The Top 200 Songs from the 1980s

Rank	All Time Rank	Artist	Single	Year	Sample
1	15	Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five	The Message	1982
2	18	Joy Division	Love Will Tear Us Apart	1980
3	27	Michael Jackson	Billie Jean	1982	Listen
4	44	Prince and The Revolution	When Doves Cry	1984	Listen
5	45	The Police	Every Breath You Take	1983	Listen
6	66	New Order	Blue Monday	1983
7	76	Public Enemy	Fight the Power	1989	Listen
8	79	Run-D.M.C.	Walk This Way	1986	Listen
9	82	Guns 'n' Roses	Sweet Child O' Mine	1987	Listen
10	85	Prince and The Revolution	Little Red Corvette	1982	Listen
11	101	The Specials	Ghost Town	1981
12	116	The Smiths	This Charming Man	1983	Listen
13	124	Marvin Gaye	Sexual Healing	1982	Listen
14	128	Talking Heads	Once in a Lifetime	1980	Listen
15	139	Prince	Sign 'O' the Times	1987	Listen
16	146	Prince and The Revolution	Kiss	1986	Listen
17	150	Van Halen	Jump	1984	Listen
18	154	Michael Jackson	Beat It	1982	Listen
19	156	Soft Cell	Tainted Love	1981	Listen
20	168	The Stone Roses	Fools Gold	1989	Listen
21	176	Public Enemy	Bring the Noise	1987	Listen
22	181	The Smiths	How Soon Is Now?	1984	Listen
23	182	The Human League	Don't You Want Me	1981
24	185	Madonna	Like a Virgin	1984	Listen
25	187	Bruce Springsteen	Born in the U.S.A.	1984	Listen
26	194	R.E.M.	Radio Free Europe	1981	Listen
27	217	Violent Femmes	Blister in the Sun	1983	Listen
28	219	Madonna	Into the Groove	1985
29	220	The Smiths	There Is a Light That Never Goes Out	1986	Listen
30	222	Frankie Goes to Hollywood	Relax	1983	Listen
31	228	Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five	The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel	1981
32	233	Sonic Youth	Teenage Riot	1988	Listen
33	238	Motörhead	Ace of Spades	1980	Listen
34	246	Beastie Boys	Fight for Your Right (To Party)	1986	Listen
35	251	Pixies	Monkey Gone to Heaven	1989	Listen
36	257	Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force	Planet Rock	1982	Listen
37	259	U2	Sunday Bloody Sunday	1983	Listen
38	289	Prince and The Revolution	1999	1982	Listen
39	291	Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel	White Lines (Don't Do It)	1983
40	294	Eurythmics	Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This...)	1983	Listen
41	297	Joan Jett and The Blackhearts	I Love Rock'n'roll	1982
42	307	Don Henley	The Boys of Summer	1984	Listen
43	310	Madonna	Like a Prayer	1989	Listen
44	311	The Jam	Going Underground	1980
45	320	Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock	It Takes Two	1988
46	321	Dinosaur Jr.	Freak Scene	1988	Listen
47	323	Tracy Chapman	Fast Car	1988	Listen
48	324	U2	With or Without You	1987	Listen
49	325	U2	Pride (In the Name of Love)	1984	Listen
50	333	N.W.A.	F*** Tha Police	1988	Listen
51	342	Bon Jovi	Livin' on a Prayer	1986	Listen
52	347	The Cure	Just Like Heaven	1987	Listen
53	353	R.E.M.	It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)	1987
54	361	Pixies	Debaser	1989	Listen
55	362	Cyndi Lauper	Girls Just Want to Have Fun	1983	Listen
56	365	U2	I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For	1987	Listen
57	376	Public Enemy	Rebel Without a Pause	1987	Listen
58	379	AC/DC	You Shook Me All Night Long	1980	Listen
59	381	M/A/R/R/S	Pump Up the Volume	1987
60	393	Tina Turner	What's Love Got to Do with It	1984	Listen
61	401	Cameo	Word Up	1986	Listen
62	406	Eric B. & Rakim	Paid in Full	1987	Listen
63	409	The Clash	Rock the Casbah	1982	Listen
64	411	Prince and The Revolution	Purple Rain	1984	Listen
65	429	U2	New Year's Day	1983	Listen
66	442	Guns 'n' Roses	Welcome to the Jungle	1987	Listen
67	443	Salt 'n' Pepa	Push It	1987	Listen
68	444	Neil Young	Rockin' in the Free World	1989	Listen
69	464	Culture Club	Do You Really Want to Hurt Me	1982	Listen
70	473	The Sugarcubes	Birthday	1987	Listen
71	475	Pet Shop Boys	West End Girls	1985	Listen
72	486	George Jones	He Stopped Loving Her Today	1980
73	487	ABC	The Look of Love	1982	Listen
74	491	The Go-Go's	Our Lips Are Sealed	1981	Listen
75	496	Pretenders	Back on the Chain Gang	1982	Listen
76	502	The Rolling Stones	Start Me Up	1981	Listen
77	505	Neneh Cherry	Buffalo Stance	1988	Listen
78	506	Foreigner	I Want to Know What Love Is	1984
79	507	New Order	True Faith	1987
80	508	Cyndi Lauper	Time After Time	1983	Listen
81	521	The Jesus and Mary Chain	Never Understand	1985	Listen
82	524	R.E.M.	The One I Love	1987
83	527	Kate Bush	Running Up That Hill	1985	Listen
84	531	Pixies	Gigantic	1988	Listen
85	541	Duran Duran	Hungry Like the Wolf	1982
86	545	New Order	Temptation	1982
87	546	Laurie Anderson	O Superman	1981	Listen
88	547	George Michael	Faith	1987	Listen
89	549	Tom Petty	Free Fallin'	1989	Listen
90	556	Devo	Whip It	1980	Listen
91	557	AC/DC	Back in Black	1980	Listen
92	568	Faith No More	Epic	1989	Listen
93	575	Crowded House	Don't Dream It's Over	1986	Listen
94	580	Rick James	Super Freak	1981
95	582	Funky Four Plus One	That's the Joint	1981
96	586	Soul II Soul	Back to Life	1989	Listen
97	587	Public Enemy	Don't Believe the Hype	1988	Listen
98	593	Chaka Khan	I Feel for You	1984
99	596	The Jam	That's Entertainment	1980	Listen
100	606	Dexy's Midnight Runners	Come On Eileen	1982	Listen