YouTube Links to the 100 Greatest Songs of the 1980s

A list of links to the 100 greatest songs of the 1980s according to Paste Magazine.

100. The Stone Roses — I Wanna Be Adored
99. Iron Maiden — Run to the Hills
98. Laurie Anderson — O Superman
97. Boogie Down Productions — South Bronx
96. Bad Brains — Pay to Cum!
95. Arthur Russell — Being It
94. Squeeze — Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)
93. Beastie Boys — Shake Your Rump
92. Tom Tom Club — Genius of Love
91. Electronic — Getting Away With It
90. X — Los Angeles
89. Tracy Chapman — Fast Car
88. Peter Gabriel — In Your Eyes
87. Leonard Cohen — Hallelujah
86. A Flock of Seagulls — Space Age Love Song
85. The Pogues & Kirsty MacColl — Fairytale of New York
84. The Gun Club — Mother of Earth
83. Afrika Bambaataa & the Soulsonic Force — Planet Rock
82. Grace Jones — Pull Up to the Bumper
81. They Might Be Giants — Ana Ng
80. Siouxsie and the Banshees — Cities in Dust
79. Fingers Inc. — Can You Feel It?
78. Mission of Burma — That’s When I Reach For My Revolver
77. Big Country — In a Big Country
76. Julee Cruise — Falling
75. Def Leppard — Photograph
74. Bruce Springsteen — Tougher Than the Rest
73. The B-52’s — Private Idaho
72. Dinosaur Jr. — Little Fury Things
71. The Human League — Don’t You Want Me
70. Diana Ross — I’m Coming Out
69. Pixies — Debaser
68. Fleetwood Mac — Gy***
67. De La Soul — Me, Myself and I
66. Fine Young Cannibals — She Drives Me Crazy
65. Queen & David Bowie — Under Pressure
64. Mariya Takeuchi — Plastic Love
63. Dead Kennedys — Holiday in Cambodia
62. Salt-N-Pepa — Push It
61. Marshall Jefferson — The House Music Anthem (Move Your Body)
60. Orange Juice — Falling and Laughing
59. The Specials — Ghost Town
58. Dexys Midnight Runners — Tell Me When My Light Turns Green
57. Tatsuro Yamashita — Sparkle
56. Glenn Branca — Lesson No. 1 for Electric Guitar
55. Judas Priest — Electric Eye
54. Jungle Brothers — I’ll House You
53. Depeche Mode — Never Let Me Down Again
52. A Guy Called Gerald — Voodoo Ray
51. Echo & The Bunnymen — The Killing Moon
50. Cocteau Twins — Pandora (For Cindy)
49. U2 — Sunday Bloody Sunday
48. Sparks — Angst In My Pants
47. Ultramagnetic MCs — Critical Beatdown
46. Haruomi Hosono — Sports Men
45. Modern English — I Melt With You
44. George Strait — Amarillo By Morning
43. Minutemen — Corona
42. The Durutti Column — Sketch for Summer
41. Alice Coltrane — Jagadishwar
40. EPMD — You Gots to Chill
39. Fugazi — Waiting Room
38. The Blue Nile — A Walk Across the Rooftops
37. Slick Rick — Children’s Story
36. Hüsker Dü — Celebrated Summer
35. The Jesus and Mary Chain — Just Like Honey
34. Soda Stereo — En la ciudad de la furia
33. Morrissey — Everyday Is Like Sunday
32. Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock — It Takes Two
31. Tom Waits — Downtown Train
30. The Clash — Police On My Back
29. Laura Branigan — Gloria
28. R.E.M. — Fall on Me
27. Michael Jackson — P.Y.T.
26. Luther Vandross — Never Too Much
25. The Go-Go’s — Our Lips Are Sealed
24. Joy Division — Atmosphere
23. N.W.A. — Fuck tha Police
22. This Heat — Paper Hats
21. The Replacements — Kiss Me On the Bus
20. Bronski Beat — Smalltown Boy
19. Sade — Is It a Crime?
18. Talking Heads — The Great Curve
17. Big Daddy Kane — Ain’t No Half-Steppin’
16. The Smiths — William, It Was Really Nothing
15. Whitney Houston — I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)
14. Prefab Sprout — Bonny
13. Neneh Cherry — Buffalo Stance
12. Keith Whitley — I’m No Stranger to the Rain
11. Sonic Youth — Teen Age Riot
10. Kate Bush — Suspended In Gaffa
9. Frankie Knuckles / Jamie Principle — Your Love
8. Public Enemy — Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos
7. New Order — Temptation
6. Janet Jackson — Escapade
5. Prince — Controversy
4. Tears for Fears — Everybody Wants to Rule the World
3. Eric B. & Rakim — I Know You Got Soul
2. Madonna — Papa Don’t Preach
1. The Cure — Pictures of You