VH1: 100 Greatest Songs of the 80's (compiled in 2006)
1 "Livin’ on a Prayer" Bon Jovi 2 "Pour Some Sugar On Me" Def Leppard 3 "Hungry Like The Wolf" Duran Duran 4 "Billie Jean" Michael Jackson 5 "When Doves Cry" Prince 6 "I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do)" Daryl Hall & John Oates 7 "Sweet Child O’ Mine " Guns N' Roses 8 "Like A Virgin" Madonna 9 "Walk This Way" Run-D.M.C. 10 "You Shook Me All Night Long" AC/DC 11 "Don’t Stop Believin'" Journey 12 "How Will I Know" Whitney Houston 13 "With Or Without You" U2 14 "Walk Like An Egyptian" The Bangles 15 "Jump" Van Halen 16 "Need You Tonight" INXS 17 "Here I Go Again" Whitesnake 18 "Come On Eileen" Dexy's Midnight Runners 19 "Time After Time" Cyndi Lauper 20 "Jessie’s Girl" Rick Springfield 21 "Beat It" Michael Jackson 22 "Just Like Heaven" The Cure 23 "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" Cyndi Lauper 24 "Take On Me" a-ha 25 "Our Lips Are Sealed" The Go-Go's 26 "Welcome To The Jungle" Guns N' Roses 27 "Too Shy" Kajagoogoo 28 "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" Wham! 29 "Burning Down The House " Talking Heads 30 "Love Is A Battlefield" Pat Benatar 31 "Under Pressure" Queen & David Bowie 32 "Sister Christian" Night Ranger 33 "Tainted Love" Soft Cell 34 "Every Rose Has It’s Thorn" Poison 35 "In The Air Tonight" Phil Collins 36 "867-5309 / Jenny" Tommy Tutone 37 "Janie’s Got A Gun" Aerosmith 38 "Pride (In the Name Of Love)" U2 39 "I Melt With You" Modern English 40 "Love Shack" The B-52's 41 "Dr. Feelgood" Motley Crüe 42 "London Calling" The Clash 43 "Look Of Love" ABC 44 "Cruel Summer" Bananarama 45 "Nasty" Janet Jackson 46 "Every Breath You Take" The Police 47 "We’re Not Gonna Take It" Twisted Sister 48 "Born In The U.S.A." Bruce Springsteen 49 "(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party!)" Beastie Boys 50 "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" Eurythmics 51 "Round And Round" Ratt 52 "You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)" Dead Or Alive 53 "White Wedding" Billy Idol 54 "Push It" Salt-N-Pepa 55 "I Ran (So Far Away)" A Flock Of Seagulls 56 "Total Eclipse Of The Heart" Bonnie Tyler 57 "Mickey" Toni Basil 58 "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me" Culture Club 59 "Jack & Diane" John Mellencamp 60 "Bust A Move" Young M.C. 61 "Mr. Roboto" STYX 62 "Take My Breath Away" Berlin 63 "Whip It" Devo 64 "Straight Up" Paula Abdul 65 "I Want to Know What Love Is" Foreigner 66 "Just Can’t Get Enough" Depeche Mode 67 "Keep On Loving You" REO Speedwagon 68 "Fight The Power" Public Enemy 69 "It’s The End of the World As We Know It" R.E.M. 70 "I Love Rock N’ Roll" Joan Jett & The Blackhearts 71 "Super Freak" Rick James 72 "One Thing Leads To Another" The Fixx 73 "99 Luftbaloons" Nena 74 "Faith" George Michael 75 "Little Red Corvette" Prince 76 "She Blinded Me With Science" Thomas Dolby 77 "Candy Girl" New Edition 78 "Call Me" Blondie 79 "Don’t You Want Me?" Human League 80 "It Takes Two" Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock 81 "Word Up" Cameo 82 "Tempted" Squeeze 83 "Kiss" Prince 84 "All Night Long (All Night)" Lionel Richie 85 "Addicted To Love" Robert Palmer 86 "I Want Candy" Bow Wow Wow 87 "Rock Me Amadeus " Falco 88 "Ain’t Nobody" Rufus & Chaka Khan 89 "Brass In Pocket" The Pretenders 90 "Wild Thing" Tone-Loc 91 "Walking On Sunshine" Katrina & The Waves 92 "You Got It (The Right Stuff)" New Kids On The Block 93 "Cars" Gary Numan 94 "Start Me Up" Rolling Stones 95 "Only In My Dreams" Debbie Gibson 96 "Down Under" Men At Work 97 "What I Like About You" The Romantics 98 "My Prerogative" Bobby Brown 99 "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" Wang Chung 100 "Working For The Weekend" Loverboy
Posted by Straightjacket Sammy Hain (Member # 3150) on :
I've been watching that series off and on and some of the choices makes me scratch my head. Not so much the choices as the songs I've seen all belong on the list but some seem to be too high and some too low.
Cars at 93? That should be top 10 in my book. I Can't Go For That at Number 6? Good song but not even top 50 in my book.
