NOT forgotten
'Something About You' is tear inducing. Their other, 'Lessons In Love' is also. There is something transcendent about those two songs.
I love Leaving me now.
“World Machine” is another absolutely killer Level 42 song
How about Love Games or The Sun Goes Down (Living It Up) or Starchild, or The Chinese Way, all by by Level 42.
“I Can Dream About You” was “Our” song. I was dating someone and we couldn’t always be together, but she said whenever she heard this song it made her think of me, and she’d listen to it before she went to bed every night.
Great stuff as always!
"Ride Like the Wind" - Christopher Cross.
Intro Riff... Simple yet.. Beautiful.
The outro guitar solo towards the fade out just gets me going. I wish it kept going forever.
I Still prefer the saxon version
goddam "christopher cross" - love that song
“Ba da da da
Ba ba ba baaa
Ba da da da
Ba Ba Ba baaaaa……”
Sailing is also a great song as well
Great call on Level 42, an amazing gem! A couple that come to my mind: The Tubes - She"s a Beauty (great riff), Human League - Human(super catchy) & Laura Branigan - Self Control (steamy & sultry).
“Whisper to a Scream” by Icicle Works
Good song, but "Hollow Horse" by the Icicle Works is the best song of the decade IMHO
Stuck in my head simply by reading the title. Great song.
@@johnnypoker46 Yesssss! Hollow Horse is a badass song.
I’d add “Ah! Leah!” by Donnie Iris. Instantly catchy yet somehow timeless.
Great choice!
I love this album (Back on the Streets) and the next one (King Cool) by Donnie Iris. From the latter, another great choice is the song "Love is Like a Rock" ("Love can rock you/Never stop you, "etc).
Absolutely! Yes!
Excellent choice quirky guy Donnie Iris very cool someone else remembers👍😎👍
Oh god yes, its on a few of my playlists
I would have added What Is Love by Howard Jones. Great Song.
I'm obsessed with this song right now, so 80's and so good ❤
Things can only get better is a better choice
"New Song" by Howard Jones is one of the best songs of the 80s
I was a big azz HJ fan
@@jacob9399 For the longest time, I got the lyrics to that wrong. I thought he was saying 'Throw off your metal chains' instead of 'mental chains'. But I love that whole album.
I love "Only the Lonely" by The Motels.
'More Than This' by Roxy Music
YESSSSS!
I feel like this was used in and rebooted by Grand Theft Auto Vice City
Dudcyo
Anybody remember “Don’t Answer Me” by The Alan Parsons Project and the video they did for the song.Also have to love The Pet Shop Boys, (West End Girls ) the long version.
Yeah, I love Alan Parson's Project and agree that 'Don't Answer Me' (and also 'Prime Time') is pure 80's
the Watchful and Harmonious Subscriber That’s why I chose this song for the uniqueness and creativity of the video and how great the song was, it’s great to see others who feel the same way.
GreatDarkSpot Absolutely on (Prime Time) and I would also add (Pipeline) to the list, it’s got the electronic sound mixed with strings and great saxophone.
Then you have his other album release in 1980 (Turn Of A Friendly Card) that the whole album dealt with gambling addiction, this was a great album as well but the song (Time) was my favorite from this album. Then later in the eighties the group had released ( Eye In The Sky) and we all know what song from this worked out well for the Chicago Bulls.
@@jrberg327 My favorite from TOAFC was actually 'Nothing Left To Lose'. I played that one a ton during my divorce. Perfect song for moving past a bad experience
GreatDarkSpot That’s the beauty of music it can be so therapeutic in so many ways.
“Mary’s Prayer- Danny Wilson
GOLD
Amen to that
YES
Love that song so much!
Yep. It's a perfect song.
Truth
Shatterd Dreams by Johnny Hates Jazz could be in this list.
Tony Lee Glenn great song! It’s so underrated! I still listen to that song regularly!
Very well-crafted and recorded. Love the bass line and tone-
Tony Lee Glenn Fabulous!
