Various Artists "The 80's Collection - 1981"

The 80's Collection 1981 (Time Life Music) is a double CD compilation album, edited by Time-Life Music in 1993.

Track list:

CD1

1. REO Speedwagon– Keep On Loving You 3:21
2. Foreigner– Waiting For A Girl Like You  4:35
3. Robert Palmer– Looking For Clues 4:19
4. Steve Winwood– While You See A Chance  5:11
5. Jon & Vangelis– I'll Find My Way Home  4:32
6. Earth Wind And Fire – Let's Groove 5:39
7. Cliff Richard– Wired For Sound    3:40
8. Hall & Oates – Private Eyes  3:34
9. Keith Marshall– Only Crying  4:19
10. Eddie Rabbitt– I Love A Rainy Night  3:11
11. Styx   The Best Of Times   4:19
12. Champaign– How 'Bout Us  4:33  

CD2

1. Soft Cell– Tainted Love   2:41
2. Ultravox– Vienna  4:39
3. Visage– Fade To Grey  4:01
4. Kim Carnes– Bette Davis Eyes  3:44
5. Kim Wilde– Kids In America  3:29
6. Bucks Fizz– Making Your Mind Up 2:40
7. Shakin' Stevens– You Drive Me Crazy  2:49
8. Adam And The Ants– Stand And Deliver  3:10
9. Altered Images– Happy Birthday   3:02
10. Blondie– Rapture 5:34
11. The Electric Light Orchestra  –   Hold On Tight  3:09
12. The Pointer Sisters – Slowhand 3:48

The 80's Collection - '1981' was produced by Time-Life with the cooperation of BMG, Chrysalis, EMI, PolyGram, Sony, Warner and other independents.

The copyright in this sound recording is owned by the participating labels and has been licensed to Time-Life Books B.V.

℗ 1993 Time-Life Books B.V.

© 1993 Time-Life Books B.V.

Time-Life Music is a division of Time-Life Books B.V.

Time -Life is a trademark of Time Warner Inc.

Made in Germany by Warner Music Manufacturing Europe.

Various Artists "Just Can't Get Enough: New Wave Hits of the '80s Vol.5"

Just Can't Get Enough: New Wave Hits of the '80s is a series of compilations issued by Rhino Records, on both CD and audio cassette, featuring various artists from the new wave era 1977–1985.

The series contained 15 volumes. The first five were released on 21 June 1994, volumes 6–10 on 18 October 1994, and the last five volumes on 20 June 1995. Additional themed volumes—New Wave Dance Hits, New Wave Women, New Wave Halloween, and New Wave Christmas—came out in subsequent years. Rhino Records discontinued the series, due to rights issues and with no plans to re-release them. Many of the songs in the series are mastered from the 7" single masters. The series includes some songs making their first CD appearance (in some rare cases, their only CD appearance).

The fifth volume was released on both CD [R2 71698] and audio cassette on 21 June 1994. The booklet included liner notes by Andy Zax.

1. "I Want Candy" Bow Wow Wow 2:47
2. "I Know What Boys Like" The Waitresses 3:15
3. "Kids in America" Kim Wilde 3:29
4. "Love Plus One" Haircut One Hundred 3:40
5. "Someday, Someway" Marshall Crenshaw 2:52
6. "Hold on to Something" Great Buildings 3:49
7. "Town Called Malice" The Jam 2:57
8. "867-5309/Jenny" Tommy Tutone 3:48
9. "Vacation" The Go-Gos 3:01
10. "Valley Girl" Frank & Moon Zappa 3:50
11. "I Ran (So Far Away)" A Flock of Seagulls 3:46
12. "Sex Dwarf" Soft Cell 5:16
13. "I Love a Man in Uniform" Gang of Four 3:35
14. "The Art of Parties" Japan 4:12
15. "Homosapien" Pete Shelley 3:24
16. "Mickey" Toni Basil 3:26

Various Artists "Time Life: Sounds Of The Eighties - 1987"

Time Life: Sounds of the Eighties was a 10-volume series issued by Time-Life.

Kim Wilde "You Keep Me Hangin' On (Single & Video)"

"You Keep Me Hangin' On" was covered in an updated version by British singer Kim Wilde in 1986. Wilde's version was a total re-working of the original, completely transforming the Supremes' Motown Sound into a hi-NRG song. She and her brother, producer Ricky Wilde, had not heard "You Keep Me Hangin' On" for several years when they decided to record it. The song was not a track they knew well, so they treated it as a new song, even slightly changing the original lyrics.

It was released as the second single from Wilde's Another Step studio album (although "You Keep Me Hangin' On" was the LP's first worldwide single, as the first single had been released only in selected countries). The song became the biggest hit of Wilde's career, reaching number 2 in her home country, and number 1 in Australia. It also became Wilde's second and last Top 40 hit in the US following "Kids in America" and is also, to date, her most successful song in that country, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for one week in June 1987. It later ranked as the 34th biggest hit of 1987 on Billboard's Hot 100 year-end chart that year. "You Keep Me Hangin' On" was certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry for UK sales exceeding 250,000 copies.

In 2006, she performed a new version of the song with the German singer Nena for her Never Say Never album.

A music video was produced to promote her single. Directed by Greg Masuak, the video shows Wilde in a dark room lying on a large bed. She then rises from the bed as she sings the song and finds herself being "threatened" by a strange man who is breaking down the walls around her.