For the month of November, I’ll be selecting songs in conjunction with the music Twitter challenge: #WelcomeToTheOccupation.

During the mid eighties, Thompson Twins seemed hell bent on one thing: getting us to dance. They did it fast-tempo, mid-tempo and slow. Their musical cocktails mixed catchy melodies, synth jams, three-part harmonies, drum machines and assorted percussion instruments to create the impulse to move. And that ability to do it with a variety of tempos might be the Thompson Twins’ sharpest skill. Everyone remembers the catchy, yet slightly campy “Doctor! Doctor!”.

Those far eastern-influenced synth riffs are etched into my brain, giving me the ability to instantly recall them after not hearing them for decades. “Doctor! Doctor!” is an eighties anthem that hasn’t exactly aged well into the current decade. Nonetheless, it’s a nostalgic look back at what pop outfits were able to do with an infectious melody when they combined the use of synthesizers and analog instruments.

“Dance with me across the sea.”