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Queen Bohemian Rhapsody, Another One Bites the Dust, Bicycle, Killer Queen, Fat-Bottomed Girls, Someone to Love
BeeGees How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?, Lonely Days
Lionel Ritchie All Night Long, (Oh What a Feeling) Dancing on the Ceiling, Hello

Dancing on the Ceiling courtesy Rob F

Another One Bites the Dust courtesy Queenrocks32

Guns n Roses – Paradise City
Poison – Every Rose Has Its Thorn, Your Mama Don’t Dance
Warrant -Cherry Pie
Jimmy Buffet – Margaritaville
The Pointer Sisters Jump for my Love, Dare Me, Neutron Dance

Dare Me courtesy SatinsDream

Eurythmics Sweet Dreams are Made of This, Here Comes the Rain Again
David BowieUnder Pressure, Golden Years, China Girl
Bon Jovi – You Give Love a Bad Name
Prince & The Revolution – When Doves Cry, Purple Rain
Michael Jackson – Billy Jean, Beat It, Thriller, Bad
Janet Jackson – Nasty, Rhythm Nation, Escapade
Tears for Fears – Shout, Everybody Wants to Rule the World
Talking Heads Burning Down the House, And She Was, PsychoKiller, This Must Be the Place

This Must be the Place courtesy docroe101

The Cars – Drive, Just What I Needed, Shake it Up, You Might Think
James Rizzi – Genius of Love
The Romantics- What I like about You
Madonna – Like a Virgin, Material Girl, Who’s that Girl, Like a Prayer, Holiday, Crazy for You, Express Yourself
Cyndi LauperGirls Just Wanna Have Fun, Time After Time, What’s Going On, She Bop

Girls Just Want to have Fun courtesy 80svideoshd

Heart These Dreams, Barracuda
Duran Duran – Hungry like the Wolf, Rio
B-52’s – Rock Lobster, Love Shack
R.E.M. – Stand, Shiny Happy People
Peter Gabriel – Sledgehammer, Big Time, Solsbury Hill, Mercy Street, Games without Frontiers, In Your Eyes

Games Without Frontiers courtesy h8ste25

Dianna Ross– Swept Away
Luther Vandross – Power of Love
Grace Jones – Pull Up to the Bumper
Pat Benatar- We Belong, Love is a Battlefield
Elton JohnSacrifice, Healing Hands

Healing Hands courtesy fergs131074

Gary Numan – Berserker
Def Leopard – Pour Some Sugar on Me
Aerosmith – Janie’s Got a Gun, Walk this Way, Sweet Emotion
Kate Beck
Dolly Parton – 9 to 5
The Pogues -Fairytale of New York

Fairytale of New York courtesy RhinoUK

Depeche Mode – Just Can’t Get Enough
Men at Work – Down Under, Who Can it be Now?
Devo- Whip It
Phil Collins- Something Happened on the Way to Heaven, Ssuddio, In the Air Tonight, Paradise
GenesisIllegal Alien, Follow You Follow Me, Abacab, Tell me Why
Dead or Alive Brand New Lover, You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)

Brand New Lover courtesy DeadOrAliveVEVO

Sugarhill Gang – Rapper’s Delight
Big Country- Big Country, Fields of Fire
Arrested Development – Mr. Wendell, Tennessee
Thomas Dolby – She Blinded Me with Science

She Blinded Me with Science courtesy jmarcht

Mr. Wendall courtesy boynamedfuture

The Bangles – Manic Monday, Walk Like an Egyptian
Belinda Carlisle – Circles in the Sand, Heaven is a Place on Earth
Tiffany – I think We’re Alone Now, Kids in America
Debbie Gibson – Electric Youth
New Kids on the Block – This One’s for the Childen, The Right Stuff
Clannad – Harry’s Game
Enya – Orinoco Flow, Ebudae, How Can I Keep from Singing?

