80's Music - Need Suggestions!

[malibuconlee]

Get some Pat Benetar in there.

Beastie Boys - Fight for Your Right to Party

Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet albulm

Poison - Look What the Cat Dragged In albulm

An 80's party is not an 80's party without some Tiffany and Debbie Gibson. (Sorry Deborah, you'll always be Debbie to me.)

I found these online at amazon.com as part of a box set.

Disc: 1
Music Music
1. Puttin' on the Ritz - Taco ListenMusic
2. Hot Hot Hot - Buster Poindexter ListenMusic
3. Ghostbusters - Ray Parker, Jr. ListenMusic
4. Jessie's Girl - Rick Springfield ListenMusic
5. Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) - Eurythmics ListenMusic
6. Eye in the Sky - The Alan Parsons Project
7. Waiting for a Star to Fall - Boy Meets Girl
8. You Don't Want Me Anymore - Steel Breeze
9. Private Eyes - Hall & Oates
10. Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car - Billy Ocean
11. Jane - Jefferson Starship
12. Just Got Lucky - Jo Boxers
13. Broken Wings - Mr. Mister
14. Nobody - Sylvia
Disc: 2
Music Music
1. Forever Your Girl - Paula Abdul
2. Affair of the Heart - Rick Springfield ListenMusic
3. Kiss Me Deadly - Lita Ford
4. No Money Down - Lou Reed
5. Keep It Confidential - Nona Hendryx
6. Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run) - Billy Ocean
7. Who's Zoomin' Who - Aretha Franklin
8. Make Me Lose Control - Eric Carmen
9. Deja Vu - Dionne Warwick
10. (There's) No Gettin' over Me - Ronnie Milsap
11. 9 to 5 - Dolly Parton
12. Talk It Over - Grayson Hugh
13. Touch Me (I Want Your Body) - Samantha Fox
14. Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley
Disc: 3
Music Music
1. Funky Town ListenMusic
2. We Built This City - Starship
3. Turn Up the Radio - Autograph
4. Angel Eyes - The Jeff Healey Band
5. I Want Candy - Bow Wow Wow
6. I Ran (So Far Away) - A Flock of Seagulls
7. Here Comes the Rain Again - Eurythmics
8. Under the Milky Way - The Church
9. Shiny Shiny
10. Digging Your Scene - The Blow Monkeys
11. So Alive - Love and Rockets
12. Lay Your Hands on Me - Thompson Twins
13. I'm So Excited - The Pointer Sisters
14. Kyrie - Mr. Mister

 

[Laurajean1014]

A town called Malice - The Church
Shoot that Poisen Arrow - ABC
Tenderness - General Public
Oblivious - Aztec Camera
Kiss Me - Tin Tin
Photograph - Def Lephard
Whisper to a Scream - Ochestral Manoevers in the Dark
She sells sanctuary - The Cult
Love Song - The Cure
Do you want to touch me there - Joan Jett
I know what boys like - The Waitresses
Destination Unknown - Missing Persons

 

[Laurajean1014]

Hard Act To Follow Split Enz
Messed Around Squeeze
Talk To You Later Tubes
World Of Water New Music
I Won’t Let You Down PhD
Tempted Squeeze
Formidable Syl Sylvain & The Teardrops
Disappearing Sinceros
Guilty Classix Nouveau La Di Da Sad Café
Jumpin’ Jive Joe Jackson
Massive Reductions Kinks
Si Si Je Suis Un Rock Star Bill Wyman
Edge Of Seventeen Stevie Nicks
Jealous Lover Rainbow
Start Me Up Rolling Stones
Private Eyes Hall & Oates
Hang Fire Rolling Stones
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic Police
No Reply At All Genesis
Talk Dirty John Entwhistle
Love Is Like A Rock Donnie Iris
Keep It Dark Genesis
It’s Alright Jo Jo Zip & The Falcons
Under Pressure David Bowie & Queen
Centerfold J. Geils Band
Tainted Love Soft Cell
Victim Of Circumstance Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
Crimson & Clover Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
Let's Get It Up AC/DC
This Is Radio Clash Clash
Take Off Bob & Doug McKenzie
Abacab Genesis
Absolute Beginners - Jam

 

[chimera]

