This blog is inspired by Season 3 of "Cobra Kai", it takes me back to "The Karate Kid". That was an extremely fertile time in music, the years of 1983-1986. These are the best of the best songs for those four years. So many of these songs are from 80s movies. The first two blogs in this series have a lot of songs from movies. The other blogs also have movie related songs. I can't remember how many music videos were just basically clips of the movie that song was from. With such great 80s music and movies it was a great time to grow up.
What CDs, songs, soundtrack etc. were being released these 4 years? These were the years of "Thriller", "Purple Rain" (best soundtrack ever), "Footloose", "Pretty In Pink" (not only a great movie, but a great soundtrack that really captures the music of it's time). Also this was the era of New Wave, Madonna, Cyndi Lauper, Def Leppard from getting their foot into the door to when they became the biggest band in the world, "We Are The World", Live Aid, "Karate Kid" and it's great music, Also only of the funkiest CDs ever produced, David Bowie's "Let's Dance", CDs started replacing albums and cassettes as the most popular way to listen to music
Number one overall songs of 1983) The Police "Every Breath You Take", 1984) Prince "When Doves Cry", 1985) Wham! "Careless Whisper" and 1986) "That's What Friends Are For":
Number one overall albums of 1983 and 1984) Michael Jackson's "Thriller". Yes it was a monster. 1985) Bruce Springsteen "Born In The U.S.A.", 1986) Whitney Houston self-titled.
Top overall country songs of each year according to playback.fm. 1983) Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers "Island In the Stream" 1984) Julio Iglesias and Willie Nelson "To All The Girls I've Loved Before" 1985) Kenny Rogers "Morning Desire"- since I barely heard this song back in the day, I doubt this really was the 1985 #1 country song and from playlistresearch.com 1986) The Judds "Grandpa (Tell Me About The Good Old Days".
Top overall soul songs of 1983, I'm getting these songs from: https://rateyourmusic.com/list/goldwax317/1983__the_top_100_randb_singles/
1983) Michael Jackson "Billie Jean" 1984) Prince "When Doves Cry" 1985) Freddie Jackson "Rock Me Tonight (For Old Time's Sake) 1986) Gregory Abbott "Shake You Down".
There are currently documentaries out there about one of the biggest moments of this four year era. It's called "The Greatest Night In Pop", it's about the recording of "We Are The World". Also a documentary about the preeminent 80s rap band RUN-D.M.C. "Kings From Queens: The RUN-D.M.C.". Not only that but Jam Master Jay is also in the news, two people are finally being held accountable for his death. I've yet to watch either of these documentaries.
Many times I just want to go back and listen to the amazing music of the 80s, thanks for coming along.
182) The Talking Heads "Burning Down The House":
183) Bryan Adams "Somebody":
184) The Talking Heads "Stay Up Late":
185) Anita Baker "Caught Up In The Rapture":
186) The Violent Femmes "Kiss Off":
187) Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band "Dancing In The Dark":
188) Duran Duran "A View To A Kill":
189) Whitney Houston "How Will I Know":
190) After The Fire "Der Kommissar":
191) Alabama "Fire In The Night":
192) George Michael "Careless Whisper":
193) Robert Palmer "Addicted To Love":
194) Agnetha Faltskog "Can't Shake Loose":
195) Alison Moyet "Invisible":
196) Wham! "Wake Me Up Before You Go Go":
197) Lionel Richie "Stuck On You":
198) Air Supply "Making Love Out of All":
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