My 100 Favorite 80s Singles
Submitted by lbangs on Fri, 09/07/2007 - 04:09
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- 100) The Choir - Someone to Hold On To
- 99) Katrina & the Waves - Walking on Sunshine
- 98) Nine Inch Nails - Head Like a Hole
- 97) Midnight Oil - Beds are Burning
- 96) Peter Gabriel - Shock the Monkey
- 95) Adam Ant - Goody Two Shoes
- 94) Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes
- 93) Bruce Springsteen - I'm on Fire
- 92) Pet Shop Boys - What Have I Done to Deserve This?
- 91) Steve Winwood - Higher Love
- 90) Dinosaur Jr. - Freak Scene
- 89) The Human League - Don't You Want Me
- 88) Tracy Chapman - Fast Car
- 87) Matthew Wilder - Break My Stride
- 86) Vapors - Turning Japanese
- 85) New Order - Blue Monday
- 84) Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time
- 83) Bangles - Hero Takes a Fall
- 82) XTC - The Mayor of Simpleton
- 81) The B-52s - Private Idaho
- 80) Bananarama - Cruel Summer
- 79) Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel - White Lines (Don't Do It)
- 78) Bruce Springsteen - Dancing in the Dark
- 77) The Replacements - Alex Chilton
- 76) Elvis Costello - I Want You
- 75) U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday
- 74) Public Enemy - Fight the Power
- 73) Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
- 72) Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill
- 71) Elton John - I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues
- 70) Wall of Voodoo - Mexican Radio
- 69) New Order - Ceremony
- 68) Prince - Sign "O" the Times
- 67) U2 - Where the Streets Have No Name
- 66) Public Enemy - Rebel Without a Pause
- 65) Ciccone Youth - Into the Groove(y)
- 64) Prince - Raspberry Beret
- 63) Talking Heads - And She Was
- 62) The Beastie Boys - Rock Hard
- 61) The Police - King of Pain
- 60) The Go-Go's - Vacation
- 59) David Bowie - Modern Love
- 58) Michael Jackson - Wanna Be Startin' Something
- 57) Prince - Pop Life
- 56) Janet Jackson - Nasty
- 55) Lindsey Buckingham - Trouble
- 54) Depeche Mode - Blasphemous Rumours
- 53) Squeeze - Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)
- 52) The Cure - Just Like Heaven
- 51) After the Fire - Das Kommisar
- 50) The Smiths - How Soon Is Now?
- 49) Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
- 48) The Jam - Town Called Malice
- 47) Indigo Girls - Closer to Fine
- 46) Mission to Burma - That's When I Reach for My Revolver
- 45) Madonna - Live to Tell
- 44) Hall & Oates - Kiss on My List
- 43) Prefab Sprout - Faron Young
- 42) Bruce Hornsby & The Range - Mandolin Rain
- 41) The Cure - Charlotte Sometimes
- 40) Lou Reed - Dirty Blvd.
- 39) R.E.M. - It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
- 38) U2 - New Year's Day
- 37) Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime
- 36) Dan Hartman - I Can Dream About You
- 35) Elvis Costello (as The Imposter) -Pills and Soap
- 34) The (English) Beat - Mirror in the Bathroom
- 33) Naked Eyes - Always Something There to Remind Me
- 32) R.E.M. - Driver 8
- 31) The Replacements - I Will Dare
- 30) Violent Femmes - Blister in the Sun
- 29) The Stone Roses - She Bangs the Drums
- 28) The Clash - Rock the Casbah
- 27) Dire Straits - Romeo and Juliet
- 26) XTC - Dear God
- 25) Marshall Crenshaw - Someday, Someway
- 24) Toto - Africa
- 23) Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes
- 22) Neil Young - Rockin' in the Free World
- 21) Don Henley - The Boys of Summer
- 20) Public Enemy - Bring the Noise
- 19) New Order - True Faith
- 18) The Smiths - Hand in Glove
- 17) The Jam - Going Underground
- 16) Tommy Tutone - 867-5309/Jenny
- 15) Wham! featuring George Michaels - Careless Whisper
- 14) Dexys Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen
- 13) Elvis Costello - Tokyo Storm Warning
- 12) Murray Head - One Night in Bangkok
- 11) The Commodores - Nightshift
- 10) The Waterboys - The Whole of the Moon
- 9) The Replacements - I'll Be You
- 8) Pixies - Monkey Gone to Heaven
- 7) Bruce Springsteen - Atlantic City
- 6) Prince - Let's Go Crazy
- 5) Billy Joel - Allentown
- 4) Sonic Youth - Teenage Riot
- 3) Joy Division - Transmission
- 2) The Nails - 88 Lines About 44 Women
- 1) Joe Jackson - Steppin' Out
Author Comments:
I may change my mind tomorrow. As always.
I checked and made sure the songs actually were singles released in the 80s, and then I struck tunes where the single is a badly-chopped (or just different) version of the better album edition (such as Prince's If I Was Your Girlfriend and Pixies' Gigantic).
GREAT list, lbangs! I'm gonna be rereading this in a sec, but my initial impression is that I'm gonna need to assemble a mix outta this.
Thank you! This was going to be a simple ten-item list, but I fear it got away from me...
Shalom, y'all!
L. Bangs