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The Cure's Robert Smith names his Top 30 songs of the '80s
Robert Smith of The Cure hosted a special two-hour countdown of his top 30 favorite songs from the ‘80s on Sirius XM's 1st Wave channel on Friday. Curious what songs he picked? Here's the list, in alphabetical order, as provided by Stuck in the '80s fan Brad Williams and Cure fan websites.
The biggest surprise: Tainted Love. Seriously?
- ABC - Look of Love
- The Associates - Tell Me It's Easter on Friday
- Bananarama and Funboy 3 - It Ain't What You Do (It's the Way that You Do It)
- David Bowie - Let's Dance
- Kate Bush - Cloudbusting
- Cocteau Twins - Persephone
- Christina - Things Fall Apart
- D.A.F. - Sex Unter Wasser
- Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus
- Dinosaur Jr. - Freak Scene
- Echo & The Bunnymen - Killing Moon
- Peter Gabriel - Red Rain
- Human League - Human
- Jesus and Mary Chain - Some Candy Talking
- Joy Division - The Eternal
- Chaka Khan - I Feel For You
- Madness - Return of the Lost Palmas Seven
- My Bloody Valentine - Lose My Breath
- Mel & Kim - Respectable
- New Order - Everything's Gone Green
- Yoko Ono - Walking On Thin Ice
- The Pixies - Gigantic
- The Pretenders - Don't Get Me Wrong
- Prince - Starfish & Coffee
- Psychedelic Furs - Heaven
- Siouxsie & The Banshees - Dear Prudence
- Soft Cell - Tainted Love
- Sugarcubes - Birthday
- Suzanne Vega - Small Blue Thing
- Tom Waits - In the Neighborhood
Robert Smith’s “My ‘80s Top 30” Countdown will be rebroadcast on Saturday (May 30) at 4 p.m. Eastern time and Sunday (May 31) at 8 p.m. Eastern time on Sirius channel 22.
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