Retro Songs/Tracks of the Year: 2005

[Lethean]

Vanden Plas / Rainmaker was the SOTY for me though.  That much I know.

This is a fantastic song - one of my favorites from Vanden Plas, for sure. But isn't it from 1997 (The God Thing)?

It is.  But it's on a live album that was released in 2000.  If live versions count, that'll give me some more options for some years for sure.

[jingle.boy]

Vanden Plas / Rainmaker was the SOTY for me though.  That much I know.

This is a fantastic song - one of my favorites from Vanden Plas, for sure. But isn't it from 1997 (The God Thing)?

Well fuck... I guess it snuck in here because of Spirit of Live.  Clearly I wasn't paying much attention - I was even thinking "I'm sure Rainmaker was a 90s song"  :lolpalm.

Ok, that said, it'd be a tossup between At the End of the Day, and Dawn of A Million Souls as my SOTY

[nick_z]

Ah, forgot about Spirit of Live! I don't think I've ever checked it out, actually...

[jingle.boy]

Ah, forgot about Spirit of Live! I don't think I've ever checked it out, actually...

Great cover of Kiss of Death.

[ReaperKK]

I don't have a ton of songs for 2000, 12 made the list:

1. Porcupine Tree - Last Chance To Evacuate The Planet Earth Before It Is Recyce
2. Coldplay - Trouble
3. Limp Bizkit - My Way
4. Sunny Day Real Estate - Fool In The Photograph
5. Limp Bizkit - The One
6. Sunny Day Real Estate - Faces In Disguise
7. Coldplay - We Never Change
8. A Perfect Circle - Orestes
9. Geddy Lee - My Favourite Headache
10. Mark Knopfler - Prairie Wedding
11. Amoeba - Traces
12. Ulver - Nowhere / Catastrophe

[nick_z]

Inspired by our conversation here, I went back to The God Thing, and Rainmaker in particular...first off, Fire Blossom...what a great instrumental intro piece. One of the rare cases where it actually deserves its spot, it really builds up the opening of the album. And Rainmaker, yes, it's definitely one of my favorite prog-metal songs from that mid-to-late 90s wave of bands that followed I&W. That and Soul Survives, from their debut. They really nail that mix of great melodies and exciting instrumental stuff.

12. Ulver - Nowhere / Catastrophe

That's another great one! As is Perdition City in general.

[Lethean]

Ok here's 25 songs.  I gave up trying to rank them and went by iTunes plays aside from the top few.  There will be years with more bands, but there will probably always be repeat bands.

1. Fates Warning - Still Remains
2. Fates Warning - Something from Nothing
3. Symphony X - Communion and the Oracle
4. Borknagar - Colossus
5. Symphony X - Rediscovery, Part II: The New Mythology
6. Fates Warning - One
7. Madsword - Time in the Ice
8. Symphony X - Fallen
9. Symphony X - Egypt
10. Symphony X - Absence of Light
11. Ayreon - Dawn of a Million Souls
12. Iron Maiden - The Wicker Man
13. Angel Dust - The One You Are
14. Angel Dust - Enjoy
15. Enchant - What to Say
16. Geddy Lee - Grace to Grace
17. Fates Warning - Pieces of Me
18. Fates Warning - So
19. Enchant - Traces
20. Enchant - Juggling Knives
21. Symphony X - Evolution (The Grand Design)
22. Iron Maiden - Brave New World
23. Iron Maiden - Blood Brothers
24. Enchant - Paint the Picture
25. Geddy Lee - My Favorite Headache

[SoundscapeMN]

1984

So the random number generator came up with 1984. A year, like, likely many of the years from the 80's I suspect for me, I find I enjoy many American Top 40/Friday Night Videos/Billboard Hot 100 tracks. Still, many "Album Tracks" are on my list, and some songs that came out as singles or b-sides in 1984, but were on albums from 1983 or 1985.

