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Subject: Your Favourite '80s Mega Hit
Written By: Alice on 09/22/04 at 7:04 am
A single had to reach Number One position on the both sides of the Atlantic to become a mega hit. Choose your favourite one, please!
Subject: Re: Your Favourite '80s Mega Hit
Written By: Alice on 09/22/04 at 7:14 am
Well, it was extremely hard for me to choose between Blondie's "Call Me", John Lennon's "(Just Like) Starting Over", The Human League's "Don't You Want Me", Dexy's Midnight Runners' "Come On Eileen", The Police's "Every Breath You Take", Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean", The Pet Shop Boys' "West End Girls", Berlin's "Take My Breath Away", Los Lobos' "La Bamba" and Madonna's "Like A Prayer" as all are as equally great songs. I went for the first because it is a pure New Wave excellence.
Subject: Re: Your Favourite '80s Mega Hit
Written By: FussBudgetVanPelt on 09/22/04 at 7:49 am
Every Breath You Take - The Police (1983)
Subject: Re: Your Favourite '80s Mega Hit
Written By: rubixgirl on 09/22/04 at 7:54 am
The Reflex
Subject: Re: Your Favourite '80s Mega Hit
Written By: mandamoo on 09/22/04 at 8:00 am
For sentimental reasons 'Careless Whisper'
Subject: Re: Your Favourite '80s Mega Hit
Written By: joedeertae on 09/22/04 at 8:30 am
Come On Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners 8) my alltime favorite song. ever.
Subject: Re: Your Favourite '80s Mega Hit
Written By: sputnikcorp on 09/22/04 at 9:21 am
yeesh. hmm, out of all of them i chose 'every breath you take'...i was too much into punk, goth and metal in the 80s to care for the popular stuff.
Subject: Re: Your Favourite '80s Mega Hit
Written By: hysteric et vous on 09/22/04 at 1:58 pm
G-d that was tough! I was like, that one, no that one, lol.
Subject: Re: Your Favourite '80s Mega Hit
Written By: Kryllith on 09/22/04 at 2:00 pm
Easy... "Take on Me" by a-ha.
Kryllith
Subject: Re: Your Favourite '80s Mega Hit
Written By: Jennifer028 on 09/22/04 at 2:45 pm
I loved all of those! But I choose "I wanna dance with somebody" Whitney Houston. I used to go out on my back deck and suntan and listen to that tape and jam out to that song ;D
Subject: Re: Your Favourite '80s Mega Hit
Written By: Tanya1976 on 09/22/04 at 3:31 pm
I love them all honestly! But, I chose "West End Girls" by Pet Shop Boys! Tough one, though.
Tanya
Subject: Re: Your Favourite '80s Mega Hit
Written By: Lanie on 09/22/04 at 11:52 pm
"The Reflex" - Duran Duran
Subject: Re: Your Favourite '80s Mega Hit
Written By: woops on 09/23/04 at 1:24 am
...tough poll... Duran Duran "The Reflex" 8)
(Though I like most of the songs on the list)
Subject: Re: Your Favourite '80s Mega Hit
Written By: MaxwellSmart on 09/23/04 at 2:24 am
Hard to pick just one, here are my top 3:
1. The Police: Every Breath You Take
2. The Human League: Don't You Want Me
3. Pet Shop Boys: West End Girls
Subject: Re: Your Favourite '80s Mega Hit
Written By: zcrito on 09/23/04 at 11:02 pm
A mega hit just ain't where it's at. Great then, not so great now. But...these are the best in the list (I likes 'em):
Call Me - Blondie (1980)
Don't You Want Me - The Human League (1981)
Come On Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners (1982)
Down Under - Men At Work (1982)
West End Girls - The Pet Shop Boys (1985)
A Groovy Kind Of Love - Phil Collins (1988)
I went with West End Girls - The Pet Shop Boys (1985). :)
;)
Subject: Re: Your Favourite '80s Mega Hit
Written By: wagonman76 on 09/24/04 at 11:30 am
Too many good ones to choose!!!
Subject: Re: Your Favourite '80s Mega Hit
Written By: conker on 09/24/04 at 12:45 pm
With all of the great songs of the period THESE were the ones that hit number 1 on both sides of the pond...anyone have a list of the number 2's?
There are a few worry songs here but not many, I'd have to pick John Lennon's Statring Over.