Women & Songs: The 80s
Encyclopedia
Women & Songs: The 80s is a special album in the Women & Songs
franchise. It was released with Women & Songs: 60s Girl Groups
one week before the official 6th album in the collection.
, and also includes Bananarama
's Cruel Summer and the Pat Benatar
classic We Belong.
Women & Songs
Women & Songs is a series of annual Canadian compilation album releases that only contain tracks by female artists. The first album, simply titled Women & Songs, was released December 9, 1997 and the series has since been both a major seller and a chart-topper in the Canadian music scene.-Regular...
franchise. It was released with Women & Songs: 60s Girl Groups
Women & Songs: 60s Girl Groups
Women & Songs: 60s Girl Groups is a special album in the Women & Songs franchise. It was released with Women & Songs: The 80s one week before the official 6th album in the collection.- Overview :...
one week before the official 6th album in the collection.
Overview
The album includes 12 chart-toppers from the decade. The album begins with Flashdance from Irene CaraIrene Cara
Irene Cara is an American singer and actress. Cara won an Academy Award in 1984 in the category of Best Original Song for co-writing "Flashdance... What a Feeling." She is also known for her recording of the song "Fame", and she also starred in the 1980 film Fame.She married Hollywood stuntman...
, and also includes Bananarama
Bananarama
Bananarama are an English female pop duo who have had success on the pop and dance charts since 1982. Rather than relying on a two part harmony, the duo generally sings in unison, as do their background vocalists. Although there have been line-up changes, the group enjoyed their most popular...
's Cruel Summer and the Pat Benatar
Pat Benatar
Pat Benatar is an American singer and four-time Grammy winner. She had considerable commercial success particularly in the United States...
classic We Belong.
Track listing
- Flashdance (Irene Cara/K. Forsey/G. Moroder) [3:58]
- (performed by Irene CaraIrene CaraIrene Cara is an American singer and actress. Cara won an Academy Award in 1984 in the category of Best Original Song for co-writing "Flashdance... What a Feeling." She is also known for her recording of the song "Fame", and she also starred in the 1980 film Fame.She married Hollywood stuntman...
)
- (performed by Irene Cara
- Gloria (Giancarlo Bigazzi/Umberto Tozzi/Trevor Veitch) [4:51]
- (performed by Laura BraniganLaura BraniganLaura Ann Branigan was an American singer-songwriter and actress of Italian and Irish ancestry. She is best known in the United States for her 1982 Platinum-certified hit "Gloria" and in Europe for the number-one single "Self Control"...
)
- (performed by Laura Branigan
- Who's That Girl (Annie Lennox/Dave Stewart) [4:46]
- (performed by EurythmicsEurythmicsEurythmics were a British pop rock duo, formed in 1980, currently disbanded, but known to reunite from time to time. Consisting of members Annie Lennox and David A...
)
- (performed by Eurythmics
- Bette Davis Eyes (Jackie DeShannon/Donna Weiss) [3:45]
- (performed by Kim CarnesKim CarnesKim Carnes is an American singer-songwriter. She is a two-time Grammy Award winner noted for her distinctive raspy vocal style. Some people have called her "The Female Rod Stewart" due to her raspy voice....
)
- (performed by Kim Carnes
- Rise Up (Billy Bryans/Lynne Fernie/Laurie Gonger/Lorraine Segato/Steve Webster) [3:44]
- (performed by Parachute Club)
- Cruel Summer (Sarah Elizabeth Dallin/Siobhan Fahey/Steve Jolley/Tony Swain/Keren Woodward) [3:30]
- (performed by BananaramaBananaramaBananarama are an English female pop duo who have had success on the pop and dance charts since 1982. Rather than relying on a two part harmony, the duo generally sings in unison, as do their background vocalists. Although there have been line-up changes, the group enjoyed their most popular...
)
- (performed by Bananarama
- We Belong (David Eric Lowen/Dan Navarro) [3:39]
- (performed by Pat BenatarPat BenatarPat Benatar is an American singer and four-time Grammy winner. She had considerable commercial success particularly in the United States...
)
- (performed by Pat Benatar
- Echo Beach (Mark Gane) [3:33]
- (performed by Martha & The Muffins)
- Situation (Vince Clarke/Alison Moyet) [5:46]
- (performed by YazooYazoo (band)Yazoo are a British synthpop duo from Basildon, Essex. They had a number of Top 10 hits in the UK charts in the early 1980s...
)
- (performed by Yazoo
- The Glamorous Life (Sheila E.) [3:43]
- (performed by Sheila E.Sheila E.Sheila Escovedo , known by her stage name Sheila E., is an American drummer and percussionist, perhaps best known for her work with Prince, George Duke and Ringo Starr.-Early life and Prince period:...
)
- (performed by Sheila E.
- I Feel for You (Prince) [5:47]
- (performed by Chaka KhanChaka KhanChaka Khan , frequently known as the Queen of Funk, is a 10-time Grammy Award winning American singer-songwriter who gained fame in the 1970s as the frontwoman and focal point of the funk band Rufus. While still a member of the group in 1978, Khan embarked on a successful solo career...
)
- (performed by Chaka Khan
- Only in My Dreams (Debbie Gibson) [3:56]
- (performed by Debbie Gibson)