Wow...what a great list! Now I feel old

Let's see...trying to remember the videos I used to watch on MTV...back in the day when they showed videos

Almost Paradise...Anne Wilson and Mike Reno, I think?
Workin for the Weekend...Loverboy
How do I get you Alone...Heart
Boys of Summer...Don Henley
Sister Christian...Night Ranger
Best of Times...Styx

 

[Laurajean1014]

1982

Just Can’t Get Enough Depeche Mode
Living In The Limelight Peter Cetera
Some Guys Have All The Luck Robert Palmer
Let Me Kiss Ya Nick Lowe
Pretty Woman Van Halen
Nice Girls Eye to Eye
Don’t You Want Me? Human League
Jam Sandwich Jimmy Page
Crank It Up Dregs
Giving It All Up For Love Huey Lewis & The News
Heat Of The Moment Asia
Kids In America Kim Wilde
Stone Cold Rainbow
Putting Out The Fire (Cat People) David Bowie
I Want Candy Bow Wow Wow
Love Plus One Haircut One Hundred
Dancing In The Street Van Halen
Island Of Lost Souls Blondie
Should I Stay or Should I Go? Clash
Valley Girl Frank & Moon Zappa
Abracadabra Steve Miller
Face Dances Part 2 Pete Townshend
Telecommunication A Flock Of Seagulls
Heartbeat King Crimson
Vacation Go Go’s
If You See Kay April Wine
Rock The Casbah Clash
Open Your Eyes Lords Of The New Church
Words Missing Persons
Everywhere That I’m Not Translator
Hungry Like The Wolf Duran Duran
Talk Talk Talk Talk
Steppin’ Out Joe Jackson
I Melt With You Modern English
Come On Eileen Dexy’s Midnight Runners
Dancing In Heaven Q-Feel
Shock The Monkey Peter Gabriel
Jukebox (Don’t Put Another Dime) Flirts
The Look Of Love ABC
Back On The Chain Gang Pretenders
Walking In L.A. Missing Persons
Annie Get Your Gun Squeeze
Kiss Of Life Peter Gabriel
Pass The Dutchie Musical Youth
She Blinded Me With Science Thomas Dolby
That’s Good Devo
Our House Madness
The Other Side Of Love Yazoo
Der Kommisar Falco
Let Me Go Heaven 17
Party Party Elvis Costello
Always Something There To Remind Me Naked Eyes

 

[trappednabox]

oh, and you can't forget Thriller by Michael Jackson. I'm not an MJ fan, but that's the ultimate 80's song!

 

[Laurajean1014]

1983


New Year’s Day U2
Kinetic Hilary
Make A Circuit With Me Polecats
Kiss Me Tin Tin
Change Tears For Fears
Time (Clock Of The Heart) Culture Club
Sunday, Bloody Sunday U2
Safety Dance Men Without Hats
Let’s Dance David Bowie
Too Shy Kajagoogoo
Is There Something I Should Know? Duran Duran
Church Of The Poisoned Mind Culture Club
Electric Avenue Eddy Grant
Modern Love David Bowie
Doot Doot Freur
(Keep Feeling) Fascination Human League
Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) Eurythmics
Song For A Future Generation B-52’s
Every Breath You Take Police
Whammy Kiss B-52’s
(Theme From) Doctor Detroit Devo
Burning Down The House ** Talking Heads
Wolfman Tap Electric Guitars
Major Tom (Coming Home) Peter Schilling
Nobody’s Diary Yaz
Every Day I Write The Book Elvis Costello & The Attractions
The Stand Alarm
99 Luftballons Nena
Sexy & 17 Stray Cats
Promises, Promises Naked Eyes
So Afraid Of The Russians Made For TV
Swear Tim Scott
Drop Your Pants Hilary
Sexbeat Sexbeat
Karma Chameleon Culture Club
Will You Stay Tonight? Comsat (C.S.) Angels
Talking In Your Sleep Romantics
Sixty-Eight Guns Alarm
Get Out Of London Interferon
Miss Me Blind Culture Club
Union Of The Snake * Duran Duran
Red, Red Wine * UB40
Puss 'N' Boots Adam Ant
Rebel Yell Billy Idol
Right By Your Side Eurythmics
Rush, Rush Debbie Harry
The Reflex Duran Duran
2000 Miles Pretenders
Hold Me Now Thompson Twins
Middle Of The Road Pretenders
Way Of Life Puppets
Only You Flying Pickets
Hyperactive Thomas Dolby
Where Were You Hiding When The Storm Broke? The Alarm

