1980-1989: The Eighties

1989

Song for Today: Rockin’ In The Free World

Neil Young, Freedom (1989)

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by stuart July 20, 2025December 27, 2025

Song for Today: Think Too Hard

Syd Straw, Surprise (1989)

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by stuart July 9, 2025December 27, 2025

1988

Bonus Song for Christmas: Fairytale of New York

The Pogues, If I Should Fall from Grace with God (1988)

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by stuart December 25, 2025December 27, 2025

Song for Today: Glitter Years

Bangles, Everything (1988)

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by stuart October 22, 2025December 27, 2025

1987

Song for Today: 4th of July

X, See How We Are (1987)

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by stuart August 14, 2025December 27, 2025

Song for Today: U Got The Look

Prince, Sign O’ The Times (1987)

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by stuart August 9, 2025December 27, 2025

1986

Song for Today: My Love Explodes

The Dukes Of Stratosphear, 25 O’Clock (1986)

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by stuart November 23, 2025December 27, 2025

Song for Today: Sleep Of The Just

Elvis Costello, King Of America (1986)

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by stuart October 20, 2025December 27, 2025

Song for Today: Shut Us Down

Camper Van Beethoven, Camper Van Beethoven III (1986)

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by stuart September 23, 2025December 27, 2025

Song for Today: Everybody Have Fun Tonight

Wang Chung, Mosaic (1986)

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by stuart August 19, 2025December 27, 2025

1985

Song for Today: The Man With The Lightbulb Head

Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians, Fegmania! (1985)

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by stuart January 29, 2026January 27, 2026

Song for Today: To Live and Die in LA

Wang Chung, Orchesography (2019)

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by stuart December 28, 2025December 27, 2025

Song for Today: Absolute Beginners

David Bowie, Absolute Beginners (1985)

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by stuart December 12, 2025December 27, 2025

Song for Today: Jig Of Life

Kate Bush, Hounds of Love (1985)

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by stuart November 3, 2025December 27, 2025

Song for Today: Eighties

Killing Joke, Night Time (1985)

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by stuart September 16, 2025December 27, 2025

Song for Today: Cemetery Polka

Tom Waits, Rain Dogs (1985)

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by stuart September 3, 2025December 27, 2025

Song for Today: Rain Dogs

Tom Waits, Rain Dogs (1985)

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by stuart August 31, 2025December 27, 2025

Song for Today: 9th and Hennepin

Tom Waits, Rain Dogs (1985)

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by stuart August 24, 2025December 27, 2025

Song for Today: Better to Have Lost in Love (Than Never to Have Loved At All)

Eurythmics, Be Yourself Tonight (1985)

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by stuart July 26, 2025December 27, 2025

Song for Today: No One Lives Forever

Oingo Boingo, Dead Man’s Party (1985)

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by stuart April 29, 2025December 27, 2025

1984

Song for Today: Forever Young

Firewoodisland, Forever Young (2020)

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by stuart August 15, 2025December 27, 2025

Song for Today: New Sensations

Lou Reed, New Sensations (1984)

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by stuart July 16, 2025December 27, 2025

Song for Today: Ammonia Avenue

Alan Parsons Project, Ammonia Avenue (1984)

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by stuart April 25, 2025December 27, 2025

1983

Song for Today: Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence

Ryuichi Sakamoto, Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1983)

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by stuart February 3, 2026January 28, 2026

Song for Today: Mouth Almighty

Elvis Costello & the Attractions, Punch The Clock (1983)

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by stuart October 6, 2025December 27, 2025

Song for Today: Funk Pop A Roll

XTC, Mummer (1983)

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by stuart September 14, 2025December 27, 2025

Song for Today: Hand of Kindness

Richard Thompson, Hand Of Kindness (1983)

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by stuart September 10, 2025December 27, 2025

Song for Today: This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)

Talking Heads, Speaking In Tongues (1983)

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by stuart July 22, 2025December 27, 2025

