(Started May 15th, 2019) The Best Songs of 80s Soundtracks, Part 5: Songs 73-88

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"Say Anything...":

73) Peter Gabriel "In Your Eyes":

74) Living Color "Cult of Personality":

75) Red Hot Chili Peppers "Taste The Pain":

76) Depeche Mode "Stripped":

"Karate Kid 2":

77) Peter Cetera "Glory of Love":

"Mannequin":

78) Starship "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now":

"Stand By Me":

79) Ben E King "Stand By Me":

From James Bond movies:

80) Sheena Easton "For Your Eyes Only":

81) Rita Coolige "All-Time High":

82) Duran Duran "A View To A Kill":

83) "Living Daylights":

84) "License To Kill":

"To Live and Die In LA":

85) "To Live and Die In La":

"Short Circuit":

86) DeBarge "Who's Johnny":

"Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome":

87) Tina Turner "We Don't Need Another Hero":

88) "One of The Living":

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(Finished May 14th, 2019) Songs With the Word Game or Games in the Title

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This blog in inspired by Season 2, Episode 3 of "Cobra Kai". The episode is titled "Fire & Ice". At the end of the episode Cobra Kai comes in to show up the Miyagi-do with the music of Airbourne's 1) "Back In The Game". We'll start with that song:

2) The Alan Parsons Project "Games People Play":

One of the hottest and best young bands in rock music. 3) Badflower "Murder Games":

An incredibly sexy video. 4) Chris Isaak "Wicked Game":

5) The Colourist "Little Games":

6) Foreigner "Head Games":

Garth doesn't allow his videos on YouTube due to greed. We will have to settle for Mrs. Brooks' cover of this great song. Brooks' version of this song is the best version, too bad he won't share it with those that love his music.
7) Garth Brooks "Victim of The Game":

8) Jewel "Foolish Games":

9) Lady Gaga "LoveGame":

10) Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders "The Game of Love":

11) Queen "Play The Game":

12) Reba McEntire "New Fool At An Old Game":

13) Charlie Pride "Night Games":

14) The Scorpions "Passion Rules The Game":

15) Superchunk "Winter Games":

16) Peter Gabriel "Games Without Frontiers":

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(Finished May 13th, 2019) The Best Songs of 80s Soundtracks, Part 4: Songs 56-72

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"Woman In Red":

56 ) Stevie Wonder "I Just Called To Say I Loved You":

Although "Into The Groove" isn't on the "Desperately Seeking Susan" soundtrack, it's still closely associated with the movie. That's close enough for me.

57) Madonna "Into The Groove":

"Back To The Future":

58) Huey Lewis and the News "The Power of Love":

59) Huey Lewis and the News "Back In Time":

60) Eric Clapton "Heaven Is One Step Away":

Yes, every song on this soundtrack is great "Footloose":

61) Deniece Williams "Let's Hear It For The Boy":

62) Mike Reno and Ann Wilson "Almost Paradise":

63) Bonnie Tyler "Holding Out For A Hero":

64) Shalamar "Dancing In The Sheets":

65) Kenny Loggins "I'm Free (Heaven Helps The Man":

66) Karla Bonoff "Somebody's Eyes":

67) Sammy Hagar "This Girl Gets Around":

68) Moving Pictures "Never":

69) Kenny Loggins "Footloose":

"Eddie and The Cruisers":

70) John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band "On The Dark Side":

71) John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band "Tender Years":

"La Bamba":

72) Los Lobos "La Bamba":

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(Finished May 12th, 2019) The Best Songs of 80s Soundtracks, Part 3: Songs 40-55

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"Less Than Zero":

40) The Bangles "Hazy Shade of Winter":

41) LL Cool J "Going Back To Cali":

42) Public Enemy "Bring The Noise":

"Dirty Dancing":

43) Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes "(I've Had) Time of My Life":

44) Patrick Swayze featuring Wendy Fraser "She's Like The Wind":

45) Tom Johnston "Where Are You Tonight":

46) Eric Carmen "Hungry Eyes":

47) The Blow Monkeys "You Don't Own Me":

"Cocktail":

48) Starship "Wild Again":

49) The Georgia Satellites "Hippy Hippy Shake":

This song gets a bad rap and I'm not sure why, I think it's a great song.
50) The Beach Boys "Kokomo":

