80s music greatest hits

By Rob Sheffield.

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80s music greatest hits

The s may have been the decade of questionable fashion choices, but we'll probably say the same about the s in a few years It was also the decade of great movies, the rise of video games and downright fantastic music. We've attempted the ridiculously hard but not in any way a chore task of picking the very best s songs ever. Here are our picks - are your favourites in there? You might not have realised it, but Neil Diamond first recorded this song back in But it's UB40's cover that became the most well-known in The song truly brought the band to the mainstream, and reached number one in the UK. It ended up topping the US charts too in , after being performed at Nelson Mandela's birthday tribute concert. This ballad saw Phil Collins sing the tune from a third-person perspective, looking at a man crossing the street to ignore a homeless woman, imploring listeners not to turn a blind eye to those in need. It became Phil's seventh and final number one single in America, while David Crosby of Crosby, Stills and Nash appears on backing vocals. This was the song that made Boy George an even bigger star around the world. It was the UK's biggest selling single of and topped the US chart. Boy George later explained the song: "It is about the terrible fear of alienation that people have, the fear of standing up for one thing. It's about trying to suck up to everybody. If there's one song from the Stock, Aitken and Waterman era that has stood the test of time, it's Rick Astley 's international number one smash.

In the UK it peaked at number four. It has become known as one of the best love songs of the s. It's miles away from the struggles the singer would face later in her career.

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The Billboard Hot is the main song chart of the American music industry and is updated every week by the Billboard magazine. During the s the chart was based collectively on each single's weekly physical sales figures and airplay on American radio stations. George Michael was the only artist to achieve two year-end Billboard Hot number-one singles in the s. He achieved this with his songs " Faith " and " Careless Whisper ". He is one of two recording acts to achieve more than one year-end Billboard Hot number-one single in the history of the chart, with the other being The Beatles , who also had two year-end number-ones. The following artists were featured in top of the chart for the highest total number of weeks during the s. The following songs were featured in top of the chart for the highest total number of weeks during the s.

80s music greatest hits

The s may have been the decade of questionable fashion choices, but we'll probably say the same about the s in a few years It was also the decade of great movies, the rise of video games and downright fantastic music. We've attempted the ridiculously hard but not in any way a chore task of picking the very best s songs ever. Here are our picks - are your favourites in there? You might not have realised it, but Neil Diamond first recorded this song back in But it's UB40's cover that became the most well-known in The song truly brought the band to the mainstream, and reached number one in the UK. It ended up topping the US charts too in , after being performed at Nelson Mandela's birthday tribute concert.

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During the shoot, Elton bumped into Duran Duran. It reached number six in the UK. The song is about a passionate girl in love with God, who becomes the only male figure in her life. This was a golden time era for music, and let's never forget it. Were they crying already when Toto got there? Is this the happiest song ever written? You hear them at weddings, parties, clubs, the karaoke bar. It ended up topping the US charts too in , after being performed at Nelson Mandela's birthday tribute concert. Written after Sting separated from his first wife, the song's creation was fraught with in-fighting within the band who were actually physically punching each other in the studio with Sting saying that the time of its release that "it's a nasty little song, really rather evil. The ultimate feel-good '80s movie pop anthem, Huey Lewis was hired to come up with a couple of tunes for Back to the Future , and he more than succeeded with this. Following up on the success of 'Careless Whisper', 'A Different Corner' was the second solo single released by George Michael and helped him to become the first solo act in the history of the UK Singles Chart to reach No.

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Sub Culture. The title of the track of NWA's debut doesn't just announce the arrival of Dr. Oh, and there's also the little matter of the greatest drum fill in pop history at the mark. The Vatican condemned the video, while family and religious groups also protested its broadcast. It endures as a pick-me-up all these years later, a celebration of the vibrant colors of humanity and the power of a well-placed harmonica line. Often mistaken for a love song, it's one of the most misinterpreted tracks in the history of music, when it's in fact about a deluded stalker who convinces himself that the emotions he feels are true love. Before Vanilla Ice famously ripped off — er, was inspired by the work of Queen bassist John Deacon, that subtle, infectious plucking heralded the meeting of two wildly influential rock icons. The Raincoats were redefining punk rock in the early Eighties, with art-school feminist aggro and a very London sense of deadpan humor. It was also the decade of great movies, the rise of video games and downright fantastic music. Here are our picks - are your favourites in there? There's not many songs that can feature both a drum breakdown and a saxophone solo closer and still be a massive pop hit. It remains perhaps the greatest pop song of all time, and has that timeless quality that will never disappoint. Others make people run and scream in terror. Eddie Van Halen played the guitar solo, after doing it as a favour for Jones, and was not paid aside from two six-packs of beer!