Expert: Bong Santos - 9/11/2006

Question
hi Bong!! we were actually collecting some of the greatest hits from the 80's and we would like to ask you, since you know almost everything from that year... what are your top 20 favorite songs... (new wave, love songs & dance songs and pop songs)

your answers/opinions will definetely  be a great help for us and will surely be appreciated especially by my brother...thank you so much... and God Bless!!!

Answer
Dear Lara,

My top 20 favorite songs of the 80's will appear to be not your typical top 20 survey as I always go for songs that are not really very popular.

1. THE BEST OF ME - DAVID FOSTER (his solo version; not the  
       duet version with Olivia Newton-John) (1984)
2. ELECTION DAY - ARCADIA (1986)
3. HOW COULD IT BE - EDDIE MURPHY with CRYSTAL BLAKE (1986)
4. FORTRESS AROUND YOUR HEART - STING (1986)
5. COME ON EILENE - DEXY'S MIDNIGHT RUNNERS (1982)
6. ONE LONELY NIGHT - REO SPEEDWAGON (1985)
7. ROUND AND ROUND - SPANDAU BALLET (1985)
8. STATE OF THE NATION - INDUSTRY (!985)
9. TAKE ON ME - a-ha (1986)
10.OH SHEILA - READY FOR THE WORLD (1985)
11.A LOVE SONG - LEE GREENWOOD (1982)
12.MORE THAN JUST THE TWO OF US - SNEAKER (1982)
13.PASS THE DUTCHIE - MUSICAL YOUTH (1983)
14.OVERJOYED - STEVIE WONDER (1986)
15.USED TO BE - CHARLENE & STEVIE WONDER (1983)
16.FREEDOM - WHAM! (1985)
17.DON'T DISTURB THIS GROOVE - THE SYSTEM (1987)
18.I DON'T MIND AT ALL - BOURGEOIS TAGG (1988)
19.POP GOES THE WORLD - MEN WITHOUT HATS (1988)
20.THINKING OF YOU - SA-FIRE (1989)

Maraming salamat po!

BONG M. SANTOS
Manila, Philippines