# The most 80s song **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 8, 2014, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-80s-song/700804 "2014-10-08T22:40:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2014, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-80s-song/700804/21 "2014-10-08T23:40:06Z")
Lots of possibilities, but “Don’t You Forget about Me” is the one that immediately came to mind! ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2014, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-80s-song/700804/22 "2014-10-08T23:46:48Z")
> [@Eddie\_F](#): > > Tim Capello’s version of “I Still Believe”. Or Mick Smiley’s “I Believe It’s Magic”. Or Joe Esposito’s “You’re the Best”. Or anything from Tahnee Cain & Tryanglz. I don’t know any of these songs or artists. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2014, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-80s-song/700804/23 "2014-10-08T23:47:36Z")
You’re all wrong. [I Melt With You](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuN6gs0AJls) ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2014, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-80s-song/700804/24 "2014-10-08T23:48:26Z")
Oh Mickey, you’re so fine You’re so fine, you blow my mind Hey Mickey, Hey Mickey That’s gonna be in your ear all day now. You’re welcome. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2014, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-80s-song/700804/25 "2014-10-08T23:53:22Z")
[SCIENCE!](http://vimeo.com/70051022) ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2014, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-80s-song/700804/26 "2014-10-08T23:55:33Z")
Automatic by the Pointer Sisters ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2014, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-80s-song/700804/27 "2014-10-08T23:58:09Z")
I think the Simple Minds song, too. Just to be different, tho, I’ll nominate Lee Greenwood’s “Proud to be an American” song, **God Bless the USA** ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-80s-song/700804/28 "2014-10-09T00:01:26Z")
Just about any of the suggestions except for that in the OP. [One Night in Bangkok](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9mwELXPGbA), too. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-80s-song/700804/29 "2014-10-09T00:04:28Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Either _Like A Virgin_ by Madonna, or _Beat It_ by Michael Jackson. They pretty much ruled the 80s. I’d be tempted to take it a level deeper and nominate _Like a Surgeon_ or _Eat It_. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-80s-song/700804/30 "2014-10-09T00:11:31Z")
What comes to my mind is either “Invisible Touch” or “Highway To the Danger Zone”. ---
**Author:** ![diggerwam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/919ad9/32.png) [@diggerwam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggerwam)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-80s-song/700804/31 "2014-10-09T00:31:40Z")
Too Shy by Kajagoogoo ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Kobayashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-80s-song/700804/32 "2014-10-09T00:43:09Z")
> [@chiroptera](#): > > Just about any of the suggestions except for that in the OP. > [One Night in Bangkok](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9mwELXPGbA), too. > [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Almost any of the ones mentioned in this thread would be better than the one in the OP, sorry. > > Especially since the Tiffany song is a cover of a 60’s song. Weird. I’ll fight you all. ---
**Author:** ![Mangosteen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-80s-song/700804/33 "2014-10-09T00:43:33Z")
867-5309/Jenny ---
**Author:** ![Chicago\_Faucet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chicago_faucet/32/13910_2.png) [@Chicago\_Faucet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicago_Faucet)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-80s-song/700804/34 "2014-10-09T00:44:23Z")
Level 42’s “Something About You”. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-80s-song/700804/35 "2014-10-09T00:50:07Z")
> [@The\_Hamster\_King](#): > > You’re all wrong. > > [I Melt With You](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuN6gs0AJls) That was the second song I thought of. The Simple Minds works for me, too, but I’m a little surprised it’s already come up that often as the first thing people think of. Gotta agree that the Tiffany song is an odd one. I mean, yes, it sounds 80s, but if you asked me to name 500 quintessential 80s songs, I don’t think I’d ever get to that one. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-80s-song/700804/36 "2014-10-09T00:56:14Z")
Hmm. How about the _Ghostbusters_ theme? ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-80s-song/700804/37 "2014-10-09T00:58:28Z")
[We Built This City](http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=K1b8AhIsSYQ). Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-80s-song/700804/38 "2014-10-09T01:02:30Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > Another vote for “Don’t You Forget About Me” by Simple Minds (first thing that came to mind when I saw the thread title). After having read the thread, this is the correct answer. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-80s-song/700804/39 "2014-10-09T01:04:47Z")
[Cars](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ldyx3KHOFXw) screams 80s for me. ETA: Technically it came out in 1979 but so be it. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-80s-song/700804/40 "2014-10-09T01:07:06Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > [Cars](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ldyx3KHOFXw) screams 80s for me. Love the song. I associate it more with very late 70s, but it looks like while it was a 1979 recording, it hit the US charts in 1980. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-80s-song/700804.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-80s-song/700804.md?page=3)