# Your top five 80's songs? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 9, 2003, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-five-80s-songs/147548 "2003-01-09T17:31:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kirk280980](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c77e96/32.png) [@kirk280980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kirk280980)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-five-80s-songs/147548/21 "2003-01-10T05:25:08Z")
Don’t You Want Me - _The Human League_ Sometimes - _Erasure_ Embarassment - _Madness_ I Want To Know What Love Is - _Foreigner_ And my all time favourite… It Must Be Love - _Madness_ **cowgirl** , I’m pretty sure Alive and Kicking was sung by Simple Minds, but I could be wrong. ---
**Author:** ![parmachene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@parmachene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/parmachene)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-five-80s-songs/147548/22 "2003-01-10T06:15:08Z")
I gotta weigh in on this one. People Who Died- The Jim Carroll Band Red Rain- Peter Gabriel Pretty in PinkPsychedelic Furs I Confess- English Beat Clampdown- The Clash yeah, I know, i’m a real cheery person. ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-five-80s-songs/147548/23 "2003-01-10T06:48:34Z")
I’m assuming you’re talking about songs we actually like, not just songs that take us back to high school, right? Because most of the songs that instantly take me back to the 80’s take me back to places I don’t wanna go. (e.g. _Karma Chameleon_). But if it’s songs I still kind of like: 1. Always Something There to Remind Me - Naked Eyes 2. Mexican Radio - Wall of Voodoo 3. Rock the Casbah - The Clash 4. Hazy Shade of Winter - The Bangles 5. Big Country - Big Country ---
**Author:** ![Dragon\_Phoenix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Dragon\_Phoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragon_Phoenix)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-five-80s-songs/147548/24 "2003-01-10T06:54:08Z")
My five favorites: 1. Ghosts - Japan 2. Kayleigh - Marillion 3. Private investigations - Dire Straits 4. Forbidden colours - David Sylvian 5. San Jacinto (live) - Peter Gabriel Songs that really evoke the eighties for me would be those by Eurythmics, Duran Duran, Human League, Depeche Mode, etc. ---
**Author:** ![AchimbaProphet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2bfe46/32.png) [@AchimbaProphet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AchimbaProphet)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-five-80s-songs/147548/25 "2003-01-10T10:15:31Z")
I was a teen at the end of the 80s. It was mostly in the last year of that decade that I started to develop my own musical identity. Here are my five favs: Siouxsie & The Banshees - Last Beat Of My Heart Nine Inch Nails - Something I Can Never Have Jane’s Addiction - Mountain Song Ministry - So What Nirvana - Love Buzz ---
**Author:** ![dorkusmalorkusmafia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorkusmalorkusmafia/32/7266_2.png) [@dorkusmalorkusmafia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorkusmalorkusmafia)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-five-80s-songs/147548/26 "2003-01-10T15:17:01Z")
Okie lady, Hazy Shade of Winter- Bangles, was a cover song from Simon and Garfunkel. If I go the metal/hardcore route, there are a lot of others. Necromantical Screams - Celtic Frost Reign in Blood - Slayer (late 80’s) That Vampire song on the Rage to Order (can’t remember the name)- Queensryche Second for “Kill the Poor” - The Dead Kennedys. (That and the Pol Pot song) London Dungeon - Misfits And too many others to list. ---
**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-five-80s-songs/147548/27 "2003-01-10T15:22:07Z")
Pour Some Sugar On Me - Def Leppard Sweet Child O’ Mine - G N F’n Roses Karma Kameleon - Culture Club Blister in the Sun - Violent Femmes The Wall (whole album) - Pink Floyd ---
**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-five-80s-songs/147548/28 "2003-01-10T15:37:49Z")
I know it’s a 70’s song/album, but in terms of the movie, it’s 80’s ---
**Author:** ![mogiaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mogiaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mogiaw)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-five-80s-songs/147548/29 "2003-01-10T15:41:15Z")
Sex Dwarf - Soft Cell There is a light that never goes out - The Smiths Love Missile F1-11 - Sigue Sigue Sputnik Enola Gay - OMD Take on Me - A-HA ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-five-80s-songs/147548/30 "2003-01-10T16:07:52Z")
Hard to cover a lot of bases with only five songs … but let’s see: Kyrie - Mister Mister The Breakup Song (They Don’t Write 'em) - Greg Kihn Band Hot for Teacher - Van Halen TV Party - Black Flag It Takes Two - Rob Base ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-five-80s-songs/147548/31 "2003-01-10T16:20:16Z")
