100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #33 Chris Isaak – Wicked Game

Released : 1989 Initially buried on Heart Shaped World, Wicked Game created not much more than a ripple on it’s … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #34 XTC – Senses Working Overtime

Released : 1982 At it’s obvious end, punk and new wave bands responded to it’s demise in many differerent ways; … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #35 Eric B & Rakim – I Know You Got Soul

Released : 1987 In all of the history of sampling, no artist’s catalogue has been pillaged like James Brown’s. The … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #36 China Crisis – African and White

Released : 1982 Liverpool has always made a noise apart, despite the obvious hangover  –  some city natives will tell … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #37 Big Country – Where The Rose Is Sown

Released : 1984 At the forefront of “Celtic rock” musical arms race with U2 and Simple Minds – all three … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #38 Prince – Sign O’ The Times

Released: 1987 Some people spend decades trying to write the perfect song, one that will catapult them to fame and … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #39 Kate Bush – Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)

Released : 1985 Telling Kate Bush’s story in three thousand words would be impossible, let alone around 300, so we … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #41 Orange Juice – Rip It Up

Released : 1983 Speaking in the 2007 documentary The Sound Of Young Scotland, Josef K’s Malcolm Ross described how in … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #42 808 State – Pacific State

Released: 1989 Nothing comes from absolutely nowehere: in the annals of the UK’s house music scene it’s a popular myth … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #43 Pixies – Monkey Gone To Heaven

Released : 1989 It’s pretty pointless now, but compare and contrast as the exam question of the time requested the … More