1987, was this the last great year for Alt 80s legends such as Sisters/Cure/Depeche/Smiths/Cult/Siouxsie/Bunnymen/Jesus&Mary Chain/Nephilim?About this Event
Here's how you voted to compile the best tracks of 1987:-
1 Sisters of Mercy - This Corrosion
2 New Order - True Faith
3 Cure - Just Like Heaven
4 Mission - Wasteland
5 Sisters Of Mercy - Lucretia My Reflection
6 Cult - Love Removal Machine
7 Sisters Of Mercy - Dominion/Mother Russia
8 Echo & The Bunnymen - Lips Like Sugar
9 Smiths - Sheila Take A Bow
10 Depeche Mode - Never Let Me Down Again
11 Jesus & Mary Chain - April Skies
12 R.E.M. - It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
13 Depeche Mode - Strangelove
14 Siouxsie And The Banshees - The Passenger
15 Cure - Why Can't I Be You?
16 INXS - Need You Tonight
17 Mission - Severina
18 Cult - Lil' Devil
19 Man 2 Man meets Man Parrish - Male Stripper
20 INXS - New Sensation
21 Stone Roses - Sally Cinammon
22 R.E.M. - The One I Love
23 Pet Shop Boys - It's A Sin
24 Erasure - Victim of Love
25 Siouxsie And The Banshees - Wheels Of Fire
26 House Of Love - Shine On
27 Faith No More - We Care A Lot
28 Smiths - Shoplifters Of The World Unite
29 New Order - Touched By The Hand Of God
30 M|A|R|R|S - Pump Up the Volume
31 Aztec Camera - Somewhere In My Heart
32 Fall - Hit The North
33 Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine
34 Prince - Sign O' The Times
35 Smiths - Girlfriend In A Coma
36 INXS - Mystify
37 Gary Numan - Cars (E Reg Model remix)
38 Pet Shop Boys - Always On My Mind
39 Beastie Boys - No Sleep Till Brooklyn
40 Cult - Wild Flower
41 Fields Of The Nephilim - Preacher Man
42 Pet Shop Boys - Heart
43 Sugarcubes - Birthday
44 Communards - Never Can Say Goodbye
45 Iggy Pop - Real Wild Child (Wild One)
46 Jesus & Mary Chain - Happy When It Rains
47 Beastie Boys - (You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party)
48 U2 - Where The Streets Have No Name
49 Housemartins - Caravan of Love
50 Pogues & The Dubliners - The Irish Rover
51 Whitesnake - Here I Go Again '87
52 Taylor Dayne - Tell It To My Heart
53 Blow Monkeys - It Doesn't Have to Be This Way
54 Smiths - Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before
55 George Michael - Faith
56 Terence Trent D'Arby - If You Let Me Stay
57 Pet Shop Boys - Rent
58 Wedding Present - My Favourite Dress
59 Pete Wylie - Sinful
60 Smiths - I Started Something I Couldn't Finish
61 Spear Of Destiny - Never Take Me Alive
62 Fine Young Cannibals - Ever Fallen in Love
63 Depeche Mode - Behind The Wheel
64 Happy Mondays - 24 Hour Party People
65 Bolshoi - A Way II
66 Damned - Alone Again Or
67 Prince - U Got The Look
68 Fall - There's A Ghost In My House
69 Wedding Present - Everyone Thinks He Looks Daft
70 New Model Army - White Coats
71 New Order - 1963
72 Julian Cope - Trampolene
73 Communards - You Are My World ('87) (remix)
74 Mission - Shelter From The Storm
75 Sinéad O'Connor - Mandinka
76 Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now
77 U2 - With Or Without You
78 Gene Loves Jezebel - The Motion Of Love
79 Curiosity Killed The Cat - Down To Earth
80 Black - Wonderful Life
81 All About Eve - Flowers In Our Hair
82 Westworld - Sonic Boom Boy
83 ABC - When Smokey Sings
84 Mission - 1969
85 Fields Of The Nephilim - Blue Water
86 All About Eve - In The Clouds
87 Curiosity Killed The Cat - Misfit
88 Scarlet Fantastic - No Memory
89 Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning
90 Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere
91 Stranglers - All Day And All Of The Night
92 Deacon Blue - Dignity
93 Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over
94 Eric B & Rakim - Paid In Full (Coldcut Remix)
95 Pop Will Eat Itself - There Is No Love Between Us Anymore
96 Fall - Victoria
97 U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
98 Alison Moyet - Is This Love?
99 Half Man Half Biscuit - Dickie Davies Eyes
100 Salt 'n' Pepa - Push It
101 Run DMC - It's Tricky
102 Wedding Present - Anyone Can Make A Mistake
103 Boy George - Everything I Own
