On 26/10/2025 at 19:48, jimwatts said:

20/06/1981

Randy Crawford - You Might Need Somebody

Don't forget about this #11 hit! It has become quite a classic! Who sung it better though?!

Edited October 30Oct 30 by TheSnake

Bruce Springsteen - The River

Kraftwerk - The Model

The Specials - Ghost Town

Kirsty MacColl - There's A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis

Kate Bush - Sat In Your Lap

Worst

Red Sovine - Teddy Bear

The Evasions - Wikka Wrap

Phil Collins - If Leaving Me Is Easy

Wikka Wrap is so funny 😁

Bruce Springsteen - The River

Kraftwerk - The Model

The Specials - Ghost Town

ABBA - Lay All Your Love On Me

Tom Tom Club - Wordy Rappinghood

Next session coming up at 4pm with 46 new songs (and yes, a few more medleys here) to cover the next 8 weeks of 1981!

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Best of Week 11 poll results

9 The Specials - Ghost Town

8 Kraftwerk - The Model

6 Tom Tom Club - Wordy Rappinghood

5 Abba - Lay All Your Love On Me

4 Bruce Springsteen - The River

4 Depeche Mode - New Life

4 Kate Bush - Sat In Your Lap

3 Kraftwerk - Computer Love

2 Kirsty MacColl - There's A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis

2 Spandau Ballet - Chant No 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On)

2 Third World - Dancing On The Floor (Hooked On Love)

2 Ultravox - All Stood Still

2 Visage - Visage

1 Bucks Fizz - Piece Of The Action

1 Dead Kennedys - Too Drunk To F**k

1 Elaine Paige - Memory

1 Landscape - Norman Bates

1 Linx - Throw Away The Key

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

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

25/07/1981

Stevie Wonder - Happy Birthday

Shakin' Stevens - Green Door

Duran Duran - Girls On Film

Tight Fit - Back To The 60s*

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Hooked On Classics

Carl Carlton - She's A Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked)

01/08/1981

Lobo - The Caribbean Disco Show

Kim Wilde - Water On Glass / Boys

Bill Wyman - (Si, Si) Je Suis Un Rock Star

Eddy Grant - I Love You, Yes I Love You*

Voggue - Dancin' The Night Away

Electric Light Orchestra - Hold On Tight

08/08/1981

The Human League - Love Action (I Believe In Love)

Debbie Harry - Backfired

Startrax - Startrax Club Disco

Tenpole Tudor - Wunderbar

Siouxsie And The Banshees - Arabian Knights

U2 - Fire

15/08/1981

Aneka - Japanese Boy

UB40 - One In Ten

Soft Cell - Tainted Love

Enigma - I Love Music

Randy Crawford - Rainy Night In Georgia

22/08/1981

Genesis - Abacab

The Nolans - Chemistry

Ultravox - The Thin Wall

Modern Romance - Everybody Salsa

29/08/1981

Gary Numan - She's Got Claws

Cliff Richard - Wired For Sound

The Rolling Stones - Start Me Up

Dollar - Hand Held In Black And White

Bucks Fizz - One Of Those Nights

The Pointer Sisters - Slow Hand

Hi Gloss - You'll Never Know

05/09/1981

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Souvenir

Ottawan - Hands Up (Give Me Your Heart)

The Teardrop Explodes - Passionate Friend

The Hollies - Holliedaze (Medley)

Rex Smith/Rachel Sweet - Everlasting Love

John Foxx - Europe (After The Rain)

12/09/1981

Adam And The Ants - Prince Charming

Alvin Stardust - Pretend

Imagination - In And Out Of Love

Linx - So This Is Romance

Diana Ross And Lionel Richie - Endless Love

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:

The Human League - Love Action (I Believe In Love)

Soft Cell - Tainted Love

Modern Romance - Everybody Salsa

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Souvenir

Diana Ross And Lionel Richie - Endless Love

Adam and the Ants - Prince Charming

The Human League - Love Action (I Believe In Love)

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Souvenir

Soft Cell - Tainted Love

Ultravox - The Thin Wall

Electric Light Orchestra - Hold On Tight

Genesis - Abacab

Ultravox - The Thin Wall

Dollar - Hand Held In Black And White

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Souvenir

The Human League - Love Action (I Believe In Love)

