Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Treble's Top 200 Songs of the 1980s



Do you wanna take a funny and nostalgic visual journey in the Eighties? Watch the movie Hot Tub Time Machine. Do you prefer something more musical? Well, here you have a great Top 200 songs chart from the webzine Treble. With a lot of New Order, Pixies, Prince, R.E.M., Smiths, Cure, Depeche Mode, Talking Heads, U2, etc. etc. Enjoy!

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Top 200 Songs of the 1980s
Source: Treble
Songs available on Spotify: 184 out of 200 (92%)

200. Vaselines - "Son of a Gun"
199. Kid Creole and the Coconuts - "Stool Pigeon"
198. Altered Images - "Happy Birthday"
197. Alexander Robotnick - "Problemes d'Amour"
196. Frankie Knuckles - "Your Love"
195. Bad Brains - "Banned In D.C."
194. Black Flag - "Rise Above"
193. Young Marble Giants - "N.I.T.A."
192. Psychic TV - "The Orchids"
191. Camper Van Beethoven - "Take the Skinheads Bowling"
190. The Specials - "Ghost Town"
189. Elvis Costello and the Attractions - "Every Day I Write the Book"
188. Go-Go's - "Our Lips Are Sealed"
187. The B-52's - "Private Idaho"
186. Slayer - "Raining Blood"
185. Sugarcubes - "Birthday"
184. Duran Duran - "Planet Earth"
183. Public Enemy - "Fight the Power"
182. Billy Bragg - "A New England"
181. The Police - "Synchronicity II"
180. Orange Juice - "Blue Boy"
179. The Chameleons - "In Shreds"
178. Psychedelic Furs - "Love My Way"
177. Was (Not Was) - "Wheel Me Out"
176. Phuture - "Acid Tracks"
175. Phil Collins - "In the Air Tonight"
174. Siouxsie and the Banshees - "Happy House"
173. Depeche Mode - "But Not Tonight"
172. Danzig - "Mother"
171. Scritti Politti - "Perfect Way"
170. Loose Joints - "Is It All Over My Face?"
169. Madonna - "Like a Prayer"
168. Yazoo - "Situation"
167. LL Cool J - "I Can't Live Without My Radio"
166. N.W.A. - "Straight Outta Compton"
165. The Who - "Eminence Front"
164. The Silencers - "Painted Moon"
163. The La's - "There She Goes"
162. 39 Clocks - "Psycho Beat"
161. Go-Go's - "We Got the Beat"
160. Orange Juice - "Poor Old Soul"
159. Joan Jett - "Bad Reputation"
158. Herbie Hancock - "Rockit"
157. The Police - "Every Breath You Take"
156. The Smiths - "What Difference Does It Make?"
155. Depeche Mode - "Behind the Wheel"
154. The Cure - "Fascination Street"
153. A Certain Ratio - "Flight"
152. Split Enz - "I Got You"
151. Peter Gabriel - "Games Without Frontiers"
150. The Cure - "Lullaby"
149. Liquid Liquid - "Optimo"
148. Psychedelic Furs - "Pretty In Pink"
147. The Beat - "Save It for Later"
146. Mekons - "Hard to be Human Again"
145. The Fixx - "One Thing Leads To Another"
144. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - "From Her to Eternity"
143. Hüsker Dü - "Pink Turns to Blue"
142. Nine Inch Nails - "Terrible Lie"
141. They Might Be Giants - "Ana Ng"
140. The Fall - "I Am Damo Suzuki"
139. Peter Gabriel - "Sledgehammer"
138. Afrika Bambaataa and Soulsonic Force - "Planet Rock"
137. Iron Maiden - "Run to the Hills"
136. XTC - "Dear God"
135. Jane's Addiction - "Jane Says"
134. U2 - "New Year's Day"
133. Morrissey - "Suedehead"
132. Eleven Pond - "Watching Trees"
131. Beastie Boys - "Paul Revere"
130. Roxy Music - "More Than This"
129. Depeche Mode - "Personal Jesus"
128. U2 - "Sunday Bloody Sunday"
127. Violent Femmes - "Add It Up"
126. Duran Duran - "Save A Prayer"
125. AC/DC - "Back In Black"
124. Gang of Four - "To Hell With Poverty!"
123. Bruce Springsteen - "Dancing In the Dark"
122. The Birthday Party - "Nick The Stripper"
121. Aztec Camera - "Oblivious"
120. The Fall - "The Classical"
119. Devo - "Girl U Want"
118. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - "The Mercy Seat"
117. Bauhaus - "Dark Entries"
116. The Jam - "A Town Called Malice"
115. Michael Jackson - "P.Y.T."
114. Dead Kennedys - "Holiday In Cambodia"
113. Dinosaur L - "Go Bang #5"
112. Public Enemy - "Rebel Without a Pause"
111. The Minutemen - "This Ain't No Picnic"
110. Orchestral Manoeuvres In the Dark - "If You Leave"
109. Spacemen 3 - "Walkin' With Jesus"
108. Duran Duran - "Hungry Like the Wolf"
107. Elvis Costello and the Attractions - "Beyond Belief"
106. Loose Joints - "Tell You (Today)"
105. XTC - "Generals And Majors"
104.The Waterboys - "The Whole of the Moon"
103. U2 - "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"
102. Simple Minds - "Don't You (Forget About Me)"
