Ugh, please excuse me. 80’s songs, right?
I had **Rhiannon8404 ** over for a “romantic evening”, and decided to put on Don Henley’s album The End of the Innocence for some mood music.
Unfortunately, I selected “repeat track” instead of “repeat album” on the CD player.
I didn’t notice until much later in the evening. Rhiannon, being much more observant than me, spotted it right away. Luckily for me, she married me anyway.
But she still won’t listen to the title song.
Angel Eyes, by the Jeff Healey Band. Already a favorite of mine, I had the good fortune to have a radio DJ play the song twice, back-to-back, whilst I and my squeeze-of-the-moment…uh, ahem…never mind
gasp I’d completely forgotten about this one. Janie, I hope you’re well.
I only have one that hasn’t been mentioned already – Eternal Flame by the Bangles. Sigh.
jesus christ people… this is some of the worst wussy rock from that time. So let me throw in my few selections…
When I’m with You -Sheriff
Just Between You & Me - April Wine
Love Song - Tesla
I experienced my first hardcore makeout section while listening to Falco’s “Rock Me Amadeus” repeatedly.
If any of you really grew up in the '80’s, you’d know the ultimate makeout album then was side one of Led Zeppelin IV. Fast Times at Ridgemont High anyone?
Never mind that IV was not from the '80s and in the movie they were playing Kashmir, which is on a different album altogether…
Avalon, the album, by Roxy Music
Isaak’s “Wicked Game” makes the cut - copyright 1989.
What? No power ballads? Outrageous!!!
Def Leppard - Love Bites
Poison - Every Rose Has a Thorn
Whitesnake - Is This Love
Bon Jovi - I’ll Be There For You
Saigon Kick - Love is on the Way
Bunch of freakin savages
Don’t feel bad. Recently, those are the only dates I’ve had.
rim shot 
I’ll be here all week. Try the meatloaf.
It’s a shame you can’t sing a few bars of these for you because I can’t place any of them.
Ahem. Back to the wussy songs.
I’m going to have to second “Open Arms” and “Faithfully” by Journey and “Take My Breath Away” by Berlin. Then there’s “Endless Love” by Lionel Ritchie/Diana Ross.
There’s a song by MeatLoaf that is great to make out by because it’s passionate and lasts forever. “Baby, we can talk all night/But it ain’t getting us nowhere.” My brain stops after that line. What can I say? My brain needs an upgraded processor and more memory.
I’d add “Father Figure” but I can’t listen to it anymore without thinking of pedophilia.
That was, like, totally gnarly.
You’re thinking of Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad.
I usually hate slow love ballads. (If I heard too much of that kind of crap, I’d be tempted to get up and put on The Replacements, or something.) Sometimes the best makeout music is the best music, period, whether that’s manic, two-minute punk songs, or whatever. (Just so long as you don’t choreograph yourself to your music, that is!) But I know what you mean by “makeout music,” so consider the following something of a compromise list:
The soundtrack from Bladerunner (1982), by Vangelis. Also, the decidedly non-Vangelis-like Flashdance soundtrack.
Most of The Cars’ ouvre dates from 1980 and after. Unfortunately for this list, the LPs **The Cars ** and Candy-O date from '78 and '79. But that still leaves plenty of hits.
Ditto for Blondie: their '80-'81 material includes “The Tide is High,” “Heart of Glass,” “Rapture,” “Call Me,” and “In the Flesh”.
**The Feelies ** (1980) by The Feelies. Intense, jittery, depressive jangle-pop, so YMMV.
Hatful of Hollow (1983) and Meat is Murder (1985) by The Smiths.
“Strobe Light” (1980) by the B-52’s (“Wanna make love to you under the strobe light…” … “I wanna kiss your… pineapple!”).
Side One of **Remain In Light ** (1980), by Talking Heads. High-energy stuff, there.
Three of a Perfect Pair (1984) by King Crimson. It’s relatively mellow for them.
The Other Ones (1986), by the silly German pop group of that name that no one’s ever heard of (and not to be confused with The Only Ones, who had a hit with “Another Girl, Another Planet”). Very smooth, slick, synth-heavy, and with ridiculously vapid lyrics about passion. Some of it’s great for dancing, and some of it’s great for slow dancing. 
For better and for worse, this is what people usually think of by “makeout music”.
“Do the Dog” (1980) by The Specials.
“I Want You” (1986) by Elvis Costello. The rest of the Blood and Chocolate LP’s good too, for EC fans.
Skylarking (1986) by XTC – especially early on.
There it is. I can’t believe it took 27 posts before someone said it. That album is the closest thing to a sure thing.
Thanks. Don’t forget to tip your waiter or waitress.
(bump) so i get it in my mailbox…
Tonight’s the Night, Rod Stewart
Waiting For a Girl Like You, Foreigner