51) The Fabulous Thunderbirds "Powerful Stuff":

52) Robbie Nevil "Since When":

"Look Who's Talking":

53) Katrina and the Waves "Walking On Sunshine":

"Who's That Girl":

54) "Who's That Girl":

55) "Causing A Commotion":

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(Finished May 12th, 2019) The Best Songs of 80s Soundtracks, Part 2: Songs 19-39

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"Flashdance":

19) Irene Cara "Flashdance...What A Feeling":

20) Donna Summer "Romeo":

21) Michael Sembello "Maniac":

22) Cycle V "Seduce Me Tonight":

23) Karen Kamon "Manhunt":

24) Kim Carnes "I'll Be Where The Heart Is":



From the various "Rocky's" of the 80s:

25) Survivor "Eye of the Tiger":



26) Survivor "Burning Heart":



27) James Brown "Living In America":



28) John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band "Hearts On Fire":



29) Robert Tepper "No Easy Way Out":



30) Touch "The Sweetest Victory":



Yes, the entire soundtrack qualifies for the best songs of 80s soundtracks.
"Purple Rain", all songs by Prince and the Revolution:

Only 11.7 million YouTube views? That's a crime! Of course Prince videos were blocked from hearing audio on his videos until Prince died. That certainly didn't help the videos getting more views. 31) "Let's Go Crazy":



32) "Take Me With U":



33) "Darling Nikki":



One of the greatest songs ever! 34) "When Doves Cry":



35) "I Would Die 4 U":



36) "Baby I'm A Star":



37) "Purple Rain":



38) "The Beautiful Ones":



39) "Computer Blue":

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(Finished May 11th, 2019) The Best Songs of 80s Soundtracks, Part 1: Songs 1-18

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I have spent more time than I should working on these blogs. I have done a deep dive into as many soundtracks I could think of or find to scrounge up every good song from so many great and some not that good movies. At this point I have 5 columns of about 35 songs. I will be posting those obvious songs you think of when you hear 80s soundtracks. However I will also add some great songs that you may have completely forgotten. There are a few of these songs that I have forgotten or never knew existed. Many soundtracks feature songs from many years previous to the soundtrack, I have mostly excluded those songs.

"Iron Eagle" was the soundtrack that prompted this whole blog series. It has two great songs that I wasn't aware of until yesterday.

1) King Kobra "Iron Eagle (Never Say Die)":

2) Katrina and the Waves "Maniac House":



3) Queen "One Vision":



4) Dio "Hide In The Rainbow":



5) Helix "It's Too Late":



6) Adrenaline "The Road of the Gypsy":



7) The Jon Butcher Axis "This Raging Fire":

"Ghostbusters" and "Ghostbusters 2":

8) Ray Parker Jr. "Ghostbusters":

9) Bobby Brown "On Our Own":

10) Thompson Twins "In The Name of Love":

"The Breakfast Club":

11) Simple Minds "Don't You Forget About Me":

"Top Gun":

12) Kenny Loggins "Playing With The Boys":

13) Berlin "Take My Breath Away":

14) Loverboy "Heaven In Your Eyes":



15) Kenny Loggins "Danger Zone":

15) Teena Marie "Lead Me On":



16) Miami Sound Machine "Hot Summer Nights";

17) Larry Greene "Through The Fire":

18) Marietta "Destination Unknown":

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(Started May 8th, 2019) Songs With the Number Two in the Title, Part 1

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1) The Doors "Love Me Two Times":

2) Grover Washington Jr. "Just The Two of Us":

3) The Spin Doctors "Two Princes":

4) Rob Base & D.J. Ez Rock "It Takes Two":

5) U2 "Two Hearts Beat As One":

6) Meat Loaf "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad":

7) Frankie Goes To Hollywood "Two Tribes":

8) Steely Dan "Two Against Nature":

9) Sammy Hagar "Two Sides of Love":

10) Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers "Two Gunslingers":

11) Stacey Q "Two of Hearts":
12) Def Leppard "Two Steps Behind":
13) Carrie Underwood "Two Black Cadillacs":
14) 10,000 Maniacs "Eat For Two":
15) The Oak Ridge Boys "Trying To Love Two Women":
16) Eric Church "Two Pink Lines":
17) Phil Collins "Two Hearts":

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