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@alexplorer

3 ай бұрын

Three more forgotten ones that come to mind: *John Parr - Naughty Naughty (1985) - I never hear that one anywhere. Haven't heard it on the radio since the late '80s. *Stan Bush - The Touch (1986) - Most famous to those who remember the one true Transformers movie (not that Michael Bay b.s.) *The Sisters of Mercy - Soooo many songs from their short recording career. Take your pick: Lucretia My Reflection, More, Dominion, Detonation Boulevard, and a bunch more.

@pabloruiz6224

3 ай бұрын

My favorite artists in the ‘80s - ‘90s Rock, grunge, and metal bands: Metallica, Nirvana, and Guns N’ Roses Hip Hop: Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, 2Pac, Eminem, and N.W.A

@pabloruiz6224

3 ай бұрын

@@alexplorerDon’t forget the Scarface song “Push It To The Limit” that should’ve been in that list.. that and Stan Bush’s “The Touch” were bangers

@suzybearheart530

3 ай бұрын

Oh, where to start? How about the song My Inner Voices by The Two Of Us

@suzybearheart530

3 ай бұрын

She Was Always on Time by Shy Talk

Just because YOU have not heard it, does not mean WE have not heard it in the 80's. 😂

@arctain1

2 ай бұрын

Exactly. *Mexican Radio* was well-known. Anything by GreatWhiteLionSnake was popular. *But not tonight* was popular because it was Depeche Mode. *Lady in Red* and *Don’t pay the Ferryman* were very, very well known. *No Way Out* for goodness sake was in Rocky… *Ride like the Wind* was the epitome of mainstream, as was *Wild, Wild West* … Basically, your list was a shout saying that you didn’t live in the 80s

@fotomedien8623

2 ай бұрын

We still haven't heard it as he talked over the top of each track

@Theeporkchopxprezz

2 ай бұрын

Heck, yeah man been there done that back then loved it

@Magnum3144

2 ай бұрын

😂 so true

@kitescuriosities7717

2 ай бұрын

Truth.

Everyone has heard of " Self Control "

@mattbelinski7760

2 ай бұрын

Yeh, it was a massive hit.

@consubandon

2 ай бұрын

...despite being a garbage song, and despite Branigan's utter ineptitude as a singer. My god, she's awful.

@TonyLeadholm

2 ай бұрын

AMEN.

@jenniferm6042

2 ай бұрын

It's still played pretty often on the radio where I live

@user-mu9cw8xe4r

Ай бұрын

I almost forgot how attractive Laura Brannigan was, too. Honestly, I remember bumming upon hearing the news Brannigan had passed, although, I had not purchased a record of hers and hadn't heard anything about her since the late 80's. But, the songs Gloria and Self Control were big hits and left a lasting 80's MTV impression. Laura Brannigan was only 52. RIP

Laura Branigan had such an amazing voice. She was gone way too soon.

If you don't know these songs, then boy do I have about 2,000 other 80s songs that you really never heard of.

@kev3d

2 ай бұрын

Seriously. Wild Wild West? It's a Sin? Self Control? These were hardly obscure.

@markkeneson6806

Ай бұрын

​@@kev3d, and Ride Like the Wind.

@paultreadaway102

Ай бұрын

I raise u 3,000 songs from all around the World in the 80s deep cuts,album cuts,minor hits in the rare in retro way if it's done u never get an inch and take alot it's never ending research.Lifes short we do well to enjoy the knowledge and facts to thanks to the Artists that have done it will rule forever history has existed

@popoff7808

Ай бұрын

@@paultreadaway102 I go 5,000 and only from the UK and Australia and Ireland.

@paultreadaway102

Ай бұрын

@@popoff7808 those 3 oh yeah and the rest

As a Gen Xer that grew up in the 80's i remember every one of these

@alyzu4755

3 ай бұрын

Same! ☺️❤️

@ellefitzpatrick6339

3 ай бұрын

Yeap, almost all of these were huge in Australia and I remember every one of them. Once again it’s glaringly obvious the US thinks only their charts are important.

@Eckythump

3 ай бұрын

@@ellefitzpatrick6339 ^ This. Fellow Aussie. Anyone who put Rage on every weekend morning would be familiar with most of these songs.

@owenshopson

3 ай бұрын

Never heard the Canadian cartoon theme song, but the rest of them were all on one or another of my mixtapes back then.

@chrisdavis3055

2 ай бұрын

Same here, but I worked in radio in the 80s so I was probably exposed to more than the average listener.

#20 Bon Jovi - Only Lonely 0:27 #19 Laura Branigan - Self Control 1:31 #18 Oingo Boingo - Dead Mans Party 2:28 #17 The Pretenders - Message Of Love 3:24 #16 Lisa Lougheed - Run With Us 4:21 #15 Stan Ridgway - A Mission In Life 5:20 #14 Whitesnake - Wings Of The Storm 6:17 #13 Killing Joke - Eighties 7:18 #12 Depeche Mode - But Not Tonight 8:26 #11 Chris de Burgh - Don't Pay The Ferryman 9:21 #10 Albert Hammond - When I'm Gone 10:27 #9 Robert Tepper - No Easy Way Out 11:25 #8 New Order - Age Of Consent 12:39 #7 Kim Wilde - Cambodia 13:36 #6 Pet Shop Boys - It's A Sin 14:36 #5 Ultravox - Dancing With Tears In My Eyes 15:32 #4 Christopher Cross - Ride Like The Wind 16:27 #3 The Escape Club - Wild Wild West 17:19 #2 Marillion - Kayleigh 18:12 #1 A-ha - The Sun Always Shines On T.V. 19:28

@orlandocalder1645

3 ай бұрын

Thank you bro

@user-sc8qy2ph4t

3 ай бұрын

GTA vibes for sure 😂

@orlandocalder1645

3 ай бұрын

@user-sc8qy2ph4t I know Lauta Branigan's Self Control was definitely on Vice City's radio

@22tango79

3 ай бұрын

Or any song from a-ha’s Hunting High and Low - a perfect masterpiece of light and dark.

@donaldmacarthur

3 ай бұрын

I absolutely LOVE It's A Sin!!!!

"The Sun Always Shines on TV" HAD to be number 1 in my mind. It's a masterpiece. Absolutely beautiful song through and through. I smile the second it comes on and get ready to lose myself for a few minutes.

@pedroteran5885

2 ай бұрын

It's a spectacular song and it still sounds fresh and poignant.

@andrewmichaelfernandes9982

2 ай бұрын

Fully fully agree

@RichardDicksondlyrch68

2 ай бұрын

When someone asks me what the '80s were like, I tell them "Go to the 3:46 mark in 'The Sun Always Shines on TV'."

@jenw5056

2 ай бұрын

The whole album is full of great songs. I was in a store with my 19-year old daughter the other day when this song came on and she stopped me from walking and pointed it out. They rarely play anything other than Take on Me in the States, which is a shame.

@audreywilkin8627

2 ай бұрын

100 percent agree! Definitely my favorite. I can listen to it over and over!

If anyone likes "Take On Me", listen to all of "Hunting High and Low". Every song is amazing. It's a perfect album from top to bottom.

@SO-ym3zs

18 күн бұрын

Indeed. One of the great 80's albums, and a joy from start to finish.

@donnamcmanus7360

9 күн бұрын

I loved it. And You Tell Me is a favorite.

@summerjade22

5 сағат бұрын

Im American but dated a Swede but his Mom was Norwegian, when I was in my 20s. I was born in 83 so I kinda missed them outside of the mainstream Take on Me when I was older. He introduced me to the rest of their music. Their music will always have a special place in my heart ❤️

Talk Talk deserve a mention on this list. They are a hugely brilliant and very underrated band. They started off with a synthpop sound, before moving into alternative rock in the mid 80s, and eventually branching out into experimental jazz rock towards the end of their existence. They had a few hits, e.g. It's My Life, and Life's What You Make it, but one of their best songs is Living In Another World'.

@elizabethsullivan7176

3 ай бұрын

It's My Life. Love that song so much. Sucks that Mark Hollis died. 😢

@NomenLuni1975

3 ай бұрын

@@elizabethsullivan7176 Yeah. I know he had stopped making music a long time ago, but I was always hoping he would return one day.

@willowbark5649

3 ай бұрын

​@@elizabethsullivan7176I loved his voice. I always thought he sounded so much Brian Ferry on that tune.

@cosmopolitano4451

2 ай бұрын

In my opinion Such A Shame is their best song

@dawnpatrol700

2 ай бұрын

Anyone who doesn't agree, needs to watch " its my life " live Montreux Jazz fest 1986.

The beats on Self Control captures the essence of ‘84 as good as any Billboard Hit.

@Waaagh40KRed

3 ай бұрын

Knowing that it was a cover of an Italian artist makes the music video more sense to me. It feels like it was directed by Dario Argento.

@carsisbest

3 ай бұрын

Everyone knows Self Control, it was prominent in the video game Grand Theft Auto Vice City, a big love letter to the 1980’s culture, music and media

@timothyweers8054

3 ай бұрын

I have the 12 inch single of self control. The song just drags me into it.

@ToABrighterFuture

3 ай бұрын

The video was actually directed by William Friedkin. Yes, THAT William Friedkin, who had already won Oscars for The French Connection and The Exorcist. It was one of the earliest music videos to be helmed by a director who'd already won an Academy Award.

@Waaagh40KRed

3 ай бұрын

@@ToABrighterFuture I did not know that. Cool!

Well I’m thinking of Martika’s hit “Toy Soldiers”. 😎

A couple of years ago I was at a store, looking for some crowd-pleasing white wine, when Wild Wild West came on, and I thought, "Okay, NOW I'm ready to party." That song is timeless.

@cheriemonami

2 күн бұрын

My kids loved this song from mixed tape.

The Sun Always Shines on TV is brilliant and so catchy. I frequently sing the chorus around the house.

@WrenFaithBridger

3 ай бұрын

It's been on my Spotify playlist pretty much since I set it up.

I love Marillion "Kayleight" I've always loved it. Fish's voice was always brilliant.

@laurieyekovich8218

3 ай бұрын

This is one of those songs where I had to record the video on VHS in order to have it because I just couldn't find it anywhere. Wow what memories! If threatened I probably could not have said Marillion did it, and most definitely did not know he went by Fish. His voice is stellar though. That's one of those factoids my little brother probably knew and would have schooled me on if he were still alive. I have a great memory but his was stellar lol! It's been just over 11 years now since he died, but the second that clip started to play, my mind directly went "Oh KJ and I used to listen to that all the time!" They nailed it. I had forgotten this song was so awesome!

@antonnee

2 ай бұрын

My introduction to the band, and a fan ever since.

@opackdrum

2 ай бұрын

One of my favorite guitar solos

@mrmsbhvn

26 күн бұрын

Marillion has always been pretty amazing. Misplaced Childhood is one, of a very few of my ALL-TIME favorite records. It flows straight-through the songs, similar to The Wall, where the song breaks are nearly invisible. FISH (Derek William Dick) did some very powerful lyrics back then for 3 albums (I believe) and has continued for many years solo. Also, the band located a different singer (Steve Hogarth) and have also continued carrying on the band name, creating wonderful sounds as well.

@mrmsbhvn

26 күн бұрын

@@opackdrum Steve Rothery

Ohhh, I get it. This list was compiled by people born in the 90's and 00's. I've heard most of these until I'm blue in the face, but I was plopped in front of the Mtv any time I was allowed to watch. Dancing With Tears In My Eyes is an amazing song. Sad, but great.

@module79l28

Ай бұрын

I'd rather say that this list was compiled by ignorant people.

@evanhayward1502

29 күн бұрын

Back when the "M" stood for Music.

Marillion's "Misplaced Childhood" will forever be one of my favorite albums from beginning to end. "Kayleigh" goes into "Lavender," and you really have to listen to them together. ❤

@WatchMojo

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing your love for Marillion's incredible work!

