Best song in WLIR's top 20 of the 1980s

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WLIR's charts are a nostalgic snapshot for anyone who was listening to "alternative" or "progressive" radio 25 years ago. Full top 200 can be found here:

http://www.wlir.fm/top_200_of_the_1980s.htm

Poll Results

Option	Votes
4. BLUE MONDAY - NEW ORDER	11
8. BIZARRE LOVE TRIANGLE - NEW ORDER	6
6. TAINTED LOVE - SOFT CELL	5
11. DON'T YOU - SIMPLE MINDS	4
2. I'LL MELT WITH TOU - MODERN ENGLISH	4
15. IN BETWEEN DAYS - THE CURE	3
13. NEW YEAR'S DAY - U2	2
5. BAD - U2	1
9. I WILL FOLLOW - U2	1
17. BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE - TALKING HEADS	1
16. WHAT I LIKE ABOUT YOU - THE ROMANTICS	1
18. DANCING WITH MYSELF - BILLY IDOL	1
19. DON'T STAND SO CLOSE TO ME - THE POLICE	0
14. PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE - DEPECHE MODE	0
12. OH L'AMOUR - ERASURE	0
1. PRIDE - U2	0
10. SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO? - THE CLASH	0
7. WHITE WEDDING - BILLY IDOL	0
3. JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH - DEPECHE MODE	0
20. FOREVER YOUNG - ALPHAVILLE	0

― Guayaquil (eephus!), Saturday, 10 July 2010 15:29 (fifteen years ago)

'Bizarre Love Triangle', closely followed by 'Burning Down The House'.

― Gavin in Leeds, Saturday, 10 July 2010 15:34 (fifteen years ago)

"Dancing With Myself" and "I'll Melt With You" are the ones most likely to get me dancing goofy in the car or at a party, so one of those.

― some dude, Saturday, 10 July 2010 15:43 (fifteen years ago)

Bad

― kornrulez6969, Saturday, 10 July 2010 21:21 (fifteen years ago)

ha, those 200 songs. peter godwin and b-movie- i dont think i ever heard those songs anywhere other than lir, but heard em enough to still be able to sing the choruses.

― Enter nothing in the dialog and click 'OK' (Hunt3r), Saturday, 10 July 2010 22:12 (fifteen years ago)

blech, and i love 80s music.

― Daniel, Esq., Saturday, 10 July 2010 22:18 (fifteen years ago)

^^ this. Maybe Blue Monday, though it's way beyond played out.

― seandalai, Saturday, 10 July 2010 23:09 (fifteen years ago)

Blue Monday.

this list was created by one person right?

― goth (crüt), Saturday, 10 July 2010 23:20 (fifteen years ago)

lol @ "the great commandment" being on this list

― goth (crüt), Saturday, 10 July 2010 23:25 (fifteen years ago)

Wait.. this station still exists?

― billstevejim, Sunday, 11 July 2010 04:03 (fifteen years ago)

I recall "Forever young" making #1 on their alltime 300 list..

― billstevejim, Sunday, 11 July 2010 04:05 (fifteen years ago)

It's strange... looking at just the top 20 seemed sort of banal.

I clicked over to the link of the top 200, and the sheer volume of songs that I hadn't thought about in years, and that were important once, made me feel quite sentimental. I grew up a lot during the '80s, and songs significant to all of those phases were amply represented on the list.

(Here, I voted for "Don't You," not because it's great, but because it best exemplified my mood now and my attitude towards this era.)

― Dodo Lurker (Slim and Slam), Sunday, 11 July 2010 04:15 (fifteen years ago)

main beef w/this list is lack of black artists, save Eddy Grant

― goth (crüt), Sunday, 11 July 2010 05:14 (fifteen years ago)

They used to play "Pass The Dutchie" on occasion.

― billstevejim, Sunday, 11 July 2010 08:37 (fifteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Monday, 12 July 2010 23:01 (fifteen years ago)

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

― System, Tuesday, 13 July 2010 23:01 (fifteen years ago)

Alphaville makes the cut but no Killing Joke? WHAT A STAGGERING BAG OF REPULSIVE, RUNNY CRAP!

― Alex in NYC, Tuesday, 13 July 2010 23:03 (fifteen years ago)

the cult of Napoleon Dynamite, Alex

I prolley would've voted White Wedding...greatest bubblegum hit of the 80s.

― please sb me (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 13 July 2010 23:10 (fifteen years ago)

I've never heard Killing Joke on commercial radio.

― billstevejim, Wednesday, 14 July 2010 07:22 (fifteen years ago)

main beef w/this list is lack of black artists, save Eddy Grant

they get half a black point for ub40, no? but the living colour oversight is tragic.

― fact checking cuz, Wednesday, 14 July 2010 15:15 (fifteen years ago)

twelve years pass...

https://farmingdale-observer.com/2022/04/17/the-many-lives-of-larry-the-duck-dunn/

― My Little Red Buchla (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 3 August 2022 12:11 (three years ago)

In fact he just said “Wow, Culture Club and Berlin, I should fly out for that!”

― My Little Red Buchla (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 3 August 2022 12:20 (three years ago)

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