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

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