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Tuesday, May 11, 2021

Top 100 Songs by Hair Bands

Hair Bands:

Top 100 Songs

Ah, the hair bands. This much-maligned genre was a mix of rock and pop wrapped up in big hair and leather pants. The bands – almost all white men – were known for lifestyles filled with debauchery and depravity. It was no wonder teens in the ‘80s flocked to the bands like moths to a flame.

Regardless of these bands’ lack of critical acclaim, some of these bands (Bon Jovi, Def Leppard) when on to become some of the biggest rock bands in the world – even after they cut their hair and opted for more sensible jeans. Here – love ‘em or hate ‘em – are the top songs from hair bands as determined by aggregating 21 lists and then ranking those songs featured on 3 or more lists in order of their overall DMDB points.

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1. Guns N’ Roses “Sweet Child O’ Mine” (1987)
2. Bon Jovi “Livin’ on a Prayer” (1986)
3. Van Halen “Jump” (1984)
4. Def Leppard “Pour Some Sugar on Me” (1987)
5. Guns N’ Roses “Welcome to the Jungle” (1987)
6. Guns N’ Roses “November Rain” (1991)
7. Whitesnake “Here I Go Again” (1987)
8. Kiss “Rock and Roll All Nite” (1975)
9. Poison “Every Rose Has Its Thorn” (1988)
10. Guns N’ Roses “Paradise City” (1987)

11. Bon Jovi “You Give Love a Bad Name” (1986)
12. Def Leppard “Photograph” (1983)
13. Scorpions “Rock You Like a Hurricane” (1984)
14. Twisted Sister “We’re Not Gonna Take It” (1984)
15. Europe “The Final Countdown” (1986)
16. Ratt “Round and Round” (1984)
17. Quiet Riot “Cum on Feel the Noize” (1983)
18. Van Halen “Runnin’ with the Devil” (1978)
19. Extreme “More Than Words” (1990)
20. Mötley Crüe “Girls, Girls, Girls” (1987)

21. Whitesnake “Is This Love” (1987)
22. Warrant “Cherry Pie” (1990)
23. Def Leppard “Love Bites” (1987)
24. Bon Jovi “Wanted Dead or Alive” (1986)
25. Mr. Big “To Be with You” (1991)
26. Night Ranger “Sister Christian” (1984)
27. Guns N’ Roses “Patience” (1988)
28. The Scorpions “No One Like You” (1982)
29. Kiss “Detroit Rock City” (1976)
30. Def Leppard “Rock of Ages” (1983)

31. Van Halen “Panama” (1984)
32. Mötley Crüe “Home Sweet Home” (1985)
33. Quiet Riot “Metal Health (Bang Your Head)” (1983)
34. Poison “Nothin’ But a Good Time” (1988)
35. Skid Row “I Remember You” (1989)
36. Tesla “Love Song” (1989)
37. Van Halen “Hot for Teacher” (1984)
38. Whitesnake “Still of the Night” (1987)
39. Mötley Crüe “Dr. Feelgood” (1989)
40. The Scorpions “Still Loving You” (1984)

41. Lita Ford “Kiss Me Deadly” (1988)
42. Skid Row “18 and Life” (1989)
43. Warrant “Heaven” (1988)
44. Cinderella…Don’t Know What You Got ‘Til It’s Gone (1988)
45. Bon Jovi “Bad Medicine” (1988)
46. Mötley Crüe “Kickstart My Heart” (1989)
47. Queensrÿche “Silent Lucidity” (1990)
48. Def Leppard “Bringin’ on the Heartbreak” (1981)
49. Lita Ford with Ozzy Osbourne “Close My Eyes Forever” (1988)
50. Poison “Talk Dirty to Me” (1986)

51. Alice Cooper “Poison” (1989)
52. Bon Jovi “Runaway” (1983)
53. Great White “Once Bitten Twice Shy” (1989)
54. Autograph…Turn Up the Radio (1984)
55. Def Leppard “Foolin’” (1983)
56. White Lion “When the Children Cry” (1987)
57. Twisted Sister “I Wanna Rock” (1984)
58. Cinderella “Nobody’s Fool” (1986)
59. Mötley Crüe “Shout at the Devil” (1983)
60. Kiss “Lick It Up” (1983)

61. Skid Row “Youth Gone Wild” (1989)
62. Poison “Something to Believe In” (1990)
63. Damn Yankees “High Enough” (1990)
64. White Lion “Wait” (1987)
65. Ozzy Osbourne “Shot in the Dark” (1986)
66. Poison “Fallen Angel” (1988)
67. Dokken “In My Dreams” (1985)
68. Slaughter “Fly to the Angels” (1990)
69. Van Halen “I’ll Wait” (1984)
70. Winger “Seventeen” (1988)

71. Kix “Don’t Close Your Eyes” (1988)
72. David Lee Roth “Yankee Rose” (1986)
73. Kiss “Heaven’s on Fire” (1984)
74. Cinderella “Gypsy Road” (1988)
75. Cinderella “Shake Me” (1986)
76. Dokken “Alone Again” (1984)
77. Firehouse “Love of a Lifetime” (1991)
78. Ugly Kid Joe “Cat’s in the Cradle” (1992)
79. Mötley Crüe “Without You” (1989)
80. Winger “Miles Away” (1990)

