Vidology » 1985 http://vidology.com Totally Awesome 80's Videos Mon, 20 Apr 2009 04:26:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Wham!: Everything She Wants http://vidology.com/wham-everything-she-wants/ http://vidology.com/wham-everything-she-wants/#comments Tue, 28 Oct 2008 05:08:57 +0000 Lovin' the 80's http://vidology.com/?p=876 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> George Michael has stated in an interview that Everything She Wants is his favorite Wham! song.  The song went to #1 in May of 1985 and appears on Wham!’s Make it Big album where it was their third chart topper from that album.

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]]> http://vidology.com/wham-everything-she-wants/feed/ 0 Corey Hart: Never Surrender http://vidology.com/corey-hart-never-surrender/ http://vidology.com/corey-hart-never-surrender/#comments Tue, 28 Oct 2008 05:03:46 +0000 Lovin' the 80's http://vidology.com/?p=874 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Despite having such hits at Sunglasses at Night, Corey Hart’s highest charting song of his career was Never Surrender which hit #3 in 1985.   Hart was so popular he was offered the lead role in Back to the Future but turned it down (lucky for Michael J. Fox!).

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]]> http://vidology.com/corey-hart-never-surrender/feed/ 0 Heart: Never http://vidology.com/heart-never/ http://vidology.com/heart-never/#comments Tue, 28 Oct 2008 04:58:22 +0000 Lovin' the 80's http://vidology.com/?p=872 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Female rockers Heart had one of their biggest hits of the 80’s in 1985 with Never.  Like most Heart songs, Ann Wilson sings lead while sister Nancy provides the sweet backup harmonies.  Never hit #4 on the Billboard charts.

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]]> http://vidology.com/heart-never/feed/ 0 Pat Benatar: We Belong http://vidology.com/pat-benatar-we-belong/ http://vidology.com/pat-benatar-we-belong/#comments Tue, 28 Oct 2008 04:54:54 +0000 Lovin' the 80's http://vidology.com/?p=870 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Pat Benatar garned a Grammy nomination for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance for 1985’s We Belong.  The song peaked at #5 on the charts and can be found on Benatar’s Tropico album.

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]]> http://vidology.com/pat-benatar-we-belong/feed/ 0 Madonna: Material Girl http://vidology.com/madonna-material-girl/ http://vidology.com/madonna-material-girl/#comments Tue, 28 Oct 2008 04:50:01 +0000 Lovin' the 80's http://vidology.com/?p=868 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> We are living in a material world and in 1985 Madonna was a Material Girl.  Madonna has stated that if she knew this was going to become her nickname, she would have never recorded the song.  Madge met Sean Penn during the filming of the Material Girl video which is a takeoff of a Marilyn Monroe performance from Gentleman Prefer Blondes.

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]]> http://vidology.com/madonna-material-girl/feed/ 0 Jack Wagner: All I Need http://vidology.com/jack-wagner-all-i-need/ http://vidology.com/jack-wagner-all-i-need/#comments Sun, 26 Oct 2008 06:23:03 +0000 Lovin' the 80's http://vidology.com/?p=866 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Jack Wagner is best know for his role as Frisco Jones on General Hospital as well as Dr. Peter Burns on Melrose Place but in 1985 he had a number two single with All I Need. He had several other minor hits but no other song cracked even the top 50.

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]]> http://vidology.com/jack-wagner-all-i-need/feed/ 0 Glenn Frey: You Belong to the City http://vidology.com/glenn-frey-you-belong-to-the-city/ http://vidology.com/glenn-frey-you-belong-to-the-city/#comments Sun, 26 Oct 2008 06:15:14 +0000 Lovin' the 80's http://vidology.com/?p=864 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> You Belong to the City was written specifically for the Miami Vice TV show which was probably the biggest show of the ’80’s. The song gave Glenn Frey a #2 hit in 1985. The soundtrack to the TV show remains the biggest selling TV soundtrack of all time.

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]]> http://vidology.com/glenn-frey-you-belong-to-the-city/feed/ 0 Phil Collins: One More Night http://vidology.com/phil-collins-one-more-night/ http://vidology.com/phil-collins-one-more-night/#comments Sun, 26 Oct 2008 06:10:56 +0000 Lovin' the 80's http://vidology.com/?p=862 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Phil Collins’ soulful ballad One More Night. The video features Phil playing piano in a run-down old pub. The song was Collins’ second solo number one single, topping the charts in 1985.

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]]> http://vidology.com/phil-collins-one-more-night/feed/ 0 Tina Turner: We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome) http://vidology.com/tina-turner-we-dont-need-another-hero-thunderdome/ http://vidology.com/tina-turner-we-dont-need-another-hero-thunderdome/#comments Sun, 26 Oct 2008 06:05:12 +0000 Lovin' the 80's http://vidology.com/?p=860 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Tina Turner’s theme song from the Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome movie from 1985. We Don’t Need Another Hero gave Tina both a Grammy and Golden Globe nomination. She also acts in the movie and is mostly in character for the music video.

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]]> http://vidology.com/tina-turner-we-dont-need-another-hero-thunderdome/feed/ 0 Duran Duran: A View to a Kill http://vidology.com/duran-duran-a-view-to-a-kill/ http://vidology.com/duran-duran-a-view-to-a-kill/#comments Sun, 26 Oct 2008 06:01:44 +0000 Lovin' the 80's http://vidology.com/?p=858 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Duran Duran scored the ultimate hit in 1985 with the James Bond theme A View to a Kill. It’s the only Bond theme to reach number 1. The video is a humorous intercut of the band and the movie, parodying the genre.

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