What are the best 10 songs of the 80's?

In No Particular Order:

1) Any & All Duran Duran can take this spot  :)

2) Thomas Dolby - She Blinded Me With Science

3) Madness - Our House

4) Nancy Martinez - Move Out

5) Madonna - Everybody, Lucky Star, La Isla Bonita, Like A Prayer can take this spot

6) Jermaine Stewart - You Don't Have To Take your Clothes Off

7) It's Raining Again - Supertramp

8 ) Gary Newman - Cars

9) Human League - (Keep Feeling) Fascination, Don't You Want Me?

10) Simple Minds - Don't You Forget About Me

Honorable mentions to:

Animotion - Obsession

The Cars - Why Can't I Have You

Tears For Fears - Change

Musical Youth - Pass The Dutchie

Michael Jackson - Beat It, You Wanna Be Startin' Somethin', The Girl Is Mine

Bon Jovi - Runaway, Living On A Prayer, Bad Medicine, Dead Or Alive

Def Leppard - Rock Of Ages, Foolin', Armageddon It, Hysteria, Gods Of War, Pour Some Sugar On Me

Queensryche - Walk In The Shadows

Metallica - One, Eye Of The Beholder, Fade To Black

AC/DC - Hells Bells, Have A Drink On Me, Back In Black, Shook Me All Night Long

More. Many More...  ;)

well i love a lot of sons from the 80's... but this ones are my favorites, in no particular order to:
 
  Madonna - Holiday

  Duran Duran - Rio

  Hall and Oates - Maneater

  Fischer Z - So long

  Nu Shooz - I cant Wait

  Samantha Fox - Touch me ( This one makes laught so much!!)

  Pointer Sisters - Im So Excited

  Michael Sambello - She´s a Maniac

  Funky Town

  Pat Benatar - Love is a Batlefield

 
 

I'm gonna change my mind the moment I've posted this (on some anyway - but here goes (in order  :-/ )

1 - She Sells Sanctuary - The Cult
2 - Rain - The Cult
3 - From Out Of Nowhere - Faith No More
4 - Shake Your Foundations - AC/DC
5 - Blue Monday - New Order
6 - Temple Of Love - Sisters Of Mercy
7 - Lucretia My Reflection - Sisters of Mercy
8 - Nirvana - The Cult
9 - I Was Wrong - Sisters of Mercy
10 - Hell's Bells - AC/DC

Honorable Mentions:
When Doves Cry - Prince
Paisley Park - Prince
I Ran - A Flock Of Seagulls
Obsession - Animotion
Let's Go All The Way - Sly Foxx

I've posted on this subject before, but I forgot when and where, so I'll post it again. I like this one since I change my list slightly from every other past post on the sam subjec.

Tarzan Boy's Top Ten from the 1980s (in no particaular order).

1. "Don't Answer Me" by The Alan Parsons Project
2. "Susanna" by The Art Company
3. "In A Manner Of Speaking" by Tuxedomoon
4. "See You" by Depeche Mode
5. "Reap The Wild Wind" by Ultravox
6. "The Perfect Kiss" by New Order
7. "How Soon Is Now?" by The Smiths
8. "The Look Of Love Parts 1 and 4" by ABC
9. "Method Of Dancing" by Japan
10. "Fade To Grey" by Visage

Tarzan Boy

As of this moment, my Top 10 would be:

1.  New Order - Blue Monday
2.  Depeche Mode - People Are People
3.  Real Life - Send Me An Angel
4.  Pet Shop Boys feat. Dusty Springfield - What Have I Done To Deserve This?
5.  When In Rome - The Promise
6.  Kon Kan - I Beg Your Pardon
7.  Talking Heads - Burning Down The House
8.  Talk Talk - It's My Life
9.  Gary Numan - Cars
10. Ultravox - Reap The Wild Wind

Honorable Mentions:
Peter Schilling - The Different Story
Voyou - Houseman (Germany Calling)
CCCP - American-Soviets
Depeche Mode - Strangelove
Yaz - Situation
Erasure - Chains of Love (Unfettered Mix)

I also will probbaly change my mind as soon as I hit post, but here goes ( in no particular order):

Men At Work - Down Under
Any Smiths song from either 'Hatful or Hollow' or 'The Queen Is Dead' - sorry, can't narrow it down!
Duran Duran - Planet Earth
The Police - Every Breath You Take
The Jam - Town Called Malice/Absolute Beginners ( can't decide!)
Elvis Costello - Can't Stand Up
New Order - Blue Monday
Madonna - Borderline, Who's That Girl, Material Girl
The Clash - Train In Vain
The Bangles - Eternal Flame

Honourable mentions to bands such as Yazoo, Berlin, Depeche Mode, Eurythmics, OMD and the Go Go's.

