The 91X Top 191 Songs of the 80s

1.

The Smiths

How Soon Is Now?

Meat is Murder

1985

2.

The Cure

Just Like Heaven

Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me

1987

3.

New Order

Blue Monday

Power, Corruption & Lies

1983

4.

Simple Minds

Don't You Forget About Me

-

1985

5.

UB40

Red Red Wine

Labour Of Love

1983

6.

U2

Pride (In the Name of Love)

The Unforgettable Fire

1984

7.

Devo

Whip It

Freedom of Choice

1980

8.

Soft Cell

Tainted Love

Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret

1982

9.

The Clash

Rock The Casbah

Combat Rock

1982

10.

Oingo Boingo

Dead Man's Party

Dead Man's Party

1985

11.

The B-52's

Love Shack

Cosmic Thing

1989

12.

INXS

What You Need

Listen Like Thieves

1985

13.

Siouxsie and the Banshees

Peek-a-Boo

Peepshow

1988

14.

R.E.M.

Radio Free Europe

Murmur

1983

15.

New Order

Bizarre Love Triangle

Brotherhood

1986

16.

Band Aid

Do They Know It's Christmas?

-

1984

17.

The Police

Don't Stand So Close To Me

Zenyatta Mondatta

1980

18.

The Cure

Love Cats

-

1984

19.

Modern English

I Melt With You

-

1983

20.

Big Country

In A Big Country

The Crossing

1983

21.

The B-52's

Rock Lobster

The B-52's

1979

22.

Depeche Mode

People Are People

Some Great Reward

1984

23.

The Go-Go's

We Got The Beat

Beauty and the Beat

1981

24.

David Bowie

Let's Dance

Let's Dance

1983

25.

The Human League

Don't You Want Me

Dare!

1982

26.

U2

Sunday Bloody Sunday

War

1983

27.

Echo & The Bunnymen

Lips Like Sugar

Echo & The Bunnymen

1987

28.

General Public

Tenderness

All The Rage

1984

29.

Elvis Costello

The Only Flame In Town

Goodbye Cruel World

1984

30.

The Pretenders

Brass In Pocket

Pretenders

1980

31.

Eurythmics

Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

1983

32.

Frankie Goes To Hollywood

Relax

Welcome To The Pleasuredome

1984

33.

Midnight Oil

Beds Are Burning

Diesel And Dust

1988

34.

Duran Duran

Rio

Rio

1983

35.

Oingo Boingo

Only A Lad

Only a Lad

1983

36.

Depeche Mode

Strangelove

Music For The Masses

1987

37.

The B-52's

Summer Of Love

Bouncing Off The Satellites

1986

38.

The Smiths

Bigmouth Strikes Again

The Queen Is Dead

1986

39.

The Cure

Love Song

Disintegration

1989

40.

The Stray Cats

Rock this Town

Built for Speed

1981

41.

Talking Heads

Burning Down The House

Speaking in Tongues

1983

42.

R.E.M.

The One I Love

Document

1987

43.

Peter Gabriel

Sledgehammer

So

1986

44.

Tracy Chapman

Fast Car

-

1988

45.

The Cure

Let's Go To Bed

-

1983

46.

Dire Straits

Money For Nothing

-

1985

47.

U2

With Or Without You

The Joshua Tree

1987

48.

Blondie

Call Me

-

1980

49.

INXS

Need You Tonight

Kick

1987

50.

Thompson Twins

Lies

Quick Step & Side Kick

1983

51.

Kate Bush

Running Up That Hill

Hounds Of Love

1985

52.

Depeche Mode

Route 66

-

1988

53.

A Flock Of Seagulls

I Ran (So Far Away)

A Flock of Seagulls

1982

54.

Billy Idol

White Wedding

Billy Idol

1983

55.

EBN-OZN

AEIOU Sometimes Y

-

1984

56.

Pet Shop Boys

West End Girls

Please

1986

57.

Wall Of Voodoo

Mexican Radio

-

1982

58.

The English Beat

Save It For Later

Special Beat Service

1983

59.

U2

Desire

Rattle And Hum

1988

60.

The Police

Every Breath You Take

Synchronicity

1983

61.

The Cure

Lullaby

Disintegration

1989

62.

Tears For Fears

Everybody Wants To Rule The World

Songs From The Big Chair

1985

63.

ABC

Poison Arrow

The Look of Love

1983