500x
1980s Songs
Here is a list of 500 well
known tracks from the 1980s
The artist's name begins
with:
(for alphabetical listing by song title,
click
here)
A * a-ha/Take On Me * ABC/The Look of Love *
ABC/Poison Arrow *
Bryan Adams/Heaven * Bryan
Adams/Straight From
the Heart * Bryan Adams/Summer of '69 *
After the Fire/Der
Kommissar * Air Supply/Lost in Love * Air
Supply/Making Love out
of Nothing at All * Alphaville/Forever Young
* Ambrosia/Biggest Part of
Me * America/Right Before My
Eyes * America/You
Can Do Magic * Animotion/Obsession *
Adam Ant/Goody Two
Shoes * Asia/Heat of
the Moment * Asia/Only Time Will Tell *
Rick Astley/Never
Gonna Give You Up * Atlantic Starr/Always *
B * B-52s/Love Shack * B-52s/Rock Lobster * Bad
English/When I See You
Smile * Bananarama/Cruel Summer *
Bananarama/Venus *
Band-Aid/Do They Know It's
Christmas? * Bangles/Manic Monday *
Bangles/Walk Like an
Egyptian * Basia/Cruising for
Bruising * Basia/Time and Tide * Beach
Boys/Kokomo * Pat
Benatar/Heartbreaker
* Pat Benatar/Love is
a Battlefield * Berlin/Take My Breath Away *
Big Country/In a Big
Country * Blondie/Rapture *
Blondie/The Tide is
High * Bon Jovi/Livin' On a Prayer *
Bon Jovi/Never Say
Goodbye * Boston/Amanda * Bourgeois
Tagg/I Don't Mind At
All * David Bowie/China Girl * David
Bowie/Let's Dance *
David Bowie/Modern
Love * Boys Don't Cry/I
Wanna Be a Cowboy * Laura Branigan/Gloria *
Breathe/Hands to
Heaven * Edie Brickell & New Bohemians/Circle * Edie
Brickell & New Bohemians/What I Am * Martin
Briley/Salt in My
Tears * Jackson Browne/Boulevard *
Jackson Browne/Somebody's Baby
* Lindsey Buckingham/Go Insane * Lindsey
Buckingham/Holiday Road
*
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C * Tim Cappello/I Still Believe *
Belinda Carlisle/Circle in the
Sand * Belinda Carlisle/Mad About You * Eric
Carmen/Make Me Lose
Control * Kim Carnes/Bette Davis Eyes *
Paul Carrack/Don't
Shed a Tear * Jim Carroll Band/People Who Died *
Cars/Drive *
Cars/My Best Friend's
Girl * Cars/You Might
Think * Tracy Chapman/Fast Car * Cheap
Trick/The Flame *
Chicago/Hard Habit to
Break * Chicago/Will You Still Love
Me * Church/Under
the Milky Way * Clash/Rock the Casbah *
Climax Blues Band/I Love
You * Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes/Up Where We Belong *
Natalie Cole/Miss You
Like Crazy * Phil Collins/Against All Odds
* Phil Collins & Philip Bailey/Easy Lover * Phil
Collins/In the Air
Tonight * Commodores/Night Shift
* Commodores/Sail
On * Tommy Conwell & the Young Rumblers/If We Never Meet Again
* Elvis Costello/Everyday I Write
the Book * Elvis Costello/Veronica * John
Cougar/Hurts So
Good * John Cougar/Jack & Diane *
Crosby, Stills & Nash/Southern Cross *
Crosby, Stills & Nash/Wasted on the Way *
Christopher Cross/Arthur's Theme (Best
That You Can Do) * Christopher Cross/Sailing *
Christopher Cross/Think of Laura *
Crowded House/Don't
Dream It's Over * Culture Club/Do You Really Want To Hurt
Me * Culture Club/Karma Chameleon *
Culture Club/Time
(Clock of the Heart) * Cure/Love Cats * Cutting
Crew/(I Just) Died in
Your Arms *
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D * Danny Wilson/Mary's Prayer *
Terence Trent D'Arby/Wishing Well * Paul
Davis/'65 Love Affair
* Taylor Dayne/I'll
Always Love You * Dead Milkmen/Bitchin' Camaro *
Chris DeBurgh/Don't
Pay The Ferryman * Chris DeBurgh/The Lady in Red *
Def Leppard/Photograph * Del
Fuegos/I Still Want You
* Depeche Mode/Blasphemous
Rumours * Depeche Mode/Somebody *
Depeche Mode/The Sun
