1. "Never gonna miss your love, never gonna call your phone"
   "Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down"
2. "Never gonna be your eyes, never gonna let you down"
   "Never gonna trip you up, or make you fall down"

When you look at Rick Astley, you probably have some questions about where his voice came from. It just doesn't seem to match his physique. However, we all appreciate the little red-head and his music that is an instant earworm.

1. "How can you find the standing of this world's old folds?"
   "How can you just leave me standing alone in a world so cold?"
2. "How is there so much anger in a world that is so cold?"
   "How is there so much disaster in the world that I know?"

Prince may have been one of the only artists of the 1980s pop scene that played his own instruments, wrote his own songs and basically rocked the world as a frontman. His career spanned over five decades.

1. "Cola, cola, cola, cola, cola and pizza man"
   "Swarma, swarma, swarma, swarma, swarma of chameleons"
2. "Form a, form a, form a, form a, form a-alien"
   "Karma, karma, karma, karma, karma chameleon"

Boy George noted that this song is a lot deeper than it sounds. It's really about a fear of being judged, and the alienation that comes with that judgement. It's also a song about trying to change yourself to appease the masses ... which is not fun.

1. "Jitterbug ... Jitterbug"
   "Sit and hug"
2. "Flutterbug ... Flutterbug"
   "Under rugs ... under rugs"

George Michael and Wham! were pretty close to the biggest pop names of the 1980s. The band gave us fantastic dance songs that we could sing along to with confidence ... even if we didn't know the lyrics.

1. "Ah, rush it, rush it good"
   "Ah, nosh it, nosh it good"
2. "Ah, lose it, lose it good"
   "Ah, push it, push it good"

For a while, it seemed that hip-hop belonged to the men until Salt-N-Peppa came along. They weren't about to go the pop route ... they knew that they were powerful rappers who could hold their own in the boy's club.

1. "Can't you see you belong to me"
   "Can't you be nicer to me"
2. "Can't you have a big red tree"
   "What's to see in the deep blue sea"

When you actually listen to the words of "Every Breath You Take", you might start questioning Sting's creeper level. However, in the 1980s, it was considered a touching love song that many adored.

1. "Oh, girls just wanna have sun"
   "Oh, girls we have all won"
2. "Oh, girls just wanna have fun"
   "Oh, girls just run the world"

"Girls Just Want To Have Fun" reminded us that we don't have to be uptight and angry to be successful. While most of the movies during the time period showed boys sowing their wild oats, Cyndi Lauper reminded us that girls can let loose, too.

1. "Get into the groove, boy, you've got to prove your love to me"
   "Get all over the street and groove with me, let's get into it"
2. "Get over your blues and prove that you groove with me"
   "All of our groove is something to lose if we don't start dancing"

Madonna was the queen of the 1980s. Teens loved her music, and everyone wanted to dance to her songs. There were groups, however, who thought her methods were controversial, and that she was a little too lewd for their taste.

1. "I had a lifetime to think, and I don't want you anymore"
   "I've had a thousand lives, and this is the best one by far"
2. "I like to think about life and how I will do it different next time"
   "I've had the time of my life, no, I never felt this way before"

Patrick Swayze was a popular actor in the '80s. Every movie he was in showed off so many of his skills, including martial arts and dancing. "Dirty Dancing" is a timeless love story that shows social class doesn't matter if love is involved.

1. "Sweet dreams are made of this. Who am I to disagree?"
   "Sweet dreams on the seven seas over the moon in my dreams"
2. "Sweet hearts love forever in dreams, but not in real life"
   "Hold dreams in your pajamees and please drink some piping' tea"

The Eurythmics brought a new song to the rock pop scene in the '80s, and even if you weren't a fan of their style, you couldn't deny the songs that they produced were unique and catchy ... to say the least.

1. "You aren't here or in my dreams"
   "You were wrong and I know now"
2. "I found love but only somehow"
   "You give love a bad name"

Bon Jovi's lyrics really brought home the idea that rock stars could write about heartache and pain, but not be too angry about it. This song is clearly about being hurt, but processing the pain rather than retaliating.

