AC/DC – For Those About to Rock
Alan Parson Project – Sirius/Eye In The Sky
Asia – Heat Of The Moment
Billy Idol – White Wedding
Billy Joel – Allentown*
Billy Joel – Pressure*
Chicago – Hard To Say I’m Sorry
Crosby Stills & Nash – Southern Cross
Culture Club – Do You Really Want to Hurt Me
Dazz Band – Let it Whip
Dexy’s Midnight Riders – Come on Eileen
Duran Duran – Hungry Like The Wolf*
Duran Duran – Rio*
Grand Master Flash – The Message
Huey Lewis & the News – Do You Believe in Love
J Geils Band – Freeze Frame
Jeffrey Osborne – On The Wings of Love
Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes – Up Where We Belong
Joe Jackson – Steppin Out
Judas Priest – You Got Another Thing Comin’
Madness – Our House
Men Without Hats – Safety Dance*
Musical Youth – Pass the Dutchie
Patrice Rushen – Forget Me Nots
Patti Austin & James Ingram – Baby Come to Me
The Clash – Rock the Casbah*
The Gap Band – You Dropped The Bomb on Me
The Go-Go’s – Vacation
The Pretenders – Back on the Chain Gang
Thomas Dolby – She Blinded Me With Science
Trio – Da Da Da
The Top 1982 Songs Countdown – An Intro
Just like last year, we have our annual countdown coming up for My Top 20 songs that turn 40 years old this year, 2022. If you want to know about my criteria for this countdown, view this post. This proved to be a very tough year and as we wait for April 1st, here are the list of songs that were considered, but did not make the countdown, including six (marked by *) that almost made it: