identify the artists/songs

1. Jack & Diane - John Cougar

2. Men at Work - Who Can it Be Now?

3. Tom Petty - Freefallin'

Wanted Dead or Alive-Bon Jovi

5. Beastie Boys - Fight For Your Right

6. Fun Boy 3/Go Go's - Our Lips are Sealed

7. "I Want A New Drug" by Huey Lewis & the News

8. Paula Abdul - Straight Up

Just to prove I have too much time on my hands (and remember far too much of this stuff), here's a few more:

11 Billie Jean - Michael jackson
12 Jump - Van Halen
13 Mickey - Toni Basil
15 Modern Love - David Bowie
17 Another One Bites the Dust - Queen
26 I Love Rock n Roll - Joan Jett
29 Whip It - Devo
30 Sweet Child o' Mine - Guns N Roses
32 All Night Long - Lionel Ritchie
34 Bizarre Love Triangle - New Order
35 Centrefold - J Geils Band
36 Tempted - Squeeze
38 Don't You Want Me - Human League
42 I'm So Excited - Pointer Sisters
44 Love Is A Battlefield - Pat Benatar
45 Boys of Summer - Don Henley
50 Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper

Spankies, Bill, you ruined the flow. Back to it:

9. Red Rider - Lunatic Fringe

10. Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2

14. I Ran - Flock of Seagulls

11, 12 and 13 as above.
14 is "I Ran" by A Flock of Seagulls

Grrrr! ;-)
Alright then, 15 as above. 16 is "Dr Feelgood" by Mötley Crüe.

Filling in:

18 - Pop Song 89/REM
19 - 867-5309 (Jenny)/Tommy Tutone
20
21
22 - Man Eater/Hall&Oates
23
24
27 - Eye in the Sky/Alan Parsons
28 -
31
33
37 - I Can't Go for That/Hall&Oates (wow! I got two of theirs & never liked them!)
39
40
41 - Come on Eileen/Dexy
43 - Goody 2 shoes/Adamant
46
47
48 - You Might Think/Cars
49

I've just found a web page with all the answers on it. I've only looked at 20 and 21, though. I think 20 is difficult, but someone will probably prove me wrong.

20 and 28 are sticking in my craw - I know those two, but can't place either of them.

20. Living Colour - "Cult of Personality"

21. Peter Gabriel - "Big Time"

28 - Electric Avenue, Eddy Grant. Whew! I feel better!

Check #22 - I was incorrect. (I know that one, too - on the tip of my ear...)

OK, for easy referecnce - here are the clues for the ones nobody has answered yet (I think) up until clue #60:

23. You can listen as well as you hear

24. Think of the tender things that we were working on

25. They gave you life and in return you gave them hell

28. Can't get food for the king

31. You're like the sun chasing all of the rain away

33. I'm not internationally known, but I'm known to rock a microphone

39. Didn't know how lost I was until I found you

40. People of the world today are we looking for a better way of life

46. Caught up in the action I've been looking out for you

47. An invisible man sleeping in your bed

51. And incidents arose from circumstance

52. You know I like my girls a little bit older

53. You always live your life never thinking of the future

54. Now we're sharing the same dreams, and our hearts can beat as one

55. She don't need a man's touch

56. She'll get a hold on you, believe it

57. You're everywhere, but you're so hard to find

58. You want your percentage, but I'm the fool paying the dues

59. No April rain, no flowers' bloom, no wedding Saturday within the month of June

60. There's a skeleton chokin' on a crust of bread

OK, for easy reference - here are the clues for the ones nobody has answered yet (I think) up until clue #60:

23. You can listen as well as you hear

24. Think of the tender things that we were working on

25. They gave you life and in return you gave them hell

28. Can't get food for the king

31. You're like the sun chasing all of the rain away

33. I'm not internationally known, but I'm known to rock a microphone

39. Didn't know how lost I was until I found you

40. People of the world today are we looking for a better way of life

46. Caught up in the action I've been looking out for you

47. An invisible man sleeping in your bed

51. And incidents arose from circumstance

52. You know I like my girls a little bit older

53. You always live your life never thinking of the future

54. Now we're sharing the same dreams, and our hearts can beat as one

55. She don't need a man's touch

56. She'll get a hold on you, believe it

57. You're everywhere, but you're so hard to find

58. You want your percentage, but I'm the fool paying the dues

59. No April rain, no flowers' bloom, no wedding Saturday within the month of June

60. There's a skeleton chokin' on a crust of bread

23. You can listen as well as you hear
24. Think of the tender things that we were working on
25. They gave you life and in return you gave them hell
31. You're like the sun chasing all of the rain away
33. I'm not internationally known, but I'm known to rock a microphone
39. Didn't know how lost I was until I found you
40. People of the world today are we looking for a better way of life
46. Caught up in the action I've been looking out for you
47. An invisible man sleeping in your bed