Orinico Flow courtesy warnerbrosrecords

The Cure – Friday I’m in Love
‘Til Tuesday- Voices Carry
The Knack – My Sharona
Swingout Sister – Breakout
Siouxie Sioux and the Banshees – This Wheel’s on Fire
The Clash – This is England, Rock the Casbah
Bow Wow Wow – I want Candy
Adam and the Ants – Kings of the Wild Frontier, Stand and Deliver
Roxette: Joy Ride, It Must Have Been Love
Pet Shop Boys: West End Girls
A-Ha: Take on Me

West End Girls courtesy parlophone

Take on Me courtesy RhinoEntertainment

Van Halen: Jump
AC/ DC – Highway to Hell
Ozzie Osbourne – Black Rain
OMD – How Bizarre
Paul Hardcastle – The Wizard, Don’t Waste my Time
Missing Persons – Only The Lonely, Suddenly Last Summer (w/ the Motels)
Tom Tom Club – Genius of Love

Genius of Love courtesy Marcio Cerqueira

Robert Plant – Ship of Fools
Harold Faltermeyer – Axel F
Eric Clapton – Cocaine, I Shot the Sheriff, Layla, Wonderful Tonight
Frankie Goes to Hollywood – Relax
Madness – Our House

Our House courtesy UnionSquareMusic

INXS – I Need You Tonight
Weather Girls – It’s Raining Men
The Kinks – Lola, Where Have all the Good Times Gone
Village People – Y.M.C.A.
Kraftwerk – Technopop
New Order – Blue Monday

Blue Monday courtesy RhinoUK

Blue Oyster Cult -Don’t Fear the Reaper, Burnin’ for You
Human League – Everybody Wants to Rule the World
Simply Red – Fairground, Holding Back the Years

Fairground courtesy Simply Red

Chris DeBurgh – Lady in Red
Christopher Cross – Sailing, Arthur’s Theme
Asia – The Heat of the Moment
Journey – Don’t Stop Believin’, Faithfully, Lovin’ Touchin’ Squeezin’
Stevie Nicks- Bella Donna, Empire State, Rooms on Fire, Stand Back, Leather and Lace, Edge of Seventeen
Fleetwood Mac- Everywhere, Little Lies, Seven Wonders, Hold Me

Little Lies courtesy ziggig1

Meatloaf– I would do anything for love
The Specials – Enjoy yourself, it’s later than you think
Billy Joel- Piano Man, We Didn’t Start the Fire, Allentown, She’s Always a Woman to Me
Kenny Loggins Danger Zone, Footloose, This is It, Celebrate Me Home, Meet Me Halfway

Allentown courtesy billyjoelVEVO

Meet Me Halfway courtesy dfactoryusa

Da Da Da courtesy RockAndDiscoMusic

Trio- Da Da Da
Dire Straights – Money for Nothing
Flock of Seagulls – I Ran
Thompson Twins – Hold Me Now
Yello – Oh Yeah

Oh Yeah courtesy HOLLYwoodgoesFRANKIE

Oh Yeah courtesy spuzzlightyeartoo

Motley Crew – Smokin in the Boys’ Room
Chaka Khan: I Feel for You, Through the fire
The Jets – Make it Real
M.C. Hammer – U Can’t Touch This

Can’t Touch This courtesy CaptainVanquish

Iron Maiden – Sanctuary, Iron Maiden
Metallica – Ride the Lightning, Fade to Black
Berlin- Take My Breath Away
Violent Femmes
The Ramones – Smoking in the Boys’ Room, School’s Out, OPet Semetary
Kajagoogoo – Too Shy
Lihmal – Neverending Story
Bananarama – Cruel Summer, Venus
The Pretenders – Don’t Get Me Wrong, Brass in My Pocket
Sade – Smooth Operator
Martika- Love, Thy Will be Done, Toy Soldiers

Love, Thy Will be Done courtesy Kaqotoli

Tina Turner – What’s Love Got to Do With It, We Don’t Need Another Hero, It’s Only Love
The Buggles – Video Killed the Radio Star
Toni Basil– Mickey
Dexie’s Midnight Runners – Come on, Eileen
Modern English – I Melt with You
Sugarcubes – Vitamin
Erasure – Victim of Love
Tommy Tutone- 867-5309 Jenny
The Smiths
Donna Summer – She Works Hard for the Money

She Works Hard for the Money courtesy Werner Araya

Samantha Fox – Nothing’s Gonna Stop Me Now
The Waitresses – I Know What Boys Like
Public Enemy – Bring the Noise, Welcome to the Terrordome
Beastie Boys – You Gotta Fight for Your Right to Party
Traci Chapman – Fast Car
Everything But the Girl – I Miss You
Olivia Newton John – Xanadu, Let’s Get Physical

Xanadu courtesy Rodrigo O.M.

