Best of the '80s Redux, Poll — February 17, 2015 at 8:22 am

Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Best of the ’80s Redux: Vote for your favorite songs of 1981

bestof1981redux

And now for Round 2: Last month, we launched the successor to our wildly popular best-albums-of-the-’80s polls, asking you, the readers of Slicing Up Eyeballs, to weigh in with your favorite songs of the year 1980, the first step in a year-long series of polls to pick the best tracks of the decade. Today, we move on to the second installment: 1981.

VOTING: For the album polls, we presented you with a list, sometimes hundreds of titles long, to choose from, plus the ability to offer write-ins. We inevitably missed titles, and some argued this skewed the results. So this time, it’s a (mostly) free-for-all. You may vote for any songs you’d like — singles, B-sides, album cuts, etc. It’s all fill-in-the-blanks this time, not multiple choice.

A few important things to note — including some changes from last month’s poll:

  • To be eligible, songs must have been released in some format — whether it be on an album, EP or a single — for the first time during the year 1981. That means, for example, that a song that’s released as a single in 1982 will be eligible for the 1981 poll if it first appeared on an album released in 1981. Splitting hairs? Sure, but we have to draw the line somewhere, and the rules for last month’s poll were a bit too vague.
  • By popular demand, we’re increasing the number of songs you include on your ballot. This time around, you may vote for up to 25 songs. That, of course, doesn’t mean you must come up with 25 — you can just vote for one, if that’s all you want to do. The votes are not weighted by raking; each album listed counts the same in the final tally.
  • In the past, acknowledging the theme of this website, we limited voting to artists that fall under the very loose and ill-defined “alternative” banner, generally acts from the punk, post-punk, goth, college rock, indie, synthpop, industrial, New Wave and related genres. Not the case anymore — although that’s still likely how the results will skew. This time, vote for whatever you want. 
  • Well, there is one limit. To prevent one-note fans from, say, simply listing every track off REO Speedwagon’s Hi Infidelity, you may only vote for a maximum of two songs by the same artist when filling out your Top 25. Any ballots submitted with more than two songs by the same artist will be disqualified.

DEADLINE: Voting will be open through 5 p.m. EDT Friday, March 13, and results will be posted by the end of the month — after which we’ll launch the 1982 poll and take it from there.

Sound good? Then vote away via the survey widget posted below.

And because there’s not a pre-set list to choose from, we encourage you to lobby for your picks, and maybe sway some votes, in the comments below.

Finally, if you’re drawing a blank on what came out that year, take a look back at our Top 100 albums of 1981 poll results, or check out these other resources:

 

 

PREVIOUSLY ON SLICING UP EYEBALLS

 

 

97 Comments

  1. So what about the “Radio Free Europe” question — “first released” in 1981 as an obscure 45, then re-recorded and re-released in 1983 as the lead single on what turned out to be the most important album of the decade, “Murmur.” Which way does the hair split on this one — is it a 1981 song, or a 1983 song?

    Many votes hang in the balance….

    • That comment about the most important album of the decade is sure to ruffle some feathers. I happen to agree with you, inasmuch as I think it’s in the top 10 most important (probably closer to top five for me). As for the question, there has to be a reasonableness aspect to the designation of years. Yes, very hardcore REM fans would know that radio free europe was initially released in 81. But no one really knew about then, and everyone associates it with the release of Murmur in 83.

      By the way, even though Cure and DM fans will do everything to have their respective band take the No.1 spot, I’m betting on Under Pressure because it has grown in popularity more than any other song of that year. As for me, there is no better song from 81 than Tempted by Squeeze.

    • I’m going to allow it to be voted in both years, because it’s technically two different recordings (talk about splitting hairs).

      I would, however, recommend people vote for it in ’83 as that’s most likely when they heard it and when it had its impact. Some, however, will no doubt have heard the song in 1981, and to them it’s an ’81 song.

      Seem fair?

      • Perfect answer. Thanks.

      • To clarify- you’re talking Radio Free Europe here, yes?
        Not Under Pressure. I need Under Pressure on my list.

      • I think in the case of certain recordings, for instance, Sunday Bloody Sunday live, or some of the tracks from Stop Making Sense, are iconic in their live format, Psycho Killer for instance being almost a different song. so hopefully live recordings also count? :-)

      • If I can belabor this point a little more… just to clarify… if the early single is NOT significantly different, just an early release compared to the album, then we should vote for it in the single year?

        Example: “Who Can It Be Now?” and “Down Under” are listed at ’81, though the album “Business As Usual” is ’82 release date. Vote for them now or lose your chance?

        (As a note, strangely, when I look what iTunes says about the album, it lists those tracks as ’82 and every other song on the album as ’81… weird.)

    • an early version of down under appeared as a b-side to an earlier single by Men At Work… but the one on the album is different. I think that if a song has been re-done, it could feasibly go on more than once… this is such a crazy poll. :-)

  2. Not a big year for me, college rock wise. Here we go…
    1. King Crimson – Discipline
    2. King Crimson – Frame by Frame
    3. Rush – Tom Sawyer
    4. Rush – Limelight
    5. Stranglers – Golden Brown
    6. Midnight Oil – Brave Faces
    7. Midnight Oil – Basement Flat
    8. Genesis – Keep it Dark
    9. Police – Secret Journey
    10. Mission of Burma – Outlaw
    11. Mission of Burma – Fame and Fortune
    12. The Who – Daily Records
    13. The Who – Cache Cache
    14. Psychedelic Furs – Dumb Waiters
    15. Comsat Angels – Our Secret
    16. The Tubes – Talk To Ya Later
    17. Pretenders – Talk Of The Town
    18. Pretenders – Cuban Slide
    19. The Stones – Little T&A
    20. Stiff Little Fingers – Roots, Radicals, Rockers and Reggae
    21.Tom Petty – Nightwatchman
    22. Todd Rundgren – Healer
    23. The Church – The Unguarded Moment
    24. Red Rider – Lunatic Fringe
    25. The Kinks – Destroyer

    • Gavin O'Neill

      Hey Pop Gun, nice choice on the Stiff Little Fingers cut. It was #26 on my list. And I forgot about The Unguarded Moment. What a stunning song that is. Way to go, my friend.

