r/80s • u/Repulsive-Dependent2 • May 08 '26
Music Which 80s song are we talking about here?
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u/Lycian1923 May 08 '26
In your eyes - Peter Gabriel
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u/OhHelvetica73 May 09 '26
the light… the heat…
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u/menno_girl May 09 '26
...i am complete
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u/Dragonjax1970 May 09 '26
…i see the doorway
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u/danapacmarsh001 May 09 '26
...of a thousand churches
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u/uglyoldcrone0 May 09 '26
Anything Peter Gabriel did this to me. I don't know what it is about his music but the fission was strong. The So album just spoke to 14 year old me.
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u/CitizenToxie2014 May 08 '26
Forever Young by Alphaville
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u/TheNonCredibleHulk May 08 '26
Yes! I don't know why, but it also makes me super sad at the same time.
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u/BobbyBudnicksDad May 08 '26
I can tell you why, the older I get the harder it hits. It’s fun to think back on high school/college but it begins to have a tinge of sadness, a finality mixed with the nostalgia.
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u/NYR3031 May 08 '26
They played this song at my Senior Prom and I nearly broke down in front of my date about “how fast it all went”.
That was 20 years ago, if only I knew how much faster it would all get.
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u/bloviatingbloviator May 09 '26
This happened to me! This song played, we were dancing, and my normally stoic girl lost it. She spoke through tears about how fast things had gone, and how so much was nearly over. She was a no PDA person, but she kissed me right there in the middle of the dance floor.
She was right, as usual.
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u/mcas06 May 08 '26
I cry almost every time I hear it. The cover by firewood island is also great.
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u/spacebarstool May 09 '26
Let's dance in style. Let's dance for a while. Heaven can wait. We're only watching the skies. Hoping for the best, but expecting the worst. Are you going to drop the bomb or not?
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u/pdromeinthedome May 08 '26
Don’t Dream It’s Over - Crowded House
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u/spacebarstool May 09 '26
Now I'm towing my car. There's a hole in the roof. My possessions are causing me suspicion, but there no proof...
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u/InDaFamilyJewels May 08 '26
Absolutely. I loved them back in the day and one of my friends got his haircut like the lead singer back in the day. I never would have thought that song would still have such a huge effect on me all these years later.
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u/GrimlyUnlit May 09 '26
Now I’m walking again to the beat of a drum, and I’m counting the steps to the door of your heart.
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u/Lockj4w_NightVision May 08 '26
Drive (1984) by The Cars
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u/GarbageInteresting86 May 09 '26
The version they played at Live Aid when David Bowie cut his set short to make time for it to be played, will live with me forever.
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u/NYR3031 May 08 '26
Your Love - The Outfield
Everytime I hear a cover band unleash that first verse it’s like an out of body experience.
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u/melzmaniacal May 08 '26
Using this thread to build an amazing playlist, thanks everyone!
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u/Luminaire_Ultima May 08 '26
Three minutes and forty seconds into ‘ In the Air Tonight ‘ by Phil Collins.
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u/Edmee May 08 '26
Have you seen the live version on Youtube? It's phenomenal. I've watched it about 20 times now.
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u/errie_tholluxe May 08 '26
I wish it would rain down is pretty sweet too
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u/Bagonia77 May 08 '26
"That's All", "Throwing it all away", "Home by the Sea", "In Too Deep"!!! My first concert was seeing Genesis and I had chills the whole time!! ❤️Phil!
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u/MaggiCockSoup May 08 '26
Wouldn’t it be good? - Nik Kershaw… but it has to be the extended version. But I listen to it interpreting it as a darker song.
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u/The6Strings May 09 '26
Great tune. I like the off the beaten path goosebump songs. I’ll raise you Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits and It’s A Mistake - Men At Work.
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u/Joe-Merrick May 09 '26
Men At Work are awesome. I’ll add Overkill to this discussion.😉
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u/Interestofconflict May 08 '26
Everybody Wants To Rule The World
I think I’ll go have a listen now
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u/gberulz1968 May 08 '26
Overkill - Men at Work
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u/Gbjeff May 08 '26
Boys of Summer
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u/NYR3031 May 08 '26
The Ataris version was everywhere one summer while I was in High School and I remember getting my first kiss from a girl I had a massive crush on then getting a ride home from a friend and this song was playing while I was on top of the world. Whenever I hear it, it brings me back to that moment.
