I Was Falling In Love

Known primarily for their biggest hit "I Ran", A Flock of Seagulls had a few minor hits including today's featured video... don't worry, lead singer Mike Score is still sporting that sweet do that he was known for back in the 80's, here is the English band, A Flock of Seagulls with "Space Age Love Song"...




Lyrics | Space Age Love Song lyrics

"Space Age Love Song"

by A Flock of Seagulls
from the album: A Flock of Seagulls
released: 1983

US Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #30
UK Peak: #34

Give a Little Bit of Heart and Soul

Named after a female Vulcan priestess from the show "Star Trek", today's featured video is the biggest hit from the band called T'Pau... formed by singer Carol Decker, here is their biggest chart topper - from 1987, "Heart and Soul"...




Lyrics | Heart And Soul lyrics

“Heart and Soul”

Single by T'Pau
from the album Bridge of Spies
B-side "On the Wing"
Released June 6, 1987 (1987-06-06)
Label Siren, Virgin
Writer(s) Carol Decker, Ron Rogers
Producer Roy Thomas Baker

Chart performance
Country Peak position
The Netherlands #34
United Kingdom #4
United States #4
Canada #1

I Want a New Drug

Today, as our "Huey Lewis and The News November" rolls on, we have the video that caused me to delve deep into drugs and try everything illegal on the market back in the 80s which in turn led to my 12 stints in rehab and my deviated septum... just kidding... I didn't ever need a new drug, but Huey apparently did with this hit song that was all over MTV back in the day... "I Want a New Drug"...

Huey Lewis&The News-I want a new drug
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Lewis Huey Lyrics

As a side note to this song, Huey Lewis would later sue Ray Parker Jr. claiming that Parker had ripped off the sound of "I Want a New Drug" for his hit "Ghostbusters (Who ya Gonna Call?)" I posted that video here if you want to compare for yourself.

“I Want a New Drug”

Single by Huey Lewis & The News
from the album Sports
B-side "Finally Found a Home"
Released 1984
Format 7", 12"
Genre Pop / Rock
Length 4:46 (album version)
3:29 (single edit)
5:32 (12" dance mix)
Label Chrysalis
Writer(s) Chris Hayes, Huey Lewis
Producer Huey Lewis & The News

Chart (1984) Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #6
U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks #7
U.S. Billboard Dance Club Play #1

Zhum Zhum Zinny Zinny

Is it Ebony and Ivory? No. Michael and Paul? No. Phil C and Philip B.? Nope. Today's black-white combo comes from the long forgotten duo known as Sly Fox... Gary "Mudbone" Cooper and Michael Camacho form Sly Fox and today's video - "Let's Go All the Way"...

Sly Fox - Let's Go All The Way
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"Let's Go All The Way"
by Sly Fox
from the album: Let's Go All the Way
released: 1986

US Billboard Hot 100 peak: #7
UK Peak: #3

We Walked In The Garden, We Planted a Tree

No, today's title doesn't suggest some environmentally friendly song to promote green, instead it provides a totally different positive vibe... it promotes picking up strangers in the rain, taking them back to a hotel (that you know well), having a romp in the hay, leaving him a note, becoming pregnant and bearing that poor bastard child while married to another man... even though this hit from Heart came out in 1990, I couldn't resist including it in The Excellent 80s for the sheer silliness of the lyrics and the promotion of promiscuity... here is the Wilson sisters, Heart, with "All I Wanna Do Is Make Love To You"...


Heart - All I Wanna Do Is Make Love To You by Heart-Official


Lyrics | All I Wanna Do Is Make Love To You lyrics

“All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You”

Single by Heart
from the album Brigade
B-side "Call of the Wild"
"Cruel Tears" (non-LP)
Released March 1990
Genre Rock/Pop
Label Capitol Records
Writer(s) Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Producer Richie Zito

US Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #2
UK Peak: #8
Canada and Australia: #1

80's Movie Weekend - Ferris, You're My Hero

One of the best movies of all-time... "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" gave every teenager hope for possibly achieving the greatness that was Ferris Bueller... tell me that you don't remember about licking your palms to give that clammy feeling because having a temperature would mean a doctor's visit and would totally kill your chances of getting to stay at home by yourself...



some of the best bits from the movie...



Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Directed by John Hughes
Produced by John Hughes
Tom Jacobson
Written by John Hughes
Starring Matthew Broderick
Alan Ruck
Mia Sara
Jeffrey Jones
Jennifer Grey
Edie McClurg
Music by Ira Newborn
Arthur Baker
John Robie
Cinematography Tak Fujimoto
Editing by Paul Hirsch
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date(s) June 11, 1986
Running time 102 min
Country United States
Language English
Budget $6,000,000 USD
Followed by Ferris Bueller

We've Had Some Fun

Yes, it's true (yes, it's true)... the Excellent 80's is "stuck" with a "Huey Lewis and The News November" as we blast through some of the best of Huey and The News all this month... today, from the "Fore!" album, here is "Stuck With You"...

