8 of the 80s: 11/1/12...

Hey gang, I'm back for another round of 80s goodness, and this time out it's eight nuggets from 1984, the year Bell Telephone is broken up...

Janet Jackson - "Don't Stand Another Chance"
from the album Dream Street (1984)
Billboard peak: #101

Ms. Jackson before most people really knew Ms. Jackson.

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Peter Brown - "They Only Come Out At Night"
from the album Snap (1984)
Billboard peak: #102

Chicago area singer had a huge club hit with his HI-NRG jam...


Anne Murray & Dave Loggins - "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do"
from the album Heart Over Mind (1984)
Billboard peak: #103

Chart-topping country hit that Whitney Houston would cover for her debut album. A truly flawless "wedding" song.


Debbie Harry - "Rush Rush"
from the album Scarface (Soundtrack) (1984)
Billboard peak: #105

These days this electro-pop jam seems so removed from the movie it appeared in, althought the "llelo" she refers to is coke...


The Alarm - "68 Guns"
from the album Declaration (1984)
Billboard peak: #106

The Welsh rock band that spent all their career just under the pop radar, with their battle cry...

Ultravox - "Dancing With Tears In My Eyes"
from the album Lament (1984)
Billboard peak: #108

Midge Ure brings nuclear annihilation to the quirky new wave universe, and this is a song I wished would have been as huge in the US as it was in the rest of the world...

Karla Bonoff - "Somebody's Eyes"
from the album Footloose (Soundtrack) (1984)
Billboard peak: #109

The Footloose single nobody remembers, from the singer/songwriter of "Personally".


George Kranz - "Trommeltanz (Din Daa Daa)"
from the album My Rhythm (1984)
Billboard peak: #110

German dance music genius proves that even the Deutschland can get extra-funky. Kevin Aviance would later werq it to death...


That does it for this week....thanks for dropping by, and tomorrow I'll have another Song of the Day, candletime, and my top-100 tunes for the week. Cheers!