100 Underrated 80s Deep Cut Songs

Some of my favorite non-singles on albums, that weren't ever hits. I did repeat a couple of artists just because picking one song was too hard! A lot of hair metal, soft rock, and dance pop.
Side note: Millennials are born from 1981-1996, so the first half of us grew up in the 80s too. Today's kids teens and youngest adults are Gen Z, so don't confuse us.
1 phil collins - i don't wanna know (1985)
2 bon jovi - wild in the streets (1986)
3 human league - are you ever coming back
4 huey lewis - i never walk alone
5 cher - emotional fire (1989)
6 van halen - where have all the good times gone (1982)
7 lionel richie - tonight will be alright
8 alan parsons project - sooner or later (1984)
9 loverboy - watch out (1981)
10 bruce springsteen - bobby jean
11 men at work - i can see it in your eyes
12 christine mcvie - keeping secrets
13 glenn frey - let's pretend we're still in love (1988)
14 sammy hager - back into you (1987)
15 peter cetera - they don't make em like they used to
16 cinderella - nothin' for nothin'
17 tom petty - the best of everything
18 ratt - looking for love
19 laura branigan - living a lie
20 the cars - i refuse
21 jackson browne - knock on any door (1983)
22 rick springfield - the light of love
23 stan bush - crank that radio
24 bruce hornsby - down the road tonight
25 david bowie - shake it
26 paul davis - somebody's gettin' to you
27 samantha fox - that sensation
28 elo - secret lives
29 glenn medeiros - no way out of love
30 richard marx - wait for the sunrise
31 thompson twins - follow your heart
32 elton john - did he shoot her
33 motels - state of the heart
34 whitesnake - straight for the heart
35 bob seger - tightrope
36 neil diamond - fire on the tracks
37 survivor - when seconds count
38 lionel - the only one
39 heart - you ain't so tough
40 mr. mister - don't slow down
41 america - my kinda woman
42 night ranger - chippin' away
43 stevie nicks - no spoken word
44 smokey robinson - you don't know how it feels
45 eddie money - stop steppin' on my heart
46 corey hart - waiting for you
47 michael stanley band - i'll never need anyone more than i need you tonight (1980)
48 chicago - once in a lifetime
49 jack wagner - make me believe it
50 aerosmith - magic touch
51 quiet riot - main attraction
52 fleetwood mac - can't go back
53 zz top - woke up with wood
54 .38 special - i oughta let go
55 belinda carlisle - shot in the dark
56 alabama - old man
57 kix - no ring around rosie
58 michael bolton - gina
59 rhcp - buckle down
60 bonnie raitt - no way to treat a lady
61 prince - dmsr
62 steve perry - go away
63 y&t - anytime at all
64 pat benatar - hard to believe
65 rod stewart - bad for you
66 lindsey buckingham - loving cup
67 white lion - lonely nights
68 george thorogood - smokestack lightning
69 stevie nicks - sable on blond
70 cheap trick - kiss me red
71 howard jones - step into these shoes
72 motley crue - rattlesnake shake
73 nick gilder - footsteps
74 carly simon - interview
75 foreigner - face to face
76 the police - omegaman
77 aviator - front line
78 juice newton - easy way out
79 gerard mchahon - count on me
80 steve winwood - wake me up on judgement day
81 skid row - can't stand the heartachs
82 joe lynn turner - young hearts
83 aretha franklin - push
84 restless heart - we owned this town
85 danger danger - under the gun
86 kiss - you love me to hate you
87 starship - hearts of the world will understand
88 bon jovi - shot through the heart
89 prism - wired
90 joan jett - just like in the movies
91 hall and oates - head above water
92 poison - play dirty
93 tom petty - a thing about you
94 van stephenson - firt full of heat
95 dokken - don't lie to me
96 kim carnes - don't pick up the phone
97 chicago - good for nothing
98 winger - state of emergency
99 wham - heartbeat
100 lou gramm - time

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