Top of the Pop Culture 80s - Top 20 Singles of the 80s - Numbers 10 to 1

 

1 When Doves Cry – Prince

2 Fame -Irene Cara

3 You Are - Lionel Richie

4 Love is a Battlefield - Pat Benatar

5 Broken Land -The Adventures

6 Running Up that Hill - Kate Bush

7 Martha’s Harbour - All About Eve

8 Caught Up in a Rapture - Anita Baker

 9 So Emotional - Whitney Houston

10 Hide and Seek - Howard Jones 

Top of the Pop Culture 80s - Top 20 Albums of the 80s - Numbers 20 to 11

 Our Top 20 all time 80s favourite albums. Numbers 20 to 11. The criteria is albums we still play today and never tire of, where we never skip any songs or think I've heard that track too many times.

Listen to some of our favourites:

Anita Baker Just Because 1989

 

Anita Baker - "Just Because" 

The 13th Single from Anita Baker was released in February 1989 and reached Number 93 on the U.K. singles chart.  Written by Alec Brown, Simon Keeney and Michael Ohara it was released on Elektra records on 7 inch, 12 inch and CD single and spent 1 week on the chart.

                                                       Number One Magazine Review

                                                                 Record Mirror Review

                           

Single Reviews Record Mirror February 1989

 

Anita Baker Jet Magazine 1987

                                                                                

Anita Baker Smash Hits 1987

Anita Baker - Same Ole Love - 1987

Anita Baker -  "Same Ole Love"
The 9th Single from Anita Baker was released in June 1987 in the U.K. and reached Number 100 on the U.K. singles chart.  Written by Darryl K. Roberts and Marilyn Mcleod.  It was released on Elektra records on 7 inch and cassette single and spent 1 week on the chart. It reached number 44 on the U.S. Billiboard charts where it was released in February 1987.
 

Number One Magazine review by Johnny Hates Jazz

Anita Baker - Caught Up In The Rapture - 1987

Anita Baker -  "Caught Up In The Rapture"

The 8th Single from Anita Baker was released in January 1987 and reached Number 51 on the U.K. singles chart.  Written by Gary Glenn and Dianne Quander it was released on Elektra records on 7 inch and 12 inch single and spent  5 weeks on the chart.

Live Performance

                                                          Smash Hits Review

 

                                            Number One Magazine review

 

 

Extended Remix

 

 

Anita Baker Jet Magazine 1986

January Playlist

A new feature for the new year is our Monthly playlists - 10 songs, one from each year - Album tracks, B sides and forgotten singles, spanning different musical genres.  

Here's our January Playlist

1980 - Split Enz - Poor Boy
1981 - Spandau Ballet - Reformation
1982 - Chris de Burgh - Crying and Laughing
1983 - Eurythmics - I Could Give You A Mirror
1984 - Thompson Twins - No Peace For the Wicked
1985 - Pat Benatar - Run Between The Raindrops
1986 - Anita Baker - Watch Yourself
1987 - Erasure - If I Could
1988 - Melissa Etheridge - Precious Pain
1989 - Tina Turner - Look Me In The Heart

Janet Jackson, Whitney Houston, Anita Baker Ebony Magazine 1987

Anita Baker Ebony Magazine Interview 1989