100+ songs that used the DX7 bass

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There are probably way more than 100 here, given that the DX7 bass sound dominated the later half of the 80s and was probably the most used preset from any synth ever.

So this is only the beginning:
1. What Is Love? - Howard Jones
2. You Spin Me Round - Dead Or Alive
3. La Isla Bonita - Madonna

― Geir Hongro, Sunday, 22 June 2008 22:45 (seventeen years ago)

just saw the arthur russell doc last night and there were a bunch of clips and pix of him in front of a dx7

― jaxon, Monday, 23 June 2008 00:33 (seventeen years ago)

4. Startrekman - What Keyboard Am I Using On The Song?

― Michael F Gill, Monday, 23 June 2008 00:34 (seventeen years ago)

Basically any synth pop or dance track from 1984-1990, though you get some of that SY-77/99 in 89-91 era by like 808 State.

― burt_stanton, Monday, 23 June 2008 00:35 (seventeen years ago)

two years pass...

a-ha - Touchy! - 1988
Atlantic Starr - Silver Shadow - 1985
Aurra - You And Me Tonight - 1986
Cherrelle - Artificial Heart - 1985
The Deele - Let's Work Tonight - 1985
Michael Jackson - Another Part Of Me - 1987
Howard Jones - Look Mama - 1985
Howard Jones - Pearl In The Shell - 1984
Kenny Loggins - Danger Zone - 1985
Kool & The Gang - She's Fresh - 1984
Level 42 - Something About You - 1985
Loose Ends - Magic Touch - 1985
Madonna - Spotlight, Live To Tell
Mercy Mercy - What Are We Gonna Do About It - 1985
Michael McDonald - Sweet Freedom - 1986
Princess - I'll Keep On Loving You - 1986
Scritti Politti - Hypnotize - 1985
Scritti Politti - Lover To Fall - 1985
S.O.S. Band - Even When You Sleep - 1986

Plus many, many more...

― helen679, Monday, 25 October 2010 01:50 (fifteen years ago)

Level 42 - Something About You - 1985

Really? I didn't believe they ever used a synth bass at all?

― Tied Up In Geir (Geir Hongro), Monday, 25 October 2010 12:53 (fifteen years ago)

Really? I didn't believe they ever used a synth bass at all?

Mark King played a real bass in most of their songs but the bass in "Something About You" is definately DX7.

― helen679, Monday, 25 October 2010 16:58 (fifteen years ago)

There's sequenced bass in Hot Water too.
Another notable use of FM bass is Propaganda's Duel.

― Vast Halo, Monday, 25 October 2010 22:20 (fifteen years ago)

Janet Jackson - When I Think Of You - 1986

― helen679, Wednesday, 27 October 2010 17:48 (fifteen years ago)

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