and the Rainfall * Devo/Whip It * Dexys
Midnight Runners/Come
on Eileen * Dennis DeYoung/Desert Moon * Dire
Straits/Money for
Nothing * Dire Straits/Sultans of Swing *
Dire Straits/Walk of
Life * Dire Straits/Why Worry * DJ Jazzy
Jeff & the Fresh Prince/Parents Just Don't
Understand * Thomas Dolby/Airwaves * Thomas
Dolby/She Blinded Me
With Science * Double/Captain of Her
Heart * Dream Academy/Life in a Northern
Town * Robbie Dupree/Steal Away * Duran
Duran/Hungry Like the
Wolf * Duran Duran/Is
There Something I Should Know * Duran Duran/Rio * Duran Duran/Save a Prayer * Duran
Duran/View to a
Kill *
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E * Eagles/Heartache
Tonight * Eagles/Hotel California *
Sheena Easton/Morning Train *
Electric Light Orchestra/All Over the World *
Electric Light Orchestra/Don't Bring Me Down
* Enya/Orinoco Flow
(Sail Away) * Escape Club/I'll Be There * Escape
Club/Wild, Wild
West * Europe/Carrie *
Eurythmics/Here
Comes the Rain Again * Eurythmics/Sweet Dreams (Are
Made of This) *
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F * Donald Fagen/I.G.Y. * Harold
Faltermeyer/Axel F (Instrumental) * Karel Fialka/Hey Matthew * Fine
Young Cannibals/Good
Thing * Fine Young Cannibals/She Drives Me Crazy *
Fixx/One Thing Leads to
Another * Fixx/Saved By Zero *
Fleetwood Mac/Gypsy * Fleetwood
Mac/Sara *
Flock of Seagulls/I
Ran * Dan Fogelberg/Longer * Dan
Fogelberg/Same Old
Lang Syne * John Fogerty/Centerfield *
John Fogerty/Old Man
Down the Road * Foreigner/I Want To Know What Love
Is * Foreigner/That Was Yesterday
* Frankie Goes to Hollywood/The Power of Love *
Frankie Goes to Hollywood/Relax * Frankie
Goes to Hollywood/Two
Tribes * Glenn Frey/The Heat is On * Glenn
Frey/You Belong to the
City * Frida/I Know
There's Something Going On *
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G * Peter Gabriel/In Your Eyes * Peter
Gabriel/Sledgehammer
* Gap Band/You Dropped a
Bomb on Me * Marvin Gaye/Sexual Healing * J.
Geils Band/Centerfold * J.
Geils Band/Freeze-Frame *
General Public/Tenderness *
Genesis/Misunderstanding
* Genesis/No Reply at
All * Genesis/That's All *
Georgia Satellites/Keep Your Hands to
Yourself * Glass Tiger/Someday *
Go-Go's/Vacation *
Go-Go's/We Got the Beat
* Golden Earring/Twilight Zone *
Lou Gramm/Just Between
You and Me * Eddy Grant/Electric Avenue *
Grateful Dead/Touch
of Grey * Guns-n-Roses/Patience *
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H * Sammy Hagar/Your Love Is Driving Me
Crazy * Daryl Hall & John Oates/Kiss is on My List *
Daryl Hall & John Oates/Maneater * Daryl
Hall & John Oates/Private Eyes * Paul
Hardcastle/19 *
Jimmy Harnen with Synch/Where Are You Now *
George Harrison/All
Those Years Ago * George Harrison/When We Was Fab *
Corey Hart/Sunglasses at
Night * Dan Hartman/I Can Dream About You *
Murray Head/One Night in
Bangkok * Jeff Healey Band/Angel Eyes *
Heart/These Dreams
* Don Henley/Boys of
Summer * Don Henley/Dirty Laundry * Don
Henley/End of the
Innocence * Bertie Higgins/Key Largo * Rupert
Holmes/Escape (The
Piña Colada Song) * Honeydrippers/Sea of Love *
Hooters/And We
Danced * Bruce Hornsby & the Range/Mandolin Rain *
Bruce Hornsby & the Range/The Way It Is * Human
League/Don't You Want
Me * Human League/Human *
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I
*
Icicle Works/Birds
Fly (Whisper to a Scream) * Billy Idol/Eyes Without a Face *
Billy Idol/Mony Mony
"Live" * Billy Idol/White Wedding *
Information Society/What's on Your Mind