Fun and deep list though

Billboard
Singles: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Year-End_Hot_100_singles_of_1984
Albums: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Billboard_200_number-one_albums_of_1984 (only a few on the list, and 1 of them wasn't released in 1984)

Rateyourmusic
Singles: https://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/single/1984/
Albums: https://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/album/1984/

1 Pat Metheny - Yolanda, You Learn
2 Prince - Computer Blue
3 Pat Metheny - First Circle
4 Rush - Between the Wheels
5 Rush - Afterimage
6 U2 - The Unforgettable Fire
7 Marillion - Fugazi
8 Fates Warning - Damnation
9 NRG - Tired Old Man
10 U2 - A Sort of Homecoming
11 Marillion - Cinderella Search
12 Laura Branigan - Self Control
13 Rush - Kid Gloves
14 The Pointer Sisters - Automatic
15 Rush - Distant Early Warning
16 Nik Kershaw - Wouldn't It Be Good
17 Rush - Red Sector A
18 Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers
19 a-ha - Take on Me
20 King Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair
21 Prince - When Doves Cry
22 Philip Bailey and Phil Collins - Easy Lover
23 Wham! - Everything She Wants
24 Queensryche - Take Hold of the Flame
25 NRG - Masques
26 The Police - King of Pain
27 Kenny Loggins - I'm Free (Heaven Helps the Man)
28 Scandal - The Warrior
29 Hall and Oates - Out of Touch
30 Marillion - Assassing
31 Duran Duran - The Wild Boys
32 NRG - If Ever Rain Will Fall
33 Wham! - Careless Whisper
34 Bruce Springsteen - Bobby Jean
35 U2 - Bad
36 Nightranger - Sister Christian
37 Pat Benatar - Love is a Battlefield
38 Tears for Fears - Mothers Talk
39 Huey Lewis and the News - The Heart of Rock and Roll
40 Ultravox - Dancing With Tears in My Eyes
41 Sade - Smooth Operator
42 Prince - Take Me With U
43 Metallica - For Whom the Bell Tolls
44 Rush - The Body Electric
45 Lionel Ritchie - Hello
46 Deniece Williams - Let's Hear it for the Boy
47 Banarama - Cruel Summer
48 Huey Lewis and the News - Heart and Soul
49 The Commodores - Nightshift
50 Bruce Springsteen - Cover Me
51 Prince - I would Die For U
52 NRG - When Strangers Part
53 Huey Lewis and the News - If This Is It
54 The Scorpions - Rock You Like a Hurricane
55 NRG - Staring Into Nothing
56 Duran Duran - New Moon on Monday
57 John Lennon - Nobody Told Me
58 Wham! - Last Christmas
59 Depeche Mode - People Are People
60 The Go-Go's - Head Over Heels
61 Teena Marie - Lovergirl
62 Marillion - Punch & Judy
63 Huey Lewis and the News - Walking on a Thin Line
64 Genesis - That's All
65 Thompson Twins - Doctor! Doctor!
66 John Waite - Missing You
67 Duran Duran - The Reflex
68 Pat Benatar - We Belong
69 Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time
70 Weird Al Yankovic - Midnight Star
71 Iron Maiden - Rime of the Ancient Mariner
72 Corey Hart - Sunglasses at Night
73 Matthew Wilder - Break My Stride
74 Phil Collins - Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)
75 Bruce Springsteen - I'm on Fire
76 The Pretenders - Back on the Chain Gang
77 Animotion - Obsession
78 Dead or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like a Record Player)
79 The Romantics - Talking In Your Sleep
80 Marillion - Incubus
81 Weird Al Yankovic - That Boy Could Dance
82 Don Henley - The Boys of Summer
83 Fates Warning - Night on Brocken
84 Van Halen - Panama
85 Stevie Wonder - I Just Called to Say I Love You
86 The Cars - Drive
87 Bon Jovi - Runaway
88 Queensryche - Warning
89 Queensryche - N M 156
90 U2 - Pride (In the Name of Love)
91 New Edition - Mr Telephone Man
92 NRG - Welcome to Suburbia
93 Queen - I Want to Break Free
94 Elton John - I Guess That's Why they Call it the Blues
95 Yes - Leave It
96 Billy Joel - For the Longest Time
97 Ratt - Round and Round
98 Madonna - Borderline
99 NRG - Suitcase Living
100 Pat Metheny - End of the Game
101 Metallica - Creeping Death
102 Hall & Oates - Adult Education
103 Pat Metheny - Mas Alla (Beyond)
104 Queensryche - En Force
105 Fates Warning - Buried Alive
106 NRG - Morning Light
107 New Edition - Cool It Now

