80s Post Punk
Dive into the best 80s post-punk, goth, and college rock songs in one free, non-stop playlist of dark atmospherics and jangly guitars. This is the sound that launched alternative rock, from Joy Division and Siouxsie and the Banshees to The Smiths, R.E.M., and Echo & the Bunnymen. Hit play for a continuous stream of essential 1980s post-punk and indie hits, or build your own playlist from the tracks that defined the underground.
This 80s Post Punk playlist features 275 songs you can stream free, with no sign-up required. Every track plays in order, or shuffle and skip to hear the 80s post punk hits you want.
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| # | Title | Artist | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Forest | The Cure | 1980 |
| 2 | Primary | The Cure | 1981 |
| 3 | Faith | The Cure | 1981 |
| 4 | The Hanging Garden | The Cure | 1982 |
| 5 | One Hundred Years | The Cure | 1982 |
| 6 | Let's Go to Bed | The Cure | 1982 |
| 7 | The Walk | The Cure | 1983 |
| 8 | The Lovecats | The Cure | 1983 |
| 9 | The Caterpillar | The Cure | 1984 |
| 10 | In Between Days | The Cure | 1985 |
| 11 | Close to Me | The Cure | 1985 |
| 12 | A Night Like This | The Cure | 1985 |
| 13 | Boys Don't Cry (New Voice) | The Cure | 1986 |
| 14 | Catch | The Cure | 1987 |
| 15 | Just Like Heaven | The Cure | 1987 |
| 16 | Why Can't I Be You? | The Cure | 1987 |
| 17 | Hot Hot Hot!!! | The Cure | 1987 |
| 18 | Lullaby | The Cure | 1989 |
| 19 | Fascination Street | The Cure | 1989 |
| 20 | Lovesong | The Cure | 1989 |
| 21 | Pictures of You | The Cure | 1989 |
| 22 | Disintegration | The Cure | 1989 |
| 23 | Plainsong | The Cure | 1989 |
| 24 | Play for Today | The Cure | 1980 |
| 25 | Other Voices | The Cure | 1981 |
| 26 | Charlotte Sometimes | The Cure | 1981 |
| 27 | Christine | Siouxsie and the Banshees | 1980 |
| 28 | Israel | Siouxsie and the Banshees | 1980 |
| 29 | Spellbound | Siouxsie and the Banshees | 1981 |
| 30 | Arabian Knights | Siouxsie and the Banshees | 1981 |
| 31 | Fireworks | Siouxsie and the Banshees | 1982 |
| 32 | Slowdive | Siouxsie and the Banshees | 1982 |
| 33 | Melt! | Siouxsie and the Banshees | 1982 |
| 34 | Dear Prudence | Siouxsie and the Banshees | 1983 |
| 35 | Swimming Horses | Siouxsie and the Banshees | 1984 |
| 36 | Dazzle | Siouxsie and the Banshees | 1984 |
| 37 | Cities in Dust | Siouxsie and the Banshees | 1985 |
| 38 | Candyman | Siouxsie and the Banshees | 1986 |
| 39 | This Wheel's on Fire | Siouxsie and the Banshees | 1987 |
| 40 | Peek-a-Boo | Siouxsie and the Banshees | 1988 |
| 41 | The Killing Jar | Siouxsie and the Banshees | 1988 |
| 42 | The Last Beat of My Heart | Siouxsie and the Banshees | 1988 |
| 43 | Happy House | Siouxsie and the Banshees | 1980 |
| 44 | Red Light | Siouxsie and the Banshees | 1980 |
| 45 | Into the Light | Siouxsie and the Banshees | 1981 |
| 46 | Night Shift | Siouxsie and the Banshees | 1981 |
| 47 | Love Will Tear Us Apart | Joy Division | 1980 |
| 48 | Transmission | Joy Division | 1980 |
| 49 | Atmosphere | Joy Division | 1980 |
| 50 | Isolation | Joy Division | 1980 |
| 51 | Decades | Joy Division | 1980 |
| 52 | Dead Souls | Joy Division | 1980 |
| 53 | She's Lost Control | Joy Division | 1980 |
| 54 | Heart and Soul | Joy Division | 1980 |
| 55 | Passover | Joy Division | 1980 |
| 56 | Twenty Four Hours | Joy Division | 1980 |
| 57 | Hand in Glove | The Smiths | 1983 |
| 58 | This Charming Man | The Smiths | 1983 |
| 59 | What Difference Does It Make? | The Smiths | 1984 |
