460 1984 BORDERLINE Madonna A young Madonna sings about her weaker side in pure endearment before her meteoric rise to stardom. 461 1981 KEEP ON LOVING YOU REO Speedwagon Speedwagon's Cronin sings a love song that pins the lovers and his love for her against the cynical world in this early 80's hit. 462 1988 PIANO IN THE DARK BRENDA RUSSEL Why didn't Russel reach mega-stardom with these vocals? 463 1985 WE CLOSE OUR EYES Go West The catchy instrumental intro drives you to synth lust. 464 1983 WHEN I'M WITH YOU Sheriff A Canadian rock band sings a power ballad that brings about unsurmountable emotion and romance and makes them a craze with younger ladies. 465 1987 JUST LIKE HEAVEN The Cure A beautifully romantic song in which listeners are left unsure about whether they are in a dream that can't be real. 466 1983 MAMA Genesis A song about an obsession with an older woman, forming an Oedipal's complex, who does not return the same affections 467 1983 STREET OF DREAMS Rainbow Rainbow sings about the blurred line between dreams and reality, or rather a hope that "maybe I just see what I want it to be." 468 1982 I KEEP FORGETTING Michael McDonald The King of Yacht Rock gets emotional about a lost love in this easy-to-listen-to song that displays his supreme vocals. 469 1989 DOWNTOWN LIGHTS The Blue Nile A synth-pop expo about loneliness beneath the sights and lights of the big city 470 1987 I've Been In Love Before Cutting Crew A emotional song in which the guitar is almost singing to you and makes you feel what the singer is going through. 471 1981 WOMAN IN LOVE (IT'S NOT ME) Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Petty sings from the heart as he paints a picture of a man in the wrong end of a love triangle. 472 1983 MORNIN' Al Jarreua A positive, inspirational song that combines jazz, new age, and pop to bring about not only a distinct sound but a distinct experience for the listener 473 1980 BACK IN BLACK AC/DC A rock/metal forum about coming back strong, written as a tribute to their late frontman, Bon Scot, shortly after his death 474 1987 WHERE THE STREETS HAVE NO NAME U2 It's Edge's pulsating guitar chords and Bono's passionate speech-like singing about a utopian place where the streets do not determine your class, that makes this such a rock hit. 475 1980 WOMAN John Lennon Lennon's romantic salute to Yoko Ono, in one of the last songs that he wrote, is touching, to say the least. 476 1983 AFTER THE FALL Journey The great Perry sings the verses with raging emotion and the rest of the band sing the chorus in this regret love song. 477 1981 PLANET EARTH Duran Duran Lebon speaks to you in the background of spacey instrumentals as he calls for extra-terrestrials in a post-apocalyptic world. 478 1982 FREEZE FRAME J. GIELS BAND With sounds of camera clicks and a dragging prechorus to the chorus, Peter Wolf compares a week of meetings and hook-ups with a fine girl to film making. 479 1987 CHEROKEE Europe A metal rock ballad about the plight of the Native Americans that bashes "the white man's greed", has heavy guitar riffs throughout, and a guitar solo that transforms to a synth solo in the typical Europe way 480 1987 MOONLIGHTING All Jarreua The smooth and jazzy Jarreua delivers on this song that served as theme for the show of the same name. 481 1982 HEART TO HEART Kenny Loggins Loggins sings about trying to reconcile a long-broken relationship by being totally honest; with Michael McDonald on back up vocals, you can't beat this. 482 1987 ROCK STEADY The Whispers A lavish aray of dance, pop, soul, and a good time with hook-filled verses and chorus 483 1981 MAN ON THE CORNER Genesis The subject of this tune is the plight of a homeless man, told with a mercurial tone from an observer's point of view. 484 1983 TENDER IS THE NIGHT Jackson Brown Brown sings about his internal struggles with a broken relationship as well as his observations of the city at night. 485 1981 EBONY AND IVORY Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney This great duet doesn't try to solve the complex problem of race relations but offers a thought or suggestion. Hear that Blender! 486 1988 DREAMING OMD OMD manages to sing about a girl pulling all the tricks and doing a man wrong in this danceable synth-pop tune. 487 1984 KEEPING THE FAITH Billy Joel With the use of horns, Joel reminisces about his youth but keeps hope alive for the future with the lines "cause the good ol' days weren't always good and tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems". 488 1983 I WON'T HOLD YOU BACK Toto The great Steve Lukather's vocals are highlighted as he sings about regret over a lost relationship. 489 1980 LET MY LOVE OPEN THE DOOR Pete Townshend After the rock-out cheery chorus, the song's cherry on top is the line of the last verse "your so lucky I'm around". 490 1984 NO MORE WORDS Berlin Nunn gets emotional and puts her foot down on this hooky New Wave hit. 491 1985 JEANNY Falco Only Falco can make the musings of stalker- sung partially in German and partially in English- so suspenseful and dramatic. 492 1981 YESTERDAY'S SONG Neil Diamond Diamond adds so much flavor to his already own great vocals with the background chorus. 493 1981 EVERY LITTLE THING SHE DOES IS MAGIC The Police Sting sings from the perspective of of an obsessed individual through which the subject of his love can do nothing wrong, as the dragging pre-chorus leads to a punchout full charge chorus. 494 1983 EVERYDAY I WRITE THE BOOK Elvis Costello In an easy-to-listen-to song with a heavy dose of piano, Costello compares writing a book to the chronology of a relationship. 495 1983 ONE ON ONE Hall N Oats A smooth, easy rock/soul song about wanting to be alone with someone 496 1986 YOU GOT IT ALL The Jets A sax-laden, melodic, ballad about how one lover out does another. 497 1986 SUMMER OF LOVE B-52s Catchy beats abound in this ode to the Summer of 67 where the "man" is a drug dealer and various drugs are discussed in cognito. 498 1988 AN ENGLISHMAN IN NEW YORK Sting Sting sings a somewhat of a self-biography about a gay poet who he befriended in this jazz laden...