81. Winger “Headed for a Heartbreak” (1988)
82. Great White “Rock Me” (1987)
83. Kiss “Tears Are Falling” (1985)
84. Warrant “Down Boys” (1988)
85. Tesla “Signs” (live, 1990)
86. Slaughter “Up All Night” (1990)
87. Ratt “You’re in Love” (1985)
88. Mötley Crüe “Looks That Kill” (1983)
89. Firehouse “Don’t Treat Me Bad” (1991)
90. Vixen “Edge of a Broken Heart” (1988)

91. Guns N’ Roses “Nightrain” (1987)
92. Mötley Crüe “Live Wire” (1981)
93. Cinderella “Coming Home” (1988)
94. Warrant “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” (1990)
95. Mötley Crüe “Too Young to Fall in Love” (1983)
96. Faster Pussycat “House of Pain” (1989)
97. Ratt “Lay It Down” (1985)
98. Mötley Crüe “Wild Side” (1987)
99. Trixter “Give It to Me Good” (1990)
100. L.A. Guns “The Ballad of Jayne” (1989)

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First posted 1/23/2018; last updated 5/11/2021.

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Saturday, July 21, 1990

Roger Waters performed The Wall Live in Berlin

The Wall – Live in Berlin

Roger Waters

Released: August 21, 1990

Recorded: July 21, 1990

Charted: September 22, 1990

Peak: 56 US, 27 UK, 12 CN, 10 AU, 13 DF

Sales (in millions): --

Genre: classic rock veteran

Tracks, Disc 1:

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  1. In the Flesh? (with the Scorpions)
  2. The Thin Ice (with Ute Lemper & the Rundfunk Orchestra & Choir)
  3. Another Brick in the Wall Part I (with Garth Hudson)
  4. The Happiest Days of Our Lives [1:52]
  5. Another Brick in the Wall Part II (with Cyndi Lauper, 9/10/90, 82 UK)
  6. Mother (with Sinéad O’Connor & The Band)
  7. Goodbye Blue Sky (with Joni Mitchell & the Rundfunk Orchestra & Choir)
  8. Empty Spaces/Young Lust(with Bryan Adams, 9/8/90, 7 AR)
  9. Oh My God – What a Fabulous Room (with Jerry Hall)
  10. One of My Turns
  11. Don't Leave Me Now
  12. Another Brick in the Wall Part III (with Rundfunk Orchestra & Choir)
  13. The Last Few Bricks
  14. Goodbye Cruel World

Tracks, Disc 2:

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  1. Hey You (with Paul Carrack)
  2. Is There Anybody Out There? (Rundfunk Orchestra & Choir)
  3. Nobody Home (with the Rundfunk Orchestra & Choir)
  4. Vera (with the Rundfunk Orchestra & Choir)
  5. Bring the Boys Back Home (with the Rundfunk Orchestra & Choir, Band, and the Combined Soviet Forces in Germany and Red Army Chorus)
  6. Comfortably Numb (with Van Morrison and the Rundfunk Orchestra & Choir)
  7. In the Flesh (with the Scorpions and the Rundfunk Orchestra & Choir)
  8. Run Like Hell (with the Scorpions)
  9. Waiting for the Worms (with the Scorpions and the Rundfunk Orchestra & Choir)
  10. Stop
  11. The Trial (with the Rundfunk Orchestra & Choir, Tim Curry, Thomas Dolby, Ute Lemper, and Marianne Faithfull)
  12. The Tide Is Turning (with the Company: Joni Mitchell, Cyndi Lauper, Bryan Adams, Van Morrison, and Paul Carrack; the Rundfunk Orchestra & Choir; 11/19/90, --)
  13. Outside the Wall

Rating:

3.468 out of 5.00 (average of 11 ratings)

Awards:

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About the Album:

Roger Waters commemorated the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 by assembling a slew of guest artists to stage a live production of Pink Floyd’s The Wall in Berlin. The show was held in the vacant space of what was known as the “no man’s land” area of the Berlin Wall in between Potsdamer Platz and the Brandenburg Gate.

Waters had said he’d never perform The Wall on stage as it was too expensive and the message was about “the inherently greedy nature of stadium rock shows.” WK He would later gross $450 million from his tour of The Wall from 2010-13, the highest amount made at that time for a solo artist. W2 He did also qualify his initial answer that he would consider doing an outdoor show if they tour down the Berlin Wall. WK

The “star-studded megaconcert” AM doesn’t always hold up as “it invites constant comparison to the studio album” AM but there are moments, such as Bryan Adams’ “cock rock swagger” during Young Lust which work. AM The trial scene also “is handled well, with Albert Finney, Tim Curry, Marianne Faithfull, Thomas Dolby, and Ute Lemper taking on the characters.” AM

The show featured “larger bricks, bigger inflatable puppets, and a larger audience than any of the original Pink Floyd shows.” AM The staging included a 550-foot-long and 82-foot-high wall. Most was built before the show and then it was added to during the show. At the end of the show, the wall was knocked down while images of the actual Berlin Wall being tore down were projected. The show ended with “The Tide Is Turning,” initially a song from Roger Waters’ Radio K.A.O.S. album and not The Wall.

The one-time performance set a record for a paid show with 450,000 attendees. Waters covered some of the expenses of the show, but made his money back from CD and video sales of the show. He initially planned to donate all profits past his investment to the Memorial Fund for Disaster Relief, but sales came in much lower than projections. WK

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First posted 8/23/2021; last updated 8/24/2025.

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