Best 80's Soundtrack song

[jwfgeol]

On Memorial Day Big 80's on Sirius had a top 40 of best movie soundtracks of the 80's.

1. Simple Minds: "Don’t You Forget About Me" from The Breakfast Club
2. Survivor: "Eye Of The Tiger" from Rocky III
3. Glenn Frey: "The Heat Is On" from Beverly Hills Cop
4. Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes: "(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life" from Dirty Dancing
5. Phil Collins: "Against All Odds" from Against All Odds
6. OMD: "If You Leave" from Pretty In Pink My favorite.
7. Bangles: "Hazy Shade Of Winter" from Less Than Zero
8. Duran Duran: "A View To A Kill" from A View To A Kill
9. Harold Faltermeyer: "Axel F" from Beverly Hills Cop
10. Prince: "Purple Rain" from Purple Rain
11. Spandau Ballet: "True" from Sixteen Candles
12. Peter Gabriel: "In Your Eyes" from Say Anything
13. Kenny Loggins: “Footloose” from Footloose
14. Huey Lewis & The News: "The Power Of Love" from Back To The Future
15. Kenny Loggins: "Danger Zone" from Top Gun
16. Survivor: "Burning Heart" from Rocky IV
17. Bananarama: "Cruel Summer" from Karate Kid
18. Lindsey Buckingham: "Holiday Road" from National Lampoon’s Vacation
19. Eric Clapton: "It’s In The Way That You Use It" from The Color Of Money
20. Mike Reno and Ann Wilson: "Almost Paradise" from Footloose
21. Psychedelic Furs: "Love My Way" from Valley Girl
22. Blondie: "Call Me" from American Gigolo
23. Lionel Richie and Diana Ross: "Endless Love" from Endless Love
24. Oingo Boingo: "Dead Man’s Party" from Back To School
25. Kenny Loggins: "I’m Alright" from Caddyshack
26. Psychedelic Furs: "Pretty In Pink" from Pretty In Pink
27. John Parr: "St. Elmo’s Fire (Man in Motion)" from St. Elmo’s Fire
28. Berlin: "Take My Breath Away" from Top Gun
29. Christopher Cross: "Arthur’s Theme" from Arthur
30. Irene Cara: "Flashdance (What A Feeling)" from Flashdance
31. Oingo Boingo: "Weird Science" from Weird Science
32. Patrick Swayze: "She’s Like The Wind" from Dirty Dancing
33. Tina Turner: "We Don’t Need Another Hero" from Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
34. Yello: "Oh Yeah" from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
35. Journey: "Only The Young" from Vision Quest
36. Phil Collins: "In The Air Tonight" from Risky Business
37. The Busboys: "The Boys Are Back In Town" from 48 Hours
38. Charlie Sexton: "Beats So Lonely" from Some Kind Of Wonderful
39. Beach Boys: "Kokomo" from Cocktail
40. Ray Parker Jr.: "Ghostbusters" from Ghostbusters

I was actually listening to this on the way back from Florida. I caught about from #17 on. Some classic songs from the 80's.

 

[duckydan]

I'd have to agree with some:

You're the best around - karate Kid (I also watched the movie JUST for this part)
Don't you (forget about me) - Breakfast Club
Who Wants to Live Forever / Princes of the Universe - Highlander
Danger Zone - Top Gun
Time of my Life - Dirty Dancing

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Here are some of mine...

Axel F Theme - Harold Faltermeyer from Beverly Hills Cop
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Maniac - Michael Sembello from Flash Dance
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Back to Paradise - .38 Special from Revenge Of The Nerds II: Nerds In Paradise
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City of Crime - Tom Hanks & Dan Akroyd from Dragnet
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Power of Love - Huey Lewis & The News from Back to the Future
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Man all these good videos has me wanting my MTV back.
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[BobMurdoch]

A little off topic, but here's something from my music crush from the 80's......

YouTube - Susanna Hoffs-Feel Like Making Love

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Ok I am on an 80's music kick now...