Siouxsie And The Banshees - Arabian Knights

U2 - Fire

Soft Cell - Tainted Love

Ultravox - The Thin Wall

Rolling Stones and OMD just outside. Mainly songs I didn't know today so most of these are discoveries (or just did enough to stand out amongst the many naff medleys x)

Ultravox - The Thin Wall

Soft Cell - Tainted Love

Kim Wilde - Water On Glass/Boys

The Human League - Love Action (I Believe In Love)

Adam And The Ants - Prince Charming

The 'Thin Wall' has an interesting beat to it. I think I usually prefer 80s synthpop with guitars too like Ultravox and Kim Wilde compared to just synthpop on its own like Soft Cell, although Tainted Love is a strong song!

The Cliff Richard song is suprisingly good. The Bill Wyman song is oddly quirky, while I didn't know Rolling Stones Start Me Up was an 80s song until today, thought it was 70s.

Edited November 2Nov 2 by TheSnake

Adam And The Ants - Prince Charming

Siouxsie And The Banshees - Arabian Knights

Soft Cell - Tainted Love

U2 - Fire

Ultravox - The Thin Wall

3 I already knew and 2 discoveries (Siouxsie and U2) this week. Although the Ultravox song was also one I only discovered relatively recently.

Next fave discoveries were Kim Wilde's 'Water On Glass' and Debbie Harry, next faves I already knew are Duran Duran and The Human League.

The Human League - Love Action (I Believe In Love)

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Souvenir

Soft Cell - Tainted Love

Electric Light Orchestra - Hold On Tight

Bucks Fizz - One Of Those Nights

so many classics for me here, that last slot could just as easily be occupied by Cliff, Dollar, Siouxsie, Stevie, Linx.

Soft Cell - Tainted Love

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Souvenir

The Teardrop Explodes - Passionate Friend

John Foxx - Europe (After The Rain)

Adam And The Ants - Prince Charming

Worst

Lobo - The Caribbean Disco Show (representing all of the worst medleys - all of them apart from Hooked On Classics)

Rex Smith/Rachel Sweet - Everlasting Love

Diana Ross And Lionel Richie - Endless Love

Best 5:

Carl Carlton - She's A Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked)

Electric Light Orchestra - Hold On Tight

UB40 - One In Ten

Genesis - Abacab

Ultravox - The Thin Wall

Worst:

The Pointer Sisters - Slow Hand

Electric Light Orchestra - Hold On Tight

The Human League - Love Action (I Believe In Love)

Soft Cell - Tainted Love

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Souvenir

Ottawan - Hands Up (Give Me Your Heart)

I think Squeeze will appear today but can we still have Tempted as an RIP for their drummer Gilson Lavis? It missed the top 40 by one place in 1981 and is their most streamed song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZic9ZHU_40

Continuing at 4pm with 43 new songs to cover the next 7 weeks of 1981!

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Best of Week 12 poll results

9 Soft Cell - Tainted Love

7 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Souvenir

7 Ultravox - The Thin Wall

6 The Human League - Love Action (I Believe In Love)

4 Adam and the Ants - Prince Charming

4 Electric Light Orchestra - Hold On Tight

3 Genesis - Abacab

2 Siouxsie And The Banshees - Arabian Knights

2 U2 - Fire

1 Bucks Fizz - One Of Those Nights

1 Carl Carlton - She's A Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked)

1 Diana Ross And Lionel Richie - Endless Love

1 Dollar - Hand Held In Black And White

1 Duran Duran - Girls On Film

1 John Foxx - Europe (After The Rain)

1 Kim Wilde - Water On Glass/Boys

1 Modern Romance - Everybody Salsa

1 Ottawan - Hands Up (Give Me Your Heart)

1 The Teardrop Explodes - Passionate Friend

1 UB40 - One In Ten

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

Will post the full list of today's songs on the next page, but here are my votes:

Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough

The Human League - Open Your Heart

Altered Images - Happy Birthday

Laurie Anderson - O Superman

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Joan Of Arc