Sure "Shattered Dreams" could be on this list... because this is a shitty shitty list. Christ. I remember reading Rolling Stone Magazine's review of Johnny Hates Jazz "debut" with the question: "why does Johnny hate jazz?" Because these idiots blow chunks as musicians... the FIELD they are supposedly in... what a STUPID SONG with a sorry ass weak repetitive chorus... blah blah blah "shattered dreams, shattered dreams"... what WHINY BLOWHARD song.
@@hotelfoxtrot4979 you're a bit of a misery I reckon.
In A Big Country by Big Country is an always overlooked 80s classic.
Perfect song
Best out of the 80's
Big Country has a lot of overlooked songs.
Ha, I literally thought about this song before I even saw your comment! I love Big Country. Sad about the lead singer's suicide.
Bruce Watson was a Big Country member. Boy do we remember.
race29dub Good mention. I remember listening to a cassette tape of theirs. 🙂
She's my all time favorite artist and this song isn't even my favorite of hers, but I know it was something of a hit in the US and maybe a bit forgotten...Running Up That Hill by Kate Bush.
Cori Hulet ‘Snowflake’, sung as a duet with Kate’s , then, 13 year old son, will break your heart it’s so beautiful! It is on her ‘50 Words For Snow’ album. A pure masterpiece! ❄️
Kate Bush herself is undeservedly forgotten. Thank Vincent Clarke of Erasure and Peter Gabriel for making her famous.
Ohh yes Vince Clarke, the Svengali of the English new wave.
Great, and I usually prefer the originals, but in this case I actually like the cover by Placebo better. Chillingly great.
@@alexanderlotharson5634 I grew up in the 80s in the US and didn't catch on to Kate until 2004. Now she's my all time favorite artist.
I LOVE Dan Hartman. "I can dream about You" is a 80's classsic. I watched the movie recently to hear it in the soundtrack. What a way to translate a 50's style to the 80's era.
You perfectly described my feeling whenever I listen to "Something About You." That song was rattling around my head from adolescence until my teenage years, just from seeing it on MTV a handful of times. When I finally found it again, it was like a revelation. Just an amazing song.
Mary Jane Girls - In My House and Chaka Khan-Ain't Nobody.
The video was good too
Thanks for the big up, professor. Proud to have co-written and to be performing this song for the last 34 years. And yes, those are my vocals on the bridge (pre-chorus;-) (Thanks Leon)
Hey Mike it's you... Much love and respect to you ❤️❤️❤️
Can never get over Silence and your brilliant voice! Such a beauty that.. ❤️😘
Damn if someone said It's Over
😉Tears, feel the tears, I can feel the tears.. Running through the years...! My goosebumps moment from the song, each time n every time 😘😘😍
Could never imagine level 42 without your equal brilliance splashed all over in level 42 creations! You and Mark as a team...mannnn just so much happiness! Love you Mike... Thanks for so much of happiness that your music gives me to this date and time!!how I wish if you guys played in India...
Mike, An ocean of full of love and respect to you from this fan from India! 💕😍♥️✌️✌️
I was so happy that "Something About You" made the list... then that it was #1... then that someone corrected the Professor about your vocals - and then that YOU COMMENTED ON IT TODAY! [[mindblown]] Level 42 is a part of my life like my blood and my bones... and yes, the whole Level 42 catalogue should be in everything! Timeless!
Mike, this song is one of my all time favorites!! Thank you for the gift!!
Mike, Big Level 42 Fan, Nice to see your participation
Stumbled on to a little know (at least by my pears in a french Canadian High school in Gatineau Quebec) BBC production, which was playing on, TVO (TV Ontario, kind of an Ontario Canada version of PBS in the US) of Douglas Adams" Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which is the best adaptation, in my opinion of all the ones that were produced, including the movie. When your song came out, I immediately loved it and then when I found out where the name of the band came from, I loved it and the rest of your songs and the Band all that much more, because we, the band and me, know the ultimate answer to life the Universe and everything
For major label forgotten 80s songs, 2 of the best that immediately come to mind are A Flock of Seagulls "Space Age Love Song" & Peter Godwin "Images of Heaven"
Space Age Love Song just got a little love in Marvel's "What If...?"
