I can't believe there has been no mention of
Huey Lewis and the News! Patrick Bateman would murder you all!
Check out "The Power of Love" and "Hip To Be Square"
Also:
New Order - Blue Monday
Culture Club - I'll Tumble 4 Ya & Karma Chameleon
When In Rome - The Promise
Toni Basil - Hey Mickey!
Paula Abdul - Straight Up
George Michael - Faith
I have to mention: Europe - The Final Countdown
Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue
The Knack - My Sharona
Yes - Owner Of A Lonely Heart
Fine Young Cannibals - She Drives Me Crazy
(See
this video for the best version of the above song.)
Robert Palmer - Simply Irresistible & his cover of Mercy Mercy Me/I Want You (which was 1990, but we can let it slide...right??)
Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart
Mike + The Mechanics - All I Need Is A Miracle and also The Living Years
Lionel Richie - All Night Long (All Night)
Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al
The Vapors - Turning Japanese
Prince - When Doves Cry, Kiss, 1999, I Feel For You
Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up and Together Forever
Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me
Van Halen - Jump
Reiterating: Tears for Fears, Duran Duran, The Police, Peter Gabriel
You can't go wrong with Madonna or '80s Michael Jackson either.