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...

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...

You Came  is the second single from the album  Close  by  Kim Wilde . The song was written by Wilde and  Ricky Wilde , after the birth of his first child, Marty. The single became one of the biggest hits of Wilde's career, peaking at number three on the  UK Singles Chart  and reaching the top 10 in several other European countries, including Denmark, where it reached number one for five weeks. In the United States, it was her fourth (and, to date, final) single to reach the top 50, peaking at number 41 on the  Billboard  Hot 100 . It also reached number 10 on the  Billboard   Hot Dance Club Play  chart. The song was released during the summer of 1988, while Wilde was supporting  Michael Jackson  on the European leg of his  Bad  tour (the video for "You Came" showed material from the concerts as well as backstage footage). With the  Close  album becoming a best-seller, this was arguably the point wh...

SOMETHINGS GOTTEN HOLD OF MY HEART  by Gene Pitney featuring Marc Almond. If your a lover of 80s music then you will love this treat Originally recorded by David and Jonathan, and then Gene Pitney in 1967, the latter's version of the song reached No. 5 on the UK Singles Chart in December 1967, but failed to chart in the United States. The song was subsequently covered by a number of other acts including Cilla Black, Allison Durbin (dubbed "Australia's Queen of Pop" in the 1960s) on her 1968 album  I Have Loved Me a Man , Terry Reid, and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds on their 1986 album of covers  Kicking Against the Pricks . It was sung in French by Herbert Léonard in 1968 with the title "Quelque chose tient mon cœur" and in Italian by Pitney himself with the title "Uomo, non sai" ("Man, you don't know"). It achieved its greatest success in 1988 when it was covered by  Marc Almond . Originally recorded b...

" A Groovy Kind of Love " is a song written by  Toni Wine  and  Carole Bayer Sager  based on a melody by the classical composer  Muzio Clementi . The original rendition was recorded by American singing duo Diane & Annita and released as  Groovey Kind of Love  on the French e.p.  One by One  in 1965. It has since been recorded by numerous artists, with  the Mindbenders  and  Phil Collins  releasing very successful versions in 1988 LYRICS  When I'm feeling blue All I have to do Is take a look at you Then I'm not so blue When you're close to me I can feel your heartbeat I can hear you breathing in my ear Wouldn't you agree? Baby, you and me Got a groovy kind of love Any time you want to You can turn me into Anything you want to Any time at all When I kiss your lips Ooh, I start to shiver Can't control the quivering inside Wouldn't you agree? Baby, you and me Got a groovy kind of love When I'm feeling blue All I...

" Toy Soldiers " is a song by American singer  Martika  appearing on her 1988  eponymous debut album  and released in the United States as the second single from it in May 1989. It was a number-one  Billboard   Hot 100  hit for two weeks in the summer of 1989. An edited version of the song is included in the imported version of the album  Toy Soldiers: The Best of Martika . LYRICS  Step by step Heart to heart Left, right, left We all fall down Like toy soldiers It wasn't my intention to mislead you It never should have been this way What can I say? It's true I did extend the invitation I never knew how long you'd stay When you hear temptation call It's your heart that takes Takes the fall (Won't you come out and play with me?) Step by step Heart to heart Left, right, left We all fall down Like toy soldiers Bit by bit Torn apart We never win But the battle wages on For toy soldiers It's getting hard to wake up in the morning My head is spinni...

The Living Years " is a ballad written by  B. A. Robertson  and  Mike Rutherford , and recorded by Rutherford's British rock band  Mike + The Mechanics . It was released in December 1988 in the United Kingdom and in the United States as the second single from their album  Living Years . The song was a chart hit around the world, topping the US  Billboard  Hot 100  on 25 March 1989, [2]  and reaching No.1 in Canada and Australia and No.2 in the UK where it was prevented from #1 by  Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart  by Mark Almond ft Gene Pitney for 3 weeks. It spent four weeks at No. 1 on the US Adult Contemporary chart.  Paul Carrack  sings lead vocals on the track. Every generation Blames the one before And all of their frustrations Come beating on your door I know that I'm a prisoner To all my Father held so dear I know that I'm a hostage To all his hopes and fears I just wish I could have told him in the living year...

  " Eternal Flame " is a song recorded by American  pop rock  group  the Bangles  for their 1988 album,  Everything , written by group member  Susanna Hoffs  with the established hit songwriting team of  Billy Steinberg  and  Tom Kelly . Upon its 1989 single release, "Eternal Flame" became a number-one hit in nine countries, including Australia, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Since its release, it has been covered by many musical artists, including Australian  boy band   Human Nature , who reached the Australian top 10 with their version, and British  girl group   Atomic Kitten , who topped four national charts with their rendition LYRICS  Close your eyes, give me your hand, darling Do you feel my heart beating Do you understand? Do you feel the same Am I only dreaming Is this burning an eternal flame? I believe it's meant to be, darling I watch you when you are sleeping You belong with m...