VH1's Top 80 (music videos) of the '80's

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VH1 Top 80 of the '80's video countdown (2001)
80. USA For Africa "We Are The World"
79. Romantics "What I Like About You"
78. ZZ Top "Legs"
77. The Cars "You Might Think"

76. Thompson Twins "Hold Me Now"
75. Poison "Every Rose Has It's Thorn"
74. Toni Basil "Mickey"
73. Metallica "One"
72. Whitney Houston "I Want To Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)"
71. Blondie "Rapture"
70. Culture Club "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me"
69. Daryl Hall & John Oates "Maneater"
68. The Go Go's "Our Lips Are Sealed"
67. Quiet Riot "Cum On Feel The Noize"
66. Tone Loc "Wild Thing"
65. Joan Jett & The Blackhearts "I Love Rock N' Roll"
64. Men Without Hats "The Safety Dance"
63. Stray Cats "Rock This Town"
62. Billy Joel "Pressure"
61. Pat Benatar "Love Is A Battlefield"
60. David Bowie "Let's Dance"
59. Devo "Whip It"
58. Cyndi Lauper "Girls Just Want To Have Fun"
57. Bon Jovi "Wanted Dead Or Alive"
56. Frankie Goes To Hollywood "Relax"
55. Donna Summer "She Works Hard For The Money"
54. Huey Lewis & The News "I Want A New Drug"
53. John Cougar "Jack & Diane"
52. Billy Idol "White Wedding"
51. Nena "99 Luft Balloons"
50. U2 "Where The Streets Have No Name"
49. Motley Crue "Girls, Girls, Girls"
48. Michael Jackson "Beat It"
47. INXS "Need You Tonight/Mediate"

46. The Cure "Just Like Heaven"
45. George Michael "Faith"
44. Yes "Owner Of A Lonely Heart"
43. Madonna "Like A Virgin"
42. Dexy's Midnight Runners "Come On Eileen"
41. 'Til Tuesday "Voices Carry"

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40. Van Halen "Hot For Teacher"

39. Don Henly "The Boys Of Summer"
38. Bangles "Walk Like An Egyptian
37. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band "Born In The USA"
36. Art Of Noise "Close (To The Edit)"
35. Paula Abdul "Straight Up"
34. Eurythmics "Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)"
33. Men At Work "Down Under"
32. Simple Minds "Don't You (Forget About Me)"
31. The Buggles "Video Killed The Radio Star"
30. DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince "Parents Just Don't Understand"
29. Godley and Creme "Cry"
28. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers "Don't Come Around Here No More"
27. Wang Chung "Everybody Have Fun Tonight"
26. Tina Turner "What's Love Got To Do With It"
25. Twisted Sister "We're Not Gonna Take It"
24. Talking Heads "Once In A Lifetime"
23. Tears For Fears "Shout"
22. The Clash "Rock The Casbah"
21. Herbie Hancock "Rock It"
20. Janet Jackson "Rhythm Nation"
19. Whitesnake "Here I Go Again"
18. Thomas Dolby "She Blinded Me With Science"
17. The J. Geils Band "Centerfold"
16. Run DMC featuring Aerosmith "Walk This Way"
15. A Flock Of Seagulls "I Ran"
14. Robert Palmer "Addicted To Love"
13. Prince & The Revolution "When Doves Cry"
12. Dire Straits "Money For Nothing"
11. Beastie Boys "(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party)"
10. Duran Duran "Hungry Like The Wolf"
9. Guns N' Rose "Welcome To The Jungle"
8. Michael Jackson "Thriller"

7. The Police "Every Breath You Take"
6. Def Leppard "Photograph"
5. a-ha "Take On Me"

4. Van Halen "Jump"
3. Madonna "Like A Prayer"
2. Peter Gabriel "Sledgehammer"

1. Michael Jackson "Billie Jean"



Actually watched "The Big 80's" about 14 years ago, though it mostly featured videos from the early/mid 1980's and many of them edited for time (ie the last few seconds of the song cut off or the intro taken out). Can't find intro on YouTube...

For some reason, VH1 jumped around 2000 with non music related programming and countless countdowns

updated YouTube links

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"Only in My Dreams" was bigger than some of those other songs on that list.

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Added some screen grabs, which aren't easy to come by...

And also 40 music videos... mostly from YouTube's Vevo channel

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Considering that VH1 Classic is a spin-off channel of VH1 and not bothering on giving it it's own thread


VH1 Classic Back to School Video Countdown (2010)

Hosted by Carrie Keagan and about 8 videos out of 20 are shown in their entirety

While there's some songs/videos that shouldn't been ranked, it's a notch better than Spinner's countdown  with a similar theme from a few weeks back...


