The 80s Music Ratings List (EXPANDED)!
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"Miami Vice" Theme - Jan Hammer
867-5309/Jenny - Tommy Tutone
The A-Team - Mike Post
Aeroplane [Dance Mix] - Psychedelic Furs
Ain't We Funkin' Now - Brothers Johnson
All I Wanted to Do Was Dance - Los Lobos
All True Man - Alexander O'Neal
Amanda - Boston
Angel Eyes - Bryan Ferry, Roxy Music
Anotherloverholenyohead - Prince
Are You Sure - So
Atreju Meets Falkor - Never Ending Story
B Movie - Elvis Costello, The Attractions
Back and Forth - Cameo
Bad for Me - Bananarama
Barnes Shoots Elias - Georges Delerue
Beat's So Lonely - Charlie Sexton
Being With You - Smokey Robinson
Better Things - The Kinks
The Big V - Big Audio Dynamite
Black/White - Mr. Mister
Boat on the River - Styx
Born Under a Bad Sign - Pat Travers
Break It Up [12" Mix] - Mary Jane Girls
Bring Me Your Cup [7-Inch Version] - UB40
Burning Bridges (On & Off & On Again) - Status Quo
C Minor - Communards
Call Out the Dogs - Gary Numan
Can't Let You Go - Coro
Caribbean (No More Love On The Run) - Billy Ocean
Caught in the Rain - Quarterflash
Chance to Grow - Wendy & Lisa
Cherokee - Europe
Church of the Poison Mind - Culture Club
Clubland - Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Come on, Let's Go - Los Lobos
Continental Shuffle - Whispers
Cowboys and Clowns - Ronnie Milsap
Cruel Summer - Bananarama
Cuts Like a Knife - Bryan Adams
D'Stroll - D'Molls
Dancing in the Dark - Bruce Springsteen
Day After Day - Thompson Twins
Deep Deep Ocean - Belinda Carlisle
Destination - The Call
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap - AC/DC
Do What You Feel - Deniece Williams
Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight [Dominant Mix] - Dominatrix
Don't Fight It - Kenny Loggins
Don't Need A Gun (Single Edit) - Billy Idol
Don't Walk Away - Rick Springfield
Doulbe Dutch - Malcolm McLaren
Dreaming - Blondie
Dynamite - Dave Edmunds
E Papa RT - Santana
El Canoero - Los Lobos
Empty Arms - Stevie Ray Vaughan
Eurasian Eyes - Corey Hart
Everybody Have Fun Tonight - Wang Chung
Everytime You Go Away - Paul Young
F L M
Family Snapshot - Peter Gabriel
Feels Like I'm in Love - Kelly Marie
Fire Woman - The Cult
Fly on the Windscreen - Depeche Mode
Force Ten - Rush
Free to Fall - Debbie Harry
From Me to You - Bobby Mc Ferrin
Galaxy Paradise - Stevie Wonder
Get Down on It - Kool & the Gang
Ghostbusters - Ray Parker Jr
Girls & Boys - Prince
Givin' It All Up - J. Geils Band
Goin' Back To My Roots - Odyssey
Good Life - Inner City
Got the Time - Joe Jackson
The Guitar Song - Dead Milkmen
Had a Dad - Jane's Addiction
Happy House - Siouxsie & The Banshees
Have You Ever Loved Somebody - Freddie Jackson
Heart - Pet Shop Boys
Heartbreak Station - Cinderella
Heaven Knows - Robert Plant
Here Comes the Sun - George Benson
High On You - Survivor
Hold Me Now - Thompson Twins
Home - Diana Ross
Hot Hot Summer Day - Sugarhill Gang
How Long - Lionel Richie
Hurt - Manhattans
I Against Osbourne - Dead Milkmen
I Can't Hold Back - Eddie Money
I Don't Know What You Want But I Can't Give It Anymore - Pet Shop Boys
I Feel the Magic - Belinda Carlisle
I Hope You're Happy Now - Elvis Costello & The Attractions
I Love a Man in Uniform - Gang Of Four
I Need Your Lovin' [7" Mix] - Teena Marie
I Think I'm a Clone Now - Weird Al Yankovic
I Want Love - Knack
I Wish It Would Rain Down - Phil Collins
I'll Never Find Another (Find Another Like You) - Manhattans
I'm in Love - Evelyn King
I'm the One You Need - Jody Watley
If I Was - Midge Ure
Iki Maska - Nina Hagen
In The Death Cell - Queen
Innocent - Whispers
Invisible Sun - The Police
It Can Happen - Yes
It's Alright - Pebbles
It's Real - John Lennon
J for Jules - Til Tuesday
Jelly Roll - Blue Murder
