The 91X Top 191 Songs of the 80s

1.

The Smiths

How Soon Is Now?

Meat is Murder

1985

2.

The Cure

Just Like Heaven

Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me

1987

3.

New Order

Blue Monday

Power, Corruption & Lies

1983

4.

Simple Minds

Don't You Forget About Me

-

1985

5.

UB40

Red Red Wine

Labour Of Love

1983

6.

U2

Pride (In the Name of Love)

The Unforgettable Fire

1984

7.

Devo

Whip It

Freedom of Choice

1980

8.

Soft Cell

Tainted Love

Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret

1982

9.

The Clash

Rock The Casbah

Combat Rock

1982

10.

Oingo Boingo

Dead Man's Party

Dead Man's Party

1985

11.

The B-52's

Love Shack

Cosmic Thing

1989

12.

INXS

What You Need

Listen Like Thieves

1985

13.

Siouxsie and the Banshees

Peek-a-Boo

Peepshow

1988

14.

R.E.M.

Radio Free Europe

Murmur

1983

15.

New Order

Bizarre Love Triangle

Brotherhood

1986

16.

Band Aid

Do They Know It's Christmas?

-

1984

17.

The Police

Don't Stand So Close To Me

Zenyatta Mondatta

1980

18.

The Cure

The Lovecats

Japanese Whispers

1984

19.

Modern English

I Melt With You

After the Snow

1983

20.

Big Country

In A Big Country

The Crossing

1983

21.

The B-52's

Rock Lobster

The B-52's

-

22.

Depeche Mode

People Are People

Some Great Reward

1984

23.

The Go-Go's

We Got The Beat

Beauty and the Beat

1981

24.

David Bowie

Let's Dance

Let's Dance

1983

25.

The Human League

Don't You Want Me

Dare!

1982

26.

U2

Sunday Bloody Sunday

War

1983

27.

Echo & The Bunnymen

Lips Like Sugar

Echo & The Bunnymen

1987

28.

General Public

Tenderness

All The Rage

1984

29.

Elvis Costello

The Only Flame In Town

Goodbye Cruel World

1984

30.

The Pretenders

Brass In Pocket

Pretenders

1980

31.

Eurythmics

Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

1983

32.

Frankie Goes To Hollywood

Relax

Welcome To The Pleasuredome

1984

33.

Midnight Oil

Beds Are Burning

Diesel And Dust

1988

34.

Duran Duran

Rio

Rio

1983

35.

Oingo Boingo

Only A Lad

Only a Lad

1983

36.

Depeche Mode

Strangelove

Music For The Masses

1987

37.

The B-52's

Summer Of Love

Bouncing Off The Satellites

1986

38.

The Smiths

Bigmouth Strikes Again

The Queen Is Dead

1986

39.

The Cure

Love Song

Disintegration

1989

40.

The Stray Cats

Rock this Town

Built for Speed

1981

41.

Talking Heads

Burning Down The House

Speaking in Tongues

1983

42.

R.E.M.

The One I Love

Document

1987

43.

Peter Gabriel

Sledgehammer

So

1986

44.

Tracy Chapman

Fast Car

Tracy Chapman

1988

45.

The Cure

Let's Go To Bed

Japanese Whispers

1983

46.

Dire Straits

Money For Nothing

Brothers in Arms

1985

47.

U2

With Or Without You

The Joshua Tree

1987

48.

Blondie

Call Me

Theme from American Gigolo

1980

49.

INXS

Need You Tonight

Kick

1987

50.

Thompson Twins

Lies

Quick Step & Side Kick

1983

51.

Kate Bush

Running Up That Hill

Hounds Of Love

1985

52.

Depeche Mode

Route 66

-

1988

53.

A Flock Of Seagulls

I Ran (So Far Away)

A Flock of Seagulls

1982

54.

Billy Idol

White Wedding

Billy Idol

1983

55.

EBN-OZN

AEIOU Sometimes Y

Feeling Cavalier

1984

56.

Pet Shop Boys

West End Girls

Please

1986

57.

Wall Of Voodoo

Mexican Radio

Call of the West

1982

58.

The English Beat

Save It For Later

Special Beat Service

1983

59.

U2

Desire

Rattle And Hum

1988

60.

The Police

Every Breath You Take

Synchronicity

1983

61.

The Cure

Lullaby

Disintegration

1989

62.

Tears For Fears

Everybody Wants To Rule The World

Songs From The Big Chair

1985

63.

ABC

Poison Arrow

The Look of Love

1983

64.

