They were better than that

Ten great eighties pop songs that deserved a higher chart placing. Silver Lining Stiff Little Fingers (1981, No. 68 UK) The Promise When In Rome (1989, No. 59 UK) Such A Shame Talk Talk (1984, No. 49 UK) Streets of Your Town The Go Betweens (1988, No. 80 UK) News At Ten The Vapors (1980, No. 44 UK) The Ghost In You The Psychedelic Furs (1984, No. 68 UK) Song To The Siren This Mortal Coil (1983, No. 66 UK) Witness For The World Cry Before Dawn (1989, No. 67 UK) Bury Me Deep In Love The Triffids (1987, No. 97 UK) Forever Young Alphaville (1984, No. 98 UK)