@ajc1888

3 ай бұрын

Agreed, I still have the vinyl somewhere in the loft

@terracat2112

2 ай бұрын

I love that album. ♥️

@ladybugsie8635

Ай бұрын

Haven't thought about Lavender for some time. But immediately the lyrics pop up. Thank you! A penny for your thoughts my dear...

@AmySox

Ай бұрын

Marillion has been called "England's best-kept secret" and "the best band you've never heard of." _Misplaced Childhood_ and its followup _Clutching at Straws_ are brilliant albums, and their later work when Steve "h" Hogarth replaced Fish continues that brilliance.

Chris De Burgh's "Don't pay the Ferryman", one of my all time favorites. Make sure to listen to the "Spanish Train". Another of his classics.

@user-mf4rm4fj6l

3 ай бұрын

Or "High on Emotion", "Ship to Shore", "Borderline", "A Spaceman Came Travelling", "Sailing Away", "Say Goodbye to it All", "This Waiting Heart" and last but never least "Missing You"...

@caseymacmacl7463

3 ай бұрын

Kinda fond of Patricia the Stripper, myself! "And with a swing of her hips, she started to strip! To tremendous applause, she took off her ...!" "This girl was in her working clothes!!" 🤣🤣🤣

@caseymacmacl7463

3 ай бұрын

@@user-mf4rm4fj6l I will always respect this man for being one of the few performers to perform in Toronto during SARS. All the other performers were cancelling shows left and right and Chris made sure to let everyone know that he was GOING to be there, come hell or high water! It was an amazing show that no one wanted to end. He actually started singing a couple Beatles' songs during his 4th encore!

@Cherry91

3 ай бұрын

Omg Spanish Train is so good! One of his finest in terms of story telling if you ask me. They don't do it like him anymore.

@newsmith

3 ай бұрын

@@user-mf4rm4fj6l I could have made a list of his songs but felt that Spanish Train is one of his more well (or should be) known story telling songs. Don't forget "Patricia The Stripper" lol

Dancing with tears in my eyes has been a favourite 80's song of mine for years.

@Blaqjaqshellaq

3 ай бұрын

The video meant a lot to me--especially the last bit where the home movie melts away!

@MDCSWildcats86

3 ай бұрын

Prefers the X (band, that is) song of the same name from 1982 "Cause the girl in my arms isn't you".

@Dadtheimpaler

3 ай бұрын

Great song. Would've been nice to hear more than the six words that make up the title.

@suzybearheart530

3 ай бұрын

I love that song too!

@laustcawz2089

3 ай бұрын

​@@MDCSWildcats86 I love 'em both... alao that whole X album, "Under The Big Black Sun".

Marillion's "Misplaced Childhood" is a fantastic record. I'm glad I randomly found out about them in the early 2000s.

Some that make my list: I Wish I Had That Girl - Henry Lee Summer Summertime Girls - YYT Salt in My Tears - Martin Briley Stay the Night - Benjamin Orr Something to Grab For - Ric Ocasek Rush Hour - Jane Weidlin Crazy and/or Electric Blue - Icehouse New Girl Now - Honeymoon Suite

@PirateLeota

3 ай бұрын

I love Rush Hour and Electric Blue! Great picks!

@therealrodrgarcia

3 ай бұрын

Great throwbacks!

@foodflights1408

3 ай бұрын

Oh! A couple (OK, more than a couple) more I thought of. Sausalito Summer Nights - Diesel You Don't Want Me Anymore and Dreaming is Easy - Steel Breeze. We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off - Jermaine Stewart What's He Got - The Producers

@roddow612

3 ай бұрын

Every one of yours were miles ahead of this list.

@devinhyde1139

2 ай бұрын

Henry Lee Summer was an Indiana staple and icon!! I feel like he was always just on the cusp of breaking big.....

I could easily list over 20 British or European 1980s hits that you've never heard. Side note there are many groups and acts the US has ignored over the years. There are songs out there that were hits all-over the world, that were ignored in the US.

@user-mf4rm4fj6l

3 ай бұрын

"And I could name so many in German, French and even Italian"

@julianaylor4351

3 ай бұрын

@@user-mf4rm4fj6l Think of all the famous singers and bands from the decades since the dawn of modern popular music, the US has ignored.

@andreim.5324

3 ай бұрын

Exactly. Baltimora's Tarzan Boy is the first that comes to mind. Tony Esposito's Kalimba De Luna, William Pitt's City Lights, London Boys's My Love, France Gall's Babacar, Bananarama's Do Not Disturb, The Outfield's Your Love, The Motels's Shame, Yazoo's Situation, The Smits's How Soon Is Now, Talk Talk's Such A Shame, Stacy Lattisaw' Dancin' Up A Storm, Siedah Garrett's Groove Of Midnight, Gazebo's I Like Chopin, Sandra's Everlasting Love, Quarterflash's Harden My Heart, Icehouse's Electric Blue, OMD's Maid Of Orleans, Modern Talking's Cherri Cherri Lady, Mike Oldfield's To France, Men At Work's Overkill, Kim Wilde's You Came, Eurythmics's King And Queen Of America, Jennifer Rush's I Come Undone, Jean Beauvoir's Feel The Heat, Howard Jones's Things Can Only Get Better, Erasure's Sometimes, Finzy Kontini's Cha Cha Cha, Dan Hill's Carmelia, Chris Rea's On The Beach, and the list of not so known 80's gems goes on and on. The 80's were fantastic and irrepeatable.

@kylereece1979

3 ай бұрын

@@andreim.5324 Classic List. 👍 Shout out to ya for the inclusion of Ice House. Underrated band with huge songs. "Touch the Fire" is a song that, I would totally add to that already gem packed list you made. As for the 20 songs here, it always surprises me that Aha didnt seem to get further recognition beyond Take on Me in the US. Im Irish, and they were consistently successful throughout the 80s and early 90s everywhere else. They can easily still sell out arenas across countries without necessary having to rely on Take on Me as their only calling card.

@stevemcdede8559

3 ай бұрын

What about Polynesian skiffle?

