Top 10 Decade Defining Songs: 1980s

You're gonna need to grow your hair, put some highlights in, and then tease it till the cows come home! Welcome to WatchMojo.com, and today we're counting down our picks for the top 10 decade defining songs of the 1980s. This video is part of a new series called 'Decade Defining Songs' where we've picked 10 songs that were the most successful, had the most inlfuence and best represent the time period. You know, they "defined" the decade! Stay tuned for the rest of the series. Special thanks to our users Alex Guzman, MrRock4Evr, OskarTheSwde, Oliver Swen, wake_up_dead, passwordusername115, Jimmy Kowaleski, 80sfreaka, connordavidson1998, Rajesh G. Harrynarine, Jaime Enrique Gutierrez Pérez, kopsman124, Mihai Tripp, SomeGuyDownTheRoad, Frank Becerra, Awesome One, hkdbf24, Daniel Soriano, Charles Randazzo and billthecat2011 for submitting the idea on our Suggest Page at WatchMojo.com/suggest! Check out the voting page here, http://watchmojo.com/suggest/Top%2010%20Decade%20Defining%20songs%20of%201980s If you want to suggest an idea for a WatchMojo video, check out our interactive Suggestion Tool at http://www.WatchMojo.com/suggest :) Check us out at http://www.Twitter.com/WatchMojo and http://www.Facebook.com/WatchMojo We have T-Shirts! Be sure to check out http://www.WatchMojo.com/store for more info.

Comments

1. what about Africa by Toto
2. I ran by a flock of seagulls?!???
3. gnr at number 10, you dissapoint me watchmojo...
4. My Top 10
   
   1. Billie Jean
   2. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
   3. Livin' On a Prayer
   4. Don't Stop Believin'
   5. Beat It
   6. We Are the World
   7. I Wanna Dance With Somebody
   8. Sweet Child O' Mine
   9. Every Breath You Take
   10. Physical
5. Have to say the 70s had better music. Some great classics came out the 80s, but a lot of bullshit music too.
6. Very glad duran duran made the list. Queen should have been on it as well.
7. No Michael Jackson, huh? No "Beat it" or "Billie Jean"? Nothing? Ok....
8. There was no Hall and Oates. WHY?!?!
9. I literally born to the wrong generation.
10. Such A Shame and Happiness Is Easy by Talk Talk. i love almost everything from the 80s but Talk Talk are the best
11. what about never gonna give you up
12. Weird Al's "Eat It" was certainly more decade defining than Jackson's "Beat It" - this list was complete bullshit.
13. Beat it!
14. jump?
15. 0:06
16. Smh it seems the idiots from watchmojo always put Madonna on the thumbnail of every 80's related video why? It should be prince, he had the most hits and albums released in the 80's prince left every single artist in the 80's in the dust period even great ones like Michael Jackson, Madge,hall and Oates, Lionel Richie and Phil Collins
17. I have not watched this and Micheal Jackson is going to be in the nuber 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 spot!
18. my favorite 80's song is never gonna give you up or take on me
19. Where's Millie Vinnillie
20. the 80's still scream synths unfortunately