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

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