Top 100 80s Hair Band Songs

Not a 80 s hair band song.

Top 100 80s hair band songs. We scoured our memory banks to bring you what we consider the 20 best hair metal ballads. The 1980s and early 1990s were the heydays of hair metal. I compiled more than 1000 hair metal songs on my ipod and learned a few years ago that you coul. 1 on the billboard hot 100 chart.

I ve promised it forever and here it is the top 500 hair metal songs of all time. That s like putting freebird on this list. Their biggest hits tended to be ballads the type of songs that had fans waving lighters in the air way back in the dark ages before cell phones. Ranking the 80s greatest glam bands part 3 counting down from 60 to 41.

The 1 song that week. A few bands on their may not be pure hair glam metal tesla aerosmith but they share a lot of characteristics of hair glam metal. Our 80s glam guide struts onward. These bands sold out concerts around the world and their songs dominated the airwaves.

To this day tesla is still rockin and producing record albums. Love song tesla what a great song from the album the great radio controversy released in 1989. Just because van halen later became a bubble gum hair band they started in the 70 s and the first 2 albums were very much from that era. Sure it was a stretch to throw these puffballs into the metal category but it was the 80 s man.

Don t close your eyes kix. Love song has great lyrics which include love is waiting for you for an anthem to all tenenage high school kids. I grew up in the 80 s addicted to so called hair metal and even worked on the sunset strip from 1989 1991. Love song topped at 7 on the billboard charts.

By mike mcpadden 9 23 2015. Top 5 hair band ballads. More proof the fix was in when the record labels and traditional radio ruled the music business. Published october 12 2010 by richrock it s not as many as you might think.

Mr big wild. 80 s hair bands who hit no. The hair metal 100. Bulletboys smooth up in ya 99.

Not a bad list except runnin with the devil is one of the best 70 s classic rock songs. Hair nations list of the top 100 hair metal songs of all time counting down from 100 to number 1 enjoy 100. For example the week of may 21 1988 def leppard s smash hit pour some sugar on me peaked at 2 on the billboard hot 100. Their music was standard hair metal although they were more sleazier edgier bluesier than most hair metal bands they had the pop hooks shout along gang choruses and killer heavy guitar riffs.