Top ten songs of the 80s

By Rob Sheffield.

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Top ten songs of the 80s

The s may have been the decade of questionable fashion choices, but we'll probably say the same about the s in a few years It was also the decade of great movies, the rise of video games and downright fantastic music. We've attempted the ridiculously hard but not in any way a chore task of picking the very best s songs ever. Here are our picks - are your favourites in there? You might not have realised it, but Neil Diamond first recorded this song back in But it's UB40's cover that became the most well-known in The song truly brought the band to the mainstream, and reached number one in the UK. It ended up topping the US charts too in , after being performed at Nelson Mandela's birthday tribute concert. This ballad saw Phil Collins sing the tune from a third-person perspective, looking at a man crossing the street to ignore a homeless woman, imploring listeners not to turn a blind eye to those in need. It became Phil's seventh and final number one single in America, while David Crosby of Crosby, Stills and Nash appears on backing vocals. This was the song that made Boy George an even bigger star around the world. It was the UK's biggest selling single of and topped the US chart. Boy George later explained the song: "It is about the terrible fear of alienation that people have, the fear of standing up for one thing. It's about trying to suck up to everybody.

The Beat were a multiracial ska crew from Birmingham, England, flouting the racism around them with their herky-jerky rhythms. One of the great underrated Stones nuggets, from their most underrated era.

The Billboard Hot is the main song chart of the American music industry and is updated every week by the Billboard magazine. During the s the chart was based collectively on each single's weekly physical sales figures and airplay on American radio stations. George Michael was the only artist to achieve two year-end Billboard Hot number-one singles in the s. He achieved this with his songs " Faith " and " Careless Whisper ". He is one of two recording acts to achieve more than one year-end Billboard Hot number-one single in the history of the chart, with the other being The Beatles , who also had two year-end number-ones. The following artists were featured in top of the chart for the highest total number of weeks during the s. The following songs were featured in top of the chart for the highest total number of weeks during the s.

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Top ten songs of the 80s

By Rob Sheffield. 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. The Human Beatbox. The class clown of old-school hip-hop. You got what I neeeed! Then I knew it was gonna be a good record. A German girl sings about nuclear apocalypse in a perky New Wave bop about the end of the world. The dawn of the shoegaze era. It all adds up to a brain-obliterating noise that feels like rapture.

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However, Bjorn didn't intend it to happen this way. He said: "'True' became a song about writing a love song. And if we could actually swap each other's roles, if we could actually be in each other's place for a while, I think we'd both be very surprised! He later said: "The whole idea of 'Careless Whisper' was the first girl finding out about the second — which she never did. Prince - Purple Rain Official Video. John Anderson helped start the New Traditionalist movement that rescued Eighties country radio. The band's frontman, Peter Wolf, was tailor-made for the '80s with his Mick Jagger swagger and exuberance, even though he had more than paid his dues before the band went pop. The following artists were featured in top of the chart for the highest total number of weeks during the s. What could have been a midlife-crisis misfire instead became a phenomenon. Anti-capitalism has never sounded so jaunty. At the same time, singer Alison Moyet placed an ad in Melody Maker looking for a new band. The Jamaican-born English dub poet Linton Kwesi Johnson made a string of politically charged reggae albums, reciting his protest verse in patois. The Pasadena guitar heroes entered the synth and cocaine! Quite possibly.

The s may have been the decade of questionable fashion choices, but we'll probably say the same about the s in a few years It was also the decade of great movies, the rise of video games and downright fantastic music. We've attempted the ridiculously hard but not in any way a chore task of picking the very best s songs ever.

Neither made any other record with this sound. See more More Song Lists. Prince and The Revolution. Clarke had heard Moyet perform with other bands on the pub circuit, and felt she was a perfect fit for the song. Bonus points for one of the most pointless subtitles in the history of parentheses. There will always be an endless love. The Nigerian-born, U. The song brought the duo together and became a big hit, and was later covered by everyone from The Flying Pickets to Kylie Minogue. Sulley says she was chosen only through "luck of the draw". Often mistaken for a love song, it's one of the most misinterpreted tracks in the history of music, when it's in fact about a deluded stalker who convinces himself that the emotions he feels are true love. This track deals with various social injustices, referencing divides between the rich and poor and racial segregation, and how the passage of the Civil Rights Act of was a victory in the civil rights movement, but how more is still needed. Michael Jackson. U2 's track to stardom not to mention its ensuing legendary status has been an intriguing one, filled with explorations of a variety of music styles and artistic approaches. Jane found out about her and got rid of me.