Acclaimed Music - The Top 200 Songs from the 1980s

The Top 200 Songs from the 1980s
Rank	All Time Rank	Artist	Song	Year	Sample
1	17	Joy Division	Love Will Tear Us Apart	1980
2	20	Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five	The Message	1982
3	24	Michael Jackson	Billie Jean	1982	Listen
4	38	Prince and The Revolution	When Doves Cry	1984	Listen
5	40	New Order	Blue Monday	1983
6	82	The Smiths	This Charming Man	1983	Listen
7	85	The Police	Every Breath You Take	1983	Listen
8	90	Guns N' Roses	Sweet Child O' Mine	1987	Listen
9	92	The Specials	Ghost Town	1981
10	94	Run-D.M.C.	Walk This Way	1986	Listen
11	95	Public Enemy	Fight the Power	1989	Listen
12	122	Prince and The Revolution	Little Red Corvette	1982	Listen
13	129	Talking Heads	Once in a Lifetime	1980	Listen
14	134	The Smiths	There Is a Light That Never Goes Out	1986	Listen
15	145	The Smiths	How Soon Is Now?	1984	Listen
16	147	Prince	Sign 'O' the Times	1987	Listen
17	164	Prince and The Revolution	Kiss	1986	Listen
18	172	Public Enemy	Bring the Noise	1987	Listen
19	179	Marvin Gaye	Sexual Healing	1982	Listen
20	181	Sonic Youth	Teen Age Riot	1988	Listen
21	182	Madonna	Like a Virgin	1984	Listen
22	185	Bruce Springsteen	Born in the U.S.A.	1984	Listen
23	186	Soft Cell	Tainted Love	1981	Listen
24	187	U2	Sunday Bloody Sunday	1983	Listen
25	190	The Stone Roses	Fools Gold	1989	Listen
26	196	The Human League	Don't You Want Me	1981
27	208	Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Force	Planet Rock	1982	Listen
28	210	Frankie Goes to Hollywood	Relax	1983	Listen
29	211	R.E.M.	Radio Free Europe	1981	Listen
30	219	Madonna	Into the Groove	1985
31	228	The Cure	Just Like Heaven	1987	Listen
32	237	Violent Femmes	Blister in the Sun	1983	Listen
33	243	Mot�rhead	Ace of Spades	1980	Listen
34	252	Madonna	Like a Prayer	1989	Listen
35	255	Van Halen	Jump	1984	Listen
36	265	The La's	There She Goes	1988
37	270	The Jam	Going Underground	1980
38	277	Pixies	Monkey Gone to Heaven	1989	Listen
39	283	M/A/R/R/S	Pump Up the Volume	1987
40	291	Beastie Boys	(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)	1986	Listen
41	294	U2	Pride (In the Name of Love)	1984	Listen
42	297	Prince and The Revolution	Purple Rain	1984	Listen
43	298	Dinosaur Jr.	Freak Scene	1988	Listen
44	306	R.E.M.	It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)	1987
45	308	Michael Jackson	Beat It	1982	Listen
46	311	Kate Bush	Running Up That Hill	1985	Listen
47	312	Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five	The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel	1981
48	320	Prince and The Revolution	1999	1982	Listen
49	327	U2	With or Without You	1987	Listen
50	328	Fugazi	Waiting Room	1988	Listen
51	329	Pixies	Debaser	1989	Listen
52	332	Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel	White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)	1983
53	339	N.W.A	F*** Tha Police	1988	Listen
54	354	Joan Jett and The Blackhearts	I Love Rock 'n Roll	1981
55	358	The Sugarcubes	Birthday	1987	Listen
56	372	Public Enemy	Rebel Without a Pause	1987	Listen
57	373	Cyndi Lauper	Girls Just Want to Have Fun	1983	Listen
58	381	The Jesus and Mary Chain	Just Like Honey	1985	Listen
59	414	New Order	True Faith	1987
60	415	Pixies	Where Is My Mind?	1988	Listen
61	420	Eurythmics	Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)	1983	Listen
