Here are some songs which I absolutely loved when I was a kid in the 80s:
Here is the list of tracks:
- 1981 Depeche Mode – Photographic
- 1981 Queen – Under Pressure
- 1981 Soft Cell – Tainted Love
- 1981 Talking Heads – Once In A Lifetime
- 1981 The Human League – Don’t You Want Me
- 1982 Duran Duran – Rio
- 1982 Madness – Our House
- 1983 Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Relax
- 1983 Heaven 17 – Temptation
- 1983 Kraftwerk – Tour De France
- 1983 Michael Jackson – Billie Jean
- 1983 New Order – Blue Monday
- 1983 Van Halen – Jump
- 1984 Dead Or Alive – You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)
- 1985 OMD – Secret
- 1985 Simple Minds – Don’t You (Forget About Me)
- 1986 RUN-DMC – Walk This Way
- 1987 Eric B. & Rakim – Paid In Full
- 1987 INXS – Need You Tonight
- 1987 M.A.R.R.S. – Pump Up The Volume
- 1987 Pet Shop Boys – What Have I Done to Deserve This?
- 1987 The Cure – Just Like Heaven
- 1987 U2 – With Or Without You
- 1988 Bomb The Bass – Beat Dis
- 1988 Erasure – A Little Respect
- 1988 Neneh Cherry – Buffalo Stance
- 1988 S-Express – Theme from S-Express
- 1989 Madonna – Like A Prayer
- 1989 Soul II Soul – Back To Life
- 1989 Depeche Mode – Personal Jesus
As you can see, I was (and I still am) a fan of electronic music.
At the beginning of the 80s, Italians created a new genre of music, Italo Disco, and unleashed to the world hits such as Tarzan Boy and Comanchero:
A few years later, people from England invented Acid and the rest is history:
Enjoy :-)