Like, Omigod! The '80s Pop Culture Poll (Totally)

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Poll Results

OptionVotes
Genius Of Love - Tom Tom Club 2
You Dropped A Bomb On Me - The Gap Band 2
Don't You Want Me - The Human League 2
Addicted To Love - Robert Palmer 1
Valley Girl - Frank Zappa 1
Da Da Da (I Don't Love You You Don't Love Me Aha Aha Aha) - Trio 1
Take Off - Bob & Doug McKenzie 1
Hungry Like The Wolf - Duran Duran 1
The Look Of Love (Part One) - ABC 1
Words - Missing Persons 1
Roam - The B-52's1
I Want Candy - Bow Wow Wow 1
Twilight Zone - Golden Earring 1
Let The Music Play - Shannon 1
Major Tom (Coming Home) - Peter Schilling 1
Let's Go To Bed - The Cure 1
Cars - Gary Numan 1
Don't Dream It's Over - Crowded House 1
The Stroke - Billy Squier 1
Keep On Loving You - REO Speedwagon 1
The Breaks (Part 1) - Kurtis Blow 1
Whip It - Devo 1
Obsession - Animotion 0
Let's Hear It For The Boy - Deniece Williams 0
Cool It Now - New Edition 0
Take On Me - A-Ha 0
Ghostbusters - Ray Parker Jr. 0
Footloose - Kenny Loggins 0
Shout - Tears For Fears 0
We're Not Gonna Take It - Twisted Sister 0
Don't Worry Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin 0
Rock You Like A Hurricane - Scorpions 0
The Glamorous Life - Sheila E. 0
Right Here Waiting - Richard Marx 0
White Horse - Laid Back 0
Heaven - Bryan Adams 0
Sister Christian - Night Ranger 0
Cum On Feel The Noize - Quiet Riot 0
Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Yes 0
Mr. Roboto - Styx 0
I'm So Excited - Pointer Sisters 0
Back On The Chain Gang - The Pretenders 0
I Want To Know What Love Is - Foreigner 0
Sunglasses At Night - Corey Hart 0
Voices Carry - ‘Til Tuesday 0
Missing You - John Waite 0
99 Luftballons - Nena 0
Tenderness - General Public 0
They Don't Know - Tracey Ullman 0
Wild, Wild West - The Escape Club 0
Don't You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds 0
Walking On Sunshine - Katrina & The Waves 0
Axel F - Harold Faltermeyer 0
Rhythm Of The Night - DeBarge 0
You Look Marvelous - Billy Crystal 0
Heartbeat - Don Johnson 0
Everybody Have Fun Tonight - Wang Chung 0
Venus - Bananarama 0
Walk Like An Egyptian - Bangles 0
Paranoimia - The Art Of Noise with Max Headroom 0
If You Leave - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 0
Since You've Been Gone - The Outfield 0
Keep Your Hands To Yourself - Georgia Satellites 0
What You Need - INXS 0
Holding Back The Years - Simply Red 0
St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion) - John Parr 0
We Built This City - Starship 0
Rumors - Timex Social Club 0
La Bamba - Los Lobos 0
Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley 0
Weird Science - Oingo Boingo 0
You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) - Dead Or Alive 0
“Miami Vice” Theme - Jan Hammer 0
Only In My Dreams - Debbie Gibson 0
Tuff Enuff - The Fabulous Thunderbirds 0
I'll Be Loving You (Forever) - New Kids On The Block 0
Life In A Northern Town - The Dream Academy 0
Kyrie - Mr. Mister 0
Every Time You Go Away - Paul Young 0
Walk This Way - Run-D.M.C. 0
Video Killed The Radio Star - The Buggles 0
Working For The Weekend - Loverboy 0
Jessie's Girl - Rick Springfield 0
Centerfold - J. Geils Band 0
At This Moment - Billy & The Beaters 0
Harden My Heart - Quarterflash 0
Hold On Loosely - .38 Special 0
Theme From “Greatest American Hero” (Believe It Or Not) - Joey Scarbury 0
Super Freak (Part 1) - Rick James 0
867-5309/Jenny - Tommy Tutone 0
Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes 0
Time - Alan Parsons Project 0
Gloria - Laura Branigan 0
Maneater - Daryl Hall & John Oates 0
Dancing With Myself - Billy Idol 0
General Hospi-Tale - The Afternoon Delights 0
Shake It Up - The Cars 0
Empire Strikes Back (Medley) - Meco 0
Another One Bites The Dust - Queen 0
Celebration - Kool & The Gang 0
Let My Love Open The Door - Pete Townshend 0
Call Me - Blondie 0
Turning Japanese - The Vapors 0
Lost In Love - Air Supply 0
9 To 5 - Dolly Parton 0
I Love A Rainy Night - Eddie Rabbitt 0
Sailing - Christopher Cross 0
Just The Two Of Us - Grover Washington, Jr. with Bill Withers 0
Ah! Leah! - Donnie Iris 0
Sweetheart - Franke & The Knockouts 0
The Theme From Hill Street Blues - Mike Post featuring Larry Carlton 0
Tainted Love - Soft Cell 0
Electric Avenue - Eddy Grant 0
Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) - Eurythmics 0
Our House - Madness 0
The Salt In My Tears - Martin Briley 0
Girls Just Want To Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper 0
Talking In Your Sleep - The Romantics 0
Always Something There To Remind Me - Naked Eyes 0
In A Big Country - Big Country 0
One Thing Leads To Another - The Fixx 0
Der Kommissar - After The Fire 0
Suddenly Last Summer - The Motels 0
Karma Chameleon - Culture Club 0
Too Shy - Kajagoogoo 0
She Blinded Me With Science - Thomas Dolby 0
Jeopardy - Greg Kihn Band 0
Puttin' On The Ritz - Taco 0
Rock This Town - Stray Cats 0
Lies - Thompson Twins 0
Love Plus One - Haircut One Hundred 0
Down Under - Men At Work 0
Steppin' Out - Joe Jackson 0
Come On Eileen - Dexys Midnight Runners 0
Mickey - Toni Basil 0
You Should Hear How She Talks About You - Melissa Manchester 0
Key Largo - Bertie Higgins 0
Pac-Man Fever - Buckner & Garcia 0
Total Eclipse Of The Heart - Bonnie Tyler 0
Africa - Toto 0
Goodbye To You - Scandal 0
Maniac - Michael Sembello 0


