(Finished March 27th, 2024) Part 10 of Rolling Stone’s 200 Best Songs of the 80s: Songs 70-55

Hello,

Rolling Stone has released another Top 200 Best 80s songs list. I’m going to post the songs from 200 to 1 and review each song. Is it worthy of it’s ranking, is it too high and is it too low. I’m not a big fan of Rolling Stone’s rankings as they include songs that I’ve never heard of or songs that were only popular to a very select group of people. My Top 200 80s songs would look completely different.

With MTV at its peak and radio stations playing multiple genres back in the day, if I hadn’t heard a song then it’s truly obscure. I haven’t heard of the song or artist for only song 96 on this part of the countdown. It’s only one song and band that I’ve never heard of before today.

A demo version of the Van Halen classic. 70a) Van Halen “Everybody Wants Some”:

The studio finished version of 70b) “Everybody Wants Some”:

69) Shriekback “Nemesis”:

68) EPMD “Strictly Business”:

67) AC/DC “Hells Bells”:

An all-time classic, it possibly should be a big higher. 66) The Weather Girls “It’s Raining Men”:

65) John Waite “Missing You”:

64) The B-52s “Private Idaho”:

63) Expose “Point of No Return”:

A very good song, but in no way does it belong in the Top 200 Best 80s songs. 62) Fugazi “Waiting Room”:

61) Cameo “Word Up”:

60) Indeep “Last Night A DJ Saved My Life”:

59) Bruce Springsteen “Atlantic City”:

Another decent song being improved by a sample. 58) De La Soul “Eye Know”:

57) Husker Du “Celebrated Summer”:

56) Bonnie Tyler “Total Eclipse of the Heart”:

55) Adam and the Ants “Stand and Deliver”:

themusicaddict