Johnny & Mary (Original Mix) - Lawrence
Jump Up - Elvis Costello
Just Like U Said It Would B - Sinead O'Connor
K.I.S.S.I.N.G. - Siedah Garrett
Keep Your Hands To Yourself - Georgia Satellites
King of Hollywood - Eagles
Knocked Out - Paula Abdul
L' Elephant - Tom Tom Club
Lambada - Kaoma
Lay Your Hands on Me - Peter Gabriel
Let Go - Kenny G
Let's All Make a Bomb - Heaven 17
Let's Stick Together - Bryan Ferry, Roxy Music
Life's Been Good - Eagles
Lipstick, Powder & Paint - Delbert McClinton
Live at the Marquee - Vapors
Lola [Live] - The Kinks
Look of Love - ABC
Lost in Love - Air Supply
Love Come Down - Evelyn King
Love Is Holy - Kim Wilde
Love on Your Side - Thompson Twins
Love Will Find a Way - Yes
Lovin' Every Minute of It - Loverboy
M Factor - M
Make It Real - Jets
The Man With the Lightbulb Head - Robyn Hitchcock
Material Girl - Madonna
Memorabilia '91 - Soft Cell/Marc Almond
Mexican Radio - Wall Of Voodoo
Miles Away - Basia
Missing You - John Waite
Money's Too Tight (To Mention) - Simply Red
The Morning After Love Theme
Mr. Mike - Fabulous Poodles
My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone) - Chilliwack
My Sweet Baby - Delbert McClinton
N.E. Heart Break - New Edition
Never Be Lonely - .38 Special
Never Use Love - Ratt
News at Ten - Vapors
The Nile - Santana
No Parking On The Dance Floor - Midnight Star
Nothin' But a Good Time - Bret Michaels
The Number One Song in Heaven - Sparks
O Death - Camper Van Beethoven
Oh Yeah - Yello
Once in a Lifetime, Girl - Steve Perry
One More Song for You - Andy Kaufman
One-Sided Love Affair - Loverboy
Open Arms - Journey
Our House - Massness
Over The Mountain - Ozzy Osbourne
P' Twaang! - Wipeouters, Devo
A Party - Big Audio Dynamite
Penthouse and Pavement [12" Mix] - Heaven 17
Piece of My Heart - Sammy Hagar
Please Don't Leave - Lauren Wood
Popsicle - Talking Heads
Pretending To See The Light - Orchestral Manoeuvers In The Dark
Problem Child - AC/DC
Puppets - Depeche Mode
Q - Brothers Johnson
R&B Skeletons (In the Closet) - George Clinton
Rare, Precious and Gone - Mike Scott, The Waterboys
Rebel Yell - Billy Idol
Remember Me - Diana Ross
Rhythm of the Night - DeBarge
Rio - Duran Duran
Rock Me - Great White
Rocketship - Dead Milkmen
Round and Round - Ratt
Runnin' Down a Dream - Tom Petty
S S S & Q - Robert Plant
San Jacinto - Peter Gabriel
Say Hello Wave Goodbye (The Long Goodbye) [Extended Mendelsohn Remix] - Soft Cell
Searchin' (I Gotta Find a Man) - Hazell Dean
Send Her My Love - Journey
Sex Sells - Madonna
Shaker Song - Manhattan Transfer
She Drives Me Crazy - Fine Young Cannibals
She's Right On Time - Billy Joel
Shopping - Pet Shop Boys
Shy Boy - Bananarama
Sing A Song Of Love - Freddie Jackson
Slave to Love - Quiet Riot
Smalltown Boy - Bronski Beat
So Lonely - The Police
Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid - Hall & Oates
Something About You - Level 42
Sorry - English Beat
Spanish Dancer - Steve Winwood
Squealer - AC/DC
Starstruck - Rainbow
Stepping In Your Shoes - Amy Grant
Storm on the Sea - Thompson Twins
The Street Parade - The Clash
Suffer the Children - Tears For Fears
Sunny Day (2001 Version) - Book Of Love
Sweat - Oingo Boingo
Switch - Siouxsie & The Banshees
T' Aint What You Do (It's The Way That You Do It) - Fun Boy Three
Take Me Home Tonight - Eddie Money
Talk It Over - Hugh, Grayson
Tear Down the Walls - Firm
Tell Me What You Want - Hall & Oates
That Old Song - Ray Parker Jr
Then You Turn Away - Orchestral Manoeuvers In The Dark
Think About You Now - Gloria Estefan
This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You) - Rod Stewart
The Tide Is High - Blondie
Tinder - Hipsway
Tonight - Eric Carmen
Too Shy - Kajagoogoo
Tracks of My Tears - Willie Robinson Jr.
