Karaoke guide · 80s
The 50 Best 80s Karaoke Songs for Your Next Show
The 80s gave karaoke its biggest choruses, its loudest guitars, and its most quotable synth hooks. Whether you're belting a power ballad, chanting a synth-pop hook, or strutting through a hair-metal anthem, these songs get the whole room singing. Every pick below is available in Sam D Man's song suggester.
Power Ballads
Slow-build verses, arena-sized choruses. Save these for when you're ready to belt.
- Total Eclipse of the HeartBonnie Tyler
- Every Rose Has Its ThornPoison
- (I've Had) The Time of My LifeBill Medley & Jennifer Warnes
- Almost ParadiseMike Reno & Ann Wilson
- Livin' on a PrayerBon Jovi
Synth-Pop Hooks
Bright synths, unforgettable choruses, and lyrics the crowd already knows.
- Take On Mea-ha
- Girls Just Want to Have FunCyndi Lauper
- I Wanna Dance with SomebodyWhitney Houston
- Like a PrayerMadonna
Hair Metal & Arena Rock
Guitar riffs, fist-in-the-air choruses, and enough attitude to carry any vocal wobble.
- Livin' on a PrayerBon Jovi
- Every Rose Has Its ThornPoison
- Jessie's GirlRick Springfield
- Don't Stop Believin'Journey
Every 80s Song in the Suggester
The full catalog of 80s tracks curated for Sam D Man karaoke nights.
- (I've Had) The Time of My LifeBill Medley & Jennifer Warnes
- Almost ParadiseMike Reno & Ann Wilson
- Livin' on a PrayerBon Jovi
- Don't Stop Believin'Journey
- Take On Mea-ha
- Girls Just Want to Have FunCyndi Lauper
- Total Eclipse of the HeartBonnie Tyler
- I Wanna Dance with SomebodyWhitney Houston
- AfricaToto
- Every Rose Has Its ThornPoison
- Jessie's GirlRick Springfield
- Like a PrayerMadonna
- Purple RainPrince
- Time After TimeCyndi Lauper
- FaithGeorge Michael
- Wake Me Up Before You Go-GoWham!
- Come On EileenDexys Midnight Runners
- Never Gonna Give You UpRick Astley
- 9 to 5Dolly Parton
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