US #3 Hits (1984 and 1985)

"I Feel For You" vs "She Bop" vs "Oh Sherrie." Others:

Lionel Richie – "Stuck on You"
DeBarge – "Rhythm of the Night"
Commodores – "Nightshift"
Whitney Houston – "You Give Good Love"
Tears for Fears – "Head Over Heels"
Wham! – "Freedom"

Has to be head over heels. My favorite tears for fears track by a mile. Great use in Donnie Darko, too

Drive

Tough one! "I Feel 4 U", "She Bop", "Hold Me Now", "One Night in Bangkok", "Head Over Heels", "Freedom... On of those.

chaka khan by some distance w/ commodores and tear for fears runners up. at the time i was convinced 'you're the inspiration' was the greatest love song ever written. i was wrong. much love for 'never surrender' also if only cuz i remember a story about corey hart from around that time where he said 'ppl know me as the guy who wears his sunglasses at night but from now on they'll know me as the guy who never surrenders' and i've always wanted to run into him and go 'hey! it's that guy who never surrenders!'

Songs I feel bad I can't vote for because "I Feel For You" is the greatest single of all time:

The Romantics – "Talking in Your Sleep"
The Jacksons and Mick Jagger – "State of Shock"
Pointer Sisters – "Jump (For My Love)"
Aretha Franklin – "Freeway of Love"
Tears for Fears – "Head Over Heels"

The thing with that Aretha album: every single was better than its predecessor.

I voted for "Nightshift" and would vote for it a thousand times more. "She Bop" is a jam too.

Voted for TFF. Runners-up: "Drive", "State of Shock", and (a guilty pleasure of mine) "One Night in Bangkok"

also, lol at that little Corey Hart anecdote

Yeah, the Corey Hart story is killing me right now

Voted for Tears For Fears

Always felt "State of Shock" was underrated (understandably, given that it was treated as the follow-up to Thriller at the time), but if "I Feel For You" is in a poll, I pretty much have to vote for it.

Commodores – "Nightshift"
Tears for Fears – "Head Over Heels"
Cyndi Lauper – "She Bop"
Thompson Twins – "Hold Me Now"

I should also throw in a sentimental Honourable Mention to "Talking in Your Sleep," as its one of my earliest musical memories.

ok there's several good singles on here and then there's "I Feel for You," a fucking timeless masterpiece whose nearest competition here, probably "Freedom," isn't even remotely in its class

plenty of winners but Nightshift is in it's own league

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Phenomenal list, but I'm voting "One Night in Bangkok" because it made so little sense to me as a kid and the video was great. "tea girls warm and sweet (warm sweet) some are set up in the somerset maugham suite."

The Romantics – "Talking in Your Sleep"
The Cars – "Drive"
Steve Perry – "Oh Sherrie"
Harold Faltermeyer – "Axel F"
DeBarge – "Rhythm of the Night"
Simple Minds – "Alive and Kicking"
Murray Head – "One Night in Bangkok"
Tears for Fears – "Head Over Heels"
Wham! – "Freedom"

^^^ all amazing

Top three are my top three. "Talking In Your Sleep" is quite possibly my favourite '80s use of TOO LOUD drums, so the Romantics take it over Cyndi and Chaka.

"Stuck on You" is one of Lionel's better ballads, and underrated too.

wtf, "Talking In Your Sleep" went to #3? The song everyone remembers by The Romantics didn't even make the top 40.

There should be a thread for that: small hits that are much more famous than the big ones

"I Feel For You" -- finally one of these polls with an easy answer

The only thing "iffy" about "I Feel For You" is its initials.

drive v. hold me now v. o sherrie

much love for 'never surrender' also if only cuz i remember a story about corey hart from around that time where he said 'ppl know me as the guy who wears his sunglasses at night but from now on they'll know me as the guy who never surrenders' and i've always wanted to run into him and go 'hey! it's that guy who never surrenders!'

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lol

I like Prince's version of I Feel 4 U better; voting She Bop

Voted Chaka Khan. Turning 14 in 1984 was so awesome.

Not enthusiastic about any of these.

Voted for She Bop, which I liked a lot at the time and which is pretty decent actually, especially compared to everything here I recognize. Listening to "Nightshift" now and it's pretty good. I don't actually remember this.

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