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Subject: 10 favourite hits from 1981

Written By: Albie Stewart on 06/24/06 at 4:21 pm

What are your 10 favourite 1981 hit songs?

I like these

take it on the run - reo speedwagon
don't stop believing - journey
elvira - oak ridge boys
hold on tight - elo
jessie's girl - rick springfield
just the two of us - grover washington jr
morning train 9 to 5 - sheena easton
our lips are sealed - the go gos
the tide is high - blondie
urgent - foreigner

Subject: Re: 10 favourite hits from 1981

Written By: whistledog on 06/24/06 at 6:29 pm

10 is tough, but managable ...

01 | The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore - Nielsen and Pearson
02 | Night Fades Away - Nils Lofgren
03 | Don't Let Him Know - Prism
04 | The Night Owls - Little River Band
05 | Sausalito Summernight - Diesel
06 | The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em) - Greg Kihn Band
07 | You Could Take My Heart Away - Silver Condor
08 | Innocence - Harlequin
09 | Desire - Roni Griffith
10 | Trouble - Lindsey Buckingham

Subject: Re: 10 favourite hits from 1981

Written By: MaxwellSmart on 06/24/06 at 8:11 pm

Bona-fide hits either U.K. or U.S. or both. Non-ranking:

1.  Depeche Mode: Dreaming of Me
2.  The Human League: Don't You Want Me
3.  Soft Cell: Tainted Love
4.  Ultravox: The Thin Wall
5.  Duran Duran: Girls on Film
6.  OMD: Maid of Orleans (The Waltz of Joan of Arc)
7.  Laurie Anderson: O Superman (for Massenet)
8.  The Cars: Shake It Up
9.  Talking Heads: Once in a Lifetime
10.  Ultravox: Vienna

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Subject: Re: 10 favourite hits from 1981

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 06/25/06 at 4:11 am

My ten (in no particular order)

Ain't Even Done With The Night - John Mellencamp
Same Old Lang Syne - Dan Fogelberg
Passion - Rod Stewart
Her Town Too - James Taylor & J.D. Souther
Stop Draggin' My Heart Around - Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic - Police
Just Once - Quincy Jones & James Ingrahm
Who's Crying Now - Journey
Theme from Endless Love - Lionel Richie & Diana Ross
Waiting For A Girl Like You - Foreigner

Subject: Re: 10 favourite hits from 1981

Written By: _adam_ on 06/26/06 at 9:32 am

Jessie`s girl - Rick Springfield
Hold on loosely -38 Special
Hear about it later - Van Halen
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic - Police
Keep on loving you - Reo Speedwagon
Don`t Stop Belivin` - Journey
Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes
Turn me loose - Loverboy
Just can`t get enough - Depeche mode
We got the beat - Go Go`s

Subject: Re: 10 favourite hits from 1981

Written By: zcrito on 06/26/06 at 11:21 pm


1981 was a good pre-MTV year for music.

Me likes...

1. Limelight -- Rush
2. The Glow of Love -- Change featuring Luther Vandross
3. The Friends of Mr. Cairo -- Jon & Vangelis
4. Destroyer -- The Kinks
5. Working for the Weekend -- Loverboy
6. Games People Play *or* Time -- The Alan Parsons Project
7. Very Special -- Debra & Ronnie Laws
8. Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime -- Korgis
9. Fantastic Voyage -- Lakeside
10. Tempted -- Squeeze

Subject: Re: 10 favourite hits from 1981

Written By: airsupplyairhead on 06/28/06 at 9:44 am

Air Supply songs, Here I Am, The One That You Love and Sweet Dreams.

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