80s Music Videos & Mixes
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Celebrated Summer
Hüsker Dü
Head On
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Love Removal Machine
The Cult
Don't Want to Know If You Are Lonely
Hüsker Dü
Gone Daddy Gone
Violent Femmes
Lake of Fire
Meat Puppets
Bad
U2
I Will Dare
The Replacements
About a Girl
Nirvana
Where the Streets Have No Name
U2
Teen Age Riot
Sonic Youth
Being with You
Smokey Robinson
Caught Up in a Rapture
Anita Baker
Between the Sheets
The Isley Brothers
Yellow Moon
The Neville Brothers
I Want Your Sex
George Michael
Pop Life
Prince and The Revolution
P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)
Michael Jackson
Keep On Movin'
Soul II Soul feat. Caron Wheeler
Nasty
Janet Jackson
Manchild
Neneh Cherry
I Would Die 4 U
Prince and The Revolution
Bad
Michael Jackson
That's Entertainment
The Jam
Ashes to Ashes
David Bowie
Just Like Heaven
The Cure
Papa Don't Preach
Madonna
Never Let Me Down Again
Depeche Mode
Just Can't Get Enough
Depeche Mode
Smalltown Boy
Bronski Beat
Two Tribes
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Whip It
Devo
Via con me
Paolo Conte
I.G.Y. (What a Beautiful World)
Donald Fagen
Talkin' All That Jazz
Stetsasonic
Jockey Full of Bourbon
Tom Waits
Shipbuilding
Robert Wyatt
Everyday I Write the Book
Elvis Costello and The Attractions
Holding Back the Years
Simply Red
Long Hot Summer
The Style Council
Higher Love
Steve Winwood
Nightshift
Commodores
Human Nature
Michael Jackson
Sweet Love
Anita Baker
We Are the World
USA for Africa
I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)
Daryl Hall & John Oates
Geno
Dexys Midnight Runners
When I Think of You
Janet Jackson
Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)
Talking Heads
If I Was Your Girlfriend
Prince
Atomic Dog
George Clinton
Bad to the Bone
George Thorogood & The Destroyers
Triste canción
El Tri
Pass the Dutchie
Musical Youth
Bam Bam
Sister Nancy
Electric Avenue
Eddy Grant
The Tide Is High
Blondie
Red Red Wine
UB40
Here I Come
Barrington Levy
Ring the Alarm
Tenor Saw
Under Me Sleng Teng
Wayne Smith
Master Blaster (Jammin')
Stevie Wonder
Night Nurse
Gregory Isaacs
Girls, Girls, Girls
Mötley Crüe
Breaking the Law
Judas Priest
Seek and Destroy
Metallica
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Metallica
Cult of Personality
Living Colour
Battery
Metallica
Crazy Train
Ozzy Osbourne
Raining Blood
Slayer
Photograph
Def Leppard
One
Metallica
Angel of Death
Slayer
Master of Puppets
Metallica
Welcome to the Jungle
Guns N' Roses
Ace of Spades
Motörhead
Rise Above
Black Flag
A New England
Billy Bragg
Atmosphere
Joy Division
Touch Me I'm Sick
Mudhoney
A Forest
The Cure
Holiday in Cambodia
Dead Kennedys
The Mercy Seat
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Rock the Casbah
The Clash
Radio Free Europe
R.E.M.
Sunday Bloody Sunday
U2
How Soon Is Now?
The Smiths
Take Your Time (Do It Right)
SOS Band
Ain't Nothin' Goin' On But the Rent
Gwen Guthrie
Upside Down
Diana Ross
Ride On Time
Black Box
I'm Coming Out
Diana Ross
Heartbeat
Taana Gardner
Let the Music Play
Shannon
Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
Michael Jackson
Another One Bites the Dust
Queen
Sucker MC's
Run-D.M.C.
Eric B. Is President
Eric B. & Rakim
Express Yourself
N.W.A
La-Di-Da-Di
Doug E. Fresh
Hey Ladies
Beastie Boys
That's the Joint
Funky Four Plus One
Follow the Leader
Eric B. & Rakim
The Show
Doug E. Fresh
The Breaks
Kurtis Blow
Push It
Salt 'n' Pepa
Pride and Joy
Stevie Ray Vaughan
The Number of the Beast
Iron Maiden
There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
The Smiths
I Can't Live Without My Radio
LL Cool J
White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)
Melle Mel
Funky Cold Medina
Tone-Lōc
Wild Thing
Tone-Lōc
Bust a Move
Young M.C.
True Faith
New Order
Don't Believe the Hype
Public Enemy
Fuck tha Police
N.W.A
Paid in Full
Eric B. & Rakim
The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel
Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five
Sexual Healing
Marvin Gaye
It Takes Two
Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock
Me Myself and I
De La Soul
Herbie Hancock - Rockit (Official Video)
Spellbound
Siouxsie and the Banshees
I want to thank you
Alicia Myers
Love Come Down (12" Version)
Evelyn "Champagne" King
Boys Boys Boys
Sabrina
Mezclas 80´s Vinilos Set
Carlos Alcaraz Dj
Original Master Reel
MAX MIX (Mix Version) -1985
In The Heat Of The Night
Sandra
If It Isn't Love
New Edition
Saving All My Love For You
Whitney Houston
I'll Be Loving You
New Kids On The Block
Rock Me Tonight
Freddie Jackson
On My Own ft. MICHAEL MCDONALD
Patti LaBelle
Right and a Wrong Way (2007 Remaster)
Keith Sweat
Nothing Can Come Between Us - Official - 1988
Sade
Don't Look Any Further
Dennis Edwards
Girl I'm Gonna Miss You
Milli Vanilli
If ever your in my arms again
Peabo Bryson
I Just Called To Say I Love You
Stevie Wonder
You're My Latest, My Greatest Inspiration
Teddy Pendergrass
I Like It
DeBarge
Been so Long
Anita Baker
Something in My Heart
Michel'le
Never Too Much
Luther Vandross
Baby Come To Me
Regina Belle
Ready or Not
After 7
All Around the World
Lisa Stansfield
Shout
Tears for Fears
Home Sweet Home
Mötley Crüe
We're Not Gonna Take It
Twisted Sister
Rock You Like a Hurricane
Scorpions
Push It
Salt-N-Pepa
Word Up!
