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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

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

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Songs

Everyone loves when a musical artist somehow re-crafts a beloved song with a creative new spin. Covers illustrate the multifaceted nature of music and lyrics.&nbsp;A simple tweak of the melody or alteration of the singing style can create whole new layers of complexity in regards to what a song means -&nbsp;without even changing the lyrics!&nbsp;Sometimes, covers even surpass the originals in terms of popularity and critical acclaim. What are the best cover songs? Help decide below.&nbsp;Good cover songs are common, but they don't always outdo the source material. Whether it's old songs covered by new bands or recent hits revamped by contemporary artists, people often show loyalty to original versions.&nbsp;The songs below, however, are an exception. Some of the best cover songs on this list are so universal that most people think that they aren’t covers at all. &quot;Twist and Shout&quot; was not originally recorded by <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/dark-beatles-facts/robert-f-mason" target="_blank">the Beatles</a> and while &quot;Me and Bobby McGee&quot; is heavily associated with the late <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/life-of-janis-joplin/erin-mccann" target="_blank">Janis Joplin</a>, she was not the original writer or recording artist. When artists choose to try their luck with a cover, it can sometimes be a gamble, especially&nbsp;if the band or musician behind the original version is an esteemed figure. However, the below musicians took a risk and it really paid off.&nbsp;Which cover songs do you think are better than the originals? Vote up the most impressive songs below!&nbsp;

Cover Songs That Are Better Than The Originals

50 Cover Songs That Are Better Than The Originals

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Soundtracks

The best songs from horror movies not only make a scene memorable, but they can also conjure up all the creepy feels and spine-tingling fears through pure association. Great horror movies have it all - from the cast to the effects to themes that haunt your dreams for long after the credits have rolled. But when they are matched with <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/heavy-metal-horror-songs/bailey-brown" target="_blank">great songs</a>, scary movies, horror films, and all those flicks with that good Halloween-y vibe reach an acme of perfection.

Some of the best horror movie music (and a popular horror movie trope) is an <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/innocent-songs-ruined-by-gruesome-movies/erin-mccann" target="_blank">innocent song ironically paired with intense scenes</a>, like John Denver&#39;s &quot;Rocky Mountain High&quot; in Final Destination or the titular song of Jeepers Creepers. Other cheerful songs may be associated with less nightmarish moments, such as &quot;Banana Boat&quot; in Beetlejuice, but they fit the mood of a super song in a spooky movie. Other songs are covers transformed to fit a film, such as Type O Negative&#39;s &quot;Summer Breeze&quot; in I Know What You Did Last Summer. Some movies, like The Crow and The Lost Boys, or even the divisive Queen Of The Damned, are <a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-greatest-soundtracks-of-all-time" target="_blank">inextricably linked</a> with the music in them.

The best horror movie songs transcend the score to practically sum up the thesis of a film. Vote up the best songs from horror movies that are not only great on their own but help make the movie great as well.

The Best & Most Memorable Songs From Scary Movies

The Best Horror Movie Songs, Ranked By Halloween & Horror Fans

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Lists of sweet, beautiful songs to play at a wedding reception. 

The Perfect Wedding Playlist

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What are the most unique songs for first dance? This list includes great unique songs such as &quot;Anyone But You,&quot; ”I was Made For You,” and “White Wedding.” Just because a song is being used for a first dance during a wedding doesn't mean that it can't be fun or offbeat. Newlyweds can take this moment to really let their personality shine through with their favorite song or by busting a move to a non-stereotypical wedding dance song. Some of these songs can even be used for a <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/mother-son-first-dance-wedding-songs/ranker-music">mother/son</a>&nbsp;or <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/father-daughter-first-dance-wedding-songs/ranker-music">father/daughter</a> dance. &nbsp;So many love songs have been overused and worn out for a first wedding dance, so this list is all about mixing it up. These love songs aren't the same old mish mosh you're used to listening to at a wedding, so take a look through and vote up all your favorite offbeat songs to use for a first dance. Know of a song that would be great for a first dance but isn't on the list? Feel free to add it.&nbsp;

The Most Unique Songs To Use For A First Dance

Unique First Dance Songs | First Dance Songs That Aren't Overused

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

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

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)

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

Have you ever thought about how many songs with sweet in the title have been written? This list ranks the best songs with sweet in the name, regardless of their genre. Many of the tracks listed are songs about&nbsp;sweetness, but just because that word is in the title doesn't mean that the song's subject is exclusively about that. This ranked list includes songs like &quot;My Sweet Lord&quot; by George Harrison, and &quot;Sweet Child o Mine&quot; by Guns N' Roses. If your favorite song with sweet in the title isn't listed, feel free to add it to the list so others can also vote it up. Songs with sweet in the lyrics are fair game too.

