Happy Hump Days

Back in 2009, I started posting music videos from the 1980s on my Facebook page every Wednesday as a fun foray into the world of social media because I had finally (I know, right?) taken my big technological leap into the present-day with my then-new iPhone. Recently, someone suggested that I post those weekly trips down memory lane on this blog as well, and I still might someday (if it doesn't eat up all my Google space), but I can't possibly post the last three years' worth of them. So to recap, here's the near-anniversary list of my Happy Hump Day 80s Flashback Music Videos (so far):

Boy Meets Girl - Waiting For A Star To Fall (4/11/12)
Men At Work - Down Under (4/4/12)
The Pretenders - Back On The Chain Gang (3/28/12)
Madonna - Vogue (3/21/12)
Pet Shop Boys - Suburbia (3/14/12)
Tanita Tikaram - Twist In My Sobriety (3/7/12)
Belinda Carlisle - Heaven Is A Place On Earth (2/29/12)
Stevie Nicks - Talk To Me (2/29/12)
Paul McCartney - No More Lonely Nights (2/22/12)
Ultravox - Love's Great Adventure (2/15/12)
Quarterflash - Harden My Heart (2/8/12)

OMD - Secret (2/1/12)

OMD - Tesla Girls (2/1/12)

Depeche Mode - Somebody (1/25/12)
General Public - Tenderness (1/18/12)
Belle Stars - Iko Iko (1/11/12)

KC and the Sunshine Band - Please Don't Go (1/4/12)

George Michael - Faith (12/28/11)

Band Aid – Do They Know It’s Christmas (12/21/11)
Squeeze - Tempted (12/14/11)
Stevie Nicks - Stand Back (12/7/11)

R.E.M. - It's The End Of The World As We Know It (11/30/11)

Fine Young Cannibals - Suspicious Minds (11/23/11)

Fine Young Cannibals - Johnny Come Home (11/23/11)
Lick The Tins - Can't Help Falling In Love (11/16/11)

Peter Schilling - Major Tom (11/9/11)
Sheila E - Glamorous Life (11/4/11 late for 11/2/11)
Kate Bush - Hounds of Love (10/26/11)
Freeez - I.O.U. (10/19/11)

Real Life - Send Me An Angel (10/12/11)
Prince - Raspberry Beret (10/5/11)

Shannon - Let The Music Play (9/28/11)
Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill (9/21/11)

Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer (9/21/11)

The Jets - Crush On You (9/14/11)
Nenah Cherry - Buffalo Stance (9/7/11)

The Go-Go's - Our Lips Are Sealed (8/31/11)

The Go-Go's - Vacation (8/31/11)

Whitesnake - Here I Go Again (8/24/11)

Bryan Adams - Summer of '69 (8/17/11)

Tina Turner - What's Love Got To Do With It? (8/10/11)

Madonna - Borderline (8/3/11)

Clarence Clemons and Jackson Browne - You're A Friend Of Mine (7/27/11)

Bananarama - Cruel Summer (7/20/11)

T'Pau - Heart And Soul (7/13/11)

Paul Lekakis - Boom Boom Boom (7/6/11)
Doctor And The Medics - Spirit In The Sky (6/29/11)

Nina Hagen - Universal Radio (6/22/11)
Tone Loc - Funky Cold Medina (6/15/11)

Romeo Void - Girl In Trouble (6/8/11)
Escape Club - Wild Wild West (6/1/11)

Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls (6/1/11)

Book Of Love - Boy (5/25/11)

The Hooters - And We Danced (5/18/11)

Sade - Smooth Operator (5/11/11)

Belouis Some - Some People (5/4/11)

Belouis Some - Imagination (5/4/11)

Psychadelic Furs - Heaven (4/27/11)

10,000 Maniacs - Like The Weather (4/20/11)

10,000 Maniacs - What's The Matter Here? (4/20/11)

