Top 20 80s Songs You Forgot Were Awesome
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- These singles deserve as much attention as the biggest hits and classics from the decade. For this list, we’ll be looking at the 1980s tracks that might have slipped through the cracks. Our countdown includes “Don’t Dream It’s Over”, "If This Is It", “Dead Man’s Party”, “Never Tear Us Apart”, and more! Did we forget an underrated ‘80s hit? Let us know in the comments below.
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80s music is soooo fun and fantastic
Honorable mentions:
Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam - I Wonder If I Take You Home
Debbie Deb - Lookout Weekend
Inner City - Good Life
I know my parents & family are going to love 💕 this.🥰🥰🥰
There's so many incredible 80's songs, thanks for giving so much love to the 80's and their songs!
Keep feeling fascination by The Human League, Shout by Tears for Fears, Simply Irresistible by Robert Palmer. As an 1982 born kid I miss that decade
The 80's: "The future will be awesome, we can't wait!"
The 2020's: "We want to go back to the 1980's."
This is so accurate. I miss the mid 2000s the same way 80s people miss the 80s.
🎵 i’d sit alone and watch your light, my only friend through teenage nights and Everything I had to know I heard it on my radio 📻 🎵
If I had a DeLorean I'd go back to the 90s.
Can I get an AMEN?!??!!
Can I get an AMEN?!??!!
No love for Talk Talk? "It's My Life" is just brilliant, no two ways about it.
3 ways its puke
I don’t think anyone has forgotten that song is awesome.
Nobody has forgotten about the awesomeness that song that song! I still hear it on the radio all the time.
That's exactly what I was thinking!!!
Right? Or what happened to Wall of Voodoo and “ Mexican radio “
As a Gen Xer, I approve of this list. It’s high school and university. All wrapped up. When in Rome. Split Enz. Big Country. And of course INXS. ❤️❤️❤️
Of course Big Country
Frankie Goes to Hollywood rocked
When in Rome "The Promise" is still one of my all time favorites. I saw INXS and Oingo Boingo in concert when I was in my late teens......dang I'm old 😅🤣😂
@@asilvers1163 Like fine wine we improve with age.
These songs were all huge. I don’t know how anyone who lived through the ‘80s could forget any of them.
No one ever mentions Level 42. "Lessons in Love" and "Something About You". A very underrated group....
Very much so. Terribly underrated.
That song has killer harmonies.
I LOVE that song!!!! One of my favorites from my childhood and to this day ❤️
World Machine is one of my favorite albums…EVER. It’s simply a masterpiece without any bad tracks.
I loved Level42!
Well done. They trully were one of my favorite until these day
I'd put Life in a Northern Town by The Dream Academy on this list. Timeless hit
Yup. And the video set tourism back in Northern Towns by 20 years
💜
I loved that one!
That song almost always makes me cry! It’s got such sad undertones
Such a melancholy gem!
In Australia Never Tear Us Apart by INXS has always been huge
INXS were another level. Psuedo Echo and others were ace. Midnight Oil told it as they felt it.
Huge vomit
@@timdyer5903 Ahhh now we are talking my era for sure, I might toss in Noisework, Icehouse..... hell even 1927 and the Chantoozies as one album wonders (if just because of the crush that 14-15yo me had on Ally Fowler)
@@LordDisneyland Poland has shit taste too
Buddy you live on an island
I swear the 70s and 80s were brilliant for music 🔣
the 90s were good too but after that................ nothing REALLY stands out
I was a tween/teenager during the 80's and that was definitely the time to be alive when it came to music. I can honestly say that 95% of my music collection is all 80's. Duran Duran, Missing Persons, Berlin, Tears For Fears, Terence Trent D'arby, Information Society, Shannon, Thomas Dolby, Erasure, Pet Shop Boys, Gene Loves Jezebel, Love and Rockets...I could go on FOR DAYS!!
Gene loves jezebel..very underrated
Don’t forget Culture Club! “Do you Really want to hurt me” for to #2 in Us behind MJ!
Also the 1984 Band Aid! I’m a 90s kid but heard it was huge at the time
The 80's was the best Era music wise! 🥰
I was a teenager in the 1970's and I think of it as the Golden Age of Rock.
