Top 20 Underrated Songs of the 1980s

| No. | Song | Artist | Album | Year |
| 1 | All Cats are Grey | The Cure | Faith | 1981 |
| 2 | The Classical | The Fall | Hex Enduction Hour | 1982 |
| 3 | Cheri Cheri Lady | Modern Talking | Let's Talk About Love | 1985 |
| 4 | The Promise | When in Rome | When in Rome | 1988 |
| 5 | History Lesson - Part II | Minutemen | Double Nickels on the Dime | 1984 |
| 6 | Gouge away | Pixies | Doolittle | 1989 |
| 7 | The Riddle | Nik Kershaw | The Riddle | 1984 |
| 8 | Birds Fly | Icicle Works | The Icicle Works | 1984 |
| 9 | This is the Day | The The | Soul Mining | 1983 |
| 10 | Perfume Garden | The Chameleons | What Does Anything Mean? Basically | 1985 |
| 11 | Such a Shame | Talk Talk | It's my Life | 1984 |
| 12 | Never Say Never | Romeo Void | Benefactor | 1982 |
| 13 | Spanish Eyes | Madonna | Like a Prayer | 1989 |
| 14 | The 3rd Time we Opened the Capsule | Kitchens of Distinction | Love is Hell | 1989 |
| 15 | Come Anytime | Hoodoo Gurus | Magnum Cum Louder | 1989 |
| 16 | Primitive Painters | Felt | Ignite the Seven Cannons | 1985 |
| 17 | Hawks & Doves | Neil Young | Hawks & Doves | 1980 |
| 18 | All the Things I wasn't | Grapes of Wrath | Now and Again | 1989 |
| 19 | Shaking Through | REM | Murmur | 1983 |
| 20 | Lose my Breath | My Bloody Valentine | Isn't Anything | 1988 |
| Posted 11/16/11 by the Rock Czar |