It's been a while since we've had a SongPop Community Challenge! Back in January, we solicited your selections for the "Best Basslines" playlist, and our players came through with flying colors! So let's start up another round and get this party going again!
This month, we're asking for your personal favorites from the 1980's, with a caveat... we want you to give us your Desert Island 80's cuts! The rules are simple:
1) Suggest up to ten songs to add to the playlist, fitting the criteria that if you were stranded on a desert island, you couldn't live without them.
2) We are only accepting songs that were released during the 1980's -- in other words, if it was released on an album or single from January 1st, 1980 through December 31st, 1989, it's eligible for inclusion here.
3) To prevent the playlist from being taken over by any one artist, songs by the same singer or group will be limited to the five most popular choices.
Submissions to this community curated playlist will be accepted through March 13th, 2015. After this date, the SongPop content curators will sift through the submissions and prep the playlist for release! We look forward to seeing what you come up with -- don't be scared, give us those songs that YOU love! Ready to get started? Simply post your favorites below!
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My picks for this list are -
Aztec Camera - Somewhere in my heart
Climie Fisher - Love changes everything
Danny Wilson - Mary's prayer
Sam Brown - Stop
Neneh Cherry - Buffalo Stance
Terence Trent Derby - Sign your name
Hall & Oates - You make my dreams
Jane Wiedlin - Rush Hour
Texas - I don't want a lover
Swing out Sister - Breakout
All About Eve - Martha's Harbour
Roachford - Cuddly Toy
Martha and the Muffins - Echo Beach
The Clash - Train in Vain
Madonna - Live to tell
U2 - All I want is you
Erasure - Chorus
Sydney Youngblood - If only I could
Fairground Attraction - Find my love
Mike & the mechanics - The living years
Modern Love - David Bowie
China Girl - David Bowie
Boys Don't Cry - the Cure
Lovesong - the Cure
Just Like Heaven - the Cure
Carol Newton
Mama-Genesis
Romeo and Juliet- Dire Straits
The Living Years - Mike & the Mechanics
Don't you want me baby - Human League
Come up and see me ( make me smile ).... Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
'81 - "Nicole" - Point Blank
'81 - "Poor Man's Son" - Survivor
'81 - "Swords And Tequila" - Riot
'82 - "Nobody Said It Was Easy" - Le Roux
'82 - "East of Eden's Gate" - Billy Thorpe
'83 - "Tell Me What You Want" - Zebra
'86 - "Stand Tall" - Killer Dwarfs
'86 - "Keep the Spirit Alive" - Killer Dwarfs
'88 - "Nobody Knows" - Lillian Axe
'89 - "Show a Little Love - Lillian Axe
'81 - "Nicole" - Point Blank
'81 - "Poor Man's Son" - Survivor
'81 - "Swords And Tequila" - Riot
'82 - "Nobody Said It Was Easy" - Le Roux
'82 - "East of Eden's Gate" - Billy Thorpe
'83 - "Tell Me What You Want" - Zebra
'86 - "Stand Tall" - Killer Dwarfs
'86 - "Keep the Spirit Alive" - Killer Dwarfs
'88 - "Nobody Knows" - Lillian Axe
'89 - "Show a Little Love - Lillian Axe
Savatage - When the Crowds Are Gone (1989)
Great White - Shot in the Dark (1986)
Megadeth - The Conjuring (1986)
Ozzy Osbourne - You Can't Kill Rock n' Roll (1981)
Tesla - Little Suzi (1986)
Styx - Rockin' the Paradise (1980)
Judas Priest - Turbo Lover (1986)
Walk Like An Egyptian- The Bangles
One Night In Bangkok- Murray Head
Roam- B-52's
Land Down Under- Men At Work
In A Big Country- Big Country
Carribbean Queen- Billy Ocean
Only The Lonely- The Motels
Total Elipse Of The Heart- Bonnie Tyler
Celebration- Kool And The Gang
Girls Just Want To Have Fun- Cyndi Lauper
Head Over Heels- Tears For Fears
Too Much Time On My Hands- Styx
