#BILLBOARD TOP 100 1980 FULL#

Lyrically, вЂњMoney for NothingвЂќ was inspired by frontman Mark Knopfler spending a day watching MTV in the back of an appliance store. And not only did this song featuring Sting performing the iconic MTV phrase вЂњI Want My MTV,вЂќ it was also the first video to premiere on MTV Europe. Despite the вЂњcontroversy,вЂќ this massive joint went on to win an American Music Award, and truth be told, the voracious beat actually led the British Heart Foundation to promote вЂњAnother One Bites the DustвЂќ for medical training.ДЄs evangelists were freaking out over marijuana references in our #7 entry, nothing could have prepared them for the mind-trip of a music video that would come five years later. And why they were listening to Queen records backwards, well, I guess weвЂ™ll never knowвЂ¦maybe they were the ones that were high. When this Chic-inspired single hit the airwaves in August of 1980, paranoid religious conservatives decided that Queen was secretly asking listeners to smoke marijuana. You know вЂ“ itвЂ™s the song you rock out to in your car, but only when you hear that existential phrase: вЂњI Want To Know What Love Is.вЂќ Oh, and itвЂ™s also the perfect cover song for any band that wants to pick up chicks, which means that ForeignerвЂ™s chart topper was quite popular on the Sunset Strip in the '80s. Written by Mick Jones, not to be confused with Mick Jones of The Clash, this heart-wrenching ballad was released in the heyday of big hair and big choruses. Nothing like a classic 80s power ballad, and who better to deliver than Foreigner.

America needed Joan Jett, and she needed some exposure upon leaving The Runaways.

#BILLBOARD TOP 100 1980 FULL#

And as fate would have it, MTV was quickly gaining momentum as an alternative to boring network television, so Joan Jett took full advantage with her unforgettable black and white music video. All joking aside, it was Joan Jett who put her own stamp on this '80s gem a good seven years after Arrows released the original version in 1975. Ok, some of you out there may equate this song with Britney Spears, and for that, you should be ashamed of yourself. In all honesty, the musical arrangement was significantly revised as a whole, and a young Tawny Kitaen was propelled to fame in the utterly amazing music video. In other words, lead singer David Coverdale, of Deep Purple fame, wanted to change the line вЂњhoboвЂќ so it that it didnвЂ™t quite sound like вЂњhomoвЂќ, and well, the version most people know today was re-released nearly five years later in 1987.

When this hard rock anthem was originally released in 1982, it didnвЂ™t quite have that вЂњmanlyвЂќ vibe for mainstream audiences. Welcome to, and today weвЂ™ll be counting down our picks for the Top 10 Billboard Chart Topping Rock Songs of the '80s.ДЇor this list, we focused on rock songs that reached #1 on the Billboard charts while making a definitive mark on pop culture.Д«race yourself for a little rock and roll trivia, Mojoholics. Top 10 Billboard Chart Topping Rock Songs of the 80s

Billboard top 100 1980