Talk Talk – It’s My Life
Billy Idol – Hot in the City, Dancing with Myself, Rock the Cradle of Lovetriplet
Triplets and Us – Moving Sidewalks
Corey Hart– Sunglasses at Night
The Go-Go’s – We Got the Beat
Culture Club- Karma Chameleon
Animotion- Obsession

Obsession courtesy PenarthJem

Mike + The Mechanics – All I Need is a Miracle, The Living Years
Bruce Springsteen– Born in the USA, Little Pink Houses
Lisa Stansfield – All Around the World
Anthrax – Anthrax, Armed and Dangerous, Medusa
The Police- Every Breath You Take, King of Pain, Don’t Stand so Close to Me, De DoDo Do, De Da Da Da, Spirits in the Material World, Every Little Thing she Does is Magic, Invisible Sun, Wrapped Around Your Finger
Sting – Be Still My Beating Heart, If You Love Someone Set Them Free, Russians, Englishman in New York, Fragile

Every Breath You Take courtesy ThePoliceVEVO

Russians courtesy StingVEVO

Steve Winwood – Higher Love, Back in the High Life, The Finer Things
Huey Lewis and the News- The Heart of Rock and Roll, Doin it all for My Baby, Workin for a Livin
Bryan Adams – Summer of ’69, Run to You
Pink Floyd – The Wall, Money
Sonic Youth
U2 – One, Sunday Bloody Sunday, New Year’s Day, Where the Streets Have No Name, I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For, With or Without You
Slayer – Chemical Warfare, Live Undead
Kansas – House on Fire
Chicago- If She Would have Been Faithful, Hard to Say I’m Sorry, Love Me Tomorrow, Hard Habit to Break, You’re the Inspiration, Will You Still Love Me
Peter Cetera – Glory of Love, The Next Time I Fall (w/ Amy Grant), Daddy’s Girl

Daddy’s Girl courtesy JourneyRock92

Sunday Bloody Sunday courtesy U2VEVO

Rick Astley – Never Gonna Give You Up
Debbie Harry / Blondie – The Tide is High, For Your Eyes Only, Heart of Glass
Lenny Kravitz – Sittin on Top of the World, Freedom Train
The Vapours- Turning Japanese
The Cover Girls – We Can’t Go Wrong
Toto- Africa, Roseanne
Men without Hats – Safety Dance

Africa courtesy Tim Savelli

Safety Dance courtesy mahazero

Twisted Sister- We’re not Gonna Take it
Foreigner – Waiting for a Girl Like You, Head Games
Billy Ocean – Everlasting Love, Caribbean Queen, When the Going Gets Tough the Tough Get Going
Joe Jackson – Steppin Out
Whitney Houston – I Wanna Dance with Somebody, How Will I Know?

I Wanna Dance with Somebody courtesy Superstellina2012

Steppin Out courtesy fingerjazz

Flesh for Lulu- I Go Crazy
Lindsey Buckingham – I Go Insane
Christine McVie – Love Will Show Us How, Got a Hold on Me
The Misfits – Night of the Living Dead,
Whodini – The Freaks Come out at Night
Jesus Jones– Info Psycho
Psychedelic Furs – Pretty in Pink
D.J. Jazzy Jeff – Fresh Prince of Bell Air
Fat Boys – Are You Ready for Freddy?
Rod Stewart– Maggie May, Tonight’s the Night
Scorpions – Arizona, Rock You Like a Hurricane,
Styx – Mr. Roboto, Come Sail Away, Show Me The Way

Mr. Roboto courtesy TheVS212


John Foxx
Suzanne Vega: Tom’s diner, Luka
Nena – Neunundneunzig Luftballons / 99 Luftballons
Milli Vanilli – Blame it on the Rain

