In no particular order since they change on an almost daily basis:

Van Halen - Jump!, Panama, I'll Wait, Hot For Teacher, Unchained, So This Is Love, The Cradle Will Rock, Where Have All The Good Times Gone, Pretty Woman

Loverboy - Turn Me Loose, Working For The Weekend, Hot Girls In Love, The Kid Is Hot Tonight, When It's Over, This Could Be The Night, Notorious, Take Me To The Top.

Journey - Don't Stop Believing, Chain Reaction, Separate Ways (Worlds Apart), Faithfully.

Steve Perry - Oh Sherrie, Foolish Heart, She's Mine, Strung Out.

John Waite - Missing You

Lindsey Buckingham - Go Insane, Trouble

Glenn Frey - The One You Love, Sexy Girl

John Cougar - Hurts So Good

Whitesnake - Is This Love, Here I Go Again

Fleetwood Mac - Little Lies, You And I, Gypsy, Big Love

Men At Work - Who Can It Be Now, Overkill

J. Geils Band - Come Back, Centerfold, Freeze Fram, Love Stinks

Mr. Mister - Broken Wings

Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World

Frankie And The Knockouts - Sweetheart

Korgis - Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime

Phil Collins - You Can't Hurry Love....MUCH better than the original, IMHO :)

Rick Springfield - Don't Talk To Strangers, Affair Of The Heart

Jack Wagner - All I Need, Lady Of My Heart

Foreigner - Waiting For A Girl Like You, I Want To Know What Love Is

Cheap Trick - The Flame, Ghost Town

More later :D

More...

Cheap Trick - Tonight It's You, The Dream Police, She's Tight

AC/DC - Back In Black, You Shook Me All Night Long

Def Leppard - Photograph, Rock Of Ages, Bringing On The Heartbreak, Love Bites, Pour Some Sugar On Me, Animal, Hysteria, Foolin'

Van Hagar - Dreams, Why Can't This Be Love, When It's Love, Finish What Ya Started

Survivor - Poor Man's Son, High On You, The Search Is Over, Eye Of The Tiger, Burning Heart

Phil Collins - Against All Odds

Genisis - Abacab, Misunderstanding

Dan Hartmean -  Can Dream About You

The Cars - Drive, Heartbeat City, Touch And Go

Paul McCartney - My Brave Fave, Figure Of Eight

John Lennon - (Just Like) Starting Over, Watching The Wheels, Nobody Told Me

George Harrison - When We Was Fab, Cloud Nine, I Got My Mind Set On You, This Is Love

Good list there, Mark. Alot of those bring back some memories! AC/DC, Foreigner, Def Leppard, Lover Boy, and especially Journey. They're coming in concert this summer, but without Steve Perry, what's the point?  :)

Cruisin' - Smokey Robinson
Southern Cross - Crosby, Stills & Nash
When Your Heart Is Weak - Cock Robin
Woman - John Lennon
Cool Change - Little River Band
I Love You - Climax Blues Band
Working My Way Back To You/Forgive Me, Girl - The Spinners
Don't Stop Believin' - Journey
Steppin' Out - Joe Jackson
Oh Sherrie - Steve Perry
Hard To Say - Dan Fogelberg
Old And Wise - Alan Parsons Project
Cherish - Kool & The Gang
Against The Wind - Bob Seger
I Can't Tell You Why - The Eagles
A Fine, Fine Day - Tony Carey

...to name a few!

Good list there, Mark. Alot of those bring back some memories! AC/DC, Foreigner, Def Leppard, Lover Boy, and especially Journey. They're coming in concert this summer, but without Steve Perry, what's the point?  :)
Thanks, Rhonda. Yeah, I've always felt that Steve Perry IS Journey ;)

Oh Sherrie - Steve Perry


Very nice, Karen...I like your other choices as well :)

What, no Debbie Gibson?

I like these songs.  :) Though most I've never heard of or hate.



Van Halen - Jump!, Panama, I'll Wait, Hot For Teacher, Unchained, So This Is Love, The Cradle Will Rock, Where Have All The Good Times Gone, Pretty Woman

Loverboy -  Working For The Weekend,
More...

