Sparkling New Wave and Indie Gems from The 80s
February 21, 2017
Hi kids, here are a bunch of totally gnarly songs from the 80s to make you feel good and forget there is a walking talking garbage bag in the White House. I put a lot of work into this list and it shows. It is the best and it will kick the ass of any other “Greatest Songs from the 80s” lists. Enjoy!
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# | Song – Band |
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1 | In Little Ways – Let’s Active |
2 | Ahead – Wire |
3 | Her Head’s Revolving – The Three O’Clock |
4 | Be Near Me – ABC |
5 | Places That Are Gone – Tommy Keene |
6 | Back Where I Belong – Dumptruck |
7 | Academy Fight Song – Mission Of Burma |
8 | Shellshock – New Order |
9 | Change – Tears For Fears |
10 | All The Things She Said – Simple Minds |
11 | The Headmaster Ritual – The Smiths |
12 | Rattlesnakes – Lloyd Cole and the Commotions |
13 | Too Late For Tears – Game Theory |
14 | Metropolis – The Church |
15 | Bittersweet – Hoodoo Gurus |
16 | Scotty’s Lament – The Connells |
17 | Tell Me When It’s Over – The Dream Syndicate |
18 | THE BRIDGE – Cactus World News |
19 | Back of Love – Echo & the Bunnymen |
20 | The Ghost In You – The Psychedelic Furs |
21 | E=MC2 – Big Audio Dynamite |
22 | Disappointed – Public Image Ltd. |
23 | Indigo Eyes – Peter Murphy |
24 | Appetite – Prefab Sprout |
25 | Streets of Your Town – The Go-Betweens |
26 | Nice in Nice – 7″ Edit – The Stranglers |
27 | Oklahoma – The Call |
28 | In Between Days – The Cure |
29 | Planet Earth – Duran Duran |
30 | Tears – The Chameleons |
31 | Away – The Bolshoi |
32 | A Million Miles Away – The Plimsouls |
33 | Too Late – Shoes |
34 | Sweetest Thing – Gene Loves Jezebel |
35 | Uncertain Smile – The The |
36 | Suedehead – 2011 Remastered Version – Morrissey |
37 | A New England – Kirsty MacColl |
38 | I Don’t Know Why I Love You – The House of Love |
39 | Trampolene – Julian Cope |
40 | I Wanna Destroy You – The Soft Boys |
41 | If You Leave – Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark |
42 | Senses Working Overtime – Remastered – XTC |
43 | If You Were Here – Thompson Twins |
44 | So Long – Fischer-Z |
45 | Wouldn’t It Be Good – Nik Kershaw |
46 | Baby Ran – 54-40 |
47 | Crazy – Pylon Reenactment Society |
48 | Dancing With Tears In My Eyes – Ultravox |
49 | Everything Counts – Depeche Mode |
50 | 1,000,000 – R.E.M. |
51 | Left Of Center – Suzanne Vega |
52 | More Than This – Remastered – Roxy Music |
53 | It’s My Life – 1997 Remastered Version – Talk Talk |
54 | When I Dream – Original Version – The Teardrop Explodes |
55 | Anything, Anything [I’ll Give You] – Dramarama |
56 | Head On – The Jesus and Mary Chain |
57 | Love Like Blood – Killing Joke |
58 | Chamber of Hellos – Wire Train |
59 | Black And White – The dB’s |
60 | Future 40’s (String Of Pearls) – Syd Straw |
61 | A Pleasure – The Railway Children |