Jessie's Girl- Rick Springfield
She Blinded Me With Science- Thomas Dolby
Sweet Dreams[Are Made Of This] The Eurythmics
99 Luftballoons- Nena
You Spin Me Round[ like a record]- Dead Or Alive
Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now- Starship
Should I Stay Or Should I Go- The Clash
Need You Tonight- Inxs
Atomic- Blondie
Tainted Love- Soft Cell
Jump- Van Halen
Time After Time- Cyndi Lauper
Don't You [Forget About Me]- Simple Minds
Master Of Puppets- Metallica
Sweet Child 'O' Mine- Guns N Roses
Rock The Casbah- The Clash
Back In Black- AC/DC
Billie Jean- Micheal Jackson
Living On A Prayer- Bon Jovi
When Doves Cry- Prince
Love Don't Live Here Anymore- Madonna
Kiss On My List- Hall & Oates
Eye Of The Tiger- Survivor
I Love Rock "N" Roll- Joan Jett & The BlackHearts
Every Breath You Take- The Police
Maniac- Micheal Sembello
Red Red Wine- UB40
HeartBreaker- Pat Benatar
Stand By Me- Mickey Gilley
Driving My Life Away- Eddie Rabbit
Tusk- Fleetwood Mac
Purple Rain- Prince
Hurts so good- John Mellencamp
It's Still Rock N Roll To Me- Billy Joel
GhostBusters- Ray Parker JR.
Don't You Want Me- The Human League
Shout- Tears For Fears
Hold Me Now- The Thompson Twins
I just called to say I love you- Stevie Wonder
Lean On Me- Club Nouveau
Physical- Olivia Newton- John
All Night Long[ All Night]- Lionel Ritchie
Islands In The Stream- Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton
Head To Toe- Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam
I Love A Rainy Night- Eddie Rabbit
Morning Train[ Nine To Five]- Sheena Easton
That's What Friends are for- Dionne Warick
We Are The World- USA For AFRICA
Headed For A Heartbreak
Rock Me- Great White
Back On The Chain Gang- The Pretenders
I Love It Loud- Kiss
Panama- Van Halen
Shot In The Dark- Ozzy Osbourne
Holy Diver- Dio
Somebody Save Me- Cinderalla
Never- Heart
Foolin' - Def Leppard
I Can't Drive 55- Sammy Hager
Leather and Lace- Stevie Nicks And Don Henley
Tom Sawyer- Rush
And The Cradle Will Rock- Van Halen
Pride And Joy- Stevie Ray Vaughn And Double Trouble
California Girls- David Lee Roth
Mutha- Extreme
Missing You- John Waite
You're In Love- Ratt
I Don't Believe In Love- Queensryche
Shout At The Devil- Motley Crue
Drive- The Cars
In Your Eyes- Peter Gabriel
Big City Nights- Scorpions
Save All Your Love- Great White
Don't Close Your Eyes- Kix
Youth Gone Wild- Skid Row
Close My Eyes Forever- Lita Ford And Ozzy Osbourne
I Want Action- Poison
Dream Warriors- Dokken
Home Sweet Home- Motley Crue
We're Not Gonna Take It- Twisted Sister
Com On Feel The Noize- Quiet Riot
Gettin' Better- Telsa
Heaven Sent- Dokken
Thriller- Micheal Jackson
Every Rose Has It's Thorn- Poison
Rock Of Ages- Def Leppard
Rainbow In The Dark- Dio
Sister Christian- Night Ranger
Rock You Like A Hurricane- Scorpions
You're Got Another Thing Coming- Judas Priest
Eyes Of A Stranger- Queensryche
Hells Bells- AC/DC
Shake Me- Cinderalla
Kid Ego- Extreme
Hell Is For Children- Pat Benatar
Any Way You Want It- Journey
The Warrior- The Scandel
Tenpole Tudor - Swords of A Thousand Men
Alarm - 68 Guns
Damned - Eloise
Big Audio Dynamite - E=MC2
It Bites - Calling All The Heroes
Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Love Missile F1-11
A Guy Called Gerald - Voodoo Ray
Style Council - Long Hot Summer
Adam and The Ants - Stand and Deliver
Tom Tom Club - Genius of Love
New Order - Temptation
Gang Of Four - I Love A Man In A Uniform
Adam & The Ants - Kings of the Wild Frontier
The Cramps - The Crusher
Afrika Bambaataa feat.John Lydon - World Destruction
The Jam - Man in the Corner Shop
The Clash - Something About England
The Clash - Rebel Waltz
PIL - flowers of romance
I request to replace Romeo & Juliet with Little Miss S - Edie Brickell & New Bohemians.