Cheap Trick - Tonight It's You, The Dream Police, She's Tight

AC/DC - Back In Black, You Shook Me All Night Long

Def Leppard - Photograph, Rock Of Ages, Bringing On The Heartbreak, Love Bites, Pour Some Sugar On Me, Animal, Hysteria, Foolin'

Van Hagar - Dreams, Why Can't This Be Love, When It's Love,

Survivor -  The Search Is Over, Eye Of The Tiger, Burning Heart




The Cars - Drive, Heartbeat City, Touch And Go


John Lennon - (Just Like) Starting Over, Watching The Wheels, Nobody Told Me

George Harrison I Got My Mind Set On You

, This Is Love
John Waite - Missing You



John Cougar - Hurts So Good

Whitesnake - Is This Love, Here I Go Again


Men At Work - Who Can It Be Now, Overkill

J. Geils Band - Come Back, Centerfold, Freeze Fram, Love Stinks

Mr. Mister - Broken Wings

Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World



Phil Collins - You Can't Hurry Love....MUCH better than the original, IMHO :)

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Foreigner - Waiting For A Girl Like You, I Want To Know What Love Is

Cheap Trick - The Flame,

What, no Debbie Gibson?
Of course...and more...I will add more as I think of them, but yes, DEFINATELY Debbie ;)

Here's 10 to start with . . .

'Oh Sherrie' - Steve Perry
'Higher love' - Steve Winwood
'You win again' - Bee Gees
'Never gonna give you up' - Rick Astley
'Tender love' - Force MDs
'Burning heart' - Survivor
'A good heart' - Feargal Sharkey
'Always on my mind' - Pet Shop boys
'Sweet little mystery' - Wet Wet Wet
'I think we're alone now' - Tiffany

Here's 10 to start with . . .

'Oh Sherrie' - Steve Perry
'Higher love' - Steve Winwood
'You win again' - Bee Gees
'Never gonna give you up' - Rick Astley
'Tender love' - Force MDs
'Burning heart' - Survivor
'A good heart' - Feargal Sharkey
'Always on my mind' - Pet Shop boys
'Sweet little mystery' - Wet Wet Wet
'I think we're alone now' - Tiffany
I like most all of your choices Rob, especially Steve Perry :)

ok I'm bored so here I go...

1. Angel - Aerosmith
2. Take On Me - A-Ha
3. Forever Young - Alphaville
4. Obsession - Animotion
5. Secret Lovers - Atlantic Starr
6. Eternal Flame - Bangles
7. Uptown Girl - Billy Joel
8. Tell Her About It - Billy Joel
9. Drive - The Cars
10. The Flame - Cheap Trick
11. Somebody - Depeche Mode
12. Whip It - Devo
13. Come On Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners
14. Oh L'Amour - Erasure
15. Touch of Grey - Grateful Dead
16. Grease - Frankie Valli
17. Don't You Want Me - Human League
18. Fascination - Human League
19. All I Need - Jack Wagner
20. I Love Rock & Roll - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
21. Too Shy - Kajagoogoo
22. Gloria - Laura Branigan
23. All Cried Out - Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam
24. Our House - Madness
25. Oh Father - Madonna
26. Human Nature -Michael Jackson
27. Beds Are Burning - Midnight Oil
28. Silent Running - Mike & The Mechanics
29. Promises, Promises - Naked Eyes
30. 99 Luftballoons - Nena
31. Dreaming - OMD
32. Love Is A Battlefield - Pat Benatar
33. In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel
34. Major Tom (Coming Home) - Peter Schilling
35. Kiss Me - Rin Tin Tin
36. Talking In Your Sleep - Romantics
37. Morning Train - Sheena Easton
38. Tainted Love - Soft Cell
39. True - Spandau Ballet
40. I Get Frightened - Split Enz
41. Abracadabra - Steve Miller Band
42. Rock This Town - Stray Cats
43. I May Hate You Sometimes - Posies
44. Hold Me Now - Thompson Twins
45. 8675309/Jenny - Tommy Tutone
46. Mickey - Toni Basil
47. Africa - Toto
48. Everlasting Love - U2
49. The Promise - When In Rome
50. One More Try - George Michael

Cool lists! I don't think I could make up a list. I am not that patient.  :P

Oh, good it's Top 50 + favorite songs from the 1980's (and obviously this is your choice), I have to admit my tastes for the decade are rather electic and so here goes my Top 50 + favorite songs from the 1980's (I was in high school, junior college, university and then my first full-time job in this decade), the highest chart position if I can remember are taken from the Billboard Magazines Hot 100 charts:

Adding a couple of more before going to work:

1.  "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" by Joan Jett & the Blackhearts #1 1982
2.  "Ebony & Ivory" by Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder #1 1982
3.  "Centerfold" by J. Geils Band #1 1982
4.  "Call Me" by Blondie #1 1980
5.  "Walk Like An Egyptian" by the Bangles #1 1986-87
6.  "Total Eclipse Of The Heart" by Bonnie Tyler #1 1983
7.  "When Doves Cry" by Prince #1 1984
8.  "Keep On Loving You" by REO Speedwagon #1 1981
9.  "Faith" by George Michael #1 1988
10.  "Don't You Want Me" by Human League #1 1982
11.  "One More Try" by George Michael #1 1988
12.  "Like A Prayer" by Madonna #1 1989
13.  "Another One Bites The Dust" by Queen #1 1980
14.  "Lady" by Kenny Rogers #1 1980
15.  "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" by Queen #1 1980
16.  "When I Think Of You" by Janet Jackson #1 1986
17.  "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" by Tears For Fears #1 1985
18.  "Power Of Love" by Huey Lewis & the News #1 1985
19.  "Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)" by Phil Collins #1 1984
20.  "Footloose" by Kenny Loggins  #1  1984
21.  "Karma Chameleon" by Culture Club #1 1984
22.  "(Just Like) Starting Over" by John Lennon #1 1980-81
23.  "What's Love Got To Do With It" by Tina Turner #1 1984
24.  "Shout" by Tears For Fears #1 1985
25.  "Let's Go Crazy" by Prince & the Revolution #1 1984
26.  "It's Still Rock 'n' Roll To Me" by Billy Joel #1 1980
27.  "Ghostbusters" by Ray Parker, Jr. #1 1984
28.  "Another Day In Paradise" by Phil Collins #1 (the last #1 of the decade) 1989
29.  "(I Just) Died In Your Arms" by Cutting Crew #1 1987
30.  "Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car" by Billy Ocean #1 1988
31.  "Wishing Well" by Terence Trent D'Arby #1 1988
32.  "Straight Up" by Paula Abdul #1 1989
33.  "Time After Time" by Cyndi Lauper #1 1984
34.  "True Colors" by Cyndi Lauper #1 1986
35.  "She Drives Me Crazy" by Fine Young Cannibals #1 1989
36.  "The Look" by Roxette #1 1989
37.  "The Owner Of A Lonely Heart" by Yes #1 1984
38.  "Head To Toe" by Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam #1 1987
39.  "Addicted To Love" by Robert Palmer #1
40.  "Higher Love" by Stevie Winwood #1 1986
41.    "Sledgehammer" by Peter Gabriel #1 1986
42.    "Abracadabra" by Steve Miller Band #1 1982
43.  "Let's Dance" by David Bowie #1 1983
44.  "West End Girls" by Pet Shop Boys #1 1986
45.  "The Tide Is High" by Blondie #1 1980-81
46.  "9 To 5" by Dolly Parton #1 1981
47.    "Holding Back The Years" by Simply Red #1 1986
48.    "Live To Tell" by Madonna #1 1986
49.    "Papa Don't Preach" by Madonna #1 1986
50.  "Who Can It Be Now?" by Men At Work #1 1982
51.  "The Way It Is" by Bruce Hornsby & the Range #1 1986
52.  "A View To A Kill" by Duran Duran #1 1985
53.  "Take On Me" by a-ha #1 1985
54.  "Wishing Well" by Terence Trent D'Arby #1 1988
55.  "Lean On Me" by Club Noveau #1 1987
56.  "Seperate Lives (Love Song from "White Nights")" by Phil Collins & Marilyn Martin #1 1985
57.  "Mickey" by Toni Basil #1 1982
58.  "Red, Red Wine" by UB40 #1 1988 (but originally released and charted in late 1983)
59.    "Rapture" by Blondie #1 1981
60.    "Jump" by Van Halen #1 1984
61.    "Good Thing" by Fine Young Cannibals #1 1989
62.    "Wind Beneath My Wings (From 'Beaches')" by Bette Midler #1 1989
63.    "The Beatles Medley" or "Stars On 45" by Stars On 45 #1 1981
64.  "Waiting For A Girl Like You" by Foreigner #2  1981-82
65.  "Gloria" by Laura Branigan #2 1982
66.  "Don't Dream It's Over" by Crowded House #2 1987
67.  "Hurts So Good" by John Mellencamp #2 1982
68.  "All Those Years Ago" by George Harrison #2 1981
69.  "Believe It Or Not (Theme From "Greatest American Hero")" by Joey Scarbury #2 1981 
70.  "99 Red Balloons/99 Luftballoons" by Nena #2 1984
71.  "Eye In The Sky" by Alan Parsons Project #2 1982
72.  "When The Going Gets Tough (From "Jewel Of The Nile")" by Billy Ocean #2 1986
73.  "Time (Clock Of The Heart)" by Culture Club #2 1983
74.    "Big Time" by Peter Gabriel #2  1987
75.  "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" by Wang Chung #2 1987
76.  "Queen Of Hearts" by Juice Newton #2 1981
77.  "Sowing The Seeds Of Love" by Tears For Fears #2 1989
78.  "Keep Your Hands To Yourself" by Georgia Satellites #2 1987
79.  "Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone)" by Glass Tiger #2 1986