Boys - Sabrina
St. Elmo's Fire - John Parr
Dance Hall Days - Wang Chung
Domino Dancing - Pet Shop Boys
In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel
Somebody's Watching Me - Rockwell
Who's Crying Now? - Journey
Woman - John Lennon
Voices Carry has always been my favorite song by 'Til Tuesday!!!
On my Spotify playlist!
It’s an amazing song, great vocals
I totally agree. Laura Brannigan is so under rated. Love her music. Sadly she was taken from us way too soon.
She was a one hit wonder.-
She actually had at least three hitss, Gloria, Solitaire, and Self Control
She sang covers of Italian disco songs. I think she could have had amost successful career if she had writers making songs exclusively for her
@@razzmatazz1974 She recorded and released 7 studio albums and numerous soundtrack songs.
so pretty and such a good voice
"Never Tear Us Apart" always gives me the chills, especially with Michael Hutchence's powerful, raw vocals. It even played at his funeral in 1997, which was very fitting.
What a great band with an extraordinary front man.
RIP Michael Hutchence
Yep. Shame on the intro pic it's actor Luke Arnold not Michael. Lame.
@@mirabellestarr7679 I just mentioned that in my post..a little poor. A lot of reactors make the same mistake, but mojo is a bigger outfit, you would expect them to do a little better. But still INXS at number 1 again was great🤣.
It is one of the greatest songs in my opinion.
I'm an 80s born kid so yes the music is better. RIP Michael Hutchence.
Me too... Thanks for the 80s and t good metal music.
That photo isn’t Michael on the preview.
HERE WE GO....
20. Vienna (Ultravox)
19. Don't Dream It's Over (Crowded House)
18. Send Me An Angel (Real Life)
17. If This Is It (Huey Lewis & The News)
16. Voices Carry (Til Tuesday)
15. Waiting For A Star To Fall (Boy Meets Girl)
14. The Killing Moon (Echo & The Bunnymen)
13. Self Control (Laura Brannigan)
12. Out of Touch (Hall & Oates)
11. All Through The Night (Cyndi Lauper)
10. Dead Man's Party (Oingo Boingo)
09. In A Big Country (Big Country)
08. The Perfect Kiss (New Order)
07. I Got You (Split Enz)
06. The Promise (When In Rome)
05. Running Up That Hill (Kate Bush)
04. Head Over Heels (Tears for Fears)
03. The Stroke (Billy Squier)
02. Urgent (Foreigner)
01. Never Tear Us Apart (INXS)
WHEW!
Haven't forgotten a single one. Yes, they were all awesom.
@@kateruterbories2692I half-agree. I haven't forgotten any of them, either. Awesome? Several are. Several others...? Not so much.
@@screwyootube1 that was the beauty of it all!
@@kateruterbories2692 This is just an ordinary, random list of 80s hits. Meh.
@@screwyootube1 Opinions are like a**holes, everyones got one.
Where is Yaz/Yazoo?! Most people don't know who they are. "Only You", "Situation", and "Don't Go"... Just 3 of their underrated hits.
All cried out....
Upstairs at Eric's is a masterpiece for the synth era and Vince Clarke was the reason for that defined style of Depeche Mode etc. Allison Moyet's voice was just a perfect fit. I miss the 80's.
And "Nobody's Diary", what a great song!
YAZOO
80's music STILL dominates my playlists. I love when WatchMojo does lists about 80's music.
Ditto. I was an 80s baby girl. Born in 1981 in Florida.
As a Gen X, let me tell you, many of these are in regular play in the 80s soundtrack in my head
That reminds me . The music video by X ! Wild Thing !
Steppin' Out , 99 red Balloons, Safety Dance, Relax, Come on Eileen, Cloud Burst, West End Girls, Tainted love, Eyes without a face. This is the soundtrack of my childhood.
Yep. Graduated in 86. The 80’s and early 90’s were my era.
@melissastruxness512 I graduated in 86 too ! We had some of the best music ever written imo ! I still kinda miss the 80s 😂
That list is GOLDEN
STAY GOLD PONYBOY!
This is actually a list I can get down with. So many teenage memories! It could've used "Stepping Out" by Joe Jackson and "Always Something There to Remind Me"by Naked Eyes.
Oh, I used to love Naked Eyes...
Always Something There....actually is a Burt Bacharach song.
