The 100 Greatest Hair Metal Songs
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What's a 'Hair Metal' song? Hair Metal is a genre of music inhabited by 1980s glam rock stars who spend as much or more time on hair & make-up than on writing their music. While being labeled a hair band definitely has negative connotations, obviously some are more talented than others.
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Without further adieu...
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 - Motley Crue
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
13. ~~Looks That Kill - Motley Crue
14. ~~Tell Me What You Want - Zebra
15. ~~Panama - Van Halen
16. ~~Foolin' - Def Leppard
17. ~~Eyes of a Stranger - Queensryche
18. ~~18 & 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 - Motley Crue
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 - Motley Crue
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 - Motley Crue
48. ~~Tears Are Falling - Kiss
49. ~~She Don't Know Me - Bon Jovi
50. ~~Cum On Feel The Noize - Quiet Riot
Where do we go now? Slash's rediculous guitar solo that's where.
51. ~~Rock Rock (‘Til You Drop) - Def Leppard
52. ~~Coming Home - Cinderella
53. ~~Heaven's On Fire - Kiss
54. ~~I Don't Believe In Love - Queensryche
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. ~~Big City Nights - Scorpions
82. ~~Burning Like a Flame - Dokken
83. ~~Is This Love - Whitesnake
84. ~~Used to Love Her - Guns N Roses
85. ~~Every Rose Has It's 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 & Out of Love - Bon Jovi
97. ~~I Saw Red - Warrant
98. ~~Wanted Man - Ratt
99. ~~Get It On - Kingdom Come
100. ~~I Wanna Be Loved - House of Lords
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good list and with Peter on the whole Kiss thing. What wasn't to love?
have to say, "sweet child of mine"... massive overplay. every time I hear it now I want to buy a set of Billy Mayz Mighty Ear Plugz off an infomercial. :(
Yeah, I know. I could do without the first half myself. However that guitar solo by Slash is really truly amazing and the song rides out perfectly from there. "Where do we go now?" Indeed.
Now you're talking- Hair Metal rocks! I LOVE your #1 song pick. Runnin' With the Devil is my absolutely favorite Van Halen song! Photograph is another favorite song.
Oh my gosh, do Angela Harris and DJ Funktual agree? Someone check out the window to see if the pigs are flying yet. ;-)
Just kidding, DJ Funktual. You know I love ya! Aerosmith and Def Leppard- fantastic bands. Love your list, and agree, mostly.
Finnaly, a list with Down boys!! But I still say we need some Uncle Toms Cabin. I was only twelve when Cherry Pie came out. And Cabin always seemed the better song. Even to a tewlve year old skater punk. Thank you for omitting Crappie pie!!
Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinkin' Rich was the only album I had.
That Cherry Pie & Uncle Tom's Cabin stuff was just...well how much worse could they be? It's WARRANT for chrissakes.
no loverboy?
nice list man but you should off had more dokken up there
wicked to see the scorpions on there my ultimate band
Dude...Warrant's Cherry Pie is not on your list!?! That song is the essance of Hair Metal!
For a hair metal band that never got all the attention and fanfair, check out Love/Hate. They were awsome and kicked major arse in their day!
Hey the hometown boyz made it. Look at Zebra slidin' in at #14. The Big Easy's finest!
I like it and it was awosome but wher wasp
nice!, but i don´t think that scorpions is a hair metal band, but it´s near
and you forgot europe, la guns and others.
goodbye
this is musicTHIS
where the hell is metallica?
I agree with Mike Copeland. Anyway, a couple of your videos are down...removed by users and such.
Metallica is NOT a hair band. They are pure METAL!
I stand corrected. My sources were badly misled. Thank you for your time, sir.
Scorpions The Zoo shoulda been up there, and what about Bullet Boys... Smooth Up definitely fit in with this crowd!
white lion - broken heart, and lets get crazy should be the first on the list
Dokken, Stryper, Winger... HOUSE OF LORDS! This hub is full of win!
Great List!!! I love a bunch of these songs~!!
i think skid row and quiet riot are great
where is girls girls girls, once bitten twice shy and jump
PCaholicDotCom says:
2 years ago
Cool list!! Glad to see KISS made it :-)
Peter