Not from a movie, bu a true video from the 80's (and also the very first time I have seen the english version of this song... MTV only played the German version of this video on MTV as the English version was over 8 minutes long)
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Ok back on soundtracks...

Here is Murry Head with One Night in Bangcock from the Chess Soundtrack. (BTW the chorus for this song was written by Benny from ABBA.
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For some reason in 1983 people thought it was cool to dance around in your house in your underware. This movie is the reason why, from the movie Risky Business here is Detroit Rocker Bob Seger with Old Time Rock and Roll
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Besides dancing in your underware we were shown it was ok to be bad in the 80's. We were so bad that we had to serve detention in this hit from the smash hit movie "The Breakfast Club" here is Simple Minds with "Don't you forget about me"
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Speaking of being bad there was no one badder then the Blue Brothers who still are on my own record books for best car chase in a movie ever. I still find it hard to believe that the city of Chicago would close down all these streets just so they could smash up all of these police cars. Not a big movie hit song, but if you saw the movie yoou would be singing Rawhide for days, here is the Jae and Elwood from the Movie "The Blues Brothers" with Rawhide.
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Another great 80 movie masterpeace has to be this one from John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band. From the movie Eddie and The Cruisers here is "The Dark Side"
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Now another smash hit movie song from the 80's and this one had people everywhere asking the same question, "who are you gonna call?"

Here is Ray Perker Junior with the theme to Ghostbusters.
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One of the 80's most memorable movie lines to me was "your mamas a snowblower!" uttered from the metal lips of Johnny 5 from the funny hit movie "Short Circuit" from El DeBarge
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This song helped a famous group from the 60's stars in the 80's from the movie "Cocktail" here are the Beach Boys with Kokomo
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A trip back to the 80's Movie hits would not be complete without a trip on the schoolbus with Principal Rooney, from the smash hit Ferris Beulers Day Off here is Yello with "Oh Yeah!"
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In 1987 millions of people seemed to learn too sing in Spanish overnight with a remake of the Richie Valens 1960 smash hit. Here is Los Lobos with the theme song to La Bamba!
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And for now that completes my journey back to 80's movie hits.

Hope you enjoyed the ride.

I am Casey Kase.... umm I mean Scott..

Remember Keep your feet on the ground, keep reaching for the stars and aiming those Dishes.

 

[satjay]

You're the Best Around from Karate Kid

Classic movie, who can forget the Cobra Kai!!!

 

[harshness]

Who wants to live forever - Queen - Highlander

Queen managed to come up with some really good ones. I recently heard a tune of theirs that I'd never heard before in a movie soundtrack, but I can't remember the movie or the song name.

There's very little mistaking the vocal stylings of Freddie Mercury.

 

[DallasBill]

If a tune was ever to be added to an a 80's soundtrack album it would be "Moving in Stereo" by the Cars for Fast Times at Ridgemont High:up

 

[BobMurdoch]

Scott,

If you liked Falco, there is a song that many missed. Rock Me Amadeus and The Sound of Musik get the most play, but there was another single called Vienna Calling that was pretty good... Especially if you can track down an old 12" single of the song that I used to play on my college radio show all the time..... (WMNJ Madison/Chatham, NJ "The Voice of Drew University" - God, I miss doing those shows)

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

I have a few different versions of Vienna Calling by Falco, my favorite one being Flaco giving folks a tour of Vienna, and in the tour he passes by the birthplace of Mozart, ,and as hes saying it you can hear Rock Me Amadeous in the backround. I laugh everytime I hear that version.

I am a huge 70's and 80's music buff.

 

[BobMurdoch]

Sounds like a good idea for a thread.......

Best obscure 12" singles from the 80's.....

One of my faves..... Anything by Frankie Goes to Hollywood.... They used to do amazing remixes.... Ditto for The Art of Noise....

 

[truckracer]

Purple Rain-FTW!! I still like that song.

 

[dail24]

I know this is a TV show but I have to make mention of the Theme song from MIAMI VICE.

 

[Alphamale2k]

Big Empty- The Crow- Stone Temple Pilots