[Shaun]

You knew it was coming

I have made one change and one change only to the format that I followed for the 90s and 00s editions: instead of asking you to come up with 80 songs with suggestions, this time you'll only be suggesting 40. Therefore I've hand-picked 120 from critics' lists, end-of-decade charts and 80s compilations.

Joan Jett and the Blackhearts - I Love Rock N Roll
The Cure - Just Like Heaven
Rick James - Super Freak
Foreigner - I Want to Know What Love Is
The Smiths - How Soon is Now?
Guns N Roses - Welcome to the Jungle
Prince - Purple Rain
Guns N Roses - Paradise City
John Cougar Mellencamp - Pink Houses
Michael Jackson - Human Nature

U2 - New Year's Day
The Smiths - William it was Really Nothing
N.W.A. - **** tha Police
Don Henley - The Boys of Summer
Pixies - Monkey Gone to Heaven
Eric B and Rakim - Know You Got Soul
R.E.M. - Radio Free Europe
U2 - Pride (in the Name of Love)
Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)

Public Enemy - Fight the Power
Tina Turner - What's Love Got to Do With It?
The Jam - That's Entertainment!
Madonna - Like a Prayer
Prince - Little Red Corvette
Aerosmith/Run D.M.C. - Walk this Way
Blondie - Call Me
The Cure - Pictures of You
Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A.
The B-52s - Love Shack

The Clash - Should I Stay or Should I Go?
Prince - 1999
New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle
Guns N Roses - Sweet Child O Mine
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
Tom Petty - Freefallin'
U2 - With or Without You
The Police - Every Breath you Take
Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
Prince - When Doves Cry

Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five - The Message
The Clash - London Calling
The Police - Don't Stand So Close to Me
Soft Cell - Tainted Love
Culture Club - Karma Chameleon
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen
Jennifer Rush - The Power of Love
Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up
Black Box - Ride on Time
Joy Division - Atmosphere

The Specials - Ghost Town
The Human League - Don't You Want Me
ABBA - The Day Before You Came
Hall & Oates - Out of Touch
Queen & David Bowie - Under Pressure
David Bowie - Let's Dance
Journey - Don't Stop Believing
Motorhead - Ace of Spades
Iron Maiden - Run to the Hills
The Smiths - This Charming Man

The Cure - Close to Me
New Order - Blue Monday
Echo and the Bunnymen - The Cutter
Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)
Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Relax
Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
Madonna - Holiday
Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want to Have Fun
Happy Mondays - Kinky Afro
The Stone Roses - She Bangs the Drums

Sonic Youth - Teen Age Riot
Pet Shop Boys - Always on My Mind
Fugazi - Waiting Room
Wham! - Last Christmas
Pixies - Where is My Mind?
a-ha - The Sun Always Shines on TV
Stevie Wonder - I Just Called to Say I Love You
N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton
Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
a-ha - Take On Me

George Michael - Careless Whisper
Adam and the Ants - Stand and Deliver
Kylie Minogue & Jason Donovan - Especially For You
Lionel Richie - Hello
Billy Joel - Uptown Girl
John Lennon - Imagine
Irene Cara - Fame
Madonna - Into the Groove
Ultravox - Vienna
Blondie - The Tide is High

Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody
Diana Ross - Chain Reaction
Yazz - The Only Way is Up
Bonnie Tyler & Graeme Stickings - Total Eclipse of the Heart
The Jam - Town Called Malice
Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
The Stranglers - Golden Brown
David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes
Dionne Warwick and Friends (Stevie Wonder, Elton John & Gladys Knight) - That's What Friends are For
Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance

Queen - I Want to Break Free
Tracy Chapman - Fast Car
Marvin Gaye - Sexual Healing
U2 - Where the Streets Have No Name
Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime
Talk Talk - It's My Life
Michael Jackson - Rock With You
Queen - Radio Ga Ga
Salt-n-Pepa - Push It
Nena - 99 Luftballons

INXS - Need You Tonight
Tears for Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World
The Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star
The Rolling Stones - Start Me Up
M|A|R|R|S - Pump Up the Volume
Bryan Adams - Summer of '69
Violent Femmes - Blister in the Sun
Phil Collins - In the Air Tonight
Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
Robert Palmer - Addicted to Love

The rest however is much the same. You may all suggest (up to) 10 songs of your own (that have to have been released, as singles, between January 1 1980 and December 31 1989) that don't appear on the above list.

You may then also support (up to) 10 songs that others have suggested. Once a song has 2 supports it will be qualify for the contest. Since there are fewer songs needed to qualify this time around I ask that you consider your votes carefully instead of quickly rushing to support that song you recognise in my list

Oh and for the sake of eradicating stans (Harry....) I ask that you submit no more than three songs by a specific artist. Oh and can someone pin this and unpin the 90s thread please?

