Songs I liked from the year 1980, listed alphabetically.
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This list will grow organically over time (currently: 55, as of 22/06/2024).
Peace
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- Ambrosia – Biggest Part Of Me
- Australian Crawl – Downhearted
- Australian Crawl – The Boys Light Up
- B-52’s, The – Give Me Back My Man
- B-52’s, The – Private Idaho
- Blondie – Atomic
- Bryan Ferry & Roxy Music – The Same Old Scene
- Buggles, The – Living In The Plastic Age
- Cold Chisel – Cheap Wine
- Daryl Hall & John Oates – You Make My Dreams
- David Bowie – Ashes To Ashes
- Devo – Girl U Want
- Devo – Whip It
- Diana Ross – I’m Coming Out
- Evelyn King – What Are You Waiting For
- Flowers – Can’t Help Myself
- Flowers – We Can Get Together
- Fred Knoblock – Why Not Me
- Freeez – Caribbean Winter
- Freeez – Mariposa
- Freeez – Southern Freeez
- Gary Numan – I Die You Die
- Gary Numan – We Are Glass
- George Bensen – Give Me the Night
- Grace Jones – Private Life
- Grover Washington Jr. & Bill Withers – Just The Two Of Us
- Icehouse – Icehouse
- Incognito – Summer’s Ended
- Jam, The – Going Underground
- Jon & Vangelis – I Hear You Now
- Joy Division – Love Will Tear Us Apart
- Kate Bush – Babooshka
- Kool & The Gang – Celebration
- Korgis, The – Everybody’s Got To Learn Sometime
- Martha And The Muffins – Echo Beach
- Mondo Rock – State Of The Heart
- New Musik – Living By Numbers
- New Musik – This World Of Water
- Olivia Newton-John & Electronic Light Orchestra – Xanadu
- Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – Enola Gay
- Pat Benatar – You Better Run
- Peter Gabriel – Games Without Frontiers
- Philip Lynott – Yellow Pearl
- Police, The – Don’t Stand So Close To Me
- Robbie Dupree – Steal Away
- Robert Palmer – Johnny And Mary
- Robert Palmer – Looking For Clues
- Shalamar – Make That Move
- Spandau Ballet – To Cut A Long Story Short
- Split Enz – I Got You
- Steely Dan – Hey Nineteen
- Steve Winwood – While You See A Chance
- Talking Heads – Once In A Lifetime
- Visage – Fade To Grey
- Visage – Mind Of A Toy