I’m glad no one got this one yet. I drove a limo in the 80s. I did a lot of weddings. I can’t tell you how many times (post-wedding, pre-honeymoon) the couple would hand me a tape to play with this song. I’m sure I rolled my eyes every time. It’s worse than Every Breath You Take as a wedding song.
Good call, no 80s music thread would be complete without a mention of OMD. And yeah, weird choice for a wedding song, since it’s clearly about a breakup.
Great list, but two more; the Flashdance theme, and Fame, by Irene Cara.
Top Gun came out in 1986, when I was in Japan. For a couple of years every electrical shop that sold TVs had Top Gun clips running on a loop, plus the theme music blasting out.
Agreed about Dire Straits. They straddle the Seventies and the Eighties. Ditto for Peter Gabriel.
I would certainly agree that bands such as Duran Duran, Tears for Fears, OMD, A Flock of Seagulls and the Human League are just so Eighties when you hear them. AFAIK, Duran Duran are still going, but they are a quintessential Eighties band for me.
Wedding songs? The new classic seems to be Ed Sheeran’s “Perfect.” It too will be done to death.
I give you ‘AEIOU Sometimes Y’
Or “Janes Getting Serious”
This is another piece that screams '80s to me:
I think people have forgotten just how groundbreaking and influential this series was. From the start, it was a cultural phenomenon, a blend of cop show and MTV. In the first 2 1/2 years especially, musicians were clamoring to have their work featured on Miami Vice.
Human League is still going, and the last time I heard them, they sounded exactly like they did in the 80s. As I listened to the song, I kept thinking, "OK, this bit sounds like ‘Don’t You Want Me’, this bit sounds like ‘Fascination’, this bit sounds like ‘The Lebanon’, . . . " Their sound hasn’t evolved at all. Duran Duran at least evolved a tiny bit.
Speaking of instrumentals, Axel F and Chariots of Fire
NSFW? Compared with her outfit in the “What Are Words For?” video, that’s a burqa. 
Duran Duran split up in the late 80s, one half formed Arcadia, the other formed Power Station with Robert Palmer. Those lasted a couple of years then they returned, and at various times had different members remaining or storming off in a tantrum. They always had Simon LeBon and at least one person called Taylor in it.
Hey, what about Black Coffee in Bed by what’s that group’s name? The same one that did ‘Tempted.’
Squeeze.
Pretty much everything they did was quality.
You’re fast.
It’s almost impossible to consider 80s music without also considering music videos, isn’t it?
Okay, a couple nominations…
“One Thing Leads to Anther” by The Fixx
“Straight Up” by Paula Abdul
…and in the “What Were They Thinking” category
“Velcro Fly” by Z Z Top
My favorite from ZZ Top:
Yet another instrumental:
My favorite ZZ Top is one that a lot of other fans hate…
Nobody?
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New Order - Blue Monday
Who you gonna call?
[Huey Lewis:] My lawyer! 
Fun thing: Entering “Who you gonna call?” in Google gives you the Ghostbusters theme song as the first hit.
And it is not really an instrumental song.
OK, since someone mentioned The Fixx, I have no choice but to nominate “Red Skies at Night” (although “Saved by Zero” could be a contender as well).
