Full list of hits covered today (w/e of Top 40 new entries in bold; * denotes if not on Spotify):

04/06/1983

David Joseph - Let's Live It Up (Nite People)*

Elton John - I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues

Altered Images - Bring Me Closer

Irene Cara - Flashdance... What A Feeling

Ultravox - We Came To Dance

Agnetha Faltskog - The Heat Is On

Twisted Sister - The Kids Are Back

Rod Stewart - Baby Jane

Kajagoogoo - Hang On Now

H2O - Dream To Sleep

11/06/1983

David Bowie - China Girl

Imposter - Pills And Soap

Shakatak - Dark Is The Night

Shalamar - Dead Giveaway

Imagination - Looking At Midnight

Michael Jackson - Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'

18/06/1983

Bucks Fizz - When We Were Young

Marillion - Garden Party

Mike Oldfield - Moonlight Shadow

Nick Heyward - Take That Situation

25/06/1983

Freeez - I.O.U.

Truth - Confusion (Hits Us Every Time)

Electric Light Orchestra - Rock 'N' Roll Is King

Paul Young - Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)

Heaven 17 - Come Live With Me

The Funk Masters - It's Over

Donna Summer - She Works Hard For The Money

Toto - I Won't Hold You Back

Tom Robinson - War Baby

02/07/1983

Iron Maiden - The Trooper

David Sylvian And Riuichi Sakamoto - Forbidden Colours

Mary Jane Girls - All Night Long

Jimmy The Hoover - Tantalise (Wo Wo Ee Yeh Yeh)*

Roman Holliday - Don't Try To Stop It

09/07/1983

Malcolm McLaren - Double Dutch

Eurythmics - Who's That Girl?

The Cure - The Walk

Bananarama - Cruel Summer

Men At Work - It's A Mistake

A Flock Of Seagulls - Transfer Affection

Elvis Costello - Everyday I Write The Book

16/07/1983

Echo And The Bunnymen - Never Stop

Musical Youth - Tell Me Why

The Lotus Eaters - The First Picture Of You

Oliver Cheatham - Get Down Saturday Night

Midge Ure And Mick Karn - After A Fashion

Votes welcome for up to five of your favourites, with the song with the most votes played at the start of the next session!

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Week 24 Tiebreak

Heaven 17 - Temptation

The Police - Every Breath You Take

It's gotta be Spandau Gold this time too!

EDIT: not released yet

This is going so fast. I am not even at the Synctube sessions but still like to vote for it.

I am happy Temptation and Love Is A Stranger did well in the poll.

Edited May 10May 10 by TheSnake

Irene Cara - Flashdance... What A Feeling

H2O - Dream To Sleep

Mike Oldfield - Moonlight Shadow

Tom Robinson - War Baby

Bananarama - Cruel Summer

Irene Cara - Flashdance... What A Feeling

David Bowie - China Girl

Mike Oldfield - Moonlight Shadow

Iron Maiden - The Trooper

Eurythmics - Who's That Girl?

Heaven 17 - Temptation

Irene Cara - Flashdance... What A Feeling

Michael Jackson - Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'

Mike Oldfield - Moonlight Shadow

Iron Maiden - The Trooper

Bananarama - Cruel Summer

Heaven 17 for tiebreak

Impostor (a lot better than the Elvia Costello song under his own name), Marillion and The Cure were good discoveries.

💖 Bananarama - Cruel Summer

💖 The Cure - The Walk

💖 Irene Cara - Flashdance... What A Feeling

💖 Michael Jackson - Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'

💖 Mike Oldfield - Moonlight Shadow

Donna Summer just missed out.

Tiebreak: Heaven 17 - Temptation

Paul Young - Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)

Freeez - I.O.U.

The Cure - The Walk

Eurythmics - Who's That Girl?

Malcolm McLaren - Double Dutch

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Mike Oldfield - Moonlight Shadow

Ultravox - We Came To Dance

The Paul Young song has the atmospheric 80s ballad vibes of an early Cars - Drive I think!

IOU is an early house-pop precursor track!

The Walk is good (a bit Blue Monday-ish) apart from 1 line. I think some of the synths in the song inspired Addison Rae - Fame Is A Gun!

Who's That Girl is a third good Eurythmics single.

Double Dutch is fun, summery and has a lot of South African influence in the music.

Moonlight Shadow a good classic and also was covered as a Eurotrance song by Groove Coverage in the early 00s.

Ultravox We Came To Dance melody reminds me of ABBA - The Winner Takes It All.

Edited May 10May 10 by TheSnake

Bucks Fizz - When We Were Young

Marillion - Garden Party

David Sylvian And Riuichi Sakamoto - Forbidden Colours

The Lotus Eaters - The First Picture Of You

Electric Light Orchestra - King Rollo Is Rocking

Tie-break: Heaven 17

The Marillion and Mezzoforte (last batch) songs with the same name!

And yes I have found another early 00s dance sample - Forbidden Colours for Watergate Heart of Asia.

Edited May 10May 10 by TheSnake

Altered Images - Bring Me Closer

Rod Stewart - Baby Jane

Bucks Fizz - When We Were Young

Eurythmics - Who's That Girl?

Bananarama - Cruel Summer

Tiebreak: Heaven 17

Malcolm McLaren - Double Dutch

Eurythmics - Who's That Girl?

