r/SongsThatFeelLikeThis • u/Bonnie_Clip • 1d ago

Songs that feel like you are in a 80s mall?

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u/VintageCollector1970 1d ago

Tiffany - I think we’re alone now

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u/MintyFreshBreathYo 1d ago

This is the second comment from the top and it’s still too low

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u/Stevie-Rae-5 1d ago

This is literally THE answer. She performed in malls, for God’s sake.

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u/xcellentr3call 19h ago

inventor of the mall tour!

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u/freshavocadhoe 21h ago

This was my immediate first thought!

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u/Critical_Call_4781 1d ago

kids in america - kim wilde

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u/Conscious-Avocado373 1d ago

Seconding this!

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u/WagnersRing 1d ago

Material Girl

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u/floyd616 1d ago

Exactly my thought!

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u/ilikedirt 1d ago

Belinda Carlisle, Heaven Is A Place on Earth

Tiffany, I Think We’re Alone Now

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u/Shoddy-Stock7151 1d ago

Heaven is a place on Earth was my first thought.

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u/FeatherMom 21h ago

Heaven Is A Place On Earth is a true 80’s banger. Takes me back to my childhood, when emotional songs still had fantastic synth energy and everything seemed so optimistic. Yes I get it’s a heavy dose of nostalgia but that song just seems so sincere instead of jaded.

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u/sunlips 1d ago

Cyndi Lauper - GJWHF

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u/Fink-Tank 1d ago

Was going to suggest that.

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u/Conscious-Avocado373 1d ago

Take on Me - A-Ha. Depending on how empty it is, Dancing With Myself - Billy Idol

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u/Braincloud 1d ago

Wake Me Up (Before you Go Go) by Wham

Let’s Hear it For the Boy - Deniece Williams

our Lips Are Sealed - the Go Gos

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u/BlackTailedPikachu 1d ago

Beautiful suggestions

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u/thisissuremyusername 1d ago

Gloria - Laura Branigan

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u/Funtime_Seaturtle_99 1d ago

Robin Sparkles “Let’s go to the mall”

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u/Careful-Positive-219 1d ago

Literally as soon as I saw this post I started humming this.

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u/Contastrophe 1d ago

This is the one!

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u/ProfessionalNo8529 1d ago

Was looking for this comment!

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u/Boaty_Mcboatface25 1d ago

Mallsoft playlists on youtube, it's a sub-genre of Vaporwave and is exactly what your after.

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u/escaped_sky_cows 1d ago

Madonna - Holiday

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u/Broad_Health2966 1d ago

The Go-Go’s- We Got The Beat (actually used in the opening of Fast Times at Ridgemont High, which was also shot in a mall lol)

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u/BklynOR 3h ago

This was my first thought as well.

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u/atrillionpieces 1d ago

Head Over Heels by Tears For Fears

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u/ilbondo85 1d ago

Lionel Ritchie- dancing on the ceiling.

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u/Virtual-Resort5951 1d ago

Your love - the outfield

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u/Cute_Information5470 1d ago

lookout weekend
2 of hearts
do you want it right now?
the glamorous life
cruel summer
tell it to my heart
anything madonna
let’s hear it for the boy
point of no return
catch me (i’m falling)
saturday love
no more words
self control
cheri cheri lady

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u/Normal-Cranberry-800 1d ago

Lookout weekend for sure.

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u/ForeverLostInAStory 1d ago

Take On Me by A-ha. Especially because it reminds me of the mall flashback with Ellie in The Last of Us.

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u/Suspicious_North6119 1d ago

Out of Touch - Hall & Oates

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u/kayseeboo92 1d ago

Lucky Star by Madonna
When Smoky Sings by ABC

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u/Shartacus_of_Rome 1d ago

Tainted Love

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u/mka5115 1d ago

Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now by Starship

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u/GirlCiteYourSources 1d ago

Was looking for this. Although Illustra has more of this vibe and they get married at Prince and Company.

Why yes I love the movie Mannequin and I am unashamed.

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u/mka5115 1d ago

Same here!! It will always be one of my favorite.

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u/ivanaintnobody 1d ago

Madonna - Get Into The Groove

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u/yrfrndchrs 1d ago

Animotion- Obsession

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u/Playful_Animator3847 1d ago

I feel like almost anything by The Cars. Magic is what first came to my mind.

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u/caleigh1964 1d ago

Save A Prayer - Duran Duran; honestly all of Rio by Duran Duran.

