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Subject: "MTV Top 100 Music Videos of the 1980's" (ranked in 1989)

Written By: woops on 02/28/07 at 6:42 pm

Got this from another board...

No suprise on #1, but suprised that there's not a Madonna video in the Top 10 and "Take On Me" is at #21...

MTV Top 100 of the 80's Countdown Nov 24, 1989

VJs: Kevin Seal, Adam Curry

100. Start me up -Rolling Stones
99. Wild thing -Tone Loc
98. Everybody wants to rule the world-Tears for Fears
97. What's love got to do with it -Tina Turner
96. Stray cat strut -Stray Cats
95. Cult of personality -Living Colour
94. Summer of '69 -Bryan Adams
93. White wedding -Billy Idol
92. Gimme all your loving -ZZ top
91. Red red wine -UB40
90. Don't you forget about me -Simple Minds
89. Dancing in the streets -Bowie & Jagger
88. Straight up -Paula Abdul
87. Don't mean nothing -Richard Marx
86. When I think of you -Janet Jackson
85. Invisible touch -Genesis
84. Don't come around here no more -Tom Petty
83. Every little thing she does is magic-Police
82. Paradise city -Guns N' Roses
81. Down under -Men at Work
80. Rock in the U.S.A. -John Mellencamp
79. Parents just don't understand -DJ Jazzy
78. Faith -George Michael
77. Material girl -Madonna
76. The one I love -R.E.M.
75. Hold onto the nights -Richard Marx
74. Owner of a lonely heart -Yes
73. Is this love -Whitesnake
72. New sensation -INXS
71. Little red corvette -Prince
70. I still haven't found what I'm looking for-U2
69. I want a new drug -Huey Lewis & News
68. Run to you -Bryan Adams
67. Love bites -Def Leppard
66. Sweet dreams -Eurythmics
65. Walk like an Egyptian -Bangles
64. Got my mind set on you -George Harrison
63. Rio -Duran Duran
62. Learning to fly -Pink Floyd
61. California girls -David Roth
60. The Flame -Cheap Trick
59. Borderline -Madonna
58. Walk this way -Run - DMC
57. Burning down the house -Talking heads
56. Alone -Heart
55. Sunday bloody Sunday -U2
54. Every rose has its thorn -Poison
53. Girls just want to have fun -Cyndi Lauper
52. Glory days -Bruce Springsteen
51. Photograph -Def Leppard
50. Roll with it -Steve Winwood
49. Home sweet home -Motley Crue
48. Devil inside -INXS
47. Nasty -Janet Jackson
46. Angel -Aerosmith
45. 1999 -Prince
44. You give love a bad name -Bon Jovi
43. We'll be together -Sting
42. Rockit -Herbie Hancock
41. Papa don't preach -Madonna
40. Man in the mirror -Michael Jackson
39. Welcome to the jungle -Guns N' Roses
38. These dreams -Heart
37. Father figure -George Michael
36. I want to dance with somebody -Whitney Houston
35. Jack & Diane -John Cougar
34. Higher love -Steve Winwood
33. You might think -Cars
32. Nothin but a good time -Poison
31. With or without you -U2
30. Simply irresistible -Robert Palmer
29. Dancing in the dark -Bruce Springsteen
28. Sharp dressed man -ZZ Top
27. Billie Jean -Michael Jackson
26. Hysteria -Def Leppard
25. Like a prayer -Madonna
24. Jump -Van Halen
23. Boys of summer -Don Henley
22. Dude(looks like a lady) -Aeosmith
21. Take on me -A-ha
20. I want your sex -George Michael
19. Living on a prayer -Bon Jovi
18. Every breath you take -Police
17. Pride(in the name of love) -U2
16. Hungry like the wolf -Duran Duran
15. How will I know -Whitney Houston
14. Here I go again -Whitesnake
13. Beat it -Michael Jackson
12. Open your heart -Madonna
11. Addicted to love -Robert Palmer
10. Land of confusion -Gensis
9. Need you tonight/mediate -INXS
8. Born in the U.S.A. -Bruce Springsteen
7. Sweet child of mine -Guns N' Roses
6. Legs -ZZ top
5. Wanted dead or alive -Bon Jovi
4. Pour some sugar on me -Def Leppard
3. Money for nothing -Dire Straits
2. Sledgehammer -Peter Gabriel
1. Thriller -Michael Jackson

Subject: Re: "MTV Top 100 Music Videos of the 1980's" (ranked in 1989)

Written By: wsmith4 on 03/02/07 at 12:51 pm

ok, not happy with this list.  i bet in retrospect Madonna's "Like a Prayer" or "Express Yourself" would have been in the Top 5.

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