(Finished July 17th, 2022) Part 1 of The 102 Best Songs of the 80s (Finally A Finished Draft)

Hello,

The way I'm doing this is I'm going to post the Top 102 greatest 80s songs in order of the way I thought of them. Once I hit 102 songs I will go and look at the 102 listed songs and see if there are any other songs that the 101st song might be better than. If so I will replace the previously listed song. That way I can stay at 102 songs and have truly the 102 greatest 80s songs of all-time. This isn't a ranking by best songs, that's just too much work. As best as I can these are the 102 greatest 80s songs.

I may or may not post other great 80s songs by each band listed. All of these artists are so much more than one of the 102 greatest songs of the 80s. Since most of my blogs have 17 songs each I upped this to the 102 Best Songs of the 80s. That would be six blogs with seventeen songs = 102 songs.

Almost 40 million YouTube views. 1) Paula Abdul "Straight Up":

Other great 80s songs by Paula Abdul: "Forever Your Girl":

"Cold Hearted":

"(It's Just) The Way That You Love Me":

Paula Abdul "Knocked Out":

Released in early 1990, but in every other way this is an 80s song. It was written by Prince for heck's sake. Over 321 million YouTube views. 2) Sinead O'Connor "Nothing Compares 2 U":

Other great 80s songs by Sinead O'Connor: "Mandinka":

"Just Like U Said It Would B":

"I Want Your Hands On Me":

"Troy":

Almost 55 million YouTube views. 3) Peter Gabriel "Sledgehammer":

Other great 80s songs by Peter Gabriel:  "Shock The Monkey":

"I Have The Touch":

This song likely would be in the Top 204 songs of the 80s if I ever was that motivated. "Big Time":

"Shakin' The Tree":

Almost 110 million YouTube videos, twice as many as "Sledgehammer". Interesting. 4) Whitesnake "Here I Go Again":

Songs oh so close, but not quite Top 102. This is still a great song. Whitesnake was on their first farewell tour, part of which had to be cancelled. This song is almost as good as "Here I Go Again". R.I.P. Tawny Whitesnake "In The Still Of The Night":

"Give Me All Your Love Tonight":

"Fool For Your Loving":

"Slide It In":

"Crying In The Rain":

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