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Category: 100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s

100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #93 Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)

Released: 1983 Great music has always sprung from adversity, be it in this era rooted in the social deprivation of … More

1983, Annie Lennox, Eurythmics, Sweet Dreams Are Made of This

100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #94 Minor Threat – Straight Edge

Whilst the early hardcore movement was dogged by macho jocks and testostrone fueled mosh pits, it’s flipside was a self discipline given a manifesto by fourty odd seconds of sneering brute force.

100 Greatest Songs of the 80's, Hardcore Punk, Ian Mackaye, Minor Threat, Straight Edge

100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #95 The Gun Club – She’s Like Heroin To Me

Released : 1981 When the head of the LA chapter of the Blondie fan club (Jeffrey Lee Pierce) first met … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 80's, Debbie Harry, Jeffrey Lee Pierce, The Cramps, The Gun Club, The White Stripes

100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #96 Stakker Humanoid – Humanoid

Released : 1988 It’s arguable that one way or another, the members of Future Sound of London have been responsible … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 80's, 1988, Acid House, Future Sound of London, Rave, Stakker Humanoid

100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #97 The Fall – Cruiser’s Creek

Released : 1985 There’s no greater poisoned chalice than trying to wade through the Fall’s Brix-inspired Imperial phase and choosing … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 80's, 1985, Cruisers Creek, Mark E Smith, The Fall

100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #98 – The Monochrome Set – The Jet Set Junta

Released: 1983 The early 1980’s was such an incredible period for British pop’s diversity that anything which felt orthodox became … More

100 Greatest Somgs of the 80's, 1983, Cherry Red Records, Jet Set Junta, The Monochrome Set

100 Greatest songs of the 80’s #99 – Gary Byrd & The GB Experience – The Crown

Released : 1983 An oddity even before it appeared in the UK, The Crown was released on Stevie Wonder’s short … More

#hiphop, Gary Byrd & The GB Experience, Gary Byrd The Crown, Steve Wonder, UK Rap

100 Greatest Songs of the ’80’s #100 AC/DC – Back In Black

Released : 1980 We always want our dead rock stars back. But – and it’s a massive but – would … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 80's, AC/DC, Back In Black, Bon Scott, Brian Johnson

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