10. Irene Cara - FlashDance
-FlashDance(1983)

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=Jcp7v0uoybc[/youtube]

[/Info] The Academy Award winning theme to Flashdance, it has also won the Golden Globe Award (best original song) and managed to hold onto the NO.1 position on the U.S Hot 100 Billboard for 36 days.

9. Huey Lewis - The Power of Love
-Back to the Future(1985)

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=kOu8×1gqW3c[/youtube]

[/Personal Fact] Although it began as humorous after spending an entire evening splicing ‘The Power of love’ into every song playing while co-DJing my friends party, my friends now hate the song and have banned me from DJing again. ditto.

8. Survivor - Eye of The Tiger
-Rocky III(1982)

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=MO_2nQj4O-4[/youtube]

[/Random Fact] Eye of the Tiger was used for a short time as the entrance theme for pro wrestler Hulk hogan (who also appeared in Rocky 3)

7. Kenny Loggins - Danger Zone
-Top Gun(1986)

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=Y1a_ikfUico[/youtube]

[/Random Fact] …….This song was used as entrance music for Japanese pro-wrestlers Masanobu Fuchi and W*ING Kanemura……..

6. A-Ha - The Living Daylights
-The Living Daylights(1987)

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=UUGsSBaLrVw[/youtube]

[/Personal Fact] Is in my opinion is the best James Bond theme, it’s also sung by the same group who did the classic 80s song ‘Take on me“.

[/Random Fact] A-Ha and Bond film composer John Barrey couldn’t agree on how the song should sound, and thus two different versions of the ‘Living Daylights’ song was released. Barrey’s mix which was heard on the Bond soundtrack, and the A-Ha version which can be found on their 1988 album ‘Stay on These Roads’.

5. Ray Parker Jr. - GhostBusters
-GhostBusters(1984)

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=g4uxIo4t7xM[/youtube]

[/Random Fact] ‘Huey Lewis successfully sued Ray Parker, Jr. for plagiarism, citing that Parker stole the melody from his 1983 song “I Want A New Drug“. Ironically, Lewis was approached to compose the main theme song for the movie, but he declined due to his work on the soundtrack for Back to the Future.’ (wikipedia)

4. Stan Bush - The Touch
-Transformers the Movie(1986)

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=c2rb8YmRNxI[/youtube]

[/Personal Fact] The amount of times I listened to this song as a kid, and quoted Rodimus prime saying ‘This is the end of the road Galvatron‘ while waggling my index finger at someone in a threating manner…

[/Random Fact] This song was featured in the 1997 film Boogie Nights and sung by Mark Wahlberg.

3. Simple Minds - Don’t You (Forget about me)
-The Breakfast Club(1985)

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_9sB92dJzM&feature=related[/youtube]

[/Personal Fact] My favourite teen drama from the 80s

[/Random Fact] The song was originally offered to Billy Idol to sing, although after he declined the offer it was passed onto ‘Simple Minds’ which in turn became their highest selling song.

2. Queen - Flash
-Flash(1980)

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=wNf9rEPoc8Q[/youtube]

[/Random Fact] ‘There are two versions of the song. The album version (”Flash’s Theme”) is in fact the start to the movie, with all the dialog from the first scene. The single version however features parts of the dialog cut from various parts of the movie. This version was also included on the Greatest Hits compilation from 1981.’ (wikipedia)

1. Limahl - The Neverending Story
-The Neverending Story(1984)

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=MccmHwA-c4U[/youtube]

[/Personal Fact] Atreyu!! I hear this song nearly every time I go to the local supermarket, they either have a very small music selection or someone working there really likes the song, but that hasn’t dampened my love for this song and the childhood nostalgia it brings back.