The Top 200 Songs from the 1980s

Rank	All Time Rank	Artist	Single	Year	Sample
1	14	Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five	The Message	1982
2	19	Joy Division	Love Will Tear Us Apart	1980
3	29	Michael Jackson	Billie Jean	1982	Listen
4	46	Prince and The Revolution	When Doves Cry	1984	Listen
5	50	The Police	Every Breath You Take	1983	Listen
6	54	New Order	Blue Monday	1983
7	83	Run-D.M.C.	Walk This Way	1986	Listen
8	84	Public Enemy	Fight the Power	1989	Listen
9	88	Prince and The Revolution	Little Red Corvette	1982	Listen
10	90	Guns N' Roses	Sweet Child O' Mine	1987	Listen
11	95	The Specials	Ghost Town	1981
12	105	The Smiths	This Charming Man	1983	Listen
13	129	Talking Heads	Once in a Lifetime	1980	Listen
14	130	Prince	Sign 'O' the Times	1987	Listen
15	133	Marvin Gaye	Sexual Healing	1982	Listen
16	140	Prince and The Revolution	Kiss	1986	Listen
17	148	Soft Cell	Tainted Love	1981	Listen
18	157	Van Halen	Jump	1984	Listen
19	164	The Stone Roses	Fools Gold	1989	Listen
20	168	Michael Jackson	Beat It	1982	Listen
21	176	Public Enemy	Bring the Noise	1987	Listen
22	180	Madonna	Like a Virgin	1984	Listen
23	181	The Smiths	How Soon Is Now?	1984	Listen
24	184	The Human League	Don't You Want Me	1981
25	190	Bruce Springsteen	Born in the U.S.A.	1984	Listen
26	194	The Smiths	There Is a Light That Never Goes Out	1986	Listen
27	201	Frankie Goes to Hollywood	Relax	1983	Listen
28	217	Violent Femmes	Blister in the Sun	1983	Listen
29	221	Motörhead	Ace of Spades	1980	Listen
30	223	U2	Sunday Bloody Sunday	1983	Listen
31	232	Sonic Youth	Teenage Riot	1988	Listen
32	234	Madonna	Into the Groove	1985
33	236	Pixies	Monkey Gone to Heaven	1989	Listen
34	246	R.E.M.	Radio Free Europe	1981	Listen
35	250	Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five	The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel	1981
36	252	Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force	Planet Rock	1982	Listen
37	253	Beastie Boys	Fight for Your Right (To Party)	1986	Listen
38	270	Madonna	Like a Prayer	1989	Listen
39	292	Eurythmics	Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This...)	1983	Listen
40	296	Don Henley	The Boys of Summer	1984	Listen
41	297	Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel	White Lines (Don't Do It)	1983
42	301	Joan Jett and The Blackhearts	I Love Rock'n'roll	1982
43	302	U2	Pride (In the Name of Love)	1984	Listen
44	305	Prince and The Revolution	1999	1982	Listen
45	306	Pixies	Debaser	1989	Listen
46	307	The Jam	Going Underground	1980
47	309	M/A/R/R/S	Pump Up the Volume	1987
48	312	U2	With or Without You	1987	Listen
49	327	N.W.A.	F*** Tha Police	1988	Listen
50	331	Dinosaur Jr.	Freak Scene	1988	Listen
51	341	R.E.M.	It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)	1987
52	357	Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock	It Takes Two	1988
53	366	Cameo	Word Up	1986	Listen
54	373	Tracy Chapman	Fast Car	1988	Listen
55	377	The Cure	Just Like Heaven	1987	Listen
56	378	Bon Jovi	Livin' on a Prayer	1986	Listen
57	386	AC/DC	You Shook Me All Night Long	1980	Listen
58	390	Public Enemy	Rebel Without a Pause	1987	Listen
59	396	U2	I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For	1987	Listen
60	414	Cyndi Lauper	Girls Just Want to Have Fun	1983	Listen
61	424	Eric B. & Rakim	Paid in Full	1987	Listen
62	434	Kate Bush	Running Up That Hill	1985	Listen
63	439	The Sugarcubes	Birthday	1987	Listen
64	441	Prince and The Revolution	Purple Rain	1984	Listen
65	442	ABC	The Look of Love	1982	Listen
66	445	Pet Shop Boys	West End Girls	1985	Listen
67	446	Laurie Anderson	O Superman	1981	Listen
68	457	The Clash	Rock the Casbah	1982	Listen
69	460	Tina Turner	What's Love Got to Do with It	1984	Listen
70	464	The Go-Go's	Our Lips Are Sealed	1981	Listen
71	465	Neneh Cherry	Buffalo Stance	1988	Listen
72	466	Neil Young	Rockin' in the Free World	1989	Listen
73	468	U2	New Year's Day	1983	Listen
74	499	Salt 'n' Pepa	Push It	1987	Listen
75	504	Guns N' Roses	Welcome to the Jungle	1987	Listen
76	506	The Rolling Stones	Start Me Up	1981	Listen
77	509	George Jones	He Stopped Loving Her Today	1980
78	510	The Jam	That's Entertainment	1980	Listen
79	513	Culture Club	Do You Really Want to Hurt Me	1982	Listen
80	516	Cyndi Lauper	Time After Time	1983	Listen
81	518	Devo	Whip It	1980	Listen
82	531	Crowded House	Don't Dream It's Over	1986	Listen
83	532	The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl	Fairytale of New York	1987
84	537	Soul II Soul	Back to Life	1989	Listen
85	540	The Jesus and Mary Chain	Never Understand	1985	Listen
86	543	U2	I Will Follow	1980	Listen
87	545	Pretenders	Back on the Chain Gang	1982	Listen
88	546	New Order	True Faith	1987
89	547	Pixies	Gigantic	1988	Listen
90	566	R.E.M.	The One I Love	1987
91	574	Public Enemy	Don't Believe the Hype	1988	Listen
92	577	New Order	Temptation	1982
93	586	Suzanne Vega	Luka	1987	Listen
94	589	Rick James	Super Freak	1981
95	590	Tom Tom Club	Genius of Love	1981
96	591	The Special A.K.A.	Free Nelson Mandela	1984	Listen
97	592	Foreigner	I Want to Know What Love Is	1984
98	594	Run-D.M.C.	It's Like That	1983	Listen
99	598	Eric B. & Rakim	I Know You Got Soul	1987	Listen
100	599	The Jesus and Mary Chain	Just Like Honey	1985