As I mentioned previously, my thanks to Rolling Stone magazine and bobborst.com for inspiring this list. Rolling Stone released their list on September 17th, 2014, I took their list and created my own list. Nineteen songs from Rolling Stone's list didn't make it on my personal Top 100, those 19 songs are mentioned in the first blog in this series of blogs. Thanks to the bobborst.com website for reminding me about the rest of these songs. That is except for Julie Brown's "Homecoming Queen's Got A Gun". I thought it came out in 1984 and I Googled it and sure enough it did. The number/letters in parenthesis indicate where the song ranks on Rolling Stone's Top 100 list. NR = not rated
46) The Go Go's "Head Over Heels" (48) (For those of you wondering Tears For Fears "Head Over Heels" came out in 1985 and yes that's a great song also.)
45) The Cars "Drive" (21) Again another song that's great, but gets pushed back a bit because of ALL the amazing songs of 1984. In many years "Drive" would be much closer to the top ten.
44) a-ha's "Take On Me"(18)- this might be the best video ever.
43) Billy Idol's "Rebel Yell" (55):
42) Billy Idol's "Eyes Without A Face" (47) A double shot of William Allen Michael Broad.
41) The Cars "You Might Think" (78) Yep, sometimes all you can say is yes this is an 80's video.
40) Olivia Newton John's "Twist of Fate" (NR)
39) Mike Reno and Ann Wilson's "Almost Paradise": (NR) The love song from one of my Top Ten favorite 80's movies "Footloose":
38) Michael Jackson's "Thriller" (5) One of the most innovative and creative videos of all-time. This is the full video of "Thriller". No doubt about it Michael Jackson was a genius.
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