Top 10 Greatest Songs From 1985. Story by Joshua Garvin • 10m ... With its driving guitar line and sharp-edged vocals, it blurred the lines between rock, pop, and glam. In 1985, ...

The soundtracks of the '80s were packed with big, bombastic rock songs, but they also made room for less mainstream detours — ...

Alas—it was a breakout hit for Simple Minds, reaching No. 1 in both the U.S. and Canada, and indisputably one of the most beloved pop songs of all time. “Everybody Wants to Rule the World ...

Why It Never Hit the Hot 100: Released in summer 1985, “Groove” came out while the then-Material Girl was still at the height of her total and absolute pop culture dominance following the late ...

If you think of songs as things we have a relationship with, these are the ones you never dump. ... 1985 Pop Rock. 3 Songs From 1985 That Haven’t Aged. By. Thom Donovan. January 20, ...

The best songs from the inarguable Queen of Pop. The history of pop music can essentially be divided into two eras: pre-Madonna and post-Madonna. Michael Jackson sold more albums and Prince was ...

The documentary features interviews with Lionel Richie, Bruce Springsteen, Cyndi Lauper & more as they recall recording the hit charity single on Jan. 25, 1985.

Even before he perfected them, Neil Tennant respected pop singles enough to hate them. As a journalist at the beloved, now-shuttered British music magazine Smash Hits in the early ’80s, his ...

In celebration of the songs that have stood the test of time (for better or worse), we give you our best and worst songs of 1985. John Mellencamp in 1985 (Credit:: Ebet Roberts / Redferns), Bob ...