8 of the 80's: July 19, 2012...

Hey guys, thanks again for droppin' by, and time for another new weekly gig: 8 of the 80's...just like the 60s and 70s posts, but will added shoulder pads. This time out: eight songs from 1980...

The S.O.S. Band - "Take Your Time (Do It Right)"

from the album S.O.S. (1980)

Billboard Hot 100 peak: #3

Flashback to the Himalaya ride on the Wildwood boardwalk. Yell if you wanna go in reverse!


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Cliff Richard - "We Don't Talk Anymore"

from the album Rock 'n' Roll Juvenile (1979)

Billboard Hot 100 peak: #7

Britain's Elvis matures on this deceptively sunny love gone wrong song.

Jermaine Jackson - "Let's Get Serious"

from the album Let's Get Serious (1980)

Billboard Hot 100 peak: #9

The one time Jermaine came closest to eclipsing his brother. Of course with Stevie Wonder as a ringer doesn't hurt either...

Electric Light Orchestra - "I'm Alive"
from the album Xanadu (Original Soundtrack) (1980)

Billboard Hot 100 peak: #16

Forget Grease. Forget Two of a Kind. Give me my Olivia with Muses and ELO, please.

Toto - "99"

from the album Hydra (1979)

Billboard Hot 100 peak: #26

Before "Rosanna", when Toto were in their funky Steely Dan-lite phase...

The Babys - "Back On My Feet Again"

from the album Union Jacks (1980)

Billboard Hot 100 peak: #33

Before "Missing You", and way before Bad English, John Waite as the frontman for the British workingman band.

Donna Summer - "Walk Away"

from the album Bad Girls (1979)

Billboard Hot 100 peak: #36

Donna's hidden gem on the Bad Girls album. I so twirled to this when I was a kid.

Peter Gabriel - "Games Without Frontiers"

from the album Peter Gabriel 3 (Melt) (1980)

Billboard Hot 100 peak: #48

Of course, when I heard this, I didn't hear "Jeux Sans Frontieres", I heard "She's Sewed Up The Air"...