[Lethean]

I had more songs than I thought.

1. Rush - The Enemy Within
2. Rush - Between the Wheels
3. Rush - Afterimage
4. Queensryche - No Sanctuary
5. Queensryche - Take Hold of the Flame
6. Queensryche - Roads to Madness
7. Rush - Distant Early Warning
8. Iron Maiden - Powerslave
9. Iron Maiden - Rime of the Ancient Mariner
10. Queensryche - Warning
11. Queensryche - NM156
12. Queensryche - En Force
13. Queensryche - Deliverance
14. Queensryche - Child of Fire
15. Queensryche - Before the Storm
16. Yngwie Malmsteen - Icarus Dream Suite
17. Rush - Red Sector A
18. Rush - Kid Gloves
19. Yngwie Malmsteen - Black Star
20. Rush - The Body Electric
21. Iron Maiden - Aces High
22. Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers
23. Dio  - Egypt (The Chains Are On)
24. Dio - Last in Line
25. Rush - Red Lenses

[Stadler]

I had more songs than I thought.

1. Rush - The Enemy Within
2. Rush - Between the Wheels
3. Rush - Afterimage
4. Queensryche - No Sanctuary
5. Queensryche - Take Hold of the Flame
6. Queensryche - Roads to Madness
7. Rush - Distant Early Warning
8. Iron Maiden - Powerslave
9. Iron Maiden - Rime of the Ancient Mariner
10. Queensryche - Warning
11. Queensryche - NM156
12. Queensryche - En Force
13. Queensryche - Deliverance
14. Queensryche - Child of Fire
15. Queensryche - Before the Storm
16. Yngwie Malmsteen - Icarus Dream Suite
17. Rush - Red Sector A
18. Rush - Kid Gloves
19. Yngwie Malmsteen - Black Star
20. Rush - The Body Electric
21. Iron Maiden - Aces High
22. Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers
23. Dio  - Egypt (The Chains Are On)
24. Dio - Last in Line
25. Rush - Red Lenses

Even though the Rush is one of my least favorite records, that's a pretty solid list.

[Lethean]

I agree.

Grace Under Pressure is one of my favorite Rush albums though.  Not that Rush won't dominate other 80s years. And 70s.  Because they totally will. 

[TAC]

Nice job Lethean!!!

[nick_z]

I agree.

Grace Under Pressure is one of my favorite Rush albums though.  Not that Rush won't dominate other 80s years. And 70s.  Because they totally will. 

You won't see me argue with that 

(And yes, Grace Under Pressure is fantastic!)

[TAC]

I'll try and narrow it down for the thread, but here's a link to my 1984 Spotify playlist I made a few years ago.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1wGYDAki2KymgnMfKceHLU?si=72001a64c62f4c37

[Lethean]

Nice job Lethean!!!

  I thought for sure my lack of variety would be mocked.