51. And incidents arose from circumstance Heat of the Moment - Asia

52. You know I like my girls a little bit older
53. You always live your life never thinking of the future

54. Now we're sharing the same dreams, and our hearts can beat as one Carribbean Queen - Billy Ocean

55. She don't need a man's touch

56. She'll get a hold on you, believe it Easy Lover - Collins/Bailey

57. You're everywhere, but you're so hard to find
58. You want your percentage, but I'm the fool paying the dues
59. No April rain, no flowers' bloom, no wedding Saturday within the month of June

60. There's a skeleton chokin' on a crust of bread King of Pain - Police

22 and 23 were a theme couplet:
22. Genesis - Invisible Touch
23. Mike and the Mechanics - The Living Years

33. I'm not internationally known, but I'm known to rock a microphone (oh, come ON people - Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock's "It Takes Two"!)

39. Didn't know how lost I was until I found you (Madge, "Like a Virgin")

46. Caught up in the action I've been looking out for you (Glenn Frey, "The Heat Is On" - baby, can YOU feel it?)

59. No April rain, no flowers' bloom, no wedding Saturday within the month of June (ah, Mr. Stevie Wonder, the WHAT HAPPENED? Poster Child, with "I Just Called to Say I Love You")

Wow - this quiz is on loads of sites now.

24. Don't You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds
25. Shout - Tears For Fears - Shout
(two instances where I wish I could say I cheated ;-) )

1-60 seems to have stalled out. Here's 61-99:

61. With my body and soul I want you more than you'll ever know
62. I used to think maybe you loved me, now I know that it's true Walking on Sunshine/ Katrina&Waves 63. Animals strike curious poses
64. Religion is a light in the fog What I am/ Edie Brickel
65. I don't know where I'm goin' but I sure know where I've been
66. If you want to find all the cops they're hanging out in the donut shop
67. And there's a heart that's breaking down this long distance line tonight ... Missing You/ John Waite
68. I'm always workin', slavin', every day
69. Feel like I could run away, run away from this empty heart
70. Kick off your Sunday shoes
71. Daddy says she's too young, but she's old enough for me
72. He turned to me as if to say, "Hurry boy, it's waiting there for you" Africa/ Toto
73. You're not naive, you must be strong
74. Darken the city night is a wire, steam in the subway earth is afire
75. She had the body of a Venus, Lord imagine my surprise
76. I can't help recalling how it felt to kiss and hold you tight
77. Will you meet him on the main line, or will you catch him on the rebound?
78. Watching every motion in this foolish lover's game
79. You make the sun shine brighter than Doris Day
80. Loving would be easy if your colours were like my dream, red, gold and green Karma Chameleon/ Culture Club
81. They threw an American flag in our face
82. When I'm dancing close to her, I can smell the chemicals Blinded Me with Science/ Dolby
83. She told me to come but I was already there
84. Streetlight people, living just to find emotion Don't Stop Believing/ Journey
85. It belongs to them, let's give it back Beds are Burning/ Midnight Oil
86. Everything you do is quite angelicate Why Can't I be You/ Cure
87. Rolling like thunder under the covers I Guess That's why they call it the blues/ Elton
88. I don't know what you expect staring into the TV set Burning Down the House/ Talking Heads
89. My eyes dilate, my lips go green
90. I touch you once, I touch you twice If you Leave/ OMD
91. To have you with me I would swim the seven seas
92. Crazy little woman in a one man show
93. Went the distance, now I'm back on my feet
94. Got in a little hometown jam, so they put a rifle in my hand
95. There is freedom within, there is freedom without Dont Dream its Over/ Crowded House
96. But whatever road you choose, I'm right behind you win or lose
97. I need fifty dollars to make you holler
98. So let's sink another drink cause it'll give me time to think
99. Goddess on the mountain top

