Best '80s Hair Band Songs (Top 100 Glam Metal Tunes)
Bon Jovi was one of the most popular glam metal hair bands of the '80s.
What's a Hair Metal Song?
Hair metal (also known as glam metal) is a genre of hard rock music from the 1980s, played by glam rock stars who spent as much time primping their hair, makeup, and flamboyant clothes for Headbangers Ball videos as they did creating their music.
While being labeled a hair band has had negative connotations, the genre remains popular, and '80s hair metal bands continue to perform their greatest hits for rock lovers around the world.
Formed in Los Angeles, Mötley Crüe took the glam metal look to the extreme.
Top 100 Hair Metal Songs
1. "Runnin' With the Devil"—Van Halen
2. "Sweet Child O' Mine"—Guns N' Roses
3. "Livin' on a Prayer"—Bon Jovi
4. "Here I Go Again"—Whitesnake
5. "Photograph"—Def Leppard
6. "Round and Round"—Ratt
7. "Shout at the Devil"—Mötley Crüe
8. "Metal Health (Bang Your Head)"—Quiet Riot
9. "Rock You Like a Hurricane"—Scorpions
10. "Pour Some Sugar on Me"—Def Leppard
11. "What It Takes"—Aerosmith
12. "Welcome to the Jungle"—Guns N' Roses
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13. "Looks That Kill"—Mötley Crüe
14. "Tell Me What You Want"—Zebra
15. "Panama"—Van Halen
16. "Foolin'"—Def Leppard
17. "Eyes of a Stranger"—Queensrÿche
18. "18 and Life"—Skid Row
19. "No One Like You"—Scorpions
20. "Wanted Dead or Alive"—Bon Jovi
21. "Paradise City"—Guns N' Roses
22. "Don't Stop Runnin'"—Y&T
23. "Rag Doll"—Aerosmith
24. "Bringin' on the Heartbreak"—Def Leppard
25. "I'll Wait"—Van Halen
26. "Modern Day Cowboy"—Tesla
27. "Runaway"—Bon Jovi
28. "Turn Up The Radio"—Autograph
29. "Sister Christian"—Night Ranger
30. "Too Young to Fall In Love"—Mötley Crüe
31. "Love Song"—Tesla
32. "You Give Love a Bad Name"—Bon Jovi
33. "Rock of Ages"—Def Leppard
34. "Nobody's Fool"—Cinderella
35. "Lick It Up"—Kiss
36. "Mr. Brownstone"—Guns N' Roses
37. "Talk Dirty to Me"—Poison
38. "Still of the Night"—Whitesnake
39. "Alone Again"—Dokken
40. "Wild Side"—Mötley Crüe
41. "Jump"—Van Halen
42. "Somebody Save Me"—Cinderella
43. "Wait"—White Lion
44. "Little Suzi"—Tesla
45. "Youth Gone Wild"—Skid Row
46. "Back for More"—Ratt
47. "Home Sweet Home"—Mötley Crüe
48. "Tears Are Falling"—Kiss
49. "She Don't Know Me"—Bon Jovi
50. "Cum On Feel The Noize"—Quiet Riot
51. "Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)"—Def Leppard
52. "Coming Home"—Cinderella
53. "Heaven's on Fire"—Kiss
54. "I Don't Believe in Love"—Queensrÿche
55. "Shot in the Dark"—Ozzy Osbourne
56. "In My Dreams"—Dokken
57. "Scared"—Dangerous Toys
58. "The New Thing"—Enuff Z'Nuff
59. "Don't Treat Me Bad"—FireHouse
60. "Madalaine"—Winger
61. "Nightrain"—Guns N' Roses
62. "Still Loving You"—Scorpions
63. "Women"—Def Leppard
64. "Tell Me"—White Lion
65. "I Wanna Rock"—Twisted Sister
66. "Down Boys"—Warrant
67. "Bad Medicine"—Bon Jovi
68. "I'll See You in My Dreams"—Giant
69. "I Remember You"—Skid Row
70. "You're in Love"—Ratt
71. "Shake Me"—Cinderella
72. "Fallen Angel"—Poison
73. "It's So Easy"—Guns N' Roses
74. "Seventeen"—Winger
75. "Blaze of Glory"—Jon Bon Jovi
76. "Reason to Live"—Kiss
77. "Dreams in the Dark"—Badlands
78. "The Way It Is"—Tesla
79. "Free"—Stryper
80. "Fly High Michelle"—Enuff Z'Nuff
81. "Walkin' Shoes"—Tora Tora
82. "Burning Like a Flame"—Dokken
83. "Is This Love"—Whitesnake
84. "Hot for Teacher"—Van Halen
85. "Every Rose Has Its Thorn"—Poison
86. "Shelter Me"—Cinderella
87. "High 'n' Dry (Saturday Night)"—Def Leppard
88. "Patience"—Guns N' Roses
89. "Monkey Business"—Skid Row
90. "Lay It Down"—Ratt
91. "I Could Never Be Without You"—Enuff Z'Nuff
92. "Kid Ego"—Extreme
93. "Kiss Me Deadly"—Lita Ford
94. "Gettin' Better"—Tesla
95. "Burn in Hell"—Twisted Sister
96. "In and Out of Love"—Bon Jovi
97. "Dirty Love"—Thunder
98. "Wanted Man"—Ratt
99. "Get It On"—Kingdom Come
100. "I Wanna Be Loved"—House of Lords
Pair-A-Dice, a band from Los Angeles seen here in 1988, was a typical hair metal glam band.
Comments
some guy... on May 20, 2017:
April Wine - I like to rock
Metal...Wolf...13 on May 01, 2017:
Bon Jovi keeps showing up on metal band lists...but they were rock and roll, not metal!! And also, I may have missed them, but did Metallica show up anywhere? If not, I'm really going to be pissed.
Pete on January 05, 2017:
There should be way more Van Halen