| 60 | Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now | The Smiths | 1984 |
| 61 | William, It Was Really Nothing | The Smiths | 1984 |
| 62 | How Soon Is Now? | The Smiths | 1984 |
| 63 | Barbarism Begins at Home | The Smiths | 1985 |
| 64 | Shakespeare's Sister | The Smiths | 1985 |
| 65 | That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore | The Smiths | 1985 |
| 66 | The Boy with the Thorn in His Side | The Smiths | 1985 |
| 67 | Bigmouth Strikes Again | The Smiths | 1986 |
| 68 | Panic | The Smiths | 1986 |
| 69 | Ask | The Smiths | 1986 |
| 70 | Shoplifters of the World Unite | The Smiths | 1987 |
| 71 | Sheila Take a Bow | The Smiths | 1987 |
| 72 | Girlfriend in a Coma | The Smiths | 1987 |
| 73 | Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before | The Smiths | 1987 |
| 74 | I Started Something I Couldn't Finish | The Smiths | 1987 |
| 75 | Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me | The Smiths | 1987 |
| 76 | There Is a Light That Never Goes Out | The Smiths | 1986 |
| 77 | Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want | The Smiths | 1984 |
| 78 | Still Ill | The Smiths | 1984 |
| 79 | Reel Around the Fountain | The Smiths | 1984 |
| 80 | The Headmaster Ritual | The Smiths | 1985 |
| 81 | Cemetry Gates | The Smiths | 1986 |
| 82 | I Know It's Over | The Smiths | 1986 |
| 83 | A Rush and a Push and the Land Is Ours | The Smiths | 1987 |
| 84 | Suedehead | Morrissey | 1988 |
| 85 | Everyday Is Like Sunday | Morrissey | 1988 |
| 86 | The Last of the Famous International Playboys | Morrissey | 1989 |
| 87 | Interesting Drug | Morrissey | 1989 |
| 88 | Ouija Board, Ouija Board | Morrissey | 1989 |
| 89 | Hairdresser on Fire | Morrissey | 1988 |
| 90 | Radio Free Europe | R.E.M. | 1981 |
| 91 | Talk About the Passion | R.E.M. | 1983 |
| 92 | So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry) | R.E.M. | 1984 |
| 93 | (Don't Go Back To) Rockville | R.E.M. | 1984 |
| 94 | Driver 8 | R.E.M. | 1985 |
| 95 | Can't Get There from Here | R.E.M. | 1985 |
| 96 | Fall on Me | R.E.M. | 1986 |
| 97 | Superman | R.E.M. | 1986 |
| 98 | The One I Love | R.E.M. | 1987 |
| 99 | It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) | R.E.M. | 1987 |
| 100 | Finest Worksong | R.E.M. | 1987 |
| 101 | Orange Crush | R.E.M. | 1988 |
| 102 | Stand | R.E.M. | 1988 |
| 103 | Pop Song 89 | R.E.M. | 1989 |
| 104 | Get Up | R.E.M. | 1989 |
| 105 | Pretty Persuasion | R.E.M. | 1984 |
| 106 | Harborcoat | R.E.M. | 1984 |
| 107 | Cuyahoga | R.E.M. | 1986 |
| 108 | Begin the Begin | R.E.M. | 1986 |
| 109 | Welcome to the Occupation | R.E.M. | 1987 |
| 110 | I Will Follow | U2 | 1980 |
| 111 | Gloria | U2 | 1981 |
| 112 | New Year's Day | U2 | 1983 |
| 113 | Sunday Bloody Sunday | U2 | 1983 |
| 114 | Two Hearts Beat as One | U2 | 1983 |
| 115 | Pride (In the Name of Love) | U2 | 1984 |
| 116 | The Unforgettable Fire | U2 | 1984 |
| 117 | Bad | U2 | 1984 |
| 118 | With or Without You | U2 | 1987 |
| 119 | I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For | U2 | 1987 |
| 120 | Where the Streets Have No Name | U2 | 1987 |
| 121 | Bullet the Blue Sky | U2 | 1987 |
| 122 | In God's Country | U2 | 1987 |
| 123 | Desire | U2 | 1988 |
| 124 | Angel of Harlem | U2 | 1988 |
| 125 | When Love Comes to Town | U2 & B.B. King | 1988 |
| 126 | All I Want Is You | U2 | 1989 |
| 127 | A Sort of Homecoming | U2 | 1984 |
| 128 | Running to Stand Still | U2 | 1987 |
| 129 | One Tree Hill | U2 | 1987 |
| 130 | I Will Dare | The Replacements | 1984 |