63. Animals strike curious poses. Prince-When Doves Cry

66. If you want to find all the cops they're hanging out in the donut shop. Bangles-Walk Like an Egyptian

68. I'm always workin', slavin', every day-Poison-Nothin' But a Good Time

74. Darken the city night is a wire, steam in the subway earth is afire. Duran Duran-Hungry Like a Wolf

75. She had the body of a Venus, Lord imagine my surprise Aerosmith-Dude Looks Like a Lady

79. You make the sun shine brighter than Doris Day. Wham-Wake Me Up Before You Go Go

83. She told me to come but I was already there. AC/DC-You Shook Me All Night Long

98. So let's sink another drink cause it'll give me time to think. Generation X/Billy Idol-Dancing with Myself

99. Goddess on the mountain top-Shocking Blue/Bananarama-Venus

Is 97. Bust a move by Young M.C.?

65. Whitesnake - Here I Go Again 69. Johnny Hates Jazz - Shattered Dreams 70. Kenny Loggins - Footloose

78. Take My Breath Away by Berlin.

102. Where can I find a woman like that – Rick Springfield – Jessie’s Girl
103. Paul, I think I told you I'm a lover not a fighter – Michael Jackson and Fab Macca – the girl is Mine
106. Just don't ask me how I am – Suzanne Vega - Luka
108. Take your passion and make it happen – Irene Cara – What A Feeling
109. That little faggot he's a millionaire – Dire Straits – Money For Nothing
110. I was wrong, now I find just one thing makes me forget – UB40 – Red Red Wine
113. Darlin' in my wildest dreams I never thought I'd go - ? – Harden My Heart
115. The Salvation Army band played and the children drank lemonade – Dream Academy – Life in a Northern Town
119. Wouldn't wanna be swept away, far away from the one that I love – Chicago – (whatever it’s called)
122. Two silhouettes saying goodnight by the garden gate - Come Dancing?
124. I asked the doctor to take your picture so I could look at you from inside as well – The Vapors – Turning Japanese
127. Every time you call my name, I heat up like a burnin' flame - Steve Miller (fuckface)- Abracadabra
128. This is it boys, this is war – Nena – 99 Luftballons/Red Ballons
129. I can't understand what makes a man hate another man Depeche Mode – People are People
132. Food is served and you're stone cold munchin' – Young MC – Bust a Move
134. We can dance, everybody look at your hands, Men Without Hats - Saftey Dance
135. I know a place where we can dance the whole night away underneath electric stars ...DeBarge – Rhythm of the Night
139. You want a piece of my heart, you better start from the start – Loverboy – Everybody’s Workin’ for the Weekend
140. But when the wrong word goes in the right ear, I know you been lyin' to me – The Fixx – One Thing Leads to another
142. What's your definition of dirty, baby – George Michael – I Want Your Sex
146. So when the night falls, my lonely heart calls – Eddie Money and Ronnie Spector – Take Me Home Tonight
147. So you better go back to your bars, your temples, your massage parlors – Murray Head – One Night In Bangkok
148. Did you really think about it before you made the rules – Bruce Hornsby (ugh) That’s Just the Way it is.
150. Across the north and south to Key Largo, love for sale – Sade – Smooth Operator
151. Bermuda, Bahama, come on pretty mama – Beach Boys - Kokomo
152. I swear that I could see forever in your eyes – From Footloose Soundtrack (forget who the duet is by) - Paradise
156. Dreams stay with you like a lover's voice fires the mountainside – Big Country – Big Country
157. No huggin' no kissin' til I get a wedding ring – Georgia Sattellites – Keep Your Hands to Yourself
158. I don't worry 'cause my wallet's fat – ZZ TOP – Sharp Dressed Man
159. Sister's sighing in her sleep Madness – Our House
162. What's your price for flight – Night Ranger(?) Sister Christian
163. I know a guy who's tough but sweet – Bow Wow Wow - Candy
164. And I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone – Tracey Chapman - Fast Car
165. Why do I find it so hard to write the next line, oh I want the truth to be said – Spandau Ballet - True
166. Every time he pulls me near, I just wanna cheer – Deniece Williams – lets Hear it For the Boy
167. Put the needle on the record – MARRS – Pump up the Volume (?)
168. Whoa no, I've got to keep on moving – Matthew Wilder – That “break my stride” song that’s just an adult diaper commercial now
169. Once upon a time there was light in my life, but now there's only love in the dark – Bonnie Tyler – Total Eclipse of the Heart
171. There were incidents and accidents, there were hints and allegations – Paul Simon – Call me Al
173. She dances like she's never danced before – Michael Sembello - maniac
175. Your moves are so raw, I've got to let you know you're one of my kind – INXS – Need You Tonight
176. Get up, get up, get up, get up, let's make love tonight – Marvin Gaye – Sexual Healing
180. You can feel the punishment but you can't commit the sin - Howard Jones – No One is to Blame
182. He wants me, but only part of the time – Til Tuesday – Voices Carry
185. You think you're mad, too unstable, kicking in chairs and knocking down tables – Pet Shop Boys – West End Girls
190. It's time to bring this ship in to the shore and throw away the oars forever – REO Speedwagon – Can’t Fight this Feeling
191. We are the ones who make a brighter day, so let's start giving - We Are The World
192. We could dance and party all night, and drink some cherry wine – El Debarge(?)
193. Dressed up like a million-dollar trooper Taco – Puttin’ on the Ritz
195. Sail away with me to another world - Kenny Rogers/Dolly – Islands in the Stream
196. I'll be your friend, I'll help you carry on – (someone, Nu Shooz?) - Lean on Me
198. Yo no soy marinero, por ti sere, por ti sere, por ti sere Los Lobos - La Bamba
199. Work all day to earn his pay, so we can play all night – Sheena Easton – Morning Train (9 to 5)
200. Ever since you've been leaving me, I've been wanting to cry – Julian Lennon – Too Late For Goodbyes
202. And when we hear the voices sing, the book of love will open up and let us in Mr.Mister – Broken Wings
203. Some of them want to abuse you, some of them want to be abused – Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams are Made of This
205. I have a picture pinned to my wall Thompson Twins – Hold Me Now
208. Earth below us drifting falling floating weightless Peter Schilling – Major Tom
209. Ooh baby, do you know what that's worth? Belinda Carlisle- Heaven is a Place on Earth
211. Let me hear your body talk – Olivia Newton John - Physical
212. Won't you pack your bags, we'll leave tonight – Eddie Money – Two Tickets to Paradise
213. The beating of our hearts is the only sound Tiffany – I think We’re Alone Now
214. And if this world runs out of lovers, we'll still have each other Starship – Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us
215. Is it so wrong to be human after all? Level 42 – Something About…
216. There is good and bad (mmmm-hmmm) in everyone Stevie Wonder/Fab Macca Wacky Thumbs Aloft – Ebony and Ivory
217. Who needs a heart when a heart can be broken? Tina Turner – What’s Love Got To…
218. It's gonna take money, a whole lotta spendin' money - George Harrison – Got My Mind Set on You
219. I'm not the kind of girl who gives up just like that – Blondie – Tide is High
220. It must've been some kind of kiss, I shoulda walked away Cutting Crew(?) I Just Died in your arms
222. Ronny, Bobby, Ricky and Mike, if I like a girl, who cares who you like - New Edition – Cool it Now
and I have about twenty more on the tip of my brain... argaghhh

