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  • 3 Rock Songs From 1983 That Still Make Tough Guys Cry

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    3 Songs From the 1980s That Made Classic Rock Radio So Much Better

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  • American Soul and R&B singer Luther Vandross performs on an episode of the Oprah Winfrey Show, Chicago, Illinois, June 28, 1991. (Photo by Paul Natkin/Getty Images)

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    4 Luther Vandross R&B Classics From the 1980s That We Can’t Stop Singing

  • Foreigner 1978 with Mick Jones (c) (Photo by Chris Walter/WireImage)

    Knowing These 4 Rock Songs From the 80s Will Make You Seem Effortlessly Cool

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  • The Stranglers posing by the 'aural sculpture' after the release of their 1994 album of the same name. Left to right. Hugh Cornwell, Jet Black, Jean-Jacques Burnel, Dave Greenfield. London 1985. (Photo by Dave Hogan/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

    3 Classic Rock Deep Cuts From the 1980s That Rival the Biggest Hits of the Era

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  • UNSPECIFIED - MAY 01: Photo of Animotion (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

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    3 One-Hit Wonders From the 1980s That Still Hit Hard Today, Even Though No One Listens to New Wave Anymore

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  • These 4 Classic Rock Songs From 1989 Would Definitely Sound Even Better Today

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  • Tom Petty in 1981

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    3 Acoustic Classic Rock Songs From the 1980s You’ll Recognize in Two Seconds

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  • THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JOHNNY CARSON -- Pictured: Country music group Restless Heart perform on December 14, 1989 -- (Photo by: Gary Null/NBC via Getty Images)

    3 Forgotten Country Hits From the 1980s That Deserve Rediscovery

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  • Beastie Boys (Photo by Lester Cohen/WireImage)

    Saying More With Less: 3 Minimalist Songs From the 1980s

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  • The British group Depeche Mode with (Back L-R) Dave Gahan and Alan Wilder (Front L-R) Martin Gore and Andy Fletcher, May 7, 1986, in Paris. (Photo by frederic meylan/Sygma via Getty Images)

    3 Songs That Show How Depeche Mode Redefined Synth-Pop in the 1980s

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