The September 3 Thursday Morning Show will be a special on the music of thirty years ago, 1985. We will count down the results this Thursday morning. The list here is not a comprehensive list of every 1985 song; it is some of the top sellers, some of most acclaimed songs, and WMNF hits from 1985. Please rate them according to the criteria. If you have never heard the song, don't rate it. If you know more great 1985 songs that should be on the lists, add them in the comments.

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* 1. Score these songs....based on timelessness and influence; do they make you tune up or turn off the radio, your desert island songs; your personal favorites.....Only rate songs that you have heard.

  3) Love it; a favorite of mine; an important song. Turn it up! 2) Like it; good song ; 1) OK ; I enjoy hearing it occasionally Don't like ; makes me turn off my radio
Bill Staines - Sourdough/Miner's Song
George Thorogood - I Drink Alone
The Cramps - Can Your Pussy Do The Dog
Madonna - Into The Groove
Grace Jones - Slave To The Rhythm
Sam Cooke - Somebody Have Mercy (live)
Trapezoid - I'll Be Here in the Morning
Prefab Sprout - Appetite
The Dream Academy - Life in a Northern Town
Whitney Houston - Saving All My Love For You
Big Audio Dynamite - The Bottom Line
Loudon Wainwright III - One Man Guy
Sting - Fortress Around Your Heart
Sade - is It A Crime?
The Waterboys - The Whole of the Moon
Dead Milkmen - Bitchin' Camaro
New Order - Love Vigilantes
Christine Lavin - Damaged Goods
Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill
The Replacements - Kiss On The Bus
Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
Barrington Levy - Here I Come
John Cougar Mellencamp - Small Town
Chris Isaak - Dancin'
Patti Larkin - If I Were made of Metal
George Strait - The Chair
George Clinton - Do Fries Go With That Shake
REM - Driver 8
Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me)
Kate Wolf - Give Yourself To Love
Tom Waits - Time
Robert Palmer - Addicted To Love
The Pogues - Dirty Old Town
Lloyd Cole and The Commotions - Brand New Friend
Yousou N'Dour - Nelson Mandela
The Ramones - Bonzo Goes To Bitburg
'Til Tuesday - Voices Carry
John Fogerty - Centerfield
LL Cool J - I Can't Live Without My Radio
Kornog - Helen of Kirkconnel
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Jungle Man
Style Council - Walls Come Tumbling Down
Phranc - Life Lover
Eurythmics with Aretha Franklin - Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves
Fine Young Cannibals - Johnny Come Home
Aha - Take On Me
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Don't Come Around Here No More
Dire Straits - Money For Nothing
USA For Africa - We Are The World
Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World
Madness - Yesterday's Man
Camper Van Beethoven - Take The Skinheads Bowling
Suzanne Vega - Marlena on The Wall
The Roches - Love Radiates Around
The Smiths - How Soon Is Now
The Cult- She Sells Sanctuary
Husker Du - Makes No sense At All
The Clash - This Is England
Christy Moore - Ordinary Man
Bob Dylan - I'll Keep It With Mine
Echo and the Bunnymen - Bring on the Dancing Horses
Prince and the Revolution - Raspberry Beret
The Cure - In Between Days
Billy Bragg - Between The Wars
Bryan Ferry - Slave To Love
Eurythmics Would I Lie To You
Talking Heads - And She Was
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Say What
Madonna - Crazy For You
Katrina and the Waves - Walking On Sunshine
Killing Joke - Love Like Blood
Albert Collins/Johhny Copeland/Robert Cray - She's Into Something
Sonic Youth - Death Valley '69
Jesus and Mary Chain - Just Like Honey
Run-D.M.C. - King of Rock
Huey Lewis and the News - Power of Love

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