pretty much any Adam Sandler movie...the best for 80's tunes was the wedding singer, every song was great!

Goof, you forgot Billy Ocean's "Caribbean Queen" in honor of our very own KissableKiss.

Okay....not all of these are from the 80s, but the artists are best known for their 80s success...with the exception of Bowie who was around for most of the 70s.

Peter Gabriel:
Games Without Frontiers, Solsbury Hill, In Your Eyes, Red Rain, Don't Give Up (with Kate Bush), Shaking The Tree, Shock The Monkey

David Bowie:
Space Oddity, Suffragette City, Let's Dance, Young American, Ziggy Stardust, Golden Years, Rebel Rebel, Blue Jean, China Girl, Diamond Dogs, Fame, Fashion, Fascination, The Jean Genie, The Man Who Sold The World, Glass Spider, Zeroes, Under Pressure (with Queen)

for a complete list <URL>http://www.teenagewildlife.com/music/alpha/</URL>

Dire Straits:
Sultans of Swing, Walk of Life, Wild West End, Money For Nothing, So Far Away, Water Of Love, Industrial Disease, Down To The Waterline

Prince (and the Revolution):
Purple Rain, 1999, Let's Go Crazy, When Doves Cry, Take Me With U, I Would Die 4 U, Raspberry Beret, Kiss, Little Red Corvette, Automatic, Sign O' The Times, Batdance

Billy Idol:
Mony Mony, White Wedding, Cradle Of Love, Rebell Yell, Eyes Without A Face, Hot In The City

Billy Squier:
The Stroke, Rock Me Tonite, Everybody Wants You, Lonely Is The Night

Tom Petty:
Don't Do Me Like That, Refugee, The Waiting, Stop Draggin' My Heart Around (with Stevie Nicks), You Got Lucky, Don't Come Around Here No More, Runaway Trains, American Girl, I Won't Back Down

Hall & Oates:
Method of Modern Love, Out Of Touch, Kiss On My List, Private Eyes, Rich Girl, You Make My Dreams, I Can't Go For That, Maneater, Sara Smile, Possession Obsession

INXS:
What You Need, Need You Tonight

Men At Work:
Land Down Under, Overkill, Who Can It Be Now, It's A Mistake

Tracy Chapman:
Fast Car, Talking About A Revolution, Mountains O' Things

Depeche Mode:
Round Round, People Are People

All of these are well known artists, but here are some without the same success:

Chris De Burgh - Lady In Red
The Replacements - Alex Chilton (from the 80s, but became popular later in the 90s)
The Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
The Smithereens - Only A Memory, The Blues Before And After, Yesterday Girl, Blood And Roses
The Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams
Mike & The Mechanics - All I Need Is A Miracle
Martika - Toy Soldiers
Human League - I'm Only Human
Cutting Crew - Died In Your Arms Tonight
Falco - Rock Me Amadeus
Murray Head - One Night In Bangkok
Harold Faltermeyer - Axel F
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax
The Fixx - One Thing Leads To Another
Animotion - My Obsession

I'm a big fan of Duran Duran, A-ha, Bananarama, Kylie Minogue, Ace of Base, Foreigner, Chicago, Bruce Springsteen.

Anything by Billy Ocean deserves mentioning.

I remember hearing certain 80's songs, when me and my mum lived in a homeless shelter. Mainly by Fleetwood Mac, or again Ace of Base. When i hear any of those songs now, it reminds me of living in the shelter, in the early 80's.

As much as I hated them back then, I actually like a bunch of Duran Duran now.

It is so easy to come up with well known names, but there were as many if not more flashes in the pan too.

Simply Red, Thompson Twins, Midnight Oil, The Hooters, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Los Lobos, and actors Rick Springfield, Jack Wagner, and Bruce Willis, all had brief stints in the spotlight. But going back to the early 80s, one-hit wonders were a dime a dozen.

All of us remember Rick James for Superfreak, but many more songs can you name by him? How about Adrian Belew? He was with a number of bands, including King Crimson. How about British sensation Billy Bragg? Terence Trent Darby? Thomas Dolby?

And then there are those who briefly spanned into the 80s from earlier, like Olivia Newton-John, The Pointer Sisters, Patti Labelle, James Brown, Aretha Franklin, and Tina Turner.

Music was all over the place in the 80s. Almost any style or any sound could be found. So many bands held the spotlight, some with just a single song that stayed atop the charts for months, such as Joan Jett's "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" which had a 7 week run. Olivia Newton-John's "Physical" debuted in 1981, but had the longest run of any No. 1 hit of the 80s....a 10 week run. By comparison, the longest stay at No. 1 ever was BoyzIIMen and Mariah Carey's "One Sweet Day" in 1995. According to Billboard magazine, it set the record with 16 weeks on top. Several more 90s hits also topped 10 weeks at the top spot. The shorter runs at No. 1 just made for more diversity on the airwaves as Alvin & The Chipmunks, "Weird" Al Yankovich, and Elmo & Patsy even made it onto the Top 40 charts during the 80s.

I'm sure a music historian could write pages about it...

The thompson twins hold me now. Duran duran come undone. The cure love song. The cure just like heaven. Wait I think its depeche mode and not duran duran that sings come undone.

Never tear us apart by inxs is on the radio right now I love this song!

Nope. You were right the first time. Duran Duran sang "Come Undone". But it was released in 1993. I only know cause I have the cd. Lol.

one of my favorites

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXfc7VMyj94&feature=related

you guys should check out this site... seems to have them all on it

http://www.80smusicvids.com/

I have lists of the Top 100 songs for each of the past 30 years.....The stuff is out there as long as you Google it.

Btw, A_Perfect_Circle: I like your pic. The eyes and smile remind me of Linda Carter's from when I watched "Wonder Woman" as kid. Talk about childhood crushes...

she does have that look... a cross between wonder woman and Kristen Kreuk from smallville...

I might have scandinavias biggest Boy George/ Culture Club collection so I am with u 100%

NICE

Great taste!!

I liked and still do... BOy George/ Culture Club, The Smiths, The Cure, Echo and the Bunnymen, Depeche Mode, Talk Talk (even if they where amazing later...listen to the two last album and you see where Radiohead got their vision from....) Dexys, David Sylvian....the list goes on....

I loved the 80's, david bowie, alyssa milano-whos the boss, difference strokes. hahaha "I WANT MY MTV"

Oops 90s lol well still an awesome song :)

Thanks! :)