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

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