I prefer "Promises, Promises" by Naked Eyes🤔👍
INXS Kick was the best album! Not one bad song on the whole record! This list is Gen X approved 😊
INXS is the best!!
Dude I 100% agree! Can listen to the whole thing beginning to end and not skip a track.
It’s kind of annoying that this list had one of their most popular if not their most popular/iconic song
Like I feel like nothing from their album Kick should have been on this list like they do unfortunately have a lot of amazing songs from their previous 5 and later 4 albums that has been forgotten or is unknown to non-Australians
I am only a couple of years ahead of Gen X. It is the soundtrack of my life, too.
Dead Man’s Party. One of my all time favorites
Michael Hutchence is absolutely fantastic and gorgeous, so thank you for making him number in this video!!!
Just to name a few gems from the great 80's who fall between the cracks nowadays:
Eyes without a face (Billy Idol), Heart and Soul (T'Pau), A love like blood (Killing Joke), Tinseltown in the rain (The Blue Nile), When doves cry (Prince), Control (Janet Jackson), My Sharona (The Knack)
Ooooohh mannn....the 80's were just the musical bonanza❤
Apart from prince,ordinary suggestions
@@mikejackson5666 Wow. Tough crowd. I didn't see any impressive suggestions coming from your snark.
Beats So lonely...Charlie Sexton, also underated.
Good list, but “When the Doves Cry” is constantly played on the radio, and is not forgotten.
KJ are absolutely superb band
Scritti Politti - A Perfect Way. Always forgotten but such a classic tune. Lyrically sound, the whole album is good really.
Living In A Box - Living In A Box. A great single that didnt really take off but fits with all these songs. Perfect new wave rhythms, soulful singing and catchy chorus.
Touchy - A-Ha. Same as above. Just encompasses 80s pop oh so well and again great vocals and catchy chorus. Just wait 'till you get to the "yeah yeah" chants for more 1987 neon hairspray goodness. All of these should have been #1 for weeks
Scritti Politti was very different than the one hit. Listen to Skank Bloc Bologna or Jacques Derrida sometime.
I loved absolute by scritti politti
Pray like eritha Franklin and oh patty for me
"Voices Carry" was and still is my favorite track from the 80s. Aimee Mann's emotional rendition - not to mention her unique voice - made this recording one of the strongest tracks in the final quarter of the twentieth century. I still listen to it frequently.
Did you know that Aimee Mann was on an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and was the only musician to have a line in the show?
@@laurabailey1054 No, I didn't know that! I never actually watched Buffy. so I guess I'll figure out where it's streaming!
I’m a 2001 kid and 80s music is definitely my favorite kind of music. It’s so much better than the music coming out now.
Preach, I can thank my folks for introducing me to 70's, 80's and 90's tunes, they really are exquisite.
Cool broo ..check out these band .like cabaret voltaire especialy the red mecca album , front 242 front by front album and ministry with sympathy album..check out human leagues dare album ,,speaking in tongues by talking heads album yess maybe my fav, ok songs like everyday is hallorween by ministry , there is nasty girl by vanity 6 , aint nobody by rofus, set it off by strafe , ya mo be there by michael mcdonald , working for the weekend by loverboy
You grew up with some of the best alt rock out there
Cause your generation is THRASH
I was born in 2002, but there are a few good songs from 2000 onward. You just have to know where to look.
Growing up in the eighties was so incredibly good. Bands and hits like these take me back to a very beautiful time.❤️
If you are from the 80's and liked British New Wave you didn't forget some of these awesome songs, because you didn't stop playing them.
I didn't forget a lot of them because I'd never heard them in the first place.
Said no one with ears - ever
I agree. Unlike the 2 backward dullards who probably liked American bands with a sound, hair and clothes that belonged more in the 70's than the 80's.
@@jimmyparris9892u feel better someone finally paid attention to you before ur forgotten again
I would argue that, here in Australia, Never Tear Us Apart is INXS’s best remembered song and arguably their signature track. It gets played almost daily on any rock station
And if you're a Port Adelaide Football Club Fan... it's integral to your existance :P
And we love it!!
That's how it SHOULD be! I wish American radio would follow that example
No one forgot INXS!!!!! This list is idiotic!!!!!!
In Greece too
My favorite 80s song people seem to have forgotton is "The Look" by Roxette. Most people under 30 never even heard of it.
