25 songs every child '80 knows by heart

The air can not be "good" in itself, but they are sure.


Let's be very honest here: not allmusic done in the 80s was good. And it comes from someone became grown up as the soundtrack of his life. Yes, some of them were incredible. Some of them ... not so much. But as a real child of the 80s, I loved everything - the good, the bad, and the really,really ugly. Does I likeMadonna "Like a virgin" orCyndi Lauper's "The girls just want to have fun" or "the dance of security" by men without dance? Absolutely not. But when I hear these familiar agreements, a smile always slips on my face and I find myself singing, even asmy brain shout, "No, no, no!"

It's good if it happens to you too. If you like the music of the 80s that the rest of the world has decided is frivolous and stupid, forget them! Your happiness is more important than their approval. Here are 25 songs of the time that should stop what you do and what you are doing every word at the top of your lungs.

1
"Every breath you are taking" - the police (1983)

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This is the song that everyone slowly danced at the ball ball during the 80s, thinking it was theThe most romantic tuning ever written. It was not up to adulthood that we really pay attention to the words and realized how scary it was. "Every step you are taking, every movement you do,I'll look at you? "Yikes!

2
"Do I have to stay or should I leave?" - Clash (1982)

Epic

It is a song that allows us to coexist with Dual Personas: the rockeboche of punk clean that was not afraid to repel against unsecured authority and adolescent who was really undecided about a relationship. "Do I have to stay or should I leave?" Sure,Joe Strummer probably not written to know if you have to keepflirt With a girl in algebra class, but it's how many of us took it.

3
"Ghostbusters" - Ray Parker, Jr. (1984)

Arista

Walk to anyone who aged in the 80s and ask them a simple question: "Who will you call?"There is only one possible way they will answer." Ghostbusters! "And then it's followed as much as the rest of the song as possible. You have never seen so muchsmiling On the face of a person as when they start singing on the forced extradition of the extraterrestrials in the 1980s, New York.

4
"Hello" - Lionel Richie (1984)

Motown

Lionel Richie has never been rough than this1984 struck"And it's part of what makes it so much fun. You must sing with maximum emotional gravitas, which involves tightening your fist and look significantly in the distance from the middle. Nobody feels embarrassed or clumsy when I switched to sing this song because it'sdesigned be embarrassing and embarrassing.

5
"Once in a life" - TALKING HEADS (1981)

Sire

This is the only song ever recorded that makes someone who sings instinctively behaving instinctively as if they wear a huge oversized white suit. If you repeat lyrics like "identical to what it ever has been, like that"Do not start to start dance-shrug as if you are a skinny and bizarre guy surrounded by fabric, then you do not look at almost as many MTV as your peers in the 80s.

6
"Beat it" - Michael Jackson (1983)

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Epic

This is the song that made every child in America tries to master the Moonwalk. "Bat"was justthis Infectious, even causing the most shy among us to jump from our chairs and sing like we were trying to negotiate a friendly dance competition between rival gangs.

7
"Take me" - A-HA (1984)

Warner Bros.

You can discuss everything you want the only reason for this song is because of thatWildlife inventive video featuring rooscoping (or animation of sketch in pencil). But honestly, it's really fun to sing and require at least one attempt to hit this ridiculously high Falsetto note at the end. Few of us can do it without our cropping voice like angry cat, but it never prevents us from trying. This high note is all the white whales of the children of the 80s.

8
"Total Eclipse of the Heart" - Bonnie Tyler (1983)

Columbia

Abloom So much pity of self melodramatic that it almost looks like to sing can cure a broken heart. Of course, we finally understood that it isreally on the vampires. But Dracula is the last thing that keeps you in mind when you crop, "Turning, BRIIIIIIIIIGHIGHIGHYYYYYYYEEES!" We can almost feel that the first rejection of adolescence again, and Oh, man, it hurts.gooood.

