'80s Party 2

The pop decade that only gets stronger the further it's distanced by time is back again — and it wants to party. Michael Jackson leads us straight to the '80s dance floor with "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'", and from then on, the moves are up for grabs — for a burst of stiff-armed Camden-ska, look to Madness ("Baggy Trousers"), and if you fancy jigging to a flurry of Canadian maypole electro then bring on Men Without Hats ("The Safety Dance").

Match the sound to the image, with our new batch of '80s party Next Steps.

Haircut 100 draped their jumpers over their shoulders, Continental-style, and sometimes tucked them into their trousers — acts of sartorial flamboyance that totally suited the joyous pop of their party-starting "Fantastic Day". But this was the '80s, when Shakin' Stevens, singing the 1954 Rosemary Clooney hit "This Ole House", styled himself after Elvis, and when Boy George, fronting "Karma Chameleon" with Culture Club, dressed like . . . nobody else in the world.

If you don't want to cure the disco hangover, try some Liquid Gold hair o' the dog, in Deep Cuts.

As the '80s began, some partygoers refused to acknowledged that disco was a spent force — and thanks to Liquid Gold ("Dance Yourself Dizzy"), who sang fondly about L.A. and Manhattan but never actually played in America, the glitter-ball would remain in heavy rotation. Alternatively, there was the medieval rock 'n' roll of Tenpole Tudor, who sang "Swords of a Thousand Men" in chain-mail, and soul-dance outfit JoBoxers ("Boxerbeat"), who dressed like street-brawlers from the '30s.

The remnants of disco, the shards of punk, the heyday of electro-pop, the revival of old-school rock 'n' roll, the new romantic dawn . . . you'll find all of this and more among our second assortment of '80s party classics, featuring art-pop cheerleader Toni Basil ("Mickey"), Hi-NRG bad boys Frankie Goes to Hollywood ("Relax"), and goth grinders the Cult ("She Sells Sanctuary"). Whether you choose to rock out with Joan Jett ("I Love Rock 'N Roll"), bop out with Wham! ("Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"), or body-pop-out with Shalamar ("A Night to Remember"), you'll find everything you need to party like it's 1980-whatever.