@LavenderPants86 I have heard of it, and I am only 25. Then again, Roxette has been and is still one of my favourite bands to this day.
Ahhhhh man, Roxette!!! One of my favorite bands!! U kind of forget they started in the late 80s cuz of their 80s hit! (Fading Like A Flower, still my alltime fave!)
What in the world could make a brown-eyed girl turn blue?😍
I have heard it lots of times from a compilation CD, Classic Hits, Pure Gold
I love Roxette❤❤❤
1. Breakout-Swing Out Sister
2. Wang Chung- Dance Hall Days
3. Stay the Night-Chicago
4. The Captain of her Heart-Double
5. La Habanera- Yello
6. Ghost Town- The Specials
7. Heartbeat City- The Cars
8. Come on Eileen -Dexys Midnight Runners
9. Me and the Farmer- Housemartins
10. We Got the Beat- The GoGo's
11. Manchild- Neneh Cherry
...and the list can go on for, like, ever!
I always love Twillight Zone and When The Lady Smiles by Golden Earring. Nobody knows these songs in these days.
Neil Finn/Crowded House/Split Enz are soooo underrated.
One of the best Aussie kiwi groups ever
And Fleetwood Mac. Shows Mick Fleetwood recognizes greatness! And when Lindsey needs to leave again!
no, they are not underrated at all...either in popularity or sales or standing the test of time
This is why the 80s music is so much better than anything done today!! Simply it's totally awesome!!
I graduated from high school in 1986. This video is giving me some major flashbacks!
I absolutely LOVED Urgent by Foreigner, and Tears for Fears is still one of my favs!
“Head Over Heels” IS my most favorite song by Tears For Fears❤
Me too.
"Out of touch" has always been my favorite Hall and Oates song. Such a great song.
They have sooo many great songs …… ❤
DON´T DREAM IT´S OVER + WAITING FOR A STAR TO FALL + OUT OF TOUCH + HEAD OVER HEELS + NEVER TEAR US APART = I LLLOOOOOOOOOOOOVEEEE THEM!!! THE BEST OF THE BEST!!!
Some big ones I’ve always thought were underrated are “I Can’t Hold Back” and “High on You” by Survivor. Lots of people only remember the band for “Eye of the Tiger”, but these other two are both fantastic.
or The Search is Over
I completely agree. Vital Signs overall is a terrific album.
Oh yeah. "I Can't Hold Back" was great. Pretty racy video if I remember.
Is this love? by Survivor.
Also "The Search is Over" My favorite band along with Night Ranger.
LOVE "To Shy" - Kajagoogoo, "99 Red Ballons" (99 Luftballoons) - Nena, "Safety Dance" - Men Without Hats, "True Colors" - Cyndi Lauper (her best and most underrated song, in my opinion. To you GenXers - IMO hahaha!), and one that never fails to make my day better "And We Danced" - The Hooters. ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ THE 80s!!!
Só many to choose but i have to say one night in Bangkok, Murray Head and souvenir from OMD.
You can never forget Tears for Fears
Its hard to forget ear cancer
There was so many other great songs from TFF beside their hit songs ... their first 3 albums are just jam packed with amazing songs ....
They also had a few great tracks in the last couple of decades ...
They’re still touring.
They released a new album in 2022 that is fantastic.
The hurting is just a classic
My favorites from this list 'Send me an Angel', 'Out of Touch', 'On a big Country', 'The Perfect Kiss', 'Head over Heels", and 'The Promise' by When in Rome is one of my favorite songs ever!
How about 'Don't forget me when I'm gone' by Glass Tiger' and 'Save a Prayer' by Duran Duran
The Promise is a killer song! Man that chorus just hits hard! Such incredible vocals
Love Glass Tiger. The Thin Red Line is still one of my all time favourite songs after almost anything by Pink Floyd. 🇨🇦🖖🏻🇨🇦
I'm glad you included "All Through The Night" by Cyndi Lauper. I've said this many times, Cyndi is often underrated as a vocalist because many people know her for her wacky image but forget that she actually has a great singing voice.
A funny thing about "All Through the Night" is that when Cyndi Lauper was when she was preparing to record the album, she was singing what was intended to be the harmony in the chorus. It worked, so she just went with it. The song would probably not have been so popular as written. I went to see her in concert on my first day of high school and was blown away. The only disappointment was that there were sound problems on the first song, a cover of Prince's "When You Were Mine," which was my favorite track from the album and which should have been released as a (sixth) single.