(Pure Energy) * INXS/Need You Tonight *
Chris Isaak/You Owe Me
Some Kind of Love *
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J * Janet Jackson/Let's Wait Awhile
* Jermaine Jackson/Do
What You Do * Joe Jackson/Breaking Us in
Two * Joe Jackson/Steppin' Out *
Joe Jackson/You
Can't Get What You Want * Michael Jackson/Billie Jean *
Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney/The Girl is Mine *
Jets/Make It Real *
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts/I Love Rock-n-Roll * Billy
Joel/Allentown
* Billy Joel/I Go to
Extremes * Billy Joel/It's Still Rock and Roll to
Me * Billy Joel/Leave a Tender Moment
Alone * Billy Joel/The Longest Time *
Billy Joel/We Didn't Start
the Fire * Elton John/Blue Eyes * Elton
John/Candle in the
Wind * Elton John/I
Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues * Elton John/Little Jeannie *
Robert John/Sad Eyes
* Johnny Hates Jazz/Turn Back the Clock *
Howard Jones/Life in
One Day * Howard Jones/No One is to Blame *
Oran "Juice" Jones/The Rain *
Journey/Don't Stop
Believin' * Journey/Faithfully *
Journey/Send Her My
Love *
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K * Kajagoogoo/Too Shy *
Kansas/Play the Game
Tonight * Nik Kershaw/Wouldn't It Be
Good * Kid Creole & the Coconuts/Annie I'm Not Your
Daddy * Greg Kihn Band/Jeopardy * Kinks/Come Dancing *
Knack/My Sharona *
Kon-Kan/I Beg Your
Pardon * Kool & the Gang/Celebration *
Kool & the Gang/Cherish * Kool &
the Gang/Joanna *
Lenny Kravitz/It Ain't
Over Till It's Over *
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L * Cyndi Lauper/Girls Just Want to Have
Fun * Cyndi Lauper/Time After Time *
Cyndi Lauper/True
Colors * John Lennon/(Just Like)
Starting Over * John Lennon/Woman * Julian
Lennon/Too Late for
Goodbyes * Julian Lennon/Valotte * Level
42/Something About
You * Huey Lewis & the News/Do You Believe in Love *
Huey Lewis & the News/The Heart of Rock &
Roll * Huey Lewis & the News/If This Is It * Lisa
Lisa & Cult Jam/All
Cried Out * Little River Band/Cool Change * Little
River Band/Lonesome Loser *
Little River Band/Take
It Easy On Me * Little River Band/We Two * Living
Colour/Cult of
Personality * Kenny Loggins/Footloose *
Kenny Loggins/I'm
Alright * Nick Lowe/Cruel to be Kind *
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M * M/Pop Musik * Madness/Our House *
Madonna/Borderline *
Madonna/Crazy for
You * Madonna/Into the Groove *
Madonna/La Isla
Bonita * Melissa Manchester/You Should Hear How
She Talks About You * Manhattans/Shining Star *
Barry Manilow/Copacabana *
Barry Manilow/Read
'em and Weep * Benny Mardones/Into the Night *
Martika/Toy
Soldiers * Richard Marx/Endless Summer
Nights * Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson/Say, Say, Say *
Paul McCartney/Take
it Away * Bobby McFerrin/Don't Worry, Be
Happy * Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes/(I've Had) The Time of My
Life * John Cougar Mellencamp/Cherry Bomb *
John Cougar Mellencamp/Pink Houses * Men
At Work/Down Under
* Men At Work/Overkill * Men At
Work/Who Can It Be
Now? * Men Without Hats/Safety Dance *
George Michael/Kissing a Fool *
Bette Midler/The
Rose * Midnight Oil/Beds Are Burning *
Mike + the Mechanics/Living Years * Mike +
the Mechanics/Silent
Running * Mike + the Mechanics/Taken In * Steve
Miller Band/Abracadabra *
Mr. Mister/Broken
Wings * Mr. Mister/Kyrie * Modern
English/I Melt With
You * Eddie Money/I
Think I'm in Love * Monkees/That Was Then, This Is
Now * Moody Blues/The Voice * Moody
