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Best city pop songs of the 1980s

Cheap drum machines and the first affordable samplers changed who was allowed to make a record. Hip-hop moved from a party you had to be at to a 12-inch you could buy, and MTV made how a song looked part of the argument.

Songs from the city pop albums of the 1980s, ordered by their own ratings rather than the record's.

Pocket Park cover№ 1真夜中のドア／Stay With MeMiki Matsubara · Pocket Park1 rating
  1. 2TIMELY!! cover悲しみがとまらないAnri · TIMELY!!
  2. 3Chapter II Best Selection (2012 Remaster) coverBrother & Sister (2012 Remaster)JUNKO YAGAMI · Chapter II Best Selection (2012 Remaster)
  3. 4Chapter II Best Selection (2012 Remaster) coverChameleon (2012 Remaster)JUNKO YAGAMI · Chapter II Best Selection (2012 Remaster)
  4. 5Chapter II Best Selection (2012 Remaster) coverCheater (2012 Remaster)JUNKO YAGAMI · Chapter II Best Selection (2012 Remaster)
  5. 6Chapter II Best Selection (2012 Remaster) coverSailor No Tabidachi (2012 Remaster)JUNKO YAGAMI · Chapter II Best Selection (2012 Remaster)
  6. 7Chapter II Best Selection (2012 Remaster) coverSuteki Downtown Jimmy (2012 Remaster)JUNKO YAGAMI · Chapter II Best Selection (2012 Remaster)
  7. 8Chapter II Best Selection (2012 Remaster) coverReach Out in the Night (2012 Remaster)JUNKO YAGAMI · Chapter II Best Selection (2012 Remaster)
  8. 9Chapter II Best Selection (2012 Remaster) coverCommunication (2012 Remaster)JUNKO YAGAMI · Chapter II Best Selection (2012 Remaster)
  9. 10Chapter II Best Selection (2012 Remaster) coverFun City (2012 Remaster)JUNKO YAGAMI · Chapter II Best Selection (2012 Remaster)
  10. 11Chapter II Best Selection (2012 Remaster) coverCashmere No Hohoemi (2012 Remaster)JUNKO YAGAMI · Chapter II Best Selection (2012 Remaster)
  11. 12Chapter II Best Selection (2012 Remaster) coverLooser (2012 Remaster)JUNKO YAGAMI · Chapter II Best Selection (2012 Remaster)
  12. 13浮遊空間 coverBaby Don't You Cry AnymoreTomoko Aran · 浮遊空間
  13. 14浮遊空間 covershakuna YesterdayTomoko Aran · 浮遊空間
  14. 15浮遊空間 coverHANNYA (hannya)Tomoko Aran · 浮遊空間
  15. 16浮遊空間 coverhitonatsuno tapesutoriTomoko Aran · 浮遊空間
  16. 17浮遊空間 coverMidnight PretendersTomoko Aran · 浮遊空間
  17. 18浮遊空間 coverji.re.n.ma (25 Sainoyuuutsu)Tomoko Aran · 浮遊空間
  18. 19浮遊空間 coverI'm in LoveTomoko Aran · 浮遊空間
  19. 20浮遊空間 coverLonely NightTomoko Aran · 浮遊空間
  20. 21浮遊空間 coverBody to BodyTomoko Aran · 浮遊空間
  21. 22色彩感覚 coverNOSTALGIATomoko Aran · 色彩感覚
  22. 23色彩感覚 coverBLUE NOTETomoko Aran · 色彩感覚
  23. 24色彩感覚 coverTHE MARRIED MANTomoko Aran · 色彩感覚
  24. 25色彩感覚 coverushirometaiyoru (GUILTY NIGHT)Tomoko Aran · 色彩感覚
  25. 26色彩感覚 coverSWING EASYTomoko Aran · 色彩感覚
  26. 27色彩感覚 coverMONOCHROMETomoko Aran · 色彩感覚
  27. 28色彩感覚 coverLOVE IS THE MOMENTTomoko Aran · 色彩感覚
  28. 29色彩感覚 covershikkoyuyo (PROBATIONER)Tomoko Aran · 色彩感覚
  29. 30色彩感覚 coverfukyowaon (DISHARMONY)Tomoko Aran · 色彩感覚
  30. 31色彩感覚 coverMORE EXPRESSIONTomoko Aran · 色彩感覚
  31. 32神経衰弱 coverMeditation (meiso) -Instrumental-Tomoko Aran · 神経衰弱
  32. 33神経衰弱 coverNoah nohakobuneTomoko Aran · 神経衰弱
  33. 34神経衰弱 covershinkeisuijyakuTomoko Aran · 神経衰弱
  34. 35神経衰弱 coveramenokawarini dokuyakuwoTomoko Aran · 神経衰弱
  35. 36神経衰弱 coverkanzenhanzaiTomoko Aran · 神経衰弱
  36. 37神経衰弱 coverkuruttahagurumaTomoko Aran · 神経衰弱
  37. 38神経衰弱 covermidareta BedTomoko Aran · 神経衰弱
  38. 39神経衰弱 coverSo Get Up (yosainoonnatachi)Tomoko Aran · 神経衰弱
  39. 40神経衰弱 coverkanashiki bodobirianTomoko Aran · 神経衰弱
  40. 41神経衰弱 coverSecret Desire (shitagokoro)Tomoko Aran · 神経衰弱
  41. 42Yagamania (+1, 2012 Remaster) coverFun City (Single Version)JUNKO YAGAMI · Yagamania (+1, 2012 Remaster)
  42. 43Yagamania (+1, 2012 Remaster) coverBrother & Sister (2012 Remaster)JUNKO YAGAMI · Yagamania (+1, 2012 Remaster)
  43. 44Yagamania (+1, 2012 Remaster) coverCosmos No Yoru: Seireki 2000 Nen Ni Mukete Pt. 2 (2012 Remaster)JUNKO YAGAMI · Yagamania (+1, 2012 Remaster)
  44. 45Yagamania (+1, 2012 Remaster) coverKiniro No Surprise (2012 Remaster)JUNKO YAGAMI · Yagamania (+1, 2012 Remaster)
  45. 46Yagamania (+1, 2012 Remaster) coverChameleon (2012 Remaster)JUNKO YAGAMI · Yagamania (+1, 2012 Remaster)
  46. 47Yagamania (+1, 2012 Remaster) coverBoxer (2012 Remaster)JUNKO YAGAMI · Yagamania (+1, 2012 Remaster)
  47. 48Yagamania (+1, 2012 Remaster) coverAishu Paradise (2012 Remaster)JUNKO YAGAMI · Yagamania (+1, 2012 Remaster)
  48. 49Yagamania (+1, 2012 Remaster) coverKieta Sigon No Musume (2012 Remaster)JUNKO YAGAMI · Yagamania (+1, 2012 Remaster)
  49. 50Yagamania (+1, 2012 Remaster) coverFun City (2012 Remaster)JUNKO YAGAMI · Yagamania (+1, 2012 Remaster)

One great song, one bad album

Tracks carry their own ratings here, so a record you would never play front to back can still have a song worth defending.

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