Your 80s Christmas Music Playlist 2012

Ho Ho Ho 80's fans! I have been saying since Halloween that I was going to also make an 80's Christmas-songs list for your various Christmas parties/DJ sets. I know its a little late this year, but better late than never right? This list (like the Halloween list) is really just the starter for the dough so to speak, so add many more of your own, but keep these in mind too! So, without further ado, here is my top 30, 80's Christmas Songs playlist (in no particular order):

1.) Last Christmas by Wham! (1984)
2.) Christmas is the Time to Say I Love You by Billy Squier (my personal favorite) (1981)
3.) Christmas in Hollis by Run DMC (1987) 
4.) Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight) by The Ramones (1989)
5.) Jingle Bell Rock by Daryl Hall and John Oates (1983)
6.) Christmas Time by Bryan Adams (1985) 
7.) Mistress for Christmas by ACDC (1989)
8.) I Wish Every Day Could Be Like Christmas by Bon Jovi (1987)
9.) Thank God It's Christmas by Queen (1984)
10.) Christmas Wrapping by The Waitresses (1981)
11.) Christmas Vacation by Mavis Staples (1989) (from the National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation Soundtrack)
12.) Another Rock n' Roll Christmas by Gary Glitter (1984)
13.) Fairytale of New York by The Pogues (1987)
14.) Merry Christmas Baby by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band (1987)
15.) Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) by U2 (1987) 
16.) Run Rudolph Run by Bryan Adams (1987)
17.) Another Lonely Christmas by Prince and the Revolution (1984)
18.) 2000 Miles by the Pretenders (1987)
19.) Last Night I Saw Santa Claus by New Kids on the Block (1989) 
20.) Santa Baby by Madonna (1987)
21.) Winter Wonderland by The Eurythmics (1987)
22.) Rock and Roll Christmas by George Thorogood and The Destroyers (1981)
23.) Do They Know Its Christmas by Band Aid (1984)
24.) Do You Hear What I Hear? by Whitney Houston (1987)
25.) Santa Claus Is Coming to Town by The Pointer Sisters (1987)
26.) She Won't Be Home by Erasure (1989)
27.) Give Love On Christmas Day by New Edition (1985)
28.) Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town by Bruce Springsteen (1981)
29.) I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus by John Mellencamp (1987)30.) 2000 Miles by the Pretenders (1983)
 




-Well that about wraps up YourTop 25 80's Christmas Hits! 

Happy Holidays Everybody!!

 

 

Your 80s Christmas Rewind: 'Christmas Wrapping' by The Waitresses (1981)

Its time for some 80s Christmas classics! Your 80s Christmas Rewind has chosen a song to feature here, and it goes to American new-wave band The Waitresses and their 1981 Christmas hit Christmas Wrapping. The Waitresses were a band from Akron, Ohio, and it was led by Chris Butler (guitars and songwriting) and vocalist Patty Donahue. Christmas Wrapping was released in 1981 originally on a Christmas compilation album A Christmas Record from ZE Records. It was also released in 1982 on their  1982 EP I Could Rule the World if I Could only Get the Parts, and is also found various other Christmas compilation albums including the popular Now That's What I Call Christmas!: The Signature Collection. Now, I am looking at putting another 80s Christmas playlist together, just haven't got around to it yet, so look up last years list on this blog if you are desperate for one right away. Happy Holidays everyone!

Tragic Love in the 80s: 'Live to Tell' by Madonna (1986)

Its another Tragic Love In The 80s song, and today we present to you Madonna's 1986 love ballad Live to Tell. Live to Tell was originally written by American musician Patrick Leonard for the soundtrack of a movie called Fire with Fire, but it was picked up by Madonna who performed her version for her husband at the time, actor Sean Penn, and his film At Close Range. Live to Tell was released on Madonna's True Blue album in 1986, and also appeared as a remix on her 1990 compliation album The Immaculate Collection, only to then be re-released on her 1995 ballads album Something to Remember, and then again on her 3rd compilation album third Celebration in 2009. So, you can find it in a few different places, and if you like it, you should be sure to check out both versions of the song. Til the next tragic love song, I bid you ado. 

#3 of DJ Akhu's Top 100 80s Dance Hits Countdown!: 'Dancing With Myself' by Billy Idol (1981)

Welcome back to the Top 100 80s Dance Hits Countdown, and we are getting down to it folks, at #3 I have for you the 1981 hit Dancing With Myself by Brit post-punk rocker and legend Billy Idol. Idol's real name is William Michael Albert Broad, and he was born on November 30th, 1955 in Stanmore, Middlesex, England, which makes the Brit rocker 54 this year! Idol bounced around a bit in his earlier years, and in fact was first a member of the punk-rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees in 1976, but before they were actually calledSiouxsie and the Banshees. In 1977 he moved on to join Chelsea, and then with bandmate Tony James he quit and co-founded the band Generation X, at which point he switched from guitar to lead vocals. In 1981 Idol moved to New York and started up his successful solo career. Dancing With Myself was originally a song by his band Generation X, but was re-mixed and re-released by Billy Idol as a solo-artist in 1981 on his Don't Stop album where it would reach #2 on the U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart. And so there is #3 and I only have 2 more to go, can you guess what they are??? Or perhaps even which bands/artists they might be? Watch this space to find out for yourself.