Most Memorable 80s Songs by a Female Singer

The Top Ten
1 Like a Prayer - Madonna

5 million copies sold

Iconic
Legendary
Naughty
Sexy
Religious

Compared to the ok song - wanna dance with somebody

Nothing like this song to feel the hurt and the power to get out from it. Full of hurt and joy, incredible song. Thanks M.

The most challenging video the media has ever seen by the Queen of Pop, contreversy always worked for Madonna

One of the greatest song ever. Madonna showed a very decent performance

2 Total Eclipse of the Heart - Bonnie Tyler

I cringe whenever I hear this song. Tyler's screaming is like finger nails on a chalkboard. It is my sincere wish is to never ever have to hear this song again. If you are paying to have this song piped in to any store please know that whenever I hear this song in a store I leave immediately.

Love the song, hated the video. Never watched another music video after this one. I preferred my own interpretation.

It was Billboard's #1 song of the year for 1983 and even nowadays this track is very popular

Its one of them complicated love songs of the 80s

3 Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) - Eurythmics

There is not a living person who wouldn't continue singing if you started with Sweet dreams are made of this...

A song that You can sing with because you can relate to. It's also written well and has an message. Love it!

This song plays constantly on the 80s Radio

One Of My Number One Songs In America

4 Girls Just Want to Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper

I'm turning 14 in a few months and I heard this song when I was young so obviously I know at least one verse of the song but this is one of the greatest songs of the 80s and one of my favourite songs EVER! I want to listen to this song until I grow old. I hope this will be more famous than the songs now

Cyndi Lauper is the one of the greatest singer in 80s and she have many song that hits in all over the world like girls just want to have fun, time after time, true colors and many more

I just love this song, and Cyndi is the best singer in the 80's although I was not born during this generation. But its my mom's favorite song and artist.

Amazing artist with a spectacular live voice! I was a teenager in the 80's and have followed since. She just keeps Rocking on. Much love!

5 I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me) - Whitney Houston

I was in Malta when I heard this song and I fell in love with it. It made my holiday and was played everywhere and everyone danced to it. It's a very upbeat song and even to this day when I hear it I have to dance and sing along. Karan Wilson

I believe that Whitney Houston is the not amazing singer in the whole world and nobody has beaten her record cause nobody can cause she is the only voice of the world that is amazing and sweet and holds the record for every singing award no-one will never beat her record cause she is the best and most talented singer in the whole world and she should be first not fourth so if you read this than vote for her to be always first never last cause she is the most perfect women that has ever existed in our crummy and polluted world that we can't fix now cause it's late but anyway I can't wait till my time has come to die so I can meet her and her daughter of should just did now that would be the question of the year in my life so vote for her or I will suicide.

Amazing one song that is so identified to the late Whitney Houston

In my opinion Whitney Houston is and was best singer of all time..

6 Heaven Is a Place on Earth - Belinda Carlisle

Most beautiful,talented and unique vocal untill today. Shivering vocal voice of Carlisle and today u think only shakira has little bit similar voice.
I 'd hope belinda never getting old...

Song holds a feeling of anything is possible. If you just believe.

Carlisle has such an angelic voice, I just had to vote for this one.

Beautiful and really memorable track from the 80's

7 If I Could Turn Back Time - Cher

Changed pop culture & music. Became Cher's signature song until she released Believe.

Cher is in a class all of her own

This is NOT an 80s song!

A legend's classic

8 Flashdance... What a Feeling - Irene Cara

This is like a premiere song of the 1980s it should be much closer to very top within the top 5

I can't help but dance when this track plays

9 Like a Virgin - Madonna

Madonna is so legendary, she is the first lady with a second single on this top ten

Great sexy songs

10 Heartbreaker - Pat Benatar

Tough and powerful voice but still wonderfully melodic.

Strong woman, Pat is

The Contenders
11 Running Up that Hill - Kate Bush

The greatest English rose in history of rock and pop a unique talent. This song is an epic by a true genius if you haven't heard her or of her you haven't yet lived

The whole album (The Hounds Of Love) was a master piece and the title track was even better than this, one of Kate's finest moments.

Kate just did not get enough play and respect here in the U.S. Her vocals are amazing, her style rivaled Stevie Nicks, simply incredible talent

So underestimated and her voice is so wonderful! I love Army Dreamer!

12 Nasty - Janet Jackson

Janet, oh, Janet. 10 number ones on the Billboard Hot 100, 100 million records, what a well deserved mention

Love Janet and her music!

13 Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper

Why is this so far down on the list? This is such a great song

Time after time is a true timeless classic.

Love this song! Should be in the top 10

Nice funky beat easy to sing to

14 Holding Out for a Hero - Bonnie Tyler

Should be top 5 -- currently its behind 30 songs 90% of us don't remember...

15 What's Love Got to Do with It - Tina Turner

Her comeback single, won 3 Grammys, Tina is one tough performer who never gave up

Loved it & still loving it.

16 I'm Coming Out - Diana Ross

I love this song has a really good tune

This is, to me, Diana's catchiest song

17 Physical - Olivia Newton-John

This is the Best song of the eighties as it was #1 for an amazing 10 weeks---- No other song in the eighties was number 1 as long as Physical. It's the most successful song of the entire decade.

Didn't they have to ban the video? But anyway it is super catchy

Hands down this song was the biggest of the 80s

This song started the 80's of strong!

18 Cruel Summer - Bananarama

New wave, the coolest girl band of the 80s! The group wrote the song.

19 (I'll Never Be) Maria Magdalena - Sandra

Legendary superhit from Sandra that topped more than 20 countries

Just love her music!

20 Edge of Seventeen - Stevie Nicks

Love love love

21 Self Control - Laura Branigan

Wonderful, beautiful, sincere and very talented singer often overlooked by the people. I recommend listen and above all, SEE her live performances to every person in the world. She was really FABULOUS PERFORMER!.

Laura Branigan ROCKED this song, nothing Madonna, Lauper sang even comes close in my book and many others, just listen closely and you'll agree too, Like a prayer before this masterpiece, what a joke.

This woman's voice was simply AMAZING, Madonna, Cindi Lauper above her, are you kidding? Well maybe in the skank category.

Sexy with a bit of rock, and european sound, combined with Laura's powerful voice.

22 9 to 5 - Dolly Parton

Listening to this wonderful song I started loving my job

Just phenomenal lady and performer

23 La Isla Bonita - Madonna

Not just memorable but also legendary hit from Madonna

I love this song. Best Madonna song by far.

Oh yeah this was the jams at the dances

Best song by madonna.

24 Crazy For You - Madonna

Another wonderfully beautiful ballad from Madonna

First love type song

Still good in 2016

25 Hit Me with Your Best Shot - Pat Benatar

Simple. I just love this song.

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