“Don’t You (Forget About Me” Simple Minds

“Don’t You Want Me” The Human League

“Take on Me” A-ha

“Everybody Wants to Rule the World” Tears for Fears

“Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)” Eurythmics

“Total Eclipse of the Heart” Bonnie Tyler

“Karma Chameleon” Culture Club

“Come on Eileen” Dexys Midnight Runners

“Down Under” Men at Work

Good ol’ Rock ‘n Roll was a main staple of the 80s music. Popular rock bands like Van Halen , Def Leppard , and Aerosmith pumped out the decibels to the enjoyment of thousands, if not millions, of fans.

16 Heavy Metal Workout Songs From The ’80s Metallica, “Master Of Puppets” Metallica, “One” Metallica, ” For Whom the Bell Tolls ” Guns N’ Roses, “Welcome To The Jungle” Motörhead, “Ace Of Spades” Iron Maiden , “The Number of the Beast” Iron Maiden “Hallowed Be Thy Name” Slayer, “Raining Blood” Judas Priest, “Breaking the Law”

Self Control – Frank Ocean. This one saved me.

Loveland – Milky Chance. I heard about this song because Miley Cyrus posted it on her Instagram one time.

Lonesome When You Go – Miley Cyrus.

Everyday – A$AP ROCKY.

Say Goodbye – Chris Brown.

Stay – Rihanna.

FU – Miley Cyrus.

Perfect – Ed Sheeran.

Just Give Me A Reason – Pink.

White Ferrari – Frank Ocean.

Call Me – Blondie

Another Brick In the Wall – Pink Floyd

Magic – Olivia Newton-John

Rock With You – Michael Jackson

Do That to Me One More Time – The Captain and Tennille

Crazy Little Thing Called Love – Queen

Coming Up – Paul McCartney

Funkytown – Lipps,Inc.

It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me – Billy Joel

The Rose – Bette Midler

Top ’80s songs ranked “I Wanna Dance with Somebody” by Whitney Houston “Take On Me” by A-ha “Don’t Stop Believin’” by Journey “ Modern Love ” by David Bowie “Beat It” by Michael Jackson “ When Doves Cry ” by Prince “Into the Groove” by Madonna “ Blue Monday ” by New Order “Dancing in the Dark” by Bruce Springsteen

The Best Pop Songs Of The ’80s, Ranked Take On Me Don’t Stop Believin’ Beat It Everybody Wants to Rule the World Under Pressure Time After Time Livin’ On A Prayer In the Air Tonight Total Eclipse of the Heart Sweet Child o’ Mine

“I Cry (Night After Night)”

“Love Has Come Around”

“Go Bang!#5 (Francois K Mix)”

“Straight Out the Jungle”

“I’m Ready”

“Jagadishwar”

“Night Nurse”

“You Gots to Chill”

“Juicy Fruit”

“Rock the Casbah”

LL Cool J – Goin’ Back to Cali. Barely hanging on to the 80s,this smooth LL classic showed up in 1989.

Boogie Down Productions – My Philosophy. BDP,street rappers from the South Bronx,initially started out with a harder edge to their music,but after violence ended band

Public Enemy – Don’t Believe the Hype.

Tone Loc – Wild Thing.

Ice-T – Colors.

The 80s music was full of energy, new wave music powered by the synthesizer and the drum machine, took the airwaves and the dance floors by storm, and is often what comes to mind when you think about the music in the 80s.

The most popular songs to cover are “Yesterday” and “Something” by The Beatles. They both have interesting vocal lines that are fairly easy to sing.

Best cover songs of all time ranked Jeff Buckley , “Hallelujah” ( Leonard Cohen ) Jimi Hendrix, “ All Along the Watchtower ” (Bob Dylan) Aretha Franklin , “Respect” ( Otis Redding ) Johnny Cash, “Hurt” (Nine Inch Nails) Whitney Houston, “I Will Always Love You” ( Dolly Parton ) The Fugees , “ Killing Me Softly with His Song ” ( Roberta Flack )

Harry Styles – Lizzo’s “Juice”

Sam Smith – Donna Summer’s “I Feel Love”

Ben Platt and Kelly Clarkson – Bob Dylan’s “Make You Feel My Love”

Lana Del Rey – Sublime’s “Doin’ Time”

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Madilyn Bailey – Lewis Capaldi’s “Someone You Loved”

Halsey – Jonas Brothers’ “Sucker”

Weezer – Eurythmics’ “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)”