These aren’t typically tunes that everyone remembers from the eighties. I, for one, had completely forgotten nearly all of them, but once I heard them again they practically screamed 1985. You couldn’t turn the radio on back then without hearing these songs in the weeks they were charting. Most of them have even aged well. Interestingly, in terms of runtime the tracks of that era are longer than songs of earlier eras.
Life In A Northern Town (4:15)
Dream Academy
Broken Wings (4:49)
Mr. Mister
Kyrie (4:17)
Mr. Mister
Kayleigh (4:03)
Marillion
Alive And Kicking (5:26)
Simple Minds
Obsession (4:02)
Animotion
Smooth Operator (4:18)
Sade
Lay Your Hands On Me (4:10)
Thompson Twins
Everytime You Go Away (4:21)
Paul Young
Silent Running (6:15)
Mike + The Mechanics
