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Day 25
Merry Christmas!!
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At Last It's Christmas Day.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! From Everyone at The 80s Blog!!
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Day 24
1 day to go
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Santa would never forget children who have been good.
Only 1 day until Christmas Day. Santa Clause Is Coming To Town!!
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Day 23
2 days to go
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Santa cannot wait to get to your house. He loves this time of year.
Only 2 days until Christmas Day. You'd Better not pout, I'm telling you why!!
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Day 22
3 days to go
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Santa is on his way.
Only 3 days until Christmas Day. You'd Better not cry!!
Our new look Site is on it's way, the countdown has begun to launch day!!
Launching at 12.30pm Sunday 23rd December 2018
Brand New look all80s website.
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Day 21
4 days to go
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Santa is trying to get back to Lapland.
Only 4 days until Christmas Day. You'd Better Watch Out!!
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Day 20
5 days to go
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Santa looking through your window.
Only 5 days until Christmas Day. Can you hear the sleigh bells yet!!
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Day 19
6 days to go
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Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer...
Only 6 days until Christmas Day. Less than a week to go now!!
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Day 18
7 days to go
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Santa is coming down your chimney soon.
Only 7 days until Christmas Day. Have you wrote your letter to Santa!!
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Day 17
8 days to go
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A frosty Christmas image.
Only 8 days until Christmas Day.
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Day 16
9 days to go
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A sparkling Christmas Tree.
Only 9 days until Christmas Day.
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Day 15
10 days to go
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A decorative Christmas wreath.
Only 10 days until Christmas Day.
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Day 14
11 days to go
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A stocking waits for Santa to arrive.
Only 11 days until Christmas Day.
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Day 13
12 days to go
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The Twelve Days of Christmas. How many do you know?.
Only 12 days until Christmas Day.
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Day 12
13 days to go
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A snowman in a decorative globe.
Only 13 days until Christmas Day.
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Day 11
14 days to go
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Snoopy decorating his Christmas Tree.
Only 14 days until Christmas Day.
Wham!- Last Christmas (1984)
Classic 80s Christmas music, still the biggest selling No2 single of all time.
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Day 10
15 days to go
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Santa and The Snowman getting ready for Christmas.
Only 15 days until Christmas Day.
As featured on Now 10
As featured on Now 10
Now That's What I Call Music 10
Released 5th December 1987
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Day 9
16 days to go
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A Christmas present with teddy bear, just for you.
Only 16 days until Christmas Day.
As featured on the Classic 80s Album- Silk & Steel
Silk & Steel- Five Star (1986)
Silk & Steel is the second album by the British pop group Five Star. The album was the group's biggest seller, reaching No.1 in the UK. It was also successful in France, Germany, Austria, Netherlands, Switzerland and Italy. In the United States, it was less successful than their first album, Luxury of Life, peaking at number 80 on the Billboard 200.
As with Luxury of Life, the album used a number of producers and was recorded in both the US and UK, the only common producer being Billy Livsey who again produced a track he had co-written (this time with Pete Sinfield), "Rain or Shine", which became the biggest UK hit from the album. Four tracks including first single, "Can't Wait Another Minute", were recorded in Los Angeles with the British producer Richard James Burgess. The band's manager and father, Buster Pearson, co-produced two tracks with Michael Jay (both of which Jay had co-written), also in Los Angeles, and one with lead singer Deniece on the track she composed, "Stay Out of My Life". There were also two tracks produced by Pete Wingfield, "Please Don't Say Goodnight" with lead vocals from Delroy and "Don't You Know I Love It" written by Doris, who also sings lead on that track. The latter track was originally a B-side but proved popular so was included on the album.
The album produced six UK top 15 hit singles and three US R&B hits. As "Are You Man Enough" was a US-only single, that means seven of the ten tracks were hit singles (and as "Don't You Know I Love It" had also been released as a B-side, only two of the album tracks were not available as singles). The album itself was the tenth best selling album in 1986 in the UK, and had achieved 4 x Platinum status (1.2 million copies sold) by 1987. It spent a total of 58 weeks in the UK albums chart.