62	421	De La Soul	Me Myself and I	1989	Listen
63	424	Eric B. & Rakim	Paid in Full	1987	Listen
64	433	Don Henley	The Boys of Summer	1984	Listen
65	434	Mission of Burma	That's When I Reach for My Revolver	1981	Listen
66	436	The Jam	That's Entertainment	1980	Listen
67	438	Laurie Anderson	O Superman	1981	Listen
68	439	Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock	It Takes Two	1988
69	442	Eric B. & Rakim	I Know You Got Soul	1987	Listen
70	452	Echo and the Bunnymen	The Killing Moon	1984	Listen
71	456	Pet Shop Boys	West End Girls	1985	Listen
72	468	Pixies	Gigantic	1988	Listen
73	470	U2	I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For	1987	Listen
74	494	AC/DC	You Shook Me All Night Long	1980	Listen
75	496	U2	New Year's Day	1983	Listen
76	499	The Clash	Rock the Casbah	1982	Listen
77	502	Depeche Mode	Personal Jesus	1989	Listen
78	508	Joy Division	Atmosphere	1980
79	521	The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl	Fairytale of New York	1987
80	523	New Order	Bizarre Love Triangle	1986	Listen
81	525	My Bloody Valentine	You Made Me Realize	1988
82	529	Neil Young	Rockin' in the Free World	1989	Listen
83	534	Bon Jovi	Livin' on a Prayer	1986	Listen
84	537	AC/DC	Back in Black	1980	Listen
85	540	Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	The Mercy Seat	1988	Listen
86	550	David Bowie	Ashes to Ashes	1980	Listen
87	555	Tom Tom Club	Genius of Love	1981
88	560	The Stone Roses	I Wanna Be Adored	1989	Listen
89	566	New Order	Temptation	1982
90	569	Run-D.M.C.	It's Like That	1983	Listen
91	572	George Jones	He Stopped Loving Her Today	1980
92	574	The Clash	Should I Stay or Should I Go	1982	Listen
93	576	ABC	The Look of Love	1982	Listen
94	577	The Replacements	Bastards of Young	1985	Listen
95	578	808 State	Pacific State	1989
96	580	Frankie Goes to Hollywood	Two Tribes	1984	Listen
97	586	Nirvana	About a Girl	1989	Listen
98	592	Kurtis Blow	The Breaks	1980
99	593	Cameo	Word Up!	1986	Listen
100	598	Dead Kennedys	Holiday in Cambodia	1980
101	599	Guns N' Roses	Welcome to the Jungle	1987	Listen
102	608	The Jam	Town Called Malice	1982
103	613	Queen & David Bowie	Under Pressure	1981
104	620	Robert Wyatt	Shipbuilding	1982
105	621	Rhythim Is Rhythim	Strings of Life	1987
106	622	Morrissey	Everyday Is Like Sunday	1988	Listen
107	623	R.E.M.	The One I Love	1987
108	627	U2	Where the Streets Have No Name	1987	Listen
109	633	Salt 'n' Pepa	Push It	1987	Listen
110	635	Go-Go's	Our Lips Are Sealed	1981	Listen
111	643	Neneh Cherry	Buffalo Stance	1988	Listen
112	647	Dexys Midnight Runners	Come On Eileen	1982	Listen
113	649	Crowded House	Don't Dream It's Over	1986	Listen
114	651	Madonna	Borderline	1983	Listen
115	675	Tracy Chapman	Fast Car	1988	Listen
116	679	The Jesus and Mary Chain	Never Understand	1985	Listen
117	688	Devo	Whip It	1980	Listen
118	694	Blondie	Call Me	1980
119	704	N.W.A	Straight Outta Compton	1988	Listen
120	713	The Special A.K.A.	Free Nelson Mandela	1984	Listen
121	721	Pretenders	Back on the Chain Gang	1982	Listen
122	731	Culture Club	Do You Really Want to Hurt Me	1982	Listen
123	739	Public Enemy	Don't Believe the Hype	1988	Listen
124	742	The Beat	Mirror in the Bathroom	1980	Listen
125	745	Soul II Soul	Back to Life	1989	Listen
126	747	A Guy Called Gerald	Voodoo Ray	1988
127	753	Nine Inch Nails	Head Like a Hole	1989	Listen
128	756	ABBA	The Winner Takes It All	1980