Vice City players will know Self-Control from Flash FM 1:30

@user-sc8qy2ph4t

3 ай бұрын

What an epic game, such simpler times too 😢

@joda6748

3 ай бұрын

I knew this song only from vice city

@GelthWalker1

3 ай бұрын

Im replaying the game atm I love it that and the ads on flash always crack me up

@garyeldenmaggs2927

3 ай бұрын

First heard it when I jacked an Infernus for the "Waste The Wife" mission...

@marcovtjev

3 ай бұрын

me 2. I knew the song somewhat before from childhood, but it only hit me on Flash FM. But the biggest one for me is Kayleigh.

The Sun Always Shines on TV is one of the greatest songs ever - with some of the darkest, don't say this to your psychiatrist, lyrics right from the off. Must be to do with 6 months of night in Scand, or something. It was also UK No 1 on my 15th birthday in Jan 86 - and that depresses me ;) It's a Sin is also one of the greatest songs ever. PSB's most brilliant moment - and there have been many - with, again as above - beautiful, powerful lyrics I've got to say that those two songs I have heard at least once a week for decades and I will never grow tired of them Good to see 7800 Farenheit's Only Lonely in your list as well. IMO Bon Jovi's best album - again listened to very often

This video transports a very american POV, half of the songs were massive hits in Europe. And everyone knows Stan Ridgeway 😳

Great Video! A part 2 for this video could/should include: The Promise You Made (1984) - Cock Robin Through the Barricades (1986) - Spandau Ballet Should've Known Better (1987) - Richard Marx Can't Stay Away From You (1987) - Gloria Estefan Johnny and Mary (1980) - Robert Palmer Brilliant Disguise (1987) - Bruce Springsteen Shake you Down (1986) - Gregory Abbott Somebody's Watching Me (1984) Rockwell

@paultomaszewski1964

3 ай бұрын

While I like "The Promise you Made", I think it's a better song than their only Top 40 hit " When Your Heart is Weak". Either one would show people how good they were. Personally, their third album "First Loves, Last Rites" is excellent.

@josephmacisaac3346

3 ай бұрын

"Whisper to a Scream".by Icicle Works "We Close Our Eyes" by Go West

@sp8118

3 ай бұрын

@@josephmacisaac3346 I LOVE "Whisper to a scream" it took me almost 40 years to find it again!! I put it on my 80's playlist and my daughter heard it and LOVES it also!!

@suzybearheart530

3 ай бұрын

@@josephmacisaac3346 Great choices!

@deborahblackvideoediting8697

3 ай бұрын

I absolutely love 'Brilliant Disguise'. My boyfriend had 'Tunnel of Love' (cassette, no less!), and I almost wore the tape out listening to that song.

80s & 90s music are awesome

@cocoaorange1

3 ай бұрын

Decades of my teens a d young adulthood. Memories!

So happy to see Killing Joke get some love. I first heard them on the 80s surf movie North Shore. That movie had a great soundtrack featuring Pseudo Echo, Killing Joke, and more!

Thank you for giving The Sun always shines on t.v. some serious love. Another overlooked gem on that album is Train of thought.

@CalmAnimal

3 ай бұрын

Yep. Although I would have gone with Blue Sky. I used to be confused, but now, I just don't know....

@alyzu4755

3 ай бұрын

The entire album is great.

So cool to hear Chris DeBurge on hear. Absolutely love, Don't Pay the Ferryman. He also has numerous other gems in his catalog.

@em7dim9

3 ай бұрын

Anyone who watched MTV regularly knows that's far from an obscure track. Don't know why it's on this list as it got a ton of rotation.

@maxmirni2768

2 ай бұрын

it's "fairy man" according to these pigs

Hunting High and Low by A-Ha is an underrated, timeless gem of an album. Every track slaps.

@CalmAnimal

3 ай бұрын

Oh, I used to be confused, but now, I just don't know.....

@jenw5056

2 ай бұрын

Warner Brothers didn't promote a-ha in the States. A travesty. I only know a lot of their catalog because my dad was stationed in London in the 80s. Lucky me. :) The Sun Always Shines on TV came on in a store the other day and my 19-year old actually grabbed my arm and pointed it out... all we ever hear here is Take on Me. I was really surprised to hear it.

@AdamG1983

Ай бұрын

HELL YES!!

I remembered ALL of tnese songs and know them all very well. You must have been born in the 90’s or 00’s to not have heard of these classic tunes.

Pretty much none of these are unfamiliar to North American music fans in their 50s/60s today. I’d include: Will You - Hazel O’Connor Total Control - Motels Absolute Beginners - David Bowie Border Ska - Camper Van Beethoven Major Tom (Coming Home) - Peter Schilling (much bigger in Canada than US) Slug Line - John Hiatt (granted, 1979)

Dead Man's Party is my Halloween jam. (Also, seeing "Run with Us" on this list just made my day)

The best decade for music. Other songs that could be included: Original Sin - INXS Hey, Little Girl - Icehouse Mothers Talk (US Remix) - Tears For Fears Under The Milky Way - The Church

@tracybrennan4194

3 ай бұрын

Agree with all of these! And Icehouse is still an often-listened to band for me. ❤

@dawnkindnesscountsmost5991

3 ай бұрын

I still love these songs and bands. I'd add _Reptile_ by The Church; not nearly as much airplay or recognition (in the States, anyway) as _Under the Milkyway,_ but that guitar riff is "chefs kiss."

@sandrazed6089

3 ай бұрын

@@dawnkindnesscountsmost5991 Under the Milky Way, that song takes my breath away. Beautiful and if I recall so is the video!

@ruantengyi

3 ай бұрын

Maybe Watchmojo should do a sequel of this clip!

@em7dim9

3 ай бұрын

Under the Milky Way is too well-known for this list.

"Don't Pay the Ferryman" was on heavy rotation in the early days of MTV. I always loved the song & the video was cool.

@markdaniels7174

4 сағат бұрын

Lots of plays on MTV! I think of *that* being his biggest song, not “Lady in Red.”

Mojo can mine the 80's for eternity and never get to the bottom of it all.

The fact that you included “Run With Us” makes me SO HAPPY! The Raccoons is one of the best cartoons, let alone one of the best shows of the 1980s. The theme is absolutely awesome and needs to be on iTunes!!!

