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Swellsville



It was featured in the Seattle-based fanzine Swellsville: A Critical Guide for Consumer Deviants #10, Summer 1990. Except for one obvious spelling error (AD/DC instead of AC/DC), the following was typed verbatim from the 'zine:

FINAL WORD: THE BEST SINGLES OF THE '80S

Thanks to Mike Daddino for this list

(according to Chuck Eddy, who should know)

1.) Spoonie Gee -- "Spoon'nin Rap" (Sugarhill 12", 1980)
2.) Trickeration -- "Western Gangster Town" (Sound of New York 12", 1980)
3.) Funky Four Plus One -- "That's The Joint" (Sugarhill 12", 1981)
4.) Foreigner -- "I Want To Know What Love Is" (Atlantic, 1985)
5.) John Cougar -- "Jack And Diane" (Riva, 1982)
6.) Madonna -- "Into The Groove" (Sire 12", 1985)
7.) Pet Shop Boys -- "Rent" (EMI UK, 1987)
8.) Prince -- "I Wanna Be Your Lover" (Warner Bros., 1980)
9.) Guns N' Roses -- "Welcome To The Jungle"/"Mr. Brownstone" (Geffen, 1988)
10.) Pet Shop Boys -- "West End Girls" (EMI 12", 1986)
11.) John Waite -- "Missing You" (EMI America, 1984)
12.) Debarge -- "Time Will Reveal" (Gordy, 1984)
13.) Def Leppard -- "Photograph" (Mercury, 1983)
14.) Fun Fun -- "Baila Bolero" (ZYX 12", 1987)
15.) Public Enemy -- "Bring The Noise" (Def Jam, 1987)
16.) Lou Gramm -- "Midnight Blue" (Atlantic, 1987)
17.) Madonna -- "Borderline" (Sire 12", 1984)
18.) Scritti Polliti -- "The Sweetest Girl" (Rough Trade 12", 1981)
19.) Blowfly -- "Blowfly's Rapp" (T.K. Disco 12", 1980)
20.) Van Halen -- "Jump" (Warner Bros., 1984)
21.) John Cougar Mellencamp -- "Small Town" (Riva, 1985)
22.) Funky Four Plus One More -- "Rappin And Rocking The House" (Enjoy 12",
1980)
23.) Run-D.M.C. -- "Rock Box" (Profile 12", 1984)
24.) Lady B. -- "To The Beat Y'All" (Sugarhill 12", 1980)
25.) Shannon -- "Let The Music Play" (Emergency 12", 1983)
26.) Sylvia -- "Nobody" (RCA, 1982)
27.) Strikers -- "Body Music" (Prelude 12", 1981)
28.) Teena Marie -- "Square Biz" (Gordy, 1981)
29.) The Deele -- "Two Occasions" (Solar, 1988)
30.) Depeche Mode -- "Just Can't Get Enough" (Mute, 1981)
31.) Michael Jackson -- "Billie Jean" (Epic, 1983)
32.) Teena Marie -- "Lips To Find You" (Epic 12", 1986)
33.) Madonna -- "Crazy For You"(Geffen, 1985)
34.) S-Express -- "Theme From S-Express"/"The Trip" (Capitol 12", 1988)
35.) Kim Carnes -- "Bette Davis Eyes" (EMI America, 1981)
36.) Pet Shop Boys -- "Suburbia" (EMI 12", 1986)
37.) Billy Joel -- "Allentown" (Columbia, 1981)
38.) Schoolly D -- "Gucci Time" (Schoolly D 12", 1986)
39.) Expose -- "Point Of No Return/Come Go With Me/Exposed To Love (Megamix)"
(Arista 12", 1987)
40.) Def Leppard -- "Hysteria" (Mercury, 1988)
41.) Guns N' Roses -- "Sweet Child O' Mine" (Geffen, 1988)
42.) Madonna -- "Live To Tell" (Sire, 1987)
43.) Dimples D -- "Sucker DJs (I Will Survive)"/"Suckapella" (Partytime 12",
1983)
44.) Run-D.M.C. -- "Sucker M.C.'s"/"It's Like That" (Profile 12", 1983)
45.) L.L. Cool J -- "I Can't Live Without My Radio" (Def Jam, 1985)
46.) Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton -- "Islands In The Stream" (RCA, 1983)
47.) Beastie Boys -- "Rock Hard" (Def Jam 12", 1985)
48.) New Order -- "Temptation" (Factory UK 12", 1982)