Filling in here and there:

31. "You're like the sun, chasing all of the rain away" Atlantic Starr - "Always"
40 People of the world today are we looking for a better way of life - Janet Jackson, "Rhythm Nation"
47. "An Invisible Man Sleeping In Your Bed" - Ray Parker, Jr., "Ghostbusters"
55. "She dont need a man's touch" : Glamorous Life - Sheila E.
57. "You're everywhere, but you're so hard to find" - Foreigner, "Urgent"
77. Will you meet him on the main line, or will you catch him on the rebound? - Laura Branigan, "Gloria"
73. "You're not naive, you must be strong" - Kajagoogoo, "Too Shy"
81. "They threw an American flag in our face" - Billy Joel, "Allentown"
92. "Crazy little woman in a one man show" - Def Leppard, "Pour Some Sugar on Me"
94. "Got in a little hometown jam, so they put a rifle in my hand" - Bruce Springsteen, "Born in the USA"
117. "I've got a secret I've been hiding under my skin" - Styx, Mr. Roboto
118. "I love you though you hurt me so" - Soft Cell, Tainted Love
120 "The sheik he drove his Cadillac" - Clash, Rock the Casbah
123. "Have some more chicken, have some more pie" - Weird Al, "Eat It"
141. "I follow where my mind goes" - Psychedelic Furs, "Love my way"
149. "So you think my singing's out of time, well it makes me money" - Quiet Riot, "Come on feel the noize"
154. "Take my license and all that jive" - Sammy Hagar, "I can't drive 55"
160. "Better make it fast or else I'm gonna get pissed" - Salt 'n' Pepa, "Push It"
179. "Dream of better lives the kind which never hate" - Modern English, I Melt With You
188. "Things are going great, and they're only getting better" - Timbuk 3 - "The Future's so bright, I gotta wear shades"
189. "So You Better Treat Her Right" - Donna Summer, "She works hard for the money"
201. "Baby baby when I look at you, I get a warm feeling inside" - Chaka Khan, I Feel For You
221. "You see it all around you / good lovin gone bad" - 38 Special, Hold on Loosely

