80's Music - Forgotten Hits

[Hefenstahg]

Wow you're crazy most these songs lasted forever

[WarriorOfTheHeavens]

I think 99 red ballons was in there to give us a little brake from all the rubbish.

[rugbygirl34]

the first 5 i have never heard before, wonder why they were forgotten?

[kdrever1]

they are forgotton cos they are crap lol :p

[klafong1]

I will also add that an interesting phenomenon that we have seen in the US with radio stations designed to appeal to nostalgic Gen-Xers is that every now and then, songs that were not big chart successes in their day but that were pushed heavily on university radio stations or by certain shows on MTV are treated as if they had been hits.

[klafong1]

I assume that this video was put together from a British perspective. I grew up in the US, and when I became aware that the British had their own top-40 chart, I was surprised by how different it could be.

In my recollection, the songs from this list that were big charting hits in the USA were:

1) Safety Dance

2) 99 Red Balloons

3) Centerfold (pardon the American spelling)

4) Breakout

5) Rhythm of the Night

6) Mickey

7) Waiting for a Star to Fall

[Parasmunt]

99 red balloons is hardly forgotten, every single 80's compilation you will ever have has it. A lot of the other stuff there... well i can see why it was 'forgotten'... hehe.

[68niou1later]

@Huskerking....u can hate if you wana!

[Huskerking]

I still hate "Safety Dance"



[krz8ts]

FYI Safety Dance is not forgotten... :)~

[kevinmacmouse]

ninguna de estas canciones esta olvidada siempre se recordaran

[gypsyebay]

3th song sucks....!!!what the hell.

[MrGhostwhowalks]

@gypsyebay 3th ? Don't you mean 3rd? Maybe you're from Iceland or something.

[PostPunkFan]

Hahaha awesome!

[stukaville]

I own over half your list on vinyl, but there is one i know which is rarer than the lot... Person to Person, love on the rebound..

[katakisLives]

There's a whole load of great tunes in there!

[christschool]

Stan Ridgway was more known for "Mexican Radio" with the Wall of Voodoo.

[5egrub]

That's why we loved the 80s!

[lalaalala1]

Music of the 80s gave chance to modern music...only in the name of the artists

[kevindehulsters]

cHECK MY CHANNEL FOR ANOTHER TOP OF THE 80'S

[SimpleeO1]

I think the Manhattan Transfers "Spice of life" and Everything but the girl "Language of life" should be here too in my opinion.

[SimpleeO1]

I LOVE THE SONG "JUST GOT LUCKY!" Who was it sung by?

[sammygeorge]

@SimpleeO1  - the band are called Joe Boxer's

[kevindehulsters]

I love this music so much. Now music is become less good then before and this is one of the only musicians that are still awesome!!! If you want to hear the top 100 of the 80's look at my channel for the videos.

Please thumb this up so other can see this and hopefully watch the video with joy.

Thank you all.

[mark4798]

i miss 80's years.

[sylvrbullets]

safety dance, 99 red balloons, i want candy, centerfold, the heat is on, breakout, rhythm of the night, mickey and waiting for a star to fall,all get a lot of air time on a station in my home town of Roanoke VA. its called STEVE FM. and Q-99 FM. also plays a few of these. i do remember the "19" song, but haven't heard it in forever. as for the others i don't think iv'e ever heard any of them and i am a child of the 80's. or so i thought...lol... good list though.

[Skyrift]

Nice collection! Thumbs up. I remember all these songs. =)

[nikkibox]

the first and third songs I don`t remember

[alilinzee]

These aren't forgotten by me.. I have several of these songs on my phone's playlist haha....my taste in music is strange