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Marvin Gaye – Sexual Healing 1982

Perhaps the greatest of all romantic slow songs, Sexual Healing was Marvin Gaye's first hit after leaving the Motown label. Sadly, it was also his final hit before he was tragically shot and killed by his own father.

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ABC – All Of My Heart

All Of My Heart was ABC's final UK Top 10 hit and what a great one! A dramatic and romantic ballad that still sounds fantastic today.

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Dire Straits – Private Investigations

Private Investigations is, (together with Walk Of Life later on in the 80s), Dire Straits highest charting UK hit, reaching number 2 in 1982. Their famous Money For Nothing did reach number 1 in the USA, but only managed number 4 in the UK.

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Roxy Music – Avalon

Avalon by Roxy Music is yet another sexy and romantic song by them. It reached number 13 in the UK charts back in 1982, which they have not surpassed since then (though Bryan Ferry went on to have a huge global hit with Slave To Love later in the 80s).

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Foreigner – Waiting For A Girl Like You

Waiting For A Girl Like You was a UK Top 10 hit in 1981 and did even better in the USA. Their big hit I Want To Know What Love Is was still over 3 years away..

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Madness – It Must Be Love

It Must Be Love was a massive 1981 UK hit for the great UK band Madness though, surprisingly, it never reached number 1. A romantic favourite back in the day, it is my favourite Madness song.

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Imagination – Body Talk

Body Talk was Imagination's stupendously good debut single. Imagination have got to be one of the most underrated UK bands ever - I was lucky enough to see them in early 1985 in Baileys in Watford (soon to become Paradise Lost).

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REO Speedwagon – Keep On Loving You 1981

Keep On Living You was a big USA hit and also a hit in 1981 here in the UK. REO Speedwagon never cracked the UK market and soft rock was never really the UK's style, but still a great song.

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Roxy Music – Jealous Guy

Roxy Music's stunning tribute to John Lennon after his tragic death got to number 1 in the UK charts in 1981. Lennon did the original version of course, but this is just as good (and in my opinion, even better!)

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Dire Straits – Romeo and Juliet

I'm a huge Dire Straits fan now, but had never heard of them before listening to Romeo and Juliet for the first time and then getting into their wonderful music. I actually discovered this song in school as our English Literature teacher, who was a great mu...

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