Hungry Like the Wolf

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A closer listen to the decade that brought us everything from Run-DMC to Mötley Crüe to Rick Astley.

Oh Yeah, It's '80s Night

Music Videos

The best music videos and MTV clips from the 1980s, voted on and ranked by the most radical, tubular fans. Click on any embedded video box next to the song and artist name to watch the full music video without ever leaving this page! Vote for your favorite 80s musicians and artists, and suggest videos that don't already appear on the list below. Putting together a list of the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/greatest-80s-pop-songs/ranker-music?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">best 80s music</a> videos is a challenge. This was, after all, the golden era of music videos, back when MTV actually played videos all day long. Artists continually tried to put out super creative and innovative music videos to compliment singles. Some worked beautifully - others, not so much. Have a favorite that didn't make the list? Add it! And be sure to vote for your favorites (and vote down those that still make you cringe, even after all these years).The 1980s music videos on this list are masterpieces. Each and every one of them is memorable. Whether it's Madonna cavorting with a saint in &quot;Like a Prayer,&quot; Peter Gabriel freaking everyone on Earth out with the amazing video for &quot;Sledgehammer&quot; or Duran Duran blasting on to the scene with &quot;Hungry Like The Wolf,&quot; all of these videos represent the best of the very best.What are the best music videos of the '80s? This list will help determine that.&nbsp;

The Best 1980s Music Videos

General

'80s Music Videos | Best Music Videos of the 1980s

Horror Movies and TV

Inspired by the use of Destiny&#39;s Child&#39;s &quot;Say My Name&quot; in the trailer for Candyman (2020), this list aims to find the best pairing of pop songs along with <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-classic-horror-movies/ranker-horror?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">classic horror films</a>. While some songs on this list were written with horror movies in mind, such as &quot;Jason&quot; by The Midnight and &quot;Final Girls&quot; by Electric Youth, others simply describe the plot of the film(s).

You might never be able to hear these songs again without thinking of these scary movies, or you might even see the movies in a new light. With that being said, which ones are the best pop song/horror movie matches?

Vote up all your favorites and vote down any that don&#39;t accurately capture their horror movie counterpart.

These Pop Songs Describe The Plots Of Your Favorite Horror Movies

Songs That Describe The Plot Of Horror Movies, Ranked

Alex Alvarez

80s Music

What are the best dance songs from the period best known for mullets, jelly bands, and jean jackets? To answer that question, let&#39;s rank the best &#39;80s dance songs that truly defined the decade and inspired all of the dance music that followed in the &#39;90s and beyond.

&quot;Everybody Have Fun Tonight&quot; by Wang Chung is one of those songs that doesn&#39;t just earworm into your brain for hours, it&#39;s something you can move to! The single is one of the best known songs the group released, and a great&nbsp;place to start when ranking the best dance&nbsp;songs from the &#39;80s. Salt-N-Pepa helped define the generation for dancers across the world with &quot;Push It,&quot; but you don&#39;t have to look much further than the King of Pop&#39;s incredibly popular classic &quot;Beat It,&quot; which helped launch Michael Jackson&#39;s solo career. Other popular hits from the decade that just force a listener to move include Madonna&#39;s &quot;Into the Groove,&quot; Men Without Hats&#39; &quot;The Safety Dance,&quot; and Whitney Houston&#39;s &quot;I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me).&quot;

Vote up your favorite &#39;80s dance songs&nbsp;on this ranked list, and add any tracks that aren&#39;t here already.

The Best '80s Dance Songs

The Best '80s Dance Songs You Still Groove To Today (40 Songs)

Ranker Music

Rock

Step into the Ranker time machine, and enjoy the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-rock-songs-2020/music-lover?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">best rock songs</a> of the &#39;80s. Including classic rock hits&nbsp;and popular&nbsp;jams, the list of &#39;80s rock songs features some of the greatest bands ever, like The Police, U2, Van Halen, and Pink Floyd. Take a trip down memory lane with the top rock songs of the 1980s.&nbsp;

Vote up the best &#39;80s rock songs, and add your favorites if they&#39;re missing from the list.

The Best Rock Songs Of The '80s, Ranked

The 100+ Greatest '80s Rock Songs, Ranked By Fans

1980s

So much of music in the &#39;80s was defined by the new wave movement, but what are your favorite songs from the genre? Let&#39;s rank the best &#39;80s new wave songs that truly defined the decade, with the help of your votes.

Many people think of new wave songs when they think of the 1980s, and it&#39;s no wonder why. Tracks like Kajagoogoo&#39;s &quot;Too Shy&quot; and Soft Cell&#39;s &quot;Tainted Love&quot; are the types&nbsp;of songs&nbsp;you&#39;ll always sing along to if you hear them on the radio. Even if you don&#39;t listen to &#39;80s music, you surely know the lyrics to &quot;I Ran&quot; by A Flock of Seagulls. Another fantastic new wave song from the &#39;80s is &quot;People Are People&quot; by Depeche Mode, despite the fact that the song&#39;s writer, Martin Gore, has been quoted as saying it&#39;s one of his least favorite.

