The Best of the 80s

Savanah Guilmot

There is some musics, some periods, which are never forgotten. The ’80s are a part of that feeling, and ’80s music is one of the only kinds of music everyone knows and dance almost every time they listen to it. Twenty five students were asked to vote on their favorite of 10 popular ’80s songs.

  1. Eye Of The Tiger ~ Survivor (1982)
  2. Girls Just Want To Have Fun ~ Cyndi Lauper (1983)
  3. Come On Eileen ~ Dexys Midnight Runners (1982)
  4. Sweet Dreams ~ Eurythmics (1983)
  5. Every Breath You Take ~ The Police (1983)
  6. Like A Virgin ~ Madonna (1984)
  7. Time After Time ~ Cyndi Lauper (1983)
  8. Don’t You Want Me ~ The Human League (1981)
  9. What A Feeling ~ Irene Cara (1981)
  10. Take On Me ~ A-ha (1985)

But the ’80s are not only an English phenomenon, here are 5 songs that are very popular in French and deserve to be discovered:

  1. Les lacs du Connemara ~ Michel Sardou (1981)
  2. On va s’aimer ~ Gilbert Montagné (1984)
  3. Le chanteur ~ Daniel Balavoine (1981)
  4. Ella, elle l’a ~ France Gall (1987)
  5. Quand je l’aime ~ Demis Roussos (1987)