What's the song that captures the spirit or general zeitgeist of the '80s for you, the one song you would play if you had to cue someone into thinking "eighties" as soon as possible, the song that in your opinion describes that decade the most accurately.
I don't want to cast my vote just yet but I'm always more or less torn between Toto's "Africa" (1982) and A-Ha's "Take On Me" (1985).
I try to leave out famous iconic singers like Madonna or Michael Jackson and concentrate on littler one-hit wonders that are exclusively associated with a hit and therefore a musical decade, or songs that are associated with movies (Back to the Future's "Power of Love"). But be my guest.
I don't want to cast my vote just yet but I'm always more or less torn between Toto's "Africa" (1982) and A-Ha's "Take On Me" (1985).
I try to leave out famous iconic singers like Madonna or Michael Jackson and concentrate on littler one-hit wonders that are exclusively associated with a hit and therefore a musical decade, or songs that are associated with movies (Back to the Future's "Power of Love"). But be my guest.