’80s Club Essentials

80s

Editors' Notes The New Wave, R&B and synth-pop songs you need to hear. Our editors regularly update this playlist—if you hear something you like, add it to your library.
Technotronic
Pump Up the Jam
5:20
 
Black Box
Dreamland
4:32
 
S'Express
Themes from S'Express
6:01
 
Inner City
Paradise
4:04
 
Soul II Soul
Keep On Movin'
3:48
 
New Order
Total
7:29
 
Womack & Womack
Best of 80s
3:50
 
Bronski Beat
The Age of Consent
5:02
 
Salt-N-Pepa
The Best of Salt-N-Pepa
3:27
 
Jocelyn Brown
Somebody Else's Guy - Single
6:32
 
Chaka Khan
Epiphany: The Best of Chaka Khan, Vol. 1
4:40
 
Chaka Khan
I Feel for You
5:43
 
Neneh Cherry
Raw Like Sushi
5:42
 
Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine
Eyes of Innocence
4:22
 
Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel
Grandmaster Flash, Grandmaster Melle-Mel & the Furious Five: The Greatest Hits
4:29
 
Luther Vandross
Never Too Much
3:50
 
Soft Cell
Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing
8:57
 
M/A/R/R/S
Pump Up the Volume - EP
5:08
 
Lionel Richie
Can't Slow Down
6:25
 
The Fatback Band
With Love
4:10
 
Dead or Alive
That's the Way I Like It: The Best of Dead or Alive
3:15
 
Evelyn "Champagne" King
Evelyn "Champagne" King Greatest Hits
6:14
 
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Welcome to the Pleasuredome
3:56
 
Rob Base, DJ EZ Rock
It Takes Two
5:00
 
Indeep
Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life / D.J. Delight
5:40
 
The Human League
The Greatest Hits
3:58
 
Farley "Jackmaster" Funk & Jesse Saunders
Love Can't Turn Around
5:39
 
The Clash
Combat Rock
3:42
 
Madonna
Celebration (Deluxe Version)
4:45
 
Heaven 17
The Luxury Gap
3:33
 
Earth, Wind & Fire
Raise!
5:39
 
Nu Shooz
Poolside
5:26
 
Rick Astley
Whenever You Need Somebody
3:33
 
Shalamar
A Night to Remember
3:31
 
Afrika Bambaataa, The Soulsonic Force
Planet Rock - EP
6:22
 
Cameo
Word Up!
4:20
 
The Jacksons
The Essential Jacksons
5:58
 
Billy Ocean
The Very Best of Billy Ocean
4:04
 
Rick James
Street Songs
3:25
 
Duran Duran
Duran Duran
3:36
 
Yazoo
Upstairs at Eric's (2008 Remastered Version)
3:11
 
Yazz
Wanted
4:29
 
The B-52's
Cosmic Thing
5:21
 
Michael Jackson
Thriller
5:57
 
Aerosmith, Run-DMC
Walk This Way - The Best Of
5:11
 
Deniece Williams
Footloose (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
4:21
 
Imagination
Sunshine - Single
6:28
 
The S.O.S. Band
On the Rise
9:09
 
Colonel Abrams
Colonel Abrams (Expanded Edition)
3:40
 
Patrice Rushen
Straight from the Heart
4:04
 
The Weather Girls
Super Hits: The Weather Girls
5:26
 
The Whispers
And the Beat Goes On
5:08
 
Steve "Silk" Hurley
Jack Your Body - EP
6:52
 
Shannon
Let the Music Play
3:34
 
Bobby Brown
Don't Be Cruel (Expanded Edition)
3:57
 
Irene Cara
What a Feelin'
3:57
 
Rockers Revenge
Walking On Sunshine
9:35
 
Diana Ross
Love and Life: The Very Best of Diana Ross
3:50
 
INXS
Kick ((Remastered))
3:40
 
Bananarama
True Confessions (Collector's Edition)
3:49
 
Odyssey
Odyssey: Greatest Hits
4:57
 
Terence Trent D'Arby
Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby
3:30
 
Tone-Loc
Loc-ed After Dark
4:23
 
DeBarge
John Morales Presents Club Motown
6:42
 
Animotion
Obsession
4:28
 
Forrest
Rock the Boat - Single
4:35
 
Bomb the Bass
Beat Dis: The Very Best of Bomb the Bass
5:57
 
Junior
The Best of Junior: Mama Used to Say
4:05
 
Freeez
Freeez Frame! - The Best of Freeez
3:47
 
The Pointer Sisters
I'm So Excited: The Very Best Of - The Pointer Sisters
4:46
 
Wham!
Fantastic
6:44
 
Robert Palmer
Riptide
6:03
 
Kid Creole & The Coconuts
Tropical Gangsters (Remastered)
6:20
 
Donna Summer
She Works Hard For the Money
5:20
 
Marshall Jefferson
Frankie Knuckles Presents: His Greatest Hits from Trax Records
6:45
 
Kool & The Gang
Celebrate!
4:58
 
Mary Jane Girls
Mary Jane Girls
5:33
 
Blondie
The Best of Blondie
5:36
 
Carly Simon
Soup for One (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
4:08
 
Ten City
Foundation
4:15
 
Gwen Guthrie
Good To Go Lover
7:16
 
Stacy Lattisaw
On the Radio: 80s
3:25
 
Midnight Star
Extend the 80s: Groove
5:13
 
Grace Jones
Music is Universal: PRIDE Curated by DeathbyRomy
4:41
 
Herbie Hancock
The Essential Herbie Hancock
5:24
 
The Rolling Stones
Tattoo You
3:33
 
Paula Abdul
Greatest Hits - Straight Up!
3:51
 
D Train
You're the One for Me
5:11
 
Patrick Cowley
Patrick Cowley: The Ultimate Collection
6:06
 
The Gap Band
Gap Gold - Best of the Gap Band
5:13
 
Wang Chung
Points On The Curve
4:00
 
Slave
Just a Touch of Love
6:32
 
Sharon Redd
The Very Best of Sharon Redd
6:26
 
Humanoid
Your Body Robotic (Part 2)
5:00
 
Jermaine Jackson
John Morales Presents Club Motown
7:59
 
ABC
The Lexicon of Love (Deluxe Edition)
3:31
 
Was (Not Was)
Out Come the Freaks - EP
7:12
 
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