80s MASSIVE HITS

Gimme Hope Jo'anna is a British anti-apartheid song written and originally released by Eddy Grant in 1988, during the apartheid era in South Africa. The song was banned by the South African government when it was released, but was widely played there nonetheless. It reached number seven on the UK Singles Chart, becoming Grant's first British top 10 hit for five years.   Lyrics Well Jo'anna she runs a country She runs in Durban and the Transvaal She makes a few of her people happy oh She don't care about the rest at all She's got a system they call apartheid It keeps a brother in subjection But maybe pressure will make Jo'anna see How everybody could live as one Gimme hope Jo'anna Hope Jo'anna Gimme hope Jo'anna 'Fore the morning come Gimme hope Jo'anna Hope Jo'anna Hope before the morning come I hear she make all the golden money To buy new weapons any shape of guns While every mother in black Soweto fears The killing of another son Snea

Hands to Heaven  is a  ballad  by English new wave band  Breathe , released as their fifth UK single on 20 October 1987, and in January 1988 as the band's second single in the US. The song was written by group members David Glasper and Marcus Lillington. The B-side features an instrumental track "Life and Times". Hands to Heaven" was Breathe's breakthrough hit internationally. The single peaked at No. 4 on the UK Singles Chart in August 1988. That same month in the United States, it logged two weeks at No. 2 on the  Billboard  Hot 100. The song also reached No. 2 on the  Billboard  Adult Contemporary chart. "Hands to Heaven" became a top 10 hit in Canada, Ireland, New Zealand and Norway. OFFICIAL VIDEO. Lyrics As I watch you move, across the moonlit room There's so much tenderness in your loving Tomorrow I must leave, the dawn knows no reprieve God give me strength when I am leaving... So raise your hands to heaven and pray That we'll be back t