Songs 356-358

Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight (1980)

Killing Joke - Kings and Queens (1985)

Psychedlic Furs - Pretty in Pink (1981)

Songs 353-355

Ahmad Jamal - Pittsburgh (1989)

Chick Corea Elektric Band - Elektric City (1986)

Grover Washington, Jr. - Strawberry Moon (1987)

Songs 350-352

Gap Band - You Dropped A Bomb on Me (1982)

B-52's - Love Shack (1989)

Sun Ra Arkestra - Nuclear War (1982)

Songs 347-349

George Clinton - Atomic Dog (1982)

Spinners - Cupid I've Loved You For a Long Time (1980)

Cameo - Word Up (1986)

Songs 344-346

James Brown - Living in America (1985)

Katrina and the Waves - Walking on Sunshine (1985)

Quiet Riot - Cum on Feel the Noize (1983)

Songs 341-343

Earth, Wind and Fire - System of Survival (1987)

Adam Ant - Goody Two Shoes (1982)

Jack Wagner - All I Need (1984)

Songs 338-340

Jenny Burton - Bad Habits (1985)

Milli Vanilli - Blame It on the Rain (1989)

Martika - Toy Soldiers (1988)

Songs 335-337

MARRS - Pump Up the Volume (1988)

Soul II Soul - Back to Life (1989)

Chris Isaak - Wicked Game (1989)

Songs 332-334

Joe Cocker - Up Where We Belong (1982)

Chris DeBurgh - Lady In Red (1986)

Biz Markie - Just a Friend (1989)

Songs 329-331

Honeydrippers - Sea of Love (1984)

Simply Red - If You Don't Know Me By Now (1989)

Bruce Willis - Under the Boardwalk (1987)

Songs 326-328

Michael Sembello - Maniac (1983)

Dan Hartman - I Can Dream About You (1984)

General Public - Tenderness (1984)

Songs 323-325

Patti Austin - Baby, Come to Me (1981)

Georgia Satellites - Keep Your Hands to Yourself (1986)

Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star (1980)

Songs 320-322

Paul Young - Everytime You Go Away (1985)

Jimmy Buffett - Brown Eyed Girl (1983)

Autograph - Turn Up the Radio (1984)

Songs 317-319

Let's have some more New Age songs. David Lanz - Willow (1987)

David Arkenstone - Rain (1987)

Shadowfax - The Firewalker (1988)

Songs 314-316

Roxette - The Look (1988)

T'Pau - Heart and Soul (1987)

Ratt - Round and Round (1984)

Songs 311-313

Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now (1987)

Billy Ocean - Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run (1984))

Tina Turner - We Don't Need Another Hero (1985)

Songs 308-310

Aretha Franklin - Freeway of Love (1985)

Patti LaBelle - New Attitude (1984)

Pointer Sisters - Neutron Dance (1983)

Songs 305-307

I'm suffering from a bit of burnout when it comes to this blog and I'm feeling a little lazy so today's songs are a bit of a cheat. Hollywood Rose - Anything Goes (1984)

L.A. Guns - The Battle of Jayne (1989)

Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child o' Mine (1987)

Songs 302-304

Sukiyaki - A Taste of Honey (1981)

Styx - Mr. Roboto (1983)

Kitaro - The Field (1987)

Songs 299-301

To celebrate the 300th song on this blog, we'll end this post with a special performer for the ladies. But first...
Xymox - Obsession (1989)

Ministry - I Wanted to Tell Her (1983)

And now, an artist who had many hits in the 1980's. I'm putting my favorite. I want to tell you that I love this song, but the point is probably moot. So without further ado....
Rick Springfield - Rock of Life (1988)

What's that? That's not the song you think of when you think of Rick Springfield? You want to hear the song he's better known for? Fine. Don't say I never give you anything.
Rick Springfield - Honeymoon in Beirut (1988)

Really? That's not the song you were thinking of either? Something older? I guess you were a General Hospital fan. Here's Jessie's Girl (1981)

Songs 296-298

Kiss - Heaven's on Fire (1984)

AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long (1980)

Warrant - Heaven (1989)

Songs 293-295

Not all the songs I put up here I like. I have put some New Age on here, which I did and do like. A common theme of New Age artists of that era was album covers that were sort of serene, maybe some nature. I found this album is a discount rack and picked it up because the cover looked New Agey:

Not exactly New Age. Candlemass - Ancient Dreams (1988)

Mike Post - Hill Street Blues (1981)

Joe Walsh - All Night Long (1980)

Songs 290-292

Dolly Parton - 9 to 5 (1980)

LL Cool J - Going Back to Cali (1989)

Ray Lynch - Celestial Soda Pop (1984)

Songs 287-289

Quarterflash - Harden my Heart (1981)

John Lennon - Nobody Told Me (1984)

Expose - Seasons Change (1988)

Songs 284-286

Laura Branigan - Gloria (1982)

Juice Newton - Angel of the Morning (1981)

New Kids on the Block - You Got It (The Right Stuff (1988))

Songs 281-283

Living Colour - Cult of Personality (1988)

Don Henley - Dirty Laundry (1982)

Jan Hammer - Miami Vice Theme (1985)

Songs 278-280

Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al (1986)

Bobby McFerrin - Don't Worry Be Happy (1988)

UB40 - Red Red Wine (1983)

Songs 275-277

Corey Hart - Sunglasses at Night (1984)

Glass Tiger - Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone (1986))

Shannon - Let the Music PLay (1983)

Songs 272-274

Kansas - Fight Fire with Fire (1983)

Alabama - Love in the First Degree (1981)

Japan - Ghosts (1981)

Songs 269-271

Neil Diamond - Heartlight (1982)

Human League - Human (1986)

Miami Sound Machine - Conga (1985)

Songs 266-268

Robbie Nevil - C'est la Vie (1986)

Jermaine Stewart - We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off (1986)

Supertramp - I'm Beggin' You (1987)