80.  "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" by Cyndi Lauper #2 1984
81.  "Danger Zone" by Kenny Loggins #2 1986
82.  "Perfect World" by Huey Lewis & the News #2 1988
83.  "Let's Go All The Way" by Sly Fox #2 1986
84.  "What Have You Done For Me Lately" by Janet Jackson #2 1986
85.  "Material Girl" by Madonna #2 1985
86.  "We Got The Beat" by the Go-Go's #2 1982
87.  "Raspberry Beret" by Prince & the Revolution #2 1985
88.  "Simply Irrestible" by Robert Palmer #2 1988
89.    "Desire" by U2 #2 1988
90.  "Manic Monday" by the Bangles #2 1986
91.  "Hungry Like The Wolf" by Duran Duran #3 1983
92.  "I Can Dream About You" by Dan Hartman #3 1984
93.  "I Feel For You" by Chaka Khan #3 1984
94.  "She Works Hard For The Money" by Donna Summer #3 1983
95.  "Dirty Laundry" by Don Henley #3 1982-83
96.  "Let's Groove" by Earth, Wind & Fire #3 1981 
97.  "The Best Of Times" by Styx #3 1980-81
98.    "In Your Eyes" by Peter Gabriel #3 1987
99.    "Hold Me Now" by Thompson Twins #3 1984
100.    "Sexual Healing" by Marvin Gaye #3 1982-83
101.    "Uptown Girl" by Billy Joel #3 1983
102.    "Heart Attack" by Olivia Newton-John #3 1982
103.    "I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues" by Elton John #3 1983
104.  And just for Woops:  "Only In My Dreams" by Debbie Gibson #3 1987 (but I loved this tune as well, from the year I turned 24 years old; this was a great dance tune; I matter of fact danced briefly with former Congresswoman Pat Schroeder at a campaign rally of hers {when she attempted to run for President} with this tune -- it was a favorite of her campaign staff)
105    "Freeway Of Love" by Aretha Franklin #3 1985
106.  "The Safety Dance" by Men Without Hats #3 1983
107.  "Runnin' Down A Dream" by Tom Petty #3 1989
108.  "The End Of The Innocence" by Don Henley #3 1989
109.  "Love Shack" by the B-52's #3 1989
110.  "The Night Owls" by Little River Band #3 1981
111.  "The Lady In Red" by Chris DeBurgh #3 1987
112.  "Luka" by Suzanne Vega #3 1987
113.  "I've Been In Love Before" by Cutting Crew #3 1987
114.  "Shattered Dreams" by Johnny Hates Jazz #3 1988 
115.  "Get On Your Feet" by Gloria Estefan #3 1989
116.    "I Heard A Rumour (from "Orderlies")" by Bananarama #3 1987
117.  "What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy)" by Information Society #3 1988
118.    "Friends & Lovers" by Gloria Loring & Carl Anderson #3 1986
119.    "Just The Two Of Us" by Bill Withers  #3 1981
120.  "Why Can't This Be Love?" by Van Halen #3 1986
121.  "The Boys Of Summer" by Don Henley #3 1985
122.  "The Other Woman" by Ray Parker, Jr. #3 1982
123.  "A Woman Needs Love" by Ray Parker, Jr. #3 1981
124.  "No One Is To Blame" by Howard Jones #3 1986
125.  "True Blue" by Madonna #3 1986
126.  "Jeopardy" by the Greg Kihn Band (Greg Kihn the dj on KFOX in San Francisco who corresponded with me) #3 1983
127.  "Sign Your Name" by Terence Trent D'Arby #3 1988
128.  "I Drove All Night" by Cyndi Lauper #3 1989-90
129.  "For Your Eyes Only" by Sheena Easton #4 1981
130.  "True" by Spandau Ballett #4 1983
131.  "That Girl" by Stevie Wonder #4 1982
132.  "Heat Of The Moment" by Asia #4 1982
133.  "All Through The Night" by Cyndi Lauper #4 1984
134.  "Who's Crying Now" by Journey #4 1981
135.  "Drive" by the Cars #4 1984
136.  "Here Comes The Rain Again" by the Eurythmics #4 1984
137.  "Land Of Confusion" by Genesis #4 1987
138.  "I Would Die 4 You" by Prince & the Revolution #4 1984-85
139.  "Shake It Up" by the Cars #4 1981-82
140.  "867-5309/Jenny" by Tommy Tutone #4 1982
141.  "Lover Girl" by Teena Marie #4 1985
142.  "Take Me Home Tonight" by Eddie Money with Ronnie Spector #4 1986
143.  "Pop Life" by Prince #4 1985
144.  "Urgent" by Foreigner #4 1981
145.  "Heart & Soul" by T'Pau #4 1987
146.  "You Should Hear How She Talks About You" by Melissa Manchester #5 1982
147.  "Wanna Be Startin' Something" by Michael Jackson #5 1983
148.  "Better Be Good To Me" by Tina Turner #5 1984-85
149.  "Brass In Pocket" by the Pretenders #5 1980
150.  "Sunglasses At Night" by Corey Hart #5 1984
151.  "Smooth Operator" by Sade #5 1985
152.  "Back On The Chain Gang" by the Pretenders #5 1983
153.  "Never Gonna Let You Go" by Sergio Mendes with Joe Pizzulo & Leza Miller #5 1983
154.  "She Blinded Me With Science" by Thomas Dolby #5 1983
155.  "Sad Songs (Say So Much)" by Elton John #5 1984
156.  "Would I Lie To You?" by the Eurythmics #5 1985
