I know it's a cover, but sometimes covers are good and I've posted quite a few of them, so today I'm posting Tiffany with "I Think We're Alone Now":

https://tinyurl.com/y6tetu6m

I haven't included anything from Prince since "When Doves Cry" near the beginning of this thread. Time to fix that. Here's Prince with "1999". If there are any youngsters out there, no, this is *not* a 90s video. It actually came out in 1982.

https://tinyurl.com/y28o5oct

This next one is definitely a bit unusual, but I remember it from the 80s and thought it was cool despite not understanding most of the lyrics. Here's Falco with "Der Kommissar" (I did have one year of German in college. Clearly not enough to get close to fluency.)

https://tinyurl.com/yyctq6uw

Here's yet another cover. I know Tommy James and the Shondells did the original in the 60s, but here's Joan Jett's 80s version of "Crimson and Clover":

https://tinyurl.com/y5hmmvx7

Apparently Tommy James liked Joan Jett's version, as he sung a duet of it with Jett years later which appears way down on the Bing search page for the song.

Back to Howard Jones, this time for "No One Is To Blame":

https://tinyurl.com/y55udnuu

I haven't featured Bryan Adams in this thread before. A serious oversight. Here's Bryan Adams with "Summer of '69":

https://tinyurl.com/yykuvbte

I return to Bonnie Tyler for "Holding Out For a Hero":

https://tinyurl.com/y45fzcf3

I return to Wham! with "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go":

https://tinyurl.com/y2bp83sr

Let's go to someone new with Stevie Wonder and "I Just Called To Say I Love You":

https://tinyurl.com/y67uvn7x

Once again, I return to Pat Benatar, this time for "Shadows of the Night":

https://tinyurl.com/y2spzdyh

The video has got that WWII Rosie the Riveter deal going on.

Back to John Mellencamp for "Hurts So Good":

https://tinyurl.com/y2kcp3km

Time for another artist I have not previously featured on this thread before. Here's Robert Palmer with "Simply Irresistible":

https://tinyurl.com/y5fc7plj

Time for a return to Cyndi Lauper. Here she is with "All Through The Night":

https://tinyurl.com/yxcny299

And I go back yet again to The Police, this time for "King of Pain":

https://tinyurl.com/yxekuwea

Here's a group I haven't featured on this thread before: Johnny Hates Jazz (what a name!) with "Shattered Dreams":

https://tinyurl.com/yyqunfbe

Time for some Paula Abdul with "Straight Up":

https://tinyurl.com/y2myssw7

Once again, let's go to Fine Young Cannibals, this time for "Good Thing":

https://tinyurl.com/y3phr9cr

Let's go with the Thompson Twins for the first time on this thread, here with "Hold Me Now":

https://tinyurl.com/y4xdfdwb

Today I introduce Janet Jackson to this thread with "Nasty":

https://tinyurl.com/y55n435b

Let's have a second helping of Talking Heads with "And She Was":

https://tinyurl.com/y6bx3e2k

David Byrne seems to share with Peter Gabriel a taste for the surreal in his videos. As for the music, it could use more cowbell.

Hard to believe I've done this thread this long without doing anything from Lionel Richie. Need to fix that. Here's Lionel Richie with "All Night Long":

https://tinyurl.com/y535m9sg

So about a year ago in this thread (Nov 27, 2019, to be exact, as may be seen in the final post of Page 3 of this thread), I said I may head off in the Gary Numan and B-52s directions someday. That day has arrived. Here's the B-52s with "Love Shack":

https://tinyurl.com/y6yh6guc

As for Gary Numan - oh heck! - might as well throw him in today too. Just because his most popular song is not actually an 80s song (released 1979) doesn't mean I can't violate my rule and put it in today, especially as A) I've already included an 80s song in this post, and B) as I discussed on the very first page of this thread when I included Blondie's "Heart of Glass", songs from 1979 are "close enough" for me to want to include them sometimes since, rural Texan as I am, I didn't know of their existence until the 80s, when I first encountered them on MTV, which didn't even debut until 1981. And apparently, I'm not the only one to mistake certain songs from '79 as 80s songs. "Cars" is widely thought to be an 80s song because it was in the advent of "synth-pop", which is generally associated with the 80s. Have I rationalized this long enough yet? Good. OK, as a bonus, here's Gary Numan with "Cars":

https://tinyurl.com/y54awcbe

I feel so much better finally getting those in here. Nothing like that tambourine Gary Numan has. If you're out there somewhere, DireWolf74, today's post is for you.

A third helping of Tears For Fears, here with "Head Over Heels":

https://tinyurl.com/y5q8ew3x

Something entirely new for this thread today: Here's Men Without Hats with "The Safety Dance":

https://tinyurl.com/y4xqgx64

It's been a long time, but let's see a second song from Olivia Newton-John with "Magic":

https://tinyurl.com/y2bgwf75