# 80's songs that make you happy
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-songs-that-make-you-happy/720927
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [May 27, 2015, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-songs-that-make-you-happy/720927 "2015-05-27T01:09:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2015, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-songs-that-make-you-happy/720927/1 "2015-05-27T01:09:36Z")
I’ll throw out:
B-52’s: Song for a Future Generation
Jane Siberry: Map of the World
Tracey Ullman’s version of : They Don’t Know About Us
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### Author:  [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2015, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-songs-that-make-you-happy/720927/2 "2015-05-27T01:20:23Z")
They Might Be Giants [“Birdhouse in Your Soul”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhjSzjoU7OQ)
As a history and literary buff I always smile at the part that goes:
> [@](#):
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> [There’s a picture opposite me
> Of my primitive ancestry
> Which stood on rocky shores and kept the beaches shipwreck free](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lighthouse_of_Alexandria)
> Though I respect that a lot
> I’d be fired if that were my job
> After killing Jason off and countless screaming Argonauts!
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### Author:  [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2015, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-songs-that-make-you-happy/720927/3 "2015-05-27T01:25:28Z")
My favorite running songs:
[Tarzan Boy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_r0n9Dv6XnY) from Baltimora
[Let’s Go](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJNazEjVd6Y) from Wang Chung
[Here I Go Again](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oohFGOmcxuo) from Whitesnake
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### Author:  [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2015, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-songs-that-make-you-happy/720927/4 "2015-05-27T01:48:36Z")
> [@Sefton](#):
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> My favorite running songs:
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> [Tarzan Boy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_r0n9Dv6XnY) from Baltimora
> [Let’s Go](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJNazEjVd6Y) from Wang Chung
> [Here I Go Again](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oohFGOmcxuo) from Whitesnake
Tarzan Boy reminds me that
[Jane’s Getting Serious](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2mAQPwYf7A) makes me smile.
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### Author:  [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2015, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-songs-that-make-you-happy/720927/5 "2015-05-27T01:50:12Z")
[Take on Me](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djV11Xbc914) by A-ha
Everybody’s favorite 😃 🆒 🙂
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### Author:  [@Robert163](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robert163)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2015, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-songs-that-make-you-happy/720927/6 "2015-05-27T02:04:42Z")
Katrina & The Waves
Walking On Sunshine
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPUmE-tne5U](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPUmE-tne5U)
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### Author:  [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2015, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-songs-that-make-you-happy/720927/7 "2015-05-27T02:36:30Z")
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsofwhCA1sw)
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### Author:  [@tenacious\_j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tenacious_j)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2015, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-songs-that-make-you-happy/720927/8 "2015-05-27T02:43:52Z")
> [@Dale\_Sams](#):
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> Tracey Ullman’s version of : They Don’t Know About Us
> [@GIGObuster](#):
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> They Might Be Giants “Birdhouse in Your Soul”
> [@Dale\_Sams](#):
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> Jane’s Getting Serious
> [@Robert163](#):
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> Katrina & The Waves Walking On Sunshine
Yes, yes, and yes!
Yes, all these and Manic Monday. I know that’s also among the most-hated but I just get happy every time it’s on.
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### Author:  [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2015, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-songs-that-make-you-happy/720927/9 "2015-05-27T03:24:23Z")
> [@Dale\_Sams](#):
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> I’ll throw out:
> Jane Siberry: Map of the World
Yay Jane! There are three Maps. If you’re talking about [Map of the World Part II](https://youtu.be/ELuckSuWrGk), link.
She has a slew of fun, happy songs.
[“Symmetry”](https://youtu.be/vkpg0tlcAZw)
[“Extra Executives”](https://youtu.be/YyDT2aJzueQ) (someone set the song to scenes from American Psycho)
[“Everything Reminds Me Of My Dog”](https://youtu.be/fLJ1mPsOIQ4)
[“One More Colour”](https://youtu.be/-legaFvTlI4)
[“Bound By The Beauty”](https://youtu.be/Pj0eSfz7YZM)
[“Mimi On The Beach”](https://youtu.be/x7MB9Mvzycg)
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### Author:  [@Enlightening\_Meditation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enlightening_Meditation)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2015, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-songs-that-make-you-happy/720927/10 "2015-05-27T04:01:55Z")
Oh, there are plenty…
‘You Made Me Realise’ by My Bloody Valentine
‘Total Trash’ by Sonic Youth.
‘Heavenly Bank Account’ by Frank Zappa
‘Kuntz’ by the Butthole Surfers
‘Terminal Preppie’ by Dead Kennedys
‘Never Understand’ by Jesus & Mary Chain
‘One Million Billionth of a Millisecond on a Sunday Morning’ by the Flaming Lips
‘When We Was Fab’ by George Harrison
‘I Lost on Jeopardy’ by Weird Al
‘Black Muddy River’ by Grateful Dead
‘In The Air Tonight’ by Phil Collins
…and many more
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### Author:  [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2015, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-songs-that-make-you-happy/720927/11 "2015-05-27T04:03:04Z")
“Come on Eileen” gets my vote.
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### Author:  [@oliversarmy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oliversarmy)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2015, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-songs-that-make-you-happy/720927/12 "2015-05-27T04:27:54Z")
By Madness. I just always like it.
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### Author:  [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2015, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-songs-that-make-you-happy/720927/13 "2015-05-27T04:36:08Z")
She-Bop
Karma Chameleon
Blondie’s “Sunday Girl” was released in 1979, but I listened to it a lot throughout the 80s, and it definitely makes me happy.
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### Author:  [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2015, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-songs-that-make-you-happy/720927/14 "2015-05-27T11:50:26Z")
“Safety Dance,” by Men Without Hats is the one that immediately came to mind for me. Then I thought of “Just Can’t Get Enough,” by Depeche Mode.
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### Author:  [@JustinC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustinC)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2015, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-songs-that-make-you-happy/720927/15 "2015-05-27T11:59:14Z")
All of them, even the really bad ones with ridiculously big hair and shoulder pads in the videos.
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### Author:  [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2015, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-songs-that-make-you-happy/720927/16 "2015-05-27T12:15:11Z")
“Major Tom (Coming Home)” by Peter Schilling never fails to put me in a good mood. The chorus is so fun to sing along with.
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### Author:  [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2015, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-songs-that-make-you-happy/720927/17 "2015-05-27T12:47:31Z")
All I can see is Gale Boetticher now.
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### Author:  [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2015, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-songs-that-make-you-happy/720927/18 "2015-05-27T13:15:10Z")
Bette Davis Eyes by Kim Carnes. There has never been a song quite like it and it conjures up the 80’s like nothing else, to me. I love songs in a minor key.
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### Author:  [@Cugel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cugel)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2015, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-songs-that-make-you-happy/720927/19 "2015-05-27T13:46:16Z")
[Don’t Look Back](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THD_vY2-AXA) - Fine Young Cannibals. The storyline is rather depressing but it sounds so good.
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### Author:  [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2015, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-songs-that-make-you-happy/720927/20 "2015-05-27T13:51:24Z")
> [@Lukeinva](#):
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> [Take on Me](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djV11Xbc914) by A-ha
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> Everybody’s favorite 😃 🆒 🙂
I know eh.
My favourite song of all time is Bizarre Love Triangle by New Order. Never fails to make me happy.
Also:
Just Can’t Get Enough by Depeche Mode
You Lift Me Up by The Thompson Twins
You Spin Me Round by Dead or Alive
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