Song for Today: Stukas Over Disneyland

The Dickies, Stukas Over Disneyland (1983)

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by stuart June 17, 2025December 27, 2025

1982

Song for Today: Save It for Later

The English Beat, Special Beat Service (1982)

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by stuart February 1, 2026January 28, 2026

Song for Today: More Than This

Roxy Music, Avalon (1982)

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by stuart December 30, 2025December 27, 2025

Song for Today: Sat In Your Lap

Kate Bush, The Dreaming (1982)

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by stuart December 7, 2025December 27, 2025

Song for Today: New Frontier

Donald Fagen, The Nightfly (1982)

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by stuart November 29, 2025December 27, 2025

Song for Today: Islands

Philip Glass and The Philip Glass Ensemble, Glassworks (1982)

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by stuart October 28, 2025December 27, 2025

Song for Today: Baal’s Hymn

David Bowie, Bertolt Brecht’s Baal (1982)

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by stuart October 26, 2025December 27, 2025

Song for Today: Time Out For Fun

Devo, oh, no! It’s DEVO (1982)

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by stuart October 18, 2025December 27, 2025

Song for Today: Beyond Belief

Elvis Costello, Imperial Bedroom (1982)

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by stuart October 3, 2025December 27, 2025

Song for Today: The Have Nots

X, Under The Big Black Sun (1982)

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by stuart August 6, 2025December 27, 2025

Song for Today: Gypsy

Fleetwood Mac, Mirage (1982)

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by stuart May 24, 2025December 27, 2025

1981

Song for Today: Souvenir

Orchestral Manoeuvres In the Dark, Architecture & Morality (1981)

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by stuart January 31, 2026January 28, 2026

Song for Today: N**i Punks Fuck Off

Dead Kennedys, Plastic Surgery Disasters/In God We Trust, Inc. (1981)

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by stuart November 21, 2025December 27, 2025

Song for Today: Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

Eurythmics, Sweet Dreams (1983)

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by stuart October 25, 2025December 27, 2025

Song for Today: The Voice

The Moody Blues, Long Distance Voyager (1981)

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by stuart October 11, 2025December 27, 2025

Song for Today: Bad Reputation

Joan Jett, Bad Reputation (1981)

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by stuart July 27, 2025December 27, 2025

Song for Today: Homosapien

Pete Shelley, Homosapien (1981)

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by stuart June 12, 2025December 27, 2025

1980

Song for Today: Towers Of London

XTC, Black Sea (1980)

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by stuart December 23, 2025December 27, 2025

Song for Today: Living Through Another Cuba

XTC, Black Sea (1980)

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by stuart November 25, 2025December 27, 2025

Song for Today: Grimly Fiendish

The Damned, Phantasmagoria (1980)

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by stuart November 17, 2025December 27, 2025

Song for Today: Garbageman

The Cramps, Songs the Lord Taught Us (1980)

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by stuart November 16, 2025December 27, 2025

Song for Today: Girl U Want

Devo, Freedom of Choice (1980)

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by stuart November 7, 2025December 27, 2025

Song for Today: Antmusic

Adam & The Ants, Kings of the Wild Frontier (1980)

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by stuart October 16, 2025December 27, 2025

Song for Today: I Wanna Destroy You

The Soft Boys, Underwater Moonlight (1980)

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by stuart October 15, 2025December 27, 2025

Song for Today: You May Be Right

Billy Joel, Glass Houses (1980)

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by stuart October 14, 2025December 27, 2025

Song for Today: Messages

Orchestral Manoeuvres In the Dark, Orchestral Manoeuvres In the Dark (1980)

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by stuart September 6, 2025December 27, 2025

Song for Today: Crosseyed and Painless

Talking Heads, Remain In Light (1980)

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by stuart July 14, 2025December 27, 2025

Song for Today: Xanadu

Electric Light Orchestra + Olivia Newton-John, Xanadu Original Soundtrack (1980)

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by stuart June 14, 2025December 27, 2025