VH1 is airing the 100 Greatest Songs of the 80's, as voted by viewers.Here is the Top 100 List. I take exception to quite a few of these placements, especially No. 6. I can't go for that. No can do I.
1. Bon Jovi / "Livin' on a Prayer"
2. Def Leppard / "Pour Some Sugar On Me"
3. Duran Duran / "Hungry Like the Wolf"
4. Michael Jackson / "Billie Jean"
5. Prince / "When Doves Cry"
6. Hall & Oates / "I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)"
7. Guns N' Roses / "Sweet Child O' Mine"
8. Madonna / "Like a Virgin"
9. Run-D.M.C. / "Walk This Way"
10. AC/DC / "You Shook Me All Night Long"
11. Journey / "Don't Stop Believin'"
12. Whitney Houston / "How Will I Know"
13. U2 / "With Or Without You"
14. The Bangles / "Walk Like an Egyptian"
15. Van Halen / "Jump"
16. INXS / "Need You Tonight"
17. Whitesnake / "Here I Go Again"
18. Dexy's Midnight Runners / "Come On Eileen"
19. Cyndi Lauper / "Time after Time"
20. Rick Springfield / "Jessie's Girl"
21. Michael Jackson / "Beat It"
22. The Cure / "Just Like Heaven"
23. Cyndi Lauper / "Girls Just Want to Have Fun"
24. A-Ha / "Take On Me"
25. Go-Go's / "Our Lips Are Sealed"
26. Guns N' Roses / "Welcome to the Jungle"
27. Kajagoogoo / "Too Shy"
28. Wham! / "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"
29. Talking Heads / "Burning Down the House"
30. Pat Benatar / "Love is a Battlefield"
31. Queen and David Bowie / "Under Pressure"
32. Night Ranger / "Sister Christian"
33. Soft Cell / "Tainted Love"
34. Poison / "Every Rose Has It's Thorn"
35. Phil Collins / "In the Air Tonight"
36. Tommy Tutone / "867-5309 / Jenny"
37. Aerosmith / "Janie's Got a Gun"
38. U2 / "Pride (In the Name of Love)"
39. Modern English / "I Melt With You"
40. The B-52's / "Love Shack"
41. Motley Crue / "Dr. Feelgood"
42. The Clash / "London Calling"
43. ABC / "Look of Love (Part One)"
44. Bananarama / "Cruel Summer"
45. Janet Jackson / "Nasty"
46. The Police / "Every Breath You Take"
47. Twisted Sister / "We're Not Gonna Take It"
48. Bruce Springsteen / "Born in the U.S.A."
49. Beastie Boys / "Fight For Your Right"
50. Eurythmics / "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)"
51. Ratt / "Round and Round"
52. Dead or Alive / "You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)"
53. Billy Idol / "White Wedding"
54. Salt-N-Pepa / "Push It"
55. A Flock of Seagulls / "I Ran (So Far Away)"
56. Bonnie Tyler / "Total Eclipse of the Heart"
57. Toni Basil / "Mickey"
58. Culture Club / "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me"
59. John Mellencamp / "Jack & Diane"
60. Young M.C. / "Bust a Move"
61. Styx / "Mr. Roboto"
62. Berlin / "Take My Breath Away"
63. Devo / "Whip It"
64. Paula Abdul / "Straight Up"
65. Foreigner / "I Want to Know What Love Is"
66. Depeche Mode / "Just Can't Get Enough"
67. REO Speedwagon / "Keep On Loving You"
68. Public Enemy / "Fight the Power"
69. R.E.M / "It's The End of the World As We Know It (and I Feel Fine)"
70. Joan Jett & The Blackhearts/ "I Love Rock N' Roll"
71. Rick James / "Super Freak"
72. The Fixx / "One Thing Leads to Another"
73. Nena / "99 Luftbaloons"
74. George Michael / "Faith"
75. Prince / "Little Red Corvette"
76. Thomas Dolby / "She Blinded Me With Science"
77. New Edition / "Candy Girl"
78. Blondie / "Call Me"
79. Human League / "Don't You Want Me?"
80. Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock / "It Takes Two"
81. Cameo / "Word Up!"
82. Squeeze / "Tempted"
83. Prince / "Kiss"
84. Lionel Richie / "All Night Long (All Night)"
85. Robert Palmer / "Addicted to Love"
86. Bow Wow Wow / "I Want Candy"
87. Falco / "Rock Me Amadeus"
88. Chaka Khan / "Ain't Nobody"
89. The Pretenders / "Brass in Pocket"
90. Tone-Loc / "Wild Thing"
91. Katrina and The Waves / "Walking On Sunshine"
92. New Kids on the Block / "You Got It (The Right Stuff)"
93. Gary Numan / "Cars"
94. The Rolling Stones / "Start Me Up"
95. Debbie Gibson / "Only in My Dreams"
96. Men at Work / "Down Under"
97. The Romantics / "What I Like About You"
98. Bobby Brown / "My Perogative"
99. Wang Chung / "Everybody Have Fun Tonight"
100. Loverboy / "Working for the Weekend"
My Top 10 would probably be:
1. Modern English / "I Melt With You" (ranked 39th on Vh1)
2. Prince / "Purple Rain" (unranked)
3. Depeche Mode / "Just Can't Get Enough" (66th)
4. Cyndi Lauper / "Time After Time" (19th)
5. Michael Jackson / "Billie Jean" (4th)
6. Soft Cell / "Tainted Love" (33rd)
7. Kim Wilde / "Kids In America" (unranked)
8. U2 / "With Or Without You (13th)
9. General Public / "Tenderness (unranked)
10. Duran Duran / "Hungry Like The Wolf (3rd)
Other notables missing from the list:
Peter Gabriel / "In Your Eyes"
INXS / "Never Tear Us Apart"
Thompson Twins / "Hold Me Now"
Madness / "Our House"
Billy Idol / "Dancing With Myself"
Madonna / "Like A Prayer"
New Order / "Bizarre Love Triangle"
Wham! / "Careless Whisper"
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I didnt know you had a blog!!! Love these...
INXS / "Need You Tonight"
Michael Jackson / "Billie Jean"
Eurythmics / "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)"
Bonnie Tyler / "Total Eclipse of the Heart"
Falco / "Rock Me Amadeus"
Bobby Brown / "My Perogative"
Pat Benatar / "Love is a Battlefield"
No Heart? Careless Whisper? Cold Hearted Snake?!!!
Thank you for being the ONLY one to actually show the whole list. Been seaching forever!
All My Relations,
Jim
I second Jim's sentiments, thank you.
WTF? No Cars or Rick Ocasek???? This is a BOGOLIST!!!!
The Smiths "How Soon is Now?"
HELLO!!!
Tom Petty? Free Fallin? One of the greatest songs of all time
Tears for fears - Shout
Mothers Finest - Baby Love
Simple Minds - Alive & Kicking
Peter Gabriel - Sledge Hammer
Falco - Der Kommisar
Bryan Adams - Summer of 69
Yazoo - Situation
Talk Talk - Such a shame
and the hits just keep on coming....
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thank you for this m(_ _)m
now bon jovi first? please...
Joy Division - Love Will Tear us Apart?!?!?!
The Outfield - I dont wanna lose your love?!?!?!
this list is wack
why isn't Toto-Africa number 1???
WTF!!!??? ONLY 1 JOURNEY SONG, BUT THEY'LL HAVE 1 HIT WONDERS THAT DIDN'T EVEN WRITE THEIR MUSIC
UNBELIEVEABLE
I WAS BORN IN 1989 AND I'LL GIVE YOU A BETTER TOP 10 THAN VH1...HERE WE GO
10. OUT OF TOUCH / HALL & OATES
9. CALL ME / BLONDIE
8. DRIVE / THE CARS
7. IN BETWEEN DAYS / THE CURE
6. CARELESS WHISPER / WHAM!
5. FREE FALLIN' / TOM PETTY
4. WHO'S CRYIN' NOW / JOURNEY
3. WITH OR WITHOUT YOU / U2
2. OUT ON A LIMB / TEENA MARIE
1. I'LL BE ALRIGHT WITHOUT YOU / JOURNEY
What do you think of "The Riddle" by Nik Kershaw?
