http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/9700-the-200-best-songs-of-the-1980s/
Here is a list of all 200 tracks:
Here is a list of all 200 tracks:
- 200) Egyptian Lover - “I Cry (Night After Night)”
- 199) Tom Zé - “Nave Maria”
- 198) A Certain Rati - “Shack Up”
- 197) Donald Byrd / 125th Street, N.Y.C. - “Love Has Come Around”
- 196) Dinosaur L - “Go Bang! #5 (Francois K Mix)”
- 195) Jungle Brothers - “Straight Out the Jungle”
- 194) Too $hort - “Freaky Tales”
- 193) Kano - “I'm Ready”
- 192) William Onyeabor - “Good Name”
- 191) Alice Coltrane - “Jagadishwar”
- 190) Gregory Isaacs - “Night Nurse”
- 189) EPMD - “You Gots to Chill”
- 188) Carly Simon - “Why”
- 187) Mtume - “Juicy Fruit”
- 186) The Clash - “Rock the Casbah”
- 185) Class Action - “Weekend”
- 184) Wayne Smith - “Under Me Sleng Teng”
- 183) Loose Joints - “Is It All Over My Face”
- 182) Strafe - “Set It Off”
- 181) Womack & Womack - “Teardrops”
- 180) Patrice Rushen - “Forget Me Nots”
- 179) The Joubert Singers - “Stand on the Word”
- 178) Nina Simone - “Fodder in Her Wings
- 177) The Pretenders - “Brass in Pocket”
- 176) Schoolly D - “P.S.K. What Does It Mean?"
- 175) K-Rob / Rammellzee - “Beat Bop”
- 174) Suicidal Tendencies - “Institutionalized”
- 173) Wipers - “Youth of America”
- 172) The Sugarcubes - “Birthday”
- 171) King Sunny Ade and His African Beats - “Ja Funmi”
- 170) Cybotron - “Clear”
- 169) The Chills - “Pink Frost”
- 168) LL Cool J - “I Can't Live Without My Radio”
- 167) Yoko Ono - “Walking on Thin Ice”
- 166) George Benson - “Give Me the Night”
- 165) Inner City - “Good Life”
- 164) Hüsker Dü - “Pink Turns to Blue”
- 163) Peter Gabriel - “In Your Eyes”
- 162) Orchestra Baobab - “Mouhamadou Bamba”
- 161) U2 - “Sunday Bloody Sunday”
- 160) Sheila E. - “The Glamorous Life”
- 159) George Clinton - “Atomic Dog”
- 158) 808 State - “Pacific State”
- 157) Orange Juice - “Rip It Up”
- 156) Siouxsie and the Banshees - “Cities in Dust”
- 155) A Guy Called Gerald - “Voodoo Ray”
- 154) Tangerine Dream - “Love on a Real Train”
- 153) Joe Jackson - “Steppin' Out”
- 152) Galaxie 500 - “Tugboat”
- 151) Dead Kennedys - “Holiday in Cambodia”
- 150) Beastie Boys - “Paul Revere”
- 149) Shannon - “Let the Music Play”
- 148) Al B. Sure! - “Nite and Day”
- 147) Michael McDonald - “I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near)”
- 146) David Bowie - “Modern Love”
- 145) Liquid Liquid - “Optimo”
- 144) Big Daddy Kane - “Ain't No Half-Steppin'”
- 143) Anthony Red Rose - “Tempo”
- 142) Tears for Fears - “Head Over Heels”
- 141) Beat Happening - “Indian Summer”
- 140) Bronski Beat - “Smalltown Boy”
- 139) Spacemen 3 - “Walkin' With Jesus”
- 138) Rob Base / DJ E-Z Rock - “It Takes Two”
- 137) Mission of Burma - “That's When I Reach for My Revolver”
- 136) Motörhead - “Ace of Spades”
- 135) Pixies - “Gigantic”
- 134) Queen & David Bowie - “Under Pressure”
- 133) Fleetwood Mac - “Everywhere”
- 132) Godley & Creme - “Cry”
- 131) Yellowman - “Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt”
- 130) Phil Collins - “In the Air Tonight”
- 129) This Mortal Coil - “Song to the Siren”
- 128) R.E.M. - “Radio Free Europe”
- 127) Cyndi Lauper - “Girls Just Want to Have Fun”
- 126) Janet Jackson - “Control”
- 125) The Replacements - “Bastards of Young”
- 124) De La Soul - “Eye Know”
- 123) Run-D.M.C. - “It's Like That”
- 122) Grandmaster & Melle Mel - “White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)”
- 121) Slick Rick / Doug E. Fresh - “La Di Da Di”
- 120) Rick James - “Give It to Me Baby”
- 119) Soul II Soul - “Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)”
- 118) Minutemen - “History Lesson – Part II”
- 117) Rhythim Is Rhythim - “Strings of Life”
- 116) Sade - “Is It a Crime”
- 115) INXS - “Never Tear Us Apart”
- 114) Talk Talk - “Life's What You Make It”
- 113) The Isley Brothers - “Between the Sheets”
- 112) Nirvana - “About a Girl”
- 111) The Clash - “The Magnificent Seven” / ”The Magnificent Dance”
- 110) Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - “The Mercy Seat”
- 109) The Smiths - “This Charming Man”
- 108) Frankie Knuckles - “Baby Wants to Ride”
- 107) Alan Parsons Project - “Eye in the Sky”
- 106) Madonna - “Borderline”
- 105) The Cure - “Pictures of You”
- 104) AC/DC - “Back in Black”
- 103) Whitney Houston - “How Will I Know”
- 102) Michael Jackson - “P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)”
- 101) Eazy-E - “Boyz-n-the-Hood”
- 100) The Church - “Under the Milky Way”
- 99) Sister Nancy - “Bam Bam”
- 98) Violent Femmes - “Blister in the Sun”
- 97) Chaka Khan / Rufus - “Ain't Nobody”
- 96) Cherrelle / Alexander O'Neal - “Saturday Love”
- 95) Grace Jones - “Pull Up to the Bumper”
- 94) Change - “The Glow of Love”
- 93) U2 - “With or Without You”
- 92) Fleetwood Mac - “Gypsy”
- 91) Bill Withers / Grover Washington, Jr. - “Just the Two of Us”
- 90) Blondie - “Call Me”
- 89) Fela Kuti - “Coffin for Head of State”
- 88) Evelyn "Champagne" King - “Love Come Down”
- 87) Tenor Saw - “Ring the Alarm”
- 86) Tracy Chapman - “Fast Car”
- 85) Luther Vandross - “Never Too Much”
- 84) Slayer - “Angel of Death”
- 83) My Bloody Valentine - “You Made Me Realise”
- 82) Tears for Fears - “Everybody Wants to Rule the World”
- 81) Diana Ross - “Upside Down”
- 80) Zapp - “Computer Love”
- 79) Boogie Down Productions - “South Bronx”
- 78) The Specials - “Ghost Town”
- 77) Metallica - “Master of Puppets”
- 76) Fingers Inc. - “Can You Feel It?”