Vote up the top &#39;80s new wave hits and dance your problems away! There are so many good &#39;80s new wave songs, so please add your own additions to the list if they aren&#39;t here already.

The Best '80s New Wave Songs

The 100+ Best '80s New Wave Songs That Defined The Decade

Here are the greatest &#39;80s alternative songs, ranked by fans everywhere. The 1980s were a great time for alternative rock. During this decade, alternative rock was still predominantly an underground movement. Many artists found success finding fans through college radio and independent fanzines. Bands quickly realized they did not need major label representation to have an impact, and this resulted in some of the best rock music of all time. This list contains the most popular alternative songs of the &#39;80s, as voted on by rock music lovers from around the world.&nbsp;

The beginning of the &#39;80s saw the dominance of such acts as Duran Duran and Black Flag. Toward the tail end of the era, a new type of band began to emerge. <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/bands-like-nirvana/music-lover?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Bands like Nirvana</a> and R.E.M. were just finding their voice. While these type of artists truly rose to fame in the &#39;90s, it was only due to alternative artists of the &#39;80s that they even had a chance of finding success.&nbsp;

If you have ever wanted to find all of the best &#39;80s alternative songs in one place, then this &#39;80s throwback playlist makes for the perfect resource. Use all of your hair spray and put on as many bracelets as you can find because you are about to vote for the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/greatest-90s-alternative-songs/ranker-music?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">top alternative songs</a> of the &#39;80s.&nbsp;&nbsp;

The Best Alternative Songs Of The '80s, Ranked

The 100+ Best Alternative Songs Of The '80s, Ranked By Fans

Though now a rarity, once upon a time music television stations like MTV and VH1 actually played music videos including these picks for the best rock music videos of all time. Don't see your favorite rock music video listed? Show it some love by adding it below.The best rock videos include what is now considered classic rock, with the likes of <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/aerosmith-albums-discography/reference">Aerosmith's</a> collaboration with Run DMC for &quot;Walk This Way,&quot; and several <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/list-of-guns-n_-roses-music-video-releases/music-videos">songs from Guns N' Roses</a> with their videos for &quot;Sweet Child of Mine&quot; and &quot;November Rain.&quot; Moving into the 1990s, the grunge rock phase brought us some of the most iconic rock videos of all time such as &quot;Heart Shaped Box&quot; and &quot;Smells Like Teen Spirit&quot; by Nirvana and &quot;Jeremy&quot; by <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/pearl-jam-albums/geoffclapp1">Pearl Jam</a>. That time period wasn't all flannel shirts and distorted guitar riffs as it also brought the memorable music videos like REM's &quot;Losing My Religion&quot; and Soundgarden's &quot;Black Hole Sun.&quot;So what are the best rock music videos of all time? That's up to you to decide.As rock music styles progressed in the years since, so did the videos. More recently, bands have used both impressive digital graphics to create music videos, like the Arcade Fire video for &quot;We Used To Wait/The Wilderness Downtown,&quot; as well as good old fashioned one-tale choreography, like in the OK Go video for &quot;Here It Goes Again.&quot;Music videos may not get the airtime they used to on television but thanks to online video sites like YouTube and Vimeo, bands can continue to create and share great rock music videos like these for years to come.

The Best Rock Music Videos

Best Rock Music Videos of All Time | List of Popular Rock Songs and Videos

The greatest pop bands and artists in every conceivable sub-genre, ranked.

Long Live Pop

Pop Music

If you're making a throwback playlist, you can't forget the&nbsp;<a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-pop-songs-2020/music-lover?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">best pop songs</a> of the '80s. Including unforgettable classics and old school dance hits, the list of '80s pop songs features popular artists, like Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Prince, and David Bowie. Moonwalk down&nbsp;memory lane with the top pop songs of the 1980s.&nbsp;Vote up the best '80s pop songs, and add your favorites if they're missing from the list.

The Best Pop Songs Of The '80s, Ranked

The 50+ Most Unforgettable '80s Pop Songs, Ranked By Fans

What are the best songs to come from the British Isles during the &#39;80s? Let&#39;s not forget, some of the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-best-rock-bands-of-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">greatest bands of all time</a> originated in Great Britain, and while the Rolling Stones, the Beatles, U2, and many more began long before the 1980s, that doesn&#39;t mean the decade doesn&#39;t have a lot of hits. Let&#39;s rank the best &#39;80s songs from British artists that truly defined the decade not just in the UK, but around the world.

The 1980s was a great decade for British songs, which becomes all the more clear if you&#39;ve ever heard a little tune called &quot;Bohemian Rhapsody&quot; by Queen. In fact, just about every major hit from Queen was released during the 1980s, but that was hardly the only band to kick out killer tracks in the &#39;80s. George Michael released a few amazing tracks including &quot;Faith&quot; and &quot;Wake Me Up Before You Go Go&quot; while Culture Club dropped &quot;Karma Chameleon,&quot; which is probably running through your head right now after simply reading the title. Other amazing hits to come from the decade include &quot;Shout&quot; by Tears for Fears, &quot;Leave In Silence&quot; by Depeche Mode, and The Eurythmics&#39; &quot;Sweet Dreams&quot; among many obvious others from artists like Billy Idol and Phil Collins.

