(Finished July 20th, 2025) Part 6 of The Best Songs From 80s Movies, Soundtracks & Broadway Plays

Hello,

This is the next of many of the greatest songs from 80s movies or Broadway plays. Coincidentally these are also many of the greatest songs of the 80s.

I’m going to mostly focus on the songs that were current with the movies, but I will include a few of the classics that came many years before the movies that they are in. In other words like the classic songs from “The BIg Chill” and “Dirty Dancing”.

From “Cocktail” 86) The Beach Boys “Kokomo”:

From “Dirty Dance” 87) The Ronettes “Be My Baby”:

From “Back To The Future” 88) Huey Lewis and The News “Back In TIme”:

From “The Breakfast Club” 89) Wang Chung “Fire In The Twilight”:

From “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” 90) The Beatles “Twist and Shout”:

From “Flashdance” 91) Irene Cara “Flashdance (Oh What A Feeling)”:

From “Footloose” 92) Deniece Williams “Let’s Hear It For The Boy”:

From “Good Morning Vietnam” 93) Martha and the Vandellas “Nowhere To Run”:

From “Revenge of the Nerds” 94) Gleaming Spires “Are You Ready For The Sex Girls”:

From “Less Than Zero” 95) The Bangles “Hazy Shade of Winter”:

From “Roadie” 96) Styx “Crystal Ball” (Live):

From “Suddenly Seeking Susan” 97) Madonna “Who’s That Girl”:

From “Cocktail” 98) The Georgia Satellites “Hippy Hippy Shake”:

From “My GIrl” 99) The Temptations “My Girl”:

From “Modern Girls” 100) Depeche Mode “But Not Tonight”:

From “Caddyshack” 101) Journey “Anyway You Want It”:

From “Top Gun” 102) Miami Sound Machine “Hot Summer Nights”:

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