| 131 | Unsatisfied | The Replacements | 1984 |
| 132 | Bastards of Young | The Replacements | 1985 |
| 133 | Left of the Dial | The Replacements | 1985 |
| 134 | Hold My Life | The Replacements | 1985 |
| 135 | Alex Chilton | The Replacements | 1987 |
| 136 | Can't Hardly Wait | The Replacements | 1987 |
| 137 | The Ledge | The Replacements | 1987 |
| 138 | Skyway | The Replacements | 1987 |
| 139 | I'll Be You | The Replacements | 1989 |
| 140 | Achin' to Be | The Replacements | 1989 |
| 141 | Color Me Impressed | The Replacements | 1983 |
| 142 | Within Your Reach | The Replacements | 1983 |
| 143 | Answering Machine | The Replacements | 1984 |
| 144 | Here Comes a Regular | The Replacements | 1985 |
| 145 | Makes No Sense at All | Hüsker Dü | 1985 |
| 146 | Don't Want to Know If You Are Lonely | Hüsker Dü | 1986 |
| 147 | Could You Be the One? | Hüsker Dü | 1987 |
| 148 | Celebrated Summer | Hüsker Dü | 1985 |
| 149 | In a Free Land | Hüsker Dü | 1982 |
| 150 | Eight Miles High | Hüsker Dü | 1984 |
| 151 | Hardly Getting Over It | Hüsker Dü | 1986 |
| 152 | She's a Woman (And Now He Is a Man) | Hüsker Dü | 1987 |
| 153 | Pink Turns to Blue | Hüsker Dü | 1984 |
| 154 | Whatever | Hüsker Dü | 1984 |
| 155 | Where Is My Mind? | Pixies | 1988 |
| 156 | Gigantic | Pixies | 1988 |
| 157 | Here Comes Your Man | Pixies | 1989 |
| 158 | Monkey Gone to Heaven | Pixies | 1989 |
| 159 | Debaser | Pixies | 1989 |
| 160 | Wave of Mutilation | Pixies | 1989 |
| 161 | Caribou | Pixies | 1987 |
| 162 | Bone Machine | Pixies | 1988 |
| 163 | Hey | Pixies | 1989 |
| 164 | Gouge Away | Pixies | 1989 |
| 165 | Cactus | Pixies | 1988 |
| 166 | Nimrod's Son | Pixies | 1987 |
| 167 | Holiday Song | Pixies | 1987 |
| 168 | I've Been Tired | Pixies | 1987 |
| 169 | Teen Age Riot | Sonic Youth | 1988 |
| 170 | Silver Rocket | Sonic Youth | 1988 |
| 171 | Candle | Sonic Youth | 1988 |
| 172 | Schizophrenia | Sonic Youth | 1987 |
| 173 | Death Valley '69 | Sonic Youth | 1985 |
| 174 | Shadow of a Doubt | Sonic Youth | 1986 |
| 175 | Expressway to Yr Skull | Sonic Youth | 1986 |
| 176 | Kotton Krown | Sonic Youth | 1987 |
| 177 | Cross the Breeze | Sonic Youth | 1988 |
| 178 | Eric's Trip | Sonic Youth | 1988 |
| 179 | Like the Weather | 10,000 Maniacs | 1987 |
| 180 | What's the Matter Here? | 10,000 Maniacs | 1987 |
| 181 | Trouble Me | 10,000 Maniacs | 1989 |
| 182 | Don't Talk | 10,000 Maniacs | 1987 |
| 183 | Eat for Two | 10,000 Maniacs | 1989 |
| 184 | Hey Jack Kerouac | 10,000 Maniacs | 1987 |
| 185 | Scorpio Rising | 10,000 Maniacs | 1985 |
| 186 | My Sister Rose | 10,000 Maniacs | 1987 |
| 187 | Under the Milky Way | The Church | 1988 |
| 188 | Reptile | The Church | 1988 |
| 189 | Almost With You | The Church | 1982 |
| 190 | The Unguarded Moment | The Church | 1981 |
| 191 | Destination | The Church | 1988 |
| 192 | Antenna | The Church | 1988 |
| 193 | Tantalized | The Church | 1986 |
| 194 | Constant in Opal | The Church | 1985 |
| 195 | So Alive | Love and Rockets | 1989 |
| 196 | Ball of Confusion | Love and Rockets | 1985 |
| 197 | No New Tale to Tell | Love and Rockets | 1987 |
| 198 | Yin and Yang (The Flowerpot Man) | Love and Rockets | 1986 |
| 199 | Kundalini Express | Love and Rockets | 1986 |
| 200 | Mirror People | Love and Rockets | 1987 |
| 201 | Haunted When the Minutes Drag | Love and Rockets | 1985 |
| 202 | Motorcycle | Love and Rockets | 1989 |
| 203 | Bela Lugosi's Dead | Bauhaus | 1980 |
| 204 | Dark Entries | Bauhaus | 1980 |