Vote up your favorite British &#39;80s songs, and add as many to the list as you like!

The Best British '80s Songs

The 30+ Greatest British '80s Songs That Defined the Decade

Songs

Have you ever thought about how many songs with wolf in the title have been written? This list ranks the best songs with wolf in the name, regardless of genre. Most of the tracks listed here are songs about wolves, but almost all of them have different lyrical interpretations, despite the commonality of having the word wolf in the title. This ranked poll includes songs like &quot;Of Wolf and Man&quot; by Metallica, and &quot;A Wolf at the Door&quot; by Radiohead. If you think a good song with wolf in the title is missing from this list, go ahead and add it so others can vote for it too. Songs with wolf in the lyrics are only allowed if that word is in the song's name as well.

She Wolf

The Best Songs With Wolf in the Title

List of 50+ Songs With Wolf in the Title

The great part about music is that you can write a song about anything, but for this list we're ranking the best songs about being hungry. Do you have a favorite hunger song? Whether it's rock, rap, country, or anything in between, vote up the songs about hunger that you can't get enough of. You can even add additional tracks to the poll if any good hunger songs are missing, so feel free to contribute to the list.&nbsp; Some of the songs below include &quot;Hunger for the Great Light&quot; by Dave Matthews Band, &quot;Hungry Like the Wolf&quot; by Duran Duran, and &quot;Far From the Arms of Hunger&quot; by Jackson Browne. A song can qualify to be on this in two ways. First, the song has hunger or hungry in the title or lyrics, or some close variation of either word. Second, the song is conceptually about hunger, even if it doesn't specifically mention that word.

Hunger Strike

The Best Songs About Hunger

Hunger Songs List | The Best Songs About Being Hungry

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The great part about music is that you can write a song about anything, but for this list we're ranking the best songs about being hungry. Some songs are about being hungry for food, but many use hunger as a metaphor for desire or lust. Do you have a favorite song about being starved? Whether it's rock, rap, country, or anything in between, we want you to vote up your favorites on this list of songs about hunger. You can even add additional tracks to the poll if any good hunger songs are missing, so feel free to contribute to the list. We've included YouTube videos to accompany the songs when available, so think of this page as a hunger songs playlist. Some of the songs below include Hungry for Heaven by Dio, Stay Hungry by Talking Heads, and Love Hungry Man by AC/DC. A song can qualify to be on this in two ways. First, the song has being hungry in the title or lyrics, or some close variation of that word. Second, the song is conceptually about being hungrys, even if it doesn't specifically mention that word.

Stay Hungry

The Best Songs About Being Hungry

Outdoor Activities

The great part about music is that you can write a song about anything, but for this list we're ranking the best songs about hunting. Do you have a favorite hunting song? Whether it's rock, rap, country, or anything in between, we want you to vote up your favorites on this list of songs about the hunt. You can even add additional tracks to the poll if any good hunting songs are missing, so feel free to contribute to the list. We've included YouTube videos to accompany the songs when available, so think of this page as a hunting songs playlist. Some of the songs below include &quot;Hunting for Witches&quot; by Bloc Party, &quot;Hunting Girl&quot; by Jethro Tull, and &quot;Hunting High and Low&quot; by A-ha. A song can qualify to be on this in two ways. First, the song has hunting in the title or lyrics, or some close variation of that word. Second, the song is conceptually about hunting, even if it doesn't specifically mention that word.

Hunting Bears

The Best Songs About Hunting

Hunting Songs List | The Best Songs About Hunting

Weddings

What are some good &#39;80s songs to play at a wedding? To answer that question, let&#39;s rank the best &#39;80s songs for weddings that not only define the decade, but persist at every wedding reception decades later.

The 1980s must have been a great decade to get married, because it is full of songs about that very subject. From the obvious choice of Billy Idol&#39;s &quot;White Wedding&quot; to a more stylistic approach with A-Ha&#39;s &quot;Take on Me,&quot; people must have been getting hitched left and right throughout the &#39;80s. There are great 80s slow dance songs, &#39;80s first dance songs, &#39;80s wedding dance songs, and &#39;80s love songs for weddings. You&#39;ll also find &#39;80s father daughter dance songs on this list. Looking for an &#39;80s&nbsp;rock father daughter dance song? &quot;Sweet Child o&#39; Mine&quot; could be a great option.

Cyndi Lauper&#39;s career-defining track, &quot;Girls Just Want To Have Fun&quot; is one of the best &#39;80s dance songs for weddings. &quot;Take My Breath Away&quot; is one of the great &#39;80s wedding songs for the first dance. There are just so many &#39;80s wedding dance songs, from the Bryan Adams hit &quot;Summer of &#39;69&quot; to &quot;Come on Eileen&quot; by&nbsp;Dexys Midnight Runners.

Vote up your favorite &#39;80s weddings songs, and if you think we&#39;re missing any, feel free to help build this &#39;80s wedding songs playlist.&nbsp;

Hungry Like the Wolf

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