49.) Ramones -- "Bonzo Goes To Bitburg" (Beggars Banquet UK, 1985)
50.) Bryan Adams -- "Summer Of '69" (A&M, 1985)
51.) L'Trimm -- "Cars With The Boom" (Atlantic, 1988)
52.) Teena Marie -- "Lovergirl" (Epic, 1985)
53.) The Flying Lizards -- "Sex Machine" (Statik UK 12", 1984)
54.) The Commodores -- "Nightshift" (Motown, 1985)
55.) Altered Images -- "I Could Be Happy" (Portrait 12", 1981)
56.) Michael Jackson -- "Beat It" (Epic, 1983)
57.) Don Henley -- "Boys Of Summer" (Geffen, 1985)
58.) Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five -- "Super Rappin' No.2" (Enjoy
12", 1980)
59.) Sweet Sensation -- "Take It While It's Hot" (Atco, 1988)
60.) Bon Jovi -- "I'll Be There For You" (Mercury, 1989)
61.) Laurie Anderson -- "O Superman"/"Walk The Dog" (Warner Bros. 12", 1981)
62.) L.L. Cool J -- "Rock The Bells (Original Version)" (Def Jam 12", 1986)
63.) Flipper -- "Ha Ha Ha" (Subterranean, 1981)
64.) Robin Gibb -- "Boys Do Fall In Love" (Mirage, 1984)
65.) Strafe -- "React (Extractive Mix)" (A&M 12", 1985)
66.) Jacksons -- "Heartbreak Hotel" (Epic, 1980)
67.) Bon Jovi -- "Livin' On A Prayer" (Mercury, 1987)
68.) Black Flag -- "Louie Louie" (Posh Boy, 1981)
69.) Essential Logic -- "Popcorn Boy"/"Fora Force" (Rough Trade UK, 1980)
70.) Suzanne Vega -- "Luka" (A&M, 1987)
71.) Rod -- "Shake It Up (Do the Boogaloo)" (Prelude 12", 1980)
72.) Joy Division -- "She's Lost Control" (Factory 12", 1980)
73.) Steve Perry -- "Foolish Heart"/"Oh Sherrie" (Columbia, 1985)
74.) Dionne Warwick -- "Heartbreaker" (Arista, 1982)
75.) M/A/R/R/S -- "Pump Up The Volume" (4th & B'Way, 1987)
76.) Three Johns -- "Death Of The European" (Abstract UK, 1985)
77.) Test Dept. -- "Compulsion"/"Pulsations" (Some Bizarre UK 12", 1983)
78.) Taana Gardner -- "Heartbeat" (West End 12", 1981)
79.) Frankie Knuckles presents Satoshi Tomiie -- "Tears (Def Remix)" (ffrr
12", 1989)
80.) Nena -- "99 Luftballons" (Epic, 1984)
81.) N.W.A. -- "Gangsta Gangsta" (Ruthless 12", 1989)
82.) Grandmaster Flash And The Furious Five -- "The Message" (Sugarhill 12",
1982)
83.) Karyn White -- "Superwoman" (Warner Bros., 1989)
84.) Poison -- "Talk Dirty To Me" (Enigma, 1987)
85.) Lita Ford -- "Kiss Me Deadly" (RCA, 1988)
86.) The Fall -- "No Bulbs" (Beggars Banquet UK 12", 1985)
87.) Hank Williams Jr. -- "All My Rowdy Friends" (Epic, 1981)
88.) "The Adventures Of Grandmaster Flash On The Wheels Of Steel" (Sugarhill
12", 1981)
89.) Killing Joke -- "Change"/"Requiem" (Malicious Damage UK 12", 1980)
90.) Vivien Vee -- "Heartbeat" (TSR 12", 1987)
91.) Kix -- "Don't Close Your Eyes" (Atlantic, 1989)
92.) Edelweiss -- "Bring Me Edelweiss" (Atlantic, 1989)
93.) AC/DC -- "You Shook Me All Night Long" (Atlantic, 1980)
94.) Moe And Joe -- "Where's The Dress" (Columbia, 1984)
95.) Debbie Gibson -- "Medley: Out Of The Blue/Shake Your Love/Only In My
Dreams" (Atlantic 12", 1988)
96.) Crass -- "Sheep Farming In The Falklands" (Crass UK, 1983)
97.) John Cougar Mellencamp -- "Authority Song"/"Pink Houses (Acoustic
Version)" (Riva, 1984)
98.) Spoonie Gee -- "The Godfather" (Tuff City 12", 1987)
99.) Frida -- "I Know There's Something Going On" (Atlantic, 1982)
100.) Bruce Springsteen -- "One Step Up" (Columbia, 1988)