The most Influential songs of the 80s

Pop & Rock

Blue Monday - NEW ORDER (maxi single, 1983)

Let Me Go - HEAVEN 17 (LP The Luxury Gap, 1983)

Our Darkness - ANNE CLARK (LP Joined Up Writing, 1984)

Rapture - BLONDIE (LP Autoamerican, 1980)

Soul, Hip-Hop & R&B

Billie Jean - MICHAEL JACKSON (LP Thriller, 1982)

Don't Look Any Further - DENNIS EDWARDS & SIEDAH GARRETT (LP Don't Look Any Further, 1984)

I Can't Go For That - HALL & OATES (LP Private Eyes, 1981)

Just An Illusion - IMAGINATION (LP In The Heat Of The Night, 1982)

Just Be Good To Me - THE S.O.S. BAND (LP On The Rise, 1983)

Rock Me Amadeus - FALCO (LP Falco 3, 1985)

Rockit - HERBIE HANCOCK (LP Future Shock, 1983)

Super Freak - RICK JAMES (LP Street Songs, 1981)

The Message - GRANDMASTER FLASH & THE FURIOUS FIVE (single, 1982)

Walk This Way - RUN DMC feat. STEVEN & JOE (LP Raising Hell, 1986)

When Doves Cry - PRINCE & THE REVOLUTION (OST Purple Rain, 1984)

Why You Treat Me So Bad - CLUB NOUVEAU (1987 / LP Life, Love & Pain, 1986)

Word Up - CAMEO (LP Word Up! 1986)

(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party!) - BEASTIE BOYS (LP Licenced To Ill, 1986)

Dance

Beat Dis - BOMB THE BASS (single, 1987)

Jack Your Body - STEVE "SILK" HURLEY (single, December 1986)

Love Sensation - LOLEATTA HOLLOWAY (single, 1980)

Pump Up The Jam - TECHNOTRONIC (single, 1989)

Pump Up The Volume - M/A/R/R/S (single, 1987)

She Has A Way - BOBBY 'O' (single, 1982)

Theme From S-Express - S-EXPRESS (single, 1988)