80s MusicThe 1980s was a time of great musical diversity, with a wide range of genres and sub-genres that emerged and gained popularity. Some of the most notable genres of music from the 1980s include:
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Table of Contents ย Top 15 Eightiesโ Bubblegum Pop Hits |
1. I Love Rock and Roll โ Joan Jett & The Blackhearts |
2. Mickey โ Toni Basil |
3. Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go โ Wham! |
4. We Got The Beat โ The Go-Gos |
5. Donโt Worry Be Happy โ Bobby McFerrin |
6. Only In My Dreams โ Debbie Gibson |
7. Girls Just Want To Have Fun โ Cyndi Lauper |
8. I Think Weโre Alone Now โ Tiffany |
9. We Built This City โ Starship |
10. Foolish Beat โ Debbie Gibson |
11. Walk Like An Egyptian โ The Bangles |
12. Straight Up โ Paula Abdul |
13. Break My Stride โ Matthew Wilder |
14. I Wanna Dance With Somebody Who Loves Me โ Whitney Houston |
15. Couldโve Been โ Tiffany |
The 13 Saddest Songs of the 1980s |
1. Careless Whisper – George Michael |
2. I Want to Know What Love Is – Foreigner |
3. Time After Time – Cyndi Lauper |
4. If You Leave Me Now – Chicago |
5. Purple Rain – Prince |
6. Alone – Heart |
7. Missing You – John Waite |
8. Faithfully – Journey |
9. Drive – The Cars |
10. No One Is To Blame – Howard Jones |
11. Empty Garden – Elton John |
12. Voices Carry – Till Tuesday |
13. Love Will Tear Us Apart – Joy Division |
The 80s Top 20 Biggest Movie Soundtrack Hits |
1. Footloose โ Kenny Loggins |
2. You Lost That Lovinโ Feeling โ Righteous Brothers |
3. The Time of My Life โ Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes |
4. Eye of the Tiger โ Survivor |
5. Iโm Alright โ Kenny Loggins |
6. Old Time Rock and Roll โ Bob Seger |
7. Donโt You Forget About Me โ Simple Minds |
8. Wind Beneath My Wings โ Bette Midler |
9. Fame โ Irene Cara |
10. St. Elmoโs Fire (Man in Motion) โ John Parr |
11. Flashdance (What A Feeling) โ Irene Cara |
12. Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now) โ Phil Collins |
13. On The Dark Side โ Eddie and the Cruisers |
14. Burning Heart โ Survivor |
15. Take My Breath Away โ Berlin |
16. What a Wonderful World โ Louis Armstrong |
17. Chariots Of Fire Theme โ Vangelis |
18. The Power Of Love โ Huey Lewis and the News |
19. Batdance โ Prince |
20. In The Air Tonight โ Phil Collins |
Top 20 Summer Songs 1980-1989 |
1. Walking on Sunshine โ Katrina and The Waves, 1985 |
2. We Got The Beat โ Go Goโs, 1982 |
3. I Love Rock โN Roll โ Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, 1982 |
4. Kokomo โ Beach Boys, 1988 |
5. 867-5309/Jenny โ Tommy Tutone, 1982 |
6. Boys of Summer โ Don Henley, 1985 |
7. Funkytown โ Lipps, Inc, 1980 |
8. Beat It โ Michael Jackson, 1983 |
9. Come On Eileen โ Dexyโs Midnight Runners, 1983 |
10. Vacation โ Go Goโs |
11. Sledgehammer โ Peter Gabriel, 1986 |
12. The Boys Of Summer โ Don Henley |
13. Love Shack โ B-52s, 1989 |
14. Axel F โ Harlod Faltermeyer, 1985 |
15. Eye Of The Tiger โ Survivor, 1982 |
16. I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) โ Whitney Houston, 1987 |
17. Hot In The City โ Billy Idol, 1982 (and 1988) |
18. I Still Havenโt Found What Iโm Looking For โ U2, 1987 |
19. Endless Summer Nights โ Richard Marx, 1988 |