 

[Laurajean1014]

1984


Bag Lady Ebn-Ozn
Somebody’s Watching Me Rockwell
Doctor, Doctor Thompson Twins
The Killing Moon Echo & The Bunnymen
Feels Like Heaven Fiction Factory
The Gap Thompson Twins
General Public General Public
Hands Across The Sea Modern English
Obsession Michael DesBarres & Holly Knight
People Are People Depeche Mode
Heaven Psychedelic Furs
You Take Me Up Thompson Twins
Wouldn’t It Be Good * Nik Kershaw
Locomotion Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
Don’t Tell Me Blancmange
Deeper And Deeper Fixx
Louise Human League
Fujiyama Mama Frank Chickens
When Doves Cry Prince
Pretty Persuasion R.E.M.
Sister Of Mercy Thompson Twins
I Love You, Suzanne Lou Reed
Smalltown Boy Bronski Beat
The Only Flame In Town Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Inch By Inch Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Talking Loud And Clear Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
What Kind Of Girl? APB
Two Tribes * Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Zoobusters WLIR Airstaff
I Don’t Believe A Word (Innocent Bystanders) A Bigger Splash
Take Me With U Prince & the Revolution 2-Aug-84
Tesla Girls Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
Electric Dreams Phil Oakey & Giorgio Moroder
Pride (In The Name Of Love) ** U2
All Day Ministry
Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go Wham!
Apollo 9 Adam Ant
Howling At The Moon (Sha-La-La) Ramones
If It Happens Again UB40
Wild Boys Duran Duran
I’m Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down Paul Young
The Chant (Has Just Begun) Alarm
West End Girls Pet Shop Boys
Dizzy Miss Lizzie Flying Lizards
(Welcome To The) Pleasure Dome Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Lay Your Hands On Me Thompson Twins
Do They Know It’s Christmas? Band Aid
Blasphemous Rumors Depeche Mode
Forever Young Alphaville
Johnny Q Crazy 8’s

 

[disneymomoftwo]

how about some AC/DC, aerosmith, bob seger, boston, stece earle, kiss, ELO, pat benetar?

 

[Laurajean1014]

1985

Touch Secession
Skin Deep Stranglers
Gratitude Danny Elfman
Breakin’ The Rules * Lene Lovich
Don’t You (Forget About Me) * Simple Minds
Shout Tears For Fears
Things Can Only Get Better Howard Jones
Love & Pride King
Boy Book Of Love
Everybody Wants To Rule The World Tears For Fears
Everytime You Go Away Paul Young
Life In One Day Howard Jones
Wide Boy Nik Kershaw
Head Over Heels Tears For Fears
Be Near Me ABC
Three Sunrises U2
A View To A Kill Duran Duran
Shake The Disease Depeche Mode
Burning Flame Vitamin Z
Bad (Live) ** U2
Rock Me Amadeus Falco
Nemesis Shriekback
Last Time Forever Squeeze
Love Vigilantes New Order
In Too Deep Dead Or Alive
Stay Up Late Talking Heads
Summer Love APB
Vive Le Rock Adam Ant
No Time Fiction Factory
Weird Science Oingo Boingo
In between Days Cure
Take On Me a-Ha
Don Quixote Nik Kershaw
Running Up That Hill Kate Bush
Date With A Vampyre Screaming Tribesmen
It’s Called A Heart Depeche Mode
Unkiss That Kiss * Stephen “Tin Tin” Duffy
Dr. Dream * Thompson Twins
Close To Me The Cure
This Is England The Clash
Alive And Kicking Simple Minds
Election Day Arcadia
Bring On The Dancing Horses Echo & The Bunnymen
Push Cure
If I Was Midge Ure
Stay Oingo Boingo
E=MC2 Big Audio Dynamite
Hit That Perfect Beat Bronski Beat
When A Heart Beats Nik Kershaw
I Wanna Be A Cowboy Boys Don’t Cry
Vienna Calling Falco
MTV Get Off The Air Dead Kennedys

 

[Texan Mouseketeer]

I would add something from Def Leppard's pyromania album.

