Greatest hits of 1980s

The s may have been the decade of questionable fashion choices, but we'll probably say the same about the s in a few years

By Rob Sheffield. Lighters up for the late, great Biz Markie, one of the most beloved music heroes of the Eighties or any other decade. The Diabolical One. The Human Beatbox. The class clown of old-school hip-hop. You got what I neeeed! Then I knew it was gonna be a good record.

Greatest hits of 1980s

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The Raincoats were redefining punk rock in the early Eighties, with art-school feminist aggro and a very London sense of deadpan humor.

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The s may have been the decade of questionable fashion choices, but we'll probably say the same about the s in a few years It was also the decade of great movies, the rise of video games and downright fantastic music. We've attempted the ridiculously hard but not in any way a chore task of picking the very best s songs ever. Here are our picks - are your favourites in there? You might not have realised it, but Neil Diamond first recorded this song back in

Greatest hits of 1980s

By Rob Sheffield. Lighters up for the late, great Biz Markie, one of the most beloved music heroes of the Eighties or any other decade. The Diabolical One. The Human Beatbox.

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The song is said to tell a grittily realistic story of a working poor woman trying to escape the cycle of poverty. It didn't chart anywhere in Europe until at least 10 years after it was released. Lawrence and ultimately embarking on a midlife crisis that resulted in a worrying beard and Tin Machine. Are they sad? Vince Clarke wrote 'Only You' as a sentimental ballad, and wanted to find a singer who could perform it with emotion, after his former band Depeche Mode turned it down. Neither was big on flutes. The group's debut single is also their very best, and is a pioneering piece of synthpop. An urban legend has claimed that it's about a drowning incident in which someone who was close enough to save the victim did not, while Collins, who was too far away to help, looked on. No thanks Awesome, you're subscribed! We got fun and games. Fantastic video, starring old-school comedy legend Milton Berle in drag, and a fancy-dinner-party guest who hears Ratt jamming in the attic and naturally sheds her clothes. Go to PMC. In , Nile Rodgers met David Bowie in the New York club Continental, where the two shared a conversation about their musical interests. Bonus points for one of the most pointless subtitles in the history of parentheses.

The Billboard Hot is the main song chart of the American music industry and is updated every week by the Billboard magazine. During the s the chart was based collectively on each single's weekly physical sales figures and airplay on American radio stations. George Michael was the only artist to achieve two year-end Billboard Hot number-one singles in the s.

Even the Stones went disco and dabbled with rap. The Beasties went out of the '80s with the genre-changing Paul's Boutique , the first step in distancing themselves from the shouty frat-pack obnoxiousness that made them household names. It became one of Whitney's signature tunes, and was the title to her official biopic in What could have been a midlife-crisis misfire instead became a phenomenon. Neither was big on flutes. It's a perfectly fantastic finale moment, and is always a karaoke favourite. See more More Song Lists. Famously, NYC had record stores that opened early Sunday morning, right after closing time at the Garage, so rival DJs could snap up whatever Levan just played. Thankfully, the lotion-slick groove reeks more of coconuts than crisp money. It was also the decade of great movies, the rise of video games and downright fantastic music. In a nice touch, Labi Siffre makes a cameo in the music video.