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.

De Los reporters Cerys Davies and Andrea Flores, along with contributing writer Ernesto Lechner, put together this list of 30 ...

Even the numbers back it up. The data shows that 2024 was the year of the “pop star (re)emergence.” But the trend extended to ...

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 ...

The list spans decades ... Dolly Parton’s bittersweet country ballad goes beyond discussing Christmas alone. This standout song from the musical The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas goes beyond ...

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.