Rare New Wave Songs Playlist

 

00:00​ This Fear - Soldier Of This Fashion [1985] 05:13​ Face Of Concern - Brighter Days [1986] 08:22​ Erth – Dreaming Of You [1986] 12:10​ The Press Club - I'm Watching You [1985] 15:47​ Henry Badowski - Silver Trees [1981] 19:22​ The Fans - Love Me Like a Stranger [1984] 23:33​ Bangah - Every Wave [1984] 28:50​ Minks – Surprised [1984] 32:35​ Clever Lines - After the Snow Melts [1985] 37:07​ Doo Blan Tant – Life Long [1984] 39:50​ The And – Holiday Girl [1984] 42:12​ Hoorah! Boys! Hoorah! - Is This What You Promised Me [1984] 46:00​ Spot The Dog - Man Who Dies Everyday 49:52​ Zamp Nicall – Music Man [1985] 53:22​ Kingdoms – Heartland [1984] 56:45​ Edge Of The Wedge - She Loves By #s​ [1984] 1:01:40​ D'arc – The Letter [1982] 1:05:03​ Vellum Stairs - You're Always Guilty 1:09:25​ ¡Ack-Ack! - Another Face [1985] 1:12:41​ Tools Of Romance - Cool Heart [1985] 1:17:57​ Sight Unseen - Is This Heaven [1985] 1:22:20​ I Spy – Channels [1982] 1:24:42​ Broken Silence - Nightstalking [1984]

1983 Lesser Known Songs Playlist

 

Enjoy some 1983 Lesser Known Singles and B sides with our Top of the Pops 80s Playlist

Industry - In The Still Of The Night (Extended Version)

Sylvester - Don't Stop

Agnetha Faltstog  - Can't Shake Loose

Freur - Matters of the Heart

Joan Armatrading - Heaven

Jakko - Dangerous Dreams

Virna Lindt - Intelligence

Moving Pictures - What About Me

The Nolans - Dressed To Kill

James Ross - Slow Down (Extended Mix)

1984 Lesser Known Songs Playlist

 

Enjoy some 1984 Lesser Known Singles (and B Sides) with our Top of the Pops 80s Playlist

National Pastime - It's All a Game (Extended Version)

Kim Wilde - Lovers on a Beach

Sugar Sugar - Not In Front of the Children (Not in the Nursery Mix)

Bonnie Tyler - Here She Comes

Hazel O'Connor - Cuts Too Deep

Kingdoms - Stability

Tina Turner - Don't Rush the Good Things

Fashion - Dreaming

Carol Kenyon - Dance With Me (Extended Mix)

Silent Running - Emotional Welfare (Extended Mix)

Pat Benatar Playlist

Time for a little rock! Not surprisingly I’ve never really been a rocker. However, Rock Music was one area where the men didn’t really do it for me but the women certainly did!

In 1985 “Love is a Battlefield” by Pat Benatar was re-released in the U.K. Not that I knew at the time, this song wasn’t really Pat’s usual rock style, it was more an 80s synthesizer pop dance song. They even made Pat dance a little in the music video which she hated doing!

Still it was the kind of stuff I liked so having bought the 12 inch single and loved it, I then went out and bought her current “Tropico” album. 

                                

Again at first I was unaware that this album was a slight change in direction for her and a little softer than her usual style. I loved the album so much that I decided to delve into her back catalogue.

That’s when I discovered her true rock style and her powerful passionate voice. “Heartbreaker”, “Hit Me With Your Best Shot”, “Fire and Ice”, “Invincible” etc.... featuring the amazing guitar playing of her husband, since 1982, Neil Giraldo.

Her first album “In The Heat Of The Night” was released in 1979 and after I heard it in 1985 it very quickly became one of my all time favourite albums. I simply love every track. The album never originally charted in the U.K. but it did hit the dizzy heights of number 98 in 1985. Which naturally must have been because I'd gone out and bought it!!

                                   

Sadly Pat has never really had the chart success in the U.K. that I feel she deserves. “We Belong” reached number 22 in 1985. “All Fired Up” reached 19 in 1988 and that re-release of “Love Is A Battlefield” peaked at number 17 and remains her biggest hit. A handful of other singles have made the lower regions of the U.K. charts.

