Shortlist for Official Charts Pop Gem #80: The 80s

It was the decade of leg warmers, bad perms and some amazing music, but which ‘80s classic is in line for the Pop Gem Hall Of Fame.

As we reached our 80th Pop Gem, how else could we celebrate but with a theme of – you guessed it –'80s songs.

Pop Gem is about celebrating overlooked classics or huge hits of yesteryear thaty deserve another spell in the spotlight. Who would you pick for induction into our Hall Of Fame?

We thought it might be nice if this week’s Pop Gem was a first-time winner, so our shortlist of 10 amazing tracks have never been honoured with a Pop Gem. Sorry, Bananarama, Pet Shop Boys, Madonna and Kylie!

Check out our final 10 and our video playlist of all the finalists, if you need a refresher – plus our Spotify and Deezer playlist of all the Pop Gem we’ve picked! Who are you backing?

The final 10

ARTIST	TRACK	PEAK POSITION	YEAR
FUZZBOX	PINK SUNSHINE	14	1989
BILLY OCEAN	GET OUTTA MY DREAMS GET INTO MY CAR	3	1988
WHITNEY HOUSTON	I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY (WHO LOVES ME)	1	1987
FLEETWOOD MAC	LITTLE LIES	5	1987
JANET JACKSON	NASTY	19	1986
MEL & KIM	SHOWING OUT (GET FRESH AT THE WEEKEND)	3	1986
COMMUNARDS	DON'T LEAVE ME THIS WAY	1	1986
ORANGE JUICE	RIP IT UP	8	1983
EURYTHMICS	LOVE IS A STRANGER	6	1983
HUMAN LEAGUE	(KEEP FEELING) FASCINATION	2	1983

Video playlist

Here’s the big 10 in all their glory.

Every Pop Gem ever

Fancy reliving those perfect Pop Gems we already picked all over again? No worries, get your ears wrapped round these playlists on Spotify and Deezer. SLAY.

Spotify

Deezer