The Best Songs with Sweet in the Title

List of 50+ Songs With Sweet in the Title

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

What is it about &#39;80s songs that makes them so inherently uplifting? Many &#39;80s songs are extremely upbeat, so it&#39;s no surprise they usually put you in a good mood.&nbsp;&nbsp;Let&#39;s rank the most motivational &#39;80s songs from the best decade of music, featuring songs with uplifting lyrics that are&nbsp;sure to put a smile on your face.

Journey&#39;s &quot;Don&#39;t Stop Believin&quot; is easily one of the most motivational &#39;80s songs. The title of the song was actually inspried by keyboard player Jonathan Cain&#39;s father, who delivered the message whenever Cain&nbsp;felt like giving up on his musical dreams. Another great uplifting &#39;80s song is Survivor&#39;s &quot;Eye of the Tiger,&quot; which was used as the main theme song for Rocky III. Fun fact: Sylvester Stallone originally wanted to use &quot;Another One Bites The Dust&quot; as the theme, but requested that Survivor record something orignial after getting rejected by Queen. Other great &#39;80s songs that will put you in a good mood are classics like John Parr&#39;s &quot;St. Elmo&#39;s Fire&quot; and Joe Esposito&#39;s &quot;You&#39;re The Best.&quot;

Vote up your favorite inspirational songs from the &#39;80s below, and add your own selections if you don&#39;t see them here already!

The Most Uplifting Songs From The '80s

The 20+ Most Uplifting Songs From The '80s

It's not difficult to find a dream song in the discography of your favorite musical artist. Aerosmith has &quot;Dream On,&quot; Green Day has &quot;Boulevard of Broken Dreams,&quot; and Metallica has &quot;Enter Sandman.&quot; Although some songs are about nightmares, most are about happy dreams that can only be experienced in a deep sleep. This is a ranked list of all songs about dreams, as voted on by music fans like you. Some of the songs included below may have the words &quot;dream&quot; or &quot;sleep&quot; in the lyrics or title, while others are only about dreaming as a subject or theme. Music isn't typically categorized by the meaning of the words, so this music list is a great way to find some solid tracks that are thematically similar. Vote for the dreamer songs that you enjoy the most, and downvote ones if you think they're not worthy of being high on the list. If one of your top songs is missing, add it to the list so others can vote for it too. Many genres of music are featured below, including rock, pop, folk, metal, and more.

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The Best Songs About Dreams

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Have you ever thought about how many songs with dream in the title have been written? This list ranks the best songs with dream in the name, regardless of their genre. Many of the tracks listed are songs about dreams, but just because that word is in the title doesn't mean that the song's subject is exclusively about that. This ranked list includes songs like &quot;Dream On&quot; by Aerosmith, and &quot;Boulevard of Broken Dreams&quot; by Green Day. If your favorite song with dream in the title isn't listed, feel free to add it to the list so others can also vote it up. <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-songs-about-dreams/reference?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Songs with dream in the lyrics</a> are fair game too.

The Best Songs with Dream in the Title

List of Songs With Dream in the Title

To sleep--perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub, For what if someone (or something) terrible is waiting outside your door, or under your bed, or kneeling on your chest?

While You Were Sleeping

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Who doesn't love sleep at the end of a long day?&nbsp;Here's our list of the best songs about sleep, ranked by your votes. Musicians clearly appreciate slumber as there are tons of great songs about sleeping. Many of the top songs about sleep are about catching some Zs, but some of the best sleep songs are also about dreaming. Some of these songs come from the rock genre and others are hip-hop.Ben Gibbard sure does like sleep. His Postal Service sleep songs, “The District Sleeps Alone Tonight” and “Sleeping In,” both made this list. The Barenaked Ladies on the other hand aren't worried about getting eight hours of sleep a night. They released the tune “Who Needs Sleep” in 1998.The troubled times we live in keep the members of the Wu-Tang Clan up all night. Isaac Hayes was featured on their hit, “I Can't Go to Sleep.” Another great sleep song is “In Dreams” by Roy Orbison.How will we ever decide which song about sleep deserves the top spot on this list? Help us decide by giving a thumbs up to your favorites.