Tom’s Diner courtesy ParasiteXSnuff

99 Luftballons courtesy NenaVEVO

Blame it on the Rain courtesy FFFclub

Technotronic – Pump up the Jam
Joan Jett and the Blackheads – I Love Rock and Roll
John Mellencamp – Jack and Dianne
Bob Geldof
Mike Reno & Ann Wilson – Almost Paradise
Wham! – Wake me up before you go go
Bangles
Tracy Ulman – They Don’t Know
Eddie Murphy – Party all the Time
Rick Springfield – Jesse’s Girl
Howard Jones – What is Love? Automaton
Information Society- Pure Energy
Mr. Mister – Kyrie, Broken Wings

Kyrie courtesy 4OLDVHS

Cher – If I Could Turn Back Time, Heart of Stone, After All (w/ Peter Cetera)
Salt n Pepa – Push it, Shake Your Thang, Get Up Everybody Get Up
Kid n Play – Brother Man Get Hip, House Party
Survivor- The Eye of the Tiger
White Lion – Fight to Survive, All You Need is Rock and Roll
Sheena Easton – Morning Train (Nine to Five), For Your Eyes Only

Morning Train (9 to 5) courtesy emimusic

Rhythm is Gonna Get You courtesy sudba

Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine – Rhythm is Gonna Get You, Get On Your Feet, Boys will be Boys
Paula Abdul – Forever Your Girl, Opposites Attract, Straight Up, Cold Hearted
Linda Rondstadt – Somewhere Out There, Girls Talk, Someone To Watch Over Me, When You Wish Upon a Star, When Something is Wrong with My Baby
Peabo Bryson – Tonight, I Celebrate my Love (for you)
John Lennon – Imagine
Neville Brothers – Brother John/ Iko Iko, Voodoo
ZZ Top – Legs
Los Lobos– La Bamba, Kiko and the Lavender Moon
M – Pop Muzik

Somewhere out There courtesy foreverjamina

Pop Muzik courtesy stardustdays

Kiko and the Lavendar Moon courtesy Manuel Alejandro Salgado Leon

Right Said Fred- I’m Too Sexy
Richard Marx – Right Here Waiting, Endless Summer Nights, Lonely Heart, Too Late to Say Goodbye, Children of the Night
Steve Perry – Foolish Heart
Tone Loc- Funky Cold Medina, Wild Thing

Funky Cold Medina courtesy AlexRmF

I’m too Sexy courtesy VidZone

Rick James – Super Freak
Falco- Rock Me Amadeus
Rock Me Amadeus courtesy Havocsaddler

Murray Head – One Night in Bangkok
Hall & Oates– Your Kiss is on My List, Private Eyes, Maneater, I Can’t Go For That, Rich Girl
Shawn Colvin: Steady on
Wang Chung – Everybody Have Fun Tonight, Dance Hall Days

One Night in Bangkok courtesy lineu sam

Everybody have Fun Tonight courtesy WangChungVEVO

Wierd Al Yankovic – Another One Rides the Bus, Eat It, Like a Surgeon, Fat, She Drives Like Crazy
R.E.O. Speedwagon: Keep on Loving You, Can’t Fight This Feeling
John Parr: Man in Motion (St. Elmo’s Fire)
Don Henley: Dirty Laundry, The Boys of Summer, All She Wants to do is Dance, New York Minute
Sinead O’Connor: Nothing Compares 2U
Robert Palmer: Some Like it Hot, Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor), Addicted to Love, I Didn’t Mean to Turn You On, Simply Irresistible

Simply Irresistible courtesy emimusic

St. Elmo’s Fire (Man in Motion) courtesy skappyj

Abba: Winner Takes it All
Academy Dream: Life in a Northern Town
Midnight Oil: Beds are Burning
Dave Mason: we just disagree

Eat It courtesy alyankovicVEVO

Life in a Northern Town courtesy DgefalleneEngel

We Just Disagree courtesy Riahsha

Carly Simon: Coming Around Again, You’re So Vain
Naked Eyes: Always Something There to Remind Me
Simple Minds: Don’t You (Forget about Me)
(Jefferson) Starship: Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now, Sara

Sara courtesy JeffersonStarshpVEVO

Sources:
Put the Needle on the Record: the 1980s at 45 Revolutions per Minute – Matthew Chojnacki
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