What about that song, 'I wanna be a cowboy, and you can be my cowgirl' - that will get a laugh!

Oh, I don't think I saw 'Twilight Zone' by Golden Earring.

Love the list!

 

[Laurajean1014]

1986


She’s On It Beastie Boys
In My Life Divinyls
Fly On The Windscreen Depeche Mode
Rise Public Image Limited
If You Leave Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
Left Of Center Suzanne Vega
Shell-Shock New Order
Weak In The Presence Of Beauty Floy Joy
But Not Tonight Depeche Mode
Mutual Surrender Bourgeois Tagg
No One Is To Blame Howard Jones
A Question Of Lust Depeche Mode
Love Comes Quickly Pet Shop Boys
The Honeythief Hipsway
Ink And Paper Modern English
Sledgehammer Peter Gabriel
Oh, L’Amour Erasure
Digging Your Scene * Blow Monkeys
A Question Of Time * ** Depeche Mode
Bed Of Nails Quick
Suburbia Pet Shop Boys
Dance With Me Alphaville
New Dress Depeche Mode
Venus Bananarama
Bigmouth Strikes Again Smiths
Big Time Peter Gabriel
Somebody Put Something In My Drink * Ramones
Michael Secession
I Wonder Who’s Out Tonight Burns Sisters Band
There’s A Light That Never Goes Out Smiths
Sing Our Own Song UB40
Kiss The Dirt (Falling Down The Mountain) INXS
Summer Of Love B-52’s
Human Human League
No More “I Love You’s” Lover Speaks
Panic Smiths
Spirit In The Sky Dr. & The Medics
Wild Wild Life Talking Heads
Wig B-52’s
To Be A Lover Billy Idol
She Breaks For Rainbows * B-52’s
All I Want * Howard Jones
Come On Every Beat Box Big Audio Dynamite
Notorious Duran Duran
Arizona Sky China Crisis
Ask Smiths
Bizarre Love Triangle New Order
Heartbreak Beat Psychedelic Furs
We Love You Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
Girl From Ipanema Goes To Greenland B-52’s
Earn Enough For Us XTC
Is This Love Alison Moyet
Sometimes Erasure
Every Lover’s Sign Lover Speaks

 

[disney4us2002]

Weren't all of Paula Abdul's hits in the 80's? I did actually like her songs then and Rod Stewart as well (not sure I saw him mentioned). Sheena Easton? Whitney Houston? Mariah Carey?

 

[ChrisnSteph]

Thanks guys! This is fun!

 

[Laurajean1014]

1987


All In My Mind Love And Rockets
Dear God XTC
Limbo The Law Big Audio Dynamite
Don’t Kill The Animals Nina Hagen / Lene Lovich
I Go Crazy Flesh For Lulu
Shoplifters Of The World Unite Smiths
Caravan Of Love Housemartins
She’s Crafty Beastie Boys
With Or Without You U2
Where The Streets Have No Name U2
Half A Person Smiths
I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For U2
One Tree Hill U2
Sheila Take A Bow Smiths
Why Can’t I Be You? Cure
In God’s Country U2
Strangelove Depeche Mode
Bullet The Blue Sky U2
Sweet & Tender Hooligans Smiths
Trip Through Your Wire U2
Alex Chilton Replacements
Mary’s Prayer Danny Wilson
Just Like Heaven Cure
Jesus On The Payroll Thrashing Doves
It’s A Sin Pet Shop Boys
Hot, Hot, Hot!!! Cure
La Bamba Los Lobos
New Direction Echo & The Bunnymen
One More Time Cure
Lips Like Sugar Echo & The Bunnymen
Glad I’m Not A Kennedy Shona Laing
Girlfriend In A Coma Smiths
Sweetest Thing U2
Pleasure Little Treasure * Depeche Mode
Seattle * Public Image Limited
Catch Cure
I Want To Live Ramones
A Rush And A Push And The Land Is Ours Smiths
The Promise When In Rome
We’ll Be Together Sting
Need You Tonight INXS
Behind The Wheel Depeche Mode
Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home) U2
The Body Public Image Limited
Hazy Shade Of Winter Bangles
Sacred Depeche Mode
The Great Commandment Camouflage
New Sensation INXS
Lazy Love & Rockets

