Believe it or not, there are other 80's songs apart from Africa by Toto and Girls Just Wanna Have Fun by Cyndi Lauper. So here's a plethora of 80's music to either add to your playlist or get you in the mood for writing.

1980:
What I Like About You — The Romantics
Call Me — Blondie
Another Brick Wall — Pink Floyd
Magic — Olivia Newton John
Rock With You — Michael Jackson
Crazy Little Thing Called Love — Queen

1981:
Girls on Film — Duran Duran
Lady — Kenny Rogers
Jessie's Girl — Rick Springfield
Another One Bites The Dust — Queen
You Make My Dreams — Hall & Oates
9-5 — Dolly Parton
Hit Me With Your Best Shot — Pat Benatar
Bette Davis Eyes — Kim Carnes

1982:
Pretty Young Thing — Michael Jackson
Eye of The Tiger — Survivor
I Love Rock & Roll — Joan Jett
Physical — Olivia Newton John
Don't You Want Me — Human League
The Other Woman — Ray Parker Jr.
Blue Eyes — Elton John
Don't Stop Believin' — Journey

1983:
Every Breath You Take — Police
Billie Jean — Michael Jackson
Total Eclipse of the Heart — Bonnie Tyler
Maneater — Hall & Oates
Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) — Eurythmics
Come On Elieen — Dexy's Midnight Runners
Let's Dance — David Bowie

1984:
When Doves Cry — Prince
What's Love Got To Do With It — Tina Turner
Footloose — Kenny Loggins
Jump — Van Halen
Ghostbusters — Ray Parker Jr
Time After Time — Cyndi Lauper
Sunglasses At Night — Corey Hart
Love is a Battlefield — Pat Benatar

1985:
Six Different Ways — The Cure
Take On Me — a-ha
Everybody Wants to Rule the World — Tears
for Fears
Don't You (Forget About Me) — Simple Minds
I Want To Know What Love Is — Foreigner
Material Girl — Madonna
Walking on Sunshine — Katrina & The Waves

1986:
Take Me Home Tonight — Eddie Money
Say You, Say Me — Lionel Richie
How Will I Know — Whitney Houston
Party All The Time — Eddie Murphy
Stuck With You — Huey Lewis & The News
That's What Friends Are For — Dionne & Friends
I Miss You — Klymaxx

1987:
It's Tricky — Run-DMC
Walk Like An Egyptian — The Bangles
Alone — Heart
I Wanna Dance With Somebody — Whitney Houston
Shakedown — Bob Seger
Died In Your Arms — Cutting Crew
Bad — Michael Jackson
Fight For Your Right — Beastie Boys

1988:
Express Yourself — NWA
Faith — George Michael
Never Gonna Give You Up — Rick Astley
Heaven Is A Place On Earth — Belinda Carlisle
Pour Some Sugar On Me — Def Leppard
Man in The Mirror — Michael Jackson
Where Do Broken Hearts Go — Whitney Houston

1989:
Bust A Move — Young MC
Right Here Waiting — Richard Marx
Like A Prayer — Madonna
Miss You Much — Janet Jackson
Love Song — The Cure
Me Myself & I — De La Soul
I Want It All — Queen

hope this helped !!

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