  3. Woo! It’s time for the 1981 voting. Can’t wait to see what people come up with. Also awesome we can vote for any songs! Here’s my list as follows:

    1. Go-Go’s – Skidmarks On My Heart
    2. Depeche Mode – Dreaming of Me
    3. Adolescents – Kids Of The Black Hole
    4. Psychedelic Furs – Dumb Waiters
    5. Ramones – The KKK Took My Baby Away
    6. Stray Cats – Stray Cat Strut
    7. X – The Once Over Twice
    8. Cars – Shake It Up
    9. Cure – Primary
    10. Kim Wilde – Kids in America
    11. Ramones – We Want The Airwaves
    12. Black Flag – TV Party
    13. Siouxsie And The Banshees – Arabian Knights
    14. Men At Work – Down Under
    15. Soft Cell – Tainted Love
    16. Human League – Don’t You Want Me
    17. Duran Duran – Girls On Film
    18. Tom Tom Club – Genius Of Love
    19. Police – Spirits In The Material World
    20. Cramps – Goo Goo Muck
    21. Boomtown Rats – Up All Night
    22. Agent Orange – Bloodstains
    23. T.S.O.L. – Code Blue
    24. Matt Johnson – Song Without An Ending
    25. Oingo Boingo – Only A Lad

  4. Aside from songs like “Tempted” which I assume will take the #1 spot, I found a few one-hit-wonders type of songs that should get the vote, IMO.

    Soft Cell – Tainted Love
    Classix Nouveaux – Guilty
    Romeo Void – Never Say Never

    Interesting year… with a lot of cross-over into the more mainstream, less ‘new wave’.

    Phil Collins – “In The Air Tonight”
    Duran Duran – “Girls on Film”
    Genesis – “No Reply At All”

    Classic Rock…
    Rush – “Red Barchetta”
    Blue Oyster Cult – “Veteran of the Psychic Wars”
    and the most important song of the year…

    Rick James – “Superfreak”… which is a crossover mashup of R&B, Disco, Rock and New Wave. hah!

    Then plenty of the more typical ones we might see…
    Adam & the Ants – “Stand and Deliver”
    Depeche Mode – “Just Can’t Get Enough”
    Devo – “Working In a Coal Mine”
    English Beat – “Doors of Your Heart”
    The Go-Go’s – “We Got the Beat”
    Human League – “Don’t You Want Me”
    Kraftwerk – “Computer Love”
    The Police – “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic”
    The Psychedelic Furs – “Pretty In Pink”
    Simple Minds – “Boys From Brazil”
    Siouxsie & the Banshees – “Spellbound”
    Spandau Ballet – “Chant No. 1”
    Squeeze – “Tempted”
    The Stranglers – “Golden Brown”
    Tom Tom Club – “Genius of Love”

    What’s funny, is that I couldn’t really vote for anything from New Order’s Movement, as I don’t think they really hit their stride until 1983’s Power, Corruption & Lies.

    Interesting year of music.

    • Didn’t New Order release “Ceremony” in 1981?

      Actually (says a popular online encyclopedia), they released it twice that year — once in March, and again in September. That song should garner a few votes from the NO faithful, I’m guessing.

      • Good point. I miss some of the “Singles only” tracks, when I’m researching. Like, I missed “This Is Radio Clash” as well.

        I guess this is why we can vote more than once! heh.

  5. In no particular order
    Souvenir – OMD
    Seconds – Human League
    Over the wall – Echo & The Bunnymen
    Heaven 17 – Fascist Groove Thang
    Dreams Never End – New Order
    Spellbound – Siouxsie
    The American – Simple Minds
    Tempted – Squeeze
    Bedsitter – Soft Cell

  6. Here is my list ( in know particular order). I’ve got a few that I think might make the cut but I think most of them don’t have a chance.

    – Mission Of Burma – Academy Fight Song
    – Au Pairs – Come Again
    – Delta 5 – Delta 5
    – The Psychedelic Furs – Into You Like A Train
    – Gang Of Four – What We All Want
    – The Cultural Decay – Brave New World
    – The Honeymoon Killers – Histoire A Suivre
    – Ski Patrol – Extinguish
    – Family Fodder – Dazomo
    – 13th Chime – Coffin Maker
    – Bona Dish – Intense
    – Lucrate Milk – Lustiges Tierquartet
    – Section 25 – Be Brave
    – Malaria – How Do You Like My New Dog
    – Devo – Going Under
    – The Clean – Tally Ho
    – The Birthday Party – Cry
    – Siouxsie And The Banshees – Halloween
    – Altered Images – I Could Be Happy
    – The Cure – Primary
    – The Dancing Cigarettes – Pop Doormat
    – Digital Dance – Treatment
    – Artery – Afterwards
    – Method Actors – Commotion
    – Minor Threat – Minor Threat

  7. Gavin O'Neill

    Adam And The Ants, Beat My Guest
    Aztec Camera, Just Like Gold
    Bow Wow Wow, Jungle Boy
    The Clean, Tally Ho!
    Depeche Mode, Dreaming Of Me
    The Gun Club, Sex Beat
    Japan, Sons Of Pioneers
    Marine Girls, Honey
    The Nails, 88 Lines About 44 Women
    New Order, Ceremony
    Orange Juice, Poor Old Soul (Part One)
    Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, The Romance Of The Telescope (Unfinished)
    Peter Godwin, Images Of Heaven
    The Psychedelic Furs, She Is Mine
    R.E.M., Sitting Still
    Red Cross, Annette’s Got The Hits
    The Replacements, I’m In Trouble
    Skids, Iona
    Social Distortion, Mainliner
    Soft Cell, Say Hello Wave Goodbye
    Spandau Ballet, The Freeze
    The Stranglers, Thrown Away
    Tears For Fears, Suffer The Children
    U2, Gloria
    The Waitresses, Christmas Wrapping

  8. The Cure, All Cats Are Grey
    The Cure, Charlotte Sometimes
    Siouxsie & The Banshees, Arabian Knights
    Soft Cell, Sex Dwarf
    Soft Cell, Bedsitter
    Sort Sol, Marble Station
    Modern English, 16 Days
    Bauhaus, The Passion Of Lovers
    Bauhaus, Kick In The Eye
    Einstürzende Neubauten, Tanz Debil
    Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft, Der Mussolini
    Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft, Der Räuber Und Der Prinz
    The Birthday Party, Release The Bats
    The Birthday Party, Zoo-Music Girl
    Wire, Our Swimmer
    Depeche Mode, Just Can’t Get Enough
    Depeche Mode, Photographic
    Serge Gainsbourg, Mickey Maousse
    Serge Gainsbourg, Evguénie Solokov
    Roxy Music, Jealous Guy
    Public Image Ltd., Flowers Of Romance
    Billy Idol, Mony Mony
    The Comsat Angels, Eye Of The Lens
    The Psychedelic Furs, Pretty In Pink
    Dead Kennedys, Too Drunk To Fuck

    ….these are THE ONLY songs worth mentioning from this particular year!

