The Twelve Inch 191 : Right Between The Eyes : Dance-Pop/New Wave - 1986
TheTwelveInch - Pe Dupré
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This week’s mixtape is a little… different. Let’s put it this way: “Right Between The Eyes” clocks in at 186 BPM, which is not exactly what you’d file under classic dancefloor material.
But fast didn’t scare me. The mid-80s had a thing for extreme tempos, and I decided to lean into that high-velocity energy for a full-throttle mix.
We kick off with Wax, then crash straight into Simon F and Billy Idol. One of my favourite programming moments in this set? “C’est Comme Ça” by Les Rita Mitsouko — French 80s royalty, and one of those songs that lifts my mood every single time.
Mid-set, we take a sharp turn into pure pop territory with Dan Hartman and Gloria Estefan’s Bad Boy, before closing the high-speed chapter with the gloriously silly “Help!” by Bananarama & Lananeeneenoonoo (aka French & Saunders) For the final stretch, we ease the tempo down to 154 BPM to welcome two more Wax 12-inches into the mix — “American English” first, followed later by “Systematic.”