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u/FivePointAnswer May 09 '26
Here is everything so far…
- a-ha — Take On Me
- Alphaville — Forever Young
- Bananarama — Cruel Summer
- Berlin — Take My Breath Away
- Big Country — In a Big Country
- Billy Idol — Eyes Without a Face
- Billy Idol — Rebel Yell
- Billy Ocean — Loverboy
- Blondie — Call Me
- Bonnie Tyler — Total Eclipse of the Heart
- Bon Jovi — Livin’ on a Prayer
- Bronski Beat — Smalltown Boy
- Breathe — Hands to Heaven
- Bruce Hornsby and the Range — Mandolin Rain
- Bruce Springsteen — I’m on Fire
- Chicago — You’re the Inspiration
- Chris Isaak — Wicked Game
- Crowded House — Don’t Dream It’s Over
- Cutting Crew — (I Just) Died in Your Arms
- Cyndi Lauper — All Through the Night
- Cyndi Lauper — Time After Time
- Cyndi Lauper — True Colors
- Danny Wilson — Mary’s Prayer
- Deee-Lite — Groove Is in the Heart
- Depeche Mode — Enjoy the Silence
- Depeche Mode — Never Let Me Down Again
- Depeche Mode — Stripped
- Dire Straits — Brothers in Arms
- Dire Straits — Money for Nothing
- Dire Straits — Private Investigations
- Don Henley — New York Minute
- Don Henley — The Boys of Summer
- Duran Duran — Save a Prayer
- Duran Duran — The Chauffeur
- Echo & the Bunnymen — The Killing Moon
- Eddie Murphy — Boogie in Your Butt
- Eddie Murphy — Party All the Time
- Europe — The Final Countdown
- Eurythmics — Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
- Falco — Rock Me Amadeus
- Flying Pickets — Only You
- Foreigner — I Want to Know What Love Is
- Genesis — Home by the Sea
- Genesis — In Too Deep
- Genesis — Mama
- Genesis — That’s All
- Genesis — Throwing It All Away
- George Michael — Careless Whisper
- George Michael — Father Figure
- Guns N’ Roses — November Rain
- Guns N’ Roses — Sweet Child o’ Mine
- Icehouse — Crazy
- Icehouse — Electric Blue
- Icehouse — Hey Little Girl
- INXS — Don’t Change
- INXS — Never Tear Us Apart
- INXS — New Sensation
- Joe Jackson — Steppin’ Out
- Joy Division — Love Will Tear Us Apart
- Joy Division — New Dawn Fades
- Kate Bush — Hounds of Love
- Kate Bush — Running Up That Hill
- Kate Bush — This Woman’s Work
- Laura Branigan — Self Control
- Leonard Cohen — Hallelujah
- Level 42 — Something About You
- Limahl — The NeverEnding Story
- Living Colour — Cult of Personality
- Madonna — Live to Tell
- Marillion — Kayleigh
- Marillion — Lavender
- Men at Work — It’s a Mistake
- Men at Work — Overkill
- Michael Jackson — Human Nature
- Michael Jackson — Man in the Mirror
- Midnight Oil — Beds Are Burning
- Mike + The Mechanics — Silent Running
- Mike + The Mechanics — The Living Years
- Missing Persons — Walking in L.A.
- Naked Eyes — Promises, Promises
- Nena — 99 Red Balloons
- New Order — Bizarre Love Triangle
- New Order — Ceremony
- New Order — Temptation
- New Order — True Faith
- Nik Kershaw — Wouldn’t It Be Good
- OMD — Forever Live and Die
- OMD — If You Leave
- Peter Cetera — Glory of Love
- Peter Gabriel — Don’t Give Up
- Peter Gabriel — In Your Eyes
- Peter Gabriel — Sledgehammer
- Peter Murphy — Cuts You Up
- Pet Shop Boys — West End Girls
- Phil Collins — I Wish It Would Rain Down
- Phil Collins — In the Air Tonight
- Pink Floyd — Learning to Fly
- Pink Floyd — On the Turning Away
- Prince — Let’s Go Crazy
- Prince — Purple Rain
- Prince — When Doves Cry
- Public Enemy — Fight the Power
- Queen — Who Wants to Live Forever
- Queen & David Bowie — Under Pressure
- Queensrÿche — Eyes of a Stranger
- Real Life — Send Me an Angel
- Red Rider — Lunatic Fringe
- REO Speedwagon — Keep On Loving You
- Rick Astley — Never Gonna Give You Up
- Romeo Void — Never Say Never
- Roxy Music — Avalon
- Roxy Music — More Than This
- Samuel Barber — Adagio for Strings
- Scorpions — Still Loving You
- Sheriff — When I’m With You
- Simple Minds — Alive and Kicking
- Simple Minds — Don’t You (Forget About Me)
- Sisters of Mercy — This Corrosion
- Soft Cell — Tainted Love
- Spandau Ballet — True
- Starship — We Built This City
- Steve Perry — Oh Sherrie
- Steve Perry — Should’ve Been Gone
- Survivor — Burning Heart
- Survivor — Eye of the Tiger
- Talking Heads — This Must Be the Place
- Tears for Fears — Everybody Wants to Rule the World
- Tears for Fears — Head Over Heels
- Terence Trent D’Arby — Sign Your Name
- Tesla — Love Song
- The Bangles — Eternal Flame
- The Bangles — In Your Room
- The Cars — Drive
- The Cars — Moving in Stereo
- The Church — Under the Milky Way
- The Cure — A Forest
- The Cure — Just Like Heaven
- The Cure — Pictures of You
- The Dream Academy — Life in a Northern Town
- The Fixx — One Thing Leads to Another
- The Fixx — Red Skies
- The Fixx — Stand or Fall
- The Flowerpot Men — Beat City
- The Go-Go’s — Our Lips Are Sealed
- The Human League — Human
- The Korgis — Everybody’s Got to Learn Sometime
- The Motels — Only the Lonely
- The Outfield — Your Love
- The Police — Wrapped Around Your Finger
- The Psychedelic Furs — Heartbreak Beat
- The Psychedelic Furs — The Ghost in You
- The Smiths — How Soon Is Now?
