'80s Pop
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- The Basics
It was the time of Live Aid and MTV, strange triangular haircuts and synth-pop. Computers entered our lives and the charts, and the Top 40 was like a trip to a sci-fi future. Relive the dawn of a new age with these 25 classic hits.
£22.15 The Basics
Name Artist Time Price 1 I Should Be So Lucky Kylie Minogue 3:24 £0.79 View In iTunes 2 Blue Monday New Order 7:23 £0.99 View In iTunes 3 Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' Michael Jackson 6:02 £0.99 View In iTunes 4 Take On Me a-ha 3:47 £0.59 View In iTunes 5 Ashes to Ashes David Bowie 4:24 £0.79 View In iTunes 6 Don't You Want Me The Human League 3:58 £0.99 View In iTunes 7 The Final Countdown Europe 4:12 £0.99 View In iTunes 8 Holiday Madonna 3:51 £0.99 View In iTunes 9 Never Gonna Give You Up Rick Astley 3:32 £0.99 View In iTunes 10 Every Breath You Take The Police 4:11 £0.79 View In iTunes 11 Tainted Love Soft Cell 2:42 £0.99 View In iTunes 12 Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On) Spandau Ballet 4:02 £0.79 View In iTunes 13 Sledgehammer Peter Gabriel 5:12 £0.79 View In iTunes 14 You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) Dead or Alive 3:13 £0.99 View In iTunes 15 Golden Brown The Stranglers 3:32 £0.59 View In iTunes 16 Video Killed the Radio Star The Buggles 4:13 £0.99 View In iTunes 17 Enola Gay Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 3:33 £0.79 View In iTunes 18 Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go Wham! 3:50 £0.99 View In iTunes 19 Come On Eileen Dexy's Midnight Runners 4:33 £0.79 View In iTunes 20 Atomic Blondie 4:40 £0.99 View In iTunes 21 House of Fun Madness 2:51 £0.99 View In iTunes 22 Same Old Scene Roxy Music 3:58 £0.79 View In iTunes 23 I'm In Love With a German Film Star The Passions 3:59 £0.79 View In iTunes 24 Going Underground The Jam 2:53 £0.99 View In iTunes 25 Do You Really Want to Hurt Me Culture Club 4:29 £0.99 View In iTunes Total: 25 Songs - Next Steps
In the '80s, pop stars were bigger, brighter and louder than ever before. They came from TV soaps and long-forgotten indie bands, and dressed in peacock finery. This list of 25 chart-toppers comes straight from the time capsule.
£22.95 Next StepsName Artist Time Price 1 Careless Memories (Single Version) Duran Duran 3:54 £0.99 View In iTunes 2 Don't Worry, Be Happy Bobby McFerrin 4:51 £0.99 View In iTunes 3 Too Shy Kajagoogoo 3:42 £0.79 View In iTunes 4 All Night Long (All Night) Lionel Richie 6:23 £0.99 View In iTunes 5 Your Love Is King Sade 3:41 £0.99 View In iTunes 6 Bad Michael Jackson 4:07 £0.99 View In iTunes 7 Making Your Mind Up Bucks Fizz 2:38 £0.59 View In iTunes 8 Kids in America Kim Wilde 3:25 £0.99 View In iTunes 9 What Have You Done for Me Lately (Edit) Janet Jackson 4:43 £0.99 View In iTunes 10 Only You Yazoo 3:12 £0.99 View In iTunes 11 Poison Arrow ABC 3:23 £0.99 View In iTunes 12 Mickey Toni Basil 4:13 £0.99 View In iTunes 13 Down Under Men At Work 3:40 £0.99 View In iTunes 14 Sometimes Erasure 3:41 £0.79 View In iTunes 15 19 Paul Hardcastle 3:39 £0.79 View In iTunes 16 I Won't Let the Sun Go Down On Me Nik Kershaw 3:17 £0.99 View In iTunes 17 If I Was Midge Ure 4:52 £0.99 View In iTunes 18 Girls On Film Duran Duran 3:36 £0.79 View In iTunes 19 This Ole House Shakin' Stevens 3:05 £0.99 View In iTunes 20 Jealous Guy Roxy Music 4:57 £0.99 View In iTunes 21 This Charming Man The Smiths 2:43 £0.99 View In iTunes 22 Bette Davis Eyes Kim Carnes 3:45 £0.79 View In iTunes 23 Fade to Grey Visage 3:50 £0.79 View In iTunes 24 Gloria Laura Branigan 4:51 £0.79 View In iTunes 25 Reward The Teardrop Explodes 2:47 £0.99 View In iTunes Total: 25 Songs - Deep Cuts
Frankie said relax, and Bob Geldof said give us the money. Gordon Gekko said greed was good and the Beat said stand down Margaret. In the '80s, pop was on the front page of the papers every day, thanks to songs and stars like these.
£22.76 Deep CutsName Artist Time Price 1 Once In a Lifetime Talking Heads 4:19 £0.79 View In iTunes 2 Love Plus One Haircut 100 3:32 £0.99 View In iTunes 3 Don't You (Forget About Me) Simple Minds 4:20 £0.99 View In iTunes 4 Don't Dream It's Over Crowded House 3:56 £0.99 View In iTunes 5 Turn Back the Clock Johnny Hates Jazz 4:20 £0.79 View In iTunes 6 New Life Depeche Mode 3:45 £0.99 View In iTunes 7 The Lovecats The Cure 3:39 £0.99 View In iTunes 8 Walking On Sunshine Katrina & The Waves 4:01 £0.99 View In iTunes 9 Shout Tears for Fears 6:35 £0.99 View In iTunes 10 Kiss Me (1983) Stephen Duffy 3:26 £0.79 View In iTunes 11 Echo Beach Martha And The Muffins 3:39 £0.99 View In iTunes 12 Africa Toto 4:55 £0.99 View In iTunes 13 Turning Japanese The Vapors 3:46 £0.99 View In iTunes 14 Breakout Swing Out Sister 3:46 £0.99 View In iTunes 15 Senses Working Overtime XTC 4:50 £0.99 View In iTunes 16 Wishful Thinking China Crisis 4:42 £0.99 View In iTunes 17 Respectable Mel & Kim 3:23 £0.99 View In iTunes 18 Right Here Waiting Richard Marx 4:22 £0.99 View In iTunes 19 I Want to Know What Love Is Foreigner 5:04 £0.79 View In iTunes 20 Bridge to Your Heart Wax 4:12 £0.99 View In iTunes 21 It Ain't What You Do It's the Way That You Do It Fun Boy Three 2:49 £0.99 View In iTunes 22 Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You) A Flock of Seagulls 4:12 £0.99 View In iTunes 23 Owner of a Lonely Heart Yes 4:29 £0.79 View In iTunes 24 John Wayne Is Big Leggy Haysi Fantayzee 3:18 £0.99 View In iTunes Total: 24 Songs - Complete Set
It was the time of Live Aid and MTV, strange triangular haircuts and synth-pop. Computers entered our lives and the charts, and the Top 40 was like a trip to a sci-fi future. You'll find guilty pleasures right next to bona-fide classics . . . but we'll let you decide which is which. Rediscover what drove the first MTV Generation wild with these 75 pop classics.
£67.86 Complete SetName Artist Time Price 1 I Should Be So Lucky Kylie Minogue 3:24 £0.79 View In iTunes 2 Blue Monday New Order 7:23 £0.99 View In iTunes 3 Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' Michael Jackson 6:02 £0.99 View In iTunes 4 Take On Me a-ha 3:47 £0.59 View In iTunes 5 Ashes to Ashes David Bowie 4:24 £0.79 View In iTunes 6 Don't You Want Me The Human League 3:58 £0.99 View In iTunes 7 The Final Countdown Europe 4:12 £0.99 View In iTunes 8 Holiday Madonna 3:51 £0.99 View In iTunes 9 Never Gonna Give You Up Rick Astley 3:32 £0.99 View In iTunes 10 Every Breath You Take The Police 4:11 £0.79 View In iTunes 11 Tainted Love Soft Cell 2:42 £0.99 View In iTunes 12 Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On) Spandau Ballet 4:02 £0.79 View In iTunes 13 Sledgehammer Peter Gabriel 5:12 £0.79 View In iTunes 14 You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) Dead or Alive 3:13 £0.99 View In iTunes 15 Golden Brown The Stranglers 3:32 £0.59 View In iTunes 16 Video Killed the Radio Star The Buggles 4:13 £0.99 View In iTunes 17 Enola Gay Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 3:33 £0.79 View In iTunes 18 Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go Wham! 3:50 £0.99 View In iTunes 19 Come On Eileen Dexy's Midnight Runners 4:33 £0.79 View In iTunes 20 Atomic