Best 80's songs

[woody73]

"Don't You Want Me Baby"

 

[spazzyjazzy]

All 80's music was awesome!!

 

[deltachi8]

Oh my gosh!! I love that song....I think it is by Men without Hats. I used to request it all the time on Friday night 80's on my local radio station.

Yes Men Without Hats

Your friends dont dance
and if they dont dance
they're no friends of mine.

 

[deide71]

I love 80's music in all forms..and my friends and I made our top 10 favorite 80's songs of all time..Here is my list! What are some of your favorites? In your opinion, what's the best 80's song?

10. Easy Lover, Phil Collins
9. Wild Wild West, The Escape Club
8. Your Love, The Outfield
7. Into the Groove, Madonna
6. We Built This City, Starship
5. Livin' On a Prayer, Bon Jovi
4. I Wear My Sunglasses at Night, Cory Hart
3. Goodbye to You, Scandal
2, Africa, Toto
1. Take Me Home Tonight, Eddie Money

I didn't read the whole thread, but did anyone point out out Easy Lover was a duet with Phil Collins and Phillip Baily (from Earth Wind and Fire)?

 

[Dakota_Lynn]

I loved all 80s music, but my favorites were Bryan Adams, Roxette, Duran Duran, John Mellencamp, Rod Stewart, Genesis and of course Indigo Girls first song "Closer to Fine" came out in 1989! Really, there were so many more. It's just impossible to name them all!

 

[apirateslifeforme]

Talk about high school memories flooding back!! Anyone else have the urge to go out and get a whole buncha 80's cd's now?

You can borrow some of mine. I keep a spreadsheet of my music stuff. It's 16 pages long and growing.

I'm still trying to figure out how to wang chung.

Oh, and I forgot Rick Springfield and Hall and Oates and The Cult. Love them...

 

[Tazicket]

It is all about the Safety Dance!!! And also Weird Al.

 

[OK!]

Add to my list the entire Diesel and Dust album by Midnight Oil.

 

[TiffinyKC]

Nice tag!!
I got one from this thread too! Congrats!

Thanks! I'm so excited....my first tag!

 

[KTSMOM]

My favorite 80's songs were: Summer of 69 by Bryan Adams and We Built this City by Jefferson Starship
I can recall two very good memories with both of these songs from my high school days!

 

[luckywife]

Talk Dirty To Me- Poison
I've Done Everything For You- Rick Springfield
Goodbye To You- Scandal
Jack and Diane- John Couger
Lovin Every Minute Of It- Loverboy
Touch of Gray- The Grateful Dead
They Don't Write Like That Anymore- The Greg Kihn Band

Way too many more to list...80's music is the best!!

One more song I needed to add that I can't leave out, Tainted Love by Soft Cell

 

[magiccouple2004]

anything by poison!!! my whole room was decorated in poison but i cant forget boy george i secretly wanted to marry him!

 

[U2_rocks!]

Another 80 music fan here. You can tell my fave band, right?

But there are so many other bands I love from the 80s, like Journey, Foreigner, 38 Special, Rush, the Go Gos, Def Leppard, INXS, Bon Jovi, Loverboy.

Here are some of my all time favourite songs not connected to my fave bands:

Don't You Forget About Me - Simple Minds
Never Surrender - Corey Hart
Summer of 69 - Bryan Adams
Tainted Love - Soft Cell
When the Children Cry - White Lion
Lookin out for #1 - Honeymoon Suite
Paradise by the Dashboard Light & 2 out of 3 Aint Bad - Meatloaf
You Shook me all Night Long - AC/DC

Oh there are just too many!!!!!

 

[Jrsy Boy]

I was actually listening to Running Up That Hill by Kate Bush when I started reading this thread.

How about:
Shiny Shiny by Haysee Fantaysee
I Eat Cannibals by Total Coleo
Just Got Lucky by JoeBoxers
Make a Circuit With Me by The Polecats
I Wanna Be a Cowboy by Boys Don't Cry
Turning Japanese by The Vapors

My apologies if I've repeated any or misspelled any...

 

[apirateslifeforme]

I was actually listening to Running Up That Hill by Kate Bush when I started reading this thread.

How about:
Shiny Shiny by Haysee Fantaysee
I Eat Cannibals by Total Coleo
Just Got Lucky by JoeBoxers
Make a Circuit With Me by The Polecats
I Wanna Be a Cowboy by Boys Don't Cry
Turning Japanese by The Vapors

My apologies if I've repeated any or misspelled any...