Not everyone's cup of tea, but it I loved this album, still one of my favourites of the decade. 8.5/10
Track listing
"Can't Wait Another Minute" (Sue Sheridan, Paul Chiten) - 4:42
"Find the Time" (Paul Gurvitz, Nick Trevisick) - 4:30
"Rain or Shine" (Billy Livsey, Peter Sinfield) - 3:59
"If I Say Yes" (Michael Jay, Marvin Morrow) - 4:04
"Please Don't Say Goodnight" (Michael George Jackson-Clark, Clemens Winterhalter) - 4:43
"Stay Out of My Life" (Deniece Pearson) - 4:00
"Show Me What You've Got for Me" (Pamela Phillips Oland, Rick Neigher) - 3:57
"Are You Man Enough" (Paul Gurvitz, Nick Trevisick) - 4:38
"The Slightest Touch" (Michael Jay, Marvin Morrow) - 4:30
"Don't You Know I Love It" (Doris Pearson) - 3:58
Classic 80s music
As featured on Now 9
As featured on Now 9
Now That's What I Call Music 9
Released 4th April 1987
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Day 8
17 days to go
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Christmas Candles.
Only 17 days until Christmas Day.
A list of the No1 singles from this week in The 80s
1980
ABBA- Super Trouper
1981
Julio Iglesias- Begine The Beguine (Volver A Empezar)
1982
Jam- Beat Surrender
1983
Billy Joel- Uptown Girl
1984
Jim Diamond- I Should Have Known Better
1985
Wham!- 'm Your Man
1986
Europe- The Final Countdown
1987
T'Pau- China In Your Hand
1988
Robin Beck- First Time
1989
New Kids On The Block- You got It (The Right Stuff)
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Day 7
18 days to go
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Away in a manger, the perfect Christmas image.
Only 18 days until Christmas Day.
Moonlighting (1985-1989)
Moonlighting is an American comedy-drama television series that aired on ABC from March 3, 1985, to May 14, 1989. The network aired a total of 66 episodes (67 in syndication as the pilot is split into two episodes). Starring Cybill Shepherd and Bruce Willis as private detectives, the show was a mixture of drama, comedy, mystery, and romance, and was considered to be one of the first successful and influential examples of comedy-drama, or "dramedy", emerging as a distinct television genre.
The show's theme song was co-written and performed by jazz singer Al Jarreau and became a hit. The show is also credited with making Willis a star, while re-launching the career of Shepherd after a string of lackluster projects. In 1997, the episode "The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice" was ranked #34 on (the 1997) TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time. In 2007, the series was listed as one of Time magazine's "100 Best TV Shows of All-Time". The relationship between David and Maddie was included in TV Guide's list of the best TV couples of all time.
Absolutely loved this show, funny and dramatic, Bruce Willis was amazing in this show. 8/10
Main cast
Cybill Shepherd
Bruce Willis
Allyce Beasley
Curtis Armstrong
Jack Blessing
As featured on Now 8
As featured on Now 8
Now That's What I Call Music 8
Released 6th December 1986
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Day 6
19 days to go
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Three Little Angels
Only 19 days until Christmas Day.
Synchronicity- The Police (1983)
Synchronicity is the fifth and final studio album by English rock band the Police, released in the United Kingdom on 17 June 1983. The band's most successful release, the album includes the hit singles "Every Breath You Take", "King of Pain", "Wrapped Around Your Finger", and "Synchronicity II". The album's title and much of the material for the songs were inspired by Arthur Koestler's The Roots of Coincidence. At the 1984 Grammy Awards the album was nominated for a total of five awards including Album of the Year and won three. At the time of its release and following its tour the Police were hailed as the "Biggest Band in the World".
The album reached number one on both the UK Albums Chart and the U.S. Billboard 200, and sold over 8 million copies in the U.S. Synchronicity was widely acclaimed by critics. Praise centred on its cohesive merging of disparate genres and sonic experimentation. Rolling Stone described "each cut on Synchronicity [as] not simply a song but a miniature, discrete soundtrack". It has since been included on their lists of the "100 Best Albums of the Eighties" and the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time".
In 2009, Synchronicity was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. In the 1983 Rolling Stone readers poll, Synchronicity was voted "Album of the Year".
