3. gooddelta

 

Papa Dance are a Polish group formed in 1983. At one point, they were so popular that 120,000 people attended one of their concerts in Moscow.

 

 

12 Vicious Pink - Cccan't You See (French Extended Mix)

10 Pet Shop Boys - Paninaro

8 C C Catch - 'Cause You're Young (Maxi Version)

7 Kano - Can't Hold Back (Your Loving)

6 Mamman Sani - Five Hundred Miles

5 Charlie - Spacer Woman

4 Book Of Love - Boy

3 Toni Basil - Over My Head

2 Olivia Newton-John - Twist Of Fate

1 Vangelis - Blade Runner (End Titles)

Oh wow thank you for 12 points, Rich!! :wub:

Good choices from both Jade and Chez, cool choppy vocals on the former, and I think the Blade Runner theme was new to me even if it is a rather obvious choice for this theme!

 

I was very intrigued to find out who sent Papa Dance as there didn't seem to be anyone obvious who would be sending a Polish song, interesting curveball from Rich.

 

Fully expecting a wooden spoon for myself here but we'll see I guess!

 

Out of the songs by well known artists the PSB one was actually my least favourite oops (though not bad) so I hope that doesn't win :ph34r:

4. HappiestSadGirl

 

Toni Basil's recording career goes way back to 1966 and her debut single 'Breakaway' with its B side, 'I'm 28', written by 10cc's Graham Gouldman. Over My Head was from her eponymous second album.

 

 

What a great song contests this is - let's do it again real soon! here is my ballot:

 

12. Olivia Newton-John - Twist Of Fate

10. C C Catch - 'Cause You're Young (Maxi Version)

8. Vicious Pink - Cccan't You See (French Extended Mix)

7. Pet Shop Boys - Paninaro

6. Kano - Can't Hold Back (Your Loving)

5. A Flock Of Seagulls - I Ran

4. Depeche Mode - Strangelove

3. Alphaville - Forever Young

2. Camouflage - The Great Commandment

1. Secret Service - Flash In The Night

Oh wow thank you for 12 points, Rich!! :wub:

 

I’ve got this on repeat Jade! Absolutely amazing discovery <3

 

Oops at my Polish banger flopping.

Yes, I sent Toni! I actually knew a cover version of this song by Patty Brard of Luv'- fame for a long time, but Toni's version is far superior! I hope most of you enjoyed it!

After 4 votes:

 

1. 27 Charlie - Spacer Woman

2. 25 Vicious Pink - Cccan't You See (French Extended Mix).......Jade

3. 22 Hashim - Al-Naafyish (The Soul)

4. 18 C C Catch - 'Cause You're Young (Maxi Version)

5. 17 Pet Shop Boys - Paninaro

6. 15 A-Ha - Scoundrel Days

7. 14 Olivia Newton-John - Twist Of Fate

8. 13 Kano - Can't Hold Back (Your Loving)

9. 13 Depeche Mode - Strangelove

10. 11 A Flock Of Seagulls - I Ran

11. 9 Camouflage - The Great Commandment

12. 8 John Foxx - Underpass

13. 7 Alexander Robotnick featuring Martine Michellod - Problèmes d'Amour

14. 6 Mamman Sani - Five Hundred Miles

15. 6 Book Of Love - Boy

16. 5 Naked Lunch - La Femme

17. 3 Soft Cell - Memorabilia

18. 3 Toni Basil - Over My Head.......HappiestSadGirl

19. 3 Alphaville - Forever Young

20. 3 Psyche - Misery

21. 2 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Telegraph

22. 1 Secret Service - Flash In The Night

23. 1 Vangelis - Blade Runner (End Titles).......Chez Wombat

0 - Thomas Dolby - Windpower

0 - Papa Dance - Nasz Disneyland (Remix).......gooddelta

 

Charlie only receive 5 points from the next two voters but they keep their lead. With 20 points added to their total, Vicious Pink move up from 10th to 2nd place. After not appearing on the first scoreboard, C C Catch and the Pet Shop Boys both go straight into the top 5. We now have just two songs without any points.

That Toni Basil song was quite a sonic swerve (in a good way) considering I only know her from 'Mickey' haha.

The two 'Ccc' songs are throwing me off when scanning the votes :lol: thanks for the bronze medal, HappiestSadGirl *.*

 

I’ve got this on repeat Jade! Absolutely amazing discovery <3

Glad you enjoyed it so much <3 It sounds pretty ahead of its time for 1984!

5. Bumblebrë

 

Mamman Sani Abdoulaye is from Niger and has been described as a pioneer of early West African electronic music. Five Hundred Miles is from a 2015 album of unreleased music by him recorded from 1981 to 1984.

 

 

12 a-ha - Scoundrel Days

10 Hashim - Al-Naafiysh (The Soul)

8 John Foxx - Underpass

 

7 Charlie - Spacer Woman

6 Soft Cell - Memorabilia (Non Stop Ecstatic Dancing Version)

5 Psyche - Misery

4 Depeche Mode - Strangelove

3 Vangelis - Blade Runner (End Titles)

2 Vicious Pink - Cccan't You See (French Extended Mix)

1 Book Of Love - Boy

 

I did not know I needed gothic a-ha in my life but what a fantastic song from them! Really high quality across the board here. I had A Flock Of Seagulls ranked 10th at first but I figured they didn't really need the one point from me so decided to swap it out for a discovery that might need the love some more - and then beyond that I'd also have liked to be able to vote for Naked Lunch, Papa Dance, Toni Basil (is this really the same artist that made 'Mickey'?!), Pet Shop Boys and Camouflage!

