How about:
Prince -Kiss
Chaka Khan - I Feel for you
Pointer Sisters - Automatic
ABC- The Look of Love
After the Fire - Der Kommissar
Animotion- Obsession
Cameo - Word up
English Beat - Save it for Later
Hooters - And we Danced
The Time - Jungle Love
Yaz - Situation
Bobby Brown - My perogative
Salt n Peppa - Push it
Young MC- Bust a Move
Tone Loc - Wild thing
And it couldn't be the 80's without Madonna and Michael and Janet Jackson.

REM - Driver 8, It's The End of the World As We Know It (and I feel fine)
Talking Heads - And She Was
Katrina and the Waves - Walking on Sunshine
Tears for Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World, Shout
Prince - Let's Go Crazy
INXS - What You Need, Kick
Bruce Springsteen - Hungry Heart
Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
The Clash - Should I Stay or Should I Go
Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer, In Your Eyes
UB40 - Red Red Wine
Fine Young Cannibals - She Drives Me Crazy
Queen - Crazy Little Thing Called Love
a-ha - Take On Me
Rolling Stones - Start Me Up

U2 Joshua Tree Stuff
Police - Synchronicity
Wang Chung
Suzanne Vega
Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms
Talking Heads
Fine Young Cannibals
Grateful Dead

Yaz
Depeche Mode
Bon Jovi
Beastie Boys
Peter Gabriel - circa "sledgehammer"

Here are some ideas:
Jackson Browne - Stay
The Band - Up on Cripple Creek, The Weight
B-52's
XTC - Senses Working Overtime
Bob Marley - anything from Legend
Radiators - Anything from Law of the Fish
Simple Minds - Don't you Forget About Me
Romantics - What I like about you
General Public - Never You Done That, Tenderness
Madonna - Lucky Star
Clapton - Knockin on Heaven's Door

Thinking along the lines of some great 80's new wave and alternative-- B-52's, Violent Femmes, New Order, etc.

I'd like to hear "Home" by Talking Heads!