Living in Another World (Talk Talk), Losing My Religion (REM), Every Little Thing She Does is Magic (The Police)...
Patti Smith - People Have the Power, from the Dream of Life album
Laurie Anderson - O Superman, from the Big Science album
Marvin Gaye - Sexual Healing, from the Midnight Love album
All are pretty well iconic.
Mylos vs Miami sound machine drop the pressure dr beat.
lets groove tonight earth wind and fire
have to have some wham :)
Chakka Khan - Feel For You
Wham - Edge of Heaven
Spandau Ballet - Through the Barricades
Simple Minds - Lovesong
Duran Duran - The Reflex
U2 - Angel of Harlem
Sorry - that's six, but it's too hard!!!!
Three that come to mind instantly:
It's My Life - Talk Talk
Golden Brown - Stranglers
Babooshka - Kate Bush
Three 80's favourites: Africa (Toto), Valerie (Steve Wynwood), Everybody Wants to Rule the World (Tears for Fears). Three 80's iconic songs: 99 Luftballons (Nena), Footloose (Kenny Loggins), Money for Nothing (Dire Straits).
That period of time was for me was when I lived without TV (by choice) for about 10 years.....so no 'Top of the Pops etc....I started teaching Art in 1983... a world away now.......I do remember having a Wham obsessed Yr 11 and the sounds of 'Wake me up, before you go, go' being ghetto-blasted (and sung and danced to enthusiastically), after they had completed the last day of their GCSE Art exam. of course there are the obvious ones like 'Billy Jean' and 'Tainted Love'....try this link..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YezZ3VUHrn8
which includes some stuff that I've never heard....somebody Gazebo ?