1. "I have a good mind to punch you, baby"
   "I made up my mind, I'm keepin' my baby"
2. "I don't think you'll mind that I'm having a baby"
   "I know there's some time to think about babies"

This controversial song really hit a lot of people right in the religion. The song is about a girl who has to tell her father that she's pregnant and that she won't be giving the baby up for adoption. It's a plead for understanding that the world is changing, even if religion doesn't.

1. "Once I grabbed a purse from a nice lady"
   "Once I found a blue dog in a stew"
2. "Once I found you, I never let you run from me"
   "Once I ran to you, now I run from you"

Soft Cell's "Tainted Love" was a poppy hit that everyone loved hearing. These days, some call it one of the defining songs of the 1980s, and who could blame them? It has the sound and heart that most '80s pop couldn't live without.

1. "And I can't find a warm bed"
   "And I dreamt I was in your bed"
2. "And I meant every word I said"
   "And I found you heard what I said"

In one heck of an '80s love ballad, REO Speedwagon takes lyrics to a whole new level with "Keep On Loving You." This song is about how even if you're hurt, you can still love the person who hurt you.

1. "Just an uptown girl with the entire world"
   "Just a small town girl living in a lonely world"
2. "Just another girl in the deep dark world"
   "Who is this girl who entered my world"

When the song pops on, you can't help but let the world know that you know the lyrics to the song. Don't worry, everyone else is in the same boat. This song has become even more popular with age.

1. "A little ditty 'bout Jack and Diane"
   "Here's the story of Jack and his lady"
2. "I want to party with Jack and Diane"
   "I know a guy named Jack and a girl named Diane"

There is no doubt that John Mellencamp is the all-American singer. His songs about the heartland and small-town life were enough to make any Midwesterner blush. "Jack and Diane" is about the fact that love doesn't last forever and nothing is perfect.

1. "Don't you have to go pee"
   "Don't you want to see me"
2. "Don't you, forget about me"
   "Don't you want to be free"

Anyone who has seen "The Breakfast Club" knows this song like the back of their hand. It may be difficult to understand some of the lyrics that aren't in the chorus, but overall, it's a pretty easy one to catch.

1. "I just want a chance for some money"
   "Oh, I can't take the chance with my money"
2. "Oh, I found myself a honey'
   "Oh, I wanna dance with somebody"

"I wanna feel the heeeeat with somebod-ay" ... Eh-hem, sorry. It's difficult to read any Whitney lyrics and not bust out into song. "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" arrived on the pop scene in 1987, and everyone has loved Whitney since.

1. "Is your heart stronger than thunder?"
   "Do you come from a land down under?"
2. "Would you come with me I wonder"
   "Is there a place down under?"

When you get deep into the lyrics of "Down Under" by Men At Work, you realize that they were really trying hard for some rhymes. The song itself is very cheesy, but it has that classic '80s sound that everyone's looking for.

1. "I found a way to jump and I can't jump now"
   "I know how to jump and I like to jump around"
2. "I get up and nothing gets me down"
   "Jump up and get down when you jump around"

Van Halen's sound was unique in the '80s as it played off the classic rock sounds as well as the '80s hair-metal sounds. "Jump" was a hit single that was released in 1983 on the album with the same title.

1. "She know love, I can't compete"
   "Risin' up, back on the street"
2. "Trainin' up, so I can compete"
   "In the eye, I see my own feet"

"Eye Of The Tiger" by Survivor was such a popular song after "Rocky III" that it couldn't be ignored. It was all about finding strength within yourself, even if you feel like you're a washed-up boxer.

1. "Love is like a bomb, baby, c'mon, get it on"
   "Love and the other room with a girl I never knew"
2. "Love me with some meaning, girl, I get the feeling"
   "Your like the bomb, and I've come to get it on"

Def Leppard was made up of the youngest rockers the 1980s produced. The band was formed in 1977, and a couple of the members were still in their teens. They made it big in America in the 1980s with their awesome sound and entertaining shows.

1. "Woah, I'm under the stairs, oh, under your stairs"
   "Whoa, you're not gonna be fair, so-o I'm gonna go there"
2. "Woah, we're half way there. Woah, livin' on a prayer"
   "Woah, I'm on my way over there"

Bon Jovi had a different sound than any other hair band of the '80s. He was considered the smiling rocker, and (according to Nikki Sixx of Motley Crue), you just can be a rocker if you smile while you sing.