@qwipperty

3 ай бұрын

Yep. Every Canadian knows that song.

@ChrisKewl

2 ай бұрын

@@qwippertyOr people adjacent to Canada, I lived on the west-side of Cleveland, Ohio in my youth and watched The Raccoons as well. :) Good memories!

@cpoomail

Ай бұрын

jsyk, cybertronic spree does a really great cover

Fun fact! The video for "Self Control" was directed by William Friedkin (The Exorcist).

@freemind1923

Ай бұрын

I just watched "To Live and Die in L.A." after reading this comment. Guess they call it butterfly effect :)

Thank you for validating my love for "The sun always shines on TV!" I always loved that song since I was a child, but no one ever heard of it. It was eclipsed by "Take on me." Both great songs, but I felt the first had more feeling and depth. 😊

@JonnyInfinite

3 ай бұрын

This was a number one single in the UK- most of us of a certain age know it

@ArthurVerhulst

3 ай бұрын

@@JonnyInfinite It was huge in Holland too

@laurieyekovich8218

3 ай бұрын

It was my little brother's favorite A-ha song by far; he always was ahead of the curve.

@freemind1923

Ай бұрын

No one heard of it? I know it all the way from Istanbul bro. It was one of the most played song of the year along with Take on me.

Laura Branigan's "Self Control" is one of my favorite songs of the 80's. It's so catchy and has such a great beat. On a different note, "No Easy Way Out," which was featured in Rocky 4, was very recently covered by a phenomenal musician from Sweden named Tommy Johansson. I can't recommend it highly enough if you haven't seen it. Go check it out.

@darkehorse71

3 ай бұрын

The cover of No Easy Way Out by the power metal band Beast in Black is one of the best songs I've ever heard.

@joshuaburba1048

3 ай бұрын

@@darkehorse71 Cool, I'll check it out, thanks. Go give Tommy's version a listen and let me know what you think. He's freaking amazing.

@joshuaburba1048

3 ай бұрын

@@darkehorse71 Damn dude, that was freaking awesome. Thanks for suggesting it. I just finished listening to it and their sound is amazing. I honestly wasn't super impressed with the lead singer, but their harmonies were great. But the band sounded absolutely awesome. Have a good one.

@darkehorse71

3 ай бұрын

@@joshuaburba1048 Not impressed with the lead singer? His vocal range is amazing.

@darkehorse71

3 ай бұрын

@@joshuaburba1048 Listened to it. Tommy is pretty good but his vocals are kinda weak in parts. The BiB version is definitely better.

The 80s is the best ever

@Maxjuliann

3 ай бұрын

Sorry but 90s is the best decade of human existence

@leroyjenkins9246

3 ай бұрын

​@@Maxjuliann80s wins

@sidsuperstar

3 ай бұрын

C o c a I n e ! ! !

@Maxjuliann

3 ай бұрын

@@leroyjenkins9246 nope

@Bo_D_Hansen

3 ай бұрын

​@@Maxjuliann 1980's music is the best decade ❤

Pet Shop Boys are my favorite band and I'm thrilled they're still going . They even have new music coming out in April 🎶 ❤

@david2869

3 ай бұрын

My second favorite band, with only "Weird Al" Yankovic beating them out for my top spot.

@neilwalker1847

11 күн бұрын

They are currently touring

@lauran.9427

3 күн бұрын

Check out band "Electronic" Pet Shop + New Order= "Getting Away with It" AWESOME

Some of my favorite lesser known tracks from the 80's include "Protection" by Donna Summer "Supernatural Love" by Donna Summer "Jimmy Loves Maryanne" by Josie Cotton "Spirit In The Sky" by Dr. & The Medics "Brand New Lover" by Dead Or Alive "Post Card From New York" by Movieland "Blue Kiss" by Jane Wiedlin "Landslide" by Olivia Newton-John

Some of my favorites that are seemingly unknown or long-forgotten are: The Promise - When In Rome Sweetheart - Franke & The Knockouts Don't Turn Around - Ace of Base Missing - Everything But The Girl Running On Ice - Billy Joel Do You Want Crying? - Siouxsie & The Banshees

Marillion sounds like what Genesis would have had Peter Gabriel stayed with them through the 80s. They are definitely underrated.

I hate to admit how many of these songs are on my playlist. I must have liked the things everyone else was unaware of, at least according to this list.

@deborahblackvideoediting8697

3 ай бұрын

Nah, don't hate to admit it - be proud! You've got great taste, there's some great music there! :)

@deaconsmom2000

3 ай бұрын

Keep in mind, it was probably put together by some wee'un who thinks we all ran around in leg warmers and torn sweatshirts.

@allenriordanyork3856

3 ай бұрын

Don’t sweat it. It’s a bad list. Some of these were even big hits. “Self Control” by Laura Brannigan??? That was a huge hit. Whoever put this list together should be fired. LOL

@elizabethsullivan7176

3 ай бұрын

Same here. At least half of these songs are on my Spotify, namely Don't Pay The Ferryman, No Easy Way Out, and Dead Man's Party. Three of my all time favorite songs.

@doclumiz1

2 ай бұрын

Nah. These are still pop tracks. They were liked enough.

Obscure 80's song I remember: "One of Our Submarines is Missing" - Thomas Dolby "It's a Fine, Fine Day" - Tony Carey "Wouldn't it Be Good" - Nik Kershaw "New Moon on Monday" - Duran Duran "Words" - Missing Persons

@david2869

3 ай бұрын

Great obscure 80s songs!

@laurieyekovich8218

3 ай бұрын

Never understood why "New Moon on Monday" wasn't HUGE. I think it's the best song on "7 and the Ragged Tiger" by far. 🤷‍♀️

@user-sn9ig9vl5p

2 ай бұрын

Agree with Nik Kershaw

@marteenmaffai3169

Ай бұрын

Love the last 3 songs too!

@freemind1923

Ай бұрын

I knew and loved them all except One of Our Submarines was not my kind of song

a-ha's first album is nearly perfect! One of the all-time greats!

