I’m taking it waaaaayyyyy back. The early eighties – disco may have been dead but dance music was very much alive. How many of these do you remember? Did I leave out your favorite?
List of top 30 early 1980s dance music songs –
- Let the Music Play – Shannon
- Ain’t Nobody – Rufus and Chaka Khan
- Circles – Atlantic Starr
- Beat It – Michael Jackson
- Just Be Good to Me – SOS Band
- Gloria – Laura Branigan
- The Safety Dance – Men Without Hats
- Borderline – Madonna
- Love Come Down – Evelyn King
- Last Night a DJ Saved My Life – Indeep
- It’s Raining Men – The Weather Girls
- Forget Me Nots – Patrice Rushen
- Make This a Night to Remember – Shalamar
- You Dropped a Bomb on Me – Gap Band
- Let it Whip – Dazz Band
- We Got the Beat – The Go-Gos
- Nasty Girl – Vanity 6
- Let’s Go Crazy – Prince
- Babe, We’re Gonna Love Tonight – Lime
- All Night Long – Lionel Richie
- I.O.U. – Freeez
- So Many Men, So Little Time – Miquel Brown
- Genius of Love – Tom Tom Club
- She Works Hard for the Money – Donna Summer
- Shake it up Tonight – Cheryl Lynn
- Candy Girl – New Edition
- Give Me Just A Little More Time – Angela Clemmons
- Whip It – Devo
- Flashdance…What a Feeling – Irene Cara
- Murphy’s Law – Cheri
Add these 80s dance songs to a playlist on your favorite streaming service, or pull out those old CDs and vinyl records and give these tracks a spin for an instant throwback dance party!
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Stacy was a stay-at-home mom/part-time preschool teacher whose life was turned upside down in 2011 when her husband passed away suddenly of a heart attack. She is raising her two fabulous daughters, now ages 18 and 20, who are turning into wonderful young women. In 2016, she started a blog about her experience as a young widow, The Widow Wears Pink. This led her to write for other publications including Huffington Post, Today.com, Scary Mommy, Grown & Flown, Kveller, Modern Loss, Thought Catalog, and many more. In 2018 she started Living the Second Act with fellow writer Mimi Golub. Today, Stacy and her daughters are happily living their “new normal” while always keeping her husband’s spirit alive.
