Following the lead of Australian radio station Triple J, I decided to come up with my own Hottest 100: One entirely made of 80s songs.
In coming up with this list I did have some ground rules:
- One song per artist
- At least ten songs from each year
- No kowtowing to the obvious
- This list will be a combination of what I knew at the time and what I discovered at a later date
Preamble over, on with the list:
My Hottest 100 of the 1980s
1. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
2. Icehouse - Great Southern Land
3. The Cure - Just Like Heaven
4. Hoodoo Gurus - Like Wow Wipeout!
6. Go-Betweens - Streets of Your Town
7. Hunters and Collectors - Throw Your Arms Around Me
8. R.E.M. - It's the End of the World As We Know It (and I Feel Fine)
9. Underworld - Underneath the Radar
10. Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning
12. Violent Femmes - Blister in the Sun
13. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - The Mercy Seat
15. Stone Roses - She Bangs the Drums
16. Not Drowning Waving - Yes Sir I Can Boogie
19. Cult - She Sells Sanctuary
21. John Farnham - Age of Reason
22. Joan Jett - I Love Rock N Roll
23. The Jam - That's Entertainmemt
24. Split Enz - Message to My Girl
25. Pet Shop Boys - Kings Cross
27. Crowded House - Better Be Home Soon
28. Pretenders - Back on the Chain Gang
29. Paul Kelly - Before Too Long
30. Pixies - Here Comes Your Man
31. Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia
32. Husker Du - Could You Be the One
33. Travelling Wilburys - Handle With Care
34. ABBA - The Winner Takes It All
35. Joe Satriani - Surfing With the Alien
36. Neil Young - Rockin' in the Free World
39. Pursuit of Happiness - I'm an Adult Now
40. Pogues - Fairytale of New York
41. Heart - Alone
43. Laughing Clowns - Eternally Yours
44. Romantics - What I Like About You
47. Toto - Africa
48. Queen - Save Me
49. This Mortal Coil - Song to the Siren
50. Texas - I Don't Want a Lover
51. Ric Ocasek - Emotion in Motion
52. Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough
53. Beastie Boys - You Gotta Fight For Your Right
54. Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush - Don't Give Up
55. Kraftwerk - Pocket Calculator
56. Mental As Anything - If You Leave Me Can I Come Too?
57. Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
58. INXS - Kiss the Dirt (Falling Down the Mountain)
59. Dire Straits - So Far Away
64. Rolling Stones - Mixed Emotions
66. Iggy Pop - Real Wild Child (Wild One)
67. Simple Minds - Theme For Great Cities
68. Run DMC and Aerosmith - Walk This Way
70. The Duruttti Column - Otis
71. Public Image Ltd - Order of Death
72. Suicidal Tendencies - Institutionalised
74. Prince - Little Red Corvette
75. Echo and the Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
78. Dick Dale and Stevie Ray Vaughan - Pipeline
79. Twisted Sister - We're Not Gonna Take It
80. The Clash - Rock the Casbah
81. Billy Bragg - Walk Away Renee
82. Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
83. Police - Every Breath You Take
84. Moody Blues - Your Wildest Dreams
85. Joe Esposito - You're the Best
86. Go-Go's - Our Lips Are Sealed
87. Lloyd Cole And The Commotions - Are You Ready to be Heartbroken?
88. Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere
89. Kenny Loggins - Danger Zone
91. Irene Cara - What a Feeling
93. Sky - Hotta
94. Duran Duran - A View to a Kill
96. Eric Carmen - Make Me Lose Control
97. Jan Hammer - Crockett's Theme
98. Motley Crue - Kickstart My Heart
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