And what about "The Final Countdown" by Europe?
Another song could be "The Wind of Change" by scorpions...
I agree with the idea of "Africa" by Toto in the first position
sorry, but... you have to put jessie's girl in the top 10!!!
Whoever wrote this obivously doesn't know music! Love him or hate him the #1 song of the '80's has got to be Ozzy's "Crazy Train"! I know no one who can't resist cranking up the radio when that song comes on! It makes you go a hundred miles a minute! Tell me one other song with that much energy!
Journey - "Don't Stop Believing" needs to be top 3. Between that and "Livin' on a Prayer" are my 2 favorite songs of all time. Who can listen to either of those songs without erupting in horrible karaoke sounding, yet world uniting harmony?
Dr. Feelgood so deserved to be in the top 10 :\
Not an absolutely awful list, but not having any Tears for Fears, Smiths, New Order/Joy Div makes it close.
where's Thriller? haha sweet child o' mine should have been 3 or 4 cuz GNR is awesome!
Where's "Thriller" ?
M.J. RULES!!!
here is my top 10
10)welcome to the jungle by guns n roses
9)thriller by micheal jackson
8)barracuda by heart
7)jump by van halen
6)girls just wanna have fun by cyndi lauper
5)wanted dead or alive by bon jovi
4)sweet child o mine by guns n roses
3)pour some sugar on me by def leppard
2)billie jean by michael jackson
1)every rose has its thorn by poison!!!!!ya thats a way better list than vh1 and im 12!!!
Has anyone ever heard of Night Ranger's "Sing me Away" or Survivor's "Eye of the Tiger"
WTF?!?
NO TEARS FOR FEARS :|
I just watched this and it wasnt this.
:s
im really confused since every website ive been on said this list but billie jean was 1st and uptown girl was 2nd and neither of them are high on the list here.
plus frankie goes to hollywood isnt even on this list!
what a crime!
Bon Jovi Sucks!
now, Ozzy needs to be on there!
alphaville forever young? another one bites the dust? power of love by huey lewis and news?
I can't believe there are no Bad Religion songs on that list...it doesnt make sense...
How about:
We Are The World
Do They Know It's Christmas
No Billy Joel Songs
No Huey Lewis Songs
Only 1 Springsteen
Only 1 Madonna
Yet, there are 2 Cyndi Lauper tunes!!!
bon jovi ROCKS
people who say hes sucks are gay
he is sooo sexyy then and now he definetley deserved number one
it drove me crazy cause i couldent find the the list thanks
wtf at some of the above comments? the top 100 songs are not his they are what vh1 put them in. all hes doing is telling us the list. people need to learn how to read.
thanks for the list :)
here is my top 10
10. Van Halen: jump
9. GNR: sweet child o mine
8. Motley Crue: dr.feelgood
7. Ozzy Ousbourne: Crazy Train
6. Journey: dont stop belevin
5. Bon Jovi: wild in the streets
4. Bon Jovi: you give love a bad name
3. ACDC: back in black
2. ACDC: you shook me all night shook
Bon Jovi: LIVIN ON A PRAYER
This is my top ten and Bon Jovi is the best!
I just saw this list and the lack of Tears for Fears and the inclusion of lame fat women voting for lame bands at the top made me turn this off.
This is my Top 10 songs of the 80's
10) Don't You (Forget About Me)/ Simple Minds
9) 99 Luftballons (German Version)/ Nena
8) Rock Of Ages/ Def Leppard
7) Shadows Of The Night/ Pat Benatar
6) Wild Side/ Motley Crue
5) The Reflex/ Duran Duran
4) Who Made Who/ AC/DC
3) Welcome To The Jungle/ Guns N' Roses
2) Master Of Puppets/ Metallica
1) Alone/ Heart
"Don't Dream it's Over" huge omission
What a load of dreary, 80's, permed hair, soft rock crap.......... apart from the odd decent effort from the UK.
Free Fallin by Tom Petty was made in the 90's not the 80's
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