Listen Up 80s Feel Good Quiz

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To celebrate the end of the sliding tyranny, this is a quiz of 'feel good' chart hits from the 1980s. Up to two correct answers per day please. In order to assist the updating of the first post, bonus points will be awarded for giving answers in the following format:

Song Title (Artist Name)

1. Escape from confinement - Breakout (Swing Out Sister) :Y
2. Where the pearly gates are - The Edge Of Heaven (Wham) :Y
3. Lacking age in ticker radio station Young At Heart (Bluebells) :Y
4. Envelope with New York postmark - Letter From America (The Proclaimers) :Y
5. A band known for face paint - Kiss (Prince) :Y
6. River crossing to one's blood pump ‎– Bridge To Your Heart (Wax) :Y
7. No access to the beach when the sea is in - The Tide is High (Blondie) :Y
8. Inform the circulation organ that is in me - Tell It To My Heart (Taylor Dayne) :Y
9. Never ending union - Together Forever (Rick Astley) :Y
10. Small sugary unsolved situation - Sweet little mystery (Wet Wet Wet) :Y

11. Peck without nervousness kissing with confidence - will powers :Y
12. From dusk till dawn - All Night Long (Lionel Ritchie) :Y
13. What a doctor may suggest to a smoker - Give it Up (KC and the Sunshine Band) :Y
14. 5pm to 6pm – Rush Hour (Jane Wiedlin) :Y
15. Residing over the pond - Living in America (James Brown) :Y
16. I can't repay the debt but have this note in the meantime - I.O.U. (Freeez) :Y
17. Excellent Isuzu - Super Trooper (Abba) :Y
18. Half price beverages for a fixed period of time - Happy Hour (The Housemartins) :Y
19. These guys should be able to sort out those spectres for you - Ghostbusters (Ray Parker Jr) :Y
20. ...to tango it takes two (rob base & dj ez rock) :Y

21. Falling off a surfboard wipe out (the fatboys) :Y
22. What goes up must return here - Down to Earth (Curiosity Killed the Cat) :Y
23. Hottest planet - Venus (Bananarama) :Y
24. Sourced from the lacrimal glands - Teardrops (Womack & Womack) :Y
25. Heard in Street Fighter II when you win with full health - Perfect ‎(Womack and Womack) :Y
26. Not gas or liquid ‎– Solid (Ashford & Simpson) :Y
27. Exercise your pet T.Rex ‎– Walk The Dinosaur (Was (Not Was)) :Y
28. Footballer Ferdinand from Brazil? - Rio (Duran Duran) :Y
29. One believes there's currently only you and I here - I think we're alone now (Tiffany) :Y
30. Sneaky paparazzi set a trip wire on a path where celebrities walk - Waiting For A Star To Fall (Boy Meets Girl) :Y

Th-th-th-that's all folks!
 

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18. - Happy Hour (The Housemartins) :Y
23. - Venus (Bananarama) :Y
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19 - Ghostbusters (Ray Parker Jr)
24 - Cry (Godley & Creme)


Useless fact - the pretty woman running around in her nightwear in the music video is Cindy Harrell - who was in a couple of episodes of early 80s cop series CHiPS :D
 

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To the mods - If I do this does it make updating the first post easier? :)

18. - Happy Hour (The Housemartins) :Y
23. - Venus (Bananarama) :Y
28. - Rio (Duran Duran) :Y
29. - I think we're alone now (Tiffany) :Y


The " :Y " doesnt carry over - it has to be put in manually. I use :_Y without the space in it
 
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