First of a series. I'll post some of my favorites from a particular year. I made these playlists on Spotify but I'm not sure who does or doesn't have that app so I just posted Youtube links instead. I like the idea and spirit of making music lists in groups of 40 so that's how many most of these will have. The track's release date may not match the year exactly but I didn't want 7 Born in the U.S.A. singles out of the 40 slots for 1984, so I busted them up, using the Billboard chart peaks as a guide (if I could even find them). This also better matches the time period in which this song or video received the most airplay.
First up; 1985. Not sure why I decided on that year but I was gonna do 1984 but I'm not finished with that so I just went to the next year chronologically, which I do have completed.
(Alphabetical by artist)
Bruce Cockburn, "If I Had a Rocket Launcher"
Bruce Springsteen, "I'm Goin' Down"
Bruce Springsteen, "I'm on Fire"
Bryan Ferry, "Slave to Love"
The Cars, "Tonight She Comes"
Cyndi Lauper, "Money Changes Everything"
David Bowie & Pat Metheny, "This Is Not America"
Deep Purple, "Knocking at Your Back Door"
Dire Straits, "Money for Nothing"
Dire Straits, "So Far Away"
Don Henley, "Sunset Grill"
Eurythmics, "Would I Lie to You?"
The Hooters, "All You Zombies"
The Hooters, "And We Danced"
Howard Jones, "Things Can Only Get Better"
John Fogerty, "The Old Man Down the Road"
Kate Bush, "Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)"
The Kinks, "Living On a Thin Line"
Marillion, "Kayleigh"
Mike + The Mechanics, "Silent Running"
Pete Townshend, "Face the Face"
Philip Bailey & Phil Collins, "Easy Lover"
Prince, "Raspberry Beret"
R.E.M., "Can't Get There From Here"
R.E.M., "Driver 8"
Rush, "The Big Money"
Simple Minds, "Alive and Kicking"
Simple Minds, "Don't You (Forget About Me)"
Sting, "Fortress Around Your Heart"
Talking Heads, "And She Was"
Talking Heads, "Road to Nowhere"
Tears for Fears, "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"
Tears for Fears, "Head Over Heels"
Tears for Fears, "Shout"
Thompson Twins, "Lay Your Hands on Me"
'Til Tuesday, "Voices Carry"
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, "Don't Come Around Here No More"
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, "Rebels"
U2, "Bad [live]"
U2, "Wire"
First up; 1985. Not sure why I decided on that year but I was gonna do 1984 but I'm not finished with that so I just went to the next year chronologically, which I do have completed.
(Alphabetical by artist)
Bruce Cockburn, "If I Had a Rocket Launcher"
Bruce Springsteen, "I'm Goin' Down"
Bruce Springsteen, "I'm on Fire"
Bryan Ferry, "Slave to Love"
The Cars, "Tonight She Comes"
Cyndi Lauper, "Money Changes Everything"
David Bowie & Pat Metheny, "This Is Not America"
Deep Purple, "Knocking at Your Back Door"
Dire Straits, "Money for Nothing"
Dire Straits, "So Far Away"
Don Henley, "Sunset Grill"
Eurythmics, "Would I Lie to You?"
The Hooters, "All You Zombies"
The Hooters, "And We Danced"
Howard Jones, "Things Can Only Get Better"
John Fogerty, "The Old Man Down the Road"
Kate Bush, "Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)"
The Kinks, "Living On a Thin Line"
Marillion, "Kayleigh"
Mike + The Mechanics, "Silent Running"
Pete Townshend, "Face the Face"
Philip Bailey & Phil Collins, "Easy Lover"
Prince, "Raspberry Beret"
R.E.M., "Can't Get There From Here"
R.E.M., "Driver 8"
Rush, "The Big Money"
Simple Minds, "Alive and Kicking"
Simple Minds, "Don't You (Forget About Me)"
Sting, "Fortress Around Your Heart"
Talking Heads, "And She Was"
Talking Heads, "Road to Nowhere"
Tears for Fears, "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"
Tears for Fears, "Head Over Heels"
Tears for Fears, "Shout"
Thompson Twins, "Lay Your Hands on Me"
'Til Tuesday, "Voices Carry"
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, "Don't Come Around Here No More"
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, "Rebels"
U2, "Bad [live]"
U2, "Wire"