When Cyndi Lauper first released her album, it was thought that Madonna would be a flash in the pan and Cyndi Lauper would be the huge star.
@@missdebbie8131 After Cyndi released I Drove all Night, I was looking forward to hearing a lot more great music from her, but I never did.
Cyndi is an massively underrated vocalist
@@ohhiitsjustme3445 i have always loved Cyndi Lauper. True Colors is one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard. It is a vocal masterpiece.
80s music just hits different.
Well not huey lewis
@derekchant7875 Patrick Bateman would disagree.
Here are some other underrated faves of mine: "I'll Wait" by Van Halen, "Mexican Radio" by Wall of Voodoo, "Paradise" and "Is it A Crime" by Sade, "I.G.Y." by Donald Fagen, "Rumors" by Timex Social Club, "Touch and Go" by Emerson, Lake and Powell, "One" by Metallica, "Birdhouse In Your Soul" by They Might Be Giants and "Twilight World" by Swing Out Sister.
Definitely I agree with your song choices here. Sade is an over-looked gem.
@@amberjohnson4820 Absolutely
Anything by Sade
We must agree to disagree, I Igy is great, New Frontier is much better
"One" underrated??
Happy Veterans Day!
While stationed in Japan 🇯🇵 late 80’s, the radio stations were almost nonexistent.
I met an amazing local girl and sang along to this song, she had No idea what I was saying
But the emotion was palpable!
Our 35th anniversary is in February 😊
Powerful Song ❤
Nu Shooz - I Can't Wait needs some love.
That synth line and strong vocals, easily one of my top 80s songs.
I know I'm biased, but I think the 80s did and still does have the best music of any decade.
There’s plenty music from the 60s and 70s that would give the 80s a run for the money.
I agree!
No. '70s. The 20 years between 1965 and 1985 were the best years for rock, no question
The 80s had the best one-hit wonders and probably the most variety of genres and artists. But the songwriting in the 60s and 70s is unmatched, and grunge and hip hop in the 90s was sensational, along with girl pop. I have no idea though what the hell tie 2000s and beyond is bringing.
I was driving my 11 year old son to school one day and someone on the radio asked that question. He had to get out before he heard the answer, but he assured me it was the 80's. I agreed, but I said that the answer was probably going to be the 70's. When I picked him up, the first thing he said was, "So? I was right, wasn't I? It was the 80's." I said, "Damned if you weren't right, kid." He just smiled knowingly The kid knows his stuff. I'm proud dad.
I fell in love with All Through The Night when I worked at a supermarket and it would come on every so often. Still enjoy listening to it 20 years later.
Fun fact about INXS's Never Tear Us Apart: The Australians' video was shot behind the Iron Curtain in Prague at a time when the Soviets still ruled Eastern Europe and Czechoslovakia wasn't yet free. Those soldiers in the back, and the grayness everywhere - that's not staged, that was the actual real-life backdrop of the time. This video is a historical artifact in more ways than one, testament to how the political climate of the Cold War had changed by then. It might be a love song, but the video makes it about a Europe that shouldn't and couldn't be torn apart.
I remember some of these. I was hoping to see two of my favourite 80's songs on here, because while they weren't as popular as songs like "Shout" by Tears for Fears, from when I was a kid these two songs stuck with me through the years. One is "Too Shy" by Kajagoogoo, and the other is "What Is Love?" by Howard Jones.
I know and like both of that songs very much 😄
Howard Jones was one of my and my little sisters favorite singers. He was basically the only one we agreed on!
Both popular songs in the Bay Area at least.
Good songs from 1983 and 1985 there. King Love and Pride. The Fixx, Killing Joke and Nik Kershaw songs might appeal to you too.
Lovelovelove both of those songs.
There's soooo many 80s hits ❤️
OK, I got a few.
- Billy Joel "Pressure"
- Aretha Franklin "Jump To It"
- Missing Persons "Walking in L.A."
- Ronnie Milsap "I Wouldn't Have Missed It For the World"
- Tracie Ullman "They Don't Know"
- Breathe "How Can I Fall?"