True Blue - Rod Stewart
Turn the Beat Around - Vicki Sue Robinson
Two Hearts - Phil Collins
U Bring the Freak Out - Rick James
Unreal Everything - Heaven 17
V. Thirteen - Big Audio Dynamite
Video Killed the Radio Star - Presidents Of The United States
Vultan's Theme (Attack Of The Hawk Men) - Queen
W.O.R.K. (N.O. Nah No No My Daddy Don't) (Extended Version) - Bow Wow Wow
Walk Away - Joe Walsh
Walking On Sunshine - Katrina & The Waves
Wasn't Tomorrow Wonderful? - Waitresses
We Are the Young - Dan Hartman
We Run - Strange Advance
Wendy Said - Kim Wilde
What I Must - Devo
What's the Matter Here? - 10,000 Maniacs
When Love & Hate Collide - Def Leppard
Where Are You Tonight? - Tom Johnston
The Whistler - Pretty Poison
Who's Dreaming This Dream? - Christine McVie
Wiggly World - Devo
Windows - Missing Persons
WKRP in Cincinnati - Steve Carlisle
Work It - Teena Marie
Wrapped Around Your Finge - The Police
X Offender - Blondie
Y.M.C.A. - Village People
You Are the One [Remix] - A-Ha
You Dropped a Bomb on Me - The Gap Band
You Make My Dreams - Hall & Oates
You'll Never Be a Man - Elvis Costello, The Attractions
Young Offender - Pet Shop Boys
Zaar - Peter Gabriel
D.T.'s Eight-Star Rating System!
I thought of using the traditional four star (****) ratings system found everywhere, but it
proved that it wasn't sufficient enough.
Then I thought of the five star (*****) system to add more categories. Then again, this system
had room for improvement.
Then I heard some rating systems use a 1/2-star increment. I can't figure out how to type half-a-character, so after a long and hard thinking process, I decided to double all the stars and came up with my ultimate rating system...
8* -- An All-Time Classic -- as well as a major hit and a critical favorite.
7* -- Excellent -- a critical favorite as well as a notable hit.
6* -- Underrated -- a critical favorite worth a listen despite the low ranking on the music chart.
5* -- Popular -- popular hit, or a favorite from another specialized chart.
4* -- Average -- notable, but not much of a favorite or critical importance.
3* -- Overrated -- why was this a hit in the first place anyway?
2* -- Die Hard -- for true fans of a particular artist or genre of note, but a bomb and a critical disappointment for the talent associated with it.
1* -- Gadawful -- a mutual bomb, suitable only for Dr. Demento's Audio Torture Chamber.
0* -- Sominex -- no charisma, no personality, just plain boring.
NR -- Not Rated By Me -- because I never heard of it or heard the song.
Other Codes
X-Mix -- Remix version available -- some songs have 7" or 10" dance remixes of songs. There may also be remixes of songs that are not documented by me in my 80s songs list.
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