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

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