Bananarama - Cruel Summer

Echo And The Bunnymen - Never Stop

The Lotus Eaters - The First Picture Of You

Tie breaker -

The Police - Every Breath You Take (well I felt that someone had to!)

Edited May 11May 11 by Jaz13music

tiebreak Temptation

Rod Stewart - Baby Jane

Bucks Fizz - When We Were Young

Mike Oldfield - Moonlight Shadow

David Bowie - China Girl

Irene Cara - Flashdance... What A Feeling

Top 5:

Imposter - Pills And Soap

Iron Maiden - The Trooper

Jimmy The Hoover - Tantalise (Wo Wo Ee Yeh Yeh)

Malcolm McLaren - Double Dutch

The Lotus Eaters - The First Picture Of You

The worst:

Bananarama - Cruel Summer

On 10/05/2026 at 22:59, TheSnake said:

The Marillion and Mezzoforte (last batch) songs with the same name!

And yes I have found another early 00s dance sample - Forbidden Colours for Watergate Heart of Asia.

'Forbidden Colours' is also a 'sample' - the original is the instrumental 'Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence' by Ryuichi Sakamoto solo.

Best

David Bowie - China Girl

Imposter - Pills And Soap

Eurythmics - Who's That Girl?

The Lotus Eaters - The First Picture Of You

Heaven 17 - Come Live With Me

Worst

Irene Cara - Flashdance... What A Feeling

Freeez - I.O.U.

David Joseph - Let's Live It Up (Nite People)

Tie-break

Heaven 17

Coming at 4pm, another 48 singles from the next 8 weeks of 1983! And with another vote or two expected, it's close in the poll for last week... (the tiebreaker not so much )

https://sync-tube.de/room/2gHBerpI

Just realised I didn't actually vote in this yet oop!

David Sylvian and Ryuichi Sakamoto - Forbidden Colours

Elvis Costello & The Attractions ["The Imposter"] - Pills And Soap

Marillion - Garden Party

Michael Jackson - Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'

Mike Oldfield - Moonlight Shadow (feat. Maggie Reilly)

2 and a half discoveries making my votes this week (Elvis and Marillion, plus the David Sylvian parts of 'Forbidden Colours' - I still prefer the instrumental but any version of it is good enough to make my votes). Next best songs I already knew are Irene Cara, Iron Maiden and The Lotus Eaters and other good discoveries from Men At Work, Toto, The Cure and the non-pseudonymous Elvis Costello & The Attractions song.

The Police for the tiebreaker.

Temptation

Flashdance

Pills & Soap

When You Were Young

Moonlight Shadow

The First Picture Of You

Best of Week 25 poll results

7 Irene Cara - Flashdance... What A Feeling

7 Mike Oldfield - Moonlight Shadow

6 The Lotus Eaters - The First Picture Of You

5 Bananarama - Cruel Summer

5 Eurythmics - Who's That Girl?

4 Bucks Fizz - When We Were Young

4 Imposter - Pills And Soap

3 David Bowie - China Girl

3 Iron Maiden - The Trooper

3 Malcolm McLaren - Double Dutch

3 Michael Jackson - Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'

3 The Cure - The Walk

2 David Sylvian And Riuichi Sakamoto - Forbidden Colours

2 Freeez - I.O.U.

2 Marillion - Garden Party

2 Rod Stewart - Baby Jane

1 Altered Images - Bring Me Closer

1 Echo And The Bunnymen - Never Stop

1 Electric Light Orchestra - Rock 'N' Roll Is King

1 H2O - Dream To Sleep

1 Heaven 17 - Come Live With Me

1 Jimmy The Hoover - Tantalise (Wo Wo Ee Yeh Yeh)

1 Oliver Cheatham - Get Down Saturday Night

1 Paul Young - Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)

1 Tom Robinson - War Baby

Best of Week 24 tiebreak

9 Heaven 17 - Temptation

2 The Police - Every Breath You Take

Wall of fame

Week 1: John Foxx - Underpass

Week 2: Blondie - Atomic

Week 3: The Cure - A Forest

Week 4: Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart

Week 5: David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes

Week 6: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Enola Gay

Week 7: Jona Lewie - Stop The Cavalry

Week 8: Visage - Fade To Grey

Week 9: The Teardrop Explodes - Reward

Week 10: Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes

Week 11: The Specials - Ghost Town

Week 12: Soft Cell - Tainted Love

Week 13: Laurie Anderson - O Superman

Week 14: Ultravox - The Voice

Week 15: The Stranglers - Golden Brown

Week 16: Associates - Party Fears Two

Week 17: Yazoo - Only You

Week 18: Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra

Week 19: Duran Duran - Save A Prayer

Week 20: Tears For Fears - Mad World

Week 21: A Flock Of Seagulls - Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You)

Week 22: Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

Week 23: New Order - Blue Monday

Week 24: Heaven 17 - Temptation

Week 25: tbc

Joint records for these polls in 25 songs voted for, and 14 voters, but the first time no song has had votes from more than 50% of voters! Into another tiebreak we will go.

The full list of songs covered in today's session are on the next page. Here are my votes:

Gary Byrd And The GB Experience - The Crown

Depeche Mode - Everything Counts

Kraftwerk - Tour De France

Carmel - Bad Day

New Order - Confusion

Tiebreak:

Irene Cara - Flashdance... What A Feeling