9
"KISS on my list" - Hall & Oates (1980)

RCA Records

The Quintessential Ear Worm by the duo responsible for some of the most unavoidable earboards of the 80s "Kiss on my list"Does any of these songs you need to hear a few times before it becomes a permanent device in your subconscious. The first notes are sufficient to make you sing in its entirety. And then you You will ask, as you do each time the song appears again in your head, what else is on this list of this guy? I mean, if a kiss is there as one of the "Best things in life", what comes in second? A pair of sweatpants? Hot bagel? How will this list go?

10
"Walk like that" - Rund ™ (Aerosmith FT 1986)

Profile, Geffen

It was aknockout For the boys of Queens, New York, who had the world hanging on hip-hop. White, black, no matter - everyone knew the words and was not afraid of rap. As long as you have not taken it in the next step and invest in chains and a bucket hat, "walk so" was fun without danger.

11
"Pour a little sugar on me" - Def Leppard (1987)

Mercury

"Towards a little sugar on me" is theBest song on sex that no group of parents or authority does not get crazy because it looks like a song onthe British enjoy their afternoon tea. We still do not understand completely why this is supposed to be sexy. Who has sugar poured on them and why do they take advantage as much? Wait, no matter, we do not want to know.

12
"Blister in the sun" - violent women (1983)

YouTube, Slash

It's only six acoustic ropes and a drum, and the voices are at best nasally, but there is something aboutThis perennial favorite it sounds likerebel Today as it is back in the 80s. He has a hormonal energy that makes you want to snarl and dance and hitting furniture and make a show of yourself.

13
"Do not stop cryptiéin '" - Journey (1981)

Columbia

Long before receiving a second life bySopranosand a third byJoy, The children of the 80s remembered "stick to this taxeetinkle. "A part of what makes this song so entertaining is the applause. Seriously, it's a big part of it (" Do not stop ... "type,type... "Brefievin '"). It's like you're suddenly a cheerleader, even if you're just a stiff job stuck in the advanced hourly traffic, listen to Oldies station and sing with this song that reminds you of the summers of your youth, filled with Sweet, sweet freedom.

14
"It's the end of the world as we know (and I feel good)" - R.E.M. (1987)

I.R.S.

Nobody actually remembersall words ofThis 1987 classic America's biggest rockers. Maybe you remember pieces. ("Not scared, rider, renegade and leading clearly", then nothing up to "birthday party, cheese, Jellybean, boom.") And of course everyone remembers the party where you shout "Leonard Bernstein!" For aReal '80s children, you challenge how many words "it's the end of the world" that you always remember is a mental exercise for aging brains.

15
"Faith" - George Michael (1987)

Columbia

If you ever meet someone who claims, they despise "Faith, "walk in the other direction - because they are eitherlayer to you, or they could be fundamentally bad. Listen, evenPicturesque, the highest bar of the independent music critic of the Internet gave theFaith albumNote 8.7, a better rare score for music as well-liked by suburban teenagers. There is no shame to shake your hips with the rhythm likeGeorge Michael remind you that everyone "has a body like you".

16
"PUSH IT" - SALT-N-PEPA (1988)

push it by salt n pepper single cover
Next Plateau / London

You might be 18 years old or 58, and there is always so much joy for having to sing every scandalic lyriquethis delay of the end of the 80s. Yes, it's true, I said "masterpiece", because that's what it is. It's about four minutes to say "P-push it really well" on synthetic beats. But nothing makes the dancefowl begins to frown faster, and it's all the evidence you need you have been successfully rebels against the powers that are, or at least each responsible adult within the bell.

17
"Sweet Child O 'Mine" - Guns N' Roses (1988)

Geffen

This song was the common ground between pop-rock lovers and the purist of the metal head. It may not ring everything that is remarkable, but it was an amazing feat at the time. Metal,real metal, never come near satisfactory people who likedhummobile melodies. And the pop crowd, well, let's just say that they do not venture in a metal territory beyond the twisted sister. But with "Sweet Child O Mine, "Guns N 'Roses has created a safe world for both faexis-coexist factions. You could be the rugged metalhead tip that also worshiped a large pump pumping chorus.