Don’t forget Der Kommisar from Falco. ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-five-80s-songs/147548/32 "2003-01-10T16:24:49Z")
How about five that fit that “80’s sound”? JOY DIVISION - Love Will Tear Us Apart THE PRETENDERS - My City Was Gone PAUL YOUNG - I’m Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS - I’m An Adult Now THE REPLACEMENTS - Alex Chilton And five that don’t but were released in the 80’s… ZEBRA - Take Your Fingers From My Hair JOHN FOGERTY - Mr Greed JOE WALSH - The Confessor KBC BAND - America ROBBIE ROBERTSON - Somewhere Down The Crazy River ---
**Author:** ![Skijumper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3e96dc/32.png) [@Skijumper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skijumper)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-five-80s-songs/147548/33 "2003-01-10T20:57:27Z")
A mixed bag - If You Leave - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark …memories of watching my high school crush dancing to this song Girls on Film - Duran Duran …memories of spending our lunchbreaks poring over our Duran Duran scrapbooks. Ooh! Roger Taylor! Fast Car - Tracy Chapman …memories of me coming out to my best friend Livin’ on a Prayer - Bon Jovi …memories of bad poodle hair I’ve Had the Time of My Life - Jennifer Warnes and erm, I forgot …memories of riding the bus to school past my crush’s house, hoping she’d get on it and sit next to me. Sigh…I’m all wistful now. ---
**Author:** ![Skijumper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3e96dc/32.png) [@Skijumper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skijumper)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-five-80s-songs/147548/34 "2003-01-10T21:00:41Z")
That should be Jennifer Warnes and Bill Medley. And I will also throw in - Opportunities - Pet Shop Boys Let’s Dance - David Bowie Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper Cruel Summer - Bananarama The Perfect Way - Scritti Politti (ooh, remember them?) ---
**Author:** ![SylverOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SylverOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SylverOne)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-five-80s-songs/147548/35 "2003-01-10T21:16:50Z")
Jeopardy - Greg Kihn And We Danced - The Hooters Run Runaway - Slade Rock Me Amadeus - Falco Relax - Frankie Goes to Hollywood Syl - child of the 80’s (and has the vinyl and cassette collection to prove it) ---
**Author:** ![bobblehead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e4f/32.png) [@bobblehead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobblehead)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-five-80s-songs/147548/36 "2003-01-10T23:19:55Z")
1. Buring Down the House - (brain fart - damn it) 2. Hungry Like the Wolf - Duran Duran 3. Lights - Journey 4. My Native Son - Bryan Adams 5. Rock Lobster - B52’s ---
**Author:** ![bobblehead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e4f/32.png) [@bobblehead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobblehead)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-five-80s-songs/147548/37 "2003-01-10T23:21:21Z")
You know - there are some really great songs posted on this thread. It was very hard to limit it down to the top 5. Thanks! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SylverOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SylverOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SylverOne)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-five-80s-songs/147548/38 "2003-01-10T23:25:04Z")
The **The Talking Heads** did _Burning Down the House_ Mmmm… Journey Good choice. ---
**Author:** ![bobblehead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e4f/32.png) [@bobblehead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobblehead)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-five-80s-songs/147548/39 "2003-01-10T23:28:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SylverOne \* > \*\*The **The Talking Heads** did _Burning Down the House_ > > Mmmm… Journey Good choice. \*\* Thank you so much! 🙂 I just couldn’t think of it. All I could think of was David Byrne! ---
**Author:** ![HalberMensch242](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecb155/32.png) [@HalberMensch242](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HalberMensch242)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-five-80s-songs/147548/40 "2003-01-10T23:49:01Z")
Depeche Mode- Shake the Disease The Smiths- There is a Light and it never goes out Joy Division- Transmission New Order- True Faith Front242- Masterhit [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-five-80s-songs/147548.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-five-80s-songs/147548.md?page=3)