Expert: Bong Santos - 9/26/2007

Question
we're the silver jubilarian of our high school alma mater & we will be presenting a 30-45minutes medley of dances for our homecoming this december. can you suggest of some popular dance tunes of early to mid 80s that we can use as our material?

Answer
Dear Bing,

I'll just enumerate it quickly. In no particular order,  but these are hits from 1980 to 1985.

FUNKYTOWN - LIPPS, INC.
DESIGNER MUSIC - LIPPS, INC.
ROCK IT - LIPPS, INC.
SHAKE YOUR GROOVE THING - PEACHES & HERB
WHIP IT - DEVO
ROCK LOBSTER - THE B-52s
PRIVATE IDAHO - THE B-52s
TURNING JAPANESE - THE VAPORS
CALL ME - BLONDIE
LET'S GROOVE TONIGHT - EARTH, WIND & FIRE
STARS ON 45  - STARS ON 45
RYHTHM OF THE NIGHT - DeBARGE
ELECTRIC AVENUE - EDDY GRANT
HIGH ENERGY - EVELYN THOMAS
CARS - GARY NUMAN
HEAD OVER HEELS - THE GO-GO's
FAME - IRENE CARA
CENTERFOLD - J. GEILS BAND
FREEZE-FRAME - J. GEILS BAND
FOOTLOOSE - KENNY LOGGINS
ALL NIGHT LONG (ALL NIGHT) - LIONEL RICHIE
HOLIDAY - MADONNA
INTO THE GROOVE - MADONNA
GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN - CYNDI LAUPER
BILLIE JEAN - MICHAEL JACKSON
STREET BEAT - TONI BASIL
MICKEY - TONI BASIL
PHYSICAL - OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN
MANIAC - MICHAEL SEMBELLO
99 LUFTBALLONS - NENA
MAJOR TOM (COMING HOME) - PETER SCHILLING
JUMP (FOR MY LOVE) - POINTER SISTERS
JUST GOT LUCKY - JoBOXERS
GOT TO BE REAL - CHERYL LYNN
RAPPER'S DELIGHT - SUGARHILL GANG
DON'T STOP CRYING - RODWAY
DESERT DANCE - ABDUL HASSAN ORCHESTRA
WHTE HORSE - LAID BACK
ROCKIT - HERBIE HANCOCK
CHA CHA - FINZY KONTINI

These are some of the popular dance tunes of the 80's. You can widen this list by typing the keyword "80's dance tunes" on your search engines.

Maraming salamat po!!

BONG M. SANTOS
Manila, Philippines