Ziggy Marley

Tomorrow People

Conscious Party

1988

65.

Robert Palmer

Addicted To Love

Riptide

1986

66.

Joe Jackson

Steppin' Out

Night and Day

1982

67.

Thomas Dolby

She Blinded Me With Science

The Golden Age of Wireless

1983

68.

The Cars

You Might Think

Heartbeat City

1984

69.

Erasure

Chains Of Love

The Innocents

1988

70.

Elvis Costello

I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down

Get Happy!!

1980

71.

X

Los Angeles

Los Angeles

1980

72.

Brian Ferry

Slave To Love

Boys and Girls

1985

73.

Bow Wow Wow

I Want Candy

I Want Candy

1982

74.

Squeeze

Hourglass

Babylon and On

1987

75.

Talking Heads

Once In A Lifetime

Remain in Light

1980

76.

Echo & the Bunnymen

The Killing Moon

Ocean Rain

1984

77.

INXS

The One Thing

Shabooh Shoobah

1984

78.

Madness

Our House

Madness

1983

79.

The Cult

She Sells Sanctuary

Love

1986

80.

Berlin

Sex (I'm A...)

Pleasure Victim

1983

81.

Sting

If You Love Somebody Set Them Free

The Dream Of The Blue Turtles

1985

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82.

Musical Youth

Pass The Dutchie

The Youth of Today

1982

83.

XTC

Dear God

Skylarking

1987

84.

Thompson Twins

Hold Me Now

Into The Gap

1984

85.

Adam Ant

Goodie Two Shoes

Friend Or Foe

1982

86.

The Cure

Boys Don't Cry

Boys Don't Cry

1980

87.

The B-52's

Private Idaho

Wild Planet

1980

88.

Depeche Mode

Personal Jesus

Violator

1989

89.

Peter Gabriel

Shock The Monkey

Security

1982

90.

The Bangles

Walk Like An Egyptian

Different Light

1986

91.

Morrissey

Suedehead

Viva Hate

1988

92.

The Romantics

What I Like About You

The Romantics

1983

93.

The Clash

Should I Stay or Should I Go?

Combat Rock

1982

94.

New Order

True Faith

Substance

1987

95.

R.E.M.

It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

Document

1987

96.

Men At Work

Down Under

Business as Usual

1982

97.

Squeeze

Tempted

East Side Story

1981

98.

The Cure

Fascination Street

Disintegration

1989

99.

Romeo Void

Never Say Never

Warm, In Your Coat

1981

100.

Tears For Fears

Shout

Songs From The Big Chair

1985

101.

XTC

Senses Working Overtime

English Settlement

1982

102.

Billy Idol

Rebel Yell

Rebel Yell

1983

103.

The English Beat

Best Friend

I Just Can't Stop It

1980

104.

The Church

Reptile

Starfish

1988

105.

The Cure

A Night Like This

The Head on the Door

1985

106.

Translator

Everywhere That I'm Not

Heartbeats and Triggers

1982

107.

Roxy Music

Avalon

Avalon

1982

108.

Ministry

(Everyday Is) Halloween

-

1985

109.

Boomtown Rats

I Don't Like Mondays

The Fine Art of Surfacing

1982

110.

Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians

What I Am

Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars

1988

111.

U2

New Year's Day

War

1983

112.

The Ramones

Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?

End of the Century

1980

113.

Peter Gabriel

Big Time

So

1986

114.

The Fixx

Red Skies

Shuttered Room

1983

115.

The Alarm

The Stand (Prophecy)

Declaration

1983

116.

The Cult

Fire Woman

Sonic Temple

1989

117.

Yello

Oh Yeah

Stella

1987

118.

David Bowie

Ashes To Ashes

Scary Monsters

1980

119.

Tone Loc

Wild Thing

Loc-ed After Dark

1988

120.

Elvis Costello

Everyday I Write The Book

Punch The Clock

1983

121.

The Smiths

Panic

Louder Than Bombs

1986

122.

Depeche Mode

Just Can't Get Enough

Speak & Spell

1981

123.

Love and Rockets

Ball Of Confusion

Express

1985

124.

The Clash

The Magnificent Seven

Sandinista!

1980

125.

Siouxsie and the Banshees

Cities In Dust

Tinderbox

1986

126.

Tears For Fears

Mad World

The Hurting

1983

127.

Eurythmics

Missionary Man

Revenge

1986

128.

R.E.M.

Orange Crush

Green

1988

129.

Prince

1999

1999

1982

130.