Some of her albums have done a little better and her Best of collection in 1987 “Best Shots” reached number 6. Aged 67 Pat is still rocking.

You can enjoy my Pat 80s Playlist on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist…

July Playlist 1984

July Playlist 1984

01 - Billy Ocean - Dancefloor
02 - Tina Turner - Keep Your Hands Off My Baby
03 - Wham - If You Were there
04 - Alison Moyet - Money Mile
05 - Thompson Twins - Passion Planet
06 - The Pointer Sisters  - Dance Electric
07 - Alphaville - Sounds Like A Melody
08 - Madonna - Pretender
09 - U2 - Indian Summer Sky
10 -  Sade - Spirit

 

June Playlist - 1983

 

June Playlist - 1983

 

Spandau Ballet - Foundation

Jennifer Rush - Into My Dreams

Heaven 17 - Key To The World

Tracey Ullman - I Close My Eyes and Count To Ten

Tears For Fears - Watch Me Bleed

Dionne Warwick - I Do It Cause I Like It

Meatloaf - Wolf At the Door

Joan Armatrading Foolish Pride

A Flock Of Seagulls - What Am I Supposed To Do

Joan Jett and the Blackhearts - Secret Love

 

May Playlist 1982

 

 

May Playlist  - 1982

 

ABC - Show Me

Yazoo - Didn't I Bring Your Love Down

Dollar - I Got Your Number Wrong

Shalamar - Playing to Win

Laura Branigan - Living a Lie

Glen Frey - That Girl

Donna Summer - Love Is Just A Breath Away

Joe Jackson - A Slow Song

Kate Bush -  Leave It Open

Blancmange - I've Seen The Word

 

 

April Playlist 1981

April Playlist 1981:

 

Depeche Mode - Sometimes Wish I Was Dead

Bucks Fizz - Lady Of The Night

Phil Collins - I'm Not Moving

Kim Wilde - Young Heroes

Prince - Private Joy

Altered Images - Idols

Soft cell - Secret Life (demo)
Aneka - Put Out The Light 

Teardrop Explodes - Falling Down Around Me

Olivia Newton John - Love Makes Me Strong

 

January Playlist - 1980

January  Playlist - 1980

The Human League - Marianne
The Tourists - So You Want To Go Away Now
Roxy Music  - My Only Love
Pat Benatar - Never Want To Leave You
OMD - Motion and Heart
Kim Carnes - In the Chill Of The Night
Paul McCrane - Dogs In The Yard (from Fame)
Lipps Inc - Always Looking
BoomTown Rats -  Man At The Top
The Nolans - Lead Me On

December Playlist

December Playlist:

Modern Talking - It's Christmas
Bryan Adams - Christmas Time
Erasure - She Won't Be Home
Ray Parker Jr - Christmas Time is Here
Sheena Easton - It's Christmas All Over The World
Rita MacNeil - Now The Bells Ring
Bucks Fizz - Now You're Gone
Amy Grant = Love Has Come
The Jets - Christmas In My Heart
Dead or Alive - Blue Christmas

November Playlist

November Playlist
1980 - Dexy's Midnignt Runners - Tell Me When My Light Turns Green
1981 - Abba - Soldier 
1982 - Visage - The Horseman
1983 - Cyndi Lauper - Witness
1984 - The Human League - I Love You Too Much
1985 - Sade - Tar Baby
1986 - Peter Gabriel - That Voice Again
1987- Sinead O'Conner - Drink Before The War
1988 - Billy Ocean - Soon As You're Ready
1989 - Sonia - Better Than Ever

October Playlist

October Playlist:
1989 - Chris Rea - You Must Be Evil
1988 - Martika - You Got Me Into this
1987 - 5 Star  - Made Out Of Love
1986 - Bon Jovi - I'd Die for You
1985 - Pointer Sisters - Contact
1984 - The Jacksons  - We Can Change The World
1983 - Real Life - Burning Blue
1982 - Tight Fit - One Thing Leads To Another
1981 - Kim Carnes - Don't Call It Love
1980 - Japan - My New Career

September Playlist

 

September Playlist:

 

1980 - Hall and Oates - Gotta Lot of Nerve (Perfect Perfect)