| 205 | Terror Couple Kill Colonel | Bauhaus | 1980 |
| 206 | Telegram Sam | Bauhaus | 1980 |
| 207 | Kick in the Eye | Bauhaus | 1981 |
| 208 | The Passion of Lovers | Bauhaus | 1981 |
| 209 | She's in Parties | Bauhaus | 1983 |
| 210 | Lagartija Nick | Bauhaus | 1983 |
| 211 | Spirit | Bauhaus | 1982 |
| 212 | Hollow Hills | Bauhaus | 1981 |
| 213 | Double Dare | Bauhaus | 1980 |
| 214 | Ziggy Stardust | Bauhaus | 1982 |
| 215 | Temple of Love | The Sisters of Mercy | 1983 |
| 216 | This Corrosion | The Sisters of Mercy | 1987 |
| 217 | Lucretia My Reflection | The Sisters of Mercy | 1988 |
| 218 | Dominion / Mother Russia | The Sisters of Mercy | 1988 |
| 219 | No Time to Cry | The Sisters of Mercy | 1985 |
| 220 | Walk Away | The Sisters of Mercy | 1984 |
| 221 | Black Planet | The Sisters of Mercy | 1985 |
| 222 | Marian | The Sisters of Mercy | 1985 |
| 223 | Alice | The Sisters of Mercy | 1982 |
| 224 | Body and Soul | The Sisters of Mercy | 1984 |
| 225 | 1959 | The Sisters of Mercy | 1987 |
| 226 | Moonchild | Fields of the Nephilim | 1988 |
| 227 | Preacher Man | Fields of the Nephilim | 1987 |
| 228 | Blue Water | Fields of the Nephilim | 1987 |
| 229 | Last Exit for the Lost | Fields of the Nephilim | 1988 |
| 230 | Psychonaut | Fields of the Nephilim | 1989 |
| 231 | For Her Light | Fields of the Nephilim | 1989 |
| 232 | Dawnrazor | Fields of the Nephilim | 1987 |
| 233 | Power | Fields of the Nephilim | 1986 |
| 234 | Chord of Souls | Fields of the Nephilim | 1988 |
| 235 | Tower of Strength | The Mission | 1988 |
| 236 | Severina | The Mission | 1987 |
| 237 | Stay with Me | The Mission | 1986 |
| 238 | Wasteland | The Mission | 1986 |
| 239 | Butterfly on a Wheel | The Mission | 1989 |
| 240 | Beyond the Pale | The Mission | 1988 |
| 241 | Desire (Come and Get It) | Gene Loves Jezebel | 1986 |
| 242 | Heartache | Gene Loves Jezebel | 1986 |
| 243 | The Motion of Love | Gene Loves Jezebel | 1987 |
| 244 | The Cow | Gene Loves Jezebel | 1985 |
| 245 | Gorgeous | Gene Loves Jezebel | 1987 |
| 246 | Stephen | Gene Loves Jezebel | 1983 |
| 247 | Romeo's Distress | Christian Death | 1982 |
| 248 | Spiritual Cramp | Christian Death | 1982 |
| 249 | Cavity - First Communion | Christian Death | 1982 |
| 250 | Figurative Theatre | Christian Death | 1982 |
| 251 | Sleepwalk | Christian Death | 1984 |
| 252 | The Luxury of Tears | Christian Death | 1985 |
| 253 | The Host of Seraphim | Dead Can Dance | 1988 |
| 254 | Severance | Dead Can Dance | 1988 |
| 255 | The Carnival Is Over | Dead Can Dance | 1987 |
| 256 | In the Wake of Adversity | Dead Can Dance | 1987 |
| 257 | De Profundis | Dead Can Dance | 1985 |
| 258 | Frontier | Dead Can Dance | 1984 |
| 259 | Cantara | Dead Can Dance | 1987 |
| 260 | Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops | Cocteau Twins | 1984 |
| 261 | Lorelei | Cocteau Twins | 1984 |
| 262 | Aikea-Guinea | Cocteau Twins | 1985 |
| 263 | Sugar Hiccup | Cocteau Twins | 1983 |
| 264 | Carolyn's Fingers | Cocteau Twins | 1988 |
| 265 | Blue Bell Knoll | Cocteau Twins | 1988 |
| 266 | Ivo | Cocteau Twins | 1984 |
| 267 | Wax and Wane | Cocteau Twins | 1982 |
| 268 | From the Flagstones | Cocteau Twins | 1983 |
| 269 | Cico Buff | Cocteau Twins | 1988 |
| 270 | Song to the Siren | This Mortal Coil | 1983 |
| 271 | Kangaroo | This Mortal Coil | 1984 |
| 272 | Holocaust | This Mortal Coil | 1984 |
| 273 | Another Day | This Mortal Coil | 1984 |
| 274 | Fond Affections | This Mortal Coil | 1984 |
| 275 | Just Like Honey | The Jesus and Mary Chain | 1985 |