List Popular 80's Songs

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Tons of Erasure songs I can think of that's not on that list also...

 

What genres?

pop
new wave
hard rock

at different parts of the 80s...all of these styles dominated the popular song charts.

 

http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/top100_1980s.htm

you can click on the year on the right and get all the top 100 songs from each year too.

 

I've been listening to "Perfect Way" by Scritti Politti. Found their old cassette....

 

whatever you do stay away from Rick Springfield,Styx,Rick Astley,Huey Lewis & the News,Hair Bands,and Styx.(They're just that bad).

 

Well, I could spend all day listing 80's songs, so since I want to keep my job, I'll just list my favorite 80's song...Love Shack by the B-52's

tiiiiiiiiiiiiiin roof.........rust!

 

There's a bazillion 80's hits listed in this thread:

Obscure 80's hits

 

I'm in love with a Jacques Derrida
Read a page and know what I need to
Take apart my baby's heart
I'm in love

 

Wow, that covers a lot of ground. Here are some of my faves...

New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle, Blue Monday
Ministry - Every Day is Halloween (very hard to find...I have a copy)
The Smiths - How Soon Is Now
Erasure - too many to list
When In Rome - The Promise
Skid Row - 18 and Life, I Remember You, Youth Gone Wild
Steve Miller Band - too many to list
Phil Collins - Against All Odds, Easy Lover
Heart - too many to list
Lionel Richie - All Night Long
Billy Joel - too many to list
Boston - too many to list
Styx - Snowblind, Babe
AC/DC - too many to list
U2 - too many to list
Bon Jovi - everything off Slippery When Wet
Van Halen - too many to list
Peter Gabriel - Red Rain, Sledgehammer
Depeche Mode - too many to list
Elton John - too many to list
Lita Ford - Close my Eyes Forever (w/ Ozzy)
David Bowie - too many to list
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come on Eileen
Billy Idol - White Wedding, Rock the Cradle
Bruce Springsteen - too many to list
Motley Crue - too many to list
The Cars - too many to list
The Police - too many to list
Men at Work - Down Under, Who Can it be Now
Faith No More - Epic
Queensryche - too many to list
George Michael - Faith, Father Figure, I Want Your Sex
Europe - The Final Countdown
Cheap Trick - The Flame, I Want You to Want Me
ZZ Top - too many to list
Huey Lewis and the News - everything off Sports
Whitesnake - too many to list
REO Speedwagon - too many to list
Human League - Human,
Stevie Wonder - I Just Called to Say I Love You
John Cougar - Jack and Diane
Tesla - Love Song, Signs
Pat Benatar - Love is a Battlefield
Air Supply - Making Love out of Nothing At All
Dire Straits - Money for Nothing, So Far Away, Walk of Life
Scorpions - Rock You Like a Hurricane
Animotion - Obsession
Metallica - too many to list
Megadeth - too many to list
Journey - Open Arms, Lights
Devo - Whip It
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax
The Firm - everything off the self titled album
Ratt - Round and Round
Marvin Gaye - Sexual Healing (I also like the Shaggy remake)
Tears for Fears - Shout
Love and Rockets - So Alive
Stray Cats - Stray Cat Strut
Grateful Dead - Touch of Grey
Rush - too many to list
John Lennon - Woman
Paul Simon - You can Call Me Al


And my own guilty pleasure - Everything Wierd Al Yankovich has ever done

 

ROAM is the better song

Rocket River
:d

 

you're my obsession - ?
run to you - bryan adams
cuts like a knife - bryan adams
st. elmos fire - christopher cross
i wear my sunglasses at night - corey hart
just died in your arms tonight - cutting crew
out of touch - hall and oates
maneater - hall and oates
I ran - flock of seagulls
I need a new drug - huey lewis and news
power of love - huey lewis annd news
missing you - john waite
oh sherry - journey
self control - laura branigan
silent running - mike and mechanics
cool it now - new edition
sister christian - night ranger
don't you forget about me - tears for fears
don't want to lose your love tonight - the outfield
owner of loney hearts - Yes
whip appeal - baby face
don't be cruel - bobby brown

That'd make a nice little 80's Cd right there.

 

your love - the outfield (AWESOME song)
best friends girl - the cars
boys are back in town - .38 special (don't know if it's 80's or not, but those guys rock)
anything by the talking heads
and a sh!tload of rock/metal songs.

 

Some One Hit Wonders:

Der Kommissar - After the Fire
Major Tom - Peter Schilling
Send Me an Angel - Real Life
Take On Me - a-ha
If You Leave - OMD
I Ran - A Flock of Seagulls
Tempted - Squeeze
99 Luftballoons - Nena
Tainted Love - Soft Cell
Come On Eileen - Dexys Midnight Runners
Fake - Alexander O'Neal
Safety Dance - Men Without Hats
Big in Japan - Alphaville
I Want Candy - Bow Wow Wow
Mexican Radio - Wall of Voodoo
I Want to Be a Cowboy - Boys Don't Cry
Tarzan Boy - Baltimora
In a Big Country - Big Country

 

good call on Major Tom

that song is genius

 

There used to be this hit song from the 80s that was played heavily on the radio. All I remember is some high pitched "Ahh Ah Ah AAHhh" 's and in the video there's a guy in a white shirt walking on a beach as he was singing this.

 

I think that could be an old Phil Collins song or was it Genesis back then?? On second thought I think it could be a old Don Henley song too.. OK I'm lost too now..

 

You can't be serious. OMD was hardly a one hit wonder group. They had as many good songs as all those others combined.

 

I don't know if Flock of Seagulls, Big Country, OMD, or Alphaville should be on that list.

OMD had other hits that weren't as big, but So in Love was also popular.

Alphaville had Forever Young

Flock of Seagulls also had Space Age Love Song, and Wishing which made at least a little splash.

Big Country also had two other minor hits. Fields of Fire, and Wonderland both made a dent.