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!

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

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 Sunday at 23:033 days 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