That's all. Go.

Suggested songs:
ABC - Poison Arrow (MrLuvaluva)
Eurythmics - Love is a stranger (MrLuvaluva)
Soft Cell - Say Hello, Wave Goodbye (MrLuvaluva)
Kajagoogoo - Too Shy (Marc)
Madness - House of Fun (Marc)
Duran Duran - Hungry Like The Wolf (Roy Mars III)
Pat Benatar - We Belong (GypsyGoth)
Juice Newton - Angel Of The Morning (GypsyGoth)
38 Special - Caught Up In You (GypsyGoth)
Laura Branigan - Self Control (GypsyGoth)
The Cars - Drive (GypsyGoth)
Beastie Boys - Paul Revere (Roy Mars III)
AC/DC - Back in Black (Roy Mars III)
Def Leppard - Photograph (Roy Mars III)
Big Daddy Kane - Ain't No Half Steppin' (Samuel.)
Tina Turner - The Best (ukturtle)
Mel and Kim - Respectable (ukturtle)
Neneh Cherry - Manchild (fruit_cake)
Pet Shop Boys - It's a Sin (fruit_cake)
Glenn Frey - The Heat is On (fruit_cake)
Queen - I want it all (IHeartBB)
Michael Jackson - Beat It (IHeartBB)
Michael Jackson - Man in the Mirror (IHeartBB)
AC/DC - Back in Black (Ammi)
Tears For Fears - Shout (Ammi)
Lionel Richie - All Night Long (Ammi)
Housemartins - Caravan of Love (Ammi)
Adam & the Ants - Prince Charming (Bollo)
Faith No More - Epic (Bollo)
Kirstie McColl - Days (Bollo)
Pointer Sisters - Jump (For my Love) (Bollo)
Stephen TinTin Duffy - Kiss Me (*Kate*)
Reo Speedwagon - Keep on loving you (*Kate*)
Eddie Grant - I don't wanna dance (*Kate*)
Poison - Every Rose has its thorn (*Kate*)
Bell Biv Devoe - Poison (*Kate*)
George Michael - Father Figure (Ammi)
Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now (Ammi)
Mr Mister - Broken Wings (Ammi)
Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes (Ammi)
Whitney Houston - How Will I Know (Harry)
Dead Or Alive - I'll Save You All My Kisses (Harry)
LL Cool J - I Need Love (Locke)
New Order - True Faith (Locke)
The Isley Brothers - Between The Sheets (Locke)
Huey Lewis & The News - Hip To Be Square (Locke)
Milli Vanilli - Girl You Know It's True (Locke)
Alice Cooper - Poison (fruit_cake)
Mental as Anything - Live it up (fruit_cake)
De La Soul - Three is the Magic Number (fruit_cake)
Cher - Just Like Jesse James (fruit_cake)

Songs with one support:
Prince - Sign o' the times (MrLuvaluva, Roy Mars III)
Grace Jones - Pull up to the bumper (MrLuvaluva, GypsyGoth)
Heart - Alone (GypsyGoth, Marc)
Queen - Another One Bites the Dust (Roy Mars III, IHeartBB)
The Pretenders - Don't Get Me Wrong (GypsyGoth, Locke)
Rush - Tom Sawyer (Roy Mars III, Dezzy)
Michael Jackson - Dirty Diana (IHeartBB, Dezzy)
Madonna - La Isla Bonita (fruit_cake, Dezzy)
Falco - Rock me Amadeus (*Kate*, Bollo)
Maria Vidal - Body Rock (*Kate*, GypsyGoth)
Strawberry Switchblade - Since Yesterday (*Kate*, GypsyGoth)
Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel - White lines (*Kate*, Mrluvaluva)
The Smiths - Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now (Dezzy, kizzy)
The Smiths - The Boy With The Thorn In His Side (Dezzy, kizzy)
The Cure - Lovesong (Dezzy, kizzy)
The Smiths - Last Night I Dreamt That Someone Loved Me (Dezzy, kizzy)
Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now (Bollo, ukturtle)
Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Two Tribes (fruit_cake, ukturtle)
Janet Jackson - Nasty (Harry, Bollo)
Madness - Our House (Roy Mars III, Bollo)
R.E.M - It's the end of the world as we know it ( and I feel fine) (Bollo, GypsyGoth)
Cyndi Lauper - True Colours (Ammi, GypsyGoth)
Duran Duran - A View to a Kill (Marc, fruit_cake)
Bryan Adams - Run to You (Marc, fruit_cake)
Technotronic - Pump Up the Jam (MrLuvaluva, fruit_cake)
Billy Ocean - When the Going Gets Tough (The Tough Get Going) (Marc, fruit_cake)
Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer (Marc, fruit_cake)
Cher - If I Could Turn Back Time (Harry, fruit_cake)
Madonna - Express Yourself (Harry, fruit_cake)
Chris De Burgh - Lady In Red (Locke, Dezzy)
Phil Collins - Easy Lover (Locke, Marc)