129	763	Cyndi Lauper	Time After Time	1983	Listen
130	769	Tina Turner	What's Love Got to Do with It	1984	Listen
131	772	Bruce Springsteen	Dancing in the Dark	1984	Listen
132	774	Paul Simon	Graceland	1986	Listen
133	776	Funky Four Plus One	That's the Joint	1981
134	784	Mudhoney	Touch Me, I'm Sick	1988	Listen
135	785	Morrissey	Suedehead	1988	Listen
136	787	X	Los Angeles	1980	Listen
137	788	The Smiths	Panic	1986
138	792	The Smiths	What Difference Does It Make?	1984	Listen
139	796	The Rolling Stones	Start Me Up	1981	Listen
140	799	Dexys Midnight Runners	Geno	1980
141	806	Rick James	Super Freak	1981
142	819	George Clinton	Atomic Dog	1982	Listen
143	831	U2	I Will Follow	1980	Listen
144	834	Simple Minds	Don't You (Forget About Me)	1985
145	836	LL Cool J	I Can't Live Without My Radio	1985	Listen
146	844	Chaka Khan	I Feel for You	1984
147	850	Yoko Ono	Walking on Thin Ice	1981
148	858	Madonna	Holiday	1983	Listen
149	859	Phuture	Acid Tracks	1987
150	860	Madness	Our House	1982
151	866	Peter Gabriel	Sledgehammer	1986	Listen
152	867	Madonna	Material Girl	1984	Listen
153	868	Herbie Hancock	Rockit	1983
154	873	Martha and The Muffins	Echo Beach	1980
155	877	Duran Duran	Hungry Like the Wolf	1982
156	880	Orbital	Chime	1989
157	884	The Stone Roses	She Bangs the Drums	1989	Listen
158	901	The Replacements	I Will Dare	1984	Listen
159	909	New Order	Ceremony	1981
160	912	Foreigner	I Want to Know What Love Is	1984
161	922	The B-52's	Love Shack	1989
162	932	Heaven 17	(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang	1981	Listen
163	934	Prince	If I Was Your Girlfriend	1987	Listen
164	937	Suzanne Vega	Luka	1987	Listen
165	952	Soul II Soul	Keep On Movin'	1989	Listen
166	958	Lipps Inc.	Funkytown	1980
167	965	The Replacements	Alex Chilton	1987
168	984	Faith No More	Epic	1989	Listen
169	988	Depeche Mode	Never Let Me Down Again	1987	Listen
170	1010	Bob Marley and The Wailers	Redemption Song	1980	Listen
171	1011	Biz Markie	Just a Friend	1989
172	1013	Bruce Springsteen	Atlantic City	1982
173	1019	George Michael	Faith	1987	Listen
174	1025	Black Flag	Rise Above	1981	Listen
175	1030	Elvis Costello and The Attractions	I Want You	1986	Listen
176	1037	The Cure	In Between Days	1985	Listen
177	1039	Blondie	Rapture	1980
178	1048	Beastie Boys	Hey Ladies	1989
179	1049	Grace Jones	Pull Up to the Bumper	1981	Listen
180	1055	David Bowie	Let's Dance	1983
181	1056	Metallica	Master of Puppets	1986	Listen
182	1057	Modern English	I Melt with You	1982
183	1068	Tom Waits	Jockey Full of Bourbon	1985	Listen
184	1069	Madonna	Papa Don't Preach	1986	Listen
185	1083	Wayne Smith	Under Me Sleng Teng	1985
186	1091	R.E.M.	Fall on Me	1986	Listen
187	1104	Tom Petty	Free Fallin'	1989	Listen
188	1111	Roxy Music	More Than This	1982	Listen
189	1128	Doug E. Fresh	The Show	1985
190	1138	Tears for Fears	Shout	1984	Listen
191	1148	The Smiths	Girlfriend in a Coma	1987	Listen
192	1149	Billy Bragg	A New England	1983	Listen
193	1156	S'Express	Theme from S-Express	1988
194	1158	Talking Heads	Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)	1980
195	1175	Eric B. & Rakim	Follow the Leader	1988	Listen
196	1179	Camper Van Beethoven	Take the Skinheads Bowling	1985
197	1183	Phil Collins	In the Air Tonight	1981	Listen
198	1189	The Fall	Totally Wired	1980
199	1190	Public Image Ltd.	Rise	1986
200	1191	N.W.A	Express Yourself	1988	Listen