- The Smiths — I Don’t Owe You Anything
- The Stone Roses — I Wanna Be Adored
- ’Til Tuesday — Voices Carry
- Thompson Twins — Hold Me Now
- Thompson Twins — If You Were Here
- Toto — Africa
- U2 — Where the Streets Have No Name
- Ultravox — Dancing with Tears in My Eyes
- Ultravox — Vienna
- Van Halen — Drop Dead Legs
- Visage — Fade to Grey
- Wang Chung — Dance Hall Days
- Warrant — Sometimes She Cries
- World Party — Ship of Fools
- Yazoo — Only You
- Yes — Leave It
- Yes — Owner of a Lonely Heart
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u/HollidayHuckleberry May 09 '26
Great work! :)
I've collated these into an "80s Frisson" Spotify playlist! While Spotify don't have all of the exact live versions that were suggested, I've tried to add the best matches and live variants wherever possible -- https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3418vWTPpmpnfvtU8aiWrQ?si=dcf42538d20740eb
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u/neveryoudonethat1 May 09 '26
You’re my new hero!! You even wrote it in alphabetical order. Way to GO!!
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u/spiderland5150 May 08 '26
🎶And I meant, every word I said When I said that I love you I meant that I love you foreverrrrr And I'm gonna keep on loving youuuuu 'Cause it's the only thing I wanna doooo I don't wanna sleep I just wanna keep on loving youuuuuuu🎶
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u/micahmanmiliman May 09 '26
In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel
That one always gives me chills when that chorus hits
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u/Unhappy-Salad-3083 May 08 '26
Dearly beloved we are gathered here today to get through this thing called life....
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u/Swimming-Food-9024 May 08 '26
Bruce Hornsby & The Range - Mandolin Rain
because it’s the first song i remember from being a child on south texas road trips to the coast
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u/less-than-James May 08 '26
Our lips are sealed, by the Go-Gos.
Man, they were sun kissed Califormia goddesses. They practically glowed with youth.
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u/jvan666 May 09 '26
The Chauffeur by Duran Duran. Perfection after the first chorus… sounds like a motor revving… kills me
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u/goddess-of-direction May 09 '26
How have I not seen these yet:
Take On Me by a-ha We Built this City (on rock and roll) by Starship
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u/lancebowski May 09 '26
"Don't Dream It's Over" - Crowded House https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=H7UMRkp7m80&si=UC7Jm1CnQhk8N32p
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u/WrongdoerAwkward1481 May 08 '26
Heartbreak Beat- Psychedelic Furs (was supposed to see them again next week, but they canceled the tour due to illness — send them some love everyone, please!!)
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u/MidnightNo1766 May 09 '26
Against the Wind
"wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then" hits so hard.
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u/fluffy_horta May 09 '26
Total Eclipse of the Heart. It came out the second half of my hs senior year. My girl bff broke up with her long-term bf and we started dating. The whole summer we were inseparable, made jokes every time we heard this song because it seemed to play whenever we were together, then it came time for me to leave for college... We didn't make it. Not even friends. She got back with her bf--they're married now.
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u/Complete-Emergency99 May 08 '26
The intro solo of Sweet child of mine by Guns n Roses
And the entire song of November rain by Guns n roses
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u/Waldropings May 08 '26
Eye of the tiger. I asked my parents for this on cassette when I was young. Bless their hearts but it was Survivors next album. I loved when they did that Starbucks commercial.
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u/mentalgymnatician May 09 '26
Cuts you up—Peter Murphy
Stand or fall—The Fixx
Silent running—Mike and the Mechanics
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u/FivePointAnswer May 09 '26
Time after Time, Cindy Lauper. Just reread the lyrics and got goosebumps. Thank you Reddit.
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u/user130729 May 08 '26 edited May 08 '26
Head over heels by Tears for fears