Thank you for the points, Bray! Unfortunately didn't have room for yours but I remember commenting that it was quite hypnotic on SyncTube :P

I already have 6 points more than I expected to be honest! :lol: Thanks Rich x

 

(I stand by my entry, I think it's a really lovely and charming piece of music, but I can totally see why it wouldn't be the most attention grabbing song in such a stacked lineup here. Maybe better suited to Worldvision, not that Niger would ever be an option there. Still thought it'd be an interesting one to share, coming courtesy of me typing the word 'synth' into /r/listentothis and checking out interesting looking songs tagged with 80s release dates, albeit in this case a song that wasn't actually technically released until 2015)

6. jimwatts

 

Forever Young was the third single released by the German group, becoming a top 10 hit in several European countries.

 

 

+12 John Foxx - Underpass

+10 Vicious Pink - Cccan't You See

+8 Camouflage - The Great Commandment

+7 A Flock Of Seagulls - I Ran

+6 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Telegraph

+5 Depeche Mode - Strangelove

+4 A-Ha - Scoundrel Days

+3 Hashim - Al-Naafyish

+2 Toni Basil - Over My Head

+1 Secret Service - Flash In The Night

Sweet little track there Bre, reminds of a lullaby though the way it goes on lol.

After 6 votes:

 

1. 37 Vicious Pink - Cccan't You See (French Extended Mix).......Jade

2. 35 Hashim - Al-Naafyish (The Soul)

3. 34 Charlie - Spacer Woman

4. 31 A-Ha - Scoundrel Days

5. 28 John Foxx - Underpass

6. 22 Depeche Mode - Strangelove

7. 18 A Flock Of Seagulls - I Ran

8. 18 C C Catch - 'Cause You're Young (Maxi Version)

9. 17 Pet Shop Boys - Paninaro

10. 17 Camouflage - The Great Commandment

11. 14 Olivia Newton-John - Twist Of Fate

12. 13 Kano - Can't Hold Back (Your Loving)

13. 9 Soft Cell - Memorabilia

14. 8 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Telegraph

15. 8 Psyche - Misery

16. 7 Alexander Robotnick featuring Martine Michellod - Problèmes d'Amour

17. 7 Book Of Love - Boy

18. 6 Mamman Sani - Five Hundred Miles.......Bumblebrë

19. 5 Naked Lunch - La Femme

20. 5 Toni Basil - Over My Head.......HappiestSadGirl

21. 4 Vangelis - Blade Runner (End Titles).......Chez Wombat

22. 3 Alphaville - Forever Young.......jimwatts

23. 2 Secret Service - Flash In The Night

0 - Thomas Dolby - Windpower

0 - Papa Dance - Nasz Disneyland (Remix).......gooddelta

 

We have a new leader as Vicious Pink move up from 2nd place. Charlie and Hashim receive enough points to stay in the top 3 while 16 points from the last two voters help A-Ha move up from 6th to 4th. There's also a big climb from 12th to 5th for John Foxx.

Thanks Jim for the silver medal, wow! This is an excellent start.

So the less said about my entry the better - I didn't know how obscure we were going, but once I saw the other entries I thought yeah, it's too obvious. I had 6 songs in reserve, including Underpass which is a stone cold classic and gets my top points, but there were another 3 which could have been used - maybe I'll save them for another contest if we're doing this again soon!

 

I've had Cccan't You See stuck in my head, inspired choice Jade! The Great Commandment was also a great discovery for me.

'Forever Young' is a fine song but I'm too used to the Jay-Z and Mr Hudson version that the original kind of sounds wrong oops!

 

Jade coming to win another song contest? :cheeseblock: Very much liking the look of the top end of the scoreboard so far but of course early on and one of the few voters so far was myself so will see if that holds up haha.

7. dandy*

 

John Foxx started out as the lead singer of Ultravox, who released three albums from 1977 to 1978, before he was replaced by Midge Ure. Underpass was his debut solo single, reaching number 31 in 1980. It's now considered to be one of the milestone synthpop singles. John has continued to release music sporadically, leaving him time to be an artist, photographer, graphic designer, writer, teacher and lecturer.

 

 

Howdy Rollo!

 

Thanks for stepping in to host the first retro song contest... and what a contest it turned out to be! I've really enjoyed listening to these and found myself making a few really good discoveries (Hashim and Psyche) as well as being reminded of a couple more gems that I hadn't heard in a long time (Book Of Love, Soft Cell, Camouflage)... but in the end, despite marking down songs that I'm already super familiar with, I absolutely have to give my 12 points to the wonderful Scoundrel Days *.* It's one of my favourite a-ha songs and I'm super jealous that I didn't think of entering it myself as it's definitely one of the best 80s tracks never to be released as a single. I'm really intrigued to find out who sent it as it's a really great choice (as is the fabulous Vicious Pink)... final special mention goes to whoever sent Toni Basil as that was nothing like I expected... in a great way!

 

12 A-Ha - Scoundrel Days

10 Hashim - Al-Naafyish (The Soul)

08 Vicious Pink - Cccan't You See (French Extended Mix)

07 Psyche - Misery

06 Soft Cell - Memorabilia

05 Book Of Love - Boy

04 Pet Shop Boys - Paninaro

03 Charlie - Spacer Woman

02 Camouflage - The Great Commandment

01 Toni Basil - Over My Head

 

Also worthy but alas no room...

 

00 Depeche Mode - Strangelove

00 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Telegraph

00 A Flock Of Seagulls - I Ran

00 Naked Lunch - La Femme

00 Thomas Dolby - Windpower

00 Vangelis - Blade Runner (End Titles)

00 Secret Service - Flash In The Night

 

 

Good luck to pretty much any of the above but secretly let's all hope a-ha grab that win!

 

D*

Edited October 3, 20222 yr by King Rollo

Fab choice Dandy there, was one I actually looked at initially.