I've had a version of Climie Fisher's single ' This is me ' for the last 35 years, but apparently that version was a re-rele...

The singles ' Suddenly last summer ' and ' Footsteps ' are pretty iconic to me, but I am not really familiar with the Motels...

The Time Bandits enjoyed success in the first half of the Eighties, but by 1986 the singles struggled to get into the charts. Their last hit...

I didn't really notice it at the time, but the German band Trio had a bilingual career. Their most famous single ' Da da da ' wa...

When I ordered a few singles from the UK I accidentally also ordered this one, because I thought I didn't have it. Obviously I did: I bo...

I recently rediscovered Robbie Robertson's singles and then I realized that one was still missing from my collection. It's 'Fall...

'You don't believe' appeared on the B-side of the single ' Don't answer me '. Both songs appeared on the Alan Parson...

I vaguely recall this song from the Eighties, it probably featured on the radio at some point. It didn't chart in the Netherlands, and e...

Although Prince was at the top of his game in the mid-Eighties, some singles were simply not released in the Netherlands and so we missed ou...

I've never had any burning desire to buy every Paul Young single that exists, but there are sometimes curiosities that I can't resis...

Although I haven't really delved into the repertoire of the man, I think Bruce Hornsby plays a mean piano solo. Having played the instru...

Although I have a lot of Eighties singles and I consider myself to be quite well informed about the pop music of the Eighties, still I somet...

Under normal circumstances you would never see a single by André Hazes on this blog, because the man has produced an unspeakable array of te...

It's fun to have a record player from the Eighties, and a Technics too, but the fact that the arm returns to its base automatically from...

When Duran Duran's 'Save a prayer' was re-released in 1985, I somehow got a copy of an earlier release of the song. It features...

Marc Almond had an impressive run of singles when he released his album The Stars We Are in 1988. The singles ' Only the moment ', ...

With the album Eisbrecher , the band Nena reached the end of their contract with CBS and the single 'Enger der Nacht' would turn out...

' Hot in the city ' was re-released a few times, but this one here is the original release from 1982. It features a different sleeve...

Promotional singles can be confusing, especially when they are delivered in 'regular' sleeves. This Robbie Robertson single is a goo...

'You can't get what you want (till you know what you want)' is a single from Joe Jackson's 1984 album Body and Soul . It spe...