(Finished May 5th, 2026) Part 13 of Rolling Stone’s 200 Best Songs of the 80s: Songs 30-27

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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-looking at The Minutemen. I will also post other 80s songs by the bands mentioned. The number with the parenthesis is the ranking of the song on Rolling Stone’s ranking- if that wasn’t 100% obvious.

What an amazing song. 30) Tina Turner “What’s Love Got To Do With It”:

“Let’s Stay Together”:

“Better Be Good To Me”:

“I Can’t Stand The Rain”:

“We Don’t Need Another Hero”:

“The Best”:

This song is written by Dire Straits’ Mark Knopfler “Private Dancer”:

“One of The Living”:

29) Guns N’ Roses “Welcome To The Jungle”:

“Mr. Brownstone”:

“Rocket Queen”:

“Nightrain”:

“Paradise City”:

“Patience”:

28) The Talking Heads “This Must Be The Place”:

“Once In A Lifetime”:

“Burning Down The House”:

“And She Was”:

“Stay Up Late”:

“Road To Nowhere”:

“Wild Wild Life”:

Huh? Frankly I don’t want any quarter steppin’ either. 27) BIg Daddy Kane “Ain’t No Half Steppin”:

themusicaddict