Not a fan of The Police but you cannot mistake the quality of the songs and the writing. 6/10
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
| 1. | "Synchronicity I" | Sting | 3:23 |
| 2. | "Walking in Your Footsteps" | Sting | 3:36 |
| 3. | "O My God" | Sting | 4:02 |
| 4. | "Mother" | Andy Summers | 3:05 |
| 5. | "Miss Gradenko" | Stewart Copeland | 2:00 |
| 6. | "Synchronicity II" | Sting | 5:00 |
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
| 7. | "Every Breath You Take" | Sting | 4:13 |
| 8. | "King of Pain" | Sting | 4:59 |
| 9. | "Wrapped Around Your Finger" | Sting | 5:13 |
| 10. | "Tea in the Sahara" | Sting | 4:11 |
| 11. | "Murder by Numbers" (Released on cassette and CD versions but not vinyl) | Summers, Sting | 4:36 |
As featured on Now 7
As featured on Now 7
Now That's What I Call Music 7
Released 23rd August 1986
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Day 5
20 days to go
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A white dove hoping for peace to all.
Only 20 days until Christmas Day.
Mistletoe & Wine- Cliff Richard (1988)
One of the best Christmas songs of The 80s
The child is a king, the carolers sing,
The old has passed, there's a new beginning.
Dreams of Santa, dreams of snow,
Fingers numb, faces aglow
Christmas time, mistletoe and wine
Children singing Christian rhyme
With logs on the fire and gifts on the tree
A time for rejoicing in all that we see
A time for living, a time for believing
A time for trusting, not deceiving,
Love and laughter and joy ever after,
Ours for the taking, just follow the master
Christmas time, mistletoe and wine
Children singing Christian rhyme
With logs on the fire and gifts on the tree
A time for rejoicing in all that we see
A time for giving, a time for getting,
A time for forgiving and for forgetting
Christmas is love, Christmas is peace,
A time for hating and fighting to cease
Christmas time, mistletoe and wine
Children singing Christian rhyme
With logs on the fire and gifts on the tree
A time for rejoicing in all that we see
Silent night
Holy night
Songwriters: Jeremy Paul,Keith Strachan,Leslie Stewart
© BMG Rights Management
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Day 4
21 days to go
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Two Bears in a Christmas Stocking
Only 21 days until Christmas Day.
As featured on Now 6
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Now That's What I Call Music 6
Released 7th December 1985
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Day 3
22 days to go
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Snow and Trees
Only 22 days until Christmas Day.
Do They Know It's Christmas (1984)
The original Christmas classic. Made in The 1980s
Lyrics
It's Christmastime, there's no need to be afraid
At Christmastime, we let in light and we banish shade
And in our world of plenty we can spread a smile of joy
Throw your arms around the world at Christmastime
But say a prayer, pray for the other ones
At Christmastime it's hard, but when you're having fun
There's a world outside your window
And it's a world of dread and fear
Where the only water flowing
Is the bitter sting of tears
And the Christmas bells that ring there are the clanging chimes of doom
Well tonight thank God it's them instead of you
And there won't be snow in Africa this Christmastime
The greatest gift they'll get this year is life
Where nothing ever grows
No rain nor rivers flow
Do they know it's Christmastime at all?
Here's to you
Raise a glass for everyone
Here's to them
Underneath that burning sun
Do they know it's Christmastime at all?
Feed the world
Feed the world
Feed the world
Let them know it's Christmastime again
Feed the world
Let them know it's Christmastime again
Feed the world
Let them know it's Christmastime again
Feed the world
Let them know it's Christmastime again
Feed the world
Let them know it's Christmastime again
Feed the world
Let them know it's Christmastime again
Songwriters: Bob Geldof, Midge Ure
© Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
For non-commercial use only.
Data From: LyricFind
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Day 2
23 days to go
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Carole Singers
Only 23 days until Christmas Day.
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Day 1
24 days to go
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Christmas Bells
Only 24 days until Christmas Day.
Day 2 follows tomorrow
As featured on Now 5
As featured on Now 5
Now That's What I Call Music 5
Released 17th August 1985
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