  9. U2’s October was one of their most raw and effective efforts. Say what you will about what they’ve grown into, but give them some votes for that record. Also, Echo and the Bunnymen’s Heaven up Here.

  10. “Hi Infidelity” was released in ’80.

  11. 1. TRIUMPH — Magic Power
    2. TRIUMPH — Magic Power
    3. TRIUMPH — Magic Power
    4. TRIUMPH — Magic Power
    5. TRIUMPH — Magic Power
    6. TRIUMPH — Magic Power
    7. TRIUMPH — Magic Power
    8. TRIUMPH — Magic Power
    9. TRIUMPH — Magic Power
    10. TRIUMPH — Magic Power
    11. TRIUMPH — Magic Power
    12. TRIUMPH — Magic Power
    13. TRIUMPH — Magic Power
    14. TRIUMPH — Magic Power
    15. TRIUMPH — Magic Power
    16. TRIUMPH — Magic Power
    17. TRIUMPH — Magic Power
    18. TRIUMPH — Magic Power
    19. TRIUMPH — Magic Power
    20. TRIUMPH — Magic Power
    21. TRIUMPH — Magic Power
    22. TRIUMPH — Magic Power
    23. TRIUMPH — Magic Power
    24. TRIUMPH — Magic Power
    25. TRIUMPH — Fight the Good Fight

  12. Mike Defresne

    great to see the Honeymoonkillers, i placed Nationale 7
    Great French songs in 1987
    Bashung, Rebel
    Bashung, Vertige de l’Amour
    Taxi Girl, les armées de la nuit
    Also
    Lyres, Buried Alive
    Comateens, Late Night City

  13. Charlie Conner

    My List, in artist alphabetical order…

    Adam & the Ants, Stand and Deliver
    Altered Images, I Could Be Happy
    Laurie Anderson, O Superman
    Black Flag, TV Party
    The Clash, This is Radio Clash
    Phil Collins, In the Air Tonight
    Elvis Costello & The Attractions, Clubland
    Elvis Costello & The Attractions, From a Whisper to a Scream
    Depeche Mode, Just Can’t Get Enough
    Devo, Working in a Coalmine
    Duran Duran, Girls on Film
    The Go-Go’s, Our Lips Are Sealed
    The Go-Go’s, We Got the Beat
    Human League, Don’t You Want Me
    The Nails, 88 Lines About 44 Women
    Stevie Nicks/Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around
    The Police, Spirits in the Material World
    The Pretenders, Talk of the Town
    The Psychedelic Furs, Pretty in Pink
    Romeo Void, Never Say Never
    Soft Cell, Tainted Love
    Squeeze, Tempted
    Squeeze, Labelled With Love
    Tom Tom Club, Genius of Love
    The Waitresses, Christmas Wrapping

    • If you and I are ever in the same bar, I am buying you a drink. We’d have a great talk about all the music we have in common. Love just about every song you listed, with particularly props to Whisper to a Scream (the perfect melding of Squeeze and Elvis in their respective primes). But the CLASSIC pull you have in there is Black FLag’s TV Party. So many memories of that one.

  14. Here is what I submitted if anyone is interested:

    Japan, Ghosts
    Japan, Visions of China
    Simple Minds, Love Song
    King Crimson, Elephant Talk
    The Human League, Don’t You Want Me
    U2, Gloria
    Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark, Joan of Arc
    The Clash, The Magnificent Seven
    Ultravox, The Voice
    Ultravox, The Thin Wall
    Kraftwerk, Pocket Calculator
    John Foxx, Europe After the Rain
    The Jam, That’s Entertainment
    Soft Cell, Sex Dwarf
    The Stranglers, Golden Brown
    Split Enz, One Step Ahead
    Rough Trade, All Touch
    Stray Cats, Rock this Town
    The Tubes, Talk To Ya Later
    Tom Tom Club, Genius of Love
    Genesis, Me and Sarah Jane
    The Police, Spirits in the Material World
    Rush, Tom Sawyer
    Rush, Limelight
    The Church, The Unguarded Moment

  15. Are we considering “We Got the Beat” as a 1981 song? I know *Beauty and the Beat* was released in 1981, but several sites list a UK single release of 1980, which may mean it’s disqualified for this year. But: it looks like it was re-recorded for the album, so perhaps it fits under the “Radio Free Europe” clause. ;)

    • Since I didn’t see it on the 1980 vote, I’d assumed it was 1981. There are going to be lots of these “Single or album?” questions out there. I figure Matt will be the decider on what he thinks should count. I mean, he counted Train In Vain as 1980, when London Calling was officially released in 79, so I’m assuming some flexibility.

      • …but this is the place to ask him for clarification, no? He answered the “Radio Free Europe” question; hopefully he’ll answer this one as well.

        Plus the rules were a bit different for the ’80 votes — for that poll, it was “released in some format” and “Train in Vain” fit, given its release in ’80 as a single. Now, we’re submitting songs released “for the first time” in a given year, which causes a bit of a hitch for songs like “Radio Free Europe” and “We Got the Beat” in these new rules for ’81.

    • It got some votes in the 1980 poll, but not enough to crack the Top 100. And I suspect that’s because most people consider it an ’81 single. I will cite the “Radio Free Europe” ruling, and say, as two different recordings, it’s eligible both years, but it makes more sense to vote for the later, more widely heard version.

  16. The Replacements,If You Were Lonely and Mission of Burma, That’s When I Reach For My Revolver need to make this list.