“Piano in the Dark” by Brenda Russell. Gorgeous, sensual, passionate, moody yet also chill. Such a beautiful and very underrated gem from the late 80’s!
❤️🎶🎹
Word. killing me softly comes to mind too.
@@anthonykellum9501 both of you guys are spot on !! those two songs are so great, you'd never want to waste it on anything other the best of moments.
Never heard of it, but can't wait to check it out.
Totally agree with “Something About You”......definitely one of my three favorite 80s songs if not my favorite! It is a perfect song and it grabs me every time I hear it. It give me chills and every time I hear it, it’s like I’m hearing it for the first time. Amazing song!
I love the video
It's a song that gets you from those great opening beats.
"Something About You" is a perfect pop gem and I'm barely discovering now at 40 years old. Better late than never
I'd say ABC's The Look of Love, Poison Arrow, and When Smokey Sings
No Be Near Me? Whaaa?
@@marcmays48 Right that's their best song.
No, no, no...
POISON ARROW qualifies as a lost tune along with HOW TO BE A MILLIONAIRE.
How did ABC never make it in the US?
"Saved by Zero" -- The Fixx
"Destination Unknown" -- Missing Persons
Transport me right back to one of my first college apartments in Boston in the 80's.
The Fixx are brilliant. I never understood why they weren’t bigger.
@@Tj-ho2fs I wish I knew. But they're amazing and still going strong. I've seen them live several times (met them a few times as well). Their live shows are SO freaking good.
Everything done by Missing Persons should be just everywhere. Such an amazing band.
Laura Brannigan’s Self-Control...it hit number one, but you never hear it today. At least I don’t!
GTA
I prefer Raf's version, which Laura's is actually a cover of.
I know! She was huge back then, and deservedly so. RIP.
Jay Poole Didn’t he do “Gloria” first, too?
@@5roundsrapid263 No that was a different Italian singer.
"Twilight zone" by Golden Earring and ABC's "Poison Arrow" or "look of Love". Doesn't get much more 80's than those forgotten 3 songs.
Thst ABC album is up there with my favourites of all time. Good times back then.
Martin is such a charismatic front man. Toured the UK last year with a full orchestra and he’s one of the few who can front that sort of lush sound perfectly
I can never forget those tracks, all 3 are awesome.
Human League? Anyone? Fascination (my personal favorite, plays in my brain @ least once per day) & Don't You Want Me?
“ send me an angel” real life
Absolutely...!
That's what I was thinking, too. One of my favorite songs🎵 from the 80's. 😇Send me an Angel- by Real Life. 😀💖👌
MOVIE Rad
@@twx4184 Rad
@@twx4184 movie Rad
"In a Big Country"
The whole album The Crossing is amazing!
Come up SCREAMIN'!!!
Hell yeah!
Stay alive!
I love that song 💓
"I Got You" by Split Enz. SO overlooked
Everything split enz
And History Never Repeats
One Step Ahead is just as good
Six months on a leaky boat 😩
Yup. We all Kiwis here?
That's the perfect explanation of what it's like to discover a new song or one that you might have forgotten about.
Ok
Breakout-Swingout Sister, total 80’s Classic!🏌️♂️
I just discovered that song last year and have been listening to it non stop.
Top tune-takes me back to the old boozeroony in the 80’s🕺🍺🍺🍺🕺👍
The Level 42 song I prefer is "Lessons in Love".
Very good song, but something about you is a special piece of work
That bass line! Wow.
@@jefflongsine4912 Lessons in love polayed as the final song of Hot Pursuit
@A B Yep - Excellent!!
running in the family...
