Posted February 9, 200817 yr 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
February 9, 200817 yr 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
February 9, 200817 yr 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)
February 9, 200817 yr Author 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
February 9, 200817 yr 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
February 9, 200817 yr might do this 2moro - cant be bother with this tbh!!! it will probs be full of nasty hair
February 9, 200817 yr 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
February 10, 200817 yr (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
February 10, 200817 yr 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)
February 11, 200817 yr 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)
February 11, 200817 yr 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
February 11, 200817 yr 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
February 11, 200817 yr 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
February 16, 200817 yr Author 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 KoeFzjaG7Zs The 1980s Record Of the Decade Final thread will be posted very soon.
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