    I forgot this when I voted, but also Rush, Red Barchetta

  17. Einstein-a-go-go by Landscape should make the list too

  18. Smiler Grogan

    I came up with twenty, in as close to order of preference as possible:

    1. The Cure – The Funeral Party
    2. Queen & David Bowie – Under Pressure
    3. The Stranglers – Golden Brown
    4. The Go-Go’s – We Got The Beat
    5. The Specials – Ghost Town
    6. New Order – Ceremony
    7. The Who – You Better You Bet
    8. The Kinks – Better Things
    9. The Sound – Silent Air
    10. The Clash – This Is Radio Clash
    11. The Psychedelic Furs – Pretty In Pink
    12. Siouxsie & The Banshees – Spellbound
    13. X – Some Other Time
    14. Echo & The Bunnymen – A Promise
    15. The Cure – Primary
    16. George Harrison – All Those Years Ago
    17. The Church – The Unguarded Moment
    18. Minor Threat – Straight Edge
    19. Public Image Ltd. – Flowers Of Romance
    20. The Human League – Don’t You Want Me

  19. Easy – in no particular order…

    1. New Order – Everything’s Gone Green
    2. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – Souvenir
    3. A Certain Ratio – Do The Du(casse)
    4. ESG – You’re No Good
    5. New Order – Ceremony
    6. Kraftwerk – Computer Love
    7. The Human League – Don’t You Want Me
    8. The Birthday Party – Nick The Stripper
    9. The Cure – All Cats Are Gray
    10. Depeche Mode – Just Can’t Get Enough
    11. Liquid Liquid – Bellhead
    12. Wire – Our Swimmer
    13. Andreas Dorau & die Marinas – Fred Vom Jupiter
    14. Pete Shelley – Homosapien
    15. Josef K – Sorry For Laughing
    16. Liaisons Dangereuses – Los Niños del Parque
    17. Ministry – Cold Life
    18. Soft Cell – Say Hello, Wave Goodbye
    19. Chris & Cosey – October Love Song
    20. The Durutti Column – Sketch For Dawn
    21. Crispy Ambulance – The Presence
    22. Scritti Politti – The “Sweetest Girl”
    23. Section 25 – New Horizon
    24. The Clash – The Magnificent Seven
    25. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – The Romance of the Telescope

    • I think “Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – The Romance of the Telescope” was 1983.

      • Ooops…maybe not. Appears that it was a B side for an Architecture and Morality single. See, you learn something new everyday.

        • Correct – the original “Unfinished” version “Romance of the Telescope” was released as a b-side of “Joan of Arc” in 1981. I, however, screwed up on Chris & Coseys’s “October Love Song.” That wasn’t released until 1983. Not sure what I was thinking?!

  20. Smiler Grogan

    Durutti Column! Great pick!

  21. To breakdown rule #1 further…would that mean that the 1982 single from a 1981 album can only be voted on for the 1981 list?

  22. The Police, Invisible Sun
    Yello, The Evening’s Young
    Siouxsie and the Banshees, Spellbound
    Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Do You Wanna Touch Me
    The Durutti Column, The Missing Boy
    Einsturzende Neubauten, Tanz Debil
    Missing Persons, Words
    Pete Shelley, Homosapien
    Novo Combo, Up Periscope
    APB, I’d Like to Shoot You Down
    Mental As Anything, If You Leave Me Can I Come Too?
    The Producers, What’s He Got
    Zounds, Demystification
    Pigbag, Papa’s Got a Brand New Pig Bag
    The Blue Nile, I Love This Life
    Fun Boy Three, The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum)
    New Musik, They All Run After the Carving Knife
    Squeeze, In Quintessence
    The Cure, Charlotte Sometimes
    Black Flag, TV Party
    The Specials, Ghost Town
    Kim Wilde, Kids In America
    Psychedelic Furs, Pretty In Pink
    New Order, Dreams Never End
    U2, Gloria
    Pylon, Crazy
    Birthday Party, Release the Bats
    The Clash, This Is Radio Clash
    Haircut One Hundred, Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)
    R.E.M., Radio Free Europe
    The Cure, Primary
    Tom Tom Club, Genius of Love
    Adam and the Ants, Stand and Deliver
    Dead Kennedys, Too Drunk to Fuck

    I know that’s too many… I’m probably going to go with the obscured stuff and count on the masses to do the right thing and supply the votes for The Cure, New Order, Clash, Police, and my beloved Siouxsie.

    Google search the WLIR/WDRE Shreik of the Week archive for reference… Lots of great songs I had forgotten about…

  23. Marty Flanagan

    The Police, Invisible Sun
    Yello, The Evening’s Young
    Siouxsie and the Banshees, Spellbound
    Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Do You Wanna Touch Me
    The Durutti Column, The Missing Boy
    Einsturzende Neubauten, Tanz Debil
    Missing Persons, Words
    Pete Shelley, Homosapien
    Novo Combo, Up Periscope
    APB, I’d Like to Shoot You Down
    Mental As Anything, If You Leave Me Can I Come Too?
    The Producers, What’s He Got
    Zounds, Demystification
    Pigbag, Papa’s Got a Brand New Pig Bag
    The Blue Nile, I Love This Life
    Fun Boy Three, The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum)
    New Musik, They All Run After the Carving Knife
    Squeeze, In Quintessence
    The Cure, Charlotte Sometimes
    Black Flag, TV Party
    The Specials, Ghost Town
    Kim Wilde, Kids In America
    Psychedelic Furs, Pretty In Pink
    New Order, Dreams Never End
    U2, Gloria
    Pylon, Crazy
    Birthday Party, Release the Bats
    The Clash, This Is Radio Clash
    Haircut One Hundred, Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)
    R.E.M., Radio Free Europe
    The Cure, Primary
    Tom Tom Club, Genius of Love
    Adam and the Ants, Stand and Deliver
    Dead Kennedys, Too Drunk to F

  24. The Police — Invisible Sun
    New Order — Ceremony
    dB’s — Bad Reputation
    Mission of Burma — That’s When I Reach for My Revolver
    The Church — Tear It All Away
    The Blasters — Border Radio
    The Gun Club — She’s Like Heroin to Me
    X — White Girl
    Gang of Four — Outside the Trains Don’t Run On Time
    The Cure — Primary
    The Fall — Leave the Capitol
    Psychedelic Furs — She Is Mine
    Modern English — 16 Days
    The Cramps — Goo Goo Muck
    U2 — Gloria
    Siouxsie/Banshees — Arabian Nights
    Pretenders — Talk of the Town
    Squeeze — Tempted
    Go-Go’s — Our Lips Are Sealed
    Wall of Voodoo — Back in Flesh
    Human League — Don’t You Want Me
    Depeche Mode — Dreaming of Me
    Tom Tom Club — Genius of Love
    Adam and the Ants — Stand and Deliver

    Anyway, I think that’s 25. Random thoughts:

    — As a challenge to myself, I resolved to vote for no more than one song per artist this time. I may continue that in subsequent polls.
    — I’m not going to vote for “Radio Free Europe” until 1983.
    — I am voting for X’s “White Girl” again because it was dumb to vote for it in the 1980 poll.
    — I’m upset with myself for overlooking Colin Newman’s “Alone” last time.
    — It was a really good year for Psychedelic Furs songs.
    — “Dreaming of Me” lyrics, WTF…
    — BOC’s “Veteran of the Psychic Wars” was massively good in another context in 1981, and that whole Rush album too.
    — Side 2 of “Duran Duran” was better than Side 1.
    — Just kidding the other day about TRIUMPH.