157.  "Break My Stride" by Matthew Wilder #5 1983-84
158.  "Cum On Feel The Noize" by Quiet Riot #5 1983
159.  "Rock The Casbah" by Clash #5 1982-83
160.  "Make A Move On Me" by Olivia Newton-John #5 1982
161.  "Everlasting Love" by Howard Jones #5 1989
162.  "Take It Easy On Me" by Little River Band #5 1982
163.  "Let It Whip" by Dazz Band #5 1982
164.  "Life In One Day" by Howard Jones #5 1985
165.  "Nobody Told Me" by John Lennon #5 1984
166.  "Der Kommissar" by After The Fire #5 1983
167.  "Midnight Blue" by Lou Gramm #5 1988
168.  "Dancing On The Ceiling" by Lionel Richie #5 1986
169.  "Never Knew Love Like This Before" by Stephanie Mills #6 1980
170.  "Fast Car" by Tracey Chapman #6 1988
171.  "Legs" by ZZ Top #6 1984
172.  "Neutron Dance" by the Pointer Sisters #6 1985
173.  "You Spin Me Around (Like A Record)" by Dead Or Alive #6 1985
174.  "Come Dancing" by the Kinks #6 1983
175.  "If You Leave" by Orchestra Maneouvres In The Dark #6 1988
176.  "Always Something There To Remind Me" by Naked Eyes #6 1983
177.  "Say You Will" by Foreigner #6 1987
178.  "'65 Love Affair" by Paul Davis #6 1982
180.  "Breakout" by Swing Out Sister #6 1987
181.  "Stand" by R.E.M. #6 1989
182.  "Don't Do Me Like That" by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers #6 1980
183.    "Somebody's Baby" by Jackson Browne #7 1982
184.  "Flirtin' With Disaster" by Molly Hatchett #7 1980
185.  "People Are People" by Depeche Mode #7 1985
186.  'Do You Believe In Love?" by Huey Lewis & the News #7 1982
187.  "You Might Think" by the Cars #7 1984
188.  "Life In A Northern Town" by The Dream Academy #7 1986
189.  "Love's Been A Little Bit Hard On Me" by Juice Newton #7 1982
190.  "Captain Of Her Heart" by Double #7 1986
191.  "Hands To Heaven" by Breathe #7 1988
192.  "I'm So Excited" by Pointer Sisters #7 1985 (although originally released in 1982)
193.  "You Can Call Me Al" by Paul Simon #7 1987
194.  "Medley:  Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go" by Soft Cell #8  1982
195.  "Key Largo" by Bertie Higgins #8 1982
196.  "You Can Do Magic" by America #8 1982
197.  "Seperate Ways (Worlds Apart)" by Journey #8 1982
198.  "Piano In The Dark" by Brenda Russell #8 1988
199.  "Voices Carry" by 'Til Tuesday #8 1985
200.  "Delirious" by Prince #8 1983
201.  "They Don't Know" by Tracey Ullman #8 1985
202.  "I Hate Myself For Loving You" by Joan Jett & the Blackhearts #8 1988
203.  "The Authority Song" by John Mellencamp #8 1984
204.  "Tell It To My Heart" by Taylor Dayne #8 1988
205.  "Only The Lonely" by the Motels #9 1982
206.  "Southern Cross" by Crosby, Stills & Nash #9 1982
207.  "Steppin' Out" by Joe Jackson #9 1982
208.  "Who's Zoomin' Who" by Aretha Franklin #9 1985
209.  "Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair)" by Sheena Easton #9 1983
210.  "Burning Down The House" by Talking Heads #9 1983
211.  "In The Air Tonight" by Phil Collins #9 1981
212.  "What I Am" by Edie Brickell & New Bohemians #9 1989
213.  "Walking On Sunshine" by Katrina & the Waves #9 1985
214.  "The One I Love" by R.E.M. #9 1987
215.  "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" by Pat Benatar #9 1980-81
216.  "You Shook Me All Night Long" by AC/DC #9 1980-81
217.  "Trouble" by Lindsay Buckingham #9 1981
218.  "More Love" by Kim Carnes #9 1980
219.  "I'll Tumble 4 Ya" by Culture Club #9 1983
220.  "Valerie" by Steve Winwood #9 1987 
221.  "Modern Love" by David Bowie #9 1983-84
222.  "Closer To Fine" by Indigo Girls #9 1989-90
223.  "Rock This Town" by the Stray Cats #10 1982-83
224.  "Conga" by Miami Sound Machine #10 1986
225.  "Cuts Like A Knife" by Bryan Adams #10 1983
226.  "Our House" by Madness #10 1983
227.  "Cruel Summer" by Bananarama #10 1984
228.  "Church Of The Poisoned Mind" by Culture Club #10 1983
229.  "It's Gonna Take A Miracle" by Deniece Williams #10 1982
230.  "Sweetheart" by Frankie & the Knockouts #10 1981
231.  "Get Down On It" by Kool & the Gang #10 1982
232.  "1999" by Prince #11 1983
233.  "Private Dancer" by Tina Turner #11 1985
234.  "Magic" by the Cars #11 1984
235.  "Things Can Only Get Better" by Howard Jones #11 1985
236.  "The Other Guy" by Little River Band #12 1982
237.  "Goody Two Shoes" by Adam Ant #12 1983
238.  "Thinking Of You" by Sa-Fire #12 1989
239.  "Electric Blue" by Icehouse #12 1988
240.  "Do They Know It's Christmas?" by Band Aid #13 1984-85
 