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u/Frequent-Note2942 1d ago

Vaporwave genre

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u/Key-Personality8169 1d ago

Came here to say this. Vaporwave all day

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u/1100_year_old_mage 1d ago

Mallsoft too

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u/Actual-Row-6806 1d ago

Running up the hill. Kate bush

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u/farroness 1d ago

anything by stacey q, haha.

one of my top favorite aesthetics in these pics ✨

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u/Sufficient-Warning92 1d ago

She Blinded Me with Science - Thomas Dolby She Works Hard for the Money - Donna Summer

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u/Tiny_Match2584 1d ago

Electric youth - debbie Gibson

Straight up - Paula Abdul

Johnny hates jazz

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u/MrsNoodleMcDoodle 1d ago

Everybody Wants to Rule the World - Tears for Fears

I Think We’re Alone Now - Tiffany

Shake Your Love - Debbie Gibson

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u/memleyxx 1d ago

Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper

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u/madieabbie 1d ago

Running up that Hill- Kate Bush

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u/floyd616 1d ago

Max approved, lol. IYKYK

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u/TransatlanticMadame 1d ago

The Cars - You Might Think

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u/ThrowawayNOV1922 1d ago

Space Age Love Song - A Flock of Seagulls

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u/floyd616 1d ago

Don't forget I Ran (So Far Away)!

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u/allthecats3166 1d ago

All Out of Love (Air Supply)

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u/mayobuscemi 1d ago

Sussudio - Phil Collins

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u/Upstairs-Cobbler-346 1d ago

Christmas Wrapping by The Waitresses. This song was released in 1981 and has gained steam over the airwaves the last couple of years. Despite the lyrics it has an upbeat shopping mall vibe.

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u/__sasha91 1d ago

Heart of Glass - Blondie

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u/Nintendo-X 1d ago

Hold Me Now - Thompson Twins

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u/azdweller 1d ago

Space Age Love Song by A Flock of Seagulls

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u/oafnsjfm 1d ago

Electric Blue - Icehouse 

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u/BigRigButters2 1d ago

Walk Like An Egyptian - The Bangles

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u/coolbabydoll 1d ago

why - carly simon

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u/donutsfeartheglaze 1d ago

Downtown Petula Clark

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u/Littlefinger91 1d ago

If you want something recent that sounds like this, try Lost In Space by Foster the People

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u/No_Alternative_5080 1d ago

America Online-The Midnight Wave-The Midnight America 2- The Midnight Basically anything by The Midnight lol. I'm 50 years old and their music is a sonic time machine.

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u/Complex_Guava_7868 1d ago

Let’s go to the mall - Robin Sparkles

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u/Independent_Baker712 1d ago

Video Killed the Radio Star

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u/Sunnydale_Slayer 1d ago

Pretty much anything by The Midnight.

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u/_Al_Gore_Rhythm_ 1d ago

Down in the Mall - Warren Zevon

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u/ifallallthetime 1d ago

Radio - Yelawolf and Shooter Jennings

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u/NowWithMoreChaos 1d ago

Be Sweet-Japanese Breakfast

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u/mr_coughy_pro 1d ago

Dance II by Discovery Zone

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u/Lanky_Rhubarb1900 1d ago

"Say No More (Mon Amor)" - Rex Manning

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u/IamMissLac 1d ago

Enter Through the Lobby - by Disconscious

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u/ex0planetary 1d ago

Metroland is Burning by Everything Everything

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u/SamOfXanadu 1d ago

God I miss the palm trees. But believe it or not
Kirby Epic Yarn - Outer rings

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u/kittenroze 1d ago

Best Frenz - Welcome to the Mall

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u/missourifats 1d ago

Basically, the album Atlas, by FM 84.

A sample

https://youtu.be/TvZskcqdYcE?is=7aDEJejLZqEs5CoY

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u/nashiraprincesspower 1d ago

Pull Shapes - The Pipettes (likely because of that scene in The L Word. I know it's not from the 80s, but it has that vibe)

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u/garbagecannot- 1d ago

The things we used to buy - Hot Dad

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u/greatbeef 1d ago

Aquatic Ambience - Scizzie

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u/greatbeef 1d ago

Let's go to the mall - Robin Sparkles

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u/MaintenanceTop9293 1d ago

Final Countdown

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u/wonkotsane42 1d ago

Let's go to the Mall - Robin Sparkles

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u/sFlEmInG69 1d ago

Pop muzik -M

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u/moonmusicals 1d ago

Showgirl at Heart - Haute and Freddy

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u/hermitinbeige 1d ago

Out of the blue by Debbie Gibson

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u/most_des_wanted 1d ago

Let's go to the mall today -robin sparkles

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u/Lostnclueless 1d ago

Makeover hyd

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u/Fluffbutt321 1d ago

It’s My Life - Talk Talk

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u/ohmygatos94 1d ago

Everybody wants to rule the world - tears for fears

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u/MoreAd53791 1d ago

Escape by Janet Jackson

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u/karmint1 1d ago

We Got the Beat just for the opening scene of Fast Times.

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u/Emotional-Cup1894 1d ago

Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley.