[HOF]

Some good stuff in 1984. Gonna artificially limit it to 3 per album:

The Blue Nile - Tinseltown In The Rain
The Blue Nile - Easter Parade
The Blue Nile - Heatwave
The Blue Nile - Regret (a B-side, so four is OK here)
Rush - Distant Early Warning
Rush - Red Sector A
Rush - Between The Wheels
U2 - A Sort of Homecoming
U2 - Pride (In the Name of Love)
U2 - Bad
Phil Collins - Against All Odds
Peter Gabriel - Walk Through The Fire
Talk Talk - Dum Dum Girl
Talk Talk - Such a Shame
Talk Talk - It’s My Life
Marillion - Assassing
Marillion - Jigsaw
Marillion - Cinderella Search
King Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair
King Crimson - Sleepless
King Crimson - Larks’ Tongues in Aspic, Pt. III
The Europeans - Burning Inside You
The Europeans - Don’t Give Your Heart to Anybody
The Europeans - Acid Rain
Camel - Pressure Points
Camel - Stationary Traveller
Camel - Long Goodbyes

[ReaperKK]

Oooo didn't realize a new year came up. I'll have to fill this out when I get home.

[King Postwhore]

"Owner of a Lonely Heart" -Yes
"Sister Christian" -Night Ranger
"Love Is a Battlefield"   - Pat Benatar
"Talking in Your Sleep" - The Romantics
"Runaway" - Bon Jovi
"Radio Gaga" - Queen
"So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)" – R.E.M
"Between The Wheel" - Rush
"Take Hold Of The Flame" - Queensryche
"I've Had Enough (Into the Fire)" - KISS
"Alone Again" - Dokken (Into the Fire As as well)
"I Can't Hold Back" - Survivor (Fantastic album)
"The Unforgettable Fire" - U2
"Where the Rose Is Sown" – Big Country
"Perfect Strangers" - Deep Purple
"Time Goes By" – Triumph
"That Was Yesterday" - Foreigner

[HOF]

"Owner of a Lonely Heart" -Yes

This was from ‘83 I think.

Also, Dokken - Alone Again is a good one that I missed on my list.

[nick_z]

Ok, this time I'm doing more than one per album (max three), so it gets a little deeper. Ranking these loosely at first, based for the most part on favorite band/record. Then alphabetical...

Rush - Between the Wheels
Rush   - Afterimage
Rush   - Red Sector A
Metallica - Fade to Black
Metallica - Ride the Ligthting
Metallica - Creeping Death
Iron Maiden - Powerslave
Iron Maiden - Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Iron Maiden - 2 Minutes to Midnight
Judas Priest - The Sentinel
Judas Priest - Jawbreaker
Judas Priest - Freewheel Burning
Queensryche - N M 156
Queensryche - Take Hold of the Flame
Queensryche - En Force
U2 - Pride (In the Name of Love)
U2 - The Unforgettable Fire
U2 - Bad
Yngwie Malmsteen - Black Star
Yngwie Malmsteen - Evil Eye
Whitesnake - Slow An' Easy
Whitesnake - Love Ain't No Stranger
Marillion - Assassing
Marillion - Incubus
Deep Purple - Knocking At Your Back Door
Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers
Anthrax - Deathrider
Anthrax - Panic
The Cars - Heartbeat City
The Cars - Magic
Armored Saint - March of the Saint
Bryan Adams - Summer of '69
Bon Jovi - Runaway
Dead Can Dance - In Power We Entrust the Love Advocated
Depeche Mode - Blasphemous Rumors
Dio - The Last in Line
Europe - Stormwind
Michael Hedges - Aerial Boundaries
Don Henley - The Boys of Summer
Mercyful Fate - A Dangerous Meeting
Pallas - Shock Treatment
Prince - Purple Rain
Ratt - Round and Round
Bruce Springsteen - Dancing in the Dark
Toto - Endless
Triumph - Spellbound
Trouble - The Tempter
Twisted Sister - Burn in Hell
W.A.S.P. - Animal (Fuck Like a Beast)
Y&T - Don't Stop Runnin

[King Postwhore]

"Owner of a Lonely Heart" -Yes

This was from ‘83 I think.

Also, Dokken - Alone Again is a good one that I missed on my list.

