Subject: "MTV Top 100 Music Videos of the 1980's" (ranked in 1989)
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 Stones99. Wild thing -Tone Loc98. Everybody wants to rule the world-Tears for Fears97. What's love got to do with it -Tina Turner96. Stray cat strut -Stray Cats95. Cult of personality -Living Colour94. Summer of '69 -Bryan Adams93. White wedding -Billy Idol92. Gimme all your loving -ZZ top91. Red red wine -UB4090. Don't you forget about me -Simple Minds89. Dancing in the streets -Bowie & Jagger88. Straight up -Paula Abdul87. Don't mean nothing -Richard Marx86. When I think of you -Janet Jackson85. Invisible touch -Genesis84. Don't come around here no more -Tom Petty83. Every little thing she does is magic-Police82. Paradise city -Guns N' Roses81. Down under -Men at Work80. Rock in the U.S.A. -John Mellencamp79. Parents just don't understand -DJ Jazzy78. Faith -George Michael77. Material girl -Madonna76. The one I love -R.E.M.75. Hold onto the nights -Richard Marx74. Owner of a lonely heart -Yes73. Is this love -Whitesnake72. New sensation -INXS71. Little red corvette -Prince70. I still haven't found what I'm looking for-U269. I want a new drug -Huey Lewis & News68. Run to you -Bryan Adams67. Love bites -Def Leppard66. Sweet dreams -Eurythmics65. Walk like an Egyptian -Bangles64. Got my mind set on you -George Harrison63. Rio -Duran Duran62. Learning to fly -Pink Floyd61. California girls -David Roth60. The Flame -Cheap Trick59. Borderline -Madonna58. Walk this way -Run - DMC57. Burning down the house -Talking heads56. Alone -Heart55. Sunday bloody Sunday -U254. Every rose has its thorn -Poison53. Girls just want to have fun -Cyndi Lauper52. Glory days -Bruce Springsteen51. Photograph -Def Leppard50. Roll with it -Steve Winwood49. Home sweet home -Motley Crue48. Devil inside -INXS47. Nasty -Janet Jackson46. Angel -Aerosmith45. 1999 -Prince44. You give love a bad name -Bon Jovi43. We'll be together -Sting42. Rockit -Herbie Hancock41. Papa don't preach -Madonna40. Man in the mirror -Michael Jackson39. Welcome to the jungle -Guns N' Roses38. These dreams -Heart37. Father figure -George Michael36. I want to dance with somebody -Whitney Houston35. Jack & Diane -John Cougar34. Higher love -Steve Winwood33. You might think -Cars32. Nothin but a good time -Poison31. With or without you -U230. Simply irresistible -Robert Palmer29. Dancing in the dark -Bruce Springsteen28. Sharp dressed man -ZZ Top27. Billie Jean -Michael Jackson26. Hysteria -Def Leppard25. Like a prayer -Madonna24. Jump -Van Halen23. Boys of summer -Don Henley22. Dude(looks like a lady) -Aeosmith21. Take on me -A-ha20. I want your sex -George Michael19. Living on a prayer -Bon Jovi18. Every breath you take -Police17. Pride(in the name of love) -U216. Hungry like the wolf -Duran Duran15. How will I know -Whitney Houston14. Here I go again -Whitesnake13. Beat it -Michael Jackson12. Open your heart -Madonna11. Addicted to love -Robert Palmer10. Land of confusion -Gensis9. Need you tonight/mediate -INXS8. Born in the U.S.A. -Bruce Springsteen7. Sweet child of mine -Guns N' Roses6. Legs -ZZ top5. Wanted dead or alive -Bon Jovi4. Pour some sugar on me -Def Leppard3. Money for nothing -Dire Straits2. Sledgehammer -Peter Gabriel1. 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 pmok, not happy with this list. i bet in retrospect Madonna's "Like a Prayer" or "Express Yourself" would have been in the Top 5.