Favourite 80's songs?

Which ones have you heard mate? I went through a phase that lasted a couple of years where I was listening pretty much exclusively to him and looking for little bits that were unreleased or other side projects he did (he is my favourite artist ever). Albums are usually best listened to start to finish but yeah I agree Ziggy is a Rock opera and that one in particular is best in one go all the way through.

I ranked his albums a while back, and Ziggy was 7th for me (behind Low, Heroes, Station to Station, Aladdin Sane, Hunky Dory & Blackstar).

ABC - When Smokie Sings / Poison Arrow (also known for The Look of Love)
Bryan Ferry - Slave to Love. Bluebells- Young at Heart. Beautiful South- Song for Whoever. The Bangles- Walk like an Egyptian. Bobby Brown: Every Little Step- On Our Own. Boy Meets Girl - Waiting for a Star To Fall
The Way It Is (Bruce Hornsby)
David Bowie - Labyrinth soundtrack, Ashes to Ashes, Let's Dance (also did China Girl). Dirty Dancing soundtrack.
Dead or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)
Dire Straits- Walk of LIfe.
Eurythmics - Love is a Stranger, There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart), You Have Placed a Chill In My Heart (also did Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This and many others). Erasure - A Little Respect and several others.
Frankie Goes to Holywood - Two Tribes (also did Relax)
George Harrison - When We Was Fab, Got My Mind Set On You, All Those Years Ago
Huey Lewis and The News - Hip To Be Square (also did The Power of Love)
Housemartins - Happy Hour.
John Lennon- Nobody Told Me
Kate Bush - Watching You Without Me, Rocket's Tail, Heads Were Dancing (and more)
La's - all their one and only proper album. London Boys- London Nights
Madonna - Lucky Star, Holiday, In to the Groove and more.
Marvin Gaye - Sexual Healing. Michael Jackson- Wanna be starting something, Human Nature, Another Part of Me,
Marth and the Muffins- Echo Beach.
Numan (Gary) - Cars. New Order - Blue Monday and others.
Paul Simon - Call Me Al. Pet Shop Boys- What Have I Done.. , Preba Sprout - King of Rock and Roll. Peter Gabriel- Big Time. Sledgehammer, Games without Frontiers (with Kate Bush). Pink Floyd- Learning to Fly
Phil Collins- I Wish It Would Rain Down
Queen and David Bowie- Under Pressure
REM - You Are The Everything
Stone Roses- Song for my sugar spun sister, What trhe World is Waiting For, Mersey Paradise, Elephant Stone - and many others. Salt and Pepa- Push It. Sade- Your Love Is King. Back to Life (However Do You Want Me) - Soul to Soul.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - The Waiting, You Got Lucky, Don't Come Around Here No More. ( to me, they wrote a higher number of great songs in the late 70s and early 90s. They didn't write the last song- Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics did).

Haha the part you put in bold was actually referring to the bunch of records my grandma gave me which has tons of stuff from the 50's to the 90's, as for Bowie I've heard bits and pieces from all his albums I guess, but I haven't heard them all properly. The ones I have heard properly (from start to finish numerous times) are Heroes, Young Americans, Blackstar, station to station, Ziggy Stardust and Low. I think I might spend tomorrow just listening to all his music, there's just so much and it doesn't help having live versions/remasters because although most of them aren't as good as the originals, a few of them actually are

But wow, with his entire collection I can bet those few years didn't get boring for a second, it's a huge library and it really never gets old. With artists like Bowie, it's almost a crime to not appreciate the entire album since they intended for the songs to be part of that bigger picture which you can't just ignore. I really love Heroes, it's just one of those albums I can put on and enjoy the whole thing throughout. I've listened to him for a long time but lately i have been getting into a lot of his stuff (I hadn't heard all of young Americans and Low until Saturday) so yeah, I had nothing planned tomorrow but It looks like I'll be spending the day going through his music When I'm done I'll be sure to look for your ranking and comment what I think

This is a brilliant list!! Loads on there that I love, I'll be sure to checkout the others. Thanks

I'll add to my earlier post.

Blondie - Heart of Glass

You Spin Me Round - Dead or Alive
there's just something about it...