Just a few examples.
Posted by pettyfan (Member # 2260) on :
I agree, Livin' on a Prayer was a great song. If you include Public Enemy, shouldn't you include NWA? As for the Talking Heads, where's Wild Wild Life?
Posted by Cotter (Member # 5081) on :
Dammit, you gave them away! :/ No point in watching it now. But I do agree with you that Cars should be much higher up.
Posted by MotleyRulz (Member # 3598) on :
I can't believe The Police didn't get any higher than #46. WTF ranking Wham above them? And where is NWA like pettyfan said? Gotta love F*** the Police........
Posted by mamamiasweetpeaches (Member # 1715) on :
I watched about half of it...and taped the rest. I gotta say the first few they showed at the tail end were pretty bad in my opinion (Everybody Wang Chung Tonight when Dance Hall Days is such a better song? My Prerogative????) but the liist gets better as it goes on. I like Livin On A Prayer but #1? I dont know. I would have preferred Pour Some Sugar On Me.(Glad to see Metal got it's due respect though)
Posted by Jessie the Sunflower Goddess (Member # 1877) on :
I was kind of surprised by Living on a Prayer as being number one. I definitely think it deserves to be on the list. Some I was surprised that weren't on there were Thriller and Beat It. Those were iconic songs of the decade. Does anyone know if they arrived at this list because of votes that people submitted? How did they come up with it?
Posted by Straightjacket Sammy Hain (Member # 3150) on :
21 "Beat It" Michael Jackson
Posted by kells (Member # 5139) on :
as said b4 wouldnt mind finding out how the list was compiled as some songs where either too high or too low i mean little red corvett below hey mickey and being num 75??? i think living on a prayer shld be in there but not a num one
Posted by labyy (Member # 6210) on :
all songs are whery good but this is my favorit
1 "Livin’ on a Prayer" Bon Jovi
Posted by jdocster04 (Member # 5752) on :
Very subjective... This list is just wrong... Maybe it depends on where you grew up?
Just wrong...
1 "Livin’ on a Prayer" Bon Jovi 93 "Cars" Gary Numan
I could go on and on...
This is interesting... And, this could be fun!!!
OK... Let's talk about what YOU think!
Come on now, those of you in the U.K. what's your top 100?
Come on now, those of you from the U.S.A. what's your top 100?
Come on those of you from other countries, what's your top 100?
Feel free to add/change anything form the list...
This IS one of the best things about this website...
Lets here form you!
Long live the 80's!!!
- jdoc >;-)
Posted by unixgeek13 (Member # 6235) on :
hey .... seriously...
No 'Relax' by Frankie Goes to Hollywood?!?!?!?!
You couldn't go anywhere in the mid-80's without hearing that song everywhere!!!
Posted by jdocster04 (Member # 5752) on :
No takers? Posted by StevenHW (Member # 509) on :
quote:VH1: 100 Greatest Songs of the 80's (compiled in 2006)
1. "Livin’ on a Prayer" Bon Jovi...
Not that I'm bashing the song, but how did this get to be #1?
Did Jon Bon Jovi threaten the VH1 staff?
Posted by imawalkingcorpse (Member # 1675) on :
I don't get it either StevenHW.
Posted by lumpy (Member # 6281) on :
i dont know if i would put these in any order but if i had to start a top songs list it would prolly start something like this..
It’s The End of the World As We Know It" R.E.M. "Whip It" Devo "White Wedding" Billy Idol "We’re Not Gonna Take It" Twisted Sister "Love Shack" The B-52's "Burning Down The House " Talking Heads "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" Wham! "Welcome To The Jungle" Guns N' Roses "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" Cyndi Lauper Time After Time" Cyndi Lauper "Here I Go Again" Whitesnake "Pour Some Sugar On Me" Def Leppard "Tainted Love" Soft Cell "(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party!)" Beastie Boys "Round And Round" Ratt "Total Eclipse Of The Heart" Bonnie Tyler "Mickey" Toni Basil "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me" Culture Club "Jack & Diane" John Mellencamp I Love Rock N’ Roll" Joan Jett & The Blackhearts "99 Luftbaloons" Nena "Little Red Corvette" Prince "Faith" George Michael "Rock Me Amadeus " Falco "Wild Thing" Tone-Loc "Start Me Up" Rolling Stones Down Under" Men At Work
i dont even think bon jovi would be in my top 10, but thats just me. my #1 would prolly have to be "we can dance" or mickey, i just cant get over the clapping hands part =)
Posted by AdventuresInGooniesitting (Member # 1882) on :
When Debbie Gibson makes lists like this, I get annoyed at how people usually seem to single out "Only In My Dreams" as her best song. It was an OK pop song, IMO, but feel it is way overrated. I much prefer the music and videos for her hit ballads "Foolish Beat" and "Lost In Your Eyes". Those are definitely my favorites from her.
[ 01. December 2007, 00:46: Message edited by: AdventuresInGooniesitting ]
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