- Tina Turner "Typical Male"
- ZZ Top "Cheap Sunglasses"
- Whitney Houston "Love Will Save the Day"
- Robert Palmer "I Didn't Mean To Turn You On"
Well.. you successfully transported me back to my teens.. it wasn't the Top 40 that got me through.. it was these songs.
I think Thompson Twins were and Depeche Mode were so incredible too. I still listen to them almost everyday. Love alot of the others too. It's been nice to know in the comments that I'm not the only one that still listens to the 80s everyday! 😊
Got to see Laura Branigan at the NYC Palladium in 1995. RuPaul had a show there and she was the special performing guest. It was awesome. R.I.P Laura Branigan
I have always loved Never Tear Us Apart!
David Bowie - Blue Jean
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Cities in Dust
The Church - Under the Milky Way
Nine Inch Nails - Head Like a Hole
Chaka Khan - I Feel For You
The Style Council - My Ever Changing Moods
Scritti Politti - Perfect Way
LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out
Under The Milky Way.....Ahh I remember 14-15yo me spending an age learning and perfecting that on guitar. Great suggestion.
I prefer Chaka’s Ain’t Nobody!
Head Like A Hole came out in 1990. Mama Said Knock You Out came out in 1991. Otherwise, good list!
Steve Winwood- Valerie ( but it MUST be the 1987 remix)
"Red Rain" by Peter Gabriel took something of a back seat on the So album but should be recognized as one of his hidden masterpieces. "It's Gonna Get Better" and "Paperlate" by Genesis, also, are underrated songs.
Red rain, brilliant song!
Now I need to go listen to that and it will be stuck in my head for a week. You suck! 😅
Most indeedy. I love that song. That album is a dark as most of the gothic rock stuff I used to love…
Of all the INXS and Crowded House songs this video has their most well known songs which were both very successful having both reached the top 10 in the US
Nothing from Kick is forgotten really like it was INXS’ most successful and popular album
And the photo for the video is Luke Arnold (Black Sails) who played Michael Hutchence in the 2014 mini series called INXS: Never Tear Us Apart
93 kid and over 80% of my playlist is late 70s and 80s. The kids at work had no clue who KISS and Ozzy were before me
People that lived the 80's will never forget aby 80's song.
Exactly. These songs are unforgettable, especially if you were there.
I don't know what is forgotten about these songs. These are some of the best songs of all time.
As a child of the '80s & a proud Gen Xer, I remember all of these songs very well. Although number 18 brings back a memory that well, shall we say, reminds me of a first time. And if it was a better person, it would be a fonder memory. BTW Aimmee Mann from till Tuesday is still recording music on her own if you ever want to check it out, and also check out by Echo and the Bunnymen Lips like Sugar, fantastic track
Thank you for including Ultravox!!!!!! I went to see Midge Ure in concert a couple of years ago and he's still hitting those high notes. 🥰
Those of us who grew up in Boston in the 80's are very proud of 'Til Tuesday and Aimee Mann.
So many of these tracks are on my playlist. ☺️
I remember "Vienna" being played on MTV many times but not on my local pop or rock station. Another song I'd include is "Major Tom (Coming Home)" by Peter Schilling, inspired from the classic song "Space Oddity" by the artist that I still cry over being gone too soon, David Bowie.
I was 19, the year "The Promise" came out, and I had never heard that song until Napolean Dynamite, and I still listened to that genre of music, even though I was, and still am, a Metal-Head, for the most part.
Being a teen throughout most of the 1980s was great. Great collection of music here.
As an avid listener of 80's music the majority of these songs I have not forgotten were awesome.
Hell this past summer I saw Tears for Fears in concert.
I first heard “send me an angel” in Teen Wolf Too and I became obsessed.
Send Me an Angel was one of my FAVORITE songs in 1983. =)
I don't know about anyone else, but Crowded House, Split Enz, and INXS have never been forgotten.
No playlist is complete with Never Tear Us Apart.
Hell yes for putting Oingo Boingo on this list!! Thank you Ms. Mojo!!!!!
the 80's had alot of musical variety
Yah the 90s did too
Vienna? Where my mind went was the awesome Falco jam Vienna Calling. Heck yes. Another for your lists music lovers. Falco is more than just Amadeus and Der Kommissar.
Depeche Mode were not big on the CHARTS but they have eclipsed most (if not all) of these 80's bands!
