Various Artists "Platinum 80s"

Platinum 80s is a double CD compilation album, released in 2002 by Warner Strategic Marketing.

Track list:

CD 1

1. Queen & David Bowie Under Pressure 3:57
2. Madonna Holiday 3:51
3. Peter Gabriel Sledgehammer 4:40
4. David Bowie Let's Dance 3:36
5. Talking Heads Road To Nowhere 4:19
6. Depeche Mode Personal Jesus (Single Edit) 3:43
7. Eurythmics Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) 4:35
8. Madness Our House 3:21
9. Genesis Invisible Touch 3:12
10. Simply Red Money's Too Tight 4:12
11. Fleetwood Mac Little Lies 3:37
12. The Smiths This Charming Man 2:42
13. Blondie Call Me 3:29
14. A-Ha The Sun Always Shines On TV 5:06
15. Tears For Fears Shout 4:45
16. Culture Club Do You Really Want To Hurt Me 4:22
17. Human League* Don't You Want Me 3:56
18. Prince Kiss 3:38
19. Falco Rock Me Amadeus 3:20
20. The Cars Drive 3:55

CD 2

1. John Lennon (Just Like) Starting Over 3:54
2. Pink Floyd Another Brick In The Wall (Pt. 2) 3:50
3. Van Halen Why Can't This Be Love 3:31
4. Frankie Goes To Hollywood Relax 3:56
5. Duran Duran Rio 4:44
6. Crowded House Don't Dream It's Over 3:53
7. Belinda Carlisle Heaven Is A Place On Earth 4:04
8. Bananarama Venus 3:38
9. Fine Young Cannibals Good Thing 3:09
10. Communards* Don't Leave Me This Way 4:29
11. New Order Blue Monday (88 Radio Edit) 3:48
12. Erasure Sometimes 3:37
13. Kim Wilde Kids In America 3:24
14. Simple Minds Don't You (Forget About Me) 4:18
15. Kate Bush Babooshka 3:28
16. Spandau Ballet Gold 3:52
17. Tina Turner What's Love Got To Do With It 3:35
18. The Pretenders Don't Get Me Wrong 3:46
19. Bee Gees You Win Again 3:50
20. Phil Collins In The Air Tonight 5:29

Various Artists "Just Can't Get Enough: New Wave Hits of the '80s Vol.10"

Just Can't Get Enough: New Wave Hits of the '80s is a series of compilations issued by Rhino Records, on both CD and audio cassette, featuring various artists from the new wave era 1977–1985.

The series contained 15 volumes. The first five were released on 21 June 1994, volumes 6–10 on 18 October 1994, and the last five volumes on 20 June 1995. Additional themed volumes—New Wave Dance Hits, New Wave Women, New Wave Halloween, and New Wave Christmas—came out in subsequent years. Rhino Records discontinued the series, due to rights issues and with no plans to re-release them. Many of the songs in the series are mastered from the 7" single masters. The series includes some songs making their first CD appearance (in some rare cases, their only CD appearance).

The tenth volume was released on both CD [R2 71703] and audio cassette on October 18, 1994. It contains the rarely heard The Little Girls' "Earthquake Song." The CD included Rank and File's "Amanda Ruth" as a bonus track. Booklet includes liner notes by Roy Trakin (liner notes for each song are in order by the track listing, unlike the previous volumes).

1. "Desperate But Not Serious" Adam Ant 3:56
2. "Do You Wanna Hold Me?" Bow Wow Wow 3:14
3. "China" Red Rockers 4:02
4. "(Keep Feeling) Fascination" The Human League 3:46
5. "Beat Surrender" The Jam 3:31
6. "The Walls Came Down" The Call 3:47
7. "Amanda Ruth" Rank and File 3:12
8. "A Million Miles Away" The Plimsouls 3:34
9. "Our House" Madness 3:26
10. "Shy Boy (Don't It Make You Feel Good)" Bananarama 3:17
11. "Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)" A Flock of Seagulls 4:14
12. "Promises, Promises" Naked Eyes 3:48
13. "Stand By" Roman Holliday 2:49
14. "Whistle Down the Wind" Nick Heyward 3:44
15. "Earthquake Song" The Little Girls 2:40
16. "Puttin' on the Ritz" Taco 3:25

Various Artists "The 80's Collection 1984 (Time Life Music)"

The 80's Collection 1984 (Time Life Music) is a double CD compilation album, edited by Time-Life Music in 1993.

