[Music] Best 1980's World Cup Number 1 Single: The quarter final contenders, some TOUGH decisions

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The line up will be finalised over the next 48 hours, but to date includes

The Jam: Going Underground
Blondie: Atomic
David Bowie: Ashes To Ashes
The Police: Don't Stand Too Close To Me
John Lennon: Imagine
Adam & The Ants: Stand And Deliver
The Specials: Ghost Town
Soft Cell: Tainted Love
The Jam: A Town Called Malice
The Human League: Don't You Want Me
Dexy's Midnight Runners: Come On Eileen
Madness: House of Fun

Rounds 7-10 due to finish in the next few minutes...

 

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Gonna have to be ip dip dog shit for this round.

 

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Round 7 was won by David Bowie and Let's Dance, but we have a TIE between Men at Work with Down Under, and Billie Jean by Michael Jackson, so both will proceed to the next round.

 

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Round 8 has given us

The Police: Every Breath You Take
Culture Club: Karma Chameleon

 

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Round 9 winners:

Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Relax
Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Two Tribes

 

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Round 10 winners:

Frankie Goes to Hollywood: The Power Of Love
Band Aid: Do They Know It's Christmas.

 

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Rounds 11-15 are due to finish tomorrow about midday. At present there are only 5 votes separating the top four songs, with the top two to go through.

http://www.northstandchat.com/showthread.php?352504-1980-s-Best-Number-1-Single-World-Cup-Round-ELEVEN

#UseYourVote

 

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I'll be glad when your students stop studying/revising and take their exams/submit their thesis and you have to earn a living again.

And i was a fan of 80s music until I had to vote on all these bloody polls

 

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WATFORD zero said:

I'll be glad when your students stop studying/revising and take their exams/submit their thesis and you have to earn a living again.

And i was a fan of 80s music until I had to vote on all these bloody polls

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I'm looking at 400 exams in my office at present that need marking, and then there's NSC in the background, like a siren driving me to the rocks of distraction

 

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El Presidente said:

I'm looking at 400 exams in my office at present that need marking, and then there's NSC in the background, like a siren driving me to the rocks of distraction

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Roll on the quarters

 

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WATFORD zero said:

Roll on the quarters

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A good name for a difficult second album methinks.

 

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Although it didn't get to number 1, the song Fade to Grey epitomises the 80's music for me.

 

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OzMike said:

Although it didn't get to number 1, the song Fade to Grey epitomises the 80's music for me.

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A classic, along with Video Killed the Radio Star. Edit.

 

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I can see some penalty shoot outs coming up with the QF line up

 

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Round 11,

Eurthymics; There Must Be An Angel
Feargal Sharkey: A Good Heart

Very tight round, surprised at the winners, but the PEOPLE have decided.

 

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Round 12:

Resounding win for The Pet Shop Boys with West End Girls
Clear second for a-ha: The Sun Always Shines On TV

 

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Round 13

Winners: The Housemartins: Caravan of Love
Runners Up: The Communards: Don't Leave Me This Way

 

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Round 14

Winner: Ben E King: Stand By Me
Runner Up: Mel and Kim: Respectable

 

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Round 15:
Winner: Pet Shop Boys: Always On My Mind
Runner Up: T'Pau: China In Your Hand

 

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Round 16:
Winner: Belinda Carlisle: Heaven Is A Place On Earth
Runner Up: Tiffany: I Think We're Alone Now (favourite song of the Cardinal Peter Canning of course).