

1980 – In a bid to get worst song lyric of all time, who sang "He starts to shake and cough, Just like the old man in that book by Nabikov"? (Bonus point if you, can name the book?)
1981 – You could be tempted to call them the British Electrical Foundation but what is the popular name for the band who first hit the charts this year?
1982 – Who overshadowed Dexy's Midnight Runners during their performance of "Jackie Wilson Said" on Top of the Pops?
1983 – 'FAC 73' is the catalogue number for which famously long and impossible to dance to hit?
1984 – Before the karma police there was the thought police, who sang the theme tune to film adaptation Georges Orwell’s dystopian novel?
1985 – We remember him for buying his first real six string in the summer of 69, but what was Bryan Adams first hit in January of this year?
1986 – Whose hits where so big that she was the top female recording artist of this year?
1987 – Which two Irish folk songs are named checked in the Pogues' Christmas hit, Fairytale of New York?
1988 – Which adorable band started their music career with a bang in July of this year?
1989 – "He used to give me roses" is the first line to the theme song of which long running cult Aussie soap? (Bonus point of you can give us the artists name as well).