80s MASSIVE HITS

" When I See You Smile " is a song written by  Diane Warren  and performed by American-British  glam metal  band  Bad English . It was released in September 1989 as the second single taken from their  self-titled debut album  released in 1989. The  power ballad   is the band's most successful song, reaching number-one in both the U.S. and Canada In the video the band are performing on a stage, which contains close-up shots of its members. The footage was taken at one of their arena concerts. It shows  Jonathan Cain 's distinctive synthesizer opening and moves into the soft initial vocal work of  John Waite . The tempo picks up with  Deen Castronovo 's drum work and  Neal Schon 's trademark guitar during which Waite becomes more emphatic vocally; the song finishes with Waite's soft vocals. The video was directed by Jonathan Cain. LYRICS  Sometimes I wonder How I'd ever make it through, Through this world without havin...

Take On Me    was  a song by Norwegian  synth-pop  band  A-ha , first released in 1984. The original version was produced by  Tony Mansfield  and remixed by John Ratcliff. A new version was released in 1985 and produced by  Alan Tarney  for the group's debut studio album  Hunting High and Low  (1985). The song combines  synthpop  with a varied instrumentation that includes  acoustic guitars , keyboards, and drums. It is considered to be the band's  signature song . THEN NOW LYRICS  We're talking away I don't know what I'm to say I'll say it anyway Today's another day to find you Shying away I'll be coming for your love, okay? Take on me, (take on me) Take me on, (take on me) I'll be gone In a day or two So needless to say I'm odds and ends I'll be stumbling away Slowly learning that life is OK Say after me It's no better to be safe than sorry Take on me, (take on me) Take me on, (take on me) I'll be gon...

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...

LYRICS  Growin' up, you don't see the writing on the wall Passin' by, movin' straight ahead, you knew it all But maybe sometime if you feel the pain You'll find you're all alone, everything has changed Play the game, you know you can't quit until it's won Soldier on, only you can do what must be done You know in some way you're a lot like me You're just a prisoner and you're tryin' to break free I can see a new horizon underneath the blazin' sky I'll be where the eagle's flying higher and higher Gonna be your man in motion, all I need's this pair of wheels Take me where my future's lyin', St. Elmo's fire (Ooh, oooh, oooh) Burning up, don't know just how far that I can go (Just how far I go) Soon be home, only just a few miles down the road I can make it, I know, I can You broke the boy in me but you won't break the man I can see a new horizon underneath the blazin' sky I'll be where the eagle...

True  is a song from the 80s by the English  new wave  band  Spandau Ballet with lead singer Tony Hadley and the brothers Gary and Martin Kemp . It was released on 15 April 1983 as the third single from  their third studio album of the same name . The song was written by band member  Gary Kemp . The song was a worldwide hit, peaking at  number one  in the UK Singles Chart on 30 April 1983 for four weeks, becoming the sixth-biggest-selling single of the year, and reaching the top ten in the weekly charts of many other countries. It is Spandau Ballet's biggest hit and their only top ten hit in the U.S., reaching number four on the  Billboard  Hot 100  in the autumn of 1983 and topping the  adult contemporary  chart for one week.  I n 2011, it received a  BMI  award as one of the most played songs in US history with four million airplays. LYRICS  So true, funny how it seems Always in time, but never in...

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...

 BELFAST CHILD by Simple minds This song was inspired by the 1987 Enniskillen bombing, when a bomb planted by the IRA exploded during a Remembrance Day service at Enniskillen in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, killing 11 people and injuring at least 63. Simple Minds lead singer Jim Kerr explained to Q magazine in 1989: "In the second part of 'Belfast Child' I'm trying to relate to people in Northern Ireland who've also lost loved ones. I'm trying to talk about the madness and sadness and emptiness. I'm not saying I have any pearls of wisdom, but I have a few questions to ask. When I'm asked on American TV who my heroes are, rather than saying Lou Reed or Bob Dylan or someone who goes without saying, I say there are these people called Amnesty International and what they are doing I think is rather heroic. It only takes about 30 seconds."  The music is based on a traditional song alled "She Moved Through The Fair," which Jim Kerr hea...