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There is no having to turn pages or any other nonsense like that. All these 500 rock songs are listed on one page. We spent a lot of time in the 1980s buying thousands of CDs and cassettes and listening to this music every single day of our lives. If it’s a great rock song released in the 1980s, we included it on this list. It didn’t have to be a superstar group either. A song did not have to be a hit or even released as a single to make this list. These 500 best rock songs represent hits and deep album tracks. The classic rock music of the 1970s split into many different camps like new wave, techno, Americana, blues, metal, and the big hair glam metal sounds that really took over the middle of the decade. There were many changes in rock and roll music that occurred in the big 80s. We considered all the legendary rock acts as well as the ones who came out of nowhere and left just as quickly. Yet, if it was a great song by a rock artist we included it. There is always a fine line with some songs. Of course, there were some great rock tracks that had a pop feel to them that we included too. While some rock artists very much carried over into the pop world, we have tried to stick to just rock songs and put an emphasis on the heaviest stuff. This list will focus pretty much on just rock music. Our Top 500 Rock Songs Of The 80s presents the best rock songs released throughout the decade of the 1980s.

1980 soft rock hits