This was one of my favorite threads that was wiped out.  So I'm starting this again.

The rules are simple.  You must name at least two songs, both having the same title, that are not the same song.  And one song must have been a hit in the 1980's.  Here are some examples:

Don't Be Cruel--Elvis Presley/Cheap Trick
Don't Be Cruel--Bobby Brown

Wild Thing--The Troggs
Wild Thing--Tone Loc

Rag Doll--The 4 Seasons
Rag Doll--Aerosmith

1-2-3--Len Barry
1-2-3--Gloria Estefan

Shout--The Isley Brothers/Joey Dee & the Starliters/Lulu & the Luvers/Otis Day & the Knights (the latter from National Lampoon's Animal House)
Shout--Tears for Fears

Only the Lonely--Roy Orbison
Only the Lonely--The Motels

Words--The Monkees
Words--The Bee Gees
Words--Missing Persons

Heart & Soul--classic song that's most played on pianos and used in the Quaker Oats commercials; also a hit in the 1960's for the Cleftones and for Jan & Dean (their biggest hit for Challenge Records; they then went to Liberty Records and had a string of hits there)
Heart & Soul--Huey Lewis & the News
Heart & Soul--T'Pau

Talking in Your Sleep--Crystal Gayle
Talking in Your Sleep--The Romantics

Sara--Fleetwood Mac
Sara--(Jefferson) Starship

Promises, Promises--Dionne Warwick
Promises, Promises--Naked Eyes
(A weirdness on the above:  Naked Eyes remade Dionne Warwick's "Always Something There to Remind Me," but their song "Promises, Promises" is not a cover of the Dionne Warwick song of the same name!)

Call Me--Chris Montez (originally written for and recorded by Petula Clark; Chris Montez had the hit with it)
Call Me--Blondie

Cherish--The Association/David Cassidy
Cherish--Kool & the Gang
Cherish--Madonna

Dancing in the Dark--song written by Cole Porter
Dancing in the Dark--Bruce Springsteen

Dreams--Fleetwood Mac
Dreams--Van Halen

Venus--Frankie Avalon
Venus--The Shocking Blue/Bananarama

Vacation--Connie Francis
Vacation--The Go-Go's

Lies--The Knickerbockers
Lies--The Thompson Twins

Jump--Van Halen
Jump--Kris Kross
(BTW, the correct title of the Pointer Sisters song is "Jump (for My Love).")

Lady--Styx
Lady--Little River Band
Lady--Kenny Rogers
(Also, the Commodores had a hit in the 1980's with "Lady (You Bring Me Up).")

Magic--Pilot
Magic--Olivia Newton-John
Magic--The Cars

Our House--Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Our House--Madness

Something About You--The Four Tops
Something About You--Level 42

Tempted--Squeeze
Tempted--Marty Stuart

The Look of Love--Lesley Gore
The Look of Love--Dusty Springfield (from the 1968 version of "The Thomas Crown Affair"; Sting sang the song in the 1999 remake)
The Look of Love--ABC

We're Not Gonna Take It--The Who
We're Not Gonna Take It--Twisted Sister

Amanda--Don Williams
Amanda--Boston

Talk Talk--The Music Machine
Talk Talk--Talk Talk

Holiday--The Bee Gees
Holiday--Madonna

Good Thing--Paul Revere & the Raiders
Good Thing--Fine Young Cannibals

Just Between You & Me--Charley Pride
Just Between You & Me--April Wine

Cadillac Ranch--Bruce Springsteen
Cadillac Ranch--Chris LeDoux

Games People Play--Joe South
Games People Play--The Spinners (the title was changed to "They Just Can't Stop It, the (Games People Play)" so as not to be confused with the Joe South song)
Games People Play--The Alan Parsons Project

Stuck on You--Elvis Presley
Stuck on You--Lionel Richie

The Wanderer--Dion
The Wanderer--Donna Summer

Rock of Ages--hymn
Rock of Ages--Def Leppard

Now see if you can name some more.

LOL!!!!! The Thread That Would Not Die is back!!

I can't think of any at the moment, but I will run through my CD's tonight to try to jog my memory.

Angel/Aerosmith
Angel/Madonna

It's back! But It wont be the same :( I miss, all 20 odd pages of it posts of it  :-[  My new one in which i found was

Kylie Minogue and the Cure -  A Night Like This

There are lots more, but I feel I cannot bear to write the ones in which I mentioned so long ago! ( I'll come back soon and I might change my mind ;))

Yeah!!! Crazy started my old thread up again!!!

Who's That Girl? by Madonna
Who's That Girl? by The Eurythmics

Wild, Wild West by The Escape Club
Wild, Wild West by Kool Moe Dee

:)

Creep - TLC   :'(
Creep - Radiohead

:-X

"Sweet Dreams" - a famous country song, recorded by The Everly Brothers and about 90,000 others shares its title with the Eurythmics song "Sweet Dreams". (Okay, not 90,000, but if you know the song, you'll know how famous it is.)

The Beach Boys song Breakaway shares its name with anoth... wait, that's a chocolate bar. I'll think of some more songs later.

Slightly off-topic (90's) but I was going to post these on the old thread -

Road Rage - Catatonia
Road Rage - Carter USM

Come As You Are-Peter Wolf-1987
Come As You Are/Nirvana-1992

"Turn Off The Light" by World Class Wreckin' Cru (mid 80's)
"Turn Off The Light" by Nelly Furtado (2000)

"Express Yourself" by Madonna
"Express Yourself" by N.W.A (both late 80's)

"8 Ball" by N.W.A (original version released in 1987)
"8 Ball" by DJ Quik (1991)

"The Message" by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious 5 (1982)
"The Message" by Dr. Dre (1999)

"Magic" by Jacob Wheeler
"Magic" by The Cars

"Send Me An Angel" by The Scorpions
"Send Me An Angel" by Real Life

"Neverending Story" by Limahl
"Never-ending Story" by Tuxedomoon

"Desire" by U2
"Desire" by Tuxedomoon
"Desire (Come And Get It)" by Gene Loves Gezebel

"Oh Yeah" by Yello
"Oh Yeah" by Roxy Music

"Tomorrow" by Information Society
"Tomorrow" by Morrissey

"Electricity" by OMD
"Electricity" by Suede

"It's My Life" by Talk Talk
"It's My Life" by Bon Jovi (bleh!)

"Sometimes" by Erasure
"Sometimes" by Depeche Mode
"Sometimes" by Britney Spears (bleh!)

"Shout" by Tears For Fears
"Shout" by Depeche Mode

Here are a few that could be stretched:

"Heroin" by Lou Reed
"Heroine" by Suede (I actually thought the singer was singing about heroin...)

"Rosanna" by Toto
"Roxanne" by The Police

Tarzan Boy