18
"Just a friend" - Biz Markie (1989)

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There has never been a better example of the life lesson, "not all you love will be good" that theBiz Markie song "Just a friend. "No, it's not a good song. It's pretended that it's a pretty terrible song. Some might even call it for acidity. But if he played on the radio or MTV at the right time From your life, it's like a tattoo on your soul. It does not have well aged. You acknowledge his faults, and you could even be the first to laugh at that - and yet you like it all the same. Even after all these years, you can sing at each lyric. ("Yoooou ... you have what I neeeeeed ... but you say it's just a friend ...")

19
"Mickey" - Toni Basilic (1982)

Chrysalis

This song is like a chemical equation for perfect pop music. He had applause (see: "Do not stop cryptine" "for more details), repetition (" Oh Mickey, you're so good, you're so good, Hey Mickey! Hey Mickey! "Repeated AD Napaum), and a catchy melody that is so simple, literally anyone could understand the chords on a synthic piano after only five minutes.

20
"I want to dance with someone" - Whitney Houston (1987)

Arista

Another song ever composed in human history brought each person to their feet at a marriage? The answer is no. Do not worry. Nothing else comes near "I want to dance with someone (who loves me). "

21
"Eye du Tiger" - Survivor (1982)

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EMI, Scotti Brothers

It's hard to understand, but there are people who work regularly and, when they hit a wall, they do not imagine the melody of "The eye of the tiger"Playing on a constant loop in their brains to pass them through the last sets.Can you imagine? How does someone dokeep motivated To grow further, and sweat stronger and grumble like the bad muscles and begging mercy, when they do not hear the main singer of the survivor who shouts, "Risin 'until the challenge of our rival"?

22
"Africa" ​​- Toto (1982)

Africa
Columbia

Do not ask for a child from the 80s if he likes the WEEZER cover of "Africa". I will save you any problems, we do not do it. BecauseCuomo's rivers The version is useless. It would be likeRebuild Stonehenge, or the great sphinx of Giza. When you have ever had one of these wonders in the world, why should it be done again? You will never recreate magic, impressive beauty, the breathless audacity of these human success wonders. Just listen to the original "Africa, "and feel gratitude for its abundance of musical riches.

23
"Love Shack" - The B-52 (1989)

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Reprise

You could be exhausted with a40 hours work week, suborti and subcarené, ready to crawl at home and sleep, but when the opening agreements at "Love shack"Hitting your ears, you're on your feet and sings like a crazy dance machine. This is how much power This song has. We are all model mannequin in his hands. We follow the dictated pace for us. You can Try to fight it, but you make fun of yourself. If you are really exhausted, you can always sing with theFred SchneiderSpeak a game. "Hurry up and bring your money from Jukebox!" It will always take you to the happy place.

24
"You shaken me all night" - AC / DC (1980)

you shook me all night long
Atlantic

Thispiece of rocking About sex was so vague, you could listen to it with your grandmother and do not feel embarrassing. Of course, some words have walked the line of conviviality, like "double time work / on the seduction line". But other than the word "seduction", nothing about it makes no sense, and it is certainly not the kind of word game that will be scolded by an adult. So you sing that knowing that everything is really dirty while showing no index why it's dirty, and it looks like a victory.

25
"We did not start fire" - Billy Joel (1989)

we didn't start the fire
Columbia

You did not have to be aBilly Joel Fan at addicted toThis monster has struck From the twilight of the 80s. This was the kind of song you listened to on the cassette, then returned again and again when you tried to determine each word. It was athe story lesson we really wanted to sit, absolutely so that we can scream / sing lines like "Lebanon,Charles de Gaulle, California Baseball / Starkweather, Homicide, Children of Thalidomide! "Never before a pop song did not make us feel so intelligent by remembering some of the words. And for more explosions from the past, here is here30 things all the children of the 80s remember.

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