Oops!  Yup.  The years mix together  lol

[nick_z]

"I Can't Hold Back" - Survivor (Fantastic album)

Yes! I missed this one.

1984

So the random number generator came up with 1984. A year, like, likely many of the years from the 80's I suspect for me, I find I enjoy many American Top 40/Friday Night Videos/Billboard Hot 100 tracks. Still, many "Album Tracks" are on my list, and some songs that came out as singles or b-sides in 1984, but were on albums from 1983 or 1985.

26 The Police - King of Pain

Is this one of the singles you are mentioning, being released in 1984? If that counts, I'm definitely including King of Pain too. Fantastic song.

[HOF]

1984

So the random number generator came up with 1984. A year, like, likely many of the years from the 80's I suspect for me, I find I enjoy many American Top 40/Friday Night Videos/Billboard Hot 100 tracks. Still, many "Album Tracks" are on my list, and some songs that came out as singles or b-sides in 1984, but were on albums from 1983 or 1985.

26 The Police - King of Pain

Is this one of the singles you are mentioning, being released in 1984? If that counts, I'm definitely including King of Pain too. Fantastic song.

Yeah, Synchronicity was 1983, and it looks like it was first a single in the US in 1983 but wasn't released in the UK until 1984. I've been going by album release date, but there will likely be a number of songs released as singles in different years than the album.

[SoundscapeMN]

1984

So the random number generator came up with 1984. A year, like, likely many of the years from the 80's I suspect for me, I find I enjoy many American Top 40/Friday Night Videos/Billboard Hot 100 tracks. Still, many "Album Tracks" are on my list, and some songs that came out as singles or b-sides in 1984, but were on albums from 1983 or 1985.

26 The Police - King of Pain

Is this one of the singles you are mentioning, being released in 1984? If that counts, I'm definitely including King of Pain too. Fantastic song.

Yeah, Synchronicity was 1983, and it looks like it was first a single in the US in 1983 but wasn't released in the UK until 1984. I've been going by album release date, but there will likely be a number of songs released as singles in different years than the album.

yeah it's on the rym list #63
https://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/single/1984/

but you're correct is it did get released originally i 1983 and of course is on Synchronicity which came out that same year
https://rateyourmusic.com/release/single/the-police/king-of-pain-tea-in-the-sahara/

Also it didn't end up on my list, but Weird Al of course also had the Parody "King of Suede" on In 3-D the same year, lol.

[KevShmev]

Oh wow, I could name a ton of songs from 1984.  Scanning through my iTunes, below are the ones I would say are my biggest favorites.  And I am going with one per artist, to be a little fair.  Many are from my MTV-watching days. 

The Boys of Summer - Don Henley (one of my 10 favorite songs ever by anyone)
Distant Early Warning - Rush
When Doves Cry - Prince
Bad - U2
Hammer to Fall - Queen
Careless Whisper - Wham!
Night Comes Down - Judas Priest
Panama - Van Halen
It's My Life - Talk Talk
Drive - The Cars
Had a Dream (Sleeping with the Enemy) - Rodger Hodgson
Fade to Black - Metallica
Run Runaway - Slade
Smuggler's Blues - Glenn Frey
Easy Lover - Phil Collins and Philip Bailey
NM 156 - Queensryche
Original Sin - INXS
Powerslave - Iron Maiden
Little Girl World - Tommy Shaw
I Can't Hold Back - Survivor
This World Over - XTC
Hold Me Now - Thompson Twins
Still Loving You - Scorpions
Infatuation - Rod Stewart
Couldn't Stand the Weather - Stevie Ray Vaughan
Don't Answer Me - Alan Parsons Project
Going Down to Liverpool - The Bangles
What's Love Got to Do With It - Tina Turner
Out of Touch - Hall & Oates
Turn to You - The Go-Go's
Do It Again - The Kinks
Cruel Summer - Bananarama
Two Sides of Love - Sammy Hagar
Michael Caine - Madness
Killing Time - Triumph
Dancing in the Dark - Bruce Springsteen
Do They Know It's Christmas - Band Aid

[nick_z]

Oh wow, I could name a ton of songs from 1984.  Scanning through my iTunes, below are the ones I would say are my biggest favorites.  And I am going with one per artist, to be a little fair.  Many are from my MTV-watching days. 

