What Was Your Favorite 80'S Song?

there was more than one...and more than one genre...

Loved Rock 'n Roll....
Poison
Def Leppard
Whitesnake
Joan Jett
Triumph

Love Pop
Madonna
Paula Abdul
oooh my the list can go on...

Hands down....Don Henley's Boys of Summer...every time I hear that come on my 80'2 channel on my sirius station, I am transported to a different time and place. Cool thing is my 13 year old daughter loves it about as much as I do :-)

Eternal flame...by the bangles just about sums up my taste in the 80s........i was born in 81 so i mostly grew up listening to nirvana and pearl jam in the early 90s.

I still prefer the 60s and 70s even though i didnt live through them

Anything by:
Duran Duran
The Cure
Oingo Boingo
New Order
Depeche Mode

Some of mine:
"Come On Eileen" Dexy's Midnight Runners
"You Shook Me All Night Long" AC/DC
"Here I Go Again" Whitesnake
"Mickey" Toni Basil
"Sister Christian" Night Ranger

A lot of 80s music is making a come back. My 12 year old asked me if I had ever heard of "Hit me with Your Best Shot" by Pat Benatar. I had to say, "Heard of it?? I LIVED it!" Ironically, my 15 year-old routinely plays Journey's "Don't Stop Believing" on the piano, thirty years after I listened to it in high school!! I liked Jesse's Girl, anything by REO Speedwagon, most Journey, some Madonna, some Bon Jovi and Loverboy (remember them?).

Jessie's Girl!!!!!!

I LOVE 80's music and the big hair bands too!! :)

Um, all of them?! Grew up with it too, born in 76! Some of these may be 1990 but all remind me of that middle school time when I first discovered the radio and cassette tapes! I do love Juice Newton too, plus sooooo many more! George michael Faith, Pointer Sisters Jump, anything Debbie Gibson or NKOTB, Let's get physical ONJ, All around the world by Lisa Stansfield, Break out by Swing out sister, Pour some sugar on me by Def Leppard, anything Bon Jovi, Chains of love by Erasure, Cherish, True Blue, and Justify my love by Madonna, the entire Thriller album, Huey lewis and the news (which I heard on our oldies station the other day! Yikes!), Don't forget me when I'm gone by glass tiger, wang chung!, Control by Janet Jackson, Eternal flame by the bangles, footloose, chicago, hold you tight by tara kemp, anything by taylor dayne, i just died in your arms by cutting crew, joyride and must have been love by roxette, hall and oates baby!, let's hear it for the boy by deniece williams, a little respect by erasure, chains of love, angel eyes by jeff healey band, sowing the seeds of love, magic by the cars, make me lose control by eric carmen, atlantic starr, the jets!, Rick astley!, anything by INXS, No one is to blame by howard jones, bobby brown!, anita baker, james ingram, two of hearts by stacey Q, MC Hammer!, journey, foreigner, poison, what's on your mind by information society, with you by tony terry, Phil collins (who I met in Seattle in 1985), and Your Love by the outfield. Best music ever!!

Ok, everything OneandDone said as well as,

The Cure : Everything they did
Eurasure
Pet Shop Boys: West End Boys
Simply Red
Soft Cell: Tainted Love
Hall and Oates
Crowded House

George Michael

Anything by INXS, Erasure, Depeche Mode, U2, R.E.M., the B-52s.

Also "In a Big Country" by...Big Country!

Anything from the cure or billy idol especially dancing with myself :) only you by yaz is a fav too but no one has ever heard it but me it seems!

Perhaps it was more late 70's than 80's but I liked
Paradise by the Dashboard Light and Bat Out of Hell by Meatloaf.
Take Me On by a-ha (loved the music video - MTV was so new!)

Nothing Compares 2 U by Sinead O'Conner. Loved her look and her voice.
I also really liked Red Hot Chili Peppers, More Than Words.
The other song that comes to mind is 500 Miles by the Proclaimers.

