80s Pop & New Wave
Across
- 5. The Police drummer
- 7. DANCER Tina Turner's massive 1984 comeback album
- 8. Location where Lionel Richie danced
- 9. The band behind the song "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)"
- 12. SUPPLY Soft rock duo featuring "All Out of Love"
- 15. GONNA GIVE YOU UP Title of Rick Astley's viral 80s hit
- 16. FOR FEARS Duo known for the 1985 hit "Everybody Wants To Rule The World"
- 18. A-ha's iconic music video technique (10)
- 20. AID The 1985 charity single for famine in Africa
- 23. Peter Gabriel hit with a distinctive stop-motion video
- 24. Madonna's breakthrough hit from 1983
- 28. LE BON Lead singer of Duran Duran
- 30. COLD MEDINA The most sampled song of the decade by N.W.A. and others: "Funky ____"
- 31. AND THE BUNNYMEN New wave group featuring Ian McCulloch ("The Cutter")
- 33. Star of Purple Rain
- 34. Michael Jackson album featuring "Billie Jean"
- 36. HOUSTON Singer who had a huge debut with "I Wanna Dance with Somebody"
- 37. LAUPER Female singer known for the song "Girls Just Want to Have Fun"
Down
- 1. Pop star known as the "Material Girl"
- 2. English duo known for "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"
- 3. GRANT "Electric Avenue" singer
- 4. POLICE Band known for their distinctive album Synchronicity
- 5. CLUB Group that sang "Karma Chameleon"
- 6. FOR FEARS Synth-pop group that asked, "Is there anybody out there?" in "Shout"
- 10. SLOW DOWN Title of Lionel Richie's 1983 album
- 11. MANN New wave band with a hit about "Blinded By the Light"
- 13. The King of Pop's dance move
- 14. RAIN Prince's 1984 cinematic debut and accompanying album
- 16. LOVE Song by Soft Cell that topped the charts in 1981
- 17. MINDS The group behind "Don't You (Forget About Me)"
- 19. MICHAEL The singer known for the album Faith
- 21. "Take on Me" band
- 22. GEORGE The lead singer of Culture Club
- 25. CARA Artist who performed the iconic "Flashdance" theme
- 26. LENNOX Eurythmics' lead singer
- 27. Belinda Carlisle hit, "Heaven is a ____ Place"
- 28. The Police's final 1983 studio album
- 29. AT WORK Australian band with the 1983 hit "Down Under"
- 32. CLASH The group that asked "Should I Stay or Should I Go?"
- 35. DAVIES "Come Dancing" artist, member of The Kinks