Freddie Mercury - Love Kills

Adam Ant - Apollo 9

Giorgio Moroder With Philip Oakey - Together In Electric Dreams

Eugene Wilde - Gotta Get You Home Tonight

ZZ Top - Gimme All Your Lovin'

Style Council, Kim Wilde, Sade, Chaka Khan, Billy Ocean and Limahl all just missed out

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Tesla Girls

Nik Kershaw - Human Racing

Queen - Hammer To Fall

Freddie Mercury - Love Kills

The Cars - Drive

No room for Ultravox

The Cars - Drive ❤️

John Waite- Missing You ❤️

Lumahl- Never Ending Story

Sade- Smooth Operator

Billy Ocean - Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run)

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Wham-Freedom (sorry George)

BronskiBeat- Why

Prince -Purple Rain

Chaka Khan- I Feel For You

Giorgio Moroder With Philip Oakey - Together In Electric Dreams

Culture Club- Song

Spandau Ballet - Highly Strong

Kim Wilde- Second Time

Alison Moyet- All Cried Out

Ultravox-Loves Great Adventure

So hard to decide all songs are timeless

1984 the greatest year in Pop History

U2 - Pride (In The Name Of Love)

Prince And The Revolution - Purple Rain

Giorgio Moroder With Philip Oakey - Together In Electric Dreams

Chaka Khan - I Feel For You

ZZ Top - Gimme All Your Lovin'

On 16/08/2026 at 16:00, jimwatts said:

Best of Week 33 poll results

9 Prince - When Doves Cry

8 George Michael - Careless Whisper

8 Malcolm McLaren - Madam Butterfly (Un Bel Di Vedremo)

A brilliant top 3, such a tough week to get first place!

Completely unrelated, but I just aced the music quiz on my hols with 100% score! Thanks in no small parts to you guys and these threads, giving me great revision sessions!

Did you do an EMF RIP?

22 minutes ago, Suedehead2 said:

Did you do an EMF RIP?

Yes, one of five RIPs yesterday: The Goodies - Funky Gibbon; EMF - I Believe; Glen Hansard (& Markéta Irglová) - Falling Slowly; Kavinsky - Nightcall; William Orbit - Water From A Vine Leaf

14 minutes ago, jimwatts said:

Yes, one of five RIPs yesterday: The Goodies - Funky Gibbon; EMF - I Believe; Glen Hansard (& Markéta Irglová) - Falling Slowly; Kavinsky - Nightcall; William Orbit - Water From A Vine Leaf

A depressingly long list

Great to see so much love for Madame Butterfly from the previous session. If only I'd got round to voting.

Best

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Tesla Girls

Bronski Beat - Why?

Freddie Mercury - Love Kills

Giorgio Moroder With Philip Oakey - Together In Electric Dreams

Alison Moyet - All Cried Out

Worst

Chaka Khan - I Feel For You

Lionel Richie - Penny Lover

Status Quo - The Wanderer (such a lazy cover)

Alison Moyet - All Cried Out

Chaka Khan - I Feel For You

Giorgio Moroder and Philip Oakey - Together In Electric Dreams

Prince And The Revolution - Purple Rain

Sade - Smooth Operator

All songs I knew already again but Orchestal Manoeuvres In The Dark was a discovery which was the last song I cut.

U2 - Pride (In The Name Of Love)

Queen - Hammer To Fall

Sade - Smooth Operator

The Cars - Drive

Giorgio Moroder With Philip Oakey - Together In Electric Dreams

Chaka Khan - I Feel For You

Giorgio Moroder and Philip Oakey - Together In Electric Dreams

Prince And The Revolution - Purple Rain

Sade - Smooth Operator

The Cars - Drive

The 5 best:

The Jacksons - Torture

UB40 - If It Happens Again

Big Country - East Of Eden

The Stranglers - Skin Deep

Feargal Sharkey - Listen To Your Father

The worst:

Kim Wilde - The Second Time

The last session for 1984 begins at 4pm, with 49 new songs from the final 10 weeks of the year - you know what that means! 🎄🎄🐸

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

Best of Week 34 poll results

10 Giorgio Moroder With Philip Oakey - Together In Electric Dreams

7 Prince And The Revolution - Purple Rain

7 Sade - Smooth Operator

6 The Cars - Drive

5 Chaka Khan - I Feel For You

4 U2 - Pride (In The Name Of Love)

3 Freddie Mercury - Love Kills

2 Alison Moyet - All Cried Out

2 Bronski Beat - Why?

2 John Waite - Missing You

2 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Tesla Girls

2 Queen - Hammer To Fall

2 The Style Council - Shout To The Top

2 ZZ Top - Gimme All Your Lovin'

1 Adam Ant - Apollo 9

1 Big Country - East Of Eden

1 Billy Ocean - Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run)

1 Bruce Springsteen - Cover Me

1 Eugene Wilde - Gotta Get You Home Tonight

1 Feargal Sharkey - Listen To Your Father

1 Kim Wilde - The Second Time

1 Limahl - Never Ending Story

1 Nik Kershaw - Human Racing

1 The Jacksons - Torture

1 The Stranglers - Skin Deep

1 UB40 - If It Happens Again

1 Ultravox - Love's Great Adventure

1 Wham! - Freedom

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: Mike Oldfield - Moonlight Shadow

Week 26: Depeche Mode - Everything Counts

Week 27: Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance

Week 28: The Smiths - This Charming Man

Week 29: Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax

Week 30: Depeche Mode - People Are People

Week 31: Propaganda - Dr Mabuse

Week 32: Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes

Week 33: Prince - When Doves Cry

Week 34: Giorgio Moroder With Philip Oakey - Together In Electric Dreams

A new record 28 songs picked up at least one vote!