104 Aerosmith - Dude (Looks Like A Lady)
105 Bananarama - Love in the First Degree
106 Terence Trent D'Arby - Sign Your Name
107 Zodiac Mindwarp & The Love Reaction - Prime Mover
108 Fleetwood Mac - Big Love (Arthur Baker's Piano Dub)
109 Guns N' Roses - Welcome To The Jungle
110 Pet Shop Boys with Dusty Springfield - What Have I Done to Deserve This?
111 Age Of Chance - Kiss
112 Pop Will Eat Itself - Love Missile F1-11
113 Marc Almond With The Willing Sinners - Melancholy Rose
114 Krush - House Arrest
115 Primitives - Stop Killing Me
116 T'Pau - China In Your Hand
117 INXS - Devil Inside
118 Dead Or Alive - Something In My House
119 Mission - Tomorrow Never Knows
120 That Petrol Emotion - Big Decision
121 Hüsker Dü - Could You Be The One?
122 Def Leppard - Animal
123 Pseudo Echo - Funky Town
124 Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up
125 Alarm - Rain In The Summertime
126 Cure - Catch
127 Siouxsie And The Banshees - This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us
128 Wax - Bridge To Your Heart
129 Erasure - It Doesn't Have To Be
130 Danielle Dax - Big Hollow Man
131 Crazyhead - What Gives You The Idea That You're So Amazing Baby?
132 Beatmasters featuring The Cookie Crew - Rok Da House
133 Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal
134 Rhythim Is Rhythim - Strings Of Life
135 R.E.M. - Finest Worksong
136 Rose Of Avalanche - Velveteen
137 Steve 'Silk' Hurley - Jack Your Body
138 Madonna - La Isla Bonita
139 Balaam & The Angel - I'll Show You Something Special
140 Wedding Present - You Should Always Keep In Touch With Your Friends
141 Housemartins - Me And The Farmer
142 Mel & Kim - Respectable
143 Belinda Carlisle - Heaven Is a Place on Earth
144 Freeez featuring John Rocca - I.O.U. (The Ultimate Remixes)
145 Cabaret Voltaire - Don't Argue
146 Michael Jackson - Bad
147 Alexander O'Neal - Criticize
148 Mission - Dancing Barefoot
149 Wonder Stuff - Unbearable
150 Hue & Cry - Labour Of Love
151 Godfathers - Birth School Work Death
152 Icicle Works - Evangeline
153 Nitzer Ebb - Join The Chant
154 Public Enemy - Bring The Noise
155 Peter Gabriel - Big Time
156 Bros - When Will I Be Famous?
157 A-ha - Cry Wolf
158 Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)
159 David Bowie - Day-In Day-Out
160 Dollar - O L'Amour
161 CUD - You Sexy Thing
162 Joyce Sims - Come Into My Life
163 Level 42 - Running In The Family
164 Gaye Bykers On Acid - Everything’s Groovy
165 Red Lorry Yellow Lorry - Open Up
166 Chic - Jack Le Freak
167 Eurythmics - Missionary Man
168 Simply Red - The Right Thing
169 Billy Idol - Don't Need A Gun
170 Justified Ancients of Mu Mu - Downtown
171 Psychedelic Furs - Midnight To Midnight
172 Sonic Youth - Schizophrenia
173 Jan Hammer - Crockett's Theme
174 Living In A Box - Living In A Box
175 Whitney Houston - So Emotional
176 Dead Can Dance - Anywhere Out Of The World
177 Housemaster Boyz & The Rude Boy Of The House - House Nation
178 George Michael - Monkey
179 Ghost Dance - Fools Gold
180 Happy Mondays - Kuff Dam
181 Farley 'Jackmaster' Funk - Love Can't Turn Around
182 Taffy - I Love My Radio (My Deejay's Radio)
183 Bryan Ferry - The Right Stuff
184 Love And Rockets - Waiting For The Flood
185 Cameo - Back And Forth
186 Duran Duran - Skin Trade
187 Mantronix - Who Is It
188 Nitzer Ebb - Let Your Body Learn
189 Timbuk 3 - The Future's So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades
190 Frankie Knuckles - Your Love
191 Simple Minds - Ghostdancing
192 Was (Not Was) - Walk The Dinosaur
193 Europe - The Final Countdown
194 Big Black - Bad Penny
195 T-Coy - Carino
196 Joe Smooth - Promised Land
197 Sterling Void - It's All Right
198 Alien Sex Fiend - The Impossible Mission
199 A Split Second - Flesh
200 Front 242 - Master Hit
Expect to hear a good few of these plus the odd curveball.
Saturday 13th March, 3-9pm or a little later if you're still up for it!
Event venue
The Backroom, 50a Call Lane, Leeds, United Kingdom
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