Songs with two supports (QUALIFIED):
Bonnie Tyler - Holding Out for a Hero (Samuel., Marc, Shaun)
Gary Numan - Cars (MrLuvaluva, Shaun, Marc)
Kate Bush - Cloudbusting (Dezzy, Shaun, MrLuvaluva)
Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me) (GypsyGoth, Shaun, Samuel.)
Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time (Marc, GypsyGoth, ukturtle)
Toto - Africa (GypsyGoth, Marc, Locke)
Bon Jovi - Livin' on a prayer (MrLuvaluva, IHeartBB, Locke)
Yazoo - Only You (Shaun, MrLuvaluva, Locke)
Fleetwood Mac - Little Lies (Shaun, GypsyGoth, Dezzy)
Duran Duran - Rio (Shaun, IHeartBB, Marc)

Elton John - I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues (Roy Mars III, Locke, Marc)
The Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored (Shaun, MrLuvaluva, Bollo)
The Cure - Lovecats (MrLuvaluva, Shaun, Bollo)
Phil Oakley & Gergio Moroder - Together in Electric Dreams (Bollo, Shaun, Dezzy)
Blondie - Dreaming (Bollo, Mrluvaluva, Dezzy)
Billy Idol - White Wedding (Roy Mars III, Bollo, Kate)
Madonna - Borderline (Shaun, Locke, Kate)
Phil Collins - Against All Odds (Roy Mars III, Locke, Marc)
Depeche Mode - Strangelove (Dezzy, Shaun, Roy Mars III)
Dead or Alive - You spin me round (MrLuvaluva, IHeartBB, Roy Mars III)

David Bowie - Modern Love (Shaun, Kate, Roy Mars III)
Pet Shop Boys - What Have I Done to Deserve This? (feat. Dusty Springfield) (Shaun, Kate, Roy Mars III)
Pat Benatar - Love is a Battlefield (Marc, Bollo, Roy Mars III)
Huey Lewis and the News - The Power of Love (fruit_cake, Kate, Marc)
David Bowie - Cat People (Putting Out Fire) (Dezzy, Shaun, kizzy)
Kate Bush - This Woman's Work (Dezzy, Shaun, kizzy)
Heaven 17 - Temptation (Shaun, Marc, Mrluvaluva)
Kate Bush - Babooshka (Dezzy, kizzy, Mrluvaluva)
Bros - When Will I Be Famous? (Black_Dagger, Kate, ukturtle)
The Proclaimers -(I'm gonna be) 500 miles (Bollo, Kate, ukturtle)

Chaka Khan & Rufus - Ain’t Nobody (Marc, Mrluvaluva, ukturtle)
Erasure - A Little Respect (Marc, ukturtle, Bollo)
Stevie Nicks - Edge of Seventeen (Ammi, Shaun, GypsyGoth)
Billy Joel - She's Always a Woman (Locke, Kate, GypsyGoth)
Bangles - Eternal Flame (GypsyGoth, Kate, fruit_cake)
T'Pau - China In Your Hand (Bollo, ukturtle, fruit_cake)
Berlin - Take my breath away (*Kate*, GypsyGoth, fruit_cake)
Jermaine Stewart - We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off (Shaun, Kate, Dezzy)
The Pretenders - Don't Get Me Wrong (GypsyGoth, Locke, Ammi)
R.E.M - It's the end of the world as we know it ( and I feel fine) (Bollo, GypsyGoth, Niamh)

Suggestions left:
- Dezzy (1)
- MrLuvaluva (0)
- Shaun (0)
- Marc (0)
- Black_Dagger (9)
- Samuel. (8)
- Roy Mars III (0)
- GypsyGoth (0)
- IHeartBB (6)
- ukturtle (8)
- Ammi (0)
- Bollo (0)
- *Kate* (0)
- Harry (5)
- Locke (2)
- fruit_cake (0)

Supports left:
- Marc (1)
- Shaun (0)
- Dezzy (2)
- MrLuvaluva (2)
- Black_Dagger (10)
- Roy Mars III (4)
- GypsyGoth (0)
- Samuel. (9)
- IHeartBB (6)
- ukturtle (2)
- Locke (3)
- fruit_cake (0)
- Bollo (2)
- Kate (0)
- kizzy (3)