Blondie 4:40 £0.99 View In iTunes 21 House of Fun Madness 2:51 £0.99 View In iTunes 22 Same Old Scene Roxy Music 3:58 £0.79 View In iTunes 23 I'm In Love With a German Film Star The Passions 3:59 £0.79 View In iTunes 24 Going Underground The Jam 2:53 £0.99 View In iTunes 25 Do You Really Want to Hurt Me Culture Club 4:29 £0.99 View In iTunes 26 Careless Memories (Single Version) Duran Duran 3:54 £0.99 View In iTunes 27 Don't Worry, Be Happy Bobby McFerrin 4:51 £0.99 View In iTunes 28 Too Shy Kajagoogoo 3:42 £0.79 View In iTunes 29 All Night Long (All Night) Lionel Richie 6:23 £0.99 View In iTunes 30 Your Love Is King Sade 3:41 £0.99 View In iTunes 31 Bad Michael Jackson 4:07 £0.99 View In iTunes 32 Making Your Mind Up Bucks Fizz 2:38 £0.59 View In iTunes 33 Kids in America Kim Wilde 3:25 £0.99 View In iTunes 34 What Have You Done for Me Lately (Edit) Janet Jackson 4:43 £0.99 View In iTunes 35 Only You Yazoo 3:12 £0.99 View In iTunes 36 Poison Arrow ABC 3:23 £0.99 View In iTunes 37 Mickey Toni Basil 4:13 £0.99 View In iTunes 38 Down Under Men At Work 3:40 £0.99 View In iTunes 39 Sometimes Erasure 3:41 £0.79 View In iTunes 40 19 Paul Hardcastle 3:39 £0.79 View In iTunes 41 I Won't Let the Sun Go Down On Me Nik Kershaw 3:17 £0.99 View In iTunes 42 If I Was Midge Ure 4:52 £0.99 View In iTunes 43 Girls On Film Duran Duran 3:36 £0.79 View In iTunes 44 This Ole House Shakin' Stevens 3:05 £0.99 View In iTunes 45 Jealous Guy Roxy Music 4:57 £0.99 View In iTunes 46 This Charming Man The Smiths 2:43 £0.99 View In iTunes 47 Bette Davis Eyes Kim Carnes 3:45 £0.79 View In iTunes 48 Fade to Grey Visage 3:50 £0.79 View In iTunes 49 Gloria Laura Branigan 4:51 £0.79 View In iTunes 50 Reward The Teardrop Explodes 2:47 £0.99 View In iTunes 51 Once In a Lifetime Talking Heads 4:19 £0.79 View In iTunes 52 Love Plus One Haircut 100 3:32 £0.99 View In iTunes 53 Don't You (Forget About Me) Simple Minds 4:20 £0.99 View In iTunes 54 Don't Dream It's Over Crowded House 3:56 £0.99 View In iTunes 55 Turn Back the Clock Johnny Hates Jazz 4:20 £0.79 View In iTunes 56 New Life Depeche Mode 3:45 £0.99 View In iTunes 57 The Lovecats The Cure 3:39 £0.99 View In iTunes 58 Walking On Sunshine Katrina & The Waves 4:01 £0.99 View In iTunes 59 Shout Tears for Fears 6:35 £0.99 View In iTunes 60 Kiss Me (1983) Stephen Duffy 3:26 £0.79 View In iTunes 61 Echo Beach Martha And The Muffins 3:39 £0.99 View In iTunes 62 Africa Toto 4:55 £0.99 View In iTunes 63 Turning Japanese The Vapors 3:46 £0.99 View In iTunes 64 Breakout Swing Out Sister 3:46 £0.99 View In iTunes 65 Senses Working Overtime XTC 4:50 £0.99 View In iTunes 66 Wishful Thinking China Crisis 4:42 £0.99 View In iTunes 67 Respectable Mel & Kim 3:23 £0.99 View In iTunes 68 Right Here Waiting Richard Marx 4:22 £0.99 View In iTunes 69 I Want to Know What Love Is Foreigner 5:04 £0.79 View In iTunes 70 Bridge to Your Heart Wax 4:12 £0.99 View In iTunes 71 It Ain't What You Do It's the Way That You Do It Fun Boy Three 2:49 £0.99 View In iTunes 72 Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You) A Flock of Seagulls 4:12 £0.99 View In iTunes 73 Owner of a Lonely Heart Yes 4:29 £0.79 View In iTunes 74 John Wayne Is Big Leggy Haysi Fantayzee 3:18 £0.99 View In iTunes Total: 74 Songs