Dude...I LOVE Turning Japanese! Awesome song!

 

[MrsJackSparrow]

What about Bizarre Love Triangle - New Order, or Situation - Yaz?

 

[Jrsy Boy]

I totally forgot that I woke up with Rock Me Amadeus stuck in my head, which leads me to suggest:

Der Komissar by Falco or by After the Fire
or
Escalator of Life by Robert Hazard (had to go and Google to recall the artist)

 

[nightowlky]

Yeah, I mentioned the entire After The Fire album earlier. That whole thing was good!

 

[nightowlky]

Dude...I LOVE Turning Japanese! Awesome song!

How about China from the Red Rockers?

 

[tammyandtommy]

OMG I found an ultimate top 100
Livin' On a Prayer - Bon Jovi
The Final Countdown - Europe
Every Rose Has It’s Thorn - Poison
When the Children Cry - White Lion
We're Not Gonna Take It - Twisted Sister
Cum on Feel the Noize - Quiet Riot
Round and Round - Ratt
Once Bitten, Twice Shy - Great White
Rock You Like a Hurricane - Scorpions
Talk Dirty To Me - Poison
You Give Love A Bad Name - Bon Jovi
Close My Eyes Forever - Lita Ford (with Ozzy Osbourne)
Still of the Night - Whitesnake
Day by Day - The Hooters
18 & Life - Skid Row
Here I Go Again - Whitesnake
Don't Know What You Got (Til It's Gone) - Cinderella
Kiss Me Deadly - Lita Ford
Born to Be My Baby - Bon Jovi
Dreams - Van Halen
Cult of Personality - Living Colour
Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N Roses
Eye Of the Tiger - Survivor
One - Metallica
Wait - White Lion
Bad Medicine - Bon Jovi
Armageddon It - Def Leppard
Crazy Train - Ozzy Osbourne
Sister Christian - Night Ranger
The Flame - Cheap Trick
Don't Close Your Eyes - Kix
Youth Gone Wild - Skid Row
West End Girls - Pet Shop Boys
You've Got Another Thing Coming - Judas Priest
And We Danced - Hooters
Carrie - Europe
Send Me an Angel - Real Life
Pride (in the Name of Love) - U2
Coming Home - Cinderella
Heaven - Warrant
Jump - Van Halen
Luka - Suzanne Vega
Fallen Angel - Poison
Gypsy Road - Cinderella
Is This Love - Whitesnake
Nothin' But a Good Time - Poison
When It's Love - Van Halen
No One Is to Blame - Howard Jones
Into the Night - Benny Mardones
Fast Car - Tracy Chapman
Where the Streets Have No Name - U2
Way Cool Jr. - Ratt
Like A Prayer - Madonna
Karma Chameleon - Culture Club
I Won't Forget You - Poison
Down Boys - Warrant
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - U2
I Want A Woman - Ratt
Runaway - Bon Jovi
Seventeen - Winger
Pour Some Sugar on Me - Def Leppard
Patience - Guns N' Roses
You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC
Photograph - Def Leppard
Paradise City - Guns N' Roses
Eyes of a Stranger - Queensryche
Living After Midnight - Judas Priest
Shake Me - Cinderella
Your Mama Don't Dance - Poison
I Can't Drive 55 - Sammy Hagar
Bang Your Head (Metal Health) - Quiet Riot
When I See You Smile - Bad English
Welcome to the Jungle - Guns N Roses
The Angel Song - Great White
Nobody's Fool - Cinderella
Cold Blood - Kix
Cry Tough - Poison
I Wanna Rock - Twisted Sister
The Last Mile - Cinderella
Your Love - The Outfield
Why Can't This Be Love - Van Halen
Stand - R.E.M.
Fire Woman - The Cult
Somebody Save Me - Cinderella
I'll Tumble For Ya - Culture Club
Down Under - Men At Work
Open Arms - Journey
What I Am - Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians
Wanted Dead or Alive - Bon Jovi
Toy Soldiers - Martika
Rainbow in the Dark - Dio
No One Like You - The Scorpions
Just Like Paradise - David Lee Roth
Authority Song - John Cougar Mellencamp
Vacation - The Go-Go's
I'll Be There For You - Bon Jovi
Little Fighter - White Lion
Missing You - John Waite
Relax - Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Careless Whisper - Wham