Blues/Your Wildest
Dreams * Giorgio Morodor/Together in Electric
Dreams * Motels/Only the Lonely *
Motels/Suddenly
Last Summer * Moving Pictures/What About Me *
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N * Nails/88 Lines About 44 Women
* Naked Eyes/Always
Something There to Remind Me * Naked Eyes/Promises, Promises
* Nena/99 Luftballons
* Juice Newton/Angel
of the Morning * Olivia Newton-John/Physical *
Olivia Newton-John/Xanadu * Stevie
Nicks and Don Henley/Leather and Lace *
Night Ranger/Goodbye * Night
Ranger/Sister
Christian * Night Ranger/When You Close Your
Eyes * Nitty Gritty Dirt Band/An American Dream
* Nu Shooz/I Can't Wait *
Gary Numan/Cars *
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O * Oak Ridge Boys/Elvira * Sinéad
O'Connor/Troy *
Oingo Boingo/Dead Man's
Party * OMD/If You
Leave * Roy Orbison/You Got It *
Outfield/Your
Love *
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P * Robert Palmer/Addicted To Love
* Ray Parker, Jr./Ghostbusters
* Alan Parsons Project/Don't Answer Me *
Alan Parsons Project/Eye in the Sky * Alan
Parsons Project/Time * Steve
Perry/Oh Sherrie *
Pet Shop Boys/Opportunities
(Let's Make Lots of Money) * Pet Shop Boys/West End Girls * Tom
Petty & the Heartbreakers/Don't Do Me Like That
* Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers/You Got Lucky * Pink
Floyd/Another Brick
In The Wall, Part II * Robert Plant/Big Log * Robert
Plant/Ship of Fools
* Police/Don't Stand
So Close To Me * Police/Every Breath You
Take * Police/Wrapped Around Your
Finger * Power Station/Some Like It Hot *
Pretenders/Brass
in Pocket (I'm Special) * Pretenders/Chain Gang *
Prince/1999 *
Prince/Little Red
Corvette * Prince/When Doves Cry *
Psychedelic Furs/Pretty in Pink
*
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Q * Quarterflash/Harden My
Heart * Queen/Another One Bites the
Dust * Queen/Crazy
Little Thing Called Love * Quiet Riot/Cum on Feel the Noize *
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R * Eddie Rabbitt/I Love a Rainy Night *
Eddie Rabbitt and Crystal Gayle/You and I * Gerry
Rafferty/Right Down
the Line * Real Life/Send Me an Angel *
R.E.M./It's the End of the
World as We Know It * R.E.M./The One I Love * REO
Speedwagon/Can't Fight
This Feeling * REO Speedwagon/Take It on the Run * REO
Speedwagon/Time for Me to
Fly * Restless Heart/I'll Still Be Loving
You * Lionel Richie/Hello * Smokey
Robinson/Being With
You * Rockwell/Somebody's
Watching Me * Kenny Rogers/Coward of the
County * Rolling Stones/Emotional
Rescue * Romantics/Talking in Your
Sleep * Diana Ross & Lionel Richie/Endless Love *
David Lee Roth/Just a
Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody * Roxette/It Must Have Been Love
* Roxette/The
Look *
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S * Sade/Smooth Operator *
Scandal/Goodbye to
You * Joey Scarbury/Theme from "The
Greatest American Hero" (Believe It or Not) * Peter Schilling/Major Tom (Coming
Home) * Timothy B. Schmit/So In Love *
Scorpions/Still
Loving You * Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band/Against the Wind *
Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band/Old Time Rock &
Roll * Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band/Shame on the Moon *
Charlie Sexton/Hold
Me * Sheriff/When
I'm With You * Paul Simon/You Can Call Me Al *
Simple Minds/Don't You
Forget About Me * Simply Red/Holding Back the
Years * Simply Red/If You Don't Know Me By
Now * Slade/My Oh
My * Slade/Run
