"In For A Penny" - single by Arabesque, released in 1981 from the album with same title. Side B: I Don't Wanna Have Breakfast With You Written By: Jean Frankfurter, J. Moehring Arabesque was an all-girl trio formed at the height of the European disco era in 1977 in Frankfurt, West Germany. The group's changing lineup worked with the German composer Jean Frankfurter (Erich Ließmann) and became especially popular in […]

"It's My Life" - Single by Talk Talk from the album It's My Life, released on January 6, 1984. "It's My Life" is a song by the English new wave band Talk Talk. Written by Mark Hollis and Tim Friese-Greene, it was the title track on the band's second album and released as its first single in January 1984. It reached number 46 on the UK Singles Chart, but did […]

"She Won't Dance With Me" is a Rod Stewart song from the album Foolish Behaviour, released by Warner Bros in 1980. The tracks were recorded at The Record Plant Studios and Cherokee Studios in Los Angeles from February to September 1980. "She Won't Dance With Me", was the third video to be played on MTV when it launched 1 August 1981. The lyrics contain the use of the word "fuck" […]

"It's Still Rock And Roll To Me" is a single by Billy Joel, from the album Glass House. Released on May 12, 1980, the song was number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts for two weeks, from July 19 through August 1, 1980. The single was certified Platinum, which at the time meant sales in excess of 2 million. Around this time, Joel was often abased in the music […]

“Total Eclipse of the Heart” is the 1983 pop rock hit by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler and featured on her fifth studio album “Faster Than the Speed of Night” which was released via Columbia Records. "Total Eclipse Of The Heart" was written and produced by Jim Steinman, whose songs were always passionate, often opulent, and sometimes perplexing. This one is all three. https://youtu.be/lcOxhH8N3Bo?si=88uljyI3oYYqL3Eo The music video for “Total Eclipse of […]

"Stay the Night" - Single by Billy Ocean from the album City Limit, released in 1980 by GTO Records Arranged By [Strings, Horns], Conductor – Lynton Naiff Producer – Ken Gold Written-By – Billy Ocean, Ken Gold It was released as the follow-up to his hit single "Are You Ready?", and was also released as the B-side to this single in some countries.    

"Don't Give Up" - Single by Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush from the album So, released October 1986. "Don't Give Up" is a song written by English musician Peter Gabriel and recorded as a duet with Kate Bush for Gabriel's fifth solo studio album So (1986). The single version was released as the second single from the album in the UK in 1986 and as the fifth single in the […]