The best songs are the ones that don\u2019t take much effort to remember. Here are a few songs from the 80s that you can always sing along to, even if it\u2019s been a while since you put them on.<\/p>\n
\u201cI Melt With You\u201d by Modern English<\/p>\n
Even though this one might sound like a stereotypical love song, \u201cI Melt With You\u201d is actually inspired by the looming doom of nuclear war during the 80s. Apparently, it\u2019s supposed to be about a couple making love amidst pure chaos. Honestly, it makes sense if you listen to the lyrics more than the melody:<\/p>\n
Moving forwards, using all my breath
Making love to you was never second best
I saw the world thrashing all around your face
Never really knowing it was always mesh and lace.<\/p>\n
Vocalist Robbie Grey once said<\/a> of this tune, \u201cThe last thing we wanted was to write a song where boy meets girl, they go to the cinema and make love, and that\u2019s the end of it.\u201d There is something strangely deep about this song, so I\u2019d say they achieved that.<\/p>\n \u201cDon\u2019t You Want Me\u201d by The Human League<\/p>\n Everyone knows this fun synth-pop tune about a waitress in a cocktail bar. Its chorus is as fun to sing along to as it is easy to remember. Feeling inspired by the movie A Star Is Born, The Human League<\/a>\u2018s vocalist Phillip Oakey decided to turn this one into a duet. It ended up being the group\u2019s most commercially successful hit.<\/p>\n \u201cValerie\u201d by Steve Winwood<\/p>\n Written by Winwood and Will Jennings, \u201cValerie\u201d is the ultimate synth-pop ballad. According to Jennings, who wrote the words to \u201cValerie\u201d as a poem, the song was inspired by a real person named Valerie Carter.<\/p>\n Carter was a member of the band Howdy Moon and worked with artists like Jackson Brown and James Taylor. She and Jennings apparently hung out quite a bit in the 70\u2019s.<\/p>\n