“Heart and Soul” is a song by British pop band T’Pau. Featuring vocalist Carol Decker performing overlapping lyrics, the song was released as a single record in 1987, taken from the 1987 album Bridge of Spies. Following its inclusion in a Pepe Jeans advert, the single reached #4 in both the US and UK charts. [...]
M.A.R.S. – Pump Up The Volume
“Pump Up the Volume” is a song and the only single by British recording act MARRS. Recorded and released in 1987, it was a number-one hit in many countries and is generally regarded as a significant milestone in the development of British house music and music sampling. The song derives its title directly from a [...]
Milli Vanilli- Girl, I’m gonna Miss You
“Girl I’m Gonna Miss You” is a song recorded by Milli Vanilli which was released as a single in the middle of 1989 off the album Girl You Know It’s True. The single was a success, hitting the number one spot on the American and European charts. This song also reached number one in Canada. [...]
Kaoma – The Lambada 1989
“Lambada”, also released as “Chorando Se Foi (Lambada)” and “Llorando se fue (Lambada)”, is a 1989 song recorded by the French pop group Kaoma with the Brazilian vocalist Loalwa Braz. It was released as the first single from Kaoma’s debut album Worldbeat. The video, filmed on Cocos beach in the city of Trancoso, in the [...]
Inner Circle – Sweat 1987
Inner Circle is a Jamaican reggae group. The group was formed in 1968 by the brothers Ian and Roger Lewis in Jamaica. With Jacob Miller as their front-man and lead singer the band was one of the most popular in Jamaica during the 1970s, and one of few reggae bands that performed live. They are [...]
Robert Palmer – Addicted To Love
His iconic music videos by Terence Donovan for the hits “Simply Irresistible” and “Addicted to Love” featured identically dressed dancing women with pale faces, dark eye makeup and bright red lipstick, which resembled the women in the art of Patrick Nagel, an artist popular in the 1980s. Sharp-suited, his involvement in the music industry commenced [...]
Debbie Gibson – Only In My Dreams
In 1987, while performing around the United States at nightclub venues, Gibson was recording what would become her debut album, “Out Of The Blue”. It was recorded in four weeks. Four singles from Out Of The Blue reached the Top 5 of the Billboard Hot 100: “Only in My Dreams”, “Shake Your Love”, “Out Of [...]
A-Ha – Take On Me
A-ha achieved their biggest success with their debut album, Hunting High and Low, in 1985. That album peaked at number 1 in their native Norway, number 2 in the UK and number 15 on the U.S. Billboard album chart, yielded two international number-one singles, “Take on Me” and “The Sun Always Shines on T.V.”, and [...]
Michael Jackson – The Way You Make Me Feel
“The Way You Make Me Feel” is a song by American recording artist Michael Jackson. Released by Epic Records in November 1987, it was the third single from Jackson’s seventh studio album Bad. Written and composed by Jackson, and produced by Quincy Jones (and co-produced by Jackson), the song is credited as being a pop [...]
Cyndi Lauper – Girls Just Want To Have Fun
“Girls Just Want to Have Fun” is a song written by Robert Hazard and it has its lyrics changed by Lauper. It was the first major single released by singer Cyndi Lauper as a solo artist. It gained recognition as a feminist anthem, an award-winning video and a worldwide hit. It has been covered on [...]
Madonna – Material Girl 1985
“Material Girl” is a song performed by American singer-songwriter Madonna. It was released on January 30, 1985, by Sire Records, as the second single from her second album Like a Virgin. It also appears slightly remixed on the 1990 greatest hits compilation, The Immaculate Collection, and in its original form on the 2009 greatest hits [...]
A Flock Of Seagulls – I Ran (So Far Away)
“I Ran” (also released as “I Ran (So Far Away)”) is a song by English New Wave band A Flock of Seagulls. It was released on their debut album A Flock of Seagulls in 1982 and was its most successful single, reaching number 9 in the United States and number 1 in Australia. The single [...]
The Human League – (Keep Feeling) Fascination
Fascination! is an EP released by British synthpop band The Human League in 1983. The EP was issued by Virgin Records as a stop-gap release in between the albums Dare! and Hysteria. Fascination! contains six tracks, including two versions of their single “(Keep Feeling) Fascination” as well as “Mirror Man”, both of which were hits [...]
The Human League – Human
“Human” is a song recorded by British synthpop band The Human League. It was released as the first single from their 1986 album Crash. The track was written and produced by US producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. n 1985 the recording sessions for the Human League’s fifth album were not going well; and the [...]
UB40 – Red Red Wine
“Red Red Wine” is the title of a song written and originally recorded by American artist Neil Diamond. It has been covered by Tony Tribe, Jimmy James & the Vagabonds, and more famously by British reggae group UB40, whose version topped the U.S. and UK singles charts. Diamond’s version reached number sixty-two on the Billboard [...]