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1980s Retro Records of The Decade: Play-offs:

 

Abba - One Of Us

Abba - Thank You For The Music

Abba - The Day Before You Came

A-ha - The Sun Always Shines On TV

Bangles - Eternal Flame

Bangles - Manic Monday

Berlin - Take My Breath Away

Bon Jovi - You Give Love A Bad Name

Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark

Cher - If I Could Turn Back Time

Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over

Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want To Have Fun

Cyndi Lauper - True Colors

Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus

Duran Duran - Hungry Like The Wolf

Erasure - A Little Respect

Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

Foreigner - I Want To Know What Love Is

George Michael - Careless Whisper

George Michael - Father Figure

Jam - Going Underground

Joan Jett & the Blackhearts - I Love Rock' n Roll

Journey - Don't Stop Believin'

Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart

Kate Bush - Cloudbusting

Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill

Kim Wilde - Kids In America

Kylie Minogue - I Should Be So Lucky

Laura Branigan - Self Control

Madonna - Like A Virgin

Madonna - Into The Groove

Madonna - Material Girl

Men At Work - Down Under

Mental As Anything - Live It Up

Metallica - One

Michael Jackson - Beat It

Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal

Michael Jackson - Man In The Mirror

Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning

New Order - Blue Monday

Pet Shop Boys - It's A Sin

Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls

Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield - What Have I Done To Deserve This

Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight

Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb

Pink Floyd - Hey You

Police - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic

Pretenders - Brass In Pocket

Queen - Radio Ga Ga

Queen - Another One Bites The Dust

REM - The One I Love

Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me)

Stranglers - Golden Brown

Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger

Suzanne Vega - Luka

Tears For Fears - Mad World

Tracy Chapman - Fast Car

U2 - New Year's Day

U2 - All I Want Is You

Ultravox - Vienna

Van Halen - Jump

 

Please Vote for your 20 favourites (minimum Top 10) in order (1st, 2nd, etc) from that list of nominations WITHIN the NEXT WEEK by Saturday 16th February.

 

The top 20 songs will join the 30 songs (ROTY's 1980, 1981 ... to 1989) in the Record of the 1980s Decade Final

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1. Madonna - Material Girl (20 Points)

2. Kylie Minogue - I Should Be So Lucky

3. Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want To Have Fun

4. Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

5. Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal

6. Bangles - Manic Monday

7. Madonna - Like A Virgin

8. Michael Jackson - Beat It

9. Cyndi Lauper - True Colors

10. Queen - Another One Bites The Dust

11. Abba - Thank You For The Music

12. Madonna - Into The Groove

13. Cher - If I Could Turn Back Time

14. Bangles - Eternal Flame

15. George Michael - Careless Whisper

16. Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger

17. Queen - Radio Ga Ga

18. Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield - What Have I Done To Deserve This

19. Joan Jett & the Blackhearts - I Love Rock' n Roll

20. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart

1 Ultravox - Vienna ................................20pts

2 Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill

3 Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart

4 Madonna - Into The Groove

5 Kim Wilde - Kids In America

6 Laura Branigan - Self Control

7 U2 - New Year's Day

8 Mental As Anything - Live It Up

9 George Michael - Father Figure

10 Foreigner - I Want To Know What Love Is

11 George Michael - Careless Whisper

12 Tears For Fears - Mad World

13 Kate Bush - Cloudbusting

14 Men At Work - Down Under

15 Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning

16 Pretenders - Brass In Pocket

17 Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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1st Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill 20 Pts

2nd Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart

3rd New Order - Blue Monday

4. Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over

5. Abba - The Day Before You Came

6. Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls

7. Ultravox - Vienna

8. Duran Duran - Hungry Like The Wolf

9. George Michael - Careless Whisper

10. Tears For Fears - Mad World

11. Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

12. Bangles - Eternal Flame

13. Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb

14. Stranglers - Golden Brown

15. Kate Bush - Cloudbusting

16. Erasure - A Little Respect

17. Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield - What Have I Done To Deserve This

18. Jam - Going Underground

19. Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus

20. Abba - One Of Us

 

1 Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me)

