Blast from the Past : The Weekend Playlist #5

Final exclusive playlist dedicated for the 80s -- 16 songs -- list dominated by English performers. Enjoy.

Access previous playlists from the following locations:

    Blast from the Past : The Weekend Playlist #4 (80s)
    Blast from the Past : The Weekend Playlist #3 (80s)
    Blast from the Past : The Weekend Playlist #2 (80s)
    Blast from the Past : The Weekend Playlist #1 (50s, 60s and 70s)

Audio-Visual material courtesy: YouTube. Other information: Wikipedia.

1. The Rave-Ups - Positively Lost Me (1985) Featured in movie, Pretty in Pink.	2. Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls (1984) #1 on Billboard's Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart.
3. Roxy Music - Avalon (1982) Enjoy.	4. Billy Ocean - Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run) (1984) #1 on Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.
5. George Thorogood - Bad to the Bone (1982) Featured in Terminator 2: Judgment Day.	6. Mike + The Mechanics - The Living Years (1989) Nominated, but lost the Grammy Song of the Year to Bette Midler's Wind Beneath My Wings.
7. Milli Vanilli - Blame It On The Rain (1989) Lip-synch'd - but a cool song overall.	8. The Cult - Love Removal Machine (1987) Named the 74th best hard rock song of all time by VH1. Skip to 0:45s
9. Echo & the Bunnymen - Cutter (1983) Spare us the cutter.	10. Daryl Hall & John Oates - Maneater (1982) #1 on Billboard Hot 100 singles for 4 weeks.
11. Soul II Soul - Back to Life (However Do You Want Me) (1989) Grammy winner.	12. Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes (1986) Promptly featured in the movie, Say Anything...
13. George Michael - Father Figure (1988) Another #1 song, another English performer.	14. Georgia Satellites - Keep Your Hands To Yourself (1986) Missed #1 spot by a hair.
15. Murray Head - One Night In Bangkok (1984) Enjoy. Skip to 0:52s	16. Starship - "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now (1987) #1 on on Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. Featured in movie, Mannequin.