And a few more:

62. I used to think maybe you loved me, now I know that it's true Walking on Sunshine/ Katrina&Waves
64. Religion is a light in the fog What I am/ Edie Brickel
72. He turned to me as if to say, "Hurry boy, it's waiting there for you" Africa/ Toto
80. Loving would be easy if your colours were like my dream, red, gold and green Karma Chameleon/ Culture Club
82. When I'm dancing close to her, I can smell the chemicals Blinded Me with Science/ Dolby
84. Streetlight people, living just to find emotion Don't Stop Believing/ Journey
85. It belongs to them, let's give it back Beds are Burning/ Midnight Oil
86. Everything you do is quite angelicate Why Can't I be You/ Cure
87. Rolling like thunder under the covers I Guess That's why they call it the blues/ Elton
88. I don't know what you expect staring into the TV set Burning Down the House/ Talking Heads
90. I touch you once, I touch you twice If you Leave/ OMD
95. There is freedom within, there is freedom without Dont Dream its Over/ Crowded House
105. I had a whiskey on the rocks and change of a dollar for the jukebox Rock This Town/ Stray Cats
116. The more you live, the faster you will die Der Komissar/ After the Fall
131. I know you really want to tell me goodbye Stop Draggin My Heart Around/ Stevie Nicks&Tom Petty
133. Don't let go while I'm hangin' on, 'cause I been hangin' on so long Our Love's in JeopardyGreg Kihn
138. You can say anything you like, but you can't touch the merchandise Shes a Beauty/Tubes
143. We'll leave the TV and the radio behind Steppin Out/ Joe Jackson
151. Bermuda, Bahama, come on pretty mama Kokomo/Beach Boys
156. Dreams stay with you like a lover's voice fires the mountainside Big Country
157. No huggin' no kissin' til I get a wedding ring Keep Your Hands to Yourself/ Georgia Satellites
158. I don't worry 'cause my wallet's fat Sharp Dressed Man/ ZZ Top
162. What's your price for flight Sister Christian/ Night Ranger
170. I stain my sheets, I don't even know why Blister in the Sun/ Violent Femmes
204. He's licking his lips, he's ready to win, on the hunt tonight for love at first sting Rock You Like a Hurricane/ Scorpions
207. You'll flow down her river, she'll ask and you'll give her Lips Like Sugar/ Echo & the Bunnymen

Catching up on yesterday:
52. You know I like my girls a little bit older ("Your Love" - The Outfield)

53. You always live your life never thinking of the future ("Owner Of a Lonely Heart" - Yes)

58. You want your percentage, but I'm the fool paying the dues ("Hold Me" - Fleetwood Mac)

61. "I've Had The Time Of My Life" - Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes

69. "Shattered Dreams" - Johnny Hates Jazz

70. "Footloose" - Kenny Loggins

Yay Kerry and Dave! Some of those were still rattling around in the back of my head all day at work. But especially Der Komissar and the Kajagoogoo one. But WHAT is 206? I feel as if I totally know that one.

I'm only getting 206 because I spent last night in a Yuppie bar where all the man had ties and winter coats on and I thought: "This is just like St. Elmo's Fire." I.e., "Man in Motion," by ... I want to say John Garr? John Parr? Something like that.

Thank You! I was on the verge of resorting to Google. Yes it is John Parr.

97. Young MC? Nope, but close. Wild Thing - Tone Loc, which was co- written by Young MC.