Siouxsie and the Banshees - Cities In Dust (4/13/11)

Men Without Hats - Pop Goes The World (4/6/11)

Men Without Hats - Safety Dance (4/6/11)

Howard Jones - Things Can Only Get Better (3/30/11)

The March Violets - Turn To The Sky (3/23/11)

King - Love And Pride (3/16/11)

Laura Branigan - Gloria (3/9/11)

Laura Branigan - Solitaire (3/9/11)

Corey Hart - Never Surrender (3/2/11)

Animotion - Obsession (2/23/11)

Pat Benatar - We Belong (2/16/11)

Technotronic - Pump Up The Jam (2/9/11)

Erasure - A Little Respect (2/2/11)

Erasure - Chains Of Love (2/2/11)

Pebbles - Mercedes Boy (1/26/11)

Rush - Time Stand Still (1/19/11)

Honeydrippers - Sea Of Love (1/12/11)

The Alarm - Spirit of '76 (1/5/11)

Pretenders - 2000 Miles (12/29/10)

Band Aid – Do They Know It’s Christmas (12/22/10)

The Bangles - Hazy Shade Of Winter (12/14/10)

Wild Swans - Young Manhood (12/7/10)

Julie Brown - The Homecoming Queen's Got A Gun (12/1/10)

Belinda Carlisle - Mad About You (11/24/10)

Pepsi and Shirley - Heartache (11/17/10)

Go West - We Close Our Eyes (11/10/10)

Double - Captain Of Her Heart (11/3/10)

Salt N Pepa - Push It (10/27/10)

Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Round (10/20/10)

Falco - Vienna Calling (10/13/10)

Alison Moyet - Invisible (10/6/10)

Flesh For Lulu - Postcards From Paradise (9/29/10)

Sheryl Lee Ralph - In The Evening (9/22/10)

Company B - Fascinated (9/15/10)

UB40 - Red Red Wine (9/8/10)

Irene Cara - Flashdance (9/1/10)

Jane Child - Don't Wanna Fall In Love (8/25/10)

Scandal featuring Patty Smyth - Goodbye to You (8/18/10)

Scandal featuring Patty Smyth - The Warrior (8/18/10)

Housemartins - Happy Hour (8/12/10 late for 8/11/10)

Limahl - Neverending Story (8/8/10 late for 8/4/10)

Glass Tiger - Don't Forget Me When I'm Gone (7/28/10)

Kirsty MacColl & Billy Bragg - A New England (7/21/10)

Cher (and Peter Cetera) - After All (7/14/10)

Sinead O'Connor - Mandinka (7/7/10)

Sugarcubes - Birthday (6/30/10)

Pseudo Echo - Funkytown (6/23/10)

Vitamin Z - Burning Flame (6/16/10)

Stephen Duffy - Kiss Me (6/9/10)

Teena Marie - Loverboy (6/2/10)

ABC - Be Near Me (5/26/10)

Olivia Newton-John - A Little More Love (5/19/10)

Martika - Love Thy Will Be Done (5/12/10)

Stephen Bishop - It Must Be You - Theme from Tootsie (5/5/10)

Debbie Gibson - Only In My Dreams (4/28/10)

Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax (4/21/10)

Pet Shop Boys - Always On My Mind (4/14/10)

Human League - Keep Feeling Fascination (4/7/10)

Toni Basil - Hey Mickey (3/31/10)

Toni Childs - Don't Walk Away (3/31/10)

Tracy Chapman - Baby Can I Hold You (3/24/10)

Feargal Sharkey - You Little Thief (3/17/10)

Feargal Sharkey - A Good Heart (3/17/10)

Phil Oakley - Together In Electric Dreams (3/11/10)

B-52s - Legal Tender (3/3/10)

Book Of Love - Boy (Big Red Remix) (2/24/10)

Haircut 100 - Love Plus One (2/17/10)

Musical Youth and Donna Summer - Unconditional Love (2/10/10) 