"Bust A Move" Young MC (or "Principal's Office")
"School's Out" Krokus
"Don't Stand So Close To Me" The Police

There's a a scene with a classroom (on the beach) on Debbie Gibson's "Only In My Dreams"  and also a few scenes on Billy Joel's nightmarish video for "Pressure"


Like that they aired the 1986 music video for Psychedelic Furs' "Pretty In Pink", which is rarely seen since the 1981 version is always on regular rotation.



20. Stray Cats "Sexy + 17"

Catchy, though the song's oh so very politically incorrect

19. De La Soul "Me, Myself & I" (video takes place at detention)

Classic video/song and good message of being yourself

18. Kenny Loggins "Footloose"

eh, basically just clips of the movie...also not a good song

17. Rush "Subdivisions" (some scenes of kids at school)

While the video is like a time capsule of the early '80's, I find Rush overrated...

16. Kim Wilde "Kids In America"

Don't see any connection with school. Yeah kids...   

Good song though

 
15. Aerosmith "Crazy"

Overrated and Aerosmith had better songs. It's one of the three mid '90's videos that featured Alicia Silverstone...


14. Biz Markie "Just A Friend"

Classic video and also hilarious with Biz Markie dressed  as a classical composer (ie Beethoven, Mozart)

13. Bonnie Tyler "Total Eclipse Of The Heart"

Mediocre song and one of the most random, strangest, and among the worst videos of the '80's...

12. Toni Basil "Mickey" (cheerleading)

Campy early '80's video with just Toni Basil with cheerleaders with just a white background. Catchy song too

11. AC/DC "You Shook Me All Night Long" (Angus Young's trademark school uniform)

Classic song and funny video.

10. Psychedelic Furs "Pretty In Pink"

OK video, which is just the band performaning and clips pf the movie. Classic song.

9. Nirvana "Smells Like Teen Spirit"

Overrated music video...

8. Night Ranger "Sister Christian"

Great song and also a decent "coming of age" video

7. Simple Minds "Don't You (Forget About Me)"

Fairly good  video (great song) with the lead singer in a room filled with stuff on the floor and clips of "The Breakfast Club".

6. Pink Floyd "Another Brick In The Wall"

Nightmarish video, which is taken from Pink Floyds' film "The Wall"...The meat grinder scene reminds me of a Halloween  episode of "The Simpsons", which I wonder if that's where the writers took the idea from...

5. J. Geils Band "Centerfold"

Classic video and hot women.  It was rumored that original MTV VJ Martha Quinn was in the video, though is  completely false.


4. Ramones "Rock & Roll Highschool"

Great video and doesn't feature scenes from the movie.

3. Twisted Sister "I Wanna Rock"

Somewhat similar to "We're Not Gonna Take It", though still funny...

2. Motley Crue "Smoking In The Boys' Room"

OK cover, funny video though they had better songs, IMHO.


1. Van Halen "Hot For Teacher"

Agree! Also UnPC (like most videos on the countdown), though one of Van Halen's best songs and memorable video ("Waldo", Eddie Van Halen playing guitar while walking on desks) that's way better than "Jump"

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Videos from VH1 Top 80 of the '80's on VH1's Top 100 Videos of All Time (2001)