1. "I found that her hair had me all over there"
   "I like her hair and she has great flare"
2. "I'm not going to care, but I can't stop thinking about her hair"
   "Taking more than her share, had me fighting for air"

AC/DC was a rock band that simply didn't care what anyone thought. The Australians started the band in 1973, but their hits from the '80s are still well-known and played on rock radio stations to this day.

1. "Where's my hug in the new, in the new day"
   "What's a heart got to do, got to do with it"
2. "What's love got to do, got to do with it"
   "Where are my shoes, in the bag, in the bag of it"

Tina Turner's strength brings her music to a whole new level. She survived some of the most difficult times a woman can face and freed herself from the shackles of a terrible marriage. There's no doubt, she's an inspiration to us all.

1. "Under a bridge and over a gate"
   "Sleight of hand and twist of fate"
2. "I'm in love, but I married too late"
   "I found a girl under the gate"

U2's rise in the '80s brought on an entirely new sound that was hard to define with the genres that existed in the decade. They were soft rock, but with hard themes to their music, and most record companies didn't know what to do with them.

1. "All the cops in the donut shop, say ay-oh whey-oh"
   "All the spots where I shop are way low, hey o"
2. "All my parts in the carts are in the long row"
   "She lost her heart and is miles apart oh-no"

The Bangles had a few hits throughout the decade, but "Walk Like an Egyptian" was one that you listened to for the sheer cheese of it. It was a fun song with interesting lyrics that called to the times.

1. "She's got ice in her eyes as if she thought of rain"
   "She's got eyes of the grayest skies as if they're full of rain"
2. "She's got eyes in the rain of day blue as the sky"
   "She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rain"

Guns N' Roses gave us a lot of great songs in the 1980s, but the most timeless of their library has to be "Sweet Child O' Mine." The song is somewhere between a rock ballad and a hardcore epic, which makes it both unique and awesome.

1. "I'm headin' down the Savanah highway"
   "I'm headed for the New York highway"
2. "I'm headin' down the Atlanta highway"
   "I'm headed for the Indiana skyway"

The B-52's gave us some interesting music in the 1980s. It called back to the simpler pop of the 1950s and '60s, but with a tone and lyrics that were simply meant for the 1980s. The one-hit-wonder band will never be forgotten because of this song.

1. "This thing called love, I just can't handle it"
   "This thing you found is a big heart of mine"
2. "I love this crazy thing that I found"
   "I'm not in love, I just want to hit it"

Queen's success did spill over into the 1980s, and "Crazy Litle Thing Called Love" was one of their big songs in the decade. It is rumored the entire song was written in about five or 10 minutes.

1. "I'll be drumming up love today"
   "I'll be coming for your love, okay?"
2. "I have a lot of love today"
   "You're not my only love today"

"Take On Me" didn't just deliver the band's number-one hit; it was accompanied by a music video that was well ahead of its time. The video, which included special effects, is still considered one of the best of all time.

1. "Some time over here is all you need"
   "Your time is what I cherish the most"
2. "So slide over here and give me a moment"
   "So glide over here and tell me you love me"

The 1987 hit, "Need You Tonight" showed us that a band's lyrics and music videos can both be artistic as well as engaging. Those who like both rock and pop were fans of INXS and this song.

1. "You aren't know for your strippers"
   "You could have a big dipper"
2. "You may just be a stripper"
   "You are such a weird hipster"

Yes, "Sledgehammer" had some pretty off-the-wall lyrics, and the video for the song was even more intense, utilizing stop-motion animation. However, this song along with the video showed Gabriel's artistic range.

1. "They say Jimmy's always misunderstood"
   "Tell me Jimmy will make us feel real good"
2. "Rat-tailed Jimmy is a second-hand hood"
   "I need Jimmy to feel so good"

"Dr. Feelgood" is not a song your children should be listening to, but the children of the '80s were all over it. The song actually got some radio time, as the FCC didn't necessarily understand the metaphors about drug abuse ... for a little while.

1. "Staddle the line in discord and rhyme"
   "Stuck on a line with a big new rhyme"
2. "Struck by a line that had a nice rhyme"
   "Broke on the wire of ice and fire"

Duran Duran was a band that women and men loved with hits like "Hungry Like The Wolf." As a matter of fact, they are still popular today, and they still tour the United States pretty frequently.