I recently found myself with a need for a consumer electrical device: the microphone equivalent of what headphones are to external speaker units. We can listen in private but we cannot do the reverse - sing.

The issue came about when I was listening to the best 80s-90s pop playlist ever:

• Tina Turner - Simply the Best
• Alanis Morrisette - You Oughta Know
• Radiohead - Karma Police (it's a little off the theme, but still made it)
• Bon Jovi - Living on a Prayer
• Leonardo's Bride - Even When I'm Sleeping
• Roxette - The Look
• Roxette - It Must Have Been Love
• Survivor - Eye of the Tiger
• Christina Anu - Party

It was during 'The Look' when I had to stop the music for fear of bursting out in the middle of the office.

I also plan to add the following, but I think listening to it all at once would make me explode with terrible, lovable pop:

• Tom Jones - Not Unusual
• Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart
• Some Ace of Base
• New York, New York
• TLC - Waterfalls
• Hanson - Mmmbop