80s MASSIVE HITS

Although released in late 79 this massive hit was sent as one of the biggest hits of the 80s I Don't Like Mondays  is a song by Irish new wave group  The Boomtown Rats  about the  1979 Cleveland Elementary School shooting  in San Diego. It was released in 1979 as the lead single from their third album,  The Fine Art of Surfacing . The song was a number one  single  in the  UK Singles Chart  for four weeks during the summer of 1979,  and ranks as the sixth biggest hit of the UK in 1979. Written by  Bob Geldof  and  Johnnie Fingers , the piano  ballad  was the band's second single to reach number one on the UK chart LYRICS  The silicon chip inside her head Gets switched to overload And nobody's gonna go to school today She's gonna make them stay at home And daddy doesn't understand it He always said she was good as gold And he can see no reasons 'Cause there are no reasons What reason do you ne...

Take It on the Run  is the fifth track on the  REO Speedwagon  album  Hi Infidelity . It was released as a single in  1981  and reached number five on the  Billboard  Hot 100  chart.  It also reached number 19 in the  UK Singles Chart.  The song was written by lead guitarist  Gary Richrath . "Take It on the Run" was the follow-up single behind the group's number one hit, " Keep on Loving You ". The single went  gold  on April 17, 1981. "Take It on the Run" has appeared on dozens of 'various artists'  compilation albums , as well as several REO Speedwagon greatest hits albums. LYRICS  Heard it from a friend who Heard it from a friend who Heard it from another you been messin' around They say you got a boy friend You're up late every weekend They're talkin' about you and it's bringin' me down But I know the neighborhood And talk is cheap when the story is good And the tales grow taller on down the line ...

" You're the Voice " is a song written by  Andy Qunta ,  Keith Reid ,  Maggie Ryder  and  Chris Thompson , and recorded by the Australian singer  John Farnham  and released as a single in September 1986 ahead of his album  Whispering Jack .  "You're the Voice" became one of the biggest hits of 1986 in Australia, topping the  Kent Music Report  singles chart for several weeks from 3 November to 21 December.   At the  ARIA Music Awards of 1987  it won  Single of the Year LYRICS  We have the chance to turn the pages over We can write what we want to write We gotta make ends meet, before we get much older We're all someone's daughter We're all someone's son How long can we look at each other Down the barrel of a gun? You're the voice, try and understand it Make a noise and make it clear Oh, whoa We're not gonna sit in silence We're not gonna live with fear Oh, whoa This time, we know we all can stand tog...

" Down Under " is a song recorded by Australian  rock  band  Men at Work . It was originally released in 1980 as the  B-side  to their first local single titled "Keypunch Operator", released before the band signed with  Columbia Records . Both early songs were written by the group's co-founders,  Colin Hay  and  Ron Strykert . The early version of "Down Under" has a slightly different tempo and arrangement from the later Columbia release.   The most well known version was then released on Columbia in 1981 as the third single from their debut album  Business as Usual  (1981) LYRICS Traveling in a fried-out Kombi On a hippie trail, head full of zombie I met a strange lady, she made me nervous She took me in and gave me breakfast And she said: Do you come from a land down under? Where women glow and men plunder Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder? You better run, you better take cover Buying bread from a man in Brussels He ...

" Lambada ", also known as " Chorando Se Foi (Lambada) " or " Llorando Se Fue (Lambada) " (both meaning 'crying [he/she] went away' in Portuguese and Spanish, respectively), is a song recorded by French-Brazilian pop group  Kaoma . It featured guest vocals by  Brazilian  vocalist  Loalwa Braz , and was released as the first single from Kaoma's debut album  Worldbeat . The video, filmed on Cocos beach in the city of  Trancoso , in the state of  Bahia , Brazil, featured the Brazilian child duo  Chico & Roberta . The song in Portuguese was a mix cover of the 1986 hit "Chorando Se Foi" by  Márcia Ferreira  (with lyrics translated to Portuguese) and the Cuarteto Continental hit "Llorando Se Fue" (the first upbeat version of the song introducing the  accordion ), released in 1984 through the Peruvian record label INFOPESA and produced by Alberto Maravi; both songs were adapted from the 1981  Bolivian  song " ...

Anyone Can Fall in Love is a song, released in 1986, by EastEnders actress Anita Dobson, who played the character of Angie Watts. The song was released as a single, reaching #4 in the UK Singles Chart. The song also features on the album The Simon May Collection and the Peggy's Theme EP, both released in 2010. Anyone Can Fall in Love" is a version of the EastEnders theme tune, with lyrics. The original composition was by Simon May (assisted by Leslie Osborne), and the lyrics were written by Don Black. Marti Webb, who also performed the Howards' Way theme "Always There" by the same writers, covered the song on her 1986 album, Always There. Lyrics Anyone can fall in love That's the easy part you must keep it going Anyone can fall in love Over the years it has to keep growing Sun and rain Joy and pain There's highs - there's lows We've no way of knowing. Anyone can fall in love That's not hard to do it isn't so clever Anyone can fall in love ...

If you loved 80s TV programs and loved 80s music hits then you will only remember FAME  by IRENE CARA. " Fame " is a  pop  song, written by  Michael Gore  (music) and  Dean Pitchford  (lyrics)  A nd released in 1980, that achieved chart success as the theme song to the  Fame  film  and  TV series . The song was performed by  Irene Cara , who played the role of Coco Hernandez in the original film. It was also her debut  single  as a  recording artist . The song won the  Academy Award for Best Original Song  in 1980,  and the  Golden Globe Award  the same year. In 2004, it finished at number 51 on  AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs  survey of top tunes in American cinema.  Irene Cara played the role of Coco Hernandez in the movie  Fame  and sang the vocals for the theme song. The music for the song was by  Michael Gore  and the lyrics were by  D...

ROSANNA by TOTO " Rosanna " is a song written by  David Paich  and performed by the American  rock  band  Toto , the opening track and the first single from their 1982 album  Toto IV . This song won the  Grammy Award  for  Record of the Year  at the  1983 ceremony . "Rosanna" was also nominated for the  Song of the Year  award. It is regarded for drummer  Jeff Porcaro 's half-time  shuffle , commonly known as the "Rosanna shuffle". LYRICS All I wanna do when I wake up in the morning is see your eyes Rosanna, Rosanna I never thought that a girl like you could ever care for me Rosanna All I wanna do in the middle of the evening is hold you tight Rosanna, Rosanna I didn't know you were looking for more than I could ever be Not quite a year since you went away Rosanna, yeah Now she's gone, and I have to say Meet you all the way Meet you all the way Rosanna, yeah Meet you all the way Meet you all the way Ros...

Just Can’t Get Enough Song by Depeche Mode " Just Can't Get Enough " is a song by the English  electronic music  band  Depeche Mode . It was their third single, released in September 1981, a month before the release of their debut album,  Speak and Spell . It was recorded during the summer of that year at  Blackwing Studios , and was the band's first single to be released in the United States, on 18 February 1982. A  riff -driven  synthpop  song, "Just Can't Get Enough" was the final single to be written by founding member  Vince Clarke , who left the band in November 1981. LYRICS  When I'm with you baby I go out of my head And I just can't get enough And I just can't get enough All the things you do to me And everything you said I just can't get enough I just can't get enough We slip and slide as we fall in love And I just can't seem to get enough of We walk together We're walking down the street And I just can'...