1981 - Hazel O'Connor - Runaway

1982 - Haircut 100 - Snow Girl

1983 - Bonnie Tyler - Time

1984 - Nik Kershaw - Cloak and Dagger

1985 - Jennifer Rush - The Right Time Has Come Now

1986 - Depeche Mode - A World Full of Nothing

1987 - Debbie Gibson - Play The Field

1988 - R.E.M. - You Are the Everything

1989 - Cher - Emotional Fire

 

 

August Playlist

August Playlist

 

1989 - Simply Red - She'll Have To Go

1988 - Tracy Chapman - For My Lover

1987 -  Rick Astley  -   Slipping Away

1986 -  Elkie Brooks - Hold The Dream

1985 -  Howard Jones- Is There A Difference

1984 - The Bangles  - He's Got A Secret

1983 - Tears For Fears - Watch Me Bleed

1982 - Frida - Do You Know What I Mean

1981 - Soft cell - Where Did Our Love Go

1980 - Kate Bush - All We Ever Look For

 

 

August Playlist from Mark1814 on Vimeo.

July Playlist

July Playlist1980 - The Buggles - I Love You Miss Robot
1981 - Diana Ross - Two can Make It
1982 - Rick Springfield - Just One Kiss
1983 - Irene Cara - Talk Too Much
1984 - Culture Club - Don't Want To Talk About It
1985 - Amy Grant - Step in Your Shoes
1986 - Jermaine Jackson and Whitney Houston - If You Say My Eyes Are Beautiful
1987 - Def Leppard - Love and Affection
1988 - All About Eve - Shelter From The Rain
1989 - Soul ll Soul - Dance

June Playlist

1989 - Karyn  White - Don't Mess With Me
1988 - Bros - Shocked
1987 - Suzanne Vega - In the Eye
1986 - Prince - Train
1985 - Everything But The Girl - Ballad of the Times
1984 - Peabo Bryson - Straight From the Heart
1983 - Melissa Manchester - City Nights
1982 - Shalamar - On Top of the World
1981 - Toyah - We Are
1980 - Air Supply - Chances

May Playlist

May Playlist

1980 - Blondie - Live It Up
1981 - Phil Collins - Thunder and Lightning
1982 - ABC - Many Happy Returns
1983 - Bow Wow Wow - The Mountain Man
1984 - David Bowie and Tina Turner - Tonight
1985 - Chris Isaak - Back On Your Side
1986 - Alphaville - Fantastic Dream
1987 - Belinda Carlisle - We Can Change
1988 - Nia Peeples - Poetry in Motion
1989 - Madonna - Promise To Try

April Playlist

April Playlist:

1989 - Donna Summer - Whatever Your Heart Desires
1988 - Crowded House - Love This Life
1987 - Heart - Wait For An Answer
1986 - Duran Duran - A Matter Of Feeling
1985 - Elaine Paige - This Is Where I Came In
1984 - Rockwell - Change Your Ways
1983 - Aretha Franklin - When You Love Me Like That
1982 - Roxy Music - The Space In Between
1981 - Debbie Harry - Jump Jump
1980 - George Benson - Midnight Love Affair

March Playlist

Here's our March Playlist

1980 - Ultravox - Private Lives
1981 - Sheena Easton - No One Ever Knows
1982 - The Jam - Ghosts
1983 - Joan Armatrading - Foolish Pride
1984 - Simple Minds - Book of Brilliant Things
1985 - Stevie Nicks - Has Anyone ever Written Anything For You
1986 - Luther Vandross - I Gave It Up When I Fell In Love
1987 - Mel and Kim - From A Whisper To A Scream
1988 - Breathe - All This I Should Have Known
1989 - Lisa Stansfield - Affection

February Playlist

Here's our February Playlist

1989 - Liza Minnelli & Pet Shop Boys - I Want You Now
1988 - New Order - Don't Do It
1987 - Swing Out Sister - It's Not Enough
1986 - The Smiths - I Know It's Over
1985 - Laura Branigan - Tenderness
1984 - Fiction Factory - Ghost of Love
1983 - Peabo Bryson and Roberta Flack - I Just Came Her To Dance
1982 - Yazoo - Bad Connection
1981 - Imagination - I'll Always Love You
1980 - Huey Lewis and the News - Don't Make Me Do It