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EIGHT-ies! 8th Birthday All-Request Special

It’s our 8th birthday party! And every single track is chosen by YOU.

Sounds Of The 80s - 'If you were there, you'd know'...and if you weren't, pay attention!

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Music Played

  • Altered Images

    Happy Birthday

    • Altered Images - Reflected Images.
    • Sony.

  • The Cure

    Just Like Heaven

    • The Cure - Galore.
    • Fiction.

  • The Human League

    (Keep Feeling) Fascination

    • Now 1983 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.

  • Working Week

    Inner City Blues (Makes Me Wanna Holler)

    • Virgin Records.

  • Paul Engemann

    Scarface (Push It to the Limit)

    • Scarface: Music From the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.
    • MCA Records.
    • 001.

  • The S.O.S. Band

    Take Your Time (Do It Right)

    • NOW That's What I Call USA: The 80s.
    • Now! Music.
    • 11.

  • The The

    This Is the Day

    • Soul Mining.
    • Epic.
    • 002.

  • Spandau Ballet

    Round & Round

    • Spandau Ballet - Singles Collection.
    • Chrysalis.
    • 12.

  • LISTENER MY 80s: DEBBIE PALMER in COUNTY DURHAM

    • Yazz & The Plastic Population

      The Only Way Is Up

      • Wanted (Deluxe Edition).
      • Cherry Pop.
      • 010.

    • Yello

      The Race

      • Now 13, Part 2 (Various Artists).
      • Now.

    • Bananarama

      Robert De Niro's Waiting

      • Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
      • Sony Tv/Columbia.

    • Gene Pitney & Marc Almond

      Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart

      • Duets - 36 Of The World's Greatest Ev.
      • Telstar.

  • LISTENER’S BIT IN THE MIDDLE

    • Fiction Factory

      Ghost of Love

      • NOW Yearbook - THE VAULT: 1984.
      • Now! Music.
      • 18.

  • Natalie Cole

    Pink Cadillac

    • Now 12 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Joe Smooth

    Promised Land (feat. Anthony Thomas)

    • Deep Heat (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

  • Wham!

    If You Were There

    • Make It Big.
    • Columbia.
    • 6.

  • Dollar

    Mirror Mirror (Mon Amour)

    • The 80's Collection: 1981 (Various).
    • Time Life.

  • Act

    Snobbery & Decay

    • NOW - 80s Alternative.
    • Now! Music.
    • 8.

  • LISTENER MY 80s: SIMON GRIEVE in PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA

    • Kool & the Gang

      Get Down On It

      • Classic Kool & The Gang.
      • Mercury.

    • Frankie Goes to Hollywood

      Two Tribes

      • Fantastic 80's Disc 2 (Various Artis.
      • Gut.

    • Bryan Ferry

      Slave To Love

      • NOW That's What I Call Timeless - The Eternal Collection (Various Artists).
      • Now.

    • Jocelyn Brown

      Somebody Else's Guy

      • Heart Full Of Soul 2 (Various Artist.
      • Global Television.

  • Huey Lewis and the News

    The Power Of Love

    • Greatest Hits.
    • Capitol Records.

  • Our Daughter’s Wedding

    Lawn Chairs

    • Lost And Found Volume 1 : Imagination.
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 3.

  • The Style Council & Dee C. Lee

    The Lodgers (Or She Was Only A Shopkeeper's Daughter)

    • Long Hot Summers: The Story Of The Style Council.
    • UMC (Universal Music Catalogue).
    • 2.

  • Stephen Bishop

    The Heart Is So Willing

    • A Dance of the Heart: His Best & More.
    • EMI Music Philippines.
    • 013.

  • Black Box

    Ride On Time

    • Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.

  • Fields of the Nephilim

    Moonchild (First Seal)

    • Moonchild (Second Seal).
    • Beggars Banquet.
    • 5.

  • THE SLOPPY BIT

    • Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes

      (I've Had) The Time Of My Life (From "Dirty Dancing" Soundtrack)

      • Fetenhits 25 Years.
      • Polystar.
      • 34.

  • Reynolds Girls

    I'd Rather Jack

    • NOW - Yearbook 1985-1989: The Final Chapter (Various Artists).
    • Now.

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    BBC Radio 2