Need help quick

[waterproofmascara]

My son is dj-ing for a 40th birthday party this weekend and needs help with music. What are your favorite songs, fast and slow, from the 80's?

[superstella]

All of them? This could take a while...

Safety Dance!
Eternal Flame
Crazy for you
Madonna in general (Like a Virgin, borderline, lucky star)
Love Bites
Hysteria
Stroke
All night long (you shook me)
Jack and diane
pour some sugar on me
Come on eileen
We're not gonna take it
Come on feel the noise
anything journey
Eye of the Tiger
when the children cry
the greatest love
superfreak
99 red balloons
centerfold
drive
magic
abracadabra
shadows of the night
hit me with your best shot
when doves cry
purple rain
let's go crazy
anything prince... little red corvette
wild wild west
west end girls
dog catcher

[waterproofmascara]

so far we've covered
the gap band
prince
madonna
the time
rick springfield
bon jovi
Midnight Star (remember no parking on the dance floor?!)

We really need slow songs, but I can't seem to remember any!!

[L&IsMama]

Any Duran Duran. Culture Club. Devo, 'Whip it', of course. : Geez, there's soooo many, lol. Hands are full of 2.5 yr old or I would add more.

[superstella]

Slow songs...

Whitney Houston
Styx

That's what friends are for
Love Bites
I Need Love (LL Cool J)
Take my breath away
Sister Christian
Every rose has its thorn

ooooh - Careless Whisper

[ShannonCC]

When the lights go down in the city
And the sun shines on the bay


(that man . . . : ) Ok, that might have been late 70's but good enough I think. Oh, and Faithfully, also by Journey. And Open Arms. Heck, anything popular by them

Oh wow, I just googled 80's music and found so many titles I'd forgotten.

I just died in your arms tonight - Cutting Crew (loved that one!)
Do you Really Want to Hurt Me - Culture Club
Everybody Wants to Rule the World - Tears for Fears
I Want to Know What Love is - Foreigner

Total Eclipse of the Heart by Bonnie Tyler - you HAVE to have that one!

Ok, gotta get dh to make me a new mix tape now. Um, mix CD. Um, mix playlist on my mp3 player. Whatever.

[beansricerevolt]

The Cure
The Pixies
Depeche mood
Cyndi Lauper
B52's
Duran Duran
Joy Divison (more like late 70's, but early 90's too)
Pat Benetar

[Jennifer Z]

Chicago had some slow songs -
Your the inspiration
Hard Habit to break

Air Supply & Journey also had a bunch of slow songs, but my brain isn't pulling them up right now.

Stuck on You by Lionel Ritchie
Total Eclipse of the Heart
Every Rose has it's thorn
Here I go Again-whitesnake

[ShannonCC]

More attempts at slow . . .

Africa by Toto. They also had some other hit but I can't remember what it was (and I think Africa is the slow one).
Every time you go away - Paul Young
Careless Whisper - Wham or George Michael? I think they were still Wham then
Can't fight this feeling - REO Speedwagon
Lady in Red by Chris DeBurgh
In your eyes - Peter Gabriel
Save a Prayer - Duran Duran (you gotta have Duran Duran!)
Take a Look at Me now - Phil Collins
I just Called to Say I love you - Stevie Wonder
I Guess That's Why they Call it the Blues - Elton John


Try this site http://www.afn.org/~afn30091/80songs.html

[Thalia the Muse]

Open Arms
Time After Time (Cyndi Lauper)
The other Toto hit is Rosanna!
If You Leave, Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark
You need some Pat Benatar -- In the Heat of the Night is a good slow one, although you can't "slow dance" to it

[fivi2]

I Just Died in your arms tonight
Pictures of you
Theme from St Elmos Fire
Under the Milky Way Tonight
I'm Gonna Keep on Loving You
Fade into you (maybe 90s?)
The Chauffer (Duran Duran)
I can't stand losing; message in a bottle (Police)
Steve Miller Band
We Belong

And the Best Song from the 80s:
In a Big Country by Big Country!!

[waterproofmascara]

Thanks for the suggestions. He now has over 6 hours of music which should be plenty.