The 80s had THE BEST music! ♥

@jbsMUWcreations2089

2 ай бұрын

Yes

Duran Duran - Hold Back the Rain - from the Rio album, 1982 I love this deep track!

@freemind1923

Ай бұрын

I know it by heart because I had got that album as cassette. My favorites besides Rio was My Own Way and Hungry Like the Wolf.. all songs were great though.. exceptionally..

@5roundsrapid263

Ай бұрын

Very nice. I have Rio on vinyl and this is the deepest cut on it!

Great list! Here’s more: The Outfield - Shelter Me Mike + The Mechanics - Par Avion Gerry Rafferty - Standing at the Gates Peter Cetera - You Never Listen to Me Pseudo Echo - His Eyes Shark Island - Paris Calling Strangeways - Love Lies Dying and/or Goodnight L.A. Triumph - Rock Out, Roll On Wang Chung - Let’s Go! Beau Coup - Born and Raised (On Rock & Roll) Blue Oyster Cult - Shooting Shark Charlie Sexton - Beat’s So Lonely and/or Don’t Look Back Chris Rea - Curse of the Traveller, Looking for the Summer, Your Warm and Tender Love, I Just Wanna Be With You Eddie Money - The Love in Your Eyes, Boardwalk Baby, Far Cry from a Heartache, I Can’t Hold Back

@thecorinthianguy

2 ай бұрын

Par Avion is a deep cut, definitely worth mentioning. I wish they had made more music.

@DavidLLambertmobile

2 күн бұрын

No Big Country? In a big country? 1980s!

I'm so happy you included Oingo Boingo! Other songs I love by them are 'Stay' and 'Not My Slave'.

My fave decade for music… love alternative new wave so much…

"Top 20 Greatest 80s Songs (You've Never Heard Of)" Unless You Actually Were Alive In The 80s. There. Fixed it.

@badkitty4922

3 ай бұрын

Thank you! Who ever came up with this list was born in 2000. 😂😂😂

@Bo_D_Hansen

3 ай бұрын

​@@badkitty4922 You are absolutely right that the person that came up with this list must be born in the 2️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ 😂

@lynnhettrick7588

3 ай бұрын

Thank you for fixing it!

@Cherry91

3 ай бұрын

I was born in the 90s and yet I know some of these songs. They're getting worse and worse at coming up with titles I swear 😂

I liked "The Sun Always Shines On TV" more than "Take On Me" since the first time I heard it! It deserved a lot more play time.

Other songs........................................... Max Carl- The Circle, Mummy Calls- Beauty Has Her Way, Josie Cotton - Johnny Are You Queer, INXS - Change, XTC- Dear God, The Alarm - The Stand, The Church - Reptile...... I knew 95% of these songs and most are on my play lists.

I did not know number 11, but all the other songs I know after all, I was a teenager in the 1980s, and I miss the 1980's so much.

@buddrud

3 ай бұрын

Oh Goodness. Don't Pay The Ferryman is a Chris De Burgh classic. The one on this list I've never heard of is Lisa Lougheed's Run With Us. But in that era I wasn't into the Canadian 80's. That came a little later.

@Bo_D_Hansen

3 ай бұрын

@@buddrud Unfortunately, The only song I know from Chris De Burgh is "The Lady In Red".

@jackwells8107

3 ай бұрын

There were six I didn't know, but a lot of the wins I do - like The Sun Always Shines on TV - is because I was one of those people who'd hear one song I really liked and go out and by the album. Remember when you could by most albums for about $6.99? It's hard to pick favorite 80s deep cuts, tho - Spandau Ballet's Gold? Haircut 100's Fantastic Day? Corey Hart's Spot You in a Coalmine? So many great songs - Heck, so many great performers - that no one really remembers anymore.

@rileyfuckingrifle

3 ай бұрын

Sweet. I mostly missed the eighties (born in '88) and was excited to only recognize one song. 😅

@jerryezel4530

3 ай бұрын

Is there a chance you know a song that has a hook that goes “ and if ever get to see you again” & no not the fast and furious song😌

Good list!! 85% of these songs I already knew and loved (due to being a child of the 80's with two sisters in their late teens - bringing home LOTS of music & influences!! They were 13/14 years older, so really formed my earliest tastes in music!) The Sun Always Shines on TV has been one of my top 80's songs since it came out in '85! And thanks for the jogging of my memory on The Racoons theme song!! I had forgotten about that one! I think I'll add it to my Retro playlist! Cheers!

I knew most of these. Self Control was a mega-hit, I can't believe it's been forgotten. And Kayleigh is astonishing. Amazing lyrics.

Who Says and Hanging on a Heartattack by Device is ALWAYS overlooked. Two great 80s songs for sure!

Thank you for the update, WatchMojo..!! The 80s was the best.. Even though I was only a kid growing up in the 80s, no other periods can match how great the 80s was. Great music. The best time to listen to the music was the 80s. There was a constant cold war nuclear war scare though, but that was ok. It was the world without network computers and the Internet and it appeared everyone was happy with their lives. Everything was so cheap as well.

*The 80s are my jam. So much so that I've created an epic YT playlist that has more than 1900 music videos/songs.*

@andreim.5324

3 ай бұрын

I hear you. I am obsessed with the 80's. Being born in the mid 80's meant that I grew up on all that decades's music. So much so, that my 80's Spotify playlist is aproaching 10000 songs.

@jerryezel4530

3 ай бұрын

Quick question, Do you know a song which chorus goes “and if I ever get to see you again”

@BrianJNelson

3 ай бұрын

Sirius XM, 80s on 8 with Mark Goodman, Alan Hunter, and (sometimes) Nina Blackwood.

I also submit Icehouse's "Electric Blue". I never hear it in any 80's channels or lists but it's a banger.

@laurieyekovich8218

3 ай бұрын

The album with that song on it was amazing! Ironically I heard it in a casino last weekend lol! Takes me back to college, since it was a standard tape I studied to.

@casinodelonge

3 ай бұрын

co written by Daryll Hall??

@denisebacher5040

3 ай бұрын

I would say Crazy is a more obscure song by them.