It wasn't until the 90's that I discovered that I really loved the Cars, Cindy Lauper, Meat Loaf, Blondie, Pat Benatar and other classic 80's rock bands.

Hands down... Livin on a Prayer: Bon Jovi. Whenever I hear this song, it gets cranked up and there's usually some fist-pumping involved.

Pour Your Sugar on Me: Def Leppard is my dad's favorite song. He dances like a crazy man at our wedding to this song- great pictures!

love, love love the 80's!!! I listen to it on XM Radio.

Loverboy
Duran Duran
AC/DC
Def Lepard
Hall & Oats
Journey
Foreigner
Ratt
Cinderella
Motley Crue
Thompson Twins
Pat Benetar (sp)
Van Halen (David Lee Roth)

:)

The Flame by Cheap Trick
Girls Just Want To Have Fun by Cyndi Lauper
Take My Breath Away by Roxette

My all-time favorite is " Come on Eileen" by Dexy's Midnight Runners...Followed by AHA's " take on me" , Simple Mind's " Don't you forget about me", and Joan Jett's "Crimson and Clover" and " I love Rock and Roll"

My favorite album was Chicago 17. It is still one of my favorites.

I loved these bands and their songs:

The Cult
The Cure
Lime Spiders
Poi Dog Pondering
The Church
Devo
The Clash
The Cars
Depeche Mode
Sex Pistols (not quite of the 80's but I listened to it)
Alice in Chains
Love & Rockets

I was a toddler in the early 80's so my favs will mostly fall under the late 80's, Micheal/Janet Jackson, Paula Abdul, Duran Duran, Beastie Boys, Queen and of course, New Kids. Madonna's Like a Prayer was one of my favs though. Everyone did their talent show performances to Eye of the Tiger, Cold Hearted Snake and Nothing Compares, Walk Like an Egyptian.... I'm sure I'm leaving lots out!

(also love Come On Eileen!)

My true music love would be the 90's stuff though.

Of course, brain freeze right now and can't think of titles but your question title made me think of "Just call me angel" before even reading your post and now it is stuck in my head--thanks alot. What I love is when my 12 yr old girls tell me about this "cool new song" and it turns out to be an 80s hit by Aerosmith or Benetar or whomever. There was a song on my d's Ipod the other day, I think via radio, by the Eagles and she liked it. She thought the song Running Like the Wolf-is that the right title?-was a new song a few weeks ago. She absolutely, positively, no doubt whatever loves loves loves wolves.

Pretty much EXACTLY what CAWriterMom said. In that order, too. But there's a special place in my heart for "Crimson and Clover" by Joan Jett and company - it was the first music video I ever watched on that brand new network MTV.

I think Funkytown was fron the late 70's, but I don't know for sure.
I really liked Pat Benatar, the Stray Cats and The cars.

Danger Zone & Billie Jean at the time

Now...a LOT, esp a lot of punk (but i'm biased, because my several of my son's friends dads were in those bands... you should HEAR the 'kid punk' we've made since they were toddlers

I like bounce, bounce, bounce, bounce on the BED!
DON'T HIT YOUR HEAD!
I like to bounce bounce bounce bounce on the BED!
Don't paint your room red
(withoutaskingyourdadwhowillaskyourmomwhowillsayno)....soooooo
Don't paint your room red!

Ah... when musicians become parents.

Most new wave songs.

Tiffany "I Think We're Alone Now". Why did my parents let me listen to that?

Moving on by Bad company i love this song!!!!!!! lol o and i love queensryche i could jam to them all day everyday !!!!!!!!!

Your Love:The Outfield
Talk Dirty : Me by Poison
Out of the Blue : Debbie Gibson
I Think We're Alone Now: TIffany
Love Song: Tesla
Uncle Tom's Cabin: Warrant (RIP Janie Lane)

My, how I loved the 80's! Legwarmers, mall hair, aqua eyeliner... FUN!