And here are a couple of more songs, in no particular order, that I love from the 1980's, that either didn't chart at all, didn't chart in America or did not make it on the Billboard Top 100 for the end of each calendar year of the 1980's (two of these also didn't make it big until the 1990's or one of these didn't and the other didn't become popular until it was included on Burger King@ commercial of the 1990's; I'm also unclear on some of the highest chart position for a couple of these tunes):

241.  "Learning To Fly" by Pink Floyd 1987
242.  "Sharp Dressed Man" by ZZ Top 1983
243.  "Going Down To Liverpool" both the Bangles original version from 1984 and the remake by Katrina & the Waves from 1985
244.  "Go For Soda" from my friend who corresponded with me and is on Q107 in Toronto as a dj, Kim Mitchell 1984
245.  "All We Are" by Kim Mitchell 1984
246.  "And She Was" by Talking Heads 1986
247.  "Jump To It" by Aretha Franklin 1982
248.  "Just Once" by Quincy Jones with vocals by James Ingram 1983
249.  "Come Back & Stay" by Paul Young 1984
250.  "New Song" by Howard Jones 1984
251.  "The Politics Of Dancing" by Re-flex 1984
252.  "Don't Pay The Ferryman" by Chris DeBurgh 1983
253.  "It Might Be You" (from "Tootsie")" by Stephen Bishop 1983
254.  "You May Be Right" by Billy Joel 1980
255.  "One Trick Poney" by Paul Simon 1980
256.  "Shangai Breezes" by John Denver 1981
257.  "Scissor's Cut" by Art Garfunkel  1981
258.  "On The Wings Of Love" by Jeffrey Osborne 1983
259.  "Radioactive" by The Firm  1985
260.  "One Hundred Ways" by Quincy Jones with the vocals of James Ingram 1981
261.  "Radio Free Europe" by R.E.M. (their first single  :D) 1985
262.  "Pretty In Pink" by Psychedelic Furs 1985
263.  "Destination Unknown" by Missing Persons 1982
264.  "Rock-It" by Herbie Hancock 1983
265.  "No More Words" by Berlin 1984
266.  "Burnin' For You" by Blue Oyster Cult 1981
267.  "And We Danced" by the Hooters 1985
268.  "You Can't Get What You Want" by Joe Jackson 1984
269.  "My Ever Changing Moods" by Style Council 1984
270.  "Don't Answer Me" by Alan Parsons Project 1984
271.  "Personal Jesus" by Depeche Mode  1986 
272.  "Turning Japanese" by the Vapors  1983
273.  "Move Away" by Culture Club  #12  1986
274.  "The Break-Up Song (They Don't Write 'Em)" by Greg Kihn Band #16 1981
275.  "Mayor Of Simpleton" by XTC 1989
276.  "Don't Come Around Here No More" by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers 1985
277.  "What's New?" by Linda Ronstadt 1983-84
278.  "All Fired Up" by Pat Benatar 1988
279.  "We Live For Love" by Pat Benatar 1980
280.  "Middle Of The Road" by the Pretenders 1984
281.  "Kids In America" by Kim Wilde #21 1982
282.  "Somewhere" by Barbra Streisand 1986
283.  "Putting It Together" by Barbra Streisand 1986
284.  "Girls On Film" by Duran Duran 1982
285.  "Sausilito Summernight" by Diesel #25 1981
286.  "Mexican Radio" by Wall Of Voodoo 1983
287.  "I Know What Boys Like" by the Waitresses 1982
288.  "Square Pegs" by the Waitresses 1982
289.  "What I Like About You" by the Romantics 1983
290.  "I Melt With You" by Modern English 1983
291.  "You Dropped A Bomb On Me" by the Gap Band 1982
292.  "Where Everybody Knows Your Name (Theme From "Cheers")" by Gary Portnoy 1982 
293.  "I Got You" by Split Enz 1982
294.  "My Mother The War" by 10,000 Maniacs 1983
295.  "Like The Weather" by 10,000 Maniacs 1987
296.  "Motortown" by Kane Gang #37 1987
297.  "Mary's Prayer" by Danny Wilson 1987
298.  "Robert De Niro's Waiting (Talking Italian)" by Bananarama 1984
299.  "I Got You Babe" a remake of the classic (that should have been a classic itself) by UB40 & Chrissie Hynde  1985
300.  "Valley Girl" by Frank & Moon Unit Zappa 1982
301.  "Middle Of Nowhere" by House Of Schock (Gina Schock's project outside of the Go-Go's) 1988
302.  "New Year's Day" by U2 1983
303.  "Your Secret's Safe With Me" by Michael Franks 1985
304.  "It's The End Of The World (As We Know It)" by R.E.M. 1987
305.  "You Look Mah-velous!" by Billy Crystal 1985
306.  "Sun City" by Artists United Against Apartheid 1985
307.  "Ball & Chain intro/Fantasy" by Aldo Nova 1982
308.  "On The Loose" by Saga 1983
309  "Personally" by Karla Bonoff 1982
310.  "Working For A Livin'" by Huey Lewis & the News 1982
311.  "Walking On A Thin Line" by Huey Lewis & the News 1983
312.  "Red Wine & Whiskey" by Katrina & the Waves 1985
313.  "The Game Of Love" by Katrina & the Waves 1985
314.  "Refugee" by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers 1980
315.  "Rio" by Duran Duran 1983
316.  "Back In Time" by Huey Lewis & the News 1985
317.  "Under The Milky Way" by The Church 1988
318.  "Reptile" by The Church 1988