20. Flashdance (What A Feeling) โ Irene Cara, 1983 |
Top 10 80s Songs That Mom And Dad Hated |
1. Me So Horny โ 2 Live Crew |
2. Fight For Your Right (To Party) โ Beastie Boys |
3. Like A Virgin โ Madonna |
4. Weโre Not Gonna Take It โ Twisted Sister |
5. Da Butt โ E.U. |
6. I Want Your Sex โ George Michael |
7. Sexual Healing โ Marvin Gaye |
8. Wild Thing โ Tone Loc |
9. I Want a New Drug โ Huey Lewis and the News |
10. Birthday Suit โ Johnny Kemp |
Top 11 Eighties Songs That Everybody Hated |
1. Morning Train (9 to 5) โ Sheena Easton |
2. Rock Me Amadeus โ Falco |
3. To All the Girls I Loved Before โ Julio Iglesias and Willie Nelson |
4. We Didnโt Start The Fire โ Billy Joel |
5. Sussudio โ Phil Collins |
6. Puttin On The Ritz โ Taco |
7. Harlem Shuffle โ Rolling Stones |
8. Word Up โ Cameo |
9. Invisible Touch โ Genesis |
10. Goonies R Good Enough โ Cyndi Lauper |
11. The Twist (Yo, Twist!) โ Fat Boys featuring Chubby Checker |
Top Ten 80s Biggest Sing-A-Long And Air-Guitar Pop Hits |
1. Donโt Stop Believing โ Journey |
2. Jessieโs Girl โ Rick Springfield |
3. 867-5309/Jenny โ Tommy Tutone |
4. Living On A Prayer โ Bon Jovi |
5. I Love Rock and Roll โ Joan Jett & The Blackhearts |
6. I Melt With You โ Modern English |
7. Come On Eileen โ Dexyโs Midnight Runners |
8. We Built This City โ Starship |
9. Born In The USA โ Bruce Springsteen |
10. Red Red Wine โ UB40 |
Some Of The 80s Biggest Dance Music Hits |
1. Funkytown โ Lipps Inc. |
2. Electric Boogie โ Marcia Griffiths |
3. Letโs Groove โ Earth Wind and Fire |
4. Superfreak โ Rick James |
5. Celebration โ Kool and the Gang |
6. Itโs Raining Men โ The Weather Girls |
7. Double Dutch Bus โ Frankie Smith |
8. Upside Down โ Diana Ross |
9. Give It To Me Baby โ Rick James |
10. Into The Groove โ Madonna |
11. Pump Up the Jam โ Technotronic |
12. Tainted Love โ Soft Cell |
13. So Many Men, So Little Time โ Miquel Brown |
14. Sheโ A Bad Mama Jama โ Carl Carlton |
15. Take Your Time (Do It Right) โ S.O.S. Band |
16. Feels Like Iโm In Love โ Kelly Marie |
17. Last Night a DJ Saved My Life โ Indeep |
18. I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) โ Whitney Houston |
19. You Dropped A Bomb On Me โ Gap Band |
20. **1999** โ Prince |
The 80s Biggest Dance Music Hits |
1. Billie Jean โ Michael Jackson |
2. Thriller โ Michael Jackson |
3. Beat It โ Michael Jackson |
4. The Way You Make Me Feel โ Michael Jackson |
5. Wanna Be Startin Something โ Michael Jackson |
6. Bad โ Michael Jackson |
7. Smooth Criminal โ Michael Jackson |
8. P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) โ Michael Jackson |
9. Off The Wall โ Michael Jackson |
10. State of Shock โ The Jacksons with Mick Jagger |
80s Electronica Dance |
1. Planet Rock โ Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force |
2. Jam On It โ Newcleus |
3. Pump Up the Volume โ M/A/R/R/S |
4. Blue Monday โ New Order |
5. Situation โ Yazoo |
6. Axel F โ Harold Faltermeyer |
7. White Horse โ Laid Back |
8. Rockit โ Herbie Hancock |
9. Whatโs On Your Mind? (Pure Energy) โ Information Society |
10. Ride On Time โ Black Box |
Top Ten 80s Early Rap/Hip Hop Hits |
Rapperโs Delight By Sugarhill Gang came out in late 1979, in case you were wondering. |
1. It Takes Two โ Rob Base and DJ EZ Rock |
