’80s Club Essentials

Apple Music ’80s

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 (feat. Felly) [Edit]
Technotronic
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Black Box
Ride On Time
Black Box
Dreamland
Inner City
Good Life
Inner City
Paradise
Soul II Soul
Back to Life
Soul II Soul
Keep On Movin'
New Order
Blue Monday
New Order
Total
Womack & Womack
Teardrops (Single Version)
Womack & Womack
1980s Positive For Kids
Bronski Beat
Smalltown Boy
Bronski Beat
The Age of Consent (Expanded Edition)
Salt-N-Pepa
Push It (Radio Version)
Salt-N-Pepa
Song Education
Jocelyn Brown
Somebody Else's Guy
Jocelyn Brown
Somebody Else's Guy - Single
Chaka Khan
Ain't Nobody
Chaka Khan
Epiphany: The Best of Chaka Khan, Vol. 1
Chaka Khan
I Feel for You
Chaka Khan
I Feel for You
Neneh Cherry
Buffalo Stance
Neneh Cherry
Raw Like Sushi
Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine
Dr. Beat
Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine
Eyes of Innocence
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
White Lines
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
Hip Hop Classics
Luther Vandross
Never Too Much
Luther Vandross
Never Too Much
Tom Tom Club
Wordy Rappinghood
Tom Tom Club
Tom Tom Club
Soft Cell
Tainted Love / Where Did Our Love Go? (Extended)
Soft Cell
Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret (Deluxe Edition)
M/A/R/R/S
Pump Up the Volume (UK 12" Mix)
M/A/R/R/S
Pump Up the Volume - EP
Lionel Richie
All Night Long (All Night)
Lionel Richie
Can't Slow Down
Fatback Band
I Found Lovin'
Fatback Band
With Love
Dead or Alive
You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)
Dead or Alive
That's the Way I Like It: The Best of Dead or Alive
Evelyn "Champagne" King
Love Come Down (12" Version)
Evelyn "Champagne" King
Evelyn "Champagne" King Greatest Hits
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Relax
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Old music alert
Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock
It Takes Two
Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock
It Takes Two
Indeep
Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life
Indeep
Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life / D.J. Delight
The Human League
Don't You Want Me
The Human League
Anthology: A Very British Synthesizer Group (Deluxe Edition)
Farley "Jackmaster" Funk & Jesse Saunders
Love Can't Turn Around (Original Mix)
Farley "Jackmaster" Funk & Jesse Saunders
Love Can't Turn Around
The Clash
Rock the Casbah
The Clash
Combat Rock
Madonna
Into the Groove
Madonna
Celebration (Deluxe Version)
Heaven 17
Temptation (Edit)
Heaven 17
The Luxury Gap (Deluxe Version)
Earth, Wind & Fire
Let's Groove
Earth, Wind & Fire
Raise!
Nu Shooz
I Can't Wait
Nu Shooz
Poolside
Rick Astley
Never Gonna Give You Up (Pianoforte)
Rick Astley
Whenever You Need Somebody (Deluxe Edition - 2022 Remaster)
Shalamar
A Night to Remember (Radio)
Shalamar
Friends
Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Force
Planet Rock
Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Force
Planet Rock
Cameo
Word Up!
Cameo
Word Up!
The Jacksons
Can You Feel It
The Jacksons
The Essential Jacksons
Billy Ocean
Caribbean Queen (No More Love On the Run)
Billy Ocean
The Very Best of Billy Ocean
Rick James
Super Freak
Rick James
Street Songs
Duran Duran
Girls On Film
Duran Duran
Duran Duran (Deluxe Edition)
Yaz
Don't Go
Yaz
St. Patrick's Day Party at Home
Yazz
The Only Way Is up (Original)
Yazz
Wanted
The B-52's
Love Shack
The B-52's
Cosmic Thing
Michael Jackson
Thriller
Michael Jackson
Thriller
Run-DMC
Walk This Way (feat. Aerosmith)
Run-DMC
Raising Hell
Deniece Williams
Let's Hear It for the Boy
Deniece Williams
