80s MASSIVE HITS

" 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...

Feels Like I'm in Love Song by Kelly Marie Ray Dorset, who was the lead vocalist for Mungo Jerry, wrote this for Elvis Presley, who was one of his idols. Unfortunately, Elvis' untimely death ruled this out and the song ended up as the B-side of a Mungo Jerry single released in France. In the book 1000 UK #1 Hits by Jon Kutner and Spencer Leigh, Dorset explains: "I wrote Feels Like I'm In Love in 1977 with Elvis Presley in mind and even recorded it Elvis-style on my demo. My producer, Barry Murray, was about to send it to Elvis when he got a phone call saying Elvis had died. After that, I kinda put it to bed for a while. Kelly Marie had a few minor hits in France and had been hanging around our office a bit. I thought she had a good voice, so I asked her if she wanted to record the song." This was originally released 18 months earlier but it failed to chart. It then became a northern club hit before finally topping the UK charts. Kelly Marie was born Jacqueline McK...

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...

" 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 ...

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...

The Enola Gay was the American plane that dropped the atom bomb on Hiroshima in World War II. It was named after Enola Gay Tibbets, the mother of the plane's pilot, Paul Tibbets. So why did the electronic music group OMD write a song about it? In our 2010 interview, we asked their lead singer  Andy McCluskey , who replied: "Many people simply don't know what it's actually about. Some even thought it was a coded message that we were gay. We were both geeks about WWII airplanes. The most famous and influential single bomber was Enola Gay. Obvious choice for us, really." LYRICS  Enola Gay You should have stayed at home yesterday Ah-ha, words can't describe The feeling and the way you lied These games you play They're going to end in more than tears some day Ah-ha Enola Gay It shouldn't ever have to end this way It's 8:15 And that's the time that it's always been We got your message on the radio Conditions normal, and you're coming home En...

" Xanadu " is the title song from the  soundtrack  to the 1980 film  Xanadu . The song is performed by English-born Australian singer  Olivia Newton-John  and English rock band  Electric Light Orchestra  (ELO). Newton-John sings the primary vocals, with ELO lead singer and the song's writer  Jeff Lynne  adding parenthetic vocals in the style of their other songs on the  Xanadu  soundtrack, along with ELO providing the instrumentation. It is Lynne's favourite song of all that he has written. LYRICS  A place where nobody dared to go The love that we came to know They call it Xanadu (It takes your breath and it'll leave you blind) And now, open your eyes and see What we have made is real We are in Xanadu (A dream of it we offer you) A million lights are dancing and there you are, a shooting star An everlasting world and you're here with me, eternally Xanadu, Xanadu (Now we are here) In Xanadu (Xanadu) Xanadu, Xanadu (Now we are he...

Bagatelle  were an  Irish  rock band that first formed in August 1978.  They are known for their popular  pop  hits such as "Second Violin", "Leeson Street Lady" and "Summer in Dublin", their best known song LYRICS  Take me away from the city and lead me to where I can be on my own, I wanted to see it, and now that I have, I want just to be left alone, I'll always remember your kind words, and I'll still remember your name, But I've seen you changing and turning, and I know that things won't be the same. I remember that summer in Dublin, and the liffey as it stank like hell, And the young people walking on Grafton street, and everyone looking so well, I was singing a song I heard somewhere, called "Rock 'n' roll never forgets", When my hummin' was smothered by a 46a and the scream of a low flying jet. So I jumped on a bus to dun laoire, stoppin' off to pick up my guitar, And a drunk on the bus told me how to get r...

We Don't Talk Anymore Song by Cliff Richard It’s a bittersweet story about a relationship that ended because the girl simply wanted to be free. While the man in this relationship was under the impression that this is it, the one, but apparently not to the girl. When a person is deeply involved in a relationship and suddenly realized that the other person is actually not as involved or even completely out of it, you go through a phase where you just think it’s funny, and laugh at yourself instead of feeling sorry for yourself and being dramatic about it. In this song, Cliff says it’s so funny how we don’t talk anymore and that he isn’t losing sleep and isn’t counting sheep. So go ahead and leave, but don’t come crying when you feel lonely and remember, this is your decision. LYRICS  Used to think that life was sweet Used to think we were so complete I can't believe you'd throw it away Used to feel we had it made Used to feel we could sail away Can you imagine how I feel toda...