#51

I've always said that things go better with rock, and these guys just back that up. In fact, they tell you that in this song. And for every minute I have to work, I need a minute of play. Brilliant! This 80's futuristic video comes screaming in at #50 in my only personal countdown of the Excellent 80's top 80 80's videos of all-time. Is it just me or is the bass player sporting a visor? Well, maybe he just got off the golf course. Anyway, it's the one-hit wonder band known as Autograph.

#51 "Turn Up the Radio"
by Autograph



AUTOGRAPH - Turn Up The Radio
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Lyrics | Autograph lyrics - Turn Up The Radio lyrics

#52

Today's video has it all - a bad boy band sequestered behind a chain link fence, some greasers strutting their stuff, some big crazy hair and mustaches, and a hot chick swinging her pony tail around in a red dress. The band hadn't quite converted their 70's look to the 80's when this song bounded up the charts peaking at #2 in 1982. It's my favorite song from the band that bears the same name as a poor little dog in a famous movie. It's Toto!

#52 "Rosanna"
by Toto

Toto, Rosanna
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Lyrics | Toto lyrics - Rosanna lyrics

#53

Today's video coming in at #53 is the first single I had ever heard from the soulful voice of one Mr. Billy Ocean. It's a #1 hit from 1984 featuring a video where Billy explodes into a puff of smoke - magic! He was in search of a good time just running his game, and love was the furthest thing from his mind, yet, he falls for a queen. Not any queen mind you, but a caribbean one. His dance moves in this video are very Temptations-like if I do say so.

#53 "Caribbean Queen"
by Billy Ocean


Billy Ocean - Caribbean Queen
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Lyrics | Billy Ocean lyrics - Caribbean Queen lyrics

#54

Coming in at #54 on my countdown today is one of the most controversial and successful songs of the 80's from the weird band known as Frankie Goes to Hollywood. Making it all the way to #1 in the UK and to the top 10 in the U.S., the original video was shot in a gay S&M club of some sort and it was subsequently banned in the UK and by MTV. So, this much gentler video emerged in 1984.

#54 "Relax"
by Frankie Goes to Hollywood




Lyrics | Frankie Goes To Hollywood lyrics - Relax lyrics

#55

If I told you I went to a party last Saturday night, I didn't get laid, I got in a fight you would immediately know what I was talking about wouldn't you? It ain't no big thing, but back in 1988 when Lita Ford was practically fornicating with her guitar in this video, I couldn't take my eyes off of her. In her tight leather and rocking the guitar, she was a school boy's dream and delivered with today's #55 video/song on my Excellent 80's Top 80 Countdown.

#55 "Kiss Me Deadly"
by Lita Ford


Lita Ford - Kiss Me Deadly
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Lyrics | Lita Ford lyrics - Kiss Me Deadly lyrics

#56

Peaking at #10 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, it was Madonna's first top 10 hit from her debut album. It's a cool mid-tempo song about a inter-racial relationship between Madonna and her video Hispanic boyfriend. She becomes a model but spray paints the photographer's car in the video... not the car!

#56 "Borderline"
by Madonna


Madonna - Borderline
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Lyrics | Madonna lyrics - Borderline lyrics

#57

My video/song coming in today at #57 features a quirky band with some quirky lyrics, and a quirky video. I just said "quirky" three times in one sentence. Impressive. Notice the crazy silver shades that Holly Knight sports in one of the scenes... very Kayne-like from 2009 don't you think? Her partner in crime in this silly little video is Michael Des Barres and together they go go through some serious wardrobe changes in the form of the duo known as Animotion.

#57 "Obsession"
by Animotion




Lyrics | Animotion lyrics - Obsession lyrics

#58

The crazy cage, the "futuristic" feel of the video, and the receding hairline of frontman Klaus Meine equal one great song and one great video on The Excellent 80's Top 80 Countdown today. The fog machine was in full effect in 1984 for this heavy metal classic from the heavy metal greats from Germany known as the Scorpions.

#58 - "Rock You Like a Hurricane"
by the Scorpions




Lyrics | Scorpions lyrics - Rock You Like A Hurricane lyrics

#59

My favorite white person/black person combo in the 80's was, no, not Michael Jackson himself. It wasn't the Jackson / Paul McCartney combo or even the Stevie Wonder / Paul McCartney combo. It happens to be a dorky white guy named Phil and a cool English brother named Philip, and it happened in 1985 with a song that went all the way to #1 in the UK and #2 in the U.S. The crazy thing is the dorky white guy named Phil has had the wildly successful career, while the cool brother named Philip has been hard to find through the years.

#59 - "Easy Lover"
by Phil Collins and Philip Bailey




Lyrics | Phil Collins W/ Philip Bailey lyrics - Easy Lover lyrics

#60

OK, this is going to seem like a weird video to have in my top 80 countdown, but consider for a moment that I grew up in a gym playing basketball for many many hours. When I would go off to basketball camp, they would blare this song at least 5 or 6 times a day, and I loved every minute of it, every time. This song also helped propel into the world of rap in the 80's. Plus, this video is so hopelessly bad with its' 7 foot goals and West Side Story like choreography, it only makes it that much more appealing. If that makes any sense at all.

#60 "Basketball"
by Mr. Kurtis Blow




Lyrics | Kurtis Blow lyrics - Basketball lyrics

#61

Today's video on our countdown has great drums, great keyboards, and reminds you that the "new" lead singer of Van Halen can shred a little bit on the guitar himself. After the band got rid of Dave, I dreaded whomever was going to step into his egomaniacal shoes. But, being honest here, the album 5150 remains my favorite Van Halen studio album ever. Maybe 1986 was just the right time in my life to accept such a lead singer change for one of the world's greatest rock band ever. I don't know. I could probably have 10 Van Halen videos in my countdown, but I won't. Here is one of my favorites and one of their best Sammy-led power ballads.

#61 "Love Comes Walking In"
by Van Halen




Lyrics | Van Halen lyrics - Love Comes Walking In lyrics

#62

In 1987, whenever this video came on, I watched it really just to see the piano explode at the beginning of the video and for any shots of Nancy Wilson showing some cleavage in those hot bustiers that she would wear in the videos. Seriously though, when you watch this video there is the one shot of Nancy riding a horse. What did that add to the video? I guarantee you the director wanted a shot of her bouncing bosom, and I for one thank him for it. I always felt bad that Ann had to always be in the dark or wearing a long trench coat or whatever to cover up her weight problem, but I tell you, she was looking good in this video as well.

#62 "Alone"
by Heart


Heart - alone
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Lyrics | Heart lyrics - Alone lyrics