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Answer: 'Til Tuesday

The song "Voices Carry" was released in 1985 by American band 'Til Tuesday. It was the biggest hit for the band, reaching number eight on the Billboard Hot 100. The song is known as one of the more distinctive songs of the decade and was accompanied by a great video.

The video tells the story of a musician who is in an abusive relationship and it combines the music with dialogue and the telling of the story. The band's lead singer, Aimee Mann, starred in the video and was named the Best Female Performer in a video at the 1985 American Video Awards.

Answer: Depeche Mode

British electronic music band Depeche Mode released "Just Can't Get Enough" in 1981. It was the first Depeche Mode song to be released in the U.S. although it didn't have much success there. It did reach number eight on the U.K. singles chart. The song was written by founding member Vince Clarke who left the band in 1981 and is the only Depeche Mode video with him in it. Throughout the 80s Depeche Mode were a dominant band in the electronic music scene and have sold more than 100 million records throughout the world.

Answer: The Cure

"Just Like Heaven" was released in 1987 by British alternative rock band The Cure. It was the eleventh top forty hit for the band in the U.K. and the first top forty hit for the band in the U.S. It is the song most well known by The Cure to American audiences and has been covered by Dinosaur, Jr. and female artist Katie Melua.

Answer: Sinéad O'Connor

Although not Sinéad O'Connor's most famous song, this song released in 1987 is so representative of the outspoken Irish singer's intense and powerful vocals. The song was the first single released from her debut album "The Lion and the Cobra". O'Connor only performed the song live the year after the album was released and then not again until 2008 when she performed it at the Last Night of the Proms in Belgium and The Netherlands.

Sinéad O'Connor is most well known for her version of the Prince song "Nothing Compares 2 U" and for her appearance on the sketch comedy show "Saturday Night Live" in 1992 when she ripped up a photo of the Pope.

Answer: A-ha

A song with a groundbreaking video, "Take On Me" by Norwegian pop band A-ha was first released in 1984 and then remixed and released again in 1985. In the U.S. the version released in 1985 became the only A-ha song to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, in part because of the hugely innovative video that accompanied it.

The video that helped to propel the song to success shows a pencil-sketch live action sequence that features a girl who is reading a comic and then jumps into the comic and becomes part of the action.

The video jumps between the real world and the comic book world. This video was the second video that was created for this song. The first video that accompanied the first release of the song simply showed the band singing with a blue background.

Answer: New Order

British band New Order released the song "True Faith" in 1987. Interestingly, the words 'true faith' do not appear in the lyrics of the song anywhere. Originally the song was to include the lines "Now that we've grown up together/They're all taking drugs with me" but the band was concerned that the song wouldn't get radio play so they changed the lyrics to "Now that we've grown up together/They're afraid of what they see".

This song was accompanied by another innovative 80s video which features costumed dancers slapping each other and dancing. A similar choreographic theme was used in the opening ceremonies at the 1992 Winter Olympic Games in Albertville, France.

Answer: Cyndi Lauper

"Money Changes Everything" was the fifth song released from Cyndi Lauper's debut album "She's So Unusual" and the first single for her that didn't crack the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100, it reached number twenty-seven. This song was originally written and recorded by American band the Brains in 1978 and was an underground hit for them. Lauper covered it for her debut album and recorded an acoustic version for her 2005 album "The Body Acoustic."

Answer: 10,000 Maniacs

10,000 Maniacs is an alternative rock band from the U.S. that was founded in 1981. The song "What's the Matter Here?" is a 1987 song from the album "In My Tribe" about a neighbour who notices that a young boy is being abused and is conflicted about speaking up about what she sees.

The song reached number nine on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks. Singer Natalie Merchant, who originally sang this song with the band, left in 1993 to pursue a solo career.

Answer: Roxy Music

Roxy Music released "More Than This" in 1982. It didn't even make it to the top 100 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart but is one of the band's most well known songs. It has been used in movies such as "Lost In Translation" which features Bill Murray performing the song, used in the TV show "Community" and in the Nicholas Cage movie "Matchstick Men".

It has been covered by American band 10,000 Maniacs as well as by Norah Jones.

Answer: Kate Bush

"Cloudbusting" is a song released in 1985 and written, produced and performed by British artist Kate Bush. It was included in the album "Hounds of Love" and features another fantastic video from the decade which was conceived by Kate Bush and Terry Gilliam, of Monty Python fame.

The video tells the story of a man and his son who are trying to create a rain making machine. Canadian actor Donald Sutherland stars in the video along with Kate herself, who plays the son. The video was inspired by a memoir called "A Book of Dreams" by philosopher Wilhelm Reich.