  25. Twenty to consider:
    1. The (English) Beat: Drowning
    2. The Church: The Unguarded Moment
    3. Clock DVA: 4 Hours
    4. Crass: Big A, little A
    5. Dead Kennedys: Moon Over Marin
    6. Echo & The Bunnymen: Show of Strength
    7. Hazel O’Connor: (Cover Plus) We’re All Grown Up
    8. Killing Joke: Butcher
    9. Killing Joke: Tension
    10. New Order: Dreams Never End
    11. Psychedelic Furs: Into You Like a Train
    12. The Ramones: The KKK Took My Baby Away
    13. Siouxsie & The Banshees: Arabian Nights
    14. Siouxsie & The Banshees: Sin My Heart
    15. The Sound: New Dark Age
    16. The Sound: Skeletons
    17. The Stranglers: The Man They Love To Hate
    18. Theatre of Hate: Nero
    19. 13th Chime: Coffin Maker
    20. Zounds: Demystification

  26. my 25, in particular order
    duran duran, girls on film
    the jam, absolute beginners
    the clash, this is radio clash
    the cure, charlotte sometimes
    psychedelic furs, pretty in pink
    the police, every little thing she does is magic
    stray cats, stray cat strut
    pretenders, message of love
    gang of four, to hell with poverty
    pigbag, papa’s got a brand new pigbag
    the church, unguarded moment
    echo & the bunnymen, a promise
    undertones, it’s going to happen
    siouxsie & the banshees, arabian knights
    siouxsie & the banshees, spellbound
    simple minds, love song
    depeche mode, just can’t get enough
    U2, Fire
    human league, love action
    new order, ceremony
    soft cell, sex dwarf
    teardrop explodes, passionate friend
    Ub40, one in ten
    killing joke, the wait
    dead kennedys, holiday in cambodia

    i tried not to overlap my 1980 list. fun list again. working on 1982 now . . . . thanks SUE

  27. Siouxsiescure

    The most successful and impacting song or single to this day was/is Soft Cell tainted love…you still hear it on the radio all the time…even MANY MANY MANY years after it was released it ruled the top 500 KROQ COUNTDOWN FOR ALL SONGS non stop erotic cabaret with bedsitter, say hello wave goodbye.. and excellent tracks youth and sex dwarf…love DM BUT NOTHING UNTIL 83 CONSTRUCTION TIME AGAIN ERA SHOULD BE INCLUDED AS THIS PRIOR ERA IS WELL….EMBARRASSING!!!!!

    • the last song from A broken Frame is proto-classic DM though- The Sun and the Rainfall. it kind of makes up for the horrible lyrics of Photograph of you… makes me feel blue… :-P it has the classic breakdown and overlapping keyboard and vocal lines which they would use to great success later. plus, it’s dark. :-)

  28. My current list (subject to change – still getting some I’ve missed from others lists – they are a great help) in a rough semblance of order from best first.

    Queen & David Bowie – Under Pressure
    The Birthday Party – Release the Bats
    Dead Kennedys – Too Drunk to Fuck
    The Cure – Primary
    The Specials – Ghost Town
    Crass – Big A Little A
    The Church – The Unguarded Moment
    New Order – Ceremony
    Dead Kennedys – Nazi Punks Fuck Off
    Pigbag – Papa’s Got A Brand New Pigbag
    The Swingers -Counting the Beat
    Laurie Anderson – O Superman
    Black Flag – TV Party
    Romeo Void – Never Say Never
    New Order – Everything’s Gone Green
    The Birthday Party – Nick The Stripper
    Bauhaus – Kick in the Eye
    The Fall – Prole Art Threat
    Echo & The Bunnymen – A Promise
    Kraftwerk – The Model
    Devo – Beautiful World
    The Stranglers – Golden Brown
    Jona Lewie – Louise (We Get it Right)
    The Who – You Better You Bet
    ??? – ??? (I have 5 songs still fighting for this last spot)

  29. (probably) my final list:

    Soft Cell, Tainted Love
    Psychedelic Furs, Pretty in Pink
    Depeche Mode, Dreaming of Me
    Blondie, Rapture
    Tom Tom Club, Genius of Love
    New Order, Ceremony
    The Producers, What’s He Got
    Human League, Don’t You Want Me
    The Church, The Unguarded Moment
    Devo, Beautiful World
    Police, Every Little Thing She Does is Magic
    Rush, Red Barchetta
    Cars, Shake It Up
    Queen + David Bowie, Under Pressure
    Human League, Don’t You Want Me
    Van Halen, Unchained
    Adam & the Ants, Antmusic
    Generation X, Dancin’ With Myself
    Romeo Void, Never Say Never
    Joan Jett, I Love Rock and Roll
    The Rolling Stone, Start Me Up
    Def Leppard, Another Hit and Run
    Pylon, Crazy
    Blue Orchids, The Flood
    Mission of Burma, This Is Not a Photograph

    notes:
    – I turned 13 on this year and listened to a LOT of top 40 radio. There were many good songs on top 40 radio then; inevitable that many would make my list, along with others that became important to me in the years to come.

    – speaking of AT40: one of these songs I submitted to American Top 40’s “Long Distance Dedication”, just hoping Casey would read it on the air to a crush I had in 8th grade.
    Thank you God that particular bit of foolishness never saw the light of day.

    – Kids In America and Down Under were such good tracks, released in their respective countries in ’81 and the US in ’82. Hope they don’t get overlooked, but I’m waiting for the 1982 list.

    – Van Halen, Rush, and Def Leppard picks acknowledge a flirtation with lite metal on my part. Fine, fine records those three.
    I’m not sure anyone had a good a run as VH’s first 6 records. And no one seems to acknowledge that Def Leppard peaked with High n Dry, go figure.

    – The Church fans: are we all going to pick different tracks from Of Skins & Hearts, thus diluting the vote? I was afraid so, so I went with Unguarded Moment, when really it’s For A Moment We’re Strangers that grabs me by the neck from the get-go.
    But it could have 6 other songs of that record.

