"Time Out" magazine ranked the 60 best songs of the '80s, from alternative to pop to hip hop. Here are the Top 20:
1. "Purple Rain," Prince
2. "Blue Monday", New Order
3. "Beat It," Michael Jackson
4. "I Wanna Dance with Somebody", Whitney Houston
5. "Straight Outta Compton", NWA
6. "Fight the Power", Public Enemy
7. "Express Yourself," Madonna
8. "Cloudbusting", Kate Bush
9. "Modern Love", David Bowie
10. "The Message," Grand Master Flash and the Furious Five
11. "This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)", Talking Heads
12. "Close to Me", The Cure
13. "Sexual Healing", Marvin Gaye
14. "Free Fallin'," Tom Petty
15. "Dancing in the Dark", Bruce Springsteen
16. "What's Love Got to Do with It," Tina Turner
17. "Love Will Tear Us Apart," Joy Division
18. "How Soon Is Now?", The Smiths
19. "Everybody Wants to Rule the World," Tears for Fears
20. "Every Breath You Take," The Police
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