Greatest Songs of the 1980s | The Greatest Music

Rank	Song	Artist	Year
#527	Rip It Up	Orange Juice	1982
#540	That's the Joint	Funky Four	1980
#541	Don't Stop Believin'	Journey	1981
#546	Our Lips Are Sealed	Go‐Go's	1981
#553	Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)	Kate Bush	1985
#554	Close to Me	The Cure	1985
#576	Rebel Without a Pause	Public Enemy	1987
#577	Here Comes Your Man	Pixies	1987
#587	Rent	Pet Shop Boys	1987
#592	Push It	Salt‐N‐Pepa	1987
#596	Nightclubbing	Grace Jones	1981
#597	Holiday	Madonna	1983
#598	Fall on Me	R.E.M.	1986
#602	Just a Friend	Biz Markie	1989
#605	I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues	Elton John	1983
#606	Smalltown Boy	Bronski Beat	1984
#609	The Power of Love	Frankie Goes to Hollywood	1984
#612	You Made Me Realise	My Bloody Valentine	1988
#614	Voodoo Ray (Voodoo Ray mix)	A Guy Called Gerald	1988
#620	Just Can't Get Enough	Depeche Mode	1981
#651	Sledgehammer	Peter Gabriel	1986
#653	If I Was Your Girlfriend	Prince	1986
#657	Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'	Michael Jackson	1982
#659	Hounds of Love	Kate Bush	1985
#670	Teenage Riot	Sonic Youth	1988
#673	Wicked Game	Chris Isaak	1989
#676	Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)	Talking Heads	1980
#677	There, There, My Dear	Dexys Midnight Runners	1980
#678	Whip It	DEVO	1980
#679	The Mercy Seat	Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds	1989
#680	Ain't Nobody	Rufus, Chaka Khan	1983
#682	Bam Bam	Sister Nancy	1982
#683	9 to 5	Dolly Parton	1980
#684	Hungry Like the Wolf	Duran Duran	1982
#685	Fast Car	Tracy Chapman	1988
#688	Disintegration	The Cure	1989
#691	O Superman (for Massenet)	Laurie Anderson	1981
#694	Livin' on a Prayer	Bon Jovi	1986
#695	Buffalo Stance	Neneh Cherry	1988
#696	The Day Before You Came	ABBA	1982
#697	Fade to Black	Metallica	1984
#698	Blister in the Sun	Violent Femmes	1983
#699	I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For	U2	1987
#702	Pacific State	808 State	1989
#706	Free Fallin'	Tom Petty	1989
#708	Atmosphere	Joy Division	1980
#710	Temptation	New Order	1982
#712	Born in the U.S.A.	Bruce Springsteen	1984
#721	In the Air Tonight	Phil Collins	1981
#722	I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)	Whitney Houston	1987
#723	Where the Streets Have No Name	U2	1987
#726	These Important Years	Hüsker Dü	1987
#730	The Humpty Dance	Digital Underground	1989
#736	(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (to Party)	Beastie Boys	1986
#749	Touch Me I'm Sick	Mudhoney	1988
#767	Birthday	The Sugarcubes	1987
#770	My Favourite Dress	The Wedding Present	1987
#771	Numbers/Computer World	Kraftwerk	1981
#773	Rockit	Herbie Hancock	1983
#784	Crash	The Primitives	1988
#788	Let the Music Play	Shannon	1983
#798	Jockey Full of Bourbon	Tom Waits	1985
#799	Song To The Siren	This Mortal Coil	1983
#810	Burning Down the House	Talking Heads	1983
#812	Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now	The Smiths	1984
#816	Borderline	Madonna	1983
#821	Cemetry Gates	The Smiths	1985
#830	Fairytale of New York	The Pogues	1987
#853	Rock the Casbah	The Clash	1982
#855	It's a Sin	Pet Shop Boys	1987
#856	Never Let Me Down Again	Depeche Mode	1987
#857	In Your Eyes	Peter Gabriel	1986
#858	Bad	Michael Jackson	1987
#867	I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)	Daryl Hall & John Oates	1981
#870	Paradise City	Guns N' Roses	1986
#875	In Between Days	The Cure	1985
#879	Faith	George Michael	1987
#902	What the World Needs Now Is Love	Jackie DeShannon	1981
#904	That's Entertainment	The Jam	1980
#905	Fight for Your Right (to Party)	Beastie Boys	1986
#920	Left of the Dial	The Replacements	1985
#922	Never Tear Us Apart	INXS	1987
#924	Modern Love	David Bowie	1983
#930	Sucker M.C.'s (Krush‐Groove 1)	Run‐D.M.C.	1983
#932	Never Too Much	Luther Vandross	1981
#935	Edge of Seventeen	Stevie Nicks	1981
#940	Bad Reputation	Joan Jett	1980
#941	Baggy Trousers	Madness	1980
#945	Shout, Parts 1 & 2	The Isley Brothers	1987
#954	I Am the Resurrection	The Stone Roses	1989
#956	On the Road Again	Willie Nelson	1980
#960	Move Your Body	Marshall Jefferson	1986
#974	Adore	Prince	1986
#975	Limelight	Rush	1981
#976	Passionate Kisses	Lucinda Williams	1988
#981	Rhythm Nation	Janet Jackson	1989
#983	Girl From Ipanema	Astrud Gilberto, Stan Getz	1982
#985	Master Blaster (Jammin')	Stevie Wonder	1980
#987	I Will Dare	The Replacements	1984
#990	The Number of the Beast	Iron Maiden	1982

#527

Rip It Up

Orange Juice

1982

#540

That's the Joint

Funky Four

1980

#541

Don't Stop Believin'

Journey

1981