It's been some time since my last post in the Stack-O-Tracks series. Sink your teeth into these extra versions and remixes of past tracks featured here on BA'80s. Stack-O-Tracks 4 coming soon! ABC BE NEAR ME (ROBBIE RIVERA CLUB MIX) A-HA THE SUN ALWAYS SHINES ON T.V. (GO HOME PRODUCTION REMIX) DOUBLE THE CAPTAIN OF HER HEART (JIMMY M DUB MIX) HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS HEART & SOUL (ORIGINAL UK 12" DANCE MIX) M POP MUZIK (MISS FRENCHIE POPCLUBBING MIX) POP MUZIK (GAME OVER MIX) PETER... Read Full Story

ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS (ORIGINAL FULL LENGTH 12" VERSION)(DUB MIX) Absolute Beginners was the theme tune to the film of the same name (an adaptation of the book Absolute Beginners), composed and performed by David Bowie. Bowie was good friends with the film's director, Julien Temple (who had worked with him in 1984 on the Jazzin' for Blue Jean short film), and landed both the supporting role of Vendice Partners, and the deal to record the theme tune. The sessions, at Abbey Road Studios, were set... Read Full Story

I GOT YOU (ROBBIE STEEL EXTENDED VERSION) New Zealand's Split Enz released the single I Got You in 1980 from their studio album True Colours. Released as a single in January 1980, I Got You was Split Enz's most successful song ever and was written by Neil Finn. It topped both the New Zealand and Australian charts at #1, and reached #12 in the United Kingdom, #13 in Canada and #53 in the United States. Robbie Steel really catches the spirit of a true 80's extended version with this classic... Read Full Story

CRY WOLF (ORIGINAL EXTENDED 12" VERSION) Cry Wolf was the second single from A-ha's 1986 Scoundrel Days album. It was the most successful single from the album in the U.S., where it peaked at #14 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play charts and went to #50 on the Hot 100. While it would be their last entry on that chart, the band would continue to have major pop hits from each album release throughout the rest of the world through to the present day. The single went Top 40 nearly everywhere else... Read Full Story

ALONG COMES A WOMAN (ORIGINAL EXTENDED 12" DANCE MIX) In 1984 Chicago released their seventeenth album, Chicago 17. As the follow-up to 1982's comeback Chicago 16, Chicago 17 consolidated on its predecessor's popularity by delivering their most popular album - currently six times platinum in the US alone and a Grammy winner - and one which would spin off four Top 20 US hit singles. Produced by David Foster, Chicago 17 was a slow burner, finally reaching #4 in the US in early 1985, even... Read Full Story

RUNNING UP THAT HILL (ORIGINAL 12" EXTENDED VERSION) (ASHLEY BEEDLE EDIT) (DATASSETTE REMIX) (MATT MIX) (INFUSION MIX) (INSTRUMENTAL) Running Up That Hill was the first single from Kate Bush's 1985 album Hounds of Love. Written by Bush, it was released as a single in the UK on August 5, 1985, with the album appearing on shelves on September 16, 1985. It was her first 12" single, and her second single to feature gatefold packaging and was the most successful of Bush's 1980s releases... Read Full Story

STRIPPED (ORIGINAL 12" HIGHLAND MIX) (APOLLO MIX) (8088 REMIX) Stripped is Depeche Mode's fifteenth UK single, released on February 10, 1986. It was the first single from the album Black Celebration, and the band's thirteenth overall and sixth consecutive single to hit the UK Top 20, peaking at #15. Stripped is well known for its innovative use of sampling. The underlying beat is a distorted and slowed-down sound of a motorcycle engine running, while the main melody begins with a car's... Read Full Story

WHERE DO THE BOYS GO? (ORIGINAL EXTENDED 12" VERSION)(MR MIYAGI MAXIMATION) In 1984, two years after the success of their single Safety Dance and album Rhythm Of Youth, Canada's Men Without Hats released the album Folk Of The 80's (Part III). The track Where Do The Boys Go? was chosen as the lead single of only two from the album. The single was not as successful as Safety Dance but was a great stomping Europop record and a popular dance anthem at the time. The weird guitar solo on the... Read Full Story

Home computers really took off in the 80s and people would pay big bucks for these marvels such as 16K RAM cards and computers that could display COLOR! Of course business users had to lay out even more such as $12 000 for an 80MB hard drive. clipped ... Read Full Story

GHOSTDANCING (ORIGINAL EXTENDED 12" REMIX) JUNGLELAND (ORIGINAL EXTENDED 12" REMIX) In 1985 Simple Minds released their eighth album Once Upon a Time. Due to the popularity of the Keith Forsey-penned "Don't You (Forget About Me)" on The Breakfast Club soundtrack, interest in Simple Minds was at an all-time high by the time this album came out. Some say it was to spite the song's success, but the band decided to leave the career-defining cut off the album, and instead let singles like speak... Read Full Story