Ah, de hair bands. Dit vaak verguisde genre was een mix van rock en pop verpakt in big hair en leren broeken. De bands – bijna allemaal blanke mannen – stonden bekend om hun levensstijl vol losbandigheid en verdorvenheid. Het was geen wonder dat tieners in de jaren ’80 als motten op de bands afkwamen.
Ondanks het gebrek aan kritieken op deze bands, werden sommige van deze bands (Bon Jovi, Def Leppard) een van de grootste rockbands ter wereld – zelfs nadat ze hun haar hadden afgeknipt en voor meer verstandige jeans hadden gekozen. Hier – love ‘em or hate ‘em – zijn de top songs van haarbands zoals bepaald door 21 lijsten samen te voegen en vervolgens de songs die voorkomen op 3 of meer lijsten te rangschikken in volgorde van hun totale DMDB punten.
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1.Guns N’ Roses “Sweet Child O’ Mine” (1987)
2.Bon Jovi “Livin’ on a Prayer” (1986)
3.Van Halen “Jump” (1984)
4.Guns N’ Roses “Welcome to the Jungle” (1987)
5.Def Leppard “Pour Some Sugar on Me” (1987)
6.Guns N’ Roses “November Rain” (1991)
7.Poison “Every Rose Has Its Thorn” (1988)
8.Whitesnake “Here I Go Again” (1987)
9.Kiss “Rock and Roll All Nite” (1975)
10.Guns N’ Roses “Paradise City” (1987)
11.Bon Jovi “You Give Love a Bad Name” (1986)
12.Def Leppard “Photograph” (1983)
13.Europe “The Final Countdown” (1986)
14.Twisted Sister “We’re Not Gonna Take It” (1984)
15.Scorpions “Rock You Like a Hurricane” (1984)
16.Ratt “Round and Round” (1984)
17.Quiet Riot “Cum on Feel the Noize” (1983)
18.Van Halen “Runnin’ with the Devil” (1978)
19.Extreme “More Than Words” (1990)
20.Bon Jovi “Wanted Dead or Alive” (1986)
21.Whitesnake “Is This Love” (1987)
22.Def Leppard “Love Bites” (1987)
23.Mr. Big “To Be with You” (1991)
24.Night Ranger “Sister Christian” (1984)
25.Def Leppard “Rock of Ages” (1983)
26.The Scorpions “No One Like You” (1982)
27.Guns N’ Roses “Patience” (1988)
28.Quiet Riot “Metal Health (Bang Your Head)” (1983)
29.Mötley Crüe “Home Sweet Home” (1985)
30.Skid Row “I Remember You” (1989)
31.Kiss “Detroit Rock City” (1976)
32.Tesla “Love Song” (1989)
33.Mötley Crüe “Girls, Girls, Girls” (1987)
34.Van Halen “Panama” (1984)
35.Warrant “Cherry Pie” (1990)
36.Mötley Crüe “Dr. Feelgood” (1989)
37.Skid Row “18 and Life” (1989)
38.Warrant “Heaven” (1988)
39.Poison “Nothin’ But a Good Time” (1988)
40.Whitesnake “Still of the Night” (1987)
41.Cinderella…Don’t Know What You Got ‘Til It’s Gone (1988)
42.The Scorpions “Still Loving You” (1984)
43.Poison “Talk Dirty to Me” (1986)
44.Mötley Crüe “Kickstart My Heart” (1989)
45.Def Leppard “Bringin’ on the Heartbreak” (1981)
46.Alice Cooper “Poison” (1989)
47.Lita Ford “Kiss Me Deadly” (1988)
48.Queensrÿche “Silent Lucidity” (1990)
49.Lita Ford met Ozzy Osbourne “Close My Eyes Forever” (1988)
50.Bon Jovi “Bad Medicine” (1988)
51.Bon Jovi “Runaway” (1983)
52.Autograph…Turn Up the Radio (1984)
53.Great White “Once Bitten Twice Shy” (1989)
54.Cinderella “Nobody’s Fool” (1986)
55.Twisted Sister “I Wanna Rock” (1984)
56.Kiss “Lick It Up” (1983)
57.Mötley Crüe “Shout at the Devil” (1983)
58.White Lion “When the Children Cry” (1987)
59.White Lion “Wait” (1987)
60.Skid Row “Youth Gone Wild” (1989)
61.Def Leppard “Foolin'” (1983)
62.Van Halen “Hot for Teacher” (1984)
63.Poison “Something to Believe In” (1990)
64.Poison “Fallen Angel” (1988)
65.Damn Yankees “High Enough” (1990)
66.Ozzy Osbourne “Shot in the Dark” (1986)
67.Dokken “In My Dreams” (1985)
68.Winger “Seventeen” (1988)
69.Slaughter “Fly to the Angels” (1990)
70.Kix “Don’t Close Your Eyes” (1988)
71.Ugly Kid Joe “Cat’s in the Cradle” (1992)
72.Cinderella “Gypsy Road” (1988)
73.David Lee Roth “Yankee Rose” (1986)
74.Cinderella “Shake Me” (1986)
75.Tesla “Signs” (live, 1990)
76.Dokken “Alone Again” (1984)
77.Kiss “Heaven’s on Fire” (1984)
78.Van Halen “I’ll Wait” (1984)
79.L.A. Guns “The Ballad of Jayne” (1989)
80.Firehouse “Love of a Lifetime” (1991)
81.Mötley Crüe “Without You” (1989)
82.Slaughter “Up All Night” (1990)
83.Winger “Miles Away” (1990)
84.Winger “Headed for a Heartbreak” (1988)
85.Warrant “Down Boys” (1988)
86.Great White “Rock Me” (1987)
87.Kiss “Tears Are Falling” (1985)
88.Ratt “You’re in Love” (1985)
89.Mötley Crüe “Looks That Kill” (1983)
90.Firehouse “Don’t Treat Me Bad” (1991)
91.Guns N’ Roses “Nightrain” (1987)
92.Vixen “Edge of a Broken Heart” (1988)
93.Mötley Crüe “Too Young to Fall in Love” (1983)
94.Cinderella “Coming Home” (1988)
95.Warrant “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” (1990)
96.Mötley Crüe “Live Wire” (1981)
97.Faster Pussycat “House of Pain” (1989)
98.Ratt “Lay It Down” (1985)
99.Trixter “Give It to Me Good” (1990)
100.Mötley Crüe “Wild Side” (1987)