    – Feel a little bad leaving off Superfreak. But at the time I probably liked Carl Carlton’s Bad Mamma Jamma even more anyway, and what are you gonna do?

  30. My list:

    Adam & The Ants – Prince Charming
    Altered Images – Happy Birthday
    Laurie Anderson – O Superman
    Bauhaus – The Passion of Lovers
    The Birthday Party – Nick the Stripper
    Black Flag – T.V. Party
    The Blasters – I’m Shakin’
    Blondie – Rapture
    Kate Bush – Sat In Your Lap
    David Byrne – What A Day That Was
    Elvis Costello – Clubland
    Dead Kennedys – Too Drunk To Fuck
    Devo – Through Being Cool
    Gang Of Four – Paralysed
    Magazine – About the Weather
    Juice Newton – Angel of the Morning
    Juice Newton – Queen of Hearts
    Public Image Ltd. – Flowers of Romance
    Rush – Tom Sawyer
    Siouxsie & The Banshees – Arabian Knights
    Siouxsie & The Banshees – Spellbound
    Stray Cats – Runaway Boys
    Tom Tom Club – Genius of Love
    Tom Tom Club – Wordy Rappinghood
    Kim Wilde – Kids In America

    Yeah, I went there on the Juice Newton songs. 3 of her songs are guilty pleasures of mine. The other one will be on my 1982 list. :)

  31. Altered Images, Happy Birthday
    Bauhaus, Passion of Lovers
    The Cars, Since You’re Gone
    Classix Nouveaux, Guilty
    Depeche Mode, Photographic
    Devo, Through Being Cool
    Duran Duran, Careless Memories
    Echo and the Bunnymen, With A Hip
    Go-Go’s, Our Lips Are Sealed
    Heaven 17, (We Don’t Need No) Fascist Groove Thang
    The Human League, Seconds
    Landscape, Einstein A Go-Go
    Men At Work, Down Under
    New Order, Dreams Never End
    Orchestral Manoeuvers In The Dark – Souvenir
    The Police, Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
    The Pretenders, Talk Of The Town
    Rush, Red Barchetta
    Siouxsie and the Banshees, Spellbound
    Slow Children, President Am I
    Soft Cell, Sex Dwarf
    Spandau Ballet, To Cut A Long Story Short
    Split Enz, One Step Ahead
    Syl Sylvain and the Teardrops, Just One Kiss
    Television Personalities, I Know Where Syd Barrett Lives

  32. Would The Dead Kennedys’ We’ve Got A Bigger Problem Now count as a new song in 1981, as it was a (substantial) updating of California Uber Alles?

  33. Gosh, that was tough! Too many good songs from which to choose. And my list looks quite a bit like many already on here.

    1. Squeeze – Tempted
    2. The Police – Every Little Thing She Does is Magic
    3. U2 – Gloria
    4. The Psychedelic Furs – Into You Like a Train
    5. Queen with David Bowie – Under Pressure
    6. Depeche Mode – Just Can’t Get Enough
    7. New Order – Everything’s Gone Green
    8. Duran Duran – Girls on Film
    9. The Psychedelic Furs – Pretty in Pink
    10. The Human League – Dont You Want Me
    11. The Jam – That’s Entertainment
    12. The Cure – Primary
    13. Rush – Tom Sawyer
    14. Tom Tom Club – Genius of Love
    15. Laurie Anderson – O, Superman
    16. The Police – Invisible Sun
    17. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – Souvenir
    18. Red Rider – Lunatic Fringe
    19. Duran Duran – Planet Earth
    20. The Specials – Ghost Town
    21. Grover Washington Jr with Bill Withers – Just the Two of Us
    22. The Jam – Absolute Beginners
    23. Siouxsie & the Banshees – Spellbound
    24. The Pretenders – Message of Love
    25. The Boomtown Rats – Up All Night

    Honorable Mentions: Dumb Waiters (already had the Furs twice on the list), Be Good Johnny (although Business as Usual was released in Australia in 1981 it didn’t hit the U.S. until 1982 and was not sure S.U.E. would count this as an ’81 tune), The KKK Took My Baby Away (because, Ramones)

  34. The Specials – Ghost Town
    David J & René Halkett – Armour
    The Stranglers – Golden Brown
    Laurie Anderson – O Superman
    Grace Jones – Nightclubbing
    Psychedelic Furs – Pretty In Pink
    Tom Tom Club – Genius of Love
    Ramones – She’s A Sensation
    Siouxsie and the Banshees – Spellbound
    Wall of Voodoo – Back in Flesh
    U2 – October
    Gleaming Spires – Are You Ready for the Sex Girls?
    The Cure – Charlotte Sometimes
    The Police – Invisible Sun
    Ian Dury & The Blockheads – Spasticus (Autisticus)

    A pretty good year; much better than 1982 which I’ve been looking ahead at in preparation.

  35. Very Hard to only choose 25… I did throw in a Who tune, just to represent the grandfathers of punk…

  36. Tom Tom Club-Genius of Love
    Police-Every little thing she does Is magic
    Police-Invisible Sun
    Go Gos-our lips are sealed
    Devo-Beautiful World
    REM-Radio Free Europe
    Split Enz-History Never Repeats
    Bowie/queen-under pressure
    Boomtown Rats-up all night
    Kraftwerk-Computer love
    Pretenders-Message of Love
    Pylon-Crazy
    Squeeze-Tempted
    Black Flag-Rise Above
    Minor Threat-Straight Edge
    The clash-This is Radio Clash
    Mission of Burma-That’s When I Reach for my Revolver
    Cramps-Goo Goo Muck
    U2-Gloria
    Oingo Boingo-Only a Lad
    Duran Duran-Girls on Film
    Cars-Since You’re Gone
    Psychedelic Furs-Pretty in Pink
    Ramones-The KKK Took My Baby Away
    Ramones-It’s Not My Place in the 9 to 5 World

  37. The Suburbs – Music For Boys

  38. ok, just going to throw this up, I’m sure I left out some other ones… surprised how some of these songs aren’t more represented on the lists here. but it’s kind of hard to figure out what songs came out, with singles and all that. anyways… here’s a few i’ll be voting for.

