What are good songs from the 80's to dance Contemporary/Modern?

Question

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Answer 1

Every Breath You Take - The Police

Love Is A Battlefield - Pat Benatar

Total Eclipse Of The Heart - Bonnie Tyler

I Wanna Know What Love Is - Foreigner

And anything else by Pat Benatar is really good.

Answer 2

1. Billie Jean - Michael Jackson

  2. Into the Groove - Madonna

  3. Super Freak Part I - Rick James

  4. Beat It - Michael Jackson

  5. Funkytown - Lipps Inc.

  6. Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) - Eurythmics

  7. Don't You Want Me? - Human League

  8. Tainted Love - Soft Cell

  9. Like a Virgin - Madonna

10. Blue Monday - New Order

11. When Doves Cry - Prince

12. What I Like About You - The Romantics

13. Push It - Salt-N-Pepa

14. Celebration - Kool and The Gang

15. Flashdance...What a Feeling - Irene Cara

16. It's Raining Men - The Weather Girls

17. Holiday - Madonna

18. Thriller - Michael Jackson

19. Bad - Michael Jackson

20. 1999 - Prince

21. The Way You Make Me Feel - Michael Jackson

22. I'm So Excited - The Pointer Sisters

23. Electric Slide - Marcia Griffiths

24. Mony Mony - Billy Idol

25. I'm Coming Out - Diana Ross

26. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper

27. Take Your Time (Do It Right) - The S.O.S. Band

28. Let the Music Play - Shannon

29. Pump Up the Jam - Technotronic feat. Felly

30. Planet Rock - Afrika Bambaataa and The Soul Sonic Force

31. Jump (For My Love) - The Pointer Sisters

32. Fame (I Want To Live Forever) - Irene Cara

33. Let's Groove - Earth, Wind, and Fire

34. It Takes Two (To Make a Thing Go Right) - Rob Base and DJ EZ Rock

35. Pump Up the Volume - M/A/R/R/S

36. I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) - Whitney Houston

37. Relax (Don't Do It) - Frankie Goes To Hollywood

38. You Spin Me Around (Like a Record) - Dead or Alive

39. She Works Hard For the Money - Donna Summer

40. Papa Don't Preach - Madonna

41. Der Kommissar (The Commissioner) - After the Fire

42. The Glamorous Life - Sheila E

43. Whip It! - Devo

44. Rock Lobster - The B-52s

45. Wild Thing - Tone Loc

46. Maniac - Michael Sembello

47. Karma Chameleon - Culture Club

48. She Blinded Me with Science - Thomas Dolby

49. Take on Me - A-Ha

50. Who Can It Be Now? - Men At Work

51. I Ran (So Far Away) - A Flock of Seagulls

52. Our Lips Are Sealed - The Go-Gos

53. Kiss - Prince and The Revolution

54. I Can't Wait - Nu Shooz

55. In My House - The Mary Jane Girls

56. White Horse - Laid Back

57. Our House - Madness

58. Word Up - Cameo

59. Rumours - Timex Social Club

60. Pull Up To The Bumper - Grace Jones

61. Walk Like An Egyptian - The Bangles

62. I Feel For You - Chaka Khan feat. Stevie Wonder and Grandmaster Melle Mel

63. Somebody's Watching Me - Rockwell feat. Michael Jackson

64. Situation - Yaz (Yazoo)

65. Call Me - Blondie

66. You Dropped A Bomb On Me - The Gap Band

67. Heartbeat - Taana Gardner

68. Bust A Move - Young MC

69. Cars - Gary Numan

70. Straight Up - Paula Abdul

71. New Attitude - Patti LaBelle

72. Gloria - Laura Branigan

73. (Let's Get) Physical - Olivia Newton John

74. Let's Dance - David Bowie

75. I Wonder If I Take You Home - Lisa Lisa and The Cult Jam with Full Force

76. Walking On Sunshine - Katrina and The Waves

77. Genius Of Love - Tom Tom Club

78. The Safety Dance - Men Without Hats

79. Come On Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners and Emerald Express

80. Everybody Wants To Rule the World - Tears For Fears

81. Rockit - Herbie Hancock and Grandmaster D.St.

82. Forget Me Nots - Patrice Rushen

83. No Parking On The Dance Floor - Midnight Starr

84. Smooth Criminal - Michael Jackson

85. So Many Men, So Little Time - Miquel Brown

86. Double Dutch Bus - Frankie Smith

87. Shout - Tears for Fears

88. Like A Prayer - Madonna

89. Electric Avenue - Eddy Grant

90. What Have You Done For Me Lately? - Janet Jackson

91. Upside Down (Inside Out) - Diana Ross

92. Give It To Me Baby - Rick James

93. Video Killed the Radio Star - The Buggles

94. The Look of Love (Part I) - ABC

95. Hungry Like The Wolf - Duran Duran

96. Working My Way Back To You/Forgive Me Girl - The Spinners

97. Fresh (remix) - Kool and The Gang

98. Caribbean Queen (No More Love On the Run) - Billy Ocean

