The Very Best Songs of 1985
For this playlist I have selected 30 of the very best songs released in the US circa 1985. Included are many popular music genres and I've disregarded the charts. This is not a playlist of top 40 hits. However, that's not to say you won't find popular hits in the list. Some bands that reached the number one spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1985 are here, including Tears For Fears & Dire Straits, but many chart-toppers are not. (Sorry Madonna, Huey Lewis, Bryan Adams, Wham! & Foreigner) The idea was to throw out manufactured and forgettable pop and select only the very best tracks, regardless of sales or popularity. Many of the bands on the list are legends in some circles, but never reached stadium-filling levels of success.
The key here is the quality of the SONG. Obviously, many great tracks are not included, but if you ask me, this is a fine representation of the very best of what 1985 had to offer. I have not ordered the songs as most of them are equal in my eyes.
What would you add to the list?
The Very Best Songs of 1985
2. The Man's Too Strong - Dire Straits
5. Rumbleseat - John Mellencamp
6. When Love Breaks Down - Prefab Sprout
9. Fortress Around Your Heart - Sting
10. Look At Little Sister - Stevie Ray Vaughan
11. Marlene On The Wall - Suzanne Vega
12. Downtown Train - Tom Waits
14. Alive And Kicking - Simple Minds
17. Running Up That Hill - Kate Bush
18. Stay Up Late - Talking Heads
19. Take The Skinheads Bowling - Camper Van Beethoven
20. The Old Man Down The Road - John Fogerty
21. Love Vigilantes - New Order
22. Here Comes A Regular - The Replacements
23. Raspberry Beret - Prince & The Revolution
24. Celebrated Summer - Husker Du
26. Brave Men Run (In My Family) - Sonic Youth
27. Dog-End Of A Day Gone By - Love & Rockets
28. Just Like Honey - The Jesus and Mary Chain
29. Up On The Sun - Meat Puppets
30. The Sick Bed Of Cuchulainn - The Pogues
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Great great list, full of variety.
I think Slayer's "At Dawn They Sleep" deserves to be on this list too, lol.
Would I Lie to You- Eurythmics would of been a nice inclusion.
LOL! Good thing you're not a blogger with taste like that.
rock lobster, you're an idiot.
OK music snobs flame away