"Eye In The Sky" by Alan Parsons Project
"Africa" by Toto
"Waiting For A Girl Like You" by Foreigner
"One More Night" by Phil Collins
"Drive" by The Cars
"Little Lies" by Fleetwood Mac
"I.G.Y" by Donald Fagen
"Fast Car" by Tracy Chapman
"Romeo And Juliet" by Dire Straits
"Waiting On A Friend" by Rolling Stones
I miss those innocent days. When you could actually sit down and read a newspaper without the constant barrage we get today with the 24/7 news cycle. I shut that off a few years back and I'll probably added a good 10 years to my life!
The 1980s has scores of low-tempo "chill-out" tunes like the above but you could actually cull them from any decade.
I’d add “Welcome to the Boomtown” by David & David
Great list!
I don’t know how innocent things were in the ‘80s — AIDs was spreading like wildfire and drug usage was rampant. But, it was a time of prosperity and most still loved their country and despised communism and we weren’t being plagued by cancel culture.
I consider it an 80s tune even though it was actually released in late 1979.
I've even taken this opportunity to change my tagline! :-)