"Blame It On the Rain"- Milli Vanilli
"Born in the USA"- Bruce Springsteen
"Come on Eileen"- Dexy's Midnight Runners
"Don't You Forget About Me"- Simple Minds
"Every Breath You Take"- The Police
"Faith"- George Michael
"Fight For Your Right (To Party)"- Beastie Boys
"Girls Just Want to Have Fun"- Cyndi Lauper
"Hungry Like the Wolf"- Duran Duran
"Jenny/ 867-5309"- Tommy Tutone
"Jump"- Van Halen
"Karma Chameleon" - Culture Club
"Livin' On a Prayer"- Bon Jovi
"Material Girl"- Madonna
"Mickey"- Toni Basil
"Our House"- Madness
"Relax"- Frankie Goes to Hollywood
"Superfreak"- Rick James
"Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)"- Eurythmics
"Tainted Love" - Soft Cell
"Take on Me" - A-Ha
"Thriller"- Michael Jackson
"Touch of Gray"- Grateful Dead
"Video Killed the Radio Star"- The Buggles
"Walk This Way"- Run DMC w/ Aerosmith
"When Doves Cry"- Prince
"Whip It"- Devo
"White Wedding"- Billy Idol
"With or Without You"- U2
"You Got It (The Right Stuff)"- New Kids on the Block
For this kind of lists I need evidence that the songs were actually the staff's favorites, and not an attempt to appeal to their listeners/readers/viewers as much as possible. In this particular case, I find that very unlikely...