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500x 1980s Songs
 
    


Here is a list of 500 well known tracks from the 1980s

The title of the song begins with (omit leading articles):
(for alphabetical listing by artist, click here)

 


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