The Best Songs About Sleep

The Best Songs About Sleeping And Going To Sleep

What are the best synth songs from the period best known for music created from computers and synthesized musical instruments? To answer that question, let&#39;s rank the best &#39;80s synth songs that truly defined the decade and inspired all of the synth music that followed in the &#39;00s and beyond.

One of the very best synth songs to hit the airwaves also has one of the most memorable music videos from the decade with A-Ha&#39;s &quot;Take On Me.&quot; The &#39;80s is full of amazing music created with synthesizers you&#39;ve probably been dancing to the groove with since they first came out. Falco&#39;s &quot;Rock Me Amadeus&quot; helped inspire a new generation of musicians with its catchy lyrics and synthetic beat that took the entire world by storm. The decade featured more hits in this genre than nearly any other sub-genre of pop music with hits like &quot;Just Can&#39;t Get Enough,&quot; &quot;Sweet Dreams,&quot; and &quot;Time After Time&quot; continuing to find a place on the radio more than 30 years since its debut.

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

The Best '80s Synth Songs

The Best '80s Synth Songs That Defined the Decade

List of the top Eurythmics songs, as voted on by fans like you. Consisting of&nbsp;Annie Lennox and David A. Stewart, Eurythmics is known for their new wave sound that teeters on rock.&nbsp;This poll includes all Eurythmics hits, but true fans know there are other great songs to vote on besides the singles. Music videos are included next to each track name, so if you haven't heard a song you can listen to it right here on this page. Is one of your favorite Eurythmics songs missing from this poll? Add it to the list so it has a chance to rise to the top.The list you're viewing has a variety of songs, like &quot;Sweet Dreams&quot; and &quot;Here Comes the Rain Again,&quot; in it. If the order of this list bothers you, then set the world on fire by creating your own version and re-ranking it. Simply click the &quot;Rerank List&quot; button and you can put the songs in whatever order you like.

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The Best Eurythmics Songs

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Your search is over - we have it, the perfect &#39;80s workout mix. Scroll down to check out some of our favorite &#39;80s songs to work out to. Which do you think are the best &#39;80s workout songs?&nbsp;

&quot;Push It&quot;&nbsp;by Salt-N-Pepa is one of the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/the-best-workout-songs/ranker-music?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">top workout songs</a>, for sure. Which other throwback workout songs can get you moving in the gym? &quot;Pump Up the Jam&quot;&nbsp;and &quot;Jump&quot;&nbsp;seem like great &#39;80s songs for spin class. They&rsquo;ll get you moving. &quot;Like a Prayer&quot;&nbsp;by Madonna and &quot;Beat It&quot;&nbsp;by Michael Jackson are other good examples of &#39;80s workout songs. There are so many good &#39;80s workout songs on this list, you&rsquo;ll need to vote to make sure yours make it to the top.&nbsp;

Are we missing any of your top &#39;80s workout songs? Feel free to add them below to help build our &#39;80s workout song playlist.&nbsp;

The Best '80s Workout Songs

The 35+ Best '80s Workout Songs That'll Pump You Up

Music History

Some songs are expected to become <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-rock-karaoke-songs/ranker-music" target="_blank">hits</a>&nbsp;before they&#39;re&nbsp;ever released, while others make their way to the top of the charts even though they were almost never included on the albums for which they were intended.

Imagine songs like Nirvana&rsquo;s &ldquo;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/smells-like-teen-spirit-behind-the-scenes/erin-mccann" target="_blank">Smells Like Teen Spirit</a>,&rdquo; Queen&rsquo;s &ldquo;Bohemian Rhapsody,&rdquo; or Bob Dylan&rsquo;s &ldquo;Like a&nbsp;Rolling Stone&rdquo; never coming to fruition. Bob Dylan even won <a href="https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/2016/dylan/speech/" target="_blank">the Nobel Prize in Literature</a> in 2016 -&nbsp;not for a novel, but for the meaningful and lasting impact of his lyrics.&nbsp;

Some of the most iconic songs would have been left off their albums, or not produced at all if it weren&rsquo;t for the dogged determination of those that believed so passionately in their songs&#39; worth and artistic impact. Had those songs not been released, some massive artists&#39; lives would have been very different - maybe they wouldn&#39;t even be famous at all.

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