Level 42 was one of my favorite bands in the '80s, and they still are. I love the musicality of their songs. One of my absolute favorites by them is one that never got any airplay, (that I know of), but it's just so smooth. That song is "Dune Tune". Give it a listen.
I melt with you - Modern English
Save it for later - English Beat
Like to get to know you well - Howard Jones
Drive - cars
Sunglasses at night - Corey Hart
Drive was featured in The Carrie Diaries, tho
The Cars get slagged a LOT for most of Heartbeat City, although I love the album, but Drive is renown around the world as an absolute classic. Thank God.
Eurasian Eyes was a great song by Corey Hart, especially the intro part. I remember it being showcased in 9 1/2 weeks. That movie also had a great soundtrack.
I think Save it For Later is in one of the MCU Spider-Man movies.
Like to Get fo Know You Well is in Better Off Dead.
I agree. “Something About You” is a perfect song.
Rip Dan Hartman also what about Forever Young by Alphaville? Love that song so much.
Well, Forever Young isn’t in any way forgotten and has been used hundreds of times. Maybe that’s why.
if you don't look at your spouse and get a bit watery eyed over that sone, you have no soul.
@@carlh-thehermitwithwi-fi679 Far from a forgotten song though. It's a classic. Beautiful song.
I loved Streets of Fire. Dream About You is the crowning jewel of an awesome soundtrack! It would be terrific if someone used that. Timeless!
"Something About You" could be released today and succeed.
No question.
Don’t know?its a great song,but the current standard for popular music is a bunch of worthless crap,this newer music isn’t worth shit in my opinion.
Alan Endicott Most definitely! Mike Lindup's falsetto harmonies lift that song. Mark King just sang lead and played bass. The narrator misspoke.
Level 42 is number one on my playlist
Just in case some of you didn't know...check out Andy William's version of "Something about You" th-cam.com/video/RF1Ph7Du1-g/w-d-xo.html
“Space age love song” by: a flock of seagulls
Yes!! Amazing song. I found this album in a shop years ago and had to buy it so I could play this song!
“Valerie” -Steve Winwood
Omg yes!!! I can and have, listened to Valerie like 10x's in a row
This song is an absolute banger wish I was born 30 years earlier so I would enjoy this golden age of music.
The version from Chronicles is in my top 5 songs of all-time.
Talking back to the night by Steve Winwood...love that song
Best synth lead tone ever.
I’m a child of the 90s but every one of these I’m yelling OH YEAH while driving forklift at work. Giving me goosebumps brother, thank you.
Hands to Heaven - Breathe, Boys of Summer -Don Henley I love 80‘s music! Those were my teenage years!
Love that song by breathe . they had another one on that album it like too ( how can i fall)
I had a great friend and in the 80s we were the boys of summer every time I here it
I point to the sky and say Orin this one is for you! RIP
Two of my favourites ❤
FRIDA....I KNOW THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON, this song is amazing, you know what it is instantly, that Bass hook with drums.. infidelity, yeah top 3
Gotta love Phil Collins iconic drums on that track. I always loved that song.
@@billkeithchannel He produced it as well
INXS “Never Tear Us Apart”
Elias Stubbs My favourite INXS song.
Check out their breakout hit "The One Thing" (1983). It has one of the best guitar riffs ever.
Joanne Dixon-Jackson It’s such a good song, they have so many classics
Those are all good INXS songs, (they had a ton) but for my money, the song “Don’t Change,” is absolute perfection. Never get tired of hearing it and get pumped up every time I do.
The video was fun too.
IMO, their best album was Underneath The Colours. Every song on that is a great listen. It came out waaaay back in 1981, before they became semi-commercialized in the US from 1983 to 1986 and even more so in 1987-1988. Not a huge fan of them after 1990, but they were 👌.
Naked Eyes "Always Something There to Remind Me" just a solid pop song.
Also "Promises, Promises" is such a jam.
When The Lights Go Out is my favorite and that entire album is worth owning too.
What In The Name Of Love in 1984 is worth it too.