    DEVO- Beautiful World
    DEVO- Through Being Cool
    Modern English ‎– Smiles And Laughter
    Specials- Ghost Town
    new order- dreams never end
    new order- ceremony
    the police- Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
    Cars- Since You’re Gone
    Cars – Shake It Up
    Fad Gadget- Life on the Line IV
    men at work- down under
    men at work- who can it be now
    Soft Cell – Tainted Love
    Oingo Boingo –On the Outside
    Oingo Boingo – Only A Lad
    Phil Collins – “In The Air Tonight”
    Depeche Mode, Photographic
    Kraftwerk, Pocket Calculator
    human league- don’t you want me
    Generation X- Dancing With Myself

    • I’ve got a question about “Dancing With Myself”… looking it up, the Generation X version was from 1980, but the remake by solo Billy Idol was from 1981. I’d vote for the latter, as it was that version that became such a huge single… but maybe SUE can weigh in here on the appropriateness of the vote?

  39. Cliff Hendroval

    R.E.M. Radio Free Europe
    R.E.M. Sitting Still
    Human Switchboard (Say No To) Saturday’s Girl
    Rosanne Cash Seven Year Ache
    Psychedelic Furs Pretty In Pink
    Soft Cell Say Hello, Wave Goodbye
    Rolling Stones Start Me Up
    Tom Tom Club Genius of Love
    Kinks Destroyer
    Kirsty MacColl There’s A Guy Down At The Chip Shop Swears He’s Elvis
    Blasters Marie, Marie
    Squeeze In Quintessence
    Human League Don’t You Want Me
    Rickie Lee Jones We Belong Together
    Mission of Burma That’s When I Reach For My Revolver
    Kinks Better Things
    U2 Gloria
    Beat Doors of Your Heart
    Lene Lovich New Toy
    Soft Cell Sex Dwarf
    Pretenders Message of Love
    Elvis Costello & The Attractions New Lace Sleeves
    Squeeze Someone Else’s Heart
    X Beyond and Back
    Romeo Void White Sweater
    Bow Wow Wow Golly! Golly! Go Buddy!

  40. This site can help. There is not every album (can’t find Taxi Girl) but it can help with non american/English bands:
    http://lyrics.wikia.com/Category:Albums_released_in_1981

  41. Iceblink Luck

    Abba – The Visitors
    Adam and the Ants – Stand and Deliver
    Altered Images – I Could Be Happy
    The Cure – The Funeral Party
    The Cure – Primary
    Depeche Mode – I Sometimes Wish I Was Dead
    Thomas Dolby – Europa and the Pirate Twins
    Duran Duran – Friends of Mine
    Electric Light Orchestra – Hold On Tight
    Fad Gadget – Lady Shave
    Fun Boy Three – The Lunatics Have Taken Over the Asylum
    Peter Godwin – Images of Heaven
    Petre Godwin – Torch Songs for the Heroine
    The Go-Go’s – This Town
    Heaven 17 – Let’s All Make a Bomb
    The Human League – Don’t You Want Me
    The Human League – Seconds
    OMD – Of All the Things We’ve Made
    Siouxsie and the Banshees – Arabian Knights
    Siouxsie and the Banshees – Into the Light
    Soft Cell – Chips on My Shoulder
    Soft Cell – Say Hello, Wave Goodbye
    Spandau Ballet – The Freeze
    Sparks – Funny Face
    Kim Wilde – Tuning In Tuning On

    • Nice choice on Go-Go’s – This Town. Great song! I chose Skidmarks On My Heart. The album is just darn good! Great list!

  42. 1 Public Image Ltd. – Flowers Of Romance
    2 Dead Kennedys – Too Drunk To F**k
    3 Queen & David Bowie – Under Pressure
    4 DAF – Der Mussolini
    5 Bauhaus – Kick In The Eye
    6 The Cure – Primary
    7 Kraftwerk – Computer Love
    8 The Specials – Ghost Town
    9 UB40 – One In Ten
    10 The Police – Invisible Sun
    11 Heaven 17 – (We Don’t Need This) Fascist Groove Thang
    12 Ultravox – The Thin Wall
    13 Japan – Visions Of China
    14 The Human League – Love Action (I Believe In Love)
    15 Simple Minds – Love Song
    16 Soft Cell – Tainted Love
    17 Depeche Mode – Just Can’t Get Enough
    18 New Order – Ceremony
    19 Siouxsie & The Banshees – Arabian Knights
    20 The Clash – This Is Radio Clash
    21 The Psychedelic Furs – Pretty In Pink
    22 Blondie – Rapture
    23 Pigbag – Papa’s Got A Brand New Pigbag
    24 Kim Wilde – Kids In America
    25 Spandau Ballet – Chant No. 1 (I Don’t Need This Pressure On)

  43. I found this year a bit lacking, IMO the 80’s hadn’t quite hit their indie-new wave groove. On the other hand, Duran Duran’s 1st album!
    Part of this is because I was only 4 at the time, but I feel like the decade really picked up steam and diversified as it went along. Man, I’m going to have a hard time when we get to 83, 84, 87.
    Romeo Void Never Say Never
    Girls on film
    Every little thing she does
    Our lips are sealed
    Ghost town
    Rock this town
    Planet earth
    Don’t you want me
    Gloria
    This is radio clash
    Everything’s gone green
    Depeche Mode, Just Can’t Get Enough
    Tom Tom Club, Genius of Love
    Tainted love
    Ceremony
    The cars – since you’re gone
    Kraftwerk – pocket calculator
    The Psychedelic Furs – Pretty In Pink

  44. Here goes…

    Sad Lovers And Giants – Colourless Dream
    Sad Lovers And Giants – Things We Never Did
    Killing Joke – Tension
    Killing Joke – Follow The Leaders
    Kraftwerk – Computer Love
    Kraftwerk – Pocket Calculator
    Icehouse – Can’t Help Myself
    Icehouse – Love In Motion
    The Sound – Sense Of Purpose
    Soft Cell – Sex Dwarf
    Visage – Visage
    Rush – Red Barchetta
    Rush – Tom Sawyer
    Devo – Through Being Cool
    Spandau Ballet – To Cut A Long Story Short
    Human League – Seconds
    Human League – Things That Dreams Are Made Of
    Police – Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
    Police – Secret Journey
    Gang Of Four – To Hell With Poverty
    Wire – Our Swimmer
    Simple Minds – Love Song
    Level 42 – Turn It On
    Duran Duran – Planet Earth
    The Cure – Primary

  45. Great lists. The only song I haven’t seen mentioned in the comments that I included in my list is The Wipers – Youth of America. Learn it. Know it. Live it.

