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best singles of the eighties? here is the music critic's top 40 singles of the eighties...
... 1 Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five The Message 1982 2 Joy Division Love Will Tear Us Apart 1980 3 Michael Jackson Billie Jean 1983 4 Prince and The Revolution When Doves Cry 1984 5 The Police Every Breath You Take 1983 6 Run DMC Walk This Way 1986 7 Prince and The Revolution Little Red Corvette 1983 8 New Order Blue Monday 1983 9 Talking Heads Once in a Lifetime/Seen and Not Seen 1981 10 The Specials Ghost Town 1981 11 Marvin Gaye Sexual Healing 1982 12 The Smiths This Charming Man 1983 13 Public Enemy Fight the Power 1989 14 Prince Sign 'O' the Times 1987 15 Guns 'n' Roses Sweet Child O' Mine 1988 16 Prince and The Revolution Kiss 1986 17 Van Halen Jump 1984 18 R.E.M. Radio Free Europe 1981 19 Michael Jackson Beat It 1983 20 Soft Cell Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go 1981 21 The Human League Don't You Want Me 1981 22 The Smiths How Soon Is Now? 1985 23 The Stone Roses Fools Gold 1989 24 Motörhead Ace of Spades 1980 25 Madonna Into the Groove 1985 26 Public Enemy Rebel Without a Pause 1987 27 Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel 1981 28 Frankie Goes to Hollywood Relax 1983 29 Public Enemy Bring the Noise 1987 30 Eurythmics Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This...) 1983 31 Madonna Like a Virgin 1984 32 Beastie Boys Fight for Your Right (To Party) 1986 33 Prince and The Revolution 1999 1982 34 U2 Pride (In the Name of Love) 1984 35 Pixies Gigantic 1988 36 Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel White Lines (Don't Do It) 1983 37 R.E.M. It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) 1987 38 M/A/R/R/S Pump Up the Volume 1987 39 Afrika Baambaata & The Soul Sonic Force Planet Rock 1982 40 Joan Jett and The Blackhearts I Love Rock'n'roll 1982 | |
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where is "Careless Whisper" by Wham? | |
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The public should vote on this stuff.
Critics results are pretty much always the same. 
There's never enough women on these lists. | |
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Cloudbuster said: There's never enough women on these lists. Well,they at least picked two Madonna songs 
But even here they screwed up...her best 80s single is "Like A Prayer"! | |
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DavidEye said: where is "Careless Whisper" by Wham?
Co-sign. "Careless Whisper" definitely should have been included on this list.  RIP, mom. I will forever miss and love you. | |
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I actually like this list. For once I see a list that I could appreciate. NEW WAVE FOREVER: SLAVE TO THE WAVE FROM THE CRADLE TO THE GRAVE. | |
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"Like A Virgin" is one of Madonna's worst singles, IMHO. Has NOT aged well. I know why they picked it, though - because they think it's her defining moment, pop-culture wise. Now where is "Like A Prayer" when you need it?
Also, what is "Sexual Healing" doing there? I love me some Marvin but that is NOT top-40-of-the-decade material. | |
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VoicesCarry said: "Like A Virgin" is one of Madonna's worst singles, IMHO. Has NOT aged well. I know why they picked it, though - because they think it's her defining moment, pop-culture wise. Now where is "Like A Prayer" when you need it?
I agree."Like A Prayer" pretty much KILLS all of her earlier singles and I can't see why it's not on this list. | |
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DavidEye said: VoicesCarry said: "Like A Virgin" is one of Madonna's worst singles, IMHO. Has NOT aged well. I know why they picked it, though - because they think it's her defining moment, pop-culture wise. Now where is "Like A Prayer" when you need it?
I agree."Like A Prayer" pretty much KILLS all of her earlier singles and I can't see why it's not on this list. Other dubious notices: 28 Frankie Goes to Hollywood Relax 1983 37 R.E.M. It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) 1987 34 U2 Pride (In the Name of Love) 1984 35 Pixies Gigantic 1988 Good singles, granted, but NOT "top-of-the-decade" material. We need decade-defining singles here. Out of all the wonderful 80s U2 singles they picked THAT? Where's "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"? And REM went on to do much, much better work in the 90s - and that's where they belong. [This message was edited Tue Jan 27 13:37:05 PST 2004 by VoicesCarry] | |
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ABC - The Look Of Love | |
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no Total Eclipse Of The Heart?  We are the heat and the light in the forest. Without us this is only a place. With us it becomes an adventure. | |
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holy cow! i just noticed Prince has 5 entries!  way to go!  We are the heat and the light in the forest. Without us this is only a place. With us it becomes an adventure. | |
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blackboab said: 2 Joy Division
Love Will Tear Us Apart 1980  | |
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Where's "Git it Up" ?? ( the Time ) "Who gon' clean up all deez Flowers" ----Eddie Murphy as mr. clarence | |
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TRON said: blackboab said: 2 Joy Division
Love Will Tear Us Apart 1980 Co-Sign o(+>  | |
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This Is The Day - The The
The Word Girl - Scritti Politi | |
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A bit obvious coming from me but either Running Up That Hill or Cloudbusting should have been in there. Possibly both. They're two of the most original and extraordinary songs to have ever graced the singles chart - regardless of which decade.
And where is the Bee Gees' You Win Again? The biggest selling single of '87 (not that the US would know that!) and still a damn fine pop song. I guess it got overlooked 'cos it's the Bee Gees. Oh well, at least The Stone Roses got a mention. | |
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You fools! It's gotta be Sandra's "In The Heat Of The Night". What else? | |
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