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I don't know if you peeked or if you're prescient or what, but you are correct, Patti.
100 Greatest 80's Songs #20-1
1. Bon Jovi / "Livin' on a Prayer"
2. Def Leppard / "Pour Some Sugar On Me"
3. Duran Duran / "Hungry Like the Wolf"
4. Michael Jackson / "Billie Jean"
5. Prince / "When Doves Cry"
6. Hall & Oates / "I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)"
7. Guns N' Roses / "Sweet Child O' Mine"
8. Madonna / "Like a Virgin"
9. Run-D.M.C. / "Walk This Way"
10. AC/DC / "You Shook Me All Night Long"
11. Journey / "Don't Stop Believin'"
12. Whitney Houston / "How Will I Know"
13. U2 / "With Or Without You"
14. The Bangles / "Walk Like an Egyptian"
15. Van Halen / "Jump"
16. INXS / "Need You Tonight"
17. Whitesnake / "Here I Go Again"
18. Dexy's Midnight Runners / "Come On Eileen"
19. Cyndi Lauper / "Time after Time"
20. Rick Springfield / "Jessie's Girl"
There's so much cheese in this top twenty.
"Livin' on a Prayer" and "Pour Some Sugar On Me" are truly awful. "Hungry Like the Wolf" is a great song, but even "Rio" (the title track) from the same album is better as are "Save A Prayer" and "The Chauffeur." "Billie Jean" rocks glittered socks, I agree. "When Doves Cry" is a hypnotic tour-de-force. "I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)" is my favorite Hall & Oates tune; this one was a pleasant surprise. "Sweet Child O' Mine" features what may be Slash's best guitar solo. "Like a Virgin" is more memorable for Steve Buscemi's diatribe in Reservoir Dogs than anything else. "Walk This Way" is one of the most overhyped pieces of junk ever, and even though I like the album it comes from, every other early rap or hip-hop track on the countdown trumps it easily. "You Shook Me All Night Long" is a great rocker, but shit, the Back in Black album has even better to offer; it's rock solid from beginning to end. "Don't Stop Believin'" is indeed a soaring anthem, but hardly top twenty-worthy. "How Will I Know," Whitney's first, is definitely her best song although that isn't saying much. "With Or Without You" is a masterpiece. The Prince-penned "Manic Monday" is much better than the "Walk Like an Egyptian" pick; Susanna Hoffs is still smokin' hot. "Jump" ...I'd like a physicist to explain to me just how David Lee Roth was able to leap that high and do the splits in mid-air like that in the video; I'll settle for the opinion of a gymnast. "Need You Tonight" has always been able to get into one's head. Whitesnake's "Here I Go Again" was horrible then...it's absolutely abysmally wretched now. Ditto for "Come On Eileen"...hopefully no one out there destroyed their television with a brick, hammer, or other blunt instrument. "Time after Time"...so she did it on Howard Stern with a dulcimer...whatever. Jessie's Girl?": what the hell is going on with these supposed online voters? Is this all a bad joke?
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