Two songs in and we already hit big controversy. This song isn’t one of my favorites but it’s hard not to deny how much notoriety this song has received over the years. The good being its catchy chorus, the bad being it’s much talked about polished production for a song whose lyrics speak out against corporate music and rock. And like it or not, it’s still played a lot. Coming in at #19 is We Built This City by Starship.
We begin our countdowns with the 1985 year and a song that had tough competition with another track this same female-led group delivered this year. Bands that go as long as this band did often times have their “victory lap,” and this group earned it with this track among many others that would come in the 80s. Beginning our countdown of the top songs turning 40 years old, at #20, is What About Love by Heart.
No doubt, this 1984 countdown was the hardest countdown I’ve ever done and it showed. The amount of songs that could have made it were massive, and some would say their absence from this list was criminal. However, when I asked others what their top 5 songs would be, most not only had this song in their list, but some had it at #1. And it’s hard to not understand why. The fact that this artist willfully ditched a long-standing instrument of pop and rock music from the track simply because he wanted to and could, and it never stopped …..more →
There might be a hint of bias in the placement of this next song, but this song is one of the greatest ballads of the 1980s. When we talk about lightning in a bottle, this track is it. Even the artist couldn’t deliver the song live the same way he did on this track. That’s how good this song is, and the emotion coming out of it is massive. It was one of my favorite songs when I grew up and I found it hard-pressed not to place this song higher in this list. Coming in at #2 is Against …..more →
Boy was 1984 a really tough year to determine the top 20 songs. There were so many tracks that each deserved a place in this countdown, it was downright insane how many did not make it, and most of them would be in other countdowns for sure. Here is a list of all possible tracks that could have made it, and boy were there a lot: Animotion – Obsession Billy Idol – Eyes Without a Face Billy Joel – The Longest Time Billy Ocean – Caribbean Queen Bon Jovi – Runaway Bryan Adams – Run to You Bruce Springsteen – Born …..more →
Jitterbug…face it, when you hear that word, what’s one of the first things you think of? If you’re my age or even 20 years younger, it’s this song. That’s how huge this song was back then and still is today. Even the Spanish version that came out during the Transylvania movies was huge. Some would think George Michael’s ultimate ballad should belong in this place, but in the end, after multiple listenings, this track ended up right here, and I would argue with anyone on its place above all the other competition below. Coming in at #3 for the top …..more →