List of Popular Songs

Music makes the world go round. Closely followed by love. Forget about love for sometime, what is it about music that just gets us going, is what I'm wondering. How is it possible for songs to do that to you?

They lift your spirits when you're down
and bring a cheer to your frown.
Show you what true love means
and how the sun in the morning screams.
Help you get over crazy heart breaks
or maybe just let you be in a haze.

That is the power of popular pop songs. To pay homage to that feeling here is a list of popular songs that you can store up on. There are so many of these that you'll be spoiled for choice. To make it easier for you, let's get into these lists by years, starting from the 80s and going on till date.

Popular Songs List (80s)

The 80s brought in a crazy era of loud make up, weird hair dos and songs from the heart. Here is a list of some of the most popular songs of the 80s. These really are some of the greatest songs of all time:

• Careless Whisper ~ George Michael
• Walk Like an Egyptian ~ The Bangles
• I Love Rock N' Roll ~ Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
• Endless Love ~ Diana Ross & Lionel Richie
• Take My Breath Away ~ Berlin
• Up Where We Belong ~ Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes
• I Want Candy ~ Bow Wow Wow
• Atomic ~ Blondie
• Do That To Me One More Time ~ Captain & Tennille
• Lost In Love ~ Air Supply
• Lady ~ Kenny Rogers
• Slow Hand ~ Pointer Sisters
• Waiting For A Girl Like You ~ Foreigner
• Sexual Healing ~ Marvin Gaye
• Greatest Love Of All ~ Whitney Houston
• Wind Beneath My Wings ~ Bette Midler
• Take My Breath Away ~ Berlin
• Lady In Red ~ Chris De Burgh
• I Just Died In Your Arms ~ Cutting Crew
• Faith ~ George Michael
• Livin' on a Prayer ~ Bon Jovi
• Girls Just Want to Have Fun ~ Cyndi Lauper
• Beat It ~ Michael Jackson
• Love Shack ~ B-52
• What I Like About You ~ Romantics
• Dancing With Myself ~ Billy Idol
• Rock The Casbah ~ The Clash
• Antmusic ~ Adam and the Ants
• Girls Just Wanna Have Fun ~ Cyndi Lauper
• Comfortably Numb ~ Pink Floyd
• Train In Vain (Stand By Me) ~ The Clash
• Just Like Heaven ~ The Cure
• Situation ~ Yaz (Yazoo)
• Sledgehammer ~ Peter Gabriel
• Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now) ~ Phil Collins
• Woman in Love ~ Barbra Streisand
• Black Velvet ~ Alannah Myles
• Pour Some Sugar On Me ~ Def Leppard
• Hungry Like the Wolf ~ Duran Duran
• Billie Jean ~ Michael Jackson
• Like a Virgin ~ Madonna
• Every Breath You Take ~ The Police
• Born in the U.S.A. ~ Bruce Springsteen
• Addicted to Love ~ Robert Palmer
• All Night Long ~ Lionel Richie
• She Bop ~ Cyndi Lauper

Popular Songs List (90s)

Here is a list of pop songs from the 90s, the era of boy bands and love ballads:

• Livin' la Vida Loca ~ Ricky Martin
• Wannabe ~ Spice Girls
• I Want It That Way ~ Backstreet Boys
• I Will Always Love You ~ Whitney Houston
• Achy Breaky Heart ~ Billy Ray Cyrus
• Cotton Eye Joe ~ Rednex
• Losing My Religion ~ R.E.M.
• Say My Name ~ Destiny's Child
• Baby Got Back ~ Sir Mix-a lot
• Ice Ice Baby ~ Vanilla Ice
• Wannabe ~ Spice Girls
• Genie In A Bottle ~ Christina Aguilera
• Baby One More Time ~ Brittany Spears
• MMM Bop ~ Hanson
• Killing Me Softly With His Song ~ Fugees
• Only Wanna Be With You ~ Hootie and the Blowfish
• You're Still The One ~ Shania Twain
• One Of Us ~ Joan Osborne
• Gettin' Jiggy wit it ~ Will Smith
• I'm Too Sexy ~ Right said Fred
• Informer ~ Snow
• Tears In Heaven ~ Eric Clapton
• Vogue ~ Madonna
• Boombastic ~ Shaggy
• Black or White ~ Michael Jackson
• Are You Gonna Go My Way ~ Lenny Kravitz
• Macarena ~ Los Del Rio
• No Scrubs ~ TLC
• Baby Baby ~ Amy Grant
• Here Comes the Hotstepper ~ Ini Kamoze
• Ice Ice Baby ~ Vanilla Ice
• My Name Is ~ Eminem
• Groove Is In The Heart ~ Deee-lite
• Smells Like Teen Spirit ~ Nirvana
• Vogue ~ Madonna
• B*Witched ~ Cest La Vie
• Pretty Fly For A White Guy ~ The Offspring
• I Say A Little Prayer For You ~ Diana King

Popular Songs List (Till Date)

If you've happened to miss out on these, get your hands on them quick 'coz there's nothing like these popular dance songs to get you in the groove:

• Bad Romance ~ Lady GaGa
• California Gurls ~ Katy Perry Ft. Snoop Dogg
• Airplanes ~ B.o.B Featuring Hayley Williams
• Love The Way You Lie ~ Eminem Featuring Rihanna
• Cooler Than Me ~ Mike Posner
• Not Afraid ~ Eminem
• OMG ~ Usher Featuring will.i.am
• Your Love Is My Drug ~ Ke$ha
• Lady GaGa ~ Bad Romance
• Owl City ~ Fireflies
• TiK ToK ~ Ke$ha
• 3 ~ Britney Spears
• Break Your Heart ~ Taio Cruz
• Haven't Met You Yet ~ Michael Buble
• Find Your Love ~ Drake
• Billionaire ~ Travie McCoy ft. Bruno Mars
• Waking Up In Vegas ~ Katy Perry
• Ridin' Solo ~ Jason Derulo
• Alejandro ~ Lady Gaga
• Break Your Heart ~ Taio Cruz
• My First Kiss ~ 3OH!3 ft. Ke$ha
• In My Head ~ Jason DeRulo
• Need To Know ~ Lady Antebellum
• Imma Be ~ Black Eyed Peas
• Train ~ Hey, Soul Sister
• Breakeven ~ The Script
• Party in the U.S.A. ~ Miley Cyrus
• Live Like We're Dying ~ Kris Allen
• One Less Lonely Girl ~ Justin Bieber
• Forever ~Drake
• Give It Up to Me (feat. Lil Wayne) ~ Shakira
• Never Gonna Be Alone ~ Nickelback
• Whataya Want From Me ~ Adam Lambert
• Life After You ~ Daughtry

I hope this extensive list of popular songs over the past few decades have been a great source of entertainment for you and something to reminisce about.