5 best 80's songs?

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1) Peter Gabriel - Shock the Monkey
2) Genesis - I can't dance
3) Hall & Oates - Out of Touch
4) Phil Collins & Earth Wind And Fire - Easy Lover
5) Huey Lewis And The News - Hip To Be Square

 

take on me, definitely top 5,
i will think of more

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not sure if this is an 80's song. I just really like it

 

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There were good songs in the 80's? I'll have to mull that one over for awhile...

 

St Elmo's Fire J. Parr
Life in a N/Town D. Academy
Heaven Is A Place ... B. Carlisle
Video Killed the R/S Buggles
We Built This City J. Starship
Electric Blue Icehouse
Lullaby The Cure

Sorry have to give you 7! Love the 80's!

 

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First Picture Of You- The Lotus Eaters
Cloudbusting- Kate Bush
Under the milky way- The Church
Miracle Of Love- Eurythmics
Ceremony- New Order

 

Top 5 that define the 80's

Relax - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
China Girl - David Bowie
Sweet Child Of Mine - Guns & Roses
Do They Know It's Christmas - Band Aid

 

In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel
What You Need - INXS
AC/DC - Shook Me All Night Long
Jack and Diane - John Cougar
Cadillac Ranch - Bruce Springsteen

 

U2 - New Years Day
Cindi Lauper - Time After Time
The Fixx - Red Skies or Stand or Fall
The Call - the Walls Came Down or Let the Day Begin
Paul Simon - Call Me Al

that's really a tough list to make, there are tons of songs from the 80's that could easily make anyones list.

 

Can not choose just 5. There are some great ones mentioned in this thread though.

 

Heart - These Dreams
Red Rain - Peter Gabriel
anything by Exposé

and this one

http://youtu.be/pW_vpwbERBo

 

Ill pick 5!

1. She Blinded Me With Science - Thomas Dolby
2. For Whom The Bell Tolls - Metallica
3. Dont You Forget About Me - Simple Minds
4. Keith Sweat - Make it last forever
5. Babyface - Soon as I get home

Although there are many more!!

 

Planet Earth - Duran Duran
for sure

 

1. Relax - Frankie Goes to Hollywood

2. French Kiss - Lil Louis

3. Government Flu - The Dead Kennedys

4. Pigs in Zen - Jane's Addiction

5. In and Out of Grace - Mudhoney

 

I have heard only RELAX,the others I dont recognise......

 

Cool - new ear candy!

2. Lil Louis' "French Kiss" was the first big Acid House hit. It made George Michael's "I Want Your Sex" seem tame. In the 90s, Acid Houses would become Raves.
3. The Dead Kennedy's "Government Flu" was one of their more energetic singles from 1982's Plastic Surgery Disasters, when they were in their prime. This was their last album before they released the 1985 album Frankenchrist which got them sued out of existence for including a naughty poster by H.R. Giger (Aliens). Their obscenity trial spelled the end of Punk Rock as a scene.
4. Jane's Addiction "Pigs in Zen" from Nothing's Shocking showed that Alternative Rock was taking the place of Metal and Punk, both of which had become formulaic.
5. Mudhoney was a signature Grunge band before anyone heard of Nir-var-na. Another fun early Grunge band in the 80s was Superchunk.

 

I could literally make a new list of best 80s songs every day.

For today mine will be:

It’s still rock n roll to me - Billy Joel
Don’t dream it’s over - Crowded House
Live to Tell - Madonna
Always something there to remind me - Naked Eyes
Back in Time - Huey Lewis and the News.