Better music from 1982

A much more listenable list of 1982 music is this KROQ 1982 countdown. Only four songs on this list I dislike and two don’t really count. I crossed them off because I’ve never heard of them. I only bolded what, for me, would be the cream of the crop. The only major hole I see from this list is the missing The Message from Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. This was the first rap album to go platinum.

1. The Clash: Rock The Casbah
   
2. Flock of Seagulls: I Ran
   
3. Soft Cell: Sex Dwarf
   
4. Missing Persons: Words
   
5. Human League: Don't You Want Me
   
6. The Stray Cats: Rock This Town
   
7. Sparks: I Predict
   
8. The Go-Go's: Vacation
   
9. Talk Talk: Talk Talk
   
10. X: Blue Spark
    
11. Missing Persons: Walking In L.A.
    
12. The Police: Hungry For You
    
13. The Jam: Town Called Malice
    
14. The Cars: Since You're Gone
    
15. Tony Basil: Mickey
    
16. Romeo Void: Never Say Never
    
17. Adam & the Ants: Stand and Deliver
    
18. King Crimson: Elephant Talk
    
19. The Rolling Stones: Goin To A Go-Go
    
20. Devo: Peek-A-Boo
    
21. Peter Gabriel: Shock The Monkey
    
22. B-52's: Nip It In The Bud
    
23. XTC: Senses Working Overtime
    
24. Billy Idol: White Wedding
    
25. Adam Ant: Goodie Two Shoes
    
26. Haircut 100: Love Plus One
    
27. Duran Duran: Hungry Like The Wolf
    
28. Gang Of Four: I Love A Man In A Uniform
    
29. Roxy Music: The Space Between
    
30. King Crimson: Heartbeat
    
31. The Clash: Should I Stay Or Should I Go?
    
32. Lords Of The New Church: Open Your Eyes
    
33. Flock of Seagulls: Space Age Love Song
    
34. Duran Duran: Girls On Film
    
35. The Stray Cats: Runaway Boys
    
36. Men At Work: Who Can It Be?
    
37. Thomas Dolby: Europa
    
38. Soft Cell: Tainted Love
    
39. Simple Minds: Promised You A Miracle
    
40. Missing Persons: Destination Unknown
    
41. The Cure: Primary
    
42. The Police: Too Much Information
    
43. The Pretenders: Back On The Chain Gang
    
44. Wall of Voodoo: Mexican Radio
    
45. Blasters: American Music
    
46. King Cotton: Stick To The Grind
    
47. Oingo Boingo: Wild Sex
    
48. Slow Children: Spring In Fialta
    
49. Tom Petty: You Got Lucky
    
50. Killer Pussy: Teenage Enema Nurses In Bondage
    
51. Human League: Seconds
    
52. Boomtown Rats: Skin On Skin
    
53. The Stray Cats: Stray Cat Strut
    
54. Tommy Tutone: 867-5309/Jenny
    
55. Toto Coelo: I Eat Cannibals
    
56. The Clash: Know Your Rights
    
57. David Bowie: Cat People
    
58. The Police: One World
    
59. OMD: Georgia
    
60. Sparks: Mickey Mouse
    
61. Waitresses: Quit
    
62. X: The Hungry Wolf
    
63. Oingo Boingo: Goodbye Goodbye
    
64. The Cars: Shake It Up
    
65. Human League: Love Action (I Believe in Love)
    
66. Dave Edmunds: Me & The Boys
    
67. Missing Persons: None Of Your Business
    
68. The Go-Go's: Beatnik Beach
    
69. The Jam: Precious
    
70. Men At Work: Down Under
    
71. Joan Jett: I Love Rock & Roll
    
72. The Police: Spirits In The Material World
    
73. Sparks: Angst In My Pants
    
74. The Go-Go's: Speeding
    
75. Devo: Big Mess
    
76. Adam & the Ants: Prince Charming
    
77. King Crimson: Thela Nun Ginjeet
    
78. B-52's: Loveland
    
79. Nick Lowe: Burnin
    
80. Bow Wow Wow: Baby Oh No
    
81. Tom Petty: Same Old You
    
82. Haircut 100: Favorite Shirts
    
83. Thompson Twins: In The Name Of Love
    
84. King Crimson: Neal & Jack & Me
    
85. Soft Cell: Insecure Me
    
86. The Pretenders: My City Was Gone
    
87. Mink Deville: Just Give Me One Good Reason
    
88. Translator: Everywhere That I'm Not
    
89. Iggy Pop: Run Like A Villain
    
90. Elvis Costello: Love Ones
    
91. David Bowie and Queen: Under Pressure
    
92. Flock of Seagulls: Telecommunications
    
93. Missing Persons: Noticeable One
    
94. The Stray Cats: Built For Speed
    
95. Sparks: Monster Of Love
    
96. The Go-Go's: Get Up & Go
    
97. ABC: Look Of Love
    
98. Trio: Da Da Da
    
99. Berlin: Sex (I'm A)
    
100. Duran Duran: Rio
     
101. Squeeze: I've Returned
     
102. The Clash: Radio Clash
     
103. Joe Jackson: Steppin' Out
     
104. Roxy Music: Main Thing
     
105. Peter Gabriel: I Have The Touch
     
106. Billy Idol: Hot In The City
     
107. Barnes and Barnes: I Had Sex With E.T.