Let’s be real: if you actually make it to the Safety Dance, you’re probably going to be so drunk that you won’t remember the awesome 80s aspect of it. My memories of Safety Dance my freshman year mostly consist of flashing images of lights. Also of falling on the floor of Commons wearing a red unitard, which is why I suggest that you create an 80s playlist for your Safety Dance pregame in order to get the full 80s effect (that you might actually remember). Obviously you can just make the night a tribute to Michael Jackson and play his albums straight through, but that’s going to get old fast. Real fast. So here are some ideas to get you started:

Duran Duran, “Hungry Like a Wolf”
Bananarama, “Cruel Summer”
Cyndi Lauper, “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun”
Bryan Adams, “Summer of ’69″
the Bangles, “Eternal Flame”
Cyndi Lauper, “Time After Time”
John Mellencamp, “Jack and Diane”
Toni Basil, “Mickey”
Eurythmics, “Sweet Dreams”
Bon Jovi, “Livin’ on a Prayer”
Jefferson Airplane, “We Built This City”
Bobby Brown, “My Prerogative”
Simple Minds, “Don’t You Forget About Me”
Tina Turner, “What’s Love Got to Do With It”
Janet Jackson, “Nasty”
Poison, “Every Rose Has Its Thorn”
Whitney Houston, “I Wanna Dance With Somebody”
the Bangles, “Walk Like an Egyptian”
Los Lobos, “La Bamba”
Men at Work, “Who Can It Be Now?”
Tiffany, “I Think We’re Alone Now”
Irene Cara, “What A Feeling”
Bruce Springsteen, “Dancing In the Dark”
Madonna, “Material Girl”
Nena, “99 Luftballons”
Wham!, “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go”
Pat Benatar, “Love Is A Battlefield”
Rick Springfield, “Jessie’s Girl”
Kenny Loggins, “Footloose”
the Police, “Every Breath You Take”
Bonnie Tyler, “Total Eclipse of the Heart”
Tommy Tutone, “867-5309″
Air Supply, “All Out of Love”
Dexy’s Midnight Runners, “Come On Eileen”
Culture Club, “Do You Really Want to Hurt Me”
Styx, “Mr. Roboto”
The Go-Gos, “We Got the Beat”
Violent Femmes, “Blister in the Sun”
George Michael, “Faith”
Beastie Boys, “Fight For Your Right”
Prince, “When Doves Cry”