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My top 5 list of quintessential 80's songs.
#5 - "Jump" by Van Halen
This is the only "hair band" song on the list, but there is no "hair band" song more 80's than this one. Proof? Its prominence in the "Ready Player One" movie trailer.
#5 - "Jump" by Van Halen
This is the only "hair band" song on the list, but there is no "hair band" song more 80's than this one. Proof? Its prominence in the "Ready Player One" movie trailer.
#4 - "True" by Spandau Ballet
You get 100 points if you can tell me what classic 80's movie this track was a part of. Two-hundred points if you can name the scene. Three-Hundred if you can name the Disney movie a cover version appeared in. No Googling.
You get 100 points if you can tell me what classic 80's movie this track was a part of. Two-hundred points if you can name the scene. Three-Hundred if you can name the Disney movie a cover version appeared in. No Googling.
#3 - "Time after Time" by Cyndi Lauper
This song still holds up, and that's why so many bands have covered it over the years. My favorite cover version is probably the one by QuietDrive: .
This song still holds up, and that's why so many bands have covered it over the years. My favorite cover version is probably the one by QuietDrive: .
#2 - "Take on Me" by a-ha
This song could have been number 1, especially because of the video, which was filled with comic book pathos. Weezer covered it on their Teal album and released a throw-back video with it: .
This song could have been number 1, especially because of the video, which was filled with comic book pathos. Weezer covered it on their Teal album and released a throw-back video with it: .
#1 - "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" by Tears for Fears
I've been listening to this song for over 30 years, & it never gets old. You get 300 points if you can guess what 1985 movie it featured in. Four-hundred if you can name the scene. No Googling!
I've been listening to this song for over 30 years, & it never gets old. You get 300 points if you can guess what 1985 movie it featured in. Four-hundred if you can name the scene. No Googling!
