DOM\'S TOP 100 80s SONGS OF ALL-TIME!!!
 

my list...in alphabetical order...only rule is one song to an artist only, and every song had to have some radio play/chart action. For some reason, this has led me to omit certain huge acts like Bruce Springsteen, U2, The Cars, Michael Jackson and Huey Lewis...oh well!

ABC/Poison Arrow
Bryan Adams/Summer of '69
Animotion/Obsession
Adam Ant/Ant Music
Rick Astley/Never Gonna Give You Up
B-52s/Private Idaho
Bangles/Hero Takes a Fall
Basia/Cruising for Bruising
Pat Benatar/Sex As A Weapon
Berlin/Sex (I'm A...)
Big Country/In a Big Country
Bon Jovi/Livin' On a Prayer
David Bowie/Modern Love
Martin Briley/Salt in My Tears
Belinda Carlisle/Mad About You
Kim Carnes/Bette Davis Eyes
Jim Carroll Band/People Who Died
Cheap Trick/Tonight It's You
Clash/Should I Stay or Should I Go?
Phil Collins/In the Air Tonight
Elvis Costello/Veronica
John Cougar/Jack & Diane
Crosby, Stills & Nash/Southern Cross
The Cure - Just Like Heaven
The Cult/Fire Woman
Def Leppard/Photograph
Devo/Whip It
Dexys Midnight Runners/Come on Eileen
Thomas Dolby/She Blinded Me With Science
Robbie Dupree/Steal Away
Duran Duran/Girls On Film
Eurythmics/Would I Lie To You?
Flock of Seagulls/Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)
Frankie Goes to Hollywood/Relax
Frida/I Know There's Something Going On
Peter Gabriel/In Your Eyes
Gap Band/You Dropped a Bomb on Me
Genesis/Misunderstanding
Georgia Satellites/Keep Your Hands to Yourself
Go-Gos/Our Lips Our Sealed
Golden Earring/Twilight Zone
Guns n Roses/Welcome To The Jungle
Dan Hartman/I Can Dream About You
Murray Head/One Night in Bangkok
Don Henley/The Heart of the Matter
Bertie Higgins/Key Largo
Hooters/And We Danced
Human League/Don't You Want Me
Information Society/What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy)
Nik Kershaw/Wouldn't It Be Good
Greg Kihn Band/Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)
Julian Lennon/Too Late for Goodbyes
Little River Band/Cool Change
Love and Rockets/So Alive
M/Pop Muzik
Madness/Our House
Madonna/Into the Groove
Benny Mardones/Into the Night
Martika/Toy Soldiers
Men At Work/Who Can It Be Now?
Men Without Hats/Safety Dance
Midnight Oil/Beds Are Burning
Modern English/I Melt With You
Naked Eyes/Promises, Promises
Juice Newton/Angel of the Morning
Gary Numan/Cars
Outfield/Your Love
Steve Perry/Oh Sherrie
Police/Don't Stand So Close To Me
Power Station/Some Like It Hot
Prince/1999
Psychedelic Furs/Pretty in Pink
Quarterflash/Harden My Heart
Gerry Rafferty/Right Down the Line
Speedwagon/Take It on the Run
Stones/Emotional Rescue
Roxette/The Look
Scandal/Goodbye to You
Smithereens/Behind the Wall of Sleep
Soft Cell/Tainted Love
Rick Springfield/Jessie's Girl
Billy Squier/Everybody Wants You
Talking Heads/Burning Down the House
Tears for Fears/Head Over Heels
Thompson Twins/Hold Me Now
Til Tuesday/Voices Carry
Tommy Tutone/867-5309/Jenny
Toto/Rosanna
T'Pau/Heart and Soul
Traveling Wilburys/Handle with Care
Bonnie Tyler/Total Eclipse of the Heart
Split Enz/I Got You
Van Halen/Hot for Teacher
Vapors/Turning Japanese
Wall of Voodoo/Mexican Radio
Wang Chung/Dance Hall Days
Warrant - Cherry Pie
Kim Wilde/Kids in America
XTC/Dear God
ZZ Top/Gimme All Your Lovin'

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Cherry Pie was at least a good video.

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Does anyone else think its scary that not only does Dom know 100 song titles and 100 bands to put on this list, but that this means that there are a bunch of other songs and bands that he knows that weren't good enough to make the list?