Huey Lewis & The News - Stuck With You
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Huey Lewis And The News Lyrics

“Stuck with You”

Single by Huey Lewis and the News
from the album Fore!
Released 1986
Format 7" Vinyl record
Recorded 1986
Genre Rock
Length 4:29
Label Chrysalis
Writer(s) Chris Hayes, Huey Lewis
Producer Huey Lewis and the News

Chart (1986) Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #1
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary #1
U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks #2
UK Singles Chart #12

Clean Shirt, New Shoes

It's the appearing and disappearing beards making their second appearance in The Excellent 80s... the trio formed in 1969 in Houston, Texas, here is ZZ Top and women going crazy for a "Sharp Dressed Man"...

ZZ Top Sharp Dressed Man
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Lyrics | Sharp Dressed Man lyrics

“Sharp Dressed Man”

Single by ZZ Top
from the album Eliminator
B-side "I Got the Six"
Released 1983
Format 7"
Recorded 1982
Genre Blues-rock
Length 4:13
Label Warner Bros.
Writer(s) Billy Gibbons
Dusty Hill
Frank Beard
Producer Bill Ham

Chart Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #56
U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks #2
UK Singles Chart #61

We're Heading For Venus

Does this keyboard riff intro ever get old? I say no, but for the thousands that just don't get this band and this song, I can see how it may wear on one's nerves as this song has become a staple at a lot of sporting events through the years... it's the Swedish band Europe with their biggest hit - "The Final Countdown"...




Lyrics | The Final Countdown lyrics

“The Final Countdown”

Single by Europe
from the album The Final Countdown
B-side "On Broken Wings"
Released February 1986
Format CD single, 7" single, 12" single
Genre Glam metal
Hard rock
Length 5:11 (Album Version)
4:03 (Radio Edit)
Label Epic (Sony BMG)
Writer(s) Joey Tempest
Producer Kevin Elson

UK Singles Chart #1
Billboard Hot 100 #8
Modern Rock Tracks #18

80's Television

The fast cars, the fast boats, the fast women, and two too cool cops with a sense of style and fashion never seen before... grab your best white linen suit jacket, push up the sleeves and enjoy the greatness of Crockett and Tubbs today with a flashback to "Miami Vice"...


the intro...




there were obviously some cool guest stars and some cool music that was featured throughout the series... of course this Phil Collins classic is probably the most remembered song from the series in this classic scene...

it was real, wasn't it?


The Power Station making an appearance (without Robert Palmer on vocals) and like any good band, playing right through the bar fight...



Sonny with a sweet ponytail and music in the background by Peter Gabriel...






and of course, Glen Frey made an occasional appearance and came through with this big hit... "Smuggler's Blues"...

Glenn Frey - Smuggler's Blues
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Lyrics | Smuggler's Blues lyrics

"Smuggler's Blues"
from the Miami Vice Soundtrack
released 1985
US Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #12

Miami Vice

Genre Crime drama
Created by Anthony Yerkovich
Starring Don Johnson
Philip Michael Thomas
Michael Talbott
Olivia Brown
Saundra Santiago
Edward James Olmos
John Diehl (S1-3)
Gregory Sierra (S1)
Theme music composer Jan Hammer
Opening theme Miami Vice Theme
Ending theme Miami Vice Theme
Composer(s) Jan Hammer (S1-4)
Tim Truman (S5)
Country of origin United States
Language(s) English
No. of seasons 5
No. of episodes 111 (List of episodes)
Series run on NBC from 1984-1989

It's A News November

As in it's a Huey Lewis and the News November as throughout the month of November, we will be bringing you the best of Huey and his News each and every week... of course, I already posted one of the best movies ever "Back To The Future" which featured two hits from Huey including "The Power of Love".... First up in November, the first Huey Lewis and the News song I remember jamming to back in the early 80's... produced by the great "Mutt" Lange, here is "Do You Believe in Love"... how they got all those dudes to agree to be in the same bed is still beyond me at this point...

Huey Lewis & The News - Do You Believe In Love
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Lyrics | Do You Believe In Love lyrics

“Do You Believe in Love”

Single by Huey Lewis and the News
from the album Picture This
B-side "Is It Me"
Released 1982
Format 7" vinyl
Recorded 1982
Genre Pop, Rock
Length 3:30
Label Chrysalis Records
Writer(s) Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Producer Huey Lewis and the News
Bob Brown

US Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #7

80's Movie Weekend - Happy Halloween!

Hope you had a happy Halloween last night... today, another John Hughes classic for this weekend's 80s Movie... every teenage nerd's dream back when computers were exciting and new - creating the perfect woman... and Gary and Wyatt about got it perfect when Kelly LeBrock showed up for this 1985 classic - "Weird Science"



the trailer...



light a match, light a fire...



he don't even have his license, Lisa!



and what would this post be without a little bit of Chet mixed in...



Weird Science(science fiction)

Directed by John Hughes
Produced by Joel Silver
Written by John Hughes
Starring Anthony Michael Hall
Kelly LeBrock
Ilan Mitchell-Smith
Bill Paxton
Music by Ira Newborn
Jimmy Iovine
Cinematography Matthew F. Leonetti
Editing by Chris Lebenzon
Mark Warner
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date(s) August 2, 1985
Running time 94 min.
Country United States
Language English

And what would this post be without the title song from the band Oingo Boingo, here is "Weird Science"...




Lyrics | Weird Science lyrics