 

[Laurajean1014]

1988


Route 66 Depeche Mode
Suedehead Morrissey
Full Of Love Dr. Calculus
Hey You Cure
Ship Of Fools Erasure
Like The Weather 10,000 Maniacs
When I Feel This Way APB
I Don’t Mind If You Forget Me Morrissey
Soviet Snow Shona Laing
Crash Primitives
Chains Of Love
Strangers Images In Vogue
Somewhere In My Heart Aztec Camera
Everyday Is Like Sunday Morrissey
That Smiling Face Camouflage
Just Play Music Big Audio Dynamite
One Force, One Crew, One Song Chiefs Of Relief
Reptile Church
I Want You Now Depeche Mode
Yahoo Erasure
Different World INXS
Peek-A-Boo Siouxsie & The Banshees
The Canary Song Crossfire Choir
Perfect Fairground Attraction
Phantom Bride Erasure
Wild, Wild West Escape Club
What's The Matter Here 10,000 Maniacs
Don’t Worry, Be Happy Bobby McFerrin
Jesus Christ U2
All I Wanted In Tua Nua
Desire U2
Sister, I’m A Poet Morrissey
A Little Respect ** Erasure
I Don’t Want Your Love Duran Duran
One Day APB
God, Part II U2
I Beg Your Pardon Kon Kan
Angel Of Harlem U2
Big Thing Duran Duran
The Different Story (World Of Lust And Crime) Peter Schilling
Fine Time New Order
Im Nin’Alu Ofra Haza
She Won’t Be Home Erasure
Tears Run Rings Marc Almond
Ana Ng They Might Be Giants
Orinoco Flow (Sail Away) Enya

 

[Laurajean1014]

1989

Punk Rock Girl Dead Milkmen
Stop Erasure
All She Wants Is Duran Duran
She Drives Me Crazy Fine Young Cannibals
Bring Me Edelweiss Edelweiss
Last Of The Famous International Playboys Morrissey
I’ll Be You Replacements
Everlasting Love Howard Jones
Beat Of Love Voice Of The Beehive
Fascination Street Cure
German Kid Dee Dee King
Dancing Barefoot U2
My Past Lives Too Much Joy
Pet Semetary Ramones
Lullaby The Cure
Interesting Drug Morrissey
So Alive Love & Rockets
Trouble Me 10,000 Maniacs
Pictures Of You Cure
Oh Daddy Adrian Belew
Happy Public Image Limited
Everlasting Love U2 2-Jun-89
Love Song Cure 3-Jun-89
Compulsion Martin Gore
Channel Z B-52’s
In A Manner Of Speaking Martin Gore
Close Down Cure
Love Shack B-52’s
La La Love You Pixies
So Many People Hubert Kah
Personal Jesus ** Depeche Mode
Pistol Erasure
Way Of The World Max Q
Sowing The Seeds Of Love Tears For Fears
I Want That Man Deborah Harry
Regina Sugarcubes
Roam B-52’s
Drama Erasure
2 Late Cure
Dangerous Depeche Mode
Paradise Erasure
London Bridge Big Audio Dynamite
Don’t Ask Me Why Eurythmics
Untitled Cure
Ouija Board, Ouija Board Morrissey
Kiss It Better Deborah Harry
Love & Anger Kate Bush
Brite Side Deborah Harry
Getting Away With It Electronic
You Surround Me Erasure
Deadbeat Club B-52’s

 

[Nighsonger]

I didn't see Venus By Bannarama's

 

[rcyannacci]

Didn't read the whole thread, but how about "Metro" by Berlin...that was one of my favorites.

 

[Poohnatic]

Forgive me if they've been posted, but I looked at the first post!

DJ'ed in the 80's, and did a similar thing for a 70's party. Expect to play about 11-12 songs per hour. I made recorded an 8 hour stereo VHS with our songs (before DVDs) and brought amp, speakers and vcr.

My additions:
Rock Lobster B52's
Super Freak Rick James
Celebration Kool and the Gang
Electric Slide Marcia Griffiths
Foolish Beat Debbie Gibson
I Just Died in your Arms Tonight cutting crew
True spandau ballet

And you need Patricia Andrejewski, oops Pat Benetar...even XM plays lots of her!

Suzanne