These are my personal favorite top 100 songs from 1980-1989.
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1. Marillion “Kayleigh” (1985)
2. Marillion “Script for a Jester’s Tear” (1983)
3. David + David “Welcome to the Boomtown” (1986)
4. Indigo Girls “Closer to Fine” (1989)
5. The Alan Parsons Project “Old and Wise” (1982)
6. XTC “Dear God” (1986)
7. Furniture “Brilliant Mind” (1986)
8. Styx “The Best of Times” (1981)
9. Squeeze “Tempted” (1981)
10. Del Amitri “Kiss This Thing Goodbye” (1989)
11. Soft Cell “Tainted Love” (1981)
12. The Police “I Burn for You” (1982)
13. Crowded House “Better Be Home Soon” (1988)
14. U2 “Bad” (1984)
15. Kate Bush “This Woman’s Work” (1988)
16. The Police “Every Breath You Take” (1983)
17. U2 “Sunday Bloody Sunday” (1983)
18. Prince & the Revolution “Purple Rain” (1984)
19. R.E.M. “It’s the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)” (1987)
20. Peter Gabriel “Biko” (1980)
21. Styx “Mr. Roboto” (1983)
22. Toto “Africa” (1982)
23. Eagles “Seven Bridges Road” (live, 1980)
24. Rush “Tom Sawyer” (1981)
25. Air Supply “Lost in Love” (1980)
26. Michael Jackson “Billie Jean” (1982)
27. Prince “1999” (1982)
28. Foreigner “Waiting for a Girl Like You” (1981)
29. Journey “Open Arms” (1981)
30. John Cougar Mellencamp “Jack and Diane” (1982)
31. Violent Femmes “Add It Up” (1983)
32. Tears for Fears “Head Over Heels” (1985)
33. Tracy Chapman “Fast Car” (1988)
34. Sting “Message in a Bottle” (live, 1981)
35. Styx “Too Much Time on My Hands” (1981)
36. Hooters “All You Zombies” (1985)
37. Prince “When Doves Cry” (1984)
38. Melissa Etheridge “Occasionally” (1988)
39. Journey “Don’t Stop Believin’” (1981)
40. Sting “They Dance Alone” (1987)
41. Tears for Fears “The Working Hour” (1985)
42. Metallica “One” (1988)
43. Bruce Springsteen “Born in the U.S.A.” (1984)
44. Marillion “Childhood’s End?” (1985)
45. U2 “With or Without You” (1987)
46. Don Henley “Dirty Laundry” (1982)
47. Crowded House “Don’t Dream It’s Over” (1986)
48. Tears for Fears “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” (1985)
49. The Rainmakers “Downstream” (1986)
50. Bruce Springsteen “The River” (1980)
51. Melissa Etheridge “Bring Me Some Water” (1988)
52. Olivia Newton-John “Magic” (1980)
53. Sting “Roxanne” (live, 1981)
54. Queen with David Bowie “Under Pressure” (1981)
55. Marillion “Warm Wet Circles” (1987)
56. Olivia Newton-John “Physical” (1981)
57. Marillion “Sugar Mice” (1987)
58. Queen “Another One Bites the Dust” (1980)
59. The Dream Academy “Life in a Northern Town” (1985)
60. Foreigner “I Want to Know What Love Is” (1984)
61. Phil Collins “In the Air Tonight” (1981)
62. Billy Joel “It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me” (1980)
63. REO Speedwagon “Keep on Loving You” (1980)
64. Simple Minds “Don’t You Forget about Me” (1985)
65. Tears for Fears “Shout” (1984)
66. The Alan Parsons Project “Eye in the Sky” (1982)
67. Alabama “Mountain Music” (1982)
68. Kevin Gilbert “Tired Old Man” (1986)
69. Tears for Fears “Woman in Chains” (1989)
70. Men at Work “Down Under” (1981)
71. Toto “Rosanna” (1982)
72. Joan Jett & the Blackhearts “I Love Rock and Roll” (1981)
73. Neil Diamond “America” (1980)
74. Michael Jackson “Beat It” (1982)
75. Marillion “Tux On” (1987)
76. The Rainmakers “Let My People Go Go” (1984)
77. Dire Straits “Money for Nothing” (1985)
78. Elton John “Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)” (1982)
79. Faith No More “Epic” (1989)
80. Modern English “I Melt with You” (1982)
81. Guns N’ Roses “Sweet Child O’ Mine” (1987)
82. R.E.M. “Radio Free Europe” (1981)
83. John Cougar Mellencamp “Small Town” (1985)
84. Dennis DeYoung “Desert Moon” (1984)
85. The Alan Parsons Project “Games People Play” (1980)
86. Joe Jackson “Steppin’ Out” (1982)
87. Don Henley “The Boys of Summer” (1984)
88. Madonna “Oh Father” (1989)
89. Suzanne Vega “Luka” (1987)
90. Peter Gabriel with Kate Bush “Don’t Give Up” (1986)
91. John Hiatt “Have a Little Faith in Me” (1987)
92. Squeeze “I Won’t Ever Go Drinking Again (?)” (1985)
93. Bruce Hornsby + the Range “The Way It Is” (1986)
94. The Rolling Stones “Start Me Up” (1981)
95. John Cougar Mellencamp “Pink Houses” (1983)
96. Pat Benatar “Anxiety (Get Nervous)” (1982)
97. Squeeze “Heartbreaking World” (1985)
98. Kool & the Gang “Celebration” (1980)
99. Van Halen “Happy Trails” (1982)
100. J. Geils Band “Centerfold” (1981)
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