80s MASSIVE HITS

" 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 ...

" 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...

" 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 ...

Any real 80s music lover or fan of 80s band A-HA will love to hear HUNTING HIGH AND LOW by A-HA Hunting High and Low " is a song by the Norwegian band  A-ha . It was released in 1986 as the final single from the band's  debut album of the same name . "Hunting High and Low" was released in the summer of 1986 and became the third most successful single from  Hunting High and Low  on the charts and one of the band's most recognizable and popular songs. The song did not chart in the U.S., but was a Top 5 hit in Britain and in Ireland. The original album version was produced by  Tony Mansfield  and is played with synthesizers. For release as a single, the track was remixed, containing additional production by  Alan Tarney  and features an orchestra. LYRICS  [Verse 1] Here I am And within the reach of my hands She's sound asleep And she's sweeter now than the wildest dream Could've seen her And I watch her slipping away But I know I'll be [Chorus]...

This was the first British #1 hit that featured an artist writing, singing, arranging, producing, and playing all the instruments on the song. Michael said during the BBC One special for his concert at The Palais Garnier in 2014 about this tune, "I think you can tell that 'A Different Corner' is genuinely the sound of a man who's heart's been broken. I was 19 and the best critique I ever heard of that song was from a friend of mine who said, 'It's beautiful, pathetic, but beautiful.'" This strong, reflective, mature ballad, awash with slowly pulsating keyboards, is totally different from the poppy sounds of Wham! At the time of its release in April 1986, George Michael was still part of the duo, but a few months later he and Andrew Ridgeley decided to split. This announcement was followed by an emotional farewell concert at Wembley Stadium in London, in front of 72,000 fans. This was George Michael's first solo release in the US and his second...

TRUE COLORS by CYNDI LAUPER " True Colors " is a song written by American songwriters  Billy Steinberg  and  Tom Kelly . It was both the title track and the first single released from American singer  Cyndi Lauper 's  second album . It was the only original song on the album that Lauper did not help to write.  Released late in the summer of 1986, the song would become a major hit for Lauper, spending two weeks at number-one on the  Billboard  Hot 100 , becoming her last single to occupy the top of the U.S. chart. It received a  Grammy Award  nomination for  Best Female Pop Vocal Performance LYRICS  You with the sad eyes Don't be discouraged Oh I realize It's hard to take courage In a world full of people You can lose sight of it all And the darkness inside you Can make you feel so small But I see your true colors Shining through I see your true colors And that's why I love you So don't be afraid to let them show Your true color...