Czech singer Marie Rottrová performs Hodina H (Zero Hour) – her 1981 cover version of Stayin’ Alive.

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I’ve never been a big fan of House music outside its natural habitat of a club in Ibiza with a massive sound system. Especially when there are vocals.

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John Foxx made his solo debut after three albums as front man of Ultravox! with this pioneering electro single.

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This is the opening track from Sonic Youth’s third album, EVOL, which is the only one I own, alongside a 12-inch single of Death Valley ’69.

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The Fall perform the opening song from their final album for Beggars Banquet, the dance number Dead Beat Descendant.

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Clock DVA, more than anyone except perhaps their fellow travellers Cabaret Voltaire, reflected the industrial heartbeat of Sheffield. Literally so.

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I was initially resistant to the dance music takeover in the late Eighties and the replacement of guitars with laptops, synths and samplers. But I was converted by songs like Pump Up The Volume, S Express – and this.

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I was late to the party with R.E.M. I didn’t really discover them until they put out their sixth album Green in 1988 and this song was a minor hit.

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Frankie Goes To Hollywood had already upset the Mary Whitehouse brigade with their naughty chart topper Relax when they followed it with this song.

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Sad to hear of another rock’n’roll death, this time of George Kooymans, lead guitarist and co-founder of Dutch rockers Golden Earring.

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