58 minutes ago, jimwatts said:

Best of Week 34 poll results

10 Giorgio Moroder With Philip Oakey - Together In Electric Dreams

7 Prince And The Revolution - Purple Rain

7 Sade - Smooth Operator

6 The Cars - Drive

5 Chaka Khan - I Feel For You

4 U2 - Pride (In The Name Of Love)

3 Freddie Mercury - Love Kills

2 Alison Moyet - All Cried Out

2 Bronski Beat - Why?

2 John Waite - Missing You

2 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Tesla Girls

2 Queen - Hammer To Fall

2 The Style Council - Shout To The Top

2 ZZ Top - Gimme All Your Lovin'

1 Adam Ant - Apollo 9

1 Big Country - East Of Eden

1 Billy Ocean - Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run)

1 Bruce Springsteen - Cover Me

1 Eugene Wilde - Gotta Get You Home Tonight

1 Feargal Sharkey - Listen To Your Father

1 Kim Wilde - The Second Time

1 Limahl - Never Ending Story

1 Nik Kershaw - Human Racing

1 The Jacksons - Torture

1 The Stranglers - Skin Deep

1 UB40 - If It Happens Again

1 Ultravox - Love's Great Adventure

1 Wham! - Freedom

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: Mike Oldfield - Moonlight Shadow

Week 26: Depeche Mode - Everything Counts

Week 27: Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance

Week 28: The Smiths - This Charming Man

Week 29: Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax

Week 30: Depeche Mode - People Are People

Week 31: Propaganda - Dr Mabuse

Week 32: Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes

Week 33: Prince - When Doves Cry

Week 34: Giorgio Moroder With Philip Oakey - Together In Electric Dreams

A new record 28 songs picked up at least one vote!

Surprised Winner in my Opinion

Full list of hits covered today (w/e of Top 40 new entries in bold, those not on Spotify are marked with *)

03/11/1984

Duran Duran - Wild Boys

The Pointer Sisters - I'm So Excited

Iron Maiden - Aces High

Heaven 17 - This Is Mine

Gary Numan - Berserker

Chicago - Hard Habit To Break

Jim Diamond - I Should Have Known Better

10/11/1984

Depeche Mode - Blasphemous Rumours / Somebody

The Dazz Band - Let It All Blow

17/11/1984

Nik Kershaw - The Riddle

Eurythmics - Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty-Four)

The Temptations - Treat Her Like A Lady

Alvin Stardust - I Won't Run Away

Matt Bianco - Half A Minute

The Human League - Louise

Slade - All Join Hands

Murray Head - One Night In Bangkok

Huey Lewis And The News - If This Is It

24/11/1984

Shakin' Stevens - Teardrops

Tina Turner - Private Dancer

Nick Heyward - Warning Sign

Kool And The Gang - Fresh

Madonna - Like A Virgin

The Kane Gang - Respect Yourself

01/12/1984

Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power Of Love

Black Lace - Do The Conga

Big Country - Where The Rose Is Sown

Culture Club - The Medal Song

Paul McCartney And The Frog Chorus - We All Stand Together

Alison Moyet - Invisible

08/12/1984

Spandau Ballet - Round And Round

Thompson Twins - Lay Your Hands On Me

Tears For Fears - Shout

Queen - Thank God It's Christmas

Paul Young - Everything Must Change

The Stranglers - No Mercy

15/12/1984

Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas?

Wham! - Last Christmas / Everything She Wants

The Toy Dolls - Nellie The Elephant

Gary Glitter - Another Rock And Roll Christmas

Bronski Beat - It Ain't Necessarily So

22/12/1984

Foreigner - I Want To Know What Love Is

Council Collective - Soul Deep (Part 1)

Alvin Stardust - So Near To Christmas*

29/12/1984

Grandmaster Melle Mel And The Furious Five - Step Off (Part 1)

Smiley Culture - Police Officer

05/01/1985

Sal Solo - San Damiano (Heart And Soul)

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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My votes:

Madonna - Like A Virgin

Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power Of Love

Tears For Fears - Shout

Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas?

Foreigner - I Want To Know What Love Is

Just a note that I have other arrangements for the next couple of weekends so will take a break before we start 1985 - hopefully 3 weeks from today, but will confirm.

I'll run the poll for a week as usual, then another week for tiebreakers if needed until we have a winner.

Depeche Mode - Blasphemous Rumours

Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power Of Love

Murray Head - One Night In Bangkok

Nik Kershaw - The Riddle

Tears For Fears - Shout

Tears For Fears - Shout

Eurythmics - Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty-Four)

Madonna - Like A Virgin

Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas?

Foreigner - I Want To Know What Love Is

Wham!- Last Christmas

Duran Duran - Wild Boys

Tears For Fears- Shout

Foreigner- I Want To Know what Love Is

Depeche Mode- Blasphemous Rumours

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FGTH - The Power of Love

Murray Head- One Night In Bangkok

Kool And The Gang - Fresh

Jim Diamond - I Should Have Known Better

Alison Moyet- Invisible

Nick Kershaw -The Riddle

Matt Bianco - Half A Minute

Depeche Mode - Blasphemous Rumours

Nik Kershaw - The Riddle

Tears For Fears - Shout

Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas?

Sal Solo - San Damiano (Heart And Soul)

Honourable mentions of course to 🐸 and 🐘