I have 'Enjoy the Silence' running through my brain it will be there all day and night.
I’m so stoked that INXS got number 1, I love them and they always seem to get left off these sorts of lists. I personally prefer need you tonight but yeah this one is definitely underrated
Nothing from their Kick album is underrated or forgotten
True Faith-New Order
Life in a Northern Town-Dream Academy
Things Can Only Get Better-Howard Jones
Angel of the Morning-Juice Newton
Original Sin-INXS
Love True Faith! Always was mesmerized by the video!
I was too young to appreciate Never Tear Us Apart as I would immediately change the station to wait for the next video on Mtv. Now I absolutely LOVE it! It's too bad what happened. 😪
My teenage years was the 80s.
Was blessed with this music that today's teenagers are coming to grips with.
This is everything to me... it's truly the soundtrack of my teen years! The best music came out of the 80's!! From Oingo Boingo to Split Enz to Crowded House to Tears for Fears.... nothing will ever compare!!
"Only You" by Yazoo is pretty awesome too I first heard it in the movie Can't Hardly Wait also awesome and hilarious
It’s a Google commercial about plant identification now…?
I have this on my phone. It's a fantastic track
Talking in Your Sleep by The Romantics ... props for Urgent, Send Me an Angel and Out of Touch. Also Never Tear Us Apart is one of the best 80s ballads ever.
Romantics were awesome, loved that song, One in a Million and What I like about You...
I love it when you do these lists ... talk about the flood of high-school memories ♥️♥️
The 80's was golden era of music.
Michael Hutchence
22-1-1960 / 22-11-1997.
R.I.P Michael
OMG!! That would have been MY number #1 pick, too. Never Tear Us Apart is so heartfelt; Michael Hutchence’s voice has such an emotional sense of longing, the first time I heard it, I remember I cried. Yep, I recall that very well. The sax piece is so sexy - and he was too! What a shame, yet another singer who died too young.
Waiting for a Star to Fall is a direct connection to my childhood.. I adored this song when I was a kid. To this day, whenever I hear it, I'm taken back to that time. It's so bittersweet..
The 80s has so many timeless tracks! It was great growing up then!!
"When Love Breaks Down", Prefab Sprout
"Radio Clash", the Clash
"Love Will Tear us Apart", Joy Division
"Let the Music Play", Shannon
"Lights Out", Peter Wolf
"Everywhere that I'm Not", Translator
"Mary Anne", Marshall Crenshaw
"Perfect Skin", Lloyd Cole & the Commotions
"Eighties", Killing Joke
"White Lines", Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel
"Pale Shelter', Tears for Fears
I could go on and on.
And yes, yes, yes on Pale Shelter! Everything on the Hurting is so much better than any TFF to follow!
Pale Shelter and White Lines yes!
oh these songs bring me back. I miss the 80's so much and Voices Carry has such a tearful story behind it, the song has saved so many lives though, I hope more people listen to it and escape abusive relationships when and how they can
Love Self Control. It's one of my favourite 80's songs. Would do it on karaoke a lot.
This was a fun and nostalgic watch. Long live the 80s, best music and films ever.
Absolute bangers at every turn. God I miss the 80s.
You could easily do a part 2 to this which could include such forgotten bangers as.....
Bon Jovi - Never Say Goodbye.....ultimate prom slow dance song
Erasure - A Little Respect
a-ha - Manhatten Skyline
Billiy Idol - Dancing By Myself
Debbie Harry - French Kissing In The USA
Animotion - Obsession
Julian Cope - World Shut Your Mouth
The Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now
Living In A Box - Living In A Box
Prince - 1999
I would honorably mention Julian Lennon's "Valotte" and Roxette's "Dangerous"
Brilliant! we need plenty of these episodes to cherish these forgotten classic songs
This list may be Mojo's greatest yet even if most of these songs are not really forgotten. Of course, it's hard to make a bad list with 80's music. I would give "Steppin' Out" by Joe Jackson an honorable mention.
@@SueP-D What about One Night in Bangkok by Murray Head or I Wanna be a Cowboy by Boys Don't Cry. Ok so they weren't awesome, but they were fun.
Joe Jackson... Absoutely
@@jimmyparris9892 I'm love your first mention.
I became a new mom in '83, so pop music was put on the back burner, but #15 is still one of my GOAT songs.