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
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
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