Track listing:

CD1

1. Wham! Wake Me Up Before You Go Go 3:54
2. Cyndi Lauper Girls Just Wanna Have Fun 3:49
3. Duran Duran Wild Boys 4:19
4. Miami Sound Machine Dr Beat 4:21
5. The Thompson Twins Doctor Doctor 4:36
6. The Style Council Shout To The Top 3:21
7. Wang Chung Dance Hall Days 3:57
8. Hazell Dean Searchin' (I Gotta Find A Man) 3:12
9. The Pointer Sisters Jump (For My Love) 4:20
10. The Jacksons State Of Shock 4:32
11. Shakin' Stevens & Bonnie Tyler A Rockin' Good Way 2:53
12. Pat Benatar Love Is A Battlefield 4:04

CD2

1. The Cars Drive 3:59
2. Elton John Sad Songs (Say So Much) 4:11
3. Sade Smooth Operator 4:18
4. Spandau Ballet Only When You Leave 4:47
5. Nik Kershaw Wouldn't It Be Good 4:28
6. Laura Branigan Self Control 4:06
7. John Waite Missing You 3:33
8. Deniece Williams Let's Hear It For The Boy 4:18
9. Bronski Beat Smalltown Boy 5:00
10. Bananarama Robert De Niro's Waiting 3:28
11. Murray Head One Night In Bangkok 3:56
12. Jim Diamond I Should Have Known Better 4:08

Bananarama "The Very Best Of Bananarama"

The Very Best of Bananarama is one of several greatest hits collections by English girl group Bananarama.

Released by Warner Music Group, parent company of Bananarama's label London Records, this set is the "official" hits package released to celebrate the group's twentieth anniversary. Hits included here span their history from 1981 to 1993. It reached #43 on the UK Albums Chart.

This compilation features the "single" versions of the songs. Various tracks had been edited or remixed from their original album versions for their releases as singles and in the case of "I Want You Back" and "Nathan Jones", the vocals were re-recorded after original member Siobhan Fahey had left the group and been replaced by Jacquie O'Sullivan. "Nathan Jones" was also included on the Rain Man soundtrack as well as their Greatest Hits Collection.

A limited edition of The Very Best of Bananarama, released in 2002, contained a second disc of remixes and replaced the "Tempus Fugit megamix" for the Miami mix of "I Heard a Rumour".

Bananarama "Viva"

Viva is the tenth studio album recorded by the British vocal duo Bananarama. It was released by Fascination Records on 14 September 2009 in the UK.

Viva is Bananarama's fifth album as a duo of Sara Dallin and Keren Woodward, and their first new album since 2005's Drama. Also, for the first time since 1992 both Sara and Keren started to play bass guitar on some tracks on the album. It contains the singles "Love Comes", "Love Don't Live Here" and other new tracks co-written by Dallin and Woodward, as well as three cover versions – "Rapture" (originally by iiO), "The Runner" (originally a 1979 hit for The Three Degrees) and "S-S-S-Single Bed"" (originally by Fox).

The album had been originally conceived as a covers album, however the group changed their mind midway through the recording of the album and wrote original material for it. Apart from the three covers found on the physical CD release, four additional cover versions were made available on download format: "Run to You" (originally by Bryan Adams), "The Sounds of Silence" (originally by Simon and Garfunkel), "Voyage Voyage" (originally by Desireless) and "Tokyo Joe" (originally by Bryan Ferry). The latter two were also issued as b-sides to the vinyl releases of their single "Love Comes."

Three of these four bonus tracks were only available until the album's release date.

The album charted on the UK Albums Chart at number 87 the bands fourth consecutive album to miss the top 40. In 2019, a deluxe expanded edition including b-sides and remixes will be released by Cherry Red Records on double CD.

Bananarama "Love Comes (Single & Video)"

"Love Comes" is a song recorded by British girl group Bananarama. It was released on 6 September 2009 as the lead single from their tenth studio album Viva.

"Love Comes" was released on 6 September 2009 as digital download single and 7 September 2009 in physical vinyl and CD format as the first single from the duo's album Viva. The song was written by Bananarama members Sara Dallin and Keren Woodward and producer Ian Masterson. The b-side for the CD single is a new version of their 1983 hit "Cruel Summer", while the b-side tracks for the vinyl editions are cover versions.

The song is the first single in the group's career where the members performed solo sections rather than harmonising as a group.

The nine-track remix promo CD single was released in July 2009.


The single peaked on the UK Singles Chart at number 44.

