8 of the 80s: 8/30/12...

Thanks for dropping by, in return I'll bring you eight more nuggets from the 80s. This time out it's 8 from 1986, the year The Oprah Winfrey Show debuted.

Phyllis Nelson - "I Like You"

from the album I Like You (1985)

Billboard Hot 100 peak: #61

Post-disco smash that sneaked in a bisexual ("you can be a girl, you can be a guy") subplot.

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Katrina & The Waves - "Is That It?"

from the album Waves (1986)

Billboard Hot 100 peak: #70

"Walking On Sunshine" singer goes big and ballsy on this belting number that I thought deserved much better.

Feargal Sharkey - "A Good Heart"

from the album Feargal Sharkey (1985)

Billboard Hot 100 peak: #74

Northern Irish singer covers a song by Lone Justice's Maria McKee written about her relationship with Tom Petty's keyboardist Benmont Tench.

Dokken - "In My Dreams"

from the album Under Lock And Key (1985)

Billboard Hot 100 peak: #77

Metalheads would see this song become a top-40 hit by a group of Disney kids. But this is so much better to headbang to...

Berlin - "Like Flames"

from the album Count Three and Pray (1986)

Billboard Hot 100 peak: #82

The band's followup to "Take My Breath Away" from Top Gun was gloriously epic, but inexplicably misfired on the pop chart.

Talk Talk - "Life's What You Make It"

from the album The Colour Of Spring (1986)

Billboard Hot 100 peak: #90

One of those life-affirming anthems that I keep coming back to. Amazing visuals and music, it makes me want to commune with nature.

Scritti Politti - Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin)

from the album Cupid And Psyche '85 (1985)

Billboard Hot 100 peak: #91

There's nothing I wouldn't do but play this album over and over in college.

The Cure - "In Between Days (Without You)"

from the album The Head On The Door (1985)

Billboard Hot 100 peak: #99

Robert Smiths and the boys at the most joyously grandiose. Music to fall in love with.

That's it for this time 'round, stay tuned tomorrow for another song of the day, candletime, and my weekly top-100 current tunes. Cheers!