Inspired by a Kahlil Gibran novel, “Broken Wings” is one of the more ambitious songs on this list – akin less to 80s arena rock than to the moody, rhythm loop-driven ballads of Peter Gabriel.

As the ’80s dawned ... sweeping ballad in your arsenal. “Suddenly,” the title track of the album that produced all those hits, was just such a song. It continued Ocean’s incredible ...

But one song in particular, Pat Benatar’s cover of Jenny Deran’s “Heartbreaker,” reverberated throughout the 80s: few artists ... the art of the anti-ballad. Like “Heartbreaker ...

They may have hit the Billboard Hot 100 again during their careers, but their legacies are primarily tethered to one major ...

a subgenre that continued to make waves into the '90s era. From Michael Jackson to The Gap Band, here's a list of some of the hottest R&B songs of the '80s.

Just my guitar and my voice, occasionally piano, and on two songs a bit of magic from my ... Here’s their take on Foreigner’s drippy ’80s ballad “I Wanna Know What Love Is” as only ...

The cover for Kris Kristofferson’s namesake album is as smoky and brooding as his vocals. Most known for his rendition of the iconic “Me and Bobby McGee,” this cover is simple but effective–much like ...

Billy Joel said the most fun he had while making an album was when he wasn't doing it to make hit records. Read more about ...

Its success across multiple genres showed how Elvis could take a simple love song and transform it into something that appealed to diverse audiences, all while maintaining that signature ’50s charm.

taking a deep dive into music during their podcast conversation. During the episode, the star revealed that in the mid-'80s, he nearly recorded a demo with the iconic rock band Toto. At the time ...

These emo and pop punk love songs from the early 2000s are the perfect soundtrack for those 'butterfly in my tummy' feels. A little bit of pop punk, a bit of electronica, a lot of heart ...