Cameo
I Feel for You
Chaka Khan
Super Freak
Rick James
Where Is My Mind?
Pixies
The Killing Moon
Echo & the Bunnymen
Only You
Yazoo
Relax
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)
Dead or Alive
I Melt with You
Modern English
Kids in America
Kim Wilde
Down Under
Men at Work
We Got the Beat
The Go-Go's
Brass in Pocket
The Pretenders
Jane Says
Jane's Addiction
She Sells Sanctuary
The Cult
The Glamorous Life
Sheila E.
New Year's Day
U2
Talk To Me
Anita Baker
One More Try
George Michael
Buffalo Stance
Neneh Cherry
Alphabet St.
Prince
Going Underground
The Jam
Material Girl
Madonna
Looking for the Perfect Beat
Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Force
Man in the Mirror
Michael Jackson
What Have You Done for Me Lately
Janet Jackson
Blister in the Sun
Violent Femmes
Rapture
Blondie
Boys Don't Cry
The Cure
The Magnificent Seven
The Clash
The One I Love
R.E.M.
This Charming Man
The Smiths
Fantastic Voyage
Lakeside
Rock Box
Run-D.M.C.
Straight Outta Compton
N.W.A
(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)
Beastie Boys
Texas Flood
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Run To The Hills
Iron Maiden
I Know You Got Soul
Eric B. & Rakim
The Message
Grandmaster Flash
Bizarre Love Triangle
New Order
Bring the Noise
Public Enemy
Original Master Reel
MAX MIX 2 (Megamix Version) -1985
Can You Stand The Rain
New Edition
You Give Good Love
Whitney Houston
Smooth Operator - Official - 1984
Sade
Just Because
Anita Baker
Alex Chilton
The Replacements
Genius of Love
Tom Tom Club
Controversy
Prince
Pull Up to the Bumper
Grace Jones
Lucky Star
Madonna
Planet Rock
Afrika Bambaataa
Beat It
Michael Jackson
Call Me
Blondie
Should I Stay or Should I Go
The Clash
It's Like That
Run-D.M.C.
Rebel Without a Pause
Public Enemy
Fight the Power
Public Enemy
Candy Girl
New Edition
Your Love Is King - Official - 1984
Sade
Sweet Love
Anita Baker
Bastards of Young
The Replacements
Legs
ZZ Top
Let's Go Crazy
Prince and The Revolution
Purple Rain
Prince and The Revolution
Express Yourself
Madonna
Billie Jean
Michael Jackson
Walk This Way
Run-D.M.C.
The Sweetest Taboo - Official - 1985
Sade
We Care a Lot
Faith No More
Gimme All Your Lovin'
ZZ Top
1999
Prince and The Revolution
Into the Groove
Madonna
Thriller
Michael Jackson
Just Like Honey
The Jesus and Mary Chain
I Want To Be Your Man
Roger
Sign 'O' the Times
Prince
Like a Virgin
Madonna
Drive
The Cars
Little Red Corvette
Prince and The Revolution
Like a Prayer
Madonna
Kiss
Prince and The Revolution
Borderline
Madonna
When Doves Cry
Prince and The Revolution
About 80s
Videojam's 80s hub is anchored by the decade's synth-pop and new-wave crossover crowd: Wham!, Tears for Fears, George Michael, Cyndi Lauper.
Selected and reviewed by Alan More, founder & lead curator · Last reviewed 10 Jul 2026
Where the /90s hub skews soul and adult-contemporary, the 80s hub tilts toward the decade's synth-pop and new-wave crossover crowd: Wham!, Tears for Fears, George Michael, Hall & Oates, Cyndi Lauper. This is the MTV-era cluster that made the music video itself a commercial art form: glossy production, high-concept visuals, budgets that hadn't existed for the format a few years earlier. Whitney Houston, Sade, and Anita Baker also carry real weight here, which means the hub's soul thread runs alongside its synth-pop one rather than instead of it. "You Give Good Love" and "Smooth Operator" sit a few clicks from "One More Try," a fairly accurate snapshot of what 80s radio actually sounded like, not a single-genre reduction of it. If you're here for the neon-synth, big-hair version of the decade specifically, George Michael and Tears for Fears are the cleanest entry points. If the soul side is what you're after, this hub and /90s overlap, so check both.
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- The Unmistakable Look of 80s Synth-Pop, and Why It's BackNeon, fog, and a future that never quite arrived. Why the visual world of 80s synth-pop proved impossible to kill, and keeps getting resurrected.
Frequently asked questions
What defined 80s music videos?
The 1980s were the MTV era, when the music video became a primary art form, defined by neon synth-pop, big-budget spectacle, and the look that shaped pop on camera for a generation. Videojam curates the decade’s standout clips.