# 80's Makeout Music **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 12, 2005, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-makeout-music/299005 "2005-04-12T18:33:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DirkGntly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DirkGntly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DirkGntly)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2005, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-makeout-music/299005/1 "2005-04-12T18:33:33Z")
Ok, folks…Here’s the thread where you can post your favorite 80’s makeout music. List by artist, genre and title, if you care…otherwise, just the title is cool. 🙂 Keep it to the 80’s folks! That’s when I went to High School, and that’s what we’re here for - a trip down Nostalgia Lane! Here are a few I remember: Chicago - You’re the Inspiration Bill Whithers - Just the Two of Us Chris de Burgh - Lady in Red Lionel Richie - Easy Like Sunday Morning Anyone else?? ---
**Author:** ![dragongirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b38774/32.png) [@dragongirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragongirl)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2005, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-makeout-music/299005/2 "2005-04-12T18:39:54Z")
_I just died in your arms tonight_-Can’t remember who sang it. _Honestly_-Stryper _Patience_-G&R _Every Rose Has it’s Thron_-Poison _I Remember You_-Skid Row ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2005, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-makeout-music/299005/3 "2005-04-12T19:02:10Z")
_Babe_ - Styx _Open Arms_ - Journey _Amanda_ - Boston _Keep on Lovin’ You_ - REO Speedwagon Those are off the top of my head. I’ll have to think of more. ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2005, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-makeout-music/299005/4 "2005-04-12T19:03:14Z")
> [@dragongirl](#): > > _I just died in your arms tonight_-Can’t remember who sang it. Cutting Crew ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2005, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-makeout-music/299005/5 "2005-04-12T19:05:58Z")
The first song that comes to mind is: **Tempted** by Squeeze and after that: **I Need You Tonight** by INXS ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2005, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-makeout-music/299005/6 "2005-04-12T19:08:24Z")
I lost my virginity to George Michael’s “Father Figure.” I think that qualifies. ---
**Author:** ![jk1245](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@jk1245](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jk1245)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2005, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-makeout-music/299005/7 "2005-04-12T19:09:17Z")
Can’t forget _Crazy for You_ by the British aristocrat from Detroit herself - Madonna. Gots me some _fond_ memories of that song from HS days. Also Cheap Trick’s _The Flame_ was a good one too. ---
**Author:** ![THespos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@THespos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/THespos)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2005, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-makeout-music/299005/8 "2005-04-12T19:25:14Z")
\*“Faithfully” - Journey. Girls would just melt. \*“When I See You Smile” - Bad English. I remember the DJ playing this one at the high school dance right after “New Sensation” by INXS. People went from energetic dancing to lip locking like flipping a switch. \*“Missing You” - John Waite. \*“Is This Love?” - Whitesnake. By now, can you tell most of the girls I was making out with at the time were bigtime fans of acid-washed denim? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![DirkGntly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DirkGntly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DirkGntly)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2005, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-makeout-music/299005/9 "2005-04-12T19:42:55Z")
Ok, I’ll add a few more… What I was DOING during these songs - well, it’s not polite to kiss and tell 😉 REO Speedwagon - I can’t fight this feeling Air Supply - Making Love out of Nothing at All Air Supply - I’m all out of Love Lionel Richie - Say You, Say Me Geez - Lionel Richie and Air Supply were the kings of sappy love ballads, weren’t they?? ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2005, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-makeout-music/299005/10 "2005-04-12T20:57:39Z")
I always refer to “I Just Died in Your Arms Tonight” as “The Impotence Song”. That _is_ what it’s about, isn’t it? My pick: Take My Breath Away–Berlin ---
**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2005, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-makeout-music/299005/11 "2005-04-12T21:31:05Z")
Having attended both high school and college in the 80’s, I can hereby attest that I’ve made out to every single one of those songs. Sadly, I wouldn’t have chosen any of them. Sting’s first solo album and anything by Prince (“God” a 12-inch remix was a great makeout song. You had to be a serious Prince fan to even be aware of its existence) would have been one of my choices. (Referring now to the college boyfriend.) “Stone in Love” by Journey (whew. dating myself, like majorly 😉 ) and “Summer of '69” by Bryan Adams, were, oddly enough "our"songs. (Referring to the high school boyfriend.) He was also the master of discovering now-defunct but great-when-they-were-big bands, years after their demise. The Tubes come to mind. I think Crowded House also befell that fate. I’d pick Tool, Radiohead or Portishead these days. ---
**Author:** ![Reloy3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Reloy3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reloy3)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2005, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-makeout-music/299005/12 "2005-04-12T22:38:55Z")
> [@dragongirl](#): > > _I just died in your arms tonight_-Can’t remember who sang it. Cutting Crew ---
**Author:** ![Reloy3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Reloy3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reloy3)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2005, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-makeout-music/299005/13 "2005-04-12T22:40:14Z")
> [@Nutty Bunny](#): > > Cutting Crew Ooops, that will teach me to read the entire thread. ---
**Author:** ![buns3000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c89c15/32.png) [@buns3000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buns3000)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2005, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-makeout-music/299005/14 "2005-04-12T23:08:41Z")
_Just Like Honey_ - Jesus & Mary Chain ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2005, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-makeout-music/299005/15 "2005-04-12T23:18:58Z")
_I’ll Melt With You_ Modern English. _Space Age Love Song_ Flock of Seagulls. And those songs are far from contemporaneous with my adolescence. :o ---
**Author:** ![CapnPitt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/edb3f5/32.png) [@CapnPitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CapnPitt)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2005, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-makeout-music/299005/16 "2005-04-13T00:10:24Z")
> [@THespos](#): > > \*“Faithfully” - Journey. Girls would just melt. I have to second this. Absolutely positively beyond a shadow of a doubt…great makeout song. ---
**Author:** ![Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilvert_s_Pagan)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2005, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-makeout-music/299005/17 "2005-04-13T01:31:23Z")
Damn. Enigma’s MCMXC missed being in the 80’s by, of course, I year. ---
**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2005, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-makeout-music/299005/18 "2005-04-13T01:33:30Z")
> [@dragongirl](#): > > _I just died in your arms tonight_-… I opened this thread specifically to respond with this song! ---
**Author:** ![Vision\_of\_Love](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Vision\_of\_Love](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vision_of_Love)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2005, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-makeout-music/299005/19 "2005-04-13T03:30:19Z")
Definitely Chris Isaak’s “Wicked Game.” You _get_ it after hearing the first few notes, even before the man starts to sing. Methinks this song is even too hot to be considered a mere “makeout” song. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![torie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@torie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/torie)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2005, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-makeout-music/299005/20 "2005-04-13T03:38:49Z")
“Stripped” and “Personal Jesus” by Depeche Mode are auditory sex. “Enjoy the Silence” missed the 80s by 1 year dammit! I’m really into Depeche Mode lately. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-makeout-music/299005.md?page=2)