@vsander09

3 ай бұрын

It’s literally in heavy rotation in XM Radio First Wave. Not underrated at all.

@vsander09

3 ай бұрын

@@denisebacher5040both were hits. Neither is remotely obscure.

'Kayleigh' was a big hit in the UK, and is still the bane of every woman called that, just like 'Smooth Criminal' is the bane of everyone called any variation of Annie. I've heard 'The Sun Always Shines On TV' about 500 times, i love that song, if people really haven't heard it then it does deserve to be #1.

@jenw5056

2 ай бұрын

In the States they rarely play anything by a-ha that isn't Take on Me, despite their immense catalog of music and so many good ones on Hunting High and Low, including Hunting High and Low, Train of Thought, and The Sun Always Shines on TV. It's a shame.

@VonPunk

2 ай бұрын

@@jenw5056 It's the same here, A-Ha treated like a one hit wonder, I agree it is a shame. I just heard TSASOT so much because I choose to have it on, I never tire of it, Morten has a great singing voice. 🙂

Tracey Ullman's "They Don't Know" is missing in this countdown, at least as an honorary mention. It's a great song and I'm sure A LOT of people never heard of it... They don't know (Pun intended)

@lisaa.9341

Ай бұрын

Love this song! Still play the video on a regular basis.

Great list! I would add these: One of Our Submarines(is Missing) by Thomas Dolby Desert Moon by Dennis DeYoung Feel It Again by Honeymoon Suite Living Inside Myself by Gino Vannelli If you were a 70’s-80’s kid, then you could list many more.

@Blaqjaqshellaq

3 ай бұрын

Anyone remember Tony Carey's "A Fine, Fine Day"?

@MegaSpecies8472

3 ай бұрын

​@@Blaqjaqshellaq as well as his planet p stuff

@Blaqjaqshellaq

3 ай бұрын

@@MegaSpecies8472 How about Heaven 17's "Come Live With Me"? (LUXURY GAP is an underrated album.) And Devo's "Speed Racer," with my favorite pop song line: "I've got brains and I like sex!"

@olaoluwaafolayan6554

3 ай бұрын

Love the shoutout for Honeymoon Suite’s “Feel It Again” - more people need to know about that one! Also since you mentioned Gino Vannelli, I would add his song “Black Cars” to this list!

@MegaSpecies8472

3 ай бұрын

So many Honeymoon Suite songs

So happy you have Killing Joke

The sun always shine on tv is my favorite song from a-ha, the music is so theatrical... The second one, on my list, is crying in the rain (who was a cover), just beautiful...

On Self Control, the video was directed by William Friedkin. Director of The French Connection and The Exorcist.

I've heard "Wild Wild West," "Ride Like the Wind," "Self Control" and "It's a Sin," but not the others. I enjoyed those deep cuts!

@ericthuemmel5275

3 ай бұрын

They were all top 10 hits in the USA - I think everyone from the 80s has heard them before!

@em7dim9

3 ай бұрын

@@ericthuemmel5275 Exactly. This was a lazily slapped-together list. Only half the songs belong here.

i've been getting into 'The Motels' again lately.......'Only the Lonely' was pretty popular i think, but 'Total Control' makes my day

@japhyryder66

2 ай бұрын

Give Mission of Mercy a listen. My favorite Motels song.

@DavidLLambertmobile

2 күн бұрын

Only The Lonely was a top 40 FM DJs played from 1000pm to 500am not really a day 🌄 track.

"Self Control"? I thought everyone knew that song. It's a certified hood classic.

I love Depeche Mode's "But Not Tonight" 🙂

I was a teenager throughout the 80s..one song that stoodout for me when Mtv was in its infancy was Quarterflash's harden my heart😊🎉🎉 i immediate associate Laura's self control with this song..such great music videos back then in addition to superb sound! Nostalgia overloaded!

I'm really glad that DM's 'But Not Tonight' is listed in the video.

@mantibarlow6272

2 ай бұрын

Was searching for this comment! Lol

A-Ha-Train of Thought is one of my favorite songs of all time!

I love "Dancing with tears in my eyes" and play it often Midge Ure is a great singer!! People back then loved this song and he was very popular.

@xXTheoLinuxXx

3 ай бұрын

In The Netherlands it was a huge hit. At the end of the year we have an all time top2000, and it's always in that list.

@alyzu4755

3 ай бұрын

Midge Ure is a legend! He just turned 70, he's still touring, and he still sounds amazing. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

I love Self-control, be it Brannigan's or RAF's version. I love everything by Stan Ridgway!! Wings of the storm is quite cool. Don't pay the ferryman is way better than Lady in Red! New Order is always great. Kim Wilde was always so dancey! and the pet Shop Boys are wonderful, always!! Aha has a lot of great tunes, and so has Marillion! Chrissie Hynde is great, etc etc. I did not remember Dead man's party: nice discovery!! .

I always love it when people tell me what I’ve heard or seen and haven’t.

Best decade ever!!😊

I really like "There's Something About You" by Level 42 and "C'est La Vie" by Robbie Nevil. I was hoping they would have made your list

@PirateLeota

3 ай бұрын

C'est La Vie is a great tune.

@user-sn9ig9vl5p

2 ай бұрын

my ring tone

Anyone still remember O Superman from Laurie Anderson? Back then it really gave me the chills. So out of this world. Mission accomplished, Laurie.

What an awesome video with great songs! The 80s for me were great times! I was 24 in 1980 and just bought a 62 Corvette for $4500. What a deal. In 1984, I met and married the most wonderful woman I have ever known. 40 years later, she is more beautiful and amazing than ever. We still enjoy Corvettes as I surprised her with a 22 C8 Corvette (this one is all hers). She was absolutely blown away!!!! But better than that we have 7 children born between 1985 and 1996. Now have 5 grandchildren. We only list to 70s and 80s music, especially when out cruising in any of our amazing cars! A happy wife is a blessing

These are my take of best 80s songs not heard of Revenge - ministry Mama used to say - junior Kings of wild frontier- adam ant Mercy seat- the ultravivid scene Everybody gotta learn sonetimes - korgis Heartbeat (clubversion)- taana gardner Automatic- pointer sisters Born under punches( heat goes on) talking heads Promises promises- naked eyes Such a shame - talk talk Worlock- skinny puppy Listen- tears for fears Love is love - culture club Floating(Cloudhopping )theme green ice movie - bill wyman Magic - mick smiley

@brandonpage7087

3 ай бұрын

Mick Smiley's "Magic", is one of my favorite things about the first Ghostbusters!! Naked Eyes' "Promises Promises" makes me think of that ALF episode, of the same name.

