LAURA'S MIXTAPE!
"My love life sucks but at least my music taste doesn't."

01. SWEET DREAMS
(ARE MADE OF THIS)
— eurythmics

02. JESSIE'S GIRL
— rick springfield

03. TAINTED LOVE
— soft cell

04. HEY MICKEY
— toni basil

05. WHAT A FOOL BELIEVES
— the doobie brothers

06. I WANT TO BREAK FREE
— queen

07. HOPELESSLY
DEVOTED TO YOU
— olivia newton-john

08. WATERLOO
— abba

09. BALROOM BLITZ
— sweet

10. BARRACUDA
— heart

11. IT'S MY LIFE
— bon jovi

12. CALL ME
— blondie

13. PRIVATE EYES
— daryl hall & john oates

14. EVERY LITTLE THING
SHE DOES IS MAGIC
— the police

15. HONEY, HONEY
— ABBA

16. CAN'T FIGHT THIS FEELING
— REO speedwagon

17. I GUESS THAT'S
WHY THEY CALL IT
THE BLUES
— elton john

18. THE CHAIN
— fleetwood mac

19. I WANT YOU TO WANT ME
— cheap trick

20. GO YOUR OWN WAY
— fleetwood mac

21. HEART OF GLASS
— blondie

22. COLD AS ICE
— foreigner

23. I THINK WE'RE ALONE NOW
—tiffany

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EPIGRAPH!

"Why do I hate him?
Because you don't see me
when he's there, Nance! And
when he's not, he's all you
talk about. Did you even
hear me when I said my
Aunt Debbie died last
week?"
—laura fairer

"You're like my sister.
You've known me since
I was, like, a baby. I can
tell when something is
wrong."
—mike wheeler

"We already lost Barb.
I couldn't stand it if I
lost you, too."
—nancy wheeler

"In case you haven't
noticed, the princess
has a knight now.
She doesn't need...
whatever you are."
—carol perkins

"Pinky promise?
It's the most sacred
form of oath, you
know."
—laura fairer

"Put together, you two
are a rose. Nancy's the
petals, and you're the
thorns."
—jonathan byers

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a/n:

i can't listen to barracuda without picturing the scene from shrek 3 where all of the fairy tale characters are revolting against prince charming. it's almost embarrassing how much of my life revolves around shrek.

also laura is a HUGE blondie fan and honestly... same. her music is so good

i tried to make all of the songs from her playlist from 1983 or earlier, but there are 3 from later in the 80s because they fit too well for me to exclude them, so sorry about that. i truly think that the songs i chose for very well for laura's mindset (in general and also about nancy) and it makes me happy!!

+ i really can't thank you guys enough for almost 1k reads already from just an introductory chapter ALONE. that's absolutely insane and i can't thank you guys enough for the overwhelming support you've given me on this book so far!!

—kristyn

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