What is your favorite 80's song?

Boys of Summer – Don Henley
I am so, so lame.

NO, It’s really Under Pressure – David Bowie
I can’t decide. I never pick favorites.

Don’t make me choose!!! You’re talking about my decade of music!!

But here’s some highlights I can’t forget:
ABBA
Carola
Matthew Wilder
Kylie
Madonna
Bon Jovi
Patrick Hernandez
Irene Cara
Guns’n’Roses
Poison
and who could ever forget:
Scorpions

I could go on, but it’s getting a bit lengthy….

jesses girl by rick Springfield

Don’t Stop Believing – Journey (my personal favorite karaoke song)
Burnin’ For You – Blue Oyster Cult

In the 80’s I loved anything by Madonna and Cyndi Lauper.

Tainted Love by Soft Cell

I was going to not post this because I’ve already used it to answer several questions on here, but…......
Herrey’s
there’s just something about Swedish Eurovision songs!!

And since I’m at it:
Bananarama
Kim Wilde
Skid Row
Motley Crue
Def Leppard
Twisted Sister
Joan Jett
Vixen

Seriously! someone stop me!!

@wildflower, don’t forget about Ratt.

Pat Benatar Love Is a Battlefield, Hit Me with Your Best Shot, and although it was originally released in 1979 I consider Heartbreaker also of the 80s.

Ok, this is totally robmandu’s fault (I’m gonna be youtubing all night now!), but there’s also:
Cindarella
Warrant

And I can’t believe this didn’t come to mind before:

KISS
Rainbow
Survivor

This is almost impossible. If I must choose I’d say Every Day Is Like Sunday by Morrissey.

Speaking of Morrissey… How Soon is Now is a perennial fave of mine.

Cruel Summer. Bananarama.

Manic Monday and Eternal Flame. Bangles.

Lastly, anything by Cheap Trick.

How Soon Is Now is The Smiths, who are actually better than Morrissey alone.

Panama, by Van Halen. And no, I do not sport a mullet. Anymore.

Also, She Sells Sanctuary, by the Cult

One last list, I can’t skip these 80’s anthems:
Maria Vidal – Body Rock
Rock Steady Crew – Hey You…
Breakin’
Phil Oakley – Electric Dreams
John Parr – St. Elmo’s Fire
Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes – Time of My Life

….oh the 80’s, such a magical time!!

@knotmyday… aw, hell yah… The Cult still rock!

Depeche Mode – Everything Counts
Pet Shop Boys – Suburbia

and a hundred others, but these two are at the top…

Ministry – All Day

Mother by Danzig. (Thanks GHII!)

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Ugh… four posts from me here… that’s at least three too many.

Micki!!!

I could go with ‘How Soon is Now’ but as it’s already nominated I’ll pick ‘Gigantic’ by the Pixies.

Any song from a John Hughes film made in the 80’s.

Here’s a great site if you need to jog your memory a bit http://www.getback.com. My favorite song was Mr. Roboto by Styx oh and Rock Me Amadeus by Falco.. oh oh and Abracadabra by Steve Miller Band.

Anything by Journey!

Just for the record, I want to give everyone a “Great Answer!” because all of these songs are making me feel nostalgic!

“99 Luftballons” by Nena

My favorite 80’s song was always “Let’s hear it for the boy” which I believed was about me when I was 4…