  46. If “Key Largo” by Bertie Higgins isn’t #1 then this list will lose all credibility.

  47. Seattle Exile

    1981. The year my older sister came back from college in CA and introduced me to bands not playing on WDVE. It’s amazing how many 1981 songs are still getting radio play – which definitely impacted my thinking on the list.

    1 Soft Cell – Tainted Love
    2 Squeeze – Tempted
    3 The Cure – Primary
    4 Depeche Mode – Just Can’t Get Enough
    5 The Human League – Don’t You Want Me
    6 Queen & David Bowie – Under Pressure
    7 New Order – Ceremony
    8 The Go-Go’s – We Got the Beat
    9 Men at Work – Down Under
    10 Psychedelic Furs – Pretty in Pink
    11 Pretenders – Message Of Love
    12 U2 – Gloria
    13 The Police – Spirits in the Material World
    14 Echo & The Bunnymen – A Promise
    15 The Cars – Shake it Up
    16 Adam & The Ants – Stand and Deliver
    17 OMD – Souvenir
    18 Duran Duran – Girls on Film
    19 Stray Cats – Rock This Town
    20 The Nails – 88 Lines About 44 Women

  48. 1 New Order – Ceremony
    2 Psychedelic Furs – Pretty In Pink
    3 The Cure – Primary
    4 The Church – The Unguarded Moment
    5 Bauhaus – Mask
    6 The Cure – Charlotte Sometimes
    7 Echo and the Bunnymen – A Promise
    8 Psychedelic Furs – Into You Like A Train
    9 Minor Threat – Straight Edge
    10 Rush – Tom Sawyer
    11 The Church – Too Fast For You
    12 Echo and the Bunnymen – Turquoise Days
    13 Minor Threat – Guilty of Being White
    14 The Cars – Since You’re Gone
    15 Mission of Burma – That’s When I Reach for My Revolver
    16 New Order – Dreams Never End
    17 Joy Division – The Only Mistake
    18 Bauhaus – The Passion of Lovers
    19 Kraftwerk – Pocket Calculator
    20 Felt – Something Sends Me to Sleep

  49. no particular order:

    Our Lips Are Sealed – Go-Go’s
    Only A Lad – Oingo Boingo
    Gloria – U2
    Everything’s Gone Green – New Order
    The Magnificent Seven – The Clash
    Love Plus One – Haircut 100
    Sitting Still – R.E.M.
    Favourite Shirts – Haircut 100
    Burnin’ For You – Blue Oyster Cult
    I Can’t Go For That – Hall & Oates
    Crimson and Clover – Joan Jett
    Stone In Love – Journey
    Country Comfort – Juice Newton
    When It’s Over – Loverboy
    I Love Rock And Roll – Joan Jett
    Just Can’t Get Enough – Depeche Mode
    Mony Mony – Billy Idol
    Kids In America – Kim Wilde
    Girls On Film – Duran Duran
    Every Little – The Police
    We got the beat – Go-Go’s
    I Don’t Need You – Kenny Rogers
    Take It Easy On Me – Little River Band
    Stop Draggin My Heart Around – Stevie Nicks
    The Breakup Song – Greg Kihn Band

  50. The Swingers – Counting The Beat
    The Vapors – Jimmie Jones
    Magazine – About The Weather
    Garland Jeffreys – 96 Tears
    Icehouse – We Can Get Together
    The Specials – Ghost Town
    The Church – The Unguarded Moment
    The Jam – Absolute Beginners
    The Damned – Disco Man
    The Damned – Billy Bad Breaks
    Yello – The Evening’s Young
    Tenpole Tudor – What You Doing In Bombay
    The Buggles – On TV
    The Human League – Love Action (I Believe in Love)
    The Blasters – So Long Baby Goodbye
    Depeche Mode – Just Can’t Get Enough
    Split Enz – One Step Ahead
    The Stranglers – Golden Brown
    Fun Boy Three – The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum)
    English Beat – Doors Of Your Heart
    Madness – Grey Day
    Duran Duran – Planet Earth
    Ultravox – The Voice
    Slow Children – President Am I
    The dB’s – Amplifier

  51. 1. Just Can’t Get Enough – Depeche Mode
    2. Love Song – Simple Minds
    3. Primary – The Cure
    4. Careless Memories – Duran Duran
    5. Gloria – U2
    6. Ceremony – New Order
    7. Everything’s Gone Green – New Order
    8. The Things That Dreams Are Made Of – The Human League
    9. Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl) – Haircut 100
    10. Homosapien – Pete Shelley
    11. (We Don’t Need This) Fascist Groove Thang – Heaven 17
    12. Rock This Town – Stray Cats
    13. Rapture – Blondie
    14. Sex Dwarf – Soft Cell
    15. Girls on Film – Duran Duran
    16. It’s Not Me (Talking) – A Flock of Seagulls
    17. Telecommunication – A Flock of Seagulls
    18. New Life – Depeche Mode
    19. The Freeze – Spandau Ballet
    20. Through Being Cool – Devo
    21. Stand And Deliver – Adam & The Ants
    22. Europe After The Rain – John Foxx
    23. The Unguarded Moment – The Church
    24. A Promise – Echo And The Bunnymen
    25. Genius Of Love – Tom Tom Club

  52. I’m dyin’ here… where are the results?

    :)

  53. Iceblink Luck

    Is this still happening?

  54. results?

  55. In order of preference:

    1. Depeche Mode – puppets
    2. Tears for Fears – Suffer the Children
    3. Human League – Do or Die
    4. Hamilton Bohannon — Let’s Start II Dance Again
    5. Human League – Sound of the Crowd
    6. The Brothers Johnson – The Real Thing
    7. Depeche Mode – Photographic
    8. Starsound – Stars on 45
    9. Madness – Grey Day
    10. Hall & Oates – I can’t go for that
    11. Grace Jones – I’ve Seen That Face Before (Libertango)”
    12. Grace Jones – Pull up to the Bumper
    13. Soft Cell – Say Hello, Wave Goodbye
    14. Madness – Cardiac Arrest
    15. Japan – Visions Of China
    16. Earth wind and Fire – lets groove
    17. Duran Duran – My Own Way
    18. Jean Michel Jarre – Magnetic Fields
    19. Kate Bush – Sat in your Lap
    20. Imagination – Body Talk
    21. Ottawan – “Hands Up (Give Me Your Heart)
    22. Duran Duran – Planet Earth
    23. Blancmange – Sad Day
    24. Spandau Ballet – Chant No 1
    25. The Stranglers – Golden Brown

Leave a Comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *