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

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