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10 Classic ’80s Hits You Might Not Know Were Covers

There were a bunch of classic ’80s cover songs, but some covers are so good you may not have known they were actually covers. Scroll through our gallery below, because some…

Whitney Houston and Debbie Harry
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There were a bunch of classic '80s cover songs, but some covers are so good you may not have known they were actually covers.

Scroll through our gallery below, because some of these may surprise you.

Blondie - "The Tide Is High"

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1980: Debbie Harry, American model and lead singer of the new wave band, Blondie, on stage. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)


Whitney Houston - “Saving All My Love For You”

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TAMPA, FL - JANUARY 27: Whitney Houston sings the National Anthem before a game with the New York Giants taking on the Buffalo Bills prior to Super Bowl XXV at Tampa Stadium on January 27, 1991 in Tampa, Florida. The Giants won 20-19. (Photo by George Rose/Getty Images)


Toni Basil - “Mickey”

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NEW YORK - OCTOBER 25: Choreographer Toni Basil and members of the World Cup Shooting Star All Star Cheerleaders perform "Mickey" during a dress rehearsal for Dancing on Air - A Dance Tribute to Television October 25, 2004 in New York City. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images)


Joan Jett & the Blackhearts - “I Love Rock n’ Roll”

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LAS VEGAS - JANUARY 9: Joan Jett performs with her band Joan Jett and the Blackhearts at the Gibson booth at the Las Vegas Convention Center during the 2007 International Consumer Electronics Show January 9, 2007 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The world's largest consumer technology trade show runs through January 11 and features 2,700 exhibitors showing off their latest products and services to more than 150,000 attendees. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)


Cyndi Lauper - “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun”

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1986 : CYNDI LAUPER.(Photo by Patrick Riviere/Getty Images)


Animotion - "Obsession"

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Bow Wow Wow - "I Want Candy"

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Kim Carnes - “Betty Davis Eyes”

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NASHVILLE, TN - MAY 10: Singer/Songwriter Kim Carnes performs at the Country Music Hall Of Fame And Museum's in the Ford Theater as part of Kenny's Artist-in-Residence on May 10, 2012 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images)


Soft Cell - “Tainted Love”

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English singer-songwriter and musician Marc Almond performing at the Channel 4 Christmas Show, UK, 12th December 1983. (Photo by Rogers/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)


Heart - “Alone”

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Promotional portrait of the rock group Heart including (L-R): Mark Andes, Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Denny Carmassi and Howard Lesse, circa 1980s. (Photo by Epic/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Hear Geno on the air weekday afternoons. Geno's passions include fat guy food, concerts, sports, travel to Europe and South America. He loves 80s and 90s music, from MTV hairbands to old school freestyle, alternative rock to TRL era jams. Geno's radio career began in his hometown of Portland, Maine. Since then he's been on the air coast to coast from Boston to Las Vegas, Tampa to California.