The Boys of Summer - Don Henley (one of my 10 favorite songs ever by anyone)
Night Comes Down - Judas Priest
What's Love Got to Do With It - Tina Turner

I love The Boys of Summer SO much...maybe not "top 10", but it's a fantastic song. Night Comes Down is one I would have included too, but I had quite a few from Defenders of the Faith already. That's a top 3 Priest album for me. Tina Turner is great too...actually, it made me think by association (because she sang it) of a song I forgot to include...John Waite's Missing You, another classic from that year...

[TAC]

The Boys of Summer - Don Henley

I actually love this song!

[HOF]

The Boys of Summer - Don Henley

I actually love this song!

Will it melt the internet if I tell you that I do too?

[nick_z]

The Boys of Summer - Don Henley   

I actually love this song!

Will it melt the internet if I tell you that I do too?

Why? What is there not to love about that song?

[TAC]

Nick the thing is that HOF and I do not agree on anything.

[jingle.boy]

I'll try and narrow it down for the thread, but here's a link to my 1984 Spotify playlist I made a few years ago.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1wGYDAki2KymgnMfKceHLU?si=72001a64c62f4c37

Nice!  When I've got 9 hours to spare, I know what I'm listening to!

[KevShmev]

The Boys of Summer - Don Henley

I actually love this song!

 

I love The Boys of Summer SO much...maybe not "top 10", but it's a fantastic song. Night Comes Down is one I would have included too, but I had quite a few from Defenders of the Faith already. That's a top 3 Priest album for me. Tina Turner is great too...actually, it made me think by association (because she sang it) of a song I forgot to include...John Waite's Missing You, another classic from that year...

Missing You is another that I associate with 1984 and watching MTV, but while it's on my master 80s playlist, it's one I almost always skip over when shuffling the playlist, so I didn't list it here. Same goes for Ghostbusters by Ray Parker, Jr.

I should have had Rock Me Tonite by Billy Squier on my list, bad video and all.

[jingle.boy]

Man alive, I'm seeing so many fantastic tunes up above.  As it was happening, 12/13 year old jingle.boy was still a pop/Top-40 radio listening kinda kid.  So a lot of my 'faves' would fall in that bucket.  I'm not sure I've alway tagged the years in my iTunes library completely/accurately, so I'm bound to miss more than a few.  I'll just echo the sentiments of Boys of Summer and I Can't Hold Back being absolutely fantastic.  I think during the year 1984, The Reflex (extended mix) was probably my favorite song of the year.  Tim... the lack of Slade on your playlist shames you.

I'm gonna start by quoting others, purging out those that don't tickle me, and bold some of my absolute favorites from the year

