I have a friend who wants me to make her a few CDs that include nothing but popular 80's songs and music. With so many people on this board that are in the music business and who are knowledgable on the subject who else would I ask? So board members please start posting popular 80's songs because I don't remember that many myself and hopefully I can pick several out of the batch posted and make the CDs she would like. Thanks in advance.
http://www.djjandaman.com/id9.html Tons of Erasure songs I can think of that's not on that list also...
What genres? pop new wave hard rock at different parts of the 80s...all of these styles dominated the popular song charts.
http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/top100_1980s.htm you can click on the year on the right and get all the top 100 songs from each year too.
whatever you do stay away from Rick Springfield,Styx,Rick Astley,Huey Lewis & the News,Hair Bands,and Styx.(They're just that bad).
Well, I could spend all day listing 80's songs, so since I want to keep my job, I'll just list my favorite 80's song...Love Shack by the B-52's tiiiiiiiiiiiiiin roof.........rust!
I'm in love with a Jacques Derrida Read a page and know what I need to Take apart my baby's heart I'm in love
Wow, that covers a lot of ground. Here are some of my faves... New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle, Blue Monday Ministry - Every Day is Halloween (very hard to find...I have a copy) The Smiths - How Soon Is Now Erasure - too many to list When In Rome - The Promise Skid Row - 18 and Life, I Remember You, Youth Gone Wild Steve Miller Band - too many to list Phil Collins - Against All Odds, Easy Lover Heart - too many to list Lionel Richie - All Night Long Billy Joel - too many to list Boston - too many to list Styx - Snowblind, Babe AC/DC - too many to list U2 - too many to list Bon Jovi - everything off Slippery When Wet Van Halen - too many to list Peter Gabriel - Red Rain, Sledgehammer Depeche Mode - too many to list Elton John - too many to list Lita Ford - Close my Eyes Forever (w/ Ozzy) David Bowie - too many to list Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come on Eileen Billy Idol - White Wedding, Rock the Cradle Bruce Springsteen - too many to list Motley Crue - too many to list The Cars - too many to list The Police - too many to list Men at Work - Down Under, Who Can it be Now Faith No More - Epic Queensryche - too many to list George Michael - Faith, Father Figure, I Want Your Sex Europe - The Final Countdown Cheap Trick - The Flame, I Want You to Want Me ZZ Top - too many to list Huey Lewis and the News - everything off Sports Whitesnake - too many to list REO Speedwagon - too many to list Human League - Human, Stevie Wonder - I Just Called to Say I Love You John Cougar - Jack and Diane Tesla - Love Song, Signs Pat Benatar - Love is a Battlefield Air Supply - Making Love out of Nothing At All Dire Straits - Money for Nothing, So Far Away, Walk of Life Scorpions - Rock You Like a Hurricane Animotion - Obsession Metallica - too many to list Megadeth - too many to list Journey - Open Arms, Lights Devo - Whip It Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax The Firm - everything off the self titled album Ratt - Round and Round Marvin Gaye - Sexual Healing (I also like the Shaggy remake) Tears for Fears - Shout Love and Rockets - So Alive Stray Cats - Stray Cat Strut Grateful Dead - Touch of Grey Rush - too many to list John Lennon - Woman Paul Simon - You can Call Me Al And my own guilty pleasure - Everything Wierd Al Yankovich has ever done
you're my obsession - ? run to you - bryan adams cuts like a knife - bryan adams st. elmos fire - christopher cross i wear my sunglasses at night - corey hart just died in your arms tonight - cutting crew out of touch - hall and oates maneater - hall and oates I ran - flock of seagulls I need a new drug - huey lewis and news power of love - huey lewis annd news missing you - john waite oh sherry - journey self control - laura branigan silent running - mike and mechanics cool it now - new edition sister christian - night ranger don't you forget about me - tears for fears don't want to lose your love tonight - the outfield owner of loney hearts - Yes whip appeal - baby face don't be cruel - bobby brown That'd make a nice little 80's Cd right there.
your love - the outfield (AWESOME song) best friends girl - the cars boys are back in town - .38 special (don't know if it's 80's or not, but those guys rock) anything by the talking heads and a sh!tload of rock/metal songs.
Some One Hit Wonders: Der Kommissar - After the Fire Major Tom - Peter Schilling Send Me an Angel - Real Life Take On Me - a-ha If You Leave - OMD I Ran - A Flock of Seagulls Tempted - Squeeze 99 Luftballoons - Nena Tainted Love - Soft Cell Come On Eileen - Dexys Midnight Runners Fake - Alexander O'Neal Safety Dance - Men Without Hats Big in Japan - Alphaville I Want Candy - Bow Wow Wow Mexican Radio - Wall of Voodoo I Want to Be a Cowboy - Boys Don't Cry Tarzan Boy - Baltimora In a Big Country - Big Country
There used to be this hit song from the 80s that was played heavily on the radio. All I remember is some high pitched "Ahh Ah Ah AAHhh" 's and in the video there's a guy in a white shirt walking on a beach as he was singing this.
I think that could be an old Phil Collins song or was it Genesis back then?? On second thought I think it could be a old Don Henley song too.. OK I'm lost too now..
You can't be serious. OMD was hardly a one hit wonder group. They had as many good songs as all those others combined.
I don't know if Flock of Seagulls, Big Country, OMD, or Alphaville should be on that list. OMD had other hits that weren't as big, but So in Love was also popular. Alphaville had Forever Young Flock of Seagulls also had Space Age Love Song, and Wishing which made at least a little splash. Big Country also had two other minor hits. Fields of Fire, and Wonderland both made a dent.
