[kristinn]

1980 "Coming Up" Paul McCartney
1983 "Maneater" Daryl Hall & John Oates
1985 "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" Tears for Fears
1988 "Heaven Is a Place on Earth" Belinda Carlisle
1989 "Wind Beneath My Wings" Bette Midler
1987 "Here I Go Again" Whitesnake
1984 "Hello" Lionel Richie
1986 "Party All the Time" Eddie Murphy
1982 "Jack & Diane" John Cougar
1981 "Kiss on My List" Hall & Oates

[Larry Lucido]

From that list you’d surmise there was no good music in the 80s.

That said, Midler was awesome in Rochelle Rochelle.