Footloose (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Imagination
Just an Illusion
Imagination
In the Heat of the Night
Colonel Abrams
Trapped
Colonel Abrams
Colonel Abrams (Expanded Edition)
Patrice Rushen
Forget Me Nots (Single Version)
Patrice Rushen
Straight from the Heart
The Weather Girls
It's Raining Men
The Weather Girls
Arnold Schwarzenegger's Total Body Workout
The Whispers
It's a Love Thing (Radio Version)
The Whispers
Imagination
Steve "Silk" Hurley
Jack Your Body (Original Club Mix)
Steve "Silk" Hurley
Jack Your Body - EP
Shannon
Let the Music Play
Shannon
Let the Music Play
Bobby Brown
Every Little Step
Bobby Brown
Don't Be Cruel (Expanded Edition)
Irene Cara
Flashdance...What a Feeling (Radio Edit)
Irene Cara
What a Feelin'
Rockers Revenge
Walking on Sunshine '82
Rockers Revenge
Walking On Sunshine
Diana Ross
Chain Reaction
Diana Ross
Eaten Alive
INXS
New Sensation
INXS
The INXS Collection 1980-1993
Bananarama
Venus
Bananarama
True Confessions (Collector's Edition)
Sananda Maitreya
Wishing Well
Sananda Maitreya
Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby
Tone-Loc
Wild Thing
Tone-Loc
Loc-ed After Dark
DeBarge
Rhythm Of The Night (From "The Last Dragon" Soundtrack)
DeBarge
Old music alert
Animotion
Obsession
Animotion
Obsession
Forrest
Rock the Boat (7 Inch)
Forrest
Rock the Boat - Single
Junior
Mama Used to Say (Rerecorded)
Junior
The Best of Junior: Mama Used to Say
Freeez
I.O.U. (7" Version)
Freeez
Freeez Frame! - The Best of Freeez
The Pointer Sisters
Automatic
The Pointer Sisters
Break Out
Wham!
Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do?)
Wham!
Fantastic
Robert Palmer
Addicted to Love
Robert Palmer
Riptide
Kid Creole & The Coconuts
Stool Pigeon (12")
Kid Creole & The Coconuts
Class of '82
Donna Summer
She Works Hard For the Money
Donna Summer
She Works Hard For the Money
Marshall Jefferson
Move Your Body
Marshall Jefferson
Frankie Knuckles Presents: His Greatest Hits from Trax Records
Kool & The Gang
Celebration (Single Version)
Kool & The Gang
Celebrate!
Mary Jane Girls
All Night Long
Mary Jane Girls
Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James
Blondie
Rapture
Blondie
The Best of Blondie
Carly Simon
Why
Carly Simon
Soup for One (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Ten City
That's the Way Love Is (Underground Mix) [Edited Version]
Ten City
Foundation
Gwen Guthrie
Ain't Nothin' Goin' On But the Rent (Extended Club Mix) [Bonus Track]
Gwen Guthrie
Good To Go Lover
Stacy Lattisaw
Jump to the Beat
Stacy Lattisaw
Let Me Be Your Angel
Midnight Star
Midas Touch (12")
Midnight Star
Headlines
Grace Jones
Pull Up To The Bumper
Grace Jones
Nightclubbing
Herbie Hancock
Rockit
Herbie Hancock
The Essential Herbie Hancock
The Rolling Stones
Start Me Up
The Rolling Stones
Tattoo You (Deluxe Edition)
Paula Abdul
Straight Up (Single Version)
Paula Abdul
Greatest Hits - Straight Up!
D Train
You're the One for Me
D Train
You're the One for Me
Patrick Cowley
Do You Wanna Funk? (feat. Sylvester)
Patrick Cowley
Patrick Cowley: The Ultimate Collection
The Gap Band
You Dropped a Bomb On Me
The Gap Band
Gap Band IV
Wang Chung
Dance Hall Days
Wang Chung
Old music alert
Slave
Just a Touch of Love
Slave
Just a Touch of Love
Sharon Redd
Can You Handle It
Sharon Redd
The Very Best of Sharon Redd
Humanoid
Stakker Humanoid (12" Original)
Humanoid
Your Body Robotic (Part 2)
Jermaine Jackson
Let's Get Serious
Jermaine Jackson
The Jacksons - Number 1's
ABC
Tears Are Not Enough (Demo)
ABC
The Lexicon of Love (Deluxe Edition)
Was (Not Was)
Out Come the Freaks (12" Classic Remix)
Was (Not Was)
Out Come the Freaks - EP
94 Songs, 7 Hours, 41 Minutes

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