A music video for "Love Comes" was shot in London on 1 July 2009. The video features Dallin and Woodward in various retro outfits, and has both outdoor and studio settings. The theme of the video is a reflection on various fashion magazines and trends, with each scene intended to be a different 'glamour shot'. The song lyrics are projected onto backgrounds, and onto the girls themselves in most of the scenes. Bananarama personally chose Harvey B. Brown to direct the video. He has also directed videos for The Saturdays and Sugababes.

Bananarama "Every Shade Of Blue (Single & Video)"

"Every Shade of Blue" is a 1995 pop / dance song by English girl group Bananarama, from their Ultra Violet album.

Originally released in Japan as a double-A-side with "I Found Love", the track was gradually released throughout 1995 and 1996 in several different countries – each time on a different independent dance label, as Bananarama did not have a major-label contract at the time. Their home country of the UK did not get a release of this single or the Ultra Violet album.

The sentiments and sound of the song are melancholic and somewhat of a departure from the upbeat nature of the majority of their hits. "Every Shade of Blue" did receive some play in nightclubs, and charted highest in Canada, where it reached number 35. The only other country in which it charted was Australia, where it reached number 94 on the Australian Music Report chart; but it did not enter the top 100 on the 'official' ARIA chart.


In 2010 the song was re-recorded and appeared on the b-side of the group's single "Love Don't Live Here".

The Gavin Report wrote about the song: "Banarama's first Number One hits, "Cruel Summer" and "Venus," came during the '80s, when the group was a trio. Bananarama is now a twosome, and on the strength of this slice of rhythmic pop, they stand a good chance of scoring their first success in this decade."

The music video was directed by fashion designer Roland Mouret and features footage of the two girls singing the song on the floor. These shots are interspersed with brief images of three young men who either pose for the camera or play with a soccer ball.

Bananarama "Only Your Love (Single & Video)"

"Only Your Love" is a song recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It was released as the first single from the group's fifth studio album Pop Life and was issued several months prior to the release of the album. The Pop Life album marked a break for Bananarama from their long-standing relationship with the Stock Aitken Waterman (SAW) production trio. "Only Your Love" was co-written and produced by Youth. The album version of the song was remixed for its single release.

The song's primary rhythm, complete with 'Woo Woo' hoots, directly references "Sympathy for the Devil". This led Jonathan Ross to jokingly thank 'The Rolling Stones' after Bananarama had performed the song on his TV show. The song also contains samples of "Loaded" by Primal Scream and "Fool's Gold" by The Stone Roses, two songs that had been recent pop and dance hits in the UK. Upon its release "Only Your Love" received positive critical reviews. The song was not released as a single in the United States.

"Only Your Love" peaked at number twenty-seven in the UK singles chart, which the group considered to be a disappointment. The single did not fare much better in other countries, hitting number forty-nine in New Zealand and fifty-one in Australia.

The music video, directed by Philippe Gautier, which makes use of silhouettes against multicoloured backdrops, features the girls on a studio set made to look like a cross between a train and a jungle gym. They perform the song while dancing provocatively with various male dancers. The dancing features more physical contact between the girls and the male dancers than any of their other videos. The performance on the train is interspersed with shots of the girls singing on the front of the train engine in sunglasses and oversized dresses.

Bananarama "Long Train Running (Single & Video)"

Bananarama's version appeared on their fifth studio album Pop Life in 1991 and was released as the album's third single in the UK. The group discovered the song when they were browsing through the record collection of Youth, producer of the Pop Life album. They needed one more song recorded to complete Pop Life and decided to go with a cover version. The song reached No. 10 in Portugal, No. 18 in Ireland and No. 30 in the UK.

Bananarama's music video features them dressed in black Spanish dresses eating at a decadent feast and performing the song on a large bed in a Spanish castle. Bananarama's then-manager Hilary Shaw appears on the feast scene. The video was directed by Nick Egan.

Bananarama "Help! (Single & Video)"

The song was recorded by Bananarama (with French & Saunders and Kathy Burke) and released as the Red Nose Day single to raise money for Comic Relief. French, Saunders and Burke were credited as "Lananeeneenoonoo" (a parody of Bananarama, whom they imitated in the French & Saunders television programme). This version is one of Bananarama's best charting singles, and reached #3 in the UK charts. It was Bananarama's last UK Top 10 single. The song was featured on the 1989 Christmas episode ("The Jolly Boys Outing") of Only Fools and Horses. It was included on reissues of the band's The Greatest Hits Collection compilation in 1989.