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

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