Sitting at Sandy’s in Lincoln taking a well-deserved night off and listening to other people sing and sending out messages to brides and grooms about upcoming weddings and updating my website and thought hey…….now would be a great time to come up with the Top 20 80’s Songs designed to win over a karaoke crowd on a Thursday night bar! HERE GOES!! Jay’s Top 20!
1/ Don’t Stop Believing ~ Journey
2/ Africa ~ Toto
3/ I Love Rock & Roll ~ Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
4/ Another One Bites the Dust ~ Queen
5/ Take On Me ~ A-Ha
6/ I Wanna Dance With Somebody ~ Whitney Houston
7/ Livin on a Prayer ~ Bon Jovi
8/ Love Shack ~ B-52’s
9/ Pour Some Sugar On Me ~ Def Leppard
10/ 867-5309 ~ Tommy Tutone
11/ Love Is A Battlefield ~ Pat Benatar
12/ Billie Jean ~ Michael Jackson
13/ Hit Me With Your Best Shot ~ Pat Benatar
14/ Any Way You Want It ~ Journey
15/ What’s Love Got To Do With It ~ Tina Turner
16/ Girls Just Wanna Have Fun ~ Cyndi Lauper
17/ Addicted to Love ~ Robert Palmer
18/ Faith ~ George Michael
19/ Black Velvet ~ Alannah Myles
20/ Careless Whisper ~ Wham
also getting votes!!
And She Was/Talking Heads
Your Love/Outfield
Funky Cold Medina/Tone Loc
Keep Your Hands To Yourself/Georgia Satellites
Jack & Diane/John Cougar Mellencamp
Anything by Van Halen!
Anything Later Aerosmith!
Hope this helps!! It’s Nebraska…..80’s Night usually turns into Country Night at some point during the night!