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#8 is "I Ran (So Far Away)" by A Flock Of Seagulls.  :)  
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Hiya CF, how are you doing?

You're right of course - I should have known you'd get this one.

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Hiya CF, how are you doing?

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I'm doing fine, thanks.  :)

You might like to know that I'm about to post a quiz as well.  Should be up in just a few.  ;D

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Yazoo - Nobody's Diary is no. 6
Erasure - Sometimes is no. 11
Visage - Fade To Grey is no. 15

I know more! must stop myself from answering, must! ;D
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Criz, you're obviously a Brit with good taste but yes, restrain yourself on the others until the limit comes off  ;)

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#1. Echo & The Bunnymen - The Cutter (fantastic!)
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I agree Paul, it's my favourite Bunnymen track

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#4. Messages - OMD
#10. Wishful Thinking - China Crisis
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both correct - the influence of my Merseyside roots are showing here...

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...admittedly, you've got me stumped with what #3's lyrics are about - but I can tell you the whole thing was originally recorded for the princely sum of two and a half quid...!
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:o  :o I think this is a first Paul - I'll refrain from triumphalism but I am also strangely disappointed to have stumped you at last! (although the fact that you know how much it cost to record indicates that you know the song and artist  ;))

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#5  Are Friends Electric - Tubeway Army

1978/ '79 from memory ! :D
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Hiya mandamoo - 1979, you're right, sorry about that.

BTW, #20 is from 1990 if that's throwing anyone off the scent...a World Cup year, hint hint ;)

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Rats !  Moo took the last easy one  :(
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Well, they're all easy if you know the answer, as they say ;)

I admit for some of the others I went for less well known hits but the artists are all pretty well known, with the possible exception of #17. Hints will follow if no-one gets any more.

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18. In These Arms - Bon Jovi
(though I have no idea since when did they become British and electric)
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I can't give you that one Rock Princess, although I'll take your word that these lyrics also appear in that song :)

The song I'm looking for featured the name of a famous American soul diva of the 1960s (still very much alive today)...

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I can't give you that one Rock Princess, although I'll take your word that these lyrics also appear in that song :)

The song I'm looking for featured the name of a famous American soul diva of the 1960s (still very much alive today)...
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Based on that clue, I'll guess "Hey, Nineteen" by Steely Dan. (Just to prove that I'm not Googling on your quiz. ::) ;))
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You have the right soul diva there Indy but once again Steely Dan don't actually qualify as British. I should have made it clear that the soul diva's name appears in the title of the song.

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14.Thieves Like Us-New Order
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Correct Mordor! :)

This song featured on the soundtrack of the 80s movie "Pretty In Pink", which I caught the end of on cable TV the other night and which gave me the impetus to compile this quiz.

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#16 is A Forest by The Cure I think

From your clues #18 is Pray Like Aretha Franklin but I can't remember who its by
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Hi karen
#16 is correct
#18 ...this is indeed the subtitle of the song (in brackets) but I can't really give it to you without the full title...just sing it through in your head and I'm sure it'll come to you :)

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2. Torch-Soft Cell
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Correct Indy!

This gives me another chance to make my dubious claim to fame that I went to school with Marc Almond of Soft Cell, although he's a few years older than me. Also my dad and his mother were boyfriend & girlfriend in their teens....so, worryingly, in a parallel universe somewhere, I could be Marc Almond....

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I believe #7 is "New Life" by Depeche Mode.
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You've got the band correct ladybug but it's not that song...it's another of their early 80s hits.

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#7 is 'Just Can't Get Enough'
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Sorry karen, it's not that one either!

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#7 is "DREAMING OF ME" BY DEPECHE MODE!!!
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that's the one!

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....so, worryingly, in a parallel universe somewhere, I could be Marc Almond....
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I dunno...I'm not sure if that lip gloss and black leather catsuit might suit you!

Limits orf? Right, what's left over?

#3. Being Boiled - Human League
Still haven't the foggiest what these lyrics are about! Browsing through 'em, I'll take an extremely wild stab at some kind of religious cult killings? Possibly no...
If anyone's not familiar with this song and wants a copy, beware - it's a very different 'League' to what you probably know and love...

#9. Pale Shelter - Tears For Fears

#19. Getting Away With It - Electronic

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#3. Being Boiled - Human League
Still haven't the foggiest what these lyrics are about!

#9. Pale Shelter - Tears For Fears
#19. Getting Away With It - Electronic
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3 for 3 Paul, well done.

"Being Boiled" is apparently a protest song about the method by which raw silk is obtained from silkworm coccoons, which is by boiling them alive. "Sericulture" means just that. It's a thought provoking protest but not one you hear much about.

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From your clues #18 is Pray Like Aretha Franklin but I can't remember who its by
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#18 ...this is indeed the subtitle of the song (in brackets) but I can't really give it to you without the full title...just sing it through in your head and I'm sure it'll come to you :)
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I still can't remember the full title but have remembered that it was by Scritti Politti.  I can't even remember how the song went.

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I still can't remember the full title but have remembered that it was by Scritti Politti.  I can't even remember how the song went.
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well as interest seems to be tailing off on this one karen, I'm giving it to you - the title was "Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin). Scritti Politti started out as a punk-indie band (with drum machine) before going "mainstream" in the mid 80s.