15 Rush - Distant Early Warning
16 Nik Kershaw - Wouldn't It Be Good
17 Rush - Red Sector A
18 Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers
19 a-ha - Take on Me
21 Prince - When Doves Cry
22 Philip Bailey and Phil Collins - Easy Lover
23 Wham! - Everything She Wants
24 Queensryche - Take Hold of the Flame
28 Scandal - The Warrior
29 Hall and Oates - Out of Touch
31 Duran Duran - The Wild Boys
33 Wham! - Careless Whisper
35 U2 - Bad
36 Nightranger - Sister Christian
37 Pat Benatar - Love is a Battlefield
39 Huey Lewis and the News - The Heart of Rock and Roll
41 Sade - Smooth Operator
43 Metallica - For Whom the Bell Tolls
45 Lionel Ritchie - Hello
46 Deniece Williams - Let's Hear it for the Boy
48 Huey Lewis and the News - Heart and Soul
53 Huey Lewis and the News - If This Is It
54 The Scorpions - Rock You Like a Hurricane
59 Depeche Mode - People Are People
61 Teena Marie - Lovergirl
64 Genesis - That's All
66 John Waite - Missing You
67 Duran Duran - The Reflex
68 Pat Benatar - We Belong
69 Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time
70 Weird Al Yankovic - Midnight Star
71 Iron Maiden - Rime of the Ancient Mariner
72 Corey Hart - Sunglasses at Night
74 Phil Collins - Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)
76 The Pretenders - Back on the Chain Gang
77 Animotion - Obsession
78 Dead or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like a Record Player)
79 The Romantics - Talking In Your Sleep
80 Marillion - Incubus
82 Don Henley - The Boys of Summer
84 Van Halen - Panama
85 Stevie Wonder - I Just Called to Say I Love You
86 The Cars - Drive
87 Bon Jovi - Runaway
88 Queensryche - Warning
89 Queensryche - N M 156
90 U2 - Pride (In the Name of Love)
93 Queen - I Want to Break Free
94 Elton John - I Guess That's Why they Call it the Blues
95 Yes - Leave It
96 Billy Joel - For the Longest Time
97 Ratt - Round and Round
98 Madonna - Borderline
104 Queensryche - En Force
107 New Edition - Cool It Now

Bad - U2
Hammer to Fall - Queen
Careless Whisper - Wham!
Had a Dream (Sleeping with the Enemy) - Rodger Hodgson 
Run Runaway - Slade
Easy Lover - Phil Collins and Philip Bailey
Original Sin - INXS
I Can't Hold Back - Survivor
Hold Me Now - Thompson Twins
Still Loving You - Scorpions
Infatuation - Rod Stewart
Couldn't Stand the Weather - Stevie Ray Vaughan
Don't Answer Me - Alan Parsons Project
What's Love Got to Do With It - Tina Turner
Out of Touch - Hall & Oates
Do They Know It's Christmas - Band Aid

Iron Maiden - 2 Minutes to Midnight
Whitesnake - Slow An' Easy
Whitesnake - Love Ain't No Stranger
Bryan Adams - Summer of '69
Dio - The Last in Line
Prince - Purple Rain
Ratt - Round and Round
Bruce Springsteen - Dancing in the Dark
Triumph - Spellbound

And I don't think the below had been mentioned

Prince - Let's Go Crazy (this would be 1b to The Reflex as for my fave song at the time)
Slade - My Oh My (one of the greatest power ballads of all time, imo)
Triumph - Time Goes By
Triumph - Midsummer's Daydream
Van Halen - Hot For Teacher
Bryan Adams - One Night Love Affair
Bryan Adams - Run To You
Bryan Adams - Kids Wanna Rock
Helix - Rock You
Kenny Loggins - Footloose
Bonnie Tyler - Holding Out For A Hero
Mike Reno / Ann Wilson - Almost Paradise
Nena - 99 Red Balloons
Foreigner - I Want to Know What Love Is
Chaka Khan - I Feel For You
REO Speedwagon - I Can't Fight This Feeling
Glen Frey - The Heat Is On
Pointer Sisters - Neutron Dance (man I loved this tune!)
Murray Head - One Night in Bangkok
Steve Perry - Oh Sherrie

No love for Savatage boys?

Crazy that only 5 albums held the top of the Billboard chart for the entire year - and Sports only had it for 1 week!

[KevShmev]

Damn, I had the Bryan Adams album Reckless album listed as 1985 incorrectly in my iTunes.   

I would need to edit my list for sure, as Run to You is one of my favorite songs of the decade. 

[TAC]

Tim... the lack of Slade on your playlist shames you.

So, Keep Your Hands Off My Power Supply is not on Spotify. However, The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome is (The Euro version released in 1983). I should add those songs to the 1984 list now that I think about it. I love KYHOMPS. I had it when it came out.