Acclaimed Music - The Top Songs from 1980

The Top Songs from 1980
Rank	All Time Rank	Artist	Song	Sample
1	17	Joy Division	Love Will Tear Us Apart
2	129	Talking Heads	Once in a Lifetime	Listen
3	243	Motörhead	Ace of Spades	Listen
4	270	The Jam	Going Underground
5	436	The Jam	That's Entertainment	Listen
6	494	AC/DC	You Shook Me All Night Long	Listen
7	508	Joy Division	Atmosphere
8	537	AC/DC	Back in Black	Listen
9	550	David Bowie	Ashes to Ashes	Listen
10	572	George Jones	He Stopped Loving Her Today
11	592	Kurtis Blow	The Breaks
12	598	Dead Kennedys	Holiday in Cambodia
13	688	Devo	Whip It	Listen
14	694	Blondie	Call Me
15	742	The Beat	Mirror in the Bathroom	Listen
16	756	ABBA	The Winner Takes It All
17	787	X	Los Angeles	Listen
18	799	Dexys Midnight Runners	Geno
19	831	U2	I Will Follow	Listen
20	873	Martha and The Muffins	Echo Beach
21	958	Lipps Inc.	Funkytown
22	1010	Bob Marley and The Wailers	Redemption Song	Listen
23	1039	Blondie	Rapture
24	1158	Talking Heads	Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)
25	1189	The Fall	Totally Wired
26	1222	Peter Gabriel	Games Without Frontiers	Listen
27	1247	Stevie Wonder	Master Blaster (Jammin')	Listen
28	1310	Ultravox	Vienna	Listen
29	1334	The Cure	A Forest	Listen
30	1390	The Clash	The Magnificent Seven	Listen
31	1419	Prince	When You Were Mine	Listen
32	1499	Go-Go's	We Got the Beat	Listen
33	1621	Bruce Springsteen	The River	Listen
34	1679	Ramones	Do You Remember Rock'n'Roll Radio
35	1732	The Vapors	Turning Japanese
36	1752	Split Enz	I Got You
37	1756	Peter Gabriel	Biko	Listen
38	1758	A Certain Ratio	Shack Up
39	1773	Stray Cats	Runaway Boys	Listen
40	1824	John Lennon	(Just Like) Starting Over
41	1902	Diana Ross	I'm Coming Out	Listen
42	1907	Orange Juice	Blue Boy
43	1914	The B-52's	Private Idaho	Listen
44	1957	Willie Nelson	On the Road Again
45	2055	Queen	Another One Bites the Dust
46	2102	Ozzy Osbourne	Crazy Train
47	2144	The Jam	Start!	Listen
48	2158	Bob Marley and The Wailers	Could You Be Loved	Listen
49	2255	Diana Ross	Upside Down	Listen
50	2318	The Jim Carroll Band	People Who Died
51	2352	Bruce Springsteen	Hungry Heart	Listen
52	2457	Young Marble Giants	Final Day
53	2524	Judas Priest	Breaking the Law	Listen
54	2608	Bow Wow Wow	C30 C60 C90 Go!
55	2670	Echo and the Bunnymen	Rescue	Listen
56	2678	Talking Heads	Crosseyed and Painless	Listen
57	2869	Dolly Parton	9 to 5
58	2878	Killing Joke	Requiem	Listen
59	2887	David Bowie	Fashion	Listen
60	2907	Madness	Baggy Trousers
61	2914	Spoonie Gee & Treacherous Three	The New Rap Language
62	2941	Taxi Girl	Cherchez le garcon
63	2966	Kate Bush	Army Dreamers
64	2977	Josef K	It's Kinda Funny
Some songs "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000:
		The Teardrop Explodes	Treason (It's Just a Story)
		Pretenders	Talk of the Town	Listen
		Kool and The Gang	Celebration
		The Undertones	My Perfect Cousin
		Elvis Costello and The Attractions	I Can't Stand Up for Falling Down	Listen
		Alain Bashung	Vertige de l'amour
		Rush	The Spirit of Radio	Listen
		SOS Band	Take Your Time (Do It Right)
		Spandau Ballet	To Cut a Long Story Short
		The Gap Band	Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)
		Dexys Midnight Runners	There There My Dear
		Treacherous Three	The Body Rock
		James Brown	Rapp Payback (Where Iz Moses)
		Squeeze	Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)
		The Rolling Stones	Emotional Rescue
		The Clash	Bankrobber
		Blondie	The Tide Is High
		Japan	Quiet Life
		The Police	Don't Stand So Close to Me	Listen
		Pretenders	Precious	Listen
		Spoonie Gee	Spoonin' Rap
		The Romantics	What I Like About You
		The Specials	Stereotype	Listen
		Gen X	Dancing with Myself
		REO Speedwagon	Keep On Loving You
		Madness	Embarrassment
		The dB's	Black and White	Listen
		Bad Brains	Pay to Cum
		John Lennon	Watching the Wheels
		Killing Joke	Change
		Jermaine Jackson	Let's Get Serious
		Grace Jones	Private Life
		Paul Simon	Late in the Evening
		Pat Benatar	Hit Me with Your Best Shot
		Donna Summer	On the Radio
		Elvis Costello and The Attractions	New Amsterdam	Listen
		The Gap Band	Oops Upside Your Head (I Don't Believe You Won't Get Up and Dance)
		The Jacksons	Heartbreak Hotel	Listen
		The Brothers Johnson	Stomp
		Bob Seger	Against the Wind
		AC/DC	Hells Bells	Listen
		Donna Summer	The Wanderer	Listen
		Bruce Springsteen	Stolen Car	Listen
		Pylon	Cool
		The Manhattans	Shining Star
		Bush Tetras	Too Many Creeps