Before I forget this time, with adding a few more songs and making some necessary changes to the numbers, I want make special mention of one artist of the 1980's (and I know his parodies of songs, as of late {the end of the 1990's and the first half of this decade} aren't nearly as good as his in the 1980's, but you have to give a lot of credit (or at least I do) to "Weird Al" Yankovic for keeping me entertained in the 1980's -- with such title parodies of songs {even some I like}:

1.  "Ricky"
2.  "I Love Rocky Road"
3.  "I Lost On Jeopardy"
4.  "Eat It"
5.  "Like A Surgeon"
6.  "Girls Just Want To Have Lunch"

-- to name but just a few -- ;D
 
Just wanted to fix a couple of spellings on some songs, add the one-hit wonder, "Shattered Dreams" from 1988 & "Rock This Town" from 1982-83 and "Cuts Like A Knife" from 1983, and also add a couple of more songs from albums that I remembered that made this decade one of the best in music.

Wanted to add a couple of more (okay more than a couple) more songs and some of them are from posts above this one and some more African-American artists -- especially from Tina Turner, but Michael Jackson is represented by in my opinion his best song of the decade and one that is very dancable.
 
And also eightteen albums from the 1980's that I also love (that I can't pick just one song that I love from them):

1.  "Zenyatta Mondatta" by the Police 1980
2.  "Ghost In The Machine" by the Police 1981
3.  "Long Distance Voyager" by Moody Blues 1981
4.  "The Nylon Curtain" by Billy Joel 1982 
5.  "Mars Needs Guitars!" by Hoodoo Gurus 1985
6.  "Gas Food Lodging" by Green On Red 1985
7.  "Especially For You" by the Smithereens 1986
8.  "Not Of This Earth" by Joe Satriani 1986
9.  "Rapture" by Anita Baker 1986
10.  "Tones" by Eric Johnson 1987
11.  "Surfing With The Alien" by Joe Satriani 1987
12.  "Green Thoughts" by the Smithereens 1988
13.  "Dreaming #11" by Joe Satriani 1988
14.  "Giving You The Best That I Got" by Anita Baker 1988
15.  "Traveling Wilburys, Volume 1" 1988
16.  "The People Who Grinned Themselves To Death" by the Housemartins 1988
17.  "The Original London Cast Recording of 'Phantom Of The Opera'" 1988
18.  "Flying In A Blue Dream" by Joe Satriani 1989

Now, I told you my list would be eclectic, because I had a very eclectic taste in music in the 1980's. 

August 11th Just adding a few more albums and songs I remembered from the decade that I enjoyed listening to and sometimes buying. 