Foreigner- Juke Box Hero
Bon Jovi- Wanted Dead or Alive
Bon Jovi- Livin' On A Prayer
Journey- Don't Stop Belivin'
Journey- Frontiers
Journey- Chain Reaction
Journey- Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)
Bryan Adams- Summer Of '69
Scorpions- No One Like You
Scorpions- Rock You Like A Hurricane
WhiteSnake- Here I Go Again
Eurythmics- King and Queen of America
Eurythmics- Sweet Dreams [Are Made Of This]
Def Leppard- Pour Some Sugar On Me
Def Leppard- Rock Of Ages
Def Leppard- Armageddon It
Def Leppard- Die hard The Hunter
Beastie Boys- (You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party)
Quiet Riot- Cum On Feel The Noize
Bangles- Walk Like An Egyptian
Nena- 99 Luftballoons
tommy Tutone- 867-5309/Jenny
"Jump" -- Van Halen
"Back in Black" -- AC/DC
"Unchain the Night" -- Dokken
"What You Give" -- Tesla
"I'll Never Let You Go" -- Steelheart
"Bad is Bad" -- Huey Lewis & the News
"Ain't Even Done With the Night" -- John Mellencamp
"Rock of Ages" -- Def Leppard
"Stone in Love" -- Journey
"Rock and Roll Girls" -- John Fogerty
I Want A New Drug- Huey Lewis And The News
Out In The Cold- Judas Priest
Rock And Roll Ain't Noise Pollution
Crazy Babies- Ozzy Osbourne
Can't Fight This Feeling- REO Speedwagon
Legs- ZZtop
Urgent- Foreigner
Smugglers Blues- Glenn Fry
Middle Of The Road- The Pretenders
If Looks could kill- Heart
Bauhaus- Kick in the eye
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry- Chance
The Sisters of Mercy- Logic
Alien Sex Fiend- Ignore the machine
Cabaret Voltaire- I want you
Siouxsie and the Banshees- Lands end
Japan- Quiet life
Soft Cell- Memorabilia
Simple Minds- Someone somewhere in summertime
New Order- Thieves like us
1 Another Brick in the Wall- Pink Floyd 2 It's Still Rock n Roll To Me - Billy Joel 3Flashdance What a Feeling - Irene Cara 4 Glory Of Love- Peter Cetera 5 Nothings gonna stop us now -starship 6 Ive had the time of my life Bill Medley& Jennifer Warnes 7 The Living Years Mike & The Mechanics 8 Another Day In Paradise- Phil Collins 9 Like A Prayer -Madonna 10 I Wont Back Down -Tom Petty 11 The Land Of Confusion - Genesis
Bananarama – Bad For Me
The Cure – How Beautiful You Are
New Kids On The Block – What'Cha Gonna Do (About It)
Brother Beyond – Can You Keep A Secret?
The Damned – Sanctum Sanctorum
The Mission – Kingdom Come - Forever And Again
Morrissey – The Last Of The Famous International Playboys
Tiffany – Drop That Bomb
Pepsi & Shirlie – Goodbye Stranger
Samantha Fox – One In A Million
Berlin - The Metro
The Replacements - Answering Machine
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - You Got Lucky
Camper Van Beethoven - Take The Skinheads Bowling
Buckwheat Zydeco - Ma 'Tit Fille
The Call - The Walls Came Down
The Sugarcubes - Birthday
The Cat Heads - Apologize
Elvis Costello - Beyond Belief
The Cult - Edie (Ciao Baby)
Rock you like a hurricane - scorpions.
Heaven and hell - Black sabbath.
It's my life - talk talk.
So alive - Love and Rockets.
Don't come around here no more - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.
Watching the wheels - John Lennon.
Breaking the law - Judas Priest.
Love removal machine - the cult.
Epic - Faith no more.
She's in parties - bauhaus
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