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

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