99. Little Red Corvette - Prince

100. Raspberry Beret - Prince

101. I Want Candy - Bow Wow Wow

102. Mickey - Toni Basil

103. Always Something There To Remind Me - Naked Eyes

104. Here Comes the Rain Again - The Eurythmics

105. Please Don't Go - K.C. and The Sunshine Band

106. Rapture - Blondie

107. Hold Me Now - The Thompson Twins

108. Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car - Billy Ocean

109. Last Night a DJ Saved My Life - Indeep

110. You're the One for Me - D-Train

111. Oh Sheila - Ready for the World

112. Let it Whip - The Dazz Band

113. Cutie Pie - One Way

114. Ride On Time - Black Box feat. Loleatta Holloway

115. Rock This Town - The Stray Cats

116. 99 Luftballoons - Nena

117. Obsession - Animotion

118. All Night Long (All Night) - Lionel Richie

119. The Loco-Motion - Kylie Minogue

120. Venus - Bananarama

121. A Love Bizarre - Sheila E. and Prince

122. He's So Shy - The Pointer Sisters

123. Lucky Star - Madonna

124. Another One Bites the Dust - Queen

125. Pass the Dutchie - Musical Youth

126. Candy Girl - New Edition

127. Jump To It - Aretha Franklin

128. Cruel Summer - Bananarama

129. Looking For a New Love - Jody Watley

130. Somebody Else's Guy - Jocelyn Brown

131. Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go - WHAM!

132. Maneater - Daryl Hall and John Oate

133. Touch Me (I Want Your Body) - Samantha Fox

134. Only In My Dreams - Debbie Gibson

135. The Twist '88 - The Fat Boyz and Chubby Checker

136. Promises, Promises - Naked Eyes

137. Talking in Your Sleep - The Romantics

138. French Kissin' (In the U.S.A.) - Debbie Harry

139. Kids in America - Kim Wilde

140. People Are People - Depeche Mode

141. West End Girls - The Pet Shop Boys

142. On the Radio - Donna Summer

143. Jam On It - Newcleus

144. Fascinated (By Your Love) - Company B.

145. Point of No Return - Expose

146. Come Go With Me - Expose

147. Bizarre Love Triangle - New Order

148. Vertigo/Relight My Fire - Dan Hartman and Loleatta Holloway

149. I Would Die 4 U - Prince

150. Temptation - Heaven 17

151. Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley

152. Ain't Nothin' Goin' On But the Rent - Gwen Guthrie

153. 19 - Paul Hardcastle

154. When I Hear Music (It Makes Me Dance) - Debbie Deb

155. Lookout Weekend - Debbie Deb

156. Smalltown Boy - Bronski Beat

157. Dancing with Myself - Billy Idol

158. And the Beat Goes On - The Whispers

159. Rhythm Nation - Janet Jackson

160. Material Girl - Madonna

161. What's On Your Mind? (Pure Energy) - Information Society

162. Funky Cold Medina - Tone Loc

163. Private Idaho - The B-52s

164. Heaven Is a Place on Earth - Belinda Carlisle

165. I Need Your Lovin' - Teena Marie

166. You Keep Me Hangin' On - Kim Wilde

167. Let's Hear It For the Boy - Deniece Williams

168. Da Butt - E.U.

169. Don't Make Me Wait (All Night) - The NYC Peech Boys

170. Object of My Desire - Starpoint

171. Let's Go All the Way - Sly Fox

172. Tell It To My Heart - Taylor Dayne

173. Goodbye To You - Scandal

174. One Thing Leads To Another - The Fixx

175. (Keep Feeling) Fascination - Human League

176. When I Think of You - Janet Jackson

177. Neutron Dance - The Pointer Sisters

178. (I've Had) The Time of My Life - Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes

179. Hungry Eyes - Eric Carmen

180. Antmusic - Adam and The Ants

181. Just Got Paid - Johnny Kemp

182. Chains of Love - Erasure

183. Hot! Hot! Hot! - Buster Poindexter and His Banshees of Blue

184. Roam - The B-52s

185. Sussudio - Phil Collins

186. Solid (As a Rock) - Ashford and Simpson

187. Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' - Michael Jackson

188. Catch Me (I'm Falling) - Pretty Poison

189. Cold Hearted Snake - Paula Abdul

190. 9 to 5 (Modern Train) - Sheena Easton

191. Meeting in the Ladies Room - Klymaxx

192. Let's Get Serious - Jermaine Jackson

193. Dancing In the Dark - Bruce Springsteen

194. No Frills Love - Jennifer Holliday

195. I Beg Your Pardon (I Never Promised You a Rose Garden) - Kon Kan

196. Buffalo Stance - Neneh Cherry

197. Nasty Girl - Vanity 6

198. Boom Boom (Let's Go Back to My Room) - Paul Lekakis

199. High Energy - Evelyn Thomas

200. Footloose - Kenny Loggins

That should cover it. Oh yeah, and anything by Duran Duran, too.