1980s American pop with funk-soul crossover precision, punchy gated Linn LM-1 drum machine with tight snare crack and syncopated kick patterns, slapped fretless bass lines doubling synth bass, chorused rhythm guitars in tight staccato scratch patterns, layered polyphonic synthesizer pads with bright attack transients, SSL 4000 console mix with heavy limiting on drum bus, gated reverb on snare, close-mic'd dry lead vocal with meticulous punch-in editing, high tenor with crisp enunciation, percussive vocal interjections and rhythmic spoken asides, dramatic dynamic drops to sparse breakdown then full-band re-entry.