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This thread is (almost) useless without rankings.

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God the 80's suck. I'm about the only good thing that decade produced.

Well, me and Joe Mauer.

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Eddie Money, Asia.. no???

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Sexual healing
Take on Me
I just died in your arms tonight
Say you, say me
If you don't know me by now
eye of the tiger
every breath you take
with or without you
Beat It
Billie Jean
Thriller

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shut your freakin mouth, lippy! 80s music is good good good. Too bad Kenny Loggins is missing from this list

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A-ha plz.

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Split Endz/I Got You

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yes!

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Where is I Ran by Flock of Seagulls???????????

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This thread is (almost) useless without rankings.

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I'm not going to get into an argument that "Sunglasses at Night" is NOT 4 spots better than "You Dropped a Bomb On Me." It's arbitrary.

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Flock of Seagulls/Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)

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I think I Ran has to be the FOSG choice here. Nice to see you got the correct Thomas Dolby song.

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No Michael Jackson?

For shame.

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Eddie Money, Asia.. no???

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The didn't pass the final cutdown, no. sorry ! [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

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A-ha plz.

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last song cut

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Where is I Ran by Flock of Seagulls???????????

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Great song, but I like "Wishing" better.

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No Michael Jackson?

For shame.

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that he exists? I agree :P

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Outfield/Your Love

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I <3 this song

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I just died in your arms tonight


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Better Journey Choice

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I just died in your arms tonight


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Better Journey Choice

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there are even better ones

open arms
don't stop believing just to name a few

also, WTF dom...your Genesis nomination is whack

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I just died in your arms tonight


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Better Journey Choice

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there are even better ones

open arms
don't stop believing just to name a few

also, WTF dom...your Genesis nomination is whack

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LOL...I could only pick one and that's the one from the 80s I most like [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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1) pearl jam - alive
2 thru infiniti ) all other songs

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Pearl Jam was the '90s.

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Crowded House or Split Enz plz.

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Big Country/In a Big Country

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Excellent.

-Al

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[censored] I just read top 100 songs then all time and assume pj alive nvm then

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Dom - Life In A Nothern Town/Dream Academy.

-Al

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Crowded House or Split Enz plz.

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look closer

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Dom:

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Split Enz/I Got You

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Sweet - I would've gone "Don't Dream It's Over", but still a fine choice from the Finn Bros.

-Al

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I just died in your arms tonight


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Better Journey Choice

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there are even better ones

open arms
don't stop believing just to name a few

also, WTF dom...your Genesis nomination is whack

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Uh, I Just Died in Your Arms is not Journey.

It's Cutting Crew. Known for their many big hit.

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Hall and Oates [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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Dom, nice list. I'm sure you are aware that there a number of songs that could have made the top 100 but didn't. But the omission of The Monroes "What Do All the People Know" is most egregious to the point of heresy.

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R.E.M. - "The One I Love"
The Fixx - "One Thing Leads To Another"

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I know! I like them but I don't really LOVE one song..."Sarah, Smile" would've made it but I think that's in the 70s...

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Dom - True/Spandau Ballet

-Al

Edit - Sara Smile is a great song and recorded in 1970s.

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Dom, nice list. I'm sure you are aware that there a number of songs that could have made the top 100 but didn't. But the omission of The Monroes "What Do All the People Know" is most egregious to the point of heresy.

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I have no clue what this song is, sorry.

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R.E.M. - "The One I Love"
The Fixx - "One Thing Leads To Another"

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The One I Love is in the 80s?? Huh, I thought it was 90s....The Fix juuuuust missed the final cut.

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R.E.M. - "The One I Love"
The Fixx - "One Thing Leads To Another"

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The One I Love is in the 80s??

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1987. Other REM's you could have chosen:

Radio Free Europe (1983)
It's the End of the World As We Know It (1987)
Stand (1988)
Pop Song 89 (1988)
Orange Crush (1988)
Fall On Me (1986)

I think "The One I Love" was their highest charting of the '80s, though. Their biggest hit was "Losing My Religion" in 1991.

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no orchestral manouvres in the dark and no new order = a terrible, terrible list.

personally i would go with electricity and age of consent but other choices are defensible.

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no orchestral manouvres in the dark and no new order = a terrible, terrible list.

personally i would go with electricity and age of consent but other choices are defensible.

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Good call -- I'd go with "True Faith"