Simple Minds - Don't You Forget About Me (2/3/10)

The Cure - Why Can't I Be You (1/27/2010)

Breathe – Hands To Heaven (1/20/2010)

Paul Young - Love of the Common People (1/13/2010)

Alphaville – Forever Young (1/6/2010)

Paul Young - Come Back and Stay (12/30/2009)

Band Aid, Band Aid 2, Band Aid 20 – Do They Know It’s Christmas (all three versions) (12/15/2009)

Nena – 99 Luftballons (12/9/2009)

Blow Monkeys – Digging Your Scene (12/2/2009)

Iggy Pop – Candy (11/25/2009)

Wham – Club Tropicana (11/25/2009)

Sheena Easton – Strut (11/17/2009)

Lightning Seeds – Pure (11/10/2009)

Mel & Kim – Showing Out (11/4/2009)

Voice Of the Beehive – I Say Nothing (10/28/2009)

Maria McKee – Show Me Heaven (10/21/2009)

Lone Justice – Sweet Sweet Baby (10/21/2009)

Howard Jones – No One Is To Blame (10/14/2009)

DeBarge – Rhythm Of The Night (10/14/2009)

Suzanne Vega – Luka (10/7/2009)

Susannah Hoffs – My Side Of The Bed (10/7/2009)

Til Tuesday – Coming Up Close (9/30/2009)

Thompson Twins – You Take Me Up (9/30/2009)

Berlin – No More Words (9/23/2009)

Johnny Hates Jazz – Shattered Dreams (9/23/2009)

Chaka Khan – I Feel For You (9/16/2009)

Fire, Inc. – Tonight Is What It Means To Be Young (9/9/2009)

Mary Jane Girls – In My House (9/9/2009)

Curiosity Killed The Cat – Misfit (9/2/2009)

Eurythmics – Right By Your Side (8/26/2009)

Nik Kershaw – Wouldn’t It be Good (8/19/2009)

Jody Watley – Real Love (8/12/2009)

Jody Watley – Looking For A New Love (8/12/2009)

When In Rome – The Promise (8/5/2009)

Stacey Q – We Connect (7/29/2009)

Stacey Q – Two Of Hearts (7/29/2009)

Jane Wiedlin – Rush Hour (7/22/2009)

Echo and the Bunnymen – Bring On The Dancing Horses (7/22/2009)

Basia – Time and Tide (7/17/2009)

Level 42 – Something About You (7/15/2009)

Prefab Sprout – King of Rock N Roll (7/8/2009)

Kate Bush – This Woman’s Work (7/1/2009)

Everything But The Girl – Apron Strings (7/1/2009)

Jane Siberry – One More Colour (7/1/2009)

Wet Wet Wet – Sweet Little Mystery (6/24/2009)

Culture Club – Church of the Poisoned Mind (6/24/2009)

Bronski Beat – Smalltown Boy (6/24/2009)

Sweetbox – Everything’s Gonna Be Alright (6/17/2009)

Shriekback – Nemesis (6/17/2009)

Camouflage – The Great Commandment (6/10/2009)

Scritti Politti – Wood Beez (6/3/2009)

Amazulu – Excitable (5/29/2009)

Amazulu – Montego Bay (5/29/2009)

Propaganda – Duel (5/20/2009)

Propaganda – P Machinery (5/20/2009)

The Smiths – The Boy With The Thorn In His Side (5/13/2009)

Strawberry Switchblade – Since Yesterday (5/6/2009)

Eurogliders – Heaven (Must Be There) (4/29/2009)

Bananarama – Robert DeNiro’s Waiting (4/22/2009)

Tracey Ullman – They Don’t Know (4/16/2009)

If any of those reminders of your past put a smile on your face or set your toe a-tappin' or if you can swear you have never heard of some of those songs, feel free to look them up and enjoy a flashback moment of your own, Child (or Fan) of the 80s!