The Psychedelic Furs

Love My Way

Forever Now

1983

131.

Tom Petty

Don't Come Around Here No More

Southern Accents

1985

132.

Dexy's Midnight Runners

Come On Eileen

Too Rye Ay

1982

133.

Peter Gabriel

Games Without Frontiers

Peter Gabriel

1980

134.

Howard Jones

What Is Love?

Human's Lib

1984

135.

The Cure

In Between Days

The Head on the Door

1985

136.

New Order

Round and Round

Technique

1989

137.

Stephen 'Tin Tin' Duffy

Kiss Me

-

1984

138.

Sting

We'll Be Together

Nothing Like The Sun

1987

139.

The Smithereens

Blood and Roses

Especially for You

1986

140.

Dead Or Alive

You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)

Youthquake

1985

141.

The B-52's

Whammy Kiss

Whammy!

1983

142.

Blondie

The Tide Is High

Autoamerican

1980

143.

Captain Sensible

Wot

Women & Captains First

1982

144.

INXS

Don't Change

Shabooh Shoobah

1983

145.

Duran Duran

Hungry Like The Wolf

Rio

1984

146.

The Cars

Shake It Up

Shake It Up

1981

147.

Sparks

Cool Places

In Outer Space

1983

148.

U2

Where The Streets Have No Name

The Joshua Tree

1987

149.

XTC

Generals and Majors

Black Sea

1980

150.

Thompson Twins

In The Name Of Love

In The Name Of Love

1982

151.

The B-52's

Channel Z

Cosmic Thing

1989

152.

Peter Gabriel

In Your Eyes

So

1986

153.

Culture Club

Karma Chameleon

Colour By Numbers

1983

154.

The Pretenders

Message Of Love

Pretenders II

1981

155.

The Art of Noise

Close To The Edit

(Who's Afraid Of) The Art Of Noise?

1984

156.

Squeeze

Last Time Forever

Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti

1985

157.

The Jam

Town Called Malice

The Gift

1982

158.

Midnight Oil

Power And The Passion

10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1

1983

159.

The Sugarcubes

Delicious Demon

Life's Too Good

1988

160.

Talking Heads

Stay Up Late

Little Creatures

1985

161.

The Go-Go's

Our Lips Are Sealed

Beauty and the Beat

1981

162.

ABC

Be Near Me

How to Be A...Zillionaire!

1985

163.

The Specials

Concrete Jungle

The Specials

1980

164.

The English Beat

I Confess

Special Beat Service

1983

165.

UB40

I Got You Babe

Little Baggariddim

1985

166.

Dire Straits

Industrial Disease

Love Over Gold

1982

167.

The Bangles

Hazy Shade Of Winter

Less Than Zero Soundtrack

1987

168.

Depeche Mode

Master and Servant

Some Great Reward

1984

169.

Fine Young Cannibals

She Drives Me Crazy

The Raw & the Cooked

1989

170.

David Bowie

China Girl

Let's Dance

1983

171.

R.E.M.

Fall On Me

Lifes Rich Pageant

1986

172.

The Power Station

Some Like It Hot

The Power Station

1985

173.

Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper

Elvis Is Everywhere

Bo-Day-Shus!!!

1987

174.

Alison Moyet

Love Resurrection

Alf

1984

175.

Midnight Oil

The Dead Heart

Diesel And Dust

1988

176.

Tom Tom Club

Genius Of Love

Tom Tom Club

1981

177.

R.E.M.

Pretty Persuasion

Reckoning

1984

178.

Billy Idol

Hot In The City

Billy Idol

1982

179.

New Order

The Perfect Kiss

Low-Life

1985

180.

Soft Cell

Sex Dwarf

Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret

1982

181.

10,000 Maniacs

Like The Weather

In My Tribe

1988

182.

Q-Feel

Dancing In Heaven

Q-Feel

1983

183.

Steel Pulse

Steppin' Out

Earth Crisis

1984

184.

Simple Minds

Promised You A Miracle

New Gold Dream

1982

185.

Love and Rockets

So Alive

Love and Rockets

1989

186.

The Dead Milkmen

Bitchin' Camaro

Big Lizard In My Back Yard

1986

187.

The Smiths

Girlfriend In A Coma

Strangeways, Here We Come

1987

188.

Altered Images

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday

1981

189.

Adam & The Ants

Antmusic

Kings of the Wild Frontier

1981

190.

The Jesus and Mary Chain

April Skies

Darklands

1987

191.

The Cure

Why Can't I Be You?

Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me

1987