@christiancastro2442

3 ай бұрын

@@brandonpage7087 yess !! magic is two piece structured masterpiece ! Very Underrated

@fantasyguru26

3 ай бұрын

Most people have heard Automatic by the Pointer Sisters. That was a big hit. I agree very much with your listing of Mama Used to Say and Heartbeat. Promises, Promises (Tony Mansfield mix) is a must listen if you haven't already.

@jagsnumberone88

3 ай бұрын

If I was going to pick an Adam Ant song I would go with "Desperate but not Serious"

@WrenFaithBridger

3 ай бұрын

I absolutely love "Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometimes". I remember buying the 45 the moment it was released.

I was thinking the sun always shines on TV was that amazing song that I’ve always loved and was surprised that it didn’t get much attention.

@freemind1923

Ай бұрын

It actually did.. as well as It's a sin and self control.. they were huge hits.

Ric Ocasek " connect up to me" , the Call " time of your life", the Alarm " unsafe Building", Freur " doot doot", David Bowie " shining star Makin my love", Gene Loves Jezebel " motion of love ", Diesel " Sausalito summernight", Go Betweens " streets of your town", Ultravox " reap the wild wind", xtc " its nearly africa", Kate Bush " sat in your lap", FM " that girl", Cars "breakaway", Toni Childs - "Zimbabwae", Duran Duran " of crime and passion", Simply Red " you've got it", ABC " ocean blue", Night Ranger " passion play", van halen " in a simple rhyme", Industry "romantic dreams"

@kyachdistent1301

2 ай бұрын

You've not put one Kim Wilde song here: no 'House Of Salome', 'Words Fell Down', 'The Touch', 'Turn It On' or anything. There's no China Crisis with 'Arizona Sky' or 'All My Prayers', nor Natasha England with 'Don't Walk Away', and 'Homeland', no Kirsty MacColl with 'Free World' or 'Berlin', or Alphaville with 'Jerusalem', 'Forever Young', 'Romeos' and 'Universal Daddy'; then there's Sandra: 'In The Heat Of The Night', 'Midnight Man', 'Little Girl' and 'Heaven Can Wait'. Otherwise some really good stuff in this list, though I'd feature many more Duran songs above that one, especially from outside the year of the 1st 3 albums.

Grateful for the recognition of Pet Shop Boys, Oingo Boingo, and Christopher Cross... and I had the "Wild Wild West" cassette single... and a-ha's "Hunting High And Low" still stands up to this day... ...but it's an unequivocal tragedy to ignore Toy Matinee. "The Ballad of Jenny Ledge", "Last Plane Out", "Turn It On Salvador" or "Things She Said" are unsung legends in terms of 1980s tracks. Feel free to include Toy Matinee (and Kevin Gilbert) in subsequent lists.

@laustcawz2089

3 ай бұрын

"Wild, Wild West" always sounded to me like just a bad imitation of Elvis Costello's "Pump It Up".

@misfitwookiee3177

3 ай бұрын

@@laustcawz2089 Once I heard Elvis Costello, absolutely! I was once an uncultured swine prior to getting obsessed with music! Thanks for the observation!

Sun Always Shines On TV is a great choice for #1 here....Living A Boy's Adventure Tale from the same record is an outstanding deep cut also.❤

I lived through the 80's in the UK and heard most of these Self control by Laura Brannigan is still one of my faves that I play frequently

I absolutely love "Kayleigh"! Thank you for sharing it and also for featuring The Pretenders.

Only Lonely is one of my favorite songs, that 7800 album is all great!!

About time New Order gets some love

I graduated in 1984! I watched when MTV was born! Remember all these songs! And could name a huge number that people have long forgotten!

I would add a few of my picks: Donnie Iris -- AH! LEAH! (1980) Promises -- Baby It's You (1978)

@dondee5439

3 ай бұрын

Talk Talk -- It's My Life (1984)

@kevanwhittaker8379

3 ай бұрын

i love Baby Its You

@WrenFaithBridger

3 ай бұрын

Ah! Leah! was one of the first songs I grabbed when I got my Spotify account.

@wekakiwi

3 ай бұрын

Baby It's You (circa 1979) by Promises was a huge hit in Australia & NZ but wasn't released in the USA by their record label for some reason.

@PirateLeota

3 ай бұрын

I had the single of Ah! Leah! Great song!

The Sun Always Shines...is like Sinead O'connors 'The emporers new clothes' as good or better than their big hit but completely forgotten

@Dadtheimpaler

3 ай бұрын

Great point. As far as I'm concerned, that whole album is underrated.

@jenw5056

2 ай бұрын

@@Dadtheimpaler exactly, the whole album is fantastic but Warner Brothers didn't promote them in the States they way they did all over the world. It's a shame.

I remember listening to that whitesnake album whilst traveling and the hotel started burning down. Scary night! Almost died! 😮

I had to stop in at the "Run with us" song. I recognized it immediately as a song from the Racoons cartoon! Thanks for the memory!

Great eighties songs. If you make multiple episodes could you maybe include, Had a dream by Roger Hodgeson , Desert Moon by Dennis de young, Beat's so lonely by Charlie Sexton, Diamond sun by Glass Tiger, Don't Change by Inxs, High on emotion by Chris de Burgh, It's all gone by Chris Rea, Living it up by Bill la Bounty, Second wind by Billy Joel, Getting away with it by Electronic, Satellite by The Hooters, Heartbreak beat by psychedelic furs, Love song by Simple minds and incommunicado by marillion. Thank you and good day. And also silent running by Mike and the mechanics.

Great list! Whoever composed it deserves credit.