How hard was that! My choices will definitly change by tomorrow!

In no order:

1. Hungry Like The Wolf - Duran Duran
2. Beat It - Michael Jackson
3. Jump - Van Halen
4. Live To Tell - Madonna
5. In The Air Tonight - Phil Collins
6. West End Girls - Pet Shop Boys
7. In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel
8. Don't You Forget About Me - Simple Minds
9. King Of Pain - The Police
10. Fragile - Sting

Honorable Mention:
Silent Morning - Noel
Domino - Genesis
Never Tear Us Apart - Inxs
Digging Your Scene - Blow Monkeys

   :-*the real top ten songs are  :)
1.madonna holiday]
2.michael jackson the girl is mine
3. samantha fox touch me
4.pointer sisters i'm so excited
5.supertramp it's raining again
6.nancy martinez move out
7.madness our house
8.prince when doves cry
9.real life send me an angel
10. talk talk it's my life 8)
::) :D

1 Hunting High and Low /A-ha
2 Wonderful Life/Black
3 Gold /Spandau Ballet
4  A Little Respect /Erasure
5 With or Without You/U2
6 Hallelujah Man/ Love And Money
7 Heartland/The The
8 The Captain Of The Heart/Double
9 Fortress Around Your Heart/ Sting
10 Save A Prayer /Duran Duran  

and, at least, ten more favs songs...........

Again....no particular order, and just IMO....

Centerfold, Love Stinks, Freeze Frame, Come Back/J. Geils Band
Where Have All The Good Times Gone, Unchained, I'll Wait, Jump, So This Is Love/Van Halen

When It's Love, Dreams, Love Walks In/Van Hagar

Don't Talk To Strangers, Jessies Girl, Affair Of The Heart/Rick Springfield

Missing You/John Waite
Go Insane/Lindsey Buckingham
Goodbye To You/Scandal
Sex, No More Words, The Metro/Berlin
More some other time....SO much to type....so little space ;)

Yop 10 songs of the 80's: 1.) People Are People-Depeche Mode, 2.) How Soon Is Now?-The Smiths, 3.) Live To Tell-Madonna 4.) Human Nature-Michael Jackson 5.) I'll Always Love You-Taylor Dayne, 6.) Shout-Tears For Fears, 7.) Time After Time-Cyndi Lauper, 8.) Blue Monday-New Order, 9.) Every Breath You Take-Police, 10.) Save A Prayer-Duran Duran Other Notables: Tender Lover-Force Md's, I'd Without You and When Doves Cry-Prince, Head To Toe-Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam, Dreamin of Love-Stevie B, Love You Down-Ready For The World,  I Still Believe-Brenda K. Starr, With or Without You-U2, Breakout-Swing Out Sister, Roni-Bobby Brown, and Don't You Want Me-Jody Watley.

Realistically, the genre ended by the mid 80's and so the best 10 could be (in no particular order):

Soft Cell:  Say Hello, Wave Goodbye
Tears For Fears: Pale Shelter
Spandau Ballet:  Gold
OMD:  Souvenir
Yazoo:  Nobody's Diary
The Cure:  Charlotte Sometimes
Depeche Mode:  Shake the Disease
The Lotus Eaters:  First Picture of You
The Associates:  Party Fears Two
China Crisis:  Christian

I don't have a top 10 right now, but here are some of my favorites...

Europe - The Final Countdown, Wings of Tomorrow, Danger on the Track, Superstitious, Seven Doors Hotel '85, Open Your Heart '84...

a-ha - Train of Thought, The Sun Always Shines on TV, Hunting High and Low, Scoundrel Days, Manhattan Skyline...

Michael Jackson - Billie Jean, Beat It, Dirty Diana, Smooth Criminal, Thriller...

Metallica - One...

Bon Jovi - Living on a Prayer, You Give Love a Bad Name...

Janet Jackson - Alright, Rhythm Nation...

Just ten?  Well, if you insist...here are my ten big ones:
10) "Into The Groove"/Madonna.
9) "Never"/Heart.
8) "Do They Know It's Christmas?"/Band Aid.
7) "Somewhere Out There"/Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram.
6) "Oh Sherrie"/Steve Perry.
5) "Tarzan Boy"/Baltimora.
4) "Don't You (Forget About Me)"/Simple Minds.
3) "Don't You Want Me"/The Human League.
2) "Man In Motion (Theme from St. Elmo's Fire)"/John Parr.
1) "You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)"/Dead Or Alive.
Keep up the good music, everyone!
Greg