Runaway * Smiths/Please Please Please
Let Me Get What I Want * Soft Cell/Tainted Love *
Spandau Ballet/True * Spin
Doctors/Little Miss
Can't Be Wrong * Spinners/Working My Way Back
to You/Forgive Me, Girl * Rick Springfield/Don't Talk To
Strangers * Rick Springfield/Jessie's Girl
* Bruce Springsteen/Brilliant
Disguise * Bruce Springsteen/Dancing in the
Dark * Bruce Springsteen/Hungry Heart *
Bruce Springsteen/I'm On Fire *
Billy Squier/Everybody Wants
You * Billy Squier/The Stroke *
Starship/Sara *
Starship/We Built This
City * Steely Dan/Hey 19 * Rod
Stewart/Some Guys
Have All the Luck * Rod Stewart/Young Turks *
Sting/Fortress
Around Your Heart * Sting/Russians * Stray
Cats/Rock This Town
* Stray Cats/Stray Cat
Strut * Styx/Babe * Styx/Don't Let It End *
Styx/Mr. Roboto *
Donna Summer/This Time
I Know It's For Real * Supertramp/It's Raining Again
* Supertramp/The Logical
Song * Supertramp/Long Way Home *
Survivor/Eye of the
Tiger * Survivor/The Search Is
Over * Sylvia/Nobody *
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T * Taco/Puttin' on the Ritz *
Talking Heads/And She
Was * Talking Heads/Burning Down the
House * Tears for Fears/Everybody Wants to
Rule the World * Tears for Fears/Shout * 38 Special/Second Chance *
Thompson Twins/Hold
Me Now * Thompson Twins/Lies * 'til
Tuesday/Voices
Carry * Timbuk3/The Future's So
Bright I Gotta Wear Shades * Tommy Tutone/Jenny (867-5309) *
Tones on Tail/Slender Fungus *
Toto/Africa *
Toto/Rosanna *
Toto/Stranger in
Town * Toto Coelo/I
Eat Cannibals * T'Pau/Heart and Soul *
Traveling Wilburys/Handle with Care
* Randy Travis/Forever and Ever,
Amen * Trio/Da Da
Da * Tubes/She's A
Beauty * Tina Turner/Private Dancer *
Tina Turner/What's
Love Got to Do With It * Twisted Sister/We're Not Gonna Take
It * Bonnie Tyler/Total Eclipse of the
Heart *
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U * UB40/Red Red Wine * Tracey
Ullman/They Don't
Know * U2/I Still Haven't
Found What I'm Looking For * U2/Where the Streets Have No
Name * U2/With or
Without You *
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V * Van Halen/Dreams * Van Halen/Hot for Teacher * Van
Halen/Jump * Van
Halen/Love Walks In *
Randy Vanwarmer/Just When I Needed You
Most * Vapors/Turning Japanese *
Suzanne Vega/Luka *
Billy Vera & the Beaters/At This Moment * Village
People/Y.M.C.A. *
Violent Femmes/Blister in the
Sun * Violent Femmes/Prove My Love *
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W * Jack Wagner/All I Need * John
Waite/Missing
You * Wall of Voodoo/Mexican Radio * Joe
Walsh/Life's Been
Good * Wang Chung/Dance Hall Days * Wang
Chung/Everybody
Have Fun Tonight * Warrant/Heaven * Dionne
Warwick/Heartbreaker
* Grover Washington, Jr./Just the Two of
Us * Weather Girls/It's Raining Men *
Wham!/Careless
Whisper * Wham!/Freedom * When in
Rome/The Promise
* Whitesnake/Here
I Go Again * Kim Wilde/Kids in America * Will
to Power/Baby I Love
Your Way/Freebird Medley * Steve Winwood/Back in the High Life
Again * Steve Winwood/Valerie * Stevie
Wonder/I Just Called to
Say I Love You *
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X * XTC/Dear God *
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Y * "Weird" Al Yankovic/Eat It * Yes/Leave It * Yes/Owner of a Lonely Heart
* Neil Young/Wonderin' * Paul
Young/Come Back And
Stay * Paul Young/Everytime You Go
Away *
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Z * ZZ Top/Gimme All Your Lovin'
* ZZ Top/Legs *
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