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Top 191 Songs of the 80s The 91X Fat 500 Countdown (1999)

The 91X Top 91 Songs of 1985

Ranking

Artist Name

Song Title

Album Title

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1.

Simple Minds

Don't You Forget About Me

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 Simple Minds - Glittering Prize 81/92 - Don't You (Forget About Me)

2.

New Order

The Perfect Kiss

Low-Life

 The Perfect Kiss

3.

The Smiths

How Soon is Now?

Meat is Murder

 The Smiths - Hatful of Hollow - How Soon Is Now?

4.

Kate Bush

Running Up That Hill

-

 -

5.

Simple Minds

Alive and Kicking

Once Upon A Time

 Alive and Kicking

6.

The Cure

A Night Like This

The Head on the Door

 A Night Like This

7.

Dire Straits

Money for Nothing

-

 -

8.

Tears for Fears

Shout

Songs From The Big Chair

 Shout

9.

Depeche Mode

Shake the Disease

Catching Up With Depeche Mode

 Shake the Disease

10.

Squeeze

Last Time Forever

Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti

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11.

INXS

This Time

Listen Like Thieves

 This Time

12.

The Cure

In Between Days

The Head on the Door

 In Between Days

13.

U2

Bad

The Unforgettable Fire

 Bad

14.

Talking Heads

Stay Up Late

Little Creatures

 Stay Up Late

15.

Dead or Alive

You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)

Youthquake

 You Spin Me 'Round (Like a Record)

16.

Tears for Fears

Head Over Heels

Songs From The Big Chair

 Head Over Heels / Broken

17.

The Clash

This is England

Cut the Crap

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18.

ABC

Be Near Me

How to Be A...Zillionaire!

 ABC - How to Be a Zillionaire - Be near Me

19.

Oingo Boingo

Dead Man's Party

Dead Man's Party

 Dead Man's Party

20.

The Alarm

Strength

Strength

The Alarm - Strength 1985-1986 - Strength

21.

Talking Heads

And She Was

Little Creatures

 And She Was

22.

Thompson Twins

Lay Your Hands on Me

Here's To Future Days

 Lay Your Hands on Me

23.

Tears for Fears

Everybody Wants to Rule the World

Songs From The Big Chair

 Everybody Wants to Rule the World

24.

New Order

Love Vigilantes

Low-Life

 Love Vigilantes

25.

Sting

Fortress Around Your Heart

The Dream Of The Blue Turtles

 Fortress around Your Heart

26.

Mr. Mister

Broken Wings

-

 -

27.

Oingo Boingo

Just Another Day

Dead Man's Party

 Just Another Day

28.

'Til Tuesday

Voices Carry

-

 -

29.

UB40

I Got You Babe

Little Baggariddim

 UB40 & Chrissie Hynde - Baggariddim - I Got You Babe

30.

Bryan Ferry

Slave to Love

-

 -

31.

Sting

Love is the Seventh Wave

The Dream Of The Blue Turtles

 Love Is the Seventh Wave

32.

Thompson Twins

Roll Over

Here's To Future Days

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33.

R.E.M.

Can't Get There From Here

Fables Of The Reconstruction

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34.

Oingo Boingo

Weird Science

Dead Man's Party

 Weird Science

35.

The Hooters

All You Zombies

-

 -

36.

Depeche Mode

Master and Servant

Some Great Reward

 Master and Servant

37.

X

Burning House of Love

Ain't Love Grand

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38.

A-Ha

Take on Me

-

 -

39.

Ministry

Everyday is Halloween

-

 -

40.

Squeeze

Hits of the Year

Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti

 -

41.

The Waterboys

Whole of the Moon

-

 -

42.

Howard Jones

Things Can Only Get Better

Dream Into Action

 Things Can Only Get Better

43.

Big Audio Dynamite

The Bottom Line

This Is Big Audio Dynamite

 The Bottom Line

44.

The Hooters

And We Danced

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 -

45.

Time Zone

World Destruction

-

 -

46.

R.E.M.

Driver 8

Fables Of The Reconstruction

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47.

Sting

If You Love Somebody Set Them Free

The Dream Of The Blue Turtles

 If You Love Somebody Set Them Free

48.

Talking Heads

Road to Nowhere

Little Creatures

 Road to Nowhere

49.

OMD

So In Love

Crush

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50.

General Public

Tenderness

All The Rage

General Public - Tenderness - Tenderness

51.

The Armoury Show

Castles in Spain

-

 -

52.

Wang Chung

To Live and Die in L.A.

-

 -

53.

David Bowie and Mick Jagger

Dancing the Streets

-

 -

54.

Gary Myrick

When Angels Kiss

-

 -

55.

Howard Jones

Life in One Day

Dream Into Action

 Life in One Day

56.

Sting

Russians

The Dream Of The Blue Turtles

 Russians

57.

U2

A Sort of Homecoming

The Unforgettable Fire

 A Sort of Homecoming

58.

The Cars

Tonight She Comes

-

 -

59.

New Order

Sub-Culture

Low-Life

 Subculture

60.

Shriekback

Nemesis

-

 -

61.

Talking Heads

Television Man

Little Creatures

 Television Man

62.

The Divinyls

Pleasure and Pain

What a Life!

 -

63.

Eurythmics

Would I Lie to You?

Be Yourself Tonight

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64.

Love and Rockets

Ball of Confusion

Express

 Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today) [Us Mix]

65.

Colourfield

Can't Get Enuff

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 -

66.

Phil Collins

Don't Lose My Number

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 -

67.

Roger Daltry

Raging Moon

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 -

68.

Hoodoo Gurus

Bittersweet

-

 -

69.

Tom Petty

Don't Come Around Here No More

Southern Accents

 -

70.

Jane Wiedlin

Blue Kiss

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 -

71.

Dire Straits

Walk of Life

-

 -

72.

Band Aid

Do They Know It's Christmas

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 -

73.

Danny Elfman

Gratitude

-

 -

74.

Lou Reed

My Love Is Chemical

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 -

75.

General Public

Never You Done That

All The Rage

 General Public - Never You Done That - Single - Never You Done That

76.

The Hooters

Hanging on a Heartbeat

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 -

77.

Power Station

Bang a Gong (Get It On)

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 -

78.

Pete Townshend

Face the Face

-

 -

79.

Colonel Abrams

Trapped

-

 -

80.

Katrina and the Waves

Walking on Sunshine

-

 -

81.

Artists United Against Apartheid

Sun City

-

 -

82.

Bryan Ferry

Don't Stop Dance

-

 -

83.

U2

Love Comes Tumbling

-

 -

84.

INXS

What You Need

Listen Like Thieves

 What You Need

85.

Mick Jagger

Lucky in Love

-

 -

86.

Lords of the New Church

Virgin

-

 -

87.

Prefab Sprout

Love Breaks Down

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 -

88.

Lone Justice

Ways to Be Wicked

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 -

89.

Mike and the Mechanics

Silent Run

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 -

90.

John Paul Jones

Bad Child

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 -

91.

Graham Parker

Weekends Too

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