Readers' Poll: The 10 Worst Songs of the 1980s

rolling stone ^ | 10/6/2011 | Andy Greene

[SoFloFreeper]

have at it.

I really got tired of Safety Dance. Not a big fan of Final Countdown....

But I guess if I had to put a song on the list, it'd be that White Snake song "Here I Go Again". Overplayed big time.

thoughts?

[scottinoc]

Pretty much every single one. They stopped making good music after 1979. Even my favorite bands from the 70s became 80s artists, sigh...

[MNDude]

what? I like 6,5, and 2! hate the rest though.

[Conan the Librarian]

Buffet wrote and performed his best stuff in the 80s.

He is coasting now.

[rbg81]

Nah. The worst was “I want your sex” by George Michael.

[mindburglar]

Nailed it with number 1. Could be worst song ever.

I would put “Undercover of the Night” by the Stones in there instead of “Safety Dance”.

My buddy got laid in college by telling a girl he wrote it.

[DCBryan1]

I really got tired of Safety Dance.

[chuckee]

“But I guess if I had to put a song on the list, it’d be that White Snake song “Here I Go Again”. Overplayed big time.
thoughts?”

Sorry, but I love women who dance on cars. So hot. Here’s to you Tawny.

[mindburglar]

“Here I go again” rocks!

[PGR88]

I’ve always hated “Eye of the Tiger.”

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Lucky me...I wasn’t tormented by a single one of them! Never even heard of them. I quit contemporary music about 1976.

[BenLurkin]

10. Rick Astley - 'Never Gonna Give You Up'... Don't remember it
9. Taco - 'Puttin' On The Ritz'... Sucks. Bigly
8. Toni Basil - 'Mickey'... meh
7. Bobby McFerrin - 'Don't Worry Be Happy'... Good song.
6. Falco - 'Rock Me Amadeus'... Don't remember it
5. Men Without Hats - 'The Safety Dance'... Don't remember it
4. Wham! - 'Wake Me Up (Before You Go Go)'.... Not too bad
3. Chris de Burgh - 'Lady In Red'.... Good song
2. Europe - 'The Final Countdown'... meh
1. Starship - 'We Built This City'...Sucks

[Flag_This]

“Eileen” - Dexy’s Midnight Runners

[donna]

I like them . . . all.

[KC_Lion]

WHAT!?

More like the 10 BEST Songs of the '80's!

I am an 80's baby and I grew up with those songs.

[Carriage Hill]

The 50s & 60s were the prime music years for me, but I remember Dire Straits from the early 80s. The rest, not so much.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

I’m always amused that “We Built This City” is commonly referenced in Rolling Stone polls as a “worst song.” Now its of the 1980s. In a prior poll, it was the worst song of all time. I can just see the Lib rock critics bitterly crying that their first love, the cool, hip Grace Slick of Woodstock, went from a liberal icon to a Reagan 80s corporate sellout, complete with synthesizers backing her singing. The song itself isn’t that bad. It isn’t that good but it certainly isn’t the “worst.”

[CatOwner]

"Careless Whisper" by George Michael.

Any song that contains the lyric "Guilty feet ain't got no rhythm" qualifies to be on the list. Sadly, many considered this to be Michael's best and one of the best all-time. Music in general started a downward spiral in the 80s.

[yuleeyahoo]

I like that entire album by Taco. After Eight

[rbg81]

Other runner ups:

— Somebody’s Watching Me (Rockwell)
— I’ve Never Been To Me (Charlene, Charlene)
— Do They Know It’s Christmas? (Band Aid 30)