Acclaimed Music - The Top Songs from 1980

The Top Songs from 1980
Rank	All Time Rank	Artist	Single	Sample
1	19	Joy Division	Love Will Tear Us Apart
2	129	Talking Heads	Once in a Lifetime	Listen
3	221	Motörhead	Ace of Spades	Listen
4	307	The Jam	Going Underground
5	386	AC/DC	You Shook Me All Night Long	Listen
6	509	George Jones	He Stopped Loving Her Today
7	510	The Jam	That's Entertainment	Listen
8	518	Devo	Whip It	Listen
9	543	U2	I Will Follow	Listen
10	611	Kurtis Blow	The Breaks
11	626	Blondie	Call Me
12	683	AC/DC	Back in Black	Listen
13	727	Lipps Inc.	Funkytown
14	786	Dexy's Midnight Runners	Geno
15	856	Joy Division	Atmosphere
16	923	The Dead Kennedys	Holiday in Cambodia
17	925	Blondie	Rapture
18	930	David Bowie	Ashes to Ashes	Listen
19	938	Martha and The Muffins	Echo Beach
20	1101	Prince	When You Were Mine	Listen
21	1112	X	Los Angeles	Listen
22	1178	The Beat	Mirror in the Bathroom	Listen
23	1222	Ultravox	Vienna	Listen
24	1353	John Lennon	(Just Like) Starting Over
25	1389	ABBA	The Winner Takes It All
26	1406	Bruce Springsteen	The River	Listen
27	1422	Stevie Wonder	Masterblaster (Jammin')	Listen
28	1428	Bob Marley and The Wailers	Redemption Song	Listen
29	1526	Peter Gabriel	Games Without Frontiers	Listen
30	1535	A Certain Ratio	Shack Up
31	1559	Peter Gabriel	Biko	Listen
32	1619	Queen	Another One Bites the Dust
33	1628	The Go-Go's	We Got the Beat	Listen
34	1679	Bruce Springsteen	Hungry Heart	Listen
35	1692	The Vapors	Turning Japanese
36	1699	Diana Ross	I'm Coming Out	Listen
37	1755	Talking Heads	Crosseyed and Painless	Listen
38	1759	The Jim Carroll Band	People Who Died
39	1872	Diana Ross	Upside Down	Listen
40	1876	Bob Marley and The Wailers	Could You Be Loved	Listen
41	1948	Split Enz	I Got You
42	1976	The Fall	Totally Wired
43	2010	The Jam	Start!	Listen
44	2027	The Cure	A Forest	Listen
45	2125	Ramones	Do You Remember Rock'n'Roll Radio
46	2199	Killing Joke	Requiem	Listen
47	2222	Echo and the Bunnymen	Rescue	Listen
48	2278	Kool and The Gang	Celebration
49	2436	Willie Nelson	On the Road Again
50	2505	Pretenders	Talk of the Town	Listen
51	2534	David Bowie	Fashion	Listen
52	2540	SOS Band	Take Your Time (Do It Right)
53	2646	The Rolling Stones	Emotional Rescue
54	2694	Pretenders	Precious	Listen
55	2732	Treacherous Three	The Body Rock
56	2739	Japan	Quiet Life
57	2747	The B-52's	Private Idaho	Listen
58	2793	The Clash	The Magnificent Seven	Listen
59	2837	Rush	The Spirit of Radio	Listen
60	2898	Bow Wow Wow	C30 C60 C90 Go!
61	2905	Josef K	It's Kinda Funny
62	2908	The Teardrop Explodes	Treason (It's Just a Story)
63	2916	Gen X	Dancing with Myself
64	2950	The Stray Cats	Runaway Boys	Listen
65	2978	Orange Juice	Blue Boy
Some songs "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000:
		Grace Jones	Private Life
		Madness	Baggy Trousers
		James Brown	Rapp Payback
		Judas Priest	Breaking the Law	Listen
		The Romantics	What I Like About You
		Elvis Costello	I Can't Stand Up for Falling Down	Listen
		Spandau Ballet	To Cut a Long Story Short
		The Clash	Bankrobber
		Jermaine Jackson	Let's Get Serious
		REO Speedwagon	Keep On Loving You
		Spoonie Gee	Spoonin' Rap
		The Police	Don't Stand So Close to Me	Listen
		The dB's	Black and White	Listen
		Blondie	The Tide Is High
		Squeeze	Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)
		Pat Benatar	Hit Me with Your Best Shot
		Young Marble Giants	Final Day
		Paul Simon	Late in the Evening
		The Specials	Stereotype	Listen
		John Lennon	Watching the Wheels
		Madness	Embarrassment
		Killing Joke	Change
		Brothers Johnson	Stomp
		The Undertones	My Perfect Cousin
		AC/DC	Hells Bells	Listen
		The Gap Band	Oops Upside Your Head (I Don't Believe You Won't Get Up and Dance)
		The Jacksons	Heartbreak Hotel	Listen
		Donna Summer	On the Radio
		Bob Seger	Against the Wind
		Elvis Costello	New Amsterdam	Listen
		Donna Summer	The Wanderer	Listen
		Pylon	Cool
		Bush Tetras	Too Many Creeps
		Dolly Parton	9 to 5
		Bruce Springsteen	Stolen Car	Listen
		The Manhattans	Shining Star