August 13th Forgot two more albums, by the Police that I need on this list.  I'm not that fond of the group's "Synchronocity" lp as I once was.

That's a pretty damn good list. A trip down memory lane. :D

What, no Debbie Gibson?


If you look up at my long list, I'm just about to add one Debbie Gibson that I loved to dance to back in 1987.  ;)

16. Grease - Frankie Valli



Accept for this one song, Odyssey, I like your list, although I add more if you look up at my list and there were a few songs I wasn't as fond of on your list.  It's acceptable list of 1980's tune.

But the problem with Valli's "Grease" being on an '80's list, is this:  "Grease" (both the song and the movie) was from 1978.

And yes, I know this for a fact.

My older sister (at the time 23 years old) took me and my brother who is a year older than me to the movie "Grease" the summer before I started as a sophomore in high school which was, 1978 - 79.  My sister took me and my brother because she was getting ready to move and start law school.    And the song was a #1 song in the early fall of that year. 

In no particular order, here are my favourite songs:

1. "Thriller" Michael Jackson
2. "Take On Me" a-ha
3. "Forever Your Girl" Paula Abdul
4. "99 Luftballons" Nena
5. "Bette Davis Eyes" Kim Carnes
6. "The Tide Is High" Blondie
7. "Wake Me Up Before You Go Go" Wham!
8. "Physical" Olivia Newton-John
9. "Rapture" Blondie
10. "Planet Earth" Duran Duran
11. "Could've Been" Tiffany
12. "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" Whitney Houston
13. "Got My Mind Set On You" George Harrison
14. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" Queen
15. "Video Killed The Radio Star" The Buggles
16. "Pop Musik" M
17. "Ashes To Ashes" David Bowie
18. "Call Me" Blondie
19. "Hungry Like The Wolf" Duran Duran
20. "Relax" Frankie Goes To Hollywood
21. "You Spin Me 'Round (Like A Record)" Dead Or Alive
22. "Do They Know It's Christmas?" Band Aid
23. "We Are The World" USA For Africa
24. "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" Pat Benatar
25. "We Belong" Pat Benatar
26. "I Love Rock And Roll" Joan Jett and the Blackheart
27. "Hip To Be Square" Huey Lewis and the News
28. "Lean On Me" Club Nouveau
29. "Hot Hot Hot" Buster Poindexter
30. "Rock With You" Michael Jackson
31. "Girls On Film" Duran Duran
32. "1999" Prince
33. "Morning Train (Nine to Five)" Sheena Easton
34. "Human" Human League
35. "Manic Monday" The Bangles
36. "Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)" Eurythmics
37. "Out Of The Blue" Debbie (Deborah) Gibson
38. "Miss You Much" Janet Jackson
39. "Hungry Like The Wolf" Duran Duran
40. "Rio" Duran Duran
41. "Save A Prayer" Duran Duran
42. "Holding Out For A Hero" Bonnie Tyler
43. "Hot For Teacher" Van Halen
44. "With Or Without You" U2
45. "I'll Tumble 4 Ya" Culture Club
46. "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?" Culture Club
47. "Karma Chameleon" Culture Club
48. "Who Can It Be Now" Men At Work
49. "Land Down Under" Men At Work
50. "Open Arms" Journey
51. "Keep On Loving You" REO Speedwagon
52. "Every Breath You Take" The Police
53. "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da" The Police
54. "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" The Police
55. "Take It On The Run" REO Speedwagon

I have much more, but I'm too lazy to add them all. I have about 100 songs or so that I like from the 80s.

I still have the most at over 300 + 16 albums!!!!  ;D :D

Accept for this one song, Odyssey, I like your list, although I add more if you look up at my list and there were a few songs I wasn't as fond of on your list.  It's acceptable list of 1980's tune.

But the problem with Valli's "Grease" being on an '80's list, is this:  "Grease" (both the song and the movie) was from 1978.

And yes, I know this for a fact.

My older sister (at the time 23 years old) took me and my brother who is a year older than me to the movie "Grease" the summer before I started as a sophomore in high school which was, 1978 - 79.  My sister took me and my brother because she was getting ready to move and start law school.    And the song was a #1 song in the early fall of that year. 


I was thinking 1980 for some reason... cause i knew saturday night fever was 1977 and I thought I remembered Grease being a few years after...   oops.

And you have a great list too, cnbpjb!   My only complaint is "Fast Car" by Tracy Chapman.. I can't stand that song... but at least you didn't put "Don't Worry, Be Happy" by Bobby McFerrin or any New Kids On The Block! :)

I'm also happy I left Milli Vanilli  :P off of my list.  Of course I would.

I was contemplating having a New Edition :-X song on the list, as well.  But it's just as well for me not to. 

And now I'm up to 322 songs and eighteen albums!!!  :D ;D