2. Push It โ Salt N Pepa |
3. Bust A Move โ Young MC |
4. Joy and Pain โ Rob Base and DJ EZ Rock |
5. Wild Thing โ Tone Loc |
6. White Lines โ Grandmaster Flash |
7. Funky Cold Medina โ Tone Loc |
8. Itโs Tricky โ Run D.M.C. |
9. Da Butt โ E.U. |
10. Me, Myself, and I โ De La Soul |
The One Doo Wop Hit Of The 80s |
1. The Longest Time โ Billy Joel |
The 25 80s Songs That You Need To Make Your Collection Complete |
1. I Melt With You โ Modern English |
2. Never Gonna Give You Up โ Rick Astley |
3. Mr. Soul โ Neil Young (Trans Album โ new version) |
4. Valley Girl โ Frank Zappa featuring Moon Unit |
5. I Wanna Be Sedated โ The Ramones |
6. Another One Bites The Dust โ Queen |
7. Dancing With Myself โ Billy Idol |
8. I Love Rock and Roll โ Joan Jett and the Blackhearts |
9. Rock This Town โ the Stray Cats |
10. Blinded Me With Science โ Thomas Dolby |
11. Money โ the Flying Lizards |
12. Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go โ Soft Cell |
13. Lawn Chairs โ Our Daughterโs Wedding |
14. I Got You โ Split Enz |
15. Life During Wartime โ Talking Heads |
16. AEIOU (and Sometimes Y) โ EBN OZN |
17. Donโt Pay the Ferryman โ Chris DeBurgh |
18. Life Sucks, Then You Die โ The Fools |
19. Wham Rap โ Wham! |
20. I Ran (So Far Away) โ A Flock of Seagulls |
21. Electric Youth โ Debbie Gibson |
22. Escalator of Life โ Robert Hazard |
23. Oh Yeah โ Yello |
24. She Drives Me Crazy โ Fine Young Cannibals |
25. Nobody โ Sylvia |
If You Could Have One Song From The 80s… |
1. Africa – Toto |
The 80s Big Money Songs And/Or One Hit Wonders |
1. Mickey โ Toni Basil |
2. Funkytown โ Lipps, Inc. |
3. Ice Ice Baby โ Vanilla Ice |
4. Come On Eileen โ Dexyโs Midnight Runners |
5. Da Butt โ EU |
6. U Canโt Touch This โ MC Hammer |
7. Money โ Flying Lizards |
8. Relax โ Frankie Goes To Hollywood |
9. Escalator Of Life โ Robert Hazard* |
*Robert also wrote Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, sung by Cyndi Lauper |
10. People Who Died โ Jim Carroll Band |
11. The Futureโs So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades โ Timbuk 3 |
Top Ten Eightiesโ Fad Songs |
1. Valley Girl โ Frank and Moon Unit Zappa |
2. Pac-Man Fever โ Buckner and Garcia |
3. Rock Lobster โ The B-52s |
4. Safety Dance โ Men Without Hats |
5. Do They Know Its Christmas โ Band Aid |
6. General Hospi-Tale โ The Afternoon Delights |
7. Dancing In The Street โ David Bowie and Mick Jagger |
8. We Are The World โ USA For Africa |
9. Physical โ Olivia Newton-John |
10. 99 Luftballoons โ Nena |
Top Ten Weirdest Songs of the 1980s |
1. Somebodyโs Watching Me โ Rockwell |
2. Safety Dance โ Men Without Hats |
3. Puttin On The Ritz โ Taco |
4. Money โ The Flying Lizards |
5. Paranoimia โ Art of Noise and Max Headroom |
6. Walk The Dinosaur โ Was (Not Was) |
7. Itโs The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) โ R.E.M. |
8. Sign โOโ The Times โ Prince |
9. Johnnie Are You Queer โ Josie Cotton |
10. Into The Night โ Benny Mardones |
Ten Eightiesโ Songs That We Secretly Liked |
1. Everybody Have Fun Tonight โ Wang Chung |
2. Two Of Hearts โ Stacy Q |
3. 9 To 5 โ Dolly Parton |
4. Drivinโ My Life Away โ Eddie Rabbit |
5. Ebony and Ivory โ Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder |
6. Groovy Kind Of Love โ Phil Collins |
7. We Belong โ Pat Benatar |
8. Physical โ Olivia Newton-John |
9. Hot Child In The City โ Nick Gilder |
10. Iโve Never Been To Me โ Charlene |
Top Ten 80s Album Rock (AOR Radio) Hits |
1. Where The Streets Have No Name โ U2 |
2. Here I Go Again โ Whitesnake |
3. Touch of Grey โ Grateful Dead |
4. The Stroke โ Billy Squire |
5. Tom Sawyer โ Rush |
6. Arc of A Diver โ Steve Winwood |
7. Hungry Heart โ Bruce Springsteen |
8. Late In The Evening โ Paul Simon |
9. The Voice โ The Moody Blues |
10. Wango Tango โ Ted Nugent |
Top Ten 80s Pop Rock Hits |
1. Jessieโs Girl โ Rick Springfield |
2. 867-5309/Jenny โ Tommy Tutone |
3. Girls Just Want To Have Fun โ Cyndi Lauper |
4. Walking On Sunshine โ Katrina and the Waves |
5. Jump โ Van Halen |
6. Eye of the Tiger โ Survivor |
7. Another One Bites The Dust โ Queen |
8. Manic Monday โ The Bangles |
9. Letโs Dance โ David Bowie |
10. Dancing In The Dark โ Bruce Springsteen |
Top Ten 80s Biggest New Wave Hits |
1. Love Shack โ B-52s |
2. What I Like About You โ Romantics |
3. Dancing With Myself โ Billy Idol |
4. Rock The Casbah (Mustapha Dance) โ The Clash |
5. Whip It โ Devo |
6. Antmusic โ Adam and the Ants |
7. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun โ Cyndi Lauper |
8. Train In Vain (Stand By Me) โ The Clash |
9. Just Like Heaven โ The Cure |
10. Situation โ Yaz (Yazoo) |
Our Favorite (Top Ten) 80s Punk Rock Hits |
1. Blitzkrieg Bop โ Ramones |
2. I Wanna Be Sedated โ Ramones |
3. Dancin With Myself โ Generation X (Billy Idol) |
4. I Fought The Law โ The Clash |
5. Blister In The Sun โ Violent Femmes |
6. God Save The Queen โ Sex Pistols |
7. Ca Plane Pour Moi (This Lifeโ For Me) โ Plastic Bertrand |
8. Too Drunk To F*** โ DKโs (Dead Kennedys) |
9. Dirty Water โ The Inmates |
10. Whereโs Captain Kirk? โ Spizzenergi |
Top Ten 80s Big Hair Power Rock Ballads |
1. Every Rose Has Its Thorn โ Poison |
2. Wanted Dead Or Alive โ Bon Jovi |
3. Patience โ Guns N Roses |
4. Almost Paradise โ Mike Reno & Ann Wilson |
5. Black Velvet โ Alannah Myles |
6. When Iโm With You โ Sheriff |
7. Love Hurts โ Nazareth |
8. Honestly โ Stryper |
9. Sister Christian โ Night Ranger |
10. Donโt Know What You Got (Til Itโ Gone) โ Cinderella |
The Eighties Top Ten Sexiest Pop/Rock Songs |
1. Like A Virgin โ Madonna |
2. Sexual Healing โ Marvin Gaye |
3. I Want Your Sex โ George Michael |
4. Centerfold โ J. Geils Band |
5. Touch Me (I Want Your Body) โ Samantha Fox |
6. Talk Dirty To Me โ Poison |
7. Baby Makes Her Blue Jeans Talk โ Dr. Hook |
8. Naughty Girls Need Love Too โ Samantha Fox |
9. Do That To Me One More Time โ Captain and Tennille |
10. Muscles โ Diana Ross |
Top Ten 80s Best Comedy & Novelty Songs |
1. Fat โ Weird Al Yankovic |
2. Curly Shuffle โ The Jump In The Saddle Band |
3. Shaddap You Face โ Joe Dolce |
4. Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life โ Monty Python (Eric Idol)* * From 1979โs Life of Brian |
5. Because Iโm a Blonde โ Julie Brown |
6. Take Off โ Bob & Doug McKenzie with Eddie Lee |
7. Eat It โ Weird Al Yankovic |
8. You Look Marvelous โ Billy Crystal |
9. Meet The Flintstones โ Bruce Springstone |
10. Make My Day โ T.G. Sheppard with Clint Eastwood |