Not covers OF 80s songs...but covers that were recorded IN the 80s. Ya got it? Good.
Playlist
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Always Something There To Remind Me by Naked Eyes on Naked Eyes -
Lay All Your Love On Me by Information Society on Information Society -
Always On My Mind by Pet Shop Boys -
Don't Leave Me This Way by The Communards on The Communards -
You Don't Own Me by Klaus Nomi on Klaus Nomi -
When You Were Mine by Cyndi Lauper on She's So Unusual -
I Think We're Alone Now by Lene Lovich on Stateless -
Venus by Bananarama on True Confessions -
Love Is the Drug by Grace Jones on Warm Leatherette -
Jealous Guy by Roxy Music -
Tomorrow Never Knows by The Chameleons on Strange Times -
1969 by Sisters of Mercy on Alice EP -
Telegram Sam by Bauhaus -
Lucifer Sam by Love and Rockets on b-side (Express reissue) -
Old Man by Human Drama on Feel -
Don't Fear the Reaper by Rose McDowall -
White Rabbit by The Damned -
Foxy Lady by the Cure on Three Imaginary Boys -
Summertime Blues by Joan Jett & the Blackhearts on Bad Reputation -
Sea Song by Tears for Fears on b-side of I Believe (available on Saturnine, Martial and Lunatic) -
Tide Is High by Blondie on AutoAmerican -
Stop Your Sobbing by the Pretenders on Pretenders -
Toys In the Attic by R.E.M. on Dead Letter Office -
Police On My Back by the Clash on Sandinista! -
Tears of a Clown by the English Beat -
When Doves Cry by The Flying Pickets on The Original Flying Pickets Vol. 1 (1994 (original date unknown)) -
Ring of Fire by Wall of Voodoo on Wall of Voodoo EP -
Ever Fallen In Love by Fine Young Cannibals on The Raw and the Cooked -
Can't Help Falling In Love by Lick The Tins on Some Kind of Wonderful soundtrack