"New" videos now available!

YouTube is really amazing! It really looks like all the greatest hits from the eighties can be found there...

I've updated all my old posts to add the videos I was talking about. I've added around 15 of them and I've really had a good time watching and listen to those!

I hope you'll enjoy the ride too... and from now on, I'm looking forward to help you remember number ones from 1987!

What's new in here ?!?

Soooooooooooo I'm finally back to this blog more than a year after my last post!

What happened during that year... well, lot of things of course, but there are 2 things that make me coming back to this blog:

- The new and improved Blogger version.
- The ability to post YouTube videos on this blog.

Those 2 things should greatly improved this blog, our memory might forget some songs or videos but it seems that all of them can now be found on YouTube... So stay tune, and this time I hope, I'm back for good! :-)

My apologies...

Please accept my apologies for having not posted more updates lately... I have several excuses, but who cares? We're not here to talk about me are we?!? ;-)

During the elapsed time, I've missed to talk about the following hits :

• Whitney Houston's "Saving All My Love for You" #1 in UK on 8th december '85
• Shakin's Stevens' "Merry Christmas Everyone" #1 in UK on 22d december '85
• Pet Shop Boys' "West End Girls" #1 in UK on 5th january '86

Anyway, I'm confident, we'll have other opportunities to talk about those artists during the year to come...

And what about US charts? Well, Lionel Richie's "Say You, Say Me" reached the top position on 15th december '85 but he kept that place up to february '86!!! So, I still have "plenty" of time to talk about that smashing hit! ;-)

So, please stay tuned, I should be back very soon, talking about A-Ha...

Yes, I'm still alive...

Ok, I'm deeply sorry, there are still no news on this blog!

And this lasts since ?... Months already!!! :-(

I know you're visiting my blog and I'm feeling guilty for not offering you better information about the music that we all like: 80's music !

As explained in my previous post, I'm now building a website to talk about what your favourite singers or bands from the 80's are doing nowadays!

What will become to this blog then?

Well, I think this blog will be the place to remember which song was number one 20 years ago and to discuss our feelings about this specific song. For more info about the singer of that song, I'll send you back to my new website... Once it will be ready of course! :-)

I'll keep you informed!

For those of you who still don't know about last Robbie Williams 'ska song "Tripping", click here to FULLY listen to it! ;-) You'll even be able to listen a sample of all the songs of his new album!!! It's FREE and official, thanks Robbie! ;-)

A Time Travel Machine ?

The less I can say is: time flies!

Maybe you thought I found a Time Travel Machine and went back to the eighties? :-)

Well, too bad I did not find it yet!

I'm still alive and I still love music from the eighties. 80's songs are still amongst the one I prefer and I know I'm not the only one to think that way...

I've seen that despite my lack of update, this blog was still receiving several visits per day! It amazed me but most of all, it motivates me to put some efforts in it to make it back to live! :-)

But that won't be an easy thing to do... you know the song: so many things to do and so few time to do those...

Moreover, I'm now wondering if this blog is the best way to present you the results of my searches... I think that a "real" website might be easier to use for you. But that also means even more designing work for me... So... we'll see how motivated I am...

One thing is sure 80's music still rocks, during summer festivals around here in Belgium bands such as Frankie Goes To Hollywood and The Human League was performing again.

Madness released a new album and I've also recently heard a new released from Bananarama!!

And those of you who heard last Robbie Willams'song will have obviously noticed the "eighties colour" of it, as it sounds like ska music from Madness.

Hope to be back soon! See you! ;-)

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What's up this year ?!?

Hey all!

I can't believe I let you 20 days without any updates!!! "Shame on you!" should you say... Yeah, you're right!

I have to admit I was a bit lazy during these holiday times, but believe it or not, back in 1985, nothing moved in the UK charts during this period!
As I already told you, "Do They Know it's Christmas?" stayed number one for 4 months!!! I'm glad this year's cover is not going to do the same! ;-)

Regarding the US charts, we already talked about Madonna... I can already tell you that next one to reach first place will be Foreigner, but that's not for today yet... Sorry!

Seeing that some hit singles stayed very long time in the eighties charts (not changing as fast as nowadays!) I've chosen a BIG New Year's resolution: I will also do some searches on the hits of the early eighties. As I started this blog called "20 Years ago... Music of the 80's" in the middle of this decade... It means that we would miss the first half of the 80's !!! This is unacceptable!!!

This way, I hope you'll have more frequent updates about your favourite singers and bands from the 80's... and that you'll enjoy the trip back there!

See you soon! ;-)

If you want to know what we'd miss by ignoring the years from 1980 to 1984, click on the image below and listen to the samples...

Happy New Year !

HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!

I wish you all the best for the New Year. May 2005 bring you everything you need and everything you wish. Let's hope music in 2005 will be good enough to appear in my blog in 20 years from now...

Come back here in several days to see who reached the first places in the 1985's charts, but for now let's celebrate the New Year!!!

Welcome to all! Read this first...

Hi all,

This is my first post and I want to welcome warmly all of you! ;-)
I guess you found this blog because you like 80's music, so do I!
When listening "old" good songs from the eighties, I'm often wondering: "What the hell happened to that singer/band? They used to be so popular?"
Well, now I decided I would not just threw those questions in the air, but I will investigate to find out the answers... and I'll bring them back to you here!

If you have any suggestion on who you would like me to look for, just let me know?
For now, I'll do my searches on a non-specific order, but if you request s.o. I'll do that one first!

I hope you'll enjoy this blog and will help me to make it great!