Welcome to our list of the 200 best songs of the 1980s. A great deal of today's music looks to the '80s for inspiration, but there are so many different ideas of what "'80s" as a descriptor can mean.

This list of 50 essential '80s country songs is a reminder of how many stars we cherish today got their start when FM, 8-tracks and cassette players ruled the car stereo. Consider this list of great ...

One of the biggest new wave hits of the 1980s is seeing a resurgence in popularity, placing it among the Top 50 of TikTok’s ...

Many albums found multiplatinum success in the 80s. But these found classic managed to sell a ton while still delivering artistic excellence.

It's fun to mock the barrage of '80s rock ballads that came out of the rock and hair metal scene that decade, but as much as we'd like to pretend that upbeat anthems brought everyone out to the big ...

With that in mind, read on to see the best prog song by five hair metal bands. Bon Jovi sought to move beyond the frothy ...

Me listening to the Paradise soundtrack while writing this. Photo: Brian Roedel/Disney Using these covers is both a misguided choice and one of the things I appreciate most about Paradise. A drama ...

Ah, the ‘80s. Those of us who lived through it can regale you with tales of artists and bands coming out of nowhere with massive hits, and then just as quickly disappearing into relative anonymity.

Fans can enjoy a new take on “Forevermore,” the title track from the rock band’s 2011 record, which is soon to be re-released ...

Fast Times at Ridgemont High is considered one of the greatest movies of the '80s. That's in large part because of a soundtrack which mixed of newer bands (the Go-Go's, The Ravyns, Oingo Boingo, ...

Fans of ’80s music may want to steel themselves before reading further. Matthias Mauch, an engineer from Queen Mary University in London, decided to take 17,000 songs off the Billboard 100 ranging ...