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’80s Song Titles, Answer Key

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Have you read the study guide in the playbill for As You Like It? Did you notice the page titles sounded like familiar ’80s pop songs? Do you remember the artist/band who performed them? Read on below if you want to see which ones you remembered correctly!

Don’t You Forget About Me
by Simple Minds

Let’s Hear it for the Bard (aka, Let’s Hear it For the Boy)
by Deniece Williams

Pop Life
Prince

Is This Love?
Whitesnake

If You Don’t Know Me By Now
Simply Red

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