Geir Hongro, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 01:28 (eighteen years ago)

Voted "Don't You Want Me", but there are several very bad songs here (also a few very bad, it must be added)

Geir Hongro, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 01:30 (eighteen years ago)

this thread is SO unnecessary

warmsherry, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 01:31 (eighteen years ago)

Either Call Me, Tainted Love or Ghostbusters.

chap, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 01:31 (eighteen years ago)

i LIke igniorqnce of q uarrmy axcceptance i'm soorry.

Noodle Vague, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 01:36 (eighteen years ago)

i thought gier was actually using the phrase omigod!

J0rdan S., Wednesday, 9 January 2008 02:50 (eighteen years ago)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=gSRqcsauywo

rock_is_dead, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 08:43 (eighteen years ago)

no bronski beat, ...

Cosmo Vitelli, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 11:03 (eighteen years ago)

When is the: "All the Songs Ever Poll"?

Since we're clearly heading in that direction.

Mordechai Shinefield, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 11:06 (eighteen years ago)

I voted for "I Love Candy" because honestly, who doesn't?

Mordechai Shinefield, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 11:07 (eighteen years ago)

You Look Marvelous - Billy Crystal

OK, what is this?

Mark G, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 11:10 (eighteen years ago)

Oh there's a Cure track. My vote goes to bed.

Mark G, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 11:11 (eighteen years ago)

Since we're clearly heading in that direction.

Oh, we aren't. This poll is way smaller than the Nuggets one, so we are heading towards smaller polls again. ;)

Geir Hongro, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 11:42 (eighteen years ago)

Addicted To Love.

It's unfortunate they took Look Of Love instead of Poison Arrow.

kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 15:41 (eighteen years ago)

There are a lot of things on here that I like, more than I would expect from a comp like this. (VH1's "Big 80s" sets from the 90s had a LOT of stuff that I really loathed...)

After trimming out a lot of stuff I really like but that just doesn't feel presidential ("The Breaks," "Sailing," "Key Largo," "Jeopardy," etc) I can get it down to ten...

Genius Of Love - Tom Tom Club
You Dropped A Bomb On Me - The Gap Band
Down Under - Men At Work
Africa - Toto
Electric Avenue - Eddy Grant
One Thing Leads To Another - The Fixx
Back On The Chain Gang - The Pretenders
99 Luftballons - Nena
Weird Science - Oingo Boingo
Roam - The B-52's

...at which point it's like "pick the best song from the best mix CD ever made" and I kind of give up.

Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 17:00 (eighteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

ILX System, Saturday, 19 January 2008 00:01 (eighteen years ago)

You played dead
But you never bled
Instead you lay still in the grass,
all coiled up and hissing

Sundar, Saturday, 19 January 2008 02:30 (eighteen years ago)

sssssssssssssssssssssss

Morley Timmons, Saturday, 19 January 2008 04:21 (eighteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

ILX System, Sunday, 20 January 2008 00:01 (eighteen years ago)

No votes for Billy Idol? It's a sad world we live in.

novaheat, Sunday, 20 January 2008 20:42 (eighteen years ago)

OK, you're right. There were too many different songs to vote for :)

Geir Hongro, Sunday, 20 January 2008 22:32 (eighteen years ago)

(And I didn't even see "Let's Go To Bed" myself. Probably would have voted for that one.)

Geir Hongro, Sunday, 20 January 2008 22:32 (eighteen years ago)


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