Now that I am done, what am I going to do with "Sweet Child of Mine,"or "Hold Me Now?" I just remembered them, and surely they aredeserving of a place on this list. Also, where am I going to vent myhatred at such wretched pieces of offal as "Rock me Amadeus," or "WeBuilt this City?"

First may I say your web page is great it brings back many memories. I think there are only 2 decades of music worth listening too, late 70's disco and rock. and the big 80's through the late 80's. It seems like everyone today seems to be ripping off the old songs. By either remaking them (badly) or using samples and bass lines. Especially rap ( which I think is a total waste of time except for the early Sugar Hill Gang / Grand Master Flash stuff). I would like to share my top 10 list of favorite songs from the 80's

I work at a nightclub in Boston called Polly Esta's / Sh-Booms Polly's Esta's is all 70's & 80's disco / funk. While at Sh-Booms everything from 70's rock to the 80's is played. This is a list of the 10 most requested songs from Sh-Booms Take Care keep up the good work

I'm not sure if I have all of these songs right or the bands but this is the best that I could come up with. I agree with one of the other people that replied that you have to put the songs in two different categories:good songs and love songs. This is the Good Songs list

This is my Love Songs list

Wow, what a toughie! Only TEN? You SURE? Durn it to heck!

I'd like, if I could, to give honorable mention to "Everyday is Halloween" by Ministry, and MOST definitely "A Forest" by THE CURE!!!! I'm not certain whether or not they're technically considered 80's, so I didn't list them, but Joy Division's "Love Will Tear Us Apart" came out in 1980, and that was REALLY a tie for my number one. Thanks lots for letting me voice my opinions. By the way, I think a list for top ten ARTISTS would be a good idea...

This submission is obviously a three-party activity. A teeny bit of background. One of us is thirteen & two of us are twenty-five (this scares us more than you can know!). The point here being not to give roll call but more to show the influence...as typist, I have to point out that everyone else in the room does use capitals...I'm the weird one here (but I type faster). On another note entirely, there is some crossover between lists as they were compiled simultaneously...so you never know which of these songs belong on someone elses....hope this isn't too long. Arielle's list Watching Mtv from my playpen has had an impact on me, although what that might be nobody can really say. As a child of the eighties this is pretty much what I remember of it.

Tessa's List I considered including "butt rock" but had to skip it as it would have been another list entirely (but I have to give honorable mention to Def Leppard, Mötley Crüe, Armoured Saint and Ozzy Osbourne -- they dominated my life for a while). These are the songs that, when I think about my early teen years, haunt me in memory...you'll see a theme here, I think.

Troy's List I really wish I could have seen Fast Times at Ridgemont High in the theatres. At least I saw Weird Science at the old theatre in my hometown before they tore it down. I was so grateful that my aunt worked in a record store. I wish I could have been at her store the day that Men at Work paid them a visit. It's too bad that Mtv has become a total farce. When it first came out, I was almost a decade old and life had not yet begun for me. By the way, this was a really cool way to kill an hour or so...we all had funand relived many memories...sob...P.S. Troy needs cover songs/names of cover songs of any and all 80's classis...send them to:otter@altvox.com orotter7@earthlink.net

This list is mainly early 80's songs, because I personally find it easier to choose from those years.10-least liked,1- most liked.

Great Site. Do you know how long it took me to decide which songs would make this list? Honorable Mention Greg Kihn, "Jeopardy" 'Til Tuesday, "Voices Carry" Adam & The Ants, "Antmusic"

Well it has been a while since I submitted a list and with your permission I have a second list of eigthties hits. Thank you to VH1 for the Big 80's reminding all of us of those few songs that we simply forgot about. I love reading the lists here to see what others think are the top songs.. have you ever thought of compiling all of them and seeing which ones are mentioned most often?
Editor's Note: Yup, there was one, but it was too much work to maintain.

As this site has shown there are more than 500 songs that are worthy of mentionand finding a top ten is like well finding an 80's cd and writing down the songs in order. I can only hope someday people will put out 80's cds without the songs that were "big in the clubs" like the VH1 cd. thanks cg 80's rock, liked it, loved it, lived it

It's nice to know there are many other people out there who loved the eighties! The eighties was the decade of my childhood, and these songs are part of its soundtrack. It was transparent to me which song was my #1, but it was difficult to rank the others given that the eighties yielded so many great tunes.

New Wave,Techno Punk Oh!! Well you know what I mean list... Five Hot List.... 5. Haircut 100, "Love Plus One" 4. Men without Hats, "Safety Dance" 3. Peter Schilling, "Major Tom (Coming Home)" 2. Men at Work, "Down Under" 1. Madness, "Our House"

I'm from Australia. I wasn't a huge 80's fan till later on in my teenage years, but I'd still like to give you my top ten list of winning songs, if that`s cool...

Surfing the 'Net back to the 80's, I love it! Here are my favorites from the 80's. Sorry, I have to make two lists, the first honoring my mid-western high school upbringing and the second my west coast college years where I learned that there was more to music than Casey Kasem's American Top 40. Feel free to edit or disagree This is THE ALL-AMERICAN TOP 10 "WE DON'T LISTEN TO ANYTHING WITHOUT A SCREAMING GUITAR SOLO" LIST

THE LIST WHICH OPENED MY EYES TO THE REST OF THE WORLD PROVING THAT GUITARS AREN'T A NECESSITY. Honorable Mentions-There really isn't enough space but certainly The Police, Men At Work, Devo, The B-52's, Depeche Mode, INXS, Thompson Twins, Eurythmics, and Duran Duran deserve a mention. Thanks for the chance to remember.

There is no way I can really narrow all the songs I like in to one list. But, I will try! There will be alot of honorable mentions. Honorable Mention goes to: Animotion-Obsession, Soft Cell-Tainted Love, Lipps Inc.-Funkytown, Edie Brickell & New Bohemians-What I Am,Kajagoogoo-Too Shy,General Public-Tenderness,The Smiths-How Soon is Now,The Cure-Lovesong,Boy Meets Girl-Waiting For A Star to Fall

Sorry my list is so long. I just love so many 80's songs!!

Charles, Charles, dear acquaintance...it has recently come to my attention (by way of hearing new songs) that quite a few songs were left off my previous list. Thus, I should like to propose a new list: this the "Top Ten Songs I Was Not Aware Of Previously". Though you are not required to print said list, it would possibly be in the best interest of the general public if you would.