- 75) Black Flag - “Rise Above”
- 74) Dinosaur Jr. - “Freak Scene”
- 73) Pixies - “Debaser”
- 72) Bad Brains - “Pay to Cum”
- 71) Bruce Springsteen - “Atlantic City”
- 70) Pet Shop Boys - “West End Girls”
- 69) Prince - “When You Were Mine”
- 68) Biz Markie - “Just a Friend”
- 67) Guns N' Roses - “Sweet Child o' Mine”
- 66) The Replacements - “Alex Chilton”
- 65) Echo & the Bunnymen - “The Killing Moon”
- 64) David Bowie - “Let's Dance”
- 63) Stevie Nicks - “Edge of Seventeen”
- 62) Art of Noise - “Moments in Love”
- 61) Gang Starr - “DJ Premier in Deep Concentration”
- 60) ESG - “Moody”
- 59) Depeche Mode - “Never Let Me Down Again”
- 58) Daryl Hall & John Oates - “I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)”
- 57) Eric B. & Rakim - “Follow the Leader”
- 56) Bob Marley & the Wailers - “Could You Be Loved”
- 55) New Order - “Ceremony”
- 54) Roxy Music - “More Than This”
- 53) Kraftwerk - “Computer Love”
- 52) The Stone Roses - “I Wanna Be Adored”
- 51) Bruce Springsteen - “I'm on Fire”
- 50) Madonna - “Like a Prayer”
- 49) Neneh Cherry - “Buffalo Stance”
- 48) Janet Jackson - “When I Think of You”
- 47) Joy Division - “Atmosphere”
- 46) The Jesus and Mary Chain - “Just Like Honey”
- 45) De La Soul - “Me, Myself and I”
- 44) Laurie Anderson - “O Superman (For Massenet)”
- 43) New Order - “Bizarre Love Triangle”
- 42) Eurythmics - “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)”
- 41) Guns N' Roses - “Welcome to the Jungle”
- 40) The Cure - “Close to Me”
- 39) Cocteau Twins - “Lorelei”
- 38) Salt-n-Pepa - “Push It”
- 37) Tom Tom Club - “Genius of Love”
- 36) Michael Jackson - “Human Nature”
- 35) Sade - “The Sweetest Taboo”
- 34) Afrika Bambaataa & the Soulsonic Force - “Planet Rock”
- 33) Prince and the Revolution - “I Would Die 4 U”
- 32) N.W.A - “#### tha Police”
- 31) Frankie Knuckles / Jamie Principle - “Your Love”
- 30) Beastie Boys - “Shake Your Rump”
- 29) Diana Ross - “I'm Coming Out”
- 28) Kate Bush - “Hounds of Love”
- 27) Janet Jackson - “Love Will Never Do (Without You)”
- 26) Public Enemy - “Bring the Noise”
- 25) New Order - “Temptation”
- 24) Pixies - “Where Is My Mind?”
- 23) Slick Rick - “Children's Story”
- 22) Talking Heads - “This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)”
- 21) Prince and the Revolution - “Kiss”
- 20) Whitney Houston - “I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)”
- 19) Eric B. & Rakim - “Paid in Full” / ”Paid in Full (Seven Minutes of Madness Mix)”
- 18) Marvin Gaye - “Sexual Healing”
- 17) Madonna - “Into the Groove”
- 16) Fugazi - “Waiting Room”
- 15) Sonic Youth - “Teen Age Riot”
- 14) The Smiths - “There Is a Light That Never Goes Out”
- 13) Michael Jackson - “Billie Jean”
- 12) The Cure - “Just Like Heaven”
- 11) Prince and the Revolution - “When Doves Cry”
- 10) The Smiths - “How Soon Is Now?”
- 9) Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five - “The Message”
- 8) Talking Heads - “Once in a Lifetime”
- 7) Joy Division - “Love Will Tear Us Apart”
- 6) Kate Bush “Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)”
- 5) Public Enemy - “Fight the Power”
- 4) New Order - “Blue Monday”
- 3) N.W.A - “Straight Outta Compton”
- 2) Michael Jackson - “Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'”
- 1) Prince and the Revolution - “Purple Rain”
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