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Oct 26, 2023 · The greatest songs of the 1980s, ranked. Picture: YouTube/Elton John/Michael Jackson/Whitney Houston/Kate Bush/George Michael/Queen. By Tom Eames. The 1980s may have been the decade of questionable fashion choices, but we'll probably say the same about the 2020s in a few years...
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- Biz Markie, ‘Just a Friend’ Lighters up for the late, great Biz Markie, one of the most beloved music heroes of the Eighties or any other decade. The Diabolical One.
- Nena, ’99 Luftballons’ A German girl sings about nuclear apocalypse in a perky New Wave bop about the end of the world. Yet it’s also a doomy teen romance, at a time when half the hits on the radio were about the end of the world.
- My Bloody Valentine, ‘Feed Me With Your Kiss’ The dawn of the shoegaze era. My Bloody Valentine give an early taste of their power on their debut album, Isn’t Anything: Irish guitar madman Kevin Shields’ tremolo overdrive and feedback-loop noise, Belinda Butcher’s breathy vocals, awesome power-klutz drumming.
- Bobby Brown, ‘My Prerogative’ The sound of New Jack Swing. Bobby Brown dishes the dirt on celebrity gossip, as the young Harlem prodigy Teddy Riley soups up a beat that would rule the radio for the next few years.
- I Wanna Dance with Somebody’ by Whitney Houston. In 1987, Houston was still very much a fresh-faced siren with the crystal-clear voice and a world of possibilities at her feet.
- The Perfect Kiss’ by New Order. Sure, the album version of ‘The Perfect Kiss’ (on 1985’s ‘Low Life’) is also an excellent song; a glitzy, funky display from a ’80s seminal pop bands at the height of their powers.
- Modern Love’ by David Bowie. Bowie was all over the place during the ’80s: duetting with Jagger, clambering into spandex for Labyrinth, getting buried alive for Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence and ultimately embarking on a midlife crisis that resulted in a worrying beard and Tin Machine.
- Once in a Lifetime’ by Talking Heads. You really have Brian Eno to thank for ‘Once In A Lifetime’. Under his guidance, Talking Heads pieced together snippets of jam sessions and the beginning of a song titled ‘Right Start’ to (unbeknown to them) create a moment in music history.
Aug 23, 2015 · The 200 Best Songs of the 1980s. From house to hip-hop, college rock to techno, bubblegum pop to post-punk, heavy metal to hardcore—here are our favorite tracks of the 1980s. By...
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Mar 26, 2017 · Ah, the 80s - whatever you thought of the fashion, 80s music was absolutely splendid? Not convinced? Here's our list of the best 80s songs
Add this playlist to your library! The biggest 80s hits and some overlooked gems featuring Madonna, a-ha - Take On Me, Prince, Queen, Duran Duran, Michael Jackson, Depeche Mode, Blondie, Def...
