80s MASSIVE HITS

Suburbia " is a song by English  synthpop  duo  Pet Shop Boys . It was remixed and released as the fourth single from the duo's debut studio album,  Please  (1986), and became the band's second UK top-10 entry, peaking at number 8 The Boys have described this song as an "epic of mad dogs and hooligans" that was inspired by a film of the same name by Penelope Spheeris about aimless, disillusioned young toughs running rampant in the suburbs of Los Angeles. Very much the urbanites, Tennant and Lowe use this track as an opportunity to express what they consider to be "the full horror" (as the subtitle of one of the remixes puts it) of suburban life, where nastiness and evil lurks just beneath a superficially attractive surface. The dogs mentioned in the lyrics and whose barking frames the track probably symbolize the underlying beastialism of humanity. (One site visitor has pointed out that wild dogs inhabiting the L.A. suburbs play a significant role in th...

The Heat Is On  a song written by  Harold Faltermeyer  and  Keith Forsey , and recorded by  Glenn Frey  for the American film  Beverly Hills Cop  (1984). The song was published as a single and as the sixth track of the album  Beverly Hills Cop: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack  (1984). The heat is on, on the street Inside your head, on every beat And the beat's so loud, deep inside The pressure's high, just to stay alive 'Cause the heat is on Oh-wo-ho, oh-wo-ho Caught up in the action I've been looking out for you Oh-wo-ho, oh-wo-ho (Tell me can you feel it) (Tell me can you feel it) (Tell me can you feel it) The heat is on, the heat is on, the heat is on Oh it's on the street, the heat is on Oh-wo-ho, oh-wo-ho Caught up in the action I've been looking out for you Oh-wo-ho, oh-wo-ho (Tell me can you feel it) (Tell me can you feel it) (Tell me can you feel it) The heat is on (yeah) the heat is on, the heat is on (Burning, burning, burn...

Beds Are Burning  is a 1987 song by the Australian rock band  Midnight Oil , the first track from their album  Diesel and Dust . This song was released as the second single from the album. It reached No. 1 in  New Zealand ,  South Africa  and  Canada , No. 3 in the  Netherlands , No. 5 in  France , No. 6 in the  United Kingdom ,  Australia  and  Ireland , No. 17 in the  United States  and  Sweden . LYRICS  Out where the river broke The bloodwood and the desert oak Holden wrecks and boiling diesels Steam in forty five degrees The time has come To say fair's fair To pay the rent To pay our share The time has come A fact's a fact It belongs to them Let's give it back How can we dance When our earth is turning How do we sleep While our beds are burning How can we dance When our earth is turning How do we sleep While our beds are burning The time has come To say fair's fair To pay the rent Now to pay our sha...

"I'm asked whether the beeps at the beginning of the song actually mean anything, well... yes - they do! But what do they mean? The beeps are spelling out Ship To Shore in Morse Code. It's a good point to have raised, I think - because I could have put on any old Morse Code - but I was convinced that someone, somewhere was going to listen to it and pick me up on it. I was right!" LYRICS  Ship to shore, do you read me anymore, This line is bad, and fading, Ship to shore, answer my call, Send me a signal, a beacon to bring me home; I have been to see the world, tasted life at every turn, And all the time, Your face came back to haunt me; Day by day the feeling grew, I know I'm still in love with you, The further that I go, The more I know it, I wanna show it, Ship to shore, do you read me anymore, This line is bad, and fading, Ship to shore, answer my call, Send me a signal, a beacon to bring me home; Moving fast, all systems go, You and I had time to grow, Before t...

" Lip Up Fatty " is a  single  released by British  2 Tone  and  ska  band  Bad Manners  in June 1980, which reached No. 15  in the  UK Singles Chart . It is one of a number of  songs  by Bad Manners about 'being fat', (a reference to the round figure of  frontman ,  Buster Bloodvessel ). According to Bloodvessel "Lip Up Fatty" was an expression used at his school "to tell people to shut up". Its signature melodic lines were a simple but careful blend of brass instruments and lead harmonica theme, played by Alan Sayag (Winston Bazoomies). LYRICS  Lip up fatty, ah lip up fatty, for the reggae Lip up fatty, ah lip up fatty, for the reggae Listen to the music, shuffle up your feet Listen to the music of the fatty beat Lip up fatty, ah lip up fatty, for the reggae Lip up fatty, ah lip up fatty, for the reggae Moving with the rhythm, sweating with the heat Moving with the rhythm of the fatty beat Lip up fatty, ah lip...

Burning down the house by : talking heads " Burning Down the House " is a song by  new wave  band  Talking Heads , released in July 1983 as the first single from their fifth studio album  Speaking in Tongues .   LYRICS  Get them out Ah Watch out, you might get what you're after Cool babies, strange but not a stranger I'm an ordinary guy Burning down the house Hold tight, wait 'til the party's over Hold tight, we're in for nasty weather There has, got to be a way Burning down the house Here's your ticket pack your bags Time for jumpin' overboard Transportation isn't here Close enough but not too far, Maybe you know where you are Fightin' fire with fire, huah All wet, hey you might need a raincoat Shakedown, dreams walking in broad daylight Three hundred, sixty five degrees Burning down the house It was once upon a place sometimes, I listen to myself Gonna come in first place People on their way to work say baby what did you expect Gonna burs...

" Manic Monday " is a song by the American  pop rock  band  the Bangles , and the first single released from their second studio album,  Different Light  (1986). It was written by American musician  Prince  using the pseudonym "Christopher" and was originally intended for the group  Apollonia 6  in 1984. Lyrically, it describes a woman who is waking up to go to work on Monday, wishing it was still Sunday so she could continue relaxing. LYRICS  Six o'clock already I was just in the middle of a dream I was kissin' Valentino By a crystal blue Italian stream But I can't be late 'Cause then I guess I just won't get paid These are the days When you wish your bed was already made It's just another manic Monday I wish it was Sunday 'Cause that's my fun day My I don't have to run day It's just another manic Monday Have to catch an early train Got to be to work by nine And if I had an air-o-plane I still couldn't make it on time ...

LYRICS  We're leaving together, But still it's farewell And maybe we'll come back To earth, who can tell? I guess there is no one to blame We're leaving ground (leaving ground) Will things ever be the same again? It's the final countdown The final countdown Oh We're heading for Venus (Venus) And still we stand tall 'Cause maybe they've seen us (seen us) And welcome us all, yeah With so many light years to go And things to be found (to be found) I'm sure that we'll all miss her so It's the final countdown The final countdown The final countdown The final countdown Oh The final countdown, oh It's the final count down The final countdown The final countdown The final countdown Oh It's the final count down We're leaving together The final count down We'll all miss her so It's the final countdown It's the final countdown Oh It's the final countdown, yeah Songwriters: Joey Tempest " The Final Countdown " is a ...