101. Split Enz - "Six Months In a Leaky Boat"
100. Morrissey - "Every Day Is Like Sunday"
99. Dinosaur Jr. - "Little Fury Things"
98. The Chills - "Pink Frost"
97. Madonna - "Burning Up"
96. Talking Heads - "Road to Nowhere"
95. The Jesus and Mary Chain - "Head On"
94. Prince - "I Would Die 4 U"
93. The Chameleons - "Up the Down Escalator"
92. Peter Gabriel - "In Your Eyes"
91. The Smiths - "Panic"
90. This Heat - "S.P.Q.R."
89. Cocteau Twins - "Lorelei"
88. The Jam - "Going Underground"
87. Dexys Midnight Runners - "Come On Eileen"
86. Grandmaster Melle Mel - "White Lines"
85. Big Country - "In a Big Country"
84. Nirvana - "About a Girl"
83. R.E.M. - "Fall on Me"
82. Mudhoney - "Touch Me I'm Sick"
81. Talking Heads - "Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)"
80. Pixies - "Monkey Gone to Heaven"
79. Tears For Fears - "Mad World"
78. The Clash - "Should I Stay Or Should I Go?"
77. Prince - "Purple Rain"
76. Stone Roses - "Fool's Gold"
75. R.E.M. - "The One I Love"
74. Devo - "Beautiful World"
73. Mission of Burma - "Academy Fight Song"
72. David Bowie - "Let's Dance"
71. Prince - "Little Red Corvette"
70. The Cure - "In Between Days"
69. The Beat - "Mirror In the Bathroom"
68. Pixies - "Debaser"
67. Hall and Oates - "I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)"
66. Modern English - "I Melt With You"
65. Prince - "Raspberry Beret"
64. Mötörhead - "Ace of Spades"
63. R.E.M. - "Driver 8"
62. Eric B and Rakim - "Paid In Full"
61. Hüsker Dü - "Celebrated Summer"
60. Tears for Fears - "Head Over Heels"
59. Pixies - "Here Comes Your Man"
58. Madonna - "Into the Groove"
57. Siouxsie and the Banshees - "Cities in Dust"
56. De La Soul - "Me, Myself and I"
55. Soft Cell - "Tainted Love"
54. Tom Tom Club - "Genius of Love"
53. Joy Division - "Heart and Soul"
52. Pixies - "Gigantic"
51. Bruce Springsteen - "I'm On Fire"
50. New Order - "True Faith"
49. Tears for Fears - "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"
48. ESG - "Moody (Spaced Out)"
47. Nine Inch Nails - "Head Like a Hole"
46. Mission of Burma - "That's When I Reach For My Revolver"
45. Kate Bush - "Hounds of Love"
44. Blondie - "Call Me"
43. Liquid Liquid - "Cavern"
42. Bruce Springsteen - "Atlantic City"
41. Violent Femmes - "Blister In the Sun"
40. My Bloody Valentine - "You Made Me Realise"
39. Tom Waits - "Jockey Full of Bourbon"
38. Run-DMC - "It's Tricky"
37. Public Enemy - "Black Steel In the Hour of Chaos"
36. Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five - "The Message"
35. The Replacements - "Bastards of Young"
34. New Order - "Temptation"
33. R.E.M. - "It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)"
32. U2 - "With Or Without You"
31. The Stone Roses - "I Wanna Be Adored"
30. The Cure - "A Forest"
29. Joy Division - "Atmosphere"
28. The Replacements - "Alex Chilton"
27. David Bowie - "Ashes to Ashes"
26. Talking Heads - "Once In a Lifetime"
25. X - "Los Angeles"
24. Queen & David Bowie - "Under Pressure"
23. The Clash - "Rock the Casbah"
22. The Church - "Under The Milky Way"
21. The Human League - "Don't You Want Me"
20. Pixies - "Where is My Mind?"
19. Kate Bush - "Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)"
18. Talking Heads - "This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)"
17. The Smiths - "There is a Light That Never Goes Out"
16. Depeche Mode - "Never Let Me Down Again"
15. New Order - "Bizarre Love Triangle"
14. The Jam - "That's Entertainment"
13. Fugazi - "Waiting Room"
12. New Order - "Blue Monday"
11. Sonic Youth - "Teenage Riot"
10. New Order - "Ceremony"
09. The Smiths - "This Charming Man"
08. The Cure - "Just Like Heaven"
07. R.E.M. - "Radio Free Europe"
06. The Jesus and Mary Chain - "Just Like Honey"
05. The Smiths - "How Soon is Now?"
04. Echo and the Bunnymen - "The Killing Moon"
03. Prince - "When Doves Cry"
02. Michael Jackson - "Billie Jean"
01. Joy Division - "Love Will Tear Us Apart"

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Previously in the hot tub 1980s time machine:

Pitchfork Top 100 Albums
Now That's What I Call Music (1983-1989)
Oscar winners and nominees (1981-1990)

2 comments:

  1. Both of the treble lists really fit my taste, thanks for both of them!

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  2. yeah, i think they're good, too. especially the 80s one!

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