2 Tears For Fears - Mad World

3 Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart

4 New Order - Blue Monday

5 Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill

6 Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls

7 Laura Branigan - Self Control

8 Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield - What Have I Done To Deserve This

9 Queen - Radio Ga Ga

10 Ultravox - Vienna

11 U2 - New Year's Day

12 Kate Bush - Cloudbusting

13 Pet Shop Boys - It's A Sin

14 Queen - Another One Bites The Dust

15 Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

16 Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over

17 Suzanne Vega - Luka

18 Pretenders - Brass In Pocket

19 A-ha - The Sun Always Shines On TV

20 Kim Wilde - Kids In America

 

might do this 2moro - cant be bother with this tbh!!! it will probs be full of nasty hair

1 Ultravox - Vienna (20pts)

2 Cyndi Lauper - True Colors

3 George Michael - Careless Whisper

4 Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls

5 New Order - Blue Monday

6 Duran Duran - Hungry Like The Wolf

7 Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark

8 Michael Jackson - Beat It

9 Pet Shop Boys - It's A Sin

10 Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill

11 A-ha - The Sun Always Shines On TV

12 ABBA - One Of Us

13 Simple Minds - Don't You Forget About Me

14 The Police - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic

15 Kim Wilde - Kids In America

16 Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield - What Have I Done To Deserve This

17 Madonna - Like A Virgin

18 Madonna - Into The Groove

19 Mental As Anything - Live It Up

20 Metallica - One

 

(01) Madonna - Into The Groove

(02) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield - What Have I Done To Deserve This

(03) Madonna - Material Girl

(04) Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

(05) Kylie Minogue - I Should Be So Lucky

(06) Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill

(07) Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls

(08) New Order - Blue Monday

(09) Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

(10) Pretenders - Brass In Pocket

(11) A-Ha - The Sun Always Shines On TV

(12) Pet Shop Boys - It's A Sin

(13) Madonna - Like A Virgin

(14) George Michael - Father Figure

(15) Kate Bush - Cloudbusting

(16) Bangles - Manic Monday

(17) Kim Wilde - Kids In America

(18) Michael Jackson - Man In The Mirror

(19) Erasure - A Little Respect

(20) Cyndi Lauper - True Colours

 

1. Madonna - Into The Groove

2. A-ha - The Sun Always Shines On TV

3. Pet Shop Boys - It's A Sin

4. Laura Branigan - Self Control

5. Kylie Minogue - I Should Be So Lucky

6. Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning

7. Abba - One Of Us

8. Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls

9. Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight

10. Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield - What Have I Done To Deserve This

11. Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus

12. Cyndi Lauper - True Colors

13. Tears For Fears - Mad World

14. Cher - If I Could Turn Back Time

15. Berlin - Take My Breath Away

16. Madonna - Material Girl

17. George Michael - Careless Whisper

18. Men At Work - Down Under

19. Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill

20. Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb (20 points)

2. Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus

3. U2 - New Year's Day

4. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart

5. New Order - Blue Monday

6. Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me)

7. A-ha - The Sun Always Shines On TV

8. Michael Jackson - Beat It

9. Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

10. Abba - One Of Us

11. Men At Work - Down Under

12. Queen - Radio Ga Ga

13. Abba - Thank You For The Music

14. Pretenders - Brass In Pocket

15. Suzanne Vega - Luka

16. Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger

17. Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark

18. Berlin - Take My Breath Away

19. Joan Jett & the Blackhearts - I Love Rock' n Roll

20. Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill (1 point)

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.Foreigner - I Want To Know What Love IsUltravox - Vienna

2.Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger

3.Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight

4.Kylie Minogue - I Should Be So Lucky

5.Journey - Don't Stop Believin'

6.Bangles - Eternal Flame

7.Bangles - Manic Monday

8.Berlin - Take My Breath Away

9.Bon Jovi - You Give Love A Bad Name

10.Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want To Have Fun

11.Abba - One Of Us

12.Abba - Thank You For The Music

13.Abba - The Day Before You Came

14.REM - The One I Love

15.Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark

16.Cher - If I Could Turn Back Time

17.Pet Shop Boys - It's A Sin

18.Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls

19.Police - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic

20.Kim Wilde - Kids In America

1st Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill

2 ABBA - The Day Before You Came

3 New Order - Blue Monday

4 Kate Bush - Cloudbusting

5 Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus

6 Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams

7 Pet Shop Boys - It's a Sin

8 Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart

9 Aha - Sun always shines on TV

10 Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over

11 Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb

12 Pet Shop Boys / Dusty Springfield - What Have I Done To Deserve This?

13 Stranglers - Golden Brown

14 Pretenders - Brass In Pocket

15 Tears For Fears - Mad World

16 Michael Jackson - Beat It

17 Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal

18 Suzanne Vega - Luka

19 Ultravox - Vienna

20 Madonna - Into The Groove

1. Ultravox – Vienna

2. Jam - Going Underground

3. Foreigner - I Want To Know What Love Is

4. Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over

5. Queen - Another One Bites The Dust

6. Bangles - Eternal Flame

7. Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill

8. Madonna - Into The Groove

9. Berlin - Take My Breath Away

10. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart

11. Tears For Fears - Mad World

12. Police - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic

13. Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

14. Bangles - Manic Monday

15. Cher - If I Could Turn Back Time

16. George Michael - Careless Whisper

17. Queen - Radio Ga Ga

18. Men At Work - Down Under

19. Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark

20. Duran Duran - Hungry Like The Wolf

 

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1980s Record Of The Decade Playoffs : Results

 

Thanks to the 33 of you who voted:

 

Position / Artist - Song Title / Points Scored

 

61st Erasure - A Little Respect 40

60th Joan Jett & the Blackhearts - I Love Rock' n Roll 59

59th Mental As Anything - Live It Up 61

58th George Michael - Father Figure 63

57th Michael Jackson - Man In The Mirror 66

56th Police - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic 68

54th Van Halen - Jump 71

54th Kim Wilde - Kids In America 71

52nd Abba - Thank You For The Music 73

52nd Pretenders - Brass In Pocket 73

51st Laura Branigan - Self Control 77

50th Kate Bush - Cloudbusting 79

48th U2 - All I Want Is You 80

48th Stranglers - Golden Brown 80

47th Suzanne Vega - Luka 82

45th Abba - One Of Us 86

45th Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning 86

43rd Bangles - Manic Monday 87

43rd U2 - New Year's Day 87

42nd Jam - Going Underground 88

41st Tears For Fears - Mad World 90

 

40th Duran Duran - Hungry Like The Wolf 92

39th Abba - The Day Before You Came 96

38th Journey - Don't Stop Believin' 97

37th Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark 98

36th Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight 99

35th Tracy Chapman - Fast Car 101

34th Pink Floyd - Hey You 102

33rd Kylie Minogue - I Should Be So Lucky 104

30th Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want To Have Fun 109

30th Madonna - Like A Virgin 109

30th Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal 109

29th REM - The One I Love 112

28th Cyndi Lauper - True Colors 114

26th Men At Work - Down Under 115

26th Foreigner - I Want To Know What Love Is 115

25th Berlin - Take My Breath Away 116

24th Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me) 118

23rd Queen - Another One Bites The Dust 120

22nd Madonna - Material Girl 123

21st Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield - What Have I Done To Deserve This 124

 

The following songs go through to the 1980s Record of The Decade Final:

 

19th Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger 128

19th Pet Shop Boys - It's A Sin 128

17th Queen - Radio Ga Ga 129

17th Ultravox - Vienna 129

16th Metallica - One 133

15th Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus 141

14th Bangles - Eternal Flame 145

13th George Michael - Careless Whisper 147

12th Cher - If I Could Turn Back Time 150

11th Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls 153

9th Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over 156

9th Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill 156

7th Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb 157

7th Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart 157

6th Bon Jovi - You Give Love A Bad Name 159

5th New Order - Blue Monday 162

4th A-ha - The Sun Always Shines On TV 169

3rd Michael Jackson - Beat It 178

2nd Madonna - Into The Groove 183

 

1st Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) 214

 

The 1980s Record Of the Decade Final thread will be posted very soon.

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