100 Songs - The 1980s

1 Richard & Linda Thompson "Wall of Death"
2 Dire Straits "Tunnel of Love"
3 Bob Dylan "Blind Willie McTell"
4 Blue Rodeo "Rose Coloured Glasses"
5 Replacements "Unsatisfied"
6 Talking Heads "Once in a Lifetime"
7 Waterboys "Whole of the Moon"
8 Steve Earle "Good Ol' Boy (Gettin' Tough)"
9 Pretenders "Middle of the Road"
10 Danny Wilson "Mary's Prayer"

11 Kate Bush "This Woman's Work
12 Peter Gabriel "Family Snapshot"
13 Cyndi Lauper "Money Changes Everything"
14 Public Image Ltd "Rise"
15 The Jam "That's Entertainment"
16 Neil Young "Rockin' In the Free World"
17 Madonna "Express Yourself"
18 Bruce Springsteen "Brilliant Disguise"
19 Paul McCartney "Wanderlust"
20 Prince "I Would Die 4 U"

21 Leonard Cohen "Take This Waltz"
22 Billy Idol "Dancing With Myself"
23 Lone Justice "Sweet, Sweet Baby (I'm Falling)"
24 XTC "Dear God"
25 The Clash "The Call Up"
26 Stan Ridgway "Mexican Radio"
27 Midnight Oil "The Dead Heart"
28 Jim Carroll Band "People Who Died"
29 Van Morrison "Vanlose Stairway"
30 Bruce Cockburn "Tokyo"

31 Tom Cochrane & Red Rider "Good Times"
32 Lyle Lovett "God Will"
33 Joy Division "Love Will Tear Us Apart"
34 Rosanne Cash "Seven Year Ache"
35 R.E.M. "Pretty Persuasion"
36 Bronski Beat "Smalltown Boy"
37 Sarah McLachlan "Steaming"
38 Big Country "In a Big Country"
39 Rick Springfield "Love Somebody"
40 John Lennon "Watching the Wheels"

41 Squeeze "Tempted"
42 Police "Every Breath You Take"
43 Kate & Anna McGarrigle "Love Over and Over"
44 Queen "Under Pressure"
45 Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers "The Waiting"
46 Alison Moyet "Love Resurrection"
47 Long Ryders "Gunslinger Man"
48 Rough Trade "High School Confidential"
49 The Cure "In Between Days"
50 Pete Townshend "Rough Boys"

51 Don Henley "A Month of Sundays"
52 Martha & the Muffins "Black Stations White Stations"
53 Rolling Stones "Mixed Emotions"
54 Ry Cooder "Get Rhythm"
55 Rickie Lee Jones "We Belong Together"
56 Pete Shelley "Homosapien"
57 Kim Mitchell "Patio Lanterns"
58 B-52s "Love Shack"
59 Robert Plant "Tall Cool One"
60 Culture Club "Church of the Poison Mind"

61 Jane Siberry "One More Colour"
62 Iggy Pop "Cold Metal"
63 Human League "The Lebanon"
64 Concrete Blonde "God Is a Bullet"
65 Ah-Ha "Take On Me"
66 Blondie "Rapture"
67 Tears For Fears "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"
68 Falco "Der Komissar"
69 Weather Girls "It's Raining Men"
70 Neneh Cherry "Buffalo Stance"

71 Roy Orbison "She's a Mystery Girl"
72 Smiths "What Difference Does It Make"
73 Pursuit of Happiness "Hard to Laugh"
74 Crowded House "Don't Dream It's Over"
75 Motels "Take the L"
76 Roxy Music "Avalon"
77 Living Color "Open Letter (to a Landlord)"
78 Art Bergmann "Our Little Secret"
79 Tom Waits "On the Nickel"
80 Ian Hunter "Central Park and West"

81 Public Enemy "Fight the Power"
82 Fine Young Cannibals "Johnny Come Home"
83 Eurythmics "Sweet Dreams"
84 Psychedelic Furs "Heaven"
85 Warren Zevon "Boom Boom Mancini"
86 Jane Weidlin "Rush Hour"
87 Traveling Wilburys "End of the Line"
88 Tina Turner "What's Love Got to Do With It"
89 Tragically Hip "Last American Exit"
90 Paul Simon "The Boy in the Bubble"

91 U2 "Where the Streets Have No Name"
92 Sheena Easton "I'm Not Worth the Hurt"
93 Little Steven "Undefeated"
94 Bangles "Eternal Flame"
95 Artists United Against Apartheid "Sun City"
96 English Beat "Mirror in the Bathroom"
97 Carole Pope "I'm Not Blind"
98 Shriekback "All Lined Up"
99 Katrina & the Waves "Walking on Sunshine"
100 Cars "Magic"