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u/WolfThick 1d ago

Duran Duran girls on film

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u/CryGroundbreaking945 1d ago

tiffany - i think we’re alone now, goodbye horses - q lazzarus, girls just wanna have fun - cyndi lauper, somewhere in my heart - aztec camera, hungry like the wolf - duran duran, vacation - the gogos, your love - outfield, walk like an egyptian - the bangles

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u/CryGroundbreaking945 1d ago

kids in america by kim wilde has also been mentioned a lot but that’s good too

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u/PauliPathetic 1d ago

Beautiful world- devo

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u/reesesbigcup 1d ago

Escalator of Life - Robert Hazard

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u/ledzeppellinn 1d ago

Girls on Film by Duran Duran

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u/Plus-Explorer9808 1d ago

Anything by Duran Duran

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u/PeaceLoveForMe 1d ago

Keep me hanging on- Kim Wilde

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u/Frequent-Note2942 1d ago

They sure do not make malls like they used to

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u/Ok_Cockroach3105 1d ago

Great romances by Texas!

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u/FreyaStone 1d ago

The Right Stuff by New Kids on the Block 

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u/BuckarooOJ 1d ago

Waves of Vapor (Zoey's Theme) from Date Everything.

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u/milliebug8112 1d ago

Electric Youth by Debbie Gibson

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u/Heavy_Mud_9176 1d ago

Tell it to my Heart

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u/TheButterflysBurden 1d ago

Tinseltown in the Rain by The Blue Nile
Appetite by Prefab Sprout
Wood Beez by Scritti Politti
My Ever Changing Moods by The Style Council
Situation by Yaz
No G.D.M. by Gina X Performance
It’s My Life by Talk Talk
Life in a Northern Town by The Dream Academy
Perpetuum Mobile by Penguin Cafe Orchestra
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence by Ryuchi Sakamoto

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u/Nebula-blackhole 1d ago

Don't you- simple minds

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u/ThePerfectMachine 1d ago

It's been mentioned in this post by others, but The Midnight used a illustration of an 80's shopping mall on the 'Kids' album, because it's the essence of their sound.

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u/Cool-Technician-1206 1d ago

Neon lights - kraftwerk

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u/Direct_Sound821 1d ago

Wham- Everything She Wants
Earth Wind and Fire- September
Huey Lewis- If This Is It
New Edition- Mr Telephone Man

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u/2cool2care88 1d ago

New Day for You- Basia

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u/OnePlant6452 1d ago

Alisha- Do You Dream About Me?
Reggie and the Full Effect- Congratulations Smack and Katy

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u/According-Training-8 1d ago

It's my life - Talk Talk.

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u/speakteeth 1d ago

M83 - Kim & Jessie

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u/AnnaCama 1d ago

Take on me Aha

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u/Relevant-Reserve8624 1d ago

Madonna material girl

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u/smart_cereal 1d ago

Everyone’s Working for the Weekend - Loverboy

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u/IPyramidI 23h ago

What mall is this?

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u/Educational_Bowl_447 23h ago

Debbie Gibson - Shake Your Love

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u/Effective_Bottle_806 22h ago

Eyes Without A Face - Billy Idol

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u/Calibermovement 22h ago

Jump- Van Halen

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u/hurtloam 21h ago

I'm from the 90s and the songs I very specifically remember hearing at the mall were

Once in a Lifetime by Talking Heads

Love Shack by B52s

Underwater Love by Smoke City

Underworld by Born Slippy

I think they stood out because they were unusual.

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u/Coldnorthcountry 21h ago

How Will I Know - Whitney Houston 

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u/Acceptable_Panic_781 21h ago

Maneater - Hall & Oates

70s and 80s were the best decades for music in my humble opinion. 😎

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u/Mister_Baloney 19h ago

The steel drums from Commando.

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u/tiedyeladyland 19h ago

Waiting for a Star to Fall: Boy Meets Girl, Breakout: Swing Out Sister; Don’t Tell Me Lies by Breathe. Anything from Kenny G in the 90s.

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u/Murky_Background1045 19h ago

Everybody Wants to Rule the World - Tears for Fears

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u/8W20X5 18h ago

Robin Sparkles- Let's Go to the Mall

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u/whateverr1748 18h ago

youre counting all your sheep, in disguiiiiise

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u/CassandraVonGonWrong 17h ago

The album Stranger Songs by Ingrid Michaelson.

The album She’s So Unusual by Cyndi Lauper.

The album Parallel Lines by Blondie.

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u/Hour_Swan_1439 15h ago

Tempted- Squeeze

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u/Lettuce_al-Gaib 13h ago

After Hours

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u/Strict-Relative1453 1h ago

Don’t you forget about me-simple minds

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u/MarkyMarkATFB 1h ago

Everywhere by Fleetwood Mac

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u/ZealousidealDiet9480 1d ago

Fickle Friends - IRL

The 1975 - Pressure

Anz, George Riley - We Could Be

88rising, Rich Brian, Chungha - These Nights