100. Beastie Boys "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)"  (1986) 11
99. Metallica "One" (1989) 73
98. John Mellencamp "Jack & Diane" (1982) 53
97. Bon Jovi "It's My Life" (2000)
96. ZZ Top "Legs" (1984) 78
95. Mariah Carey "Honey" (1997)
94. U2 "Where The Streets Have No Name" (1987) 50
93. USA For Africa "We Are The World" (1985) 80
92. Creed "With Arms Wide Open" (2000)
91. Blondie "Rapture" (1981) 71
90. BS "Baby One More Time" (1999)
89. Paula Abdul "Opposites Attract" (1990)
88. INXS "Need You Tonight/Mediate" (1987) 47
87. Salt N' Pepa featuring En Vogue "Whatta Man" (1993)
86. Culture Club "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me" (1982) 70
85. Ricky Martin "Livin' La Vida Loca" (1999)
84. Madonna "Borderline" (1984)
83. Blind Melon "No Rain" (1993)
82. Talking Heads "Burning Down The House" (1983)
81. Prince "1999" (1983)
80. Dr. Dre "Nothin' But A 'G' Thang" (1993)
79. The Buggles "Video Killed The Radio Star" (1979) 31
78. Fatboy Slim "Praise You" (1999)
77. Shania Twain "That Don't Impress Me Much" (1998)
76. The Cars "You Might Think" (1984) 77
75. Bruce Springsteen "Dancing In The Dark" (1984)
74. Lauryn Hill "Doo Wop (That Thing)" (1998)
73. Pat Benatar "Love Is A Battlefield" (1983) 61
72. Janet Jackson "Love Will Never Do (Without You)" (1990)
71. Sir Mix-a-Lot "Baby Got Back" (1992)
70. Devo "Whip It" (1980) 59
69. Red Hot Chili Peppers "Give It Away" "Give It Away" (1991)
68. Eurythmics "Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)" (1983) 34
67. Brian McKnight "Back At One" (1999)
66. Alanis Morissette "Thank U" (1998)
65. Talking Heads "Once In A Lifetime" (1981) 24
64. Faith No More "Epic" (1990)
63. Fiona Apple "Criminal" (1997)
62. Genesis "Land Of Confusion"
61. Madonna "Like A Virgin" (1984) 43
60. Duran Duran "Rio" (1983)
59. MC Hammer "U Can't Touch This" (1990)
58. Guns N' Roses "Welcome To The Jungle" (1987) 9
57. Beck "Loser" (1994)
56. Sinead O'Connor "Nothing Compares 2 U"  (1990)
55. Billy Idol "White Wedding" (1982) 52
54. Madonna "Material Girl" (1985)
53. Don Henley "Boys of Summer" (1985) 39
52. Lenny Kravitz "Are You Gonna Go My Way" (1993)
51. Van Halen "Hot for Teacher" (1984) 40

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50. Bjork "It's Oh So Quiet"  (1995)
49. Cher "If I Could Turn Back Time"  (1989)
48. Aerosmith "Janie's Got a Gun" (1989)
47. Jane's Addiction "Been Caught Stealing" (1990)
46. Twisted Sister "We're Not Gonna Take It" (1984) 25
45. Cyndi Lauper "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" (1983) 58
44. D'Angelo "Untitled" (2000)
43. Tom Petty "Don't Come Around Here No More" (1985)
42. DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince "Parents Just Don't Understand" (1988) 30
41. David Lee Roth "California Girls" (1985)
40. Madonna "Ray Of Light" (1998)
39. Godley & Creme "Cry" (1985) 29
38. Michael Jackson "Black Or White" (1991)
37. Janet Jackson "Rhythm Nation" (1989) 20
36. Billy Joel "We Didn't Start the Fire" (1989)
35. Red Hot Chili Peppers "Californication" (2000)
34. Michael Jackson "Billie Jean" (1983) 1
33. The Police "Every Breath You Take" (1983) 7
32. Metallica "Enter Sandman" (1991)
31. Duran Duran "Hungry Like the Wolf" (1982) 10
30. Robert Palmer "Addicted to Love"  (1986) 14
29. Smashing Pumpkins "Tonight, Tonight" (1996)
28. Bob Dylan, "Subterranean Homesick Blues" (1965)
27. Weezer "Buddy Holly" (1994)
26. TLC "Waterfalls" (1995)
25. Dire Straits "Money for Nothing" (1985) 12
24. Van Halen "Jump" (1984) 4
23. Aerosmith "Crazy" (1993)
22. Korn "Freak On a Leash"  (1999)
21. Michael Jackson "Beat It" (1983) 48
20. Foo Fighters "Learn to Fly" (1999)
19. R.E.M. "Losing My Religion" (1991)
18. Alanis Morissette "Ironic" (1996)
17. Prince "When Doves Cry" (1984) 13
16. Beastie Boys "Sabotage" (1994)
15. Queen "Bohemian Rhapsody" (1975)
14. Jamiroquai "Virtual Insanity" (1997)
13. Chris Isaak, "Wicked Game" (1991)
12. George Michael "Freedom 90" (1990)
11. Run DMC  "Walk This Way" (1986) 16
10. Herbie Hancock "Rockit" (1983) 21
9. Michael Jackson & Janet Jackson "Scream" (1995)
8. a-ha "Take on Me" (1985) 5
7. Madonna, "Justify My Love" (1990)
6. Pearl Jam "Jeremy"  (1992)
5. Guns N' Roses, "November Rain" (1992)
4. Nirvana "